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before me this 1st day of August, A. D. 1904.
8eal) . .. Mi U. HUNOATE,
Notary Public.
There will be a Lot time In the old
town of Lincoln next Tuesday night
but It may not be hot enough to (use
silver and gold.
' Every member of yae Commercial club
participating in its successive excur
sions will soon belong to the "Great
American Traveler" class. '
The chairman of the populist county
committi's for Douglas county has re
signed, announcing his intention to vote
for Roossvelt electors. Next I
The man who-cannot plank down the
150 entrance fee Imposed by the Black
burn congressional committee is barred
from the September races. It takes
money to' make that rolling chair roll.
Colonel -Tibbies (expresses his willing
ness to fuse with any party that will
endorse populist "principles and oppose
' Wall street Interests. , This lets out
'every democrat enlisted in the support
of jparke and Davis. '. .
Ap. hojicsi' confession Is good for the
. euji. Listen to this from the democratic
! World-Herald: "It is Just as likely and
no, more so that Judge Parker will carry
Nebraska as that President Roosevelt
will carry MlsslsslpppL" We think so,
too. ' ;
The saloon boosted by Bishop Potter
is said' to be doing a good business. It
ought to. It has had the benefit of
hundreds of thousands of dollars of free
advertising. Any other equally well ad
vertised saloon would also do a good
business.
A number of papers are suggesting a
grand demonstration for the democratic
national ticket at some central point
with Bryan, Cleveland and Parker all
talking from the same platform. Bet
ter get Tom Johnson's circus tent and
take the tronp on a tour of tlie country.
IsT one seems to have kept count of
tfco number of refugees from Tort Ar
thur, reported at "neighboring points,
bfct If many more' of the inhabitants
take refuge elsewhere there will soon
b no one left at Tort Arthur for the
Russian soldiers to defend except them
selves. ' . '
If the Albany (New York) county de
mocracy In the heart of the enemies'
country have the ourago to repudiate
rsrker and rally to Watson and Tibbies,
wty should hot the militant Bryan de
woracy of Nebraska do likewise? Ilere
is a poser for Bryanitea who care noth
ing for fleshpots.
Oiuulm coal dealers' are not so seri
outsiy affected lijt tlie differentia Hp coal
rates between'-4 Council ' Bluffs and
Omaha, for under present conditions
Council Bluffs dculers camaot enter Ne
braska and compete with them. But
thct does not afford much consolation
to the Nebraska . consumers, who pay
the freight ' ' '
"Cs- wheel for another government
lur.il lottery Is' about to be set up by
Uncle Sam in Minnuaota, but only 20,000
registrations are .-expected, as jiguinst
the Rosebud ticket sale exceeding 100,
000. There Is such a thing as riding a
fleet ho rwo to, death and it would-be a
good idea for the government to cut
off land lotteries now for the next few
years, or at least until the victims of
the last one forget.
Chairman Cowherd of the democratic
congressional committee apparently had
no dlfllcultr la selecting the members
for Nebrsbka and Iowa, In view of the
fart thut those two"states have each
only one democratic. congressman for
Lka to clioojio. If theto two stales send
solid republican delegations tu the next
congress, as now seem probuble, the
democratic conjTesblor:al ctmlrman will
Lave niore trouble In making up his next
tor .i-UU-iX
THK rARKER RESIGXAT10X.
After mature deliberation and the ad
vice of the politicians who are his coun
sellors. Judge rarker sent In his resig
nation ns chief judge of the highest
tribunal in the state of Nsw York. There
Is no question as to the wisdom and
propriety of this action, but why did
the Judfre wait so long after his nomina
tion and consult with his colleagues on
the bench of the court as to whether
he was called upon, under the coustltu-
tion of New York, to resign his Judicial
position when he became a candidate
for president of the United States?
He knew. when he was nominated at
StLouls that it was his duty to give
up his Judicial position. It was of no
consequence what the constitution of
the state of New York said in regard
to the nomination of members of the
Judiciary for other positions. The fact
that the organic law of that state was
construed to give him the right to hold
onto his Judicial position while running
for president of the United States he
should never have given a moment's
consideration. But he gave it weeks
of thought and not only that II
submitted to his colleagues on the
bench of the New, York court of
appeals the question whether the
circumstance of his nomination at St
Louis .required that be should resign
from the bench. One of the Judges of
the court expressed the opinion that a
resignation was not necessary, basing
his' opinion upon purely . technical
grounds. It appears tha.after due de
liberation Parker .thought differently
and so sent in his resignation.
Why should the democratic candidate
for president even have a moment's
doubt asto his duty in this respect?
It ought to have been plain to him when
he was nominated for the greatest offce
in the gift of the American people that
he should have promptly relinquished
the state judicial position which he was
holding. Judge Parker refused as a
candidate, up to the time of his nomina
tion, to say a word regarding bis views
on national questions. While his name
was before the country as a possible
candidate for the presidency he would
not say a word as to what he thought
on public questions. Yet since his nom
ination, now -several weeks, Judge Par
ker has been freely talking politics with
memlers of the democratic national
committee and Other representatives of
his party,' and only after thirty days
had elapsed from his being named as
the standard bearer of his party, he in
the meantime dictating who should be
the managers of the campaign, did
Judge Parker decide to give up his com
fortable position as chief Judge of the
New York court-of appeals.
Manifestly the democratic" candidate
for president of the United States Is a
most Careful and prudent man. The
Judicial position "he held Is a profitable
one and he evidently disliked to part
with it for an uncertainty. He saw,
however, that It would be perilous to
hold onto it and so he reluctantly let go.
But he waited too ' long to win any
credit for his' relinquishment of the
office.
' DAVIS AND IISrRAKCIUSKMEy
There Is not a doubt that the demo
cratic candidate for vice president of
the United States is In favor . of the
southern policy of negro disfranchise
ment He was able to exclude from the
platform of the West Virginia democrats
a declaration for' negro disfranchise
ment "in the Interest of the national
ticket," but in doing that he did not
disclaim his sympathy with the prevail
ing sentiment of his party in that state,
but simply put off to a more expedient
opportunity a pronouncement of demo
cratic hostility to the voters of the col
ored race. It was a great opportunity
for Mr. Davis, were he opposed to the
attitude of his party, to say so, and the
fact that he did not avail himself of
the opportunity must be accepted as
conclusive evidence that he is in full
accord with the policy of disfranchise
ment Is such a man fit to be vice president
of the United States? Is a roan who de
liberately identifies himself with a pol
icy that 'Involves a direct and unques
tionable violation of the constitution and
laws of the country, in a matter of the
most vital Importance to every citizen
of the republic, a proper person to be
placed in a position of commanding In
fluence and authority? It is true that
the vice president of the United Slates
does not have ft great deal of power.
His control of patronage Js not large
and he has no decisive voice in public
affairs, yet as president of the senate
he has a certain influence, that is re
spected. The country certainly does
not want and should not have at the
head of our chief legislative , body a
man who - is unquestionably, if not
avowedly, in favor . of depriving citi
zens of the United States of the ines
timable privilege of the suffrage on ac
count of their color. That is the un
doubted position of Henry O. Davis
and it ought to insure his defeat
"DRitW THE LVXB THERE.
"We favor the passage of laws making
professional lobbying In the legislature
a felojiy. Corporate and other Interests
should be heard before committees on
measures in which they are concerned,
but the maintenance of a. professional
lobby at the state capital loads to cor
ruption."" This plank in the platform on which
Circuit Attorney Fplk Is running for
governor of Missouri embodies the key
note to legislative reform in every state
of the union as well as in the national
legislature. The professional lobbyist
a man who makes bis living out of the
corrupt manipulation of law makers, is
far more dangerous to public safety than
the highway robber or the burglar.
And yet this class of professional crim
inals are not only tolerated, but in many
instances honored and trusted in posi
tions requiring integrity of the highest
ordor. To' send professional lobbyist
to represent the people lu" congress or
In the legislature would be like employ
ing a professional burglor as. ft wstch
man in a bank or an expert shoplifter
as a clerk In a departmental store. But
this is precisely what has been done In
many sections of the country and rar
tlcularly in this state, and It is precisely
what It Is proposed to do again in this
congressional' district and In the legis
lative districts embraced within Dong
las county.
Is It not high time for the line to be
drawn at the professional lobbyist when
we come to select candidates for national
and state legislatures? Here, is where
the Civic Federation might do some
good.
' , AXD THIS REMINDS VS.
In winding up the affairs of the de
funct Lincoln Savings bank, now in the
hands of a receiver, it was discovered
that among the funds on deposit was be
tween f 15,000 and $10,000 to the credit
of the late .state treasurer, Joseph S.
Bartley. On this deposit a dividend of
83H per cent has been declared, and this
brought on a controversy as to whether
the dividend was payable to the state of
Nebraska or to Joseph S. Bartley. Legal
proceedings were abouj to be instituted
by State Treasurer Mortenson to compel
the receiver to pay the money, which
amounts to about $5,000,' Into the state
treasury, and according to the latest ad
vices the receiver has signified his in
tention to honor the state treasurer's
draft
This reminds us that according to a
well-defined rumor notes in the sum 'of
$5,000 or thereabouts in the hands of
ex-State Treasurer Bartley were about
the time that criminal proceedings were
being Instituted against him placed for
collection La the hands of T. J. Mahoney,
who, it is alleged, was eminently suc
cessful in extracting the cash from the
makers Of the notes. Would It not be In
order for Treasurer Mortenson to make
a formal demand for this money,, which,
less the proper commission, should by
rights be credited back to Bartley on the
Judgment for several hundred thousand
dollars which the state holds against the
defaulting ex-treasurer?
A DEPARTMENT OF MINE 8.
It is noted that the miners of the west
are moving again for a department of
mines, with a secretary at its head who
shall be a member of the cabinet and
doubtless the mining congress will at its
meeting next month resolve in favor of
such a department. In reference to this
the San Francisco Call advises the min
ers to be mindful of the law of evolution
as applied to. the cabinet departments
and suggests that while the miners
should go on talking about and urging
a department they should see to it that
a strong bureau of mines is at once at
tached to the Department of Commerce.
The growth of such a bureau, remarks
that paper, if it grow, will demonstrate
the need Of a department quicker than
all the speeches and petitions on the
subject
This is Judicious counsel. . The mining
interest is certainly of great importance
and its development should be encour
aged by the government but it is not
necessary to this that a cabinet depart
ment be created. A well-equipped and
efficiently operated bureau is all that is
needed and there ought to bo no diffi
culty in obtaining this, whereas the prop
osition for a department would undoubt
edly meet wlta very strong opposition.
A plan to settlo the differences be
tween the miners and 'the mine owners
in the anthracite coal region of Penn
sylvania is now under consideration by
the Anthracite Board of Conciliation, and
the operators express their willingpess
that the entire question should be sub
mitted to Judge Gray, chairman of the
Anthracite Coal Strike commission, his
decision to be final and binding. Now,
why cannot the differences between the
owners of the packing iVeuses and their
employes be settled by arbitration?
Half a. dozen men van speak for the
entire packing house interest while
there are scores of anthracite coal mine
owners and operators to be consulted.
"Senator" Mercer, who is spending his
summer vacation in taking a puuoramlc
view from a rolling chair pushed by a
North Carolina Nubian along the mid
way at Atlantic City, appears to have
deposited his last political will and testa
ment with Tom Blackburn, making hhn
itlio executor, administrator and heir
presumptive, to whom "Our Dave" has
bequeathed his seat in the lower house
of congress. This explains the levying
of involuntary contributions upon can
didates who arevexpected to defray the
expenses of the administrator,
Omaha should make appropriate ar
rangements for the entertainment of
the members of the interparliamentary
union, who are scheduled to visit this
city early in September on a tour of
observation. The interparliamentary
union Is composed of members of the
parliaments of Great Britain, Germany,
France and other. European countries
enjoying constitutional government and
will rank among the most distinguished
bodies of foreigners who have '. ever
visited this country.
Four candidates for congress are ex
pected, to walk Into the Blackburn man
trap with an entrance fee of $150 each.
Three candidates for the two-thirds term
on the district bench will also be re
quired to chip In $150 each, and the 140
delegates from the three oeuutles in the
congressional district at $1 per capita,
should swell the Blackburn cash register
to over $1,000. This explains why Black
burn did not want the respective county
committees to supervise the primary
elections.
Democratic conventions throughout
Nebraska are passing all sorts of resolu
tions endorsing fusion, endorsing Bryan,
endorsing partlcnhir candidates for offi
cial honors, but resolutions endorsing
the platform adopted at St. Louis, the
nomination of Judge Parkttr 'and Mll
Uoualre Davis, and ths telegraphic gold
amendment to the platform are scarcer
than hen's terth.
After all the hubbub raised against
the machine for giving the Sixth ward
only two voting places at the last county
primaries the anti-machine congressional
commlttoe comes out with a primary
call providing for only one voting place
to accommodate Sixth ward republicans.
When It conies to machine work the antl-
machlne takes the prise.
Tb Weary Honewtra Sigh.
New York Tribune.
Wellington sighed for Blucher one nlfht
at Waterloo, but Kouronatkln would he
satisfied with a two days' heavy rain to
stop the Japanese advance.
Passllas; Dietary Coanael.
New York Tribune.
Buch swarms of medical experts and other
advisers are reported In the newspapers
as rlvlh dietary counsel that some sussled
and 'teewlldered readers are inclined to give
up satins' altogether. One set of aant
tartans warns the humsn race in thunder
tones to abjure various articles of food and
drink, while another set trumpets to the
world that precisely the same dishes and
nquias win prolong life. Alas for the ulti
mate fate of the untiappy being so lament
ably buffeted.
The Limit of Ins-ratltnde.
Philadelphia Record.
Ingratitude pretty nearly reaches Its
limits In the case of a Brooklyn woman
who jumped from a moving- train and
would have fallen under the wheels but for
ths conductor whose leg- was crushed, and
who after a month's suffering has died
from his Injury. Never has the woman
expressed her obligations to the man who
lost his life saving hers, and never did
she make an Inquiry for him or show con
sciousness of his existence. That the life
of a brave man should be taken away and
that of such a woman be spared Is ons
of those mysteries that moved the writer
of Eocleslaate to reflect: "Vanity of vani
ties, all Is vanity."
OnBnIl Han's Fnmoas Field.
Spring-field Republican.
There is no happier man In the United
States than General Corbln, who (a to be
in command of the army maneuvers that
are to be held In September at Manassas,
Vs., once ths theater of deadly, earnest
war. The field of the present operations
will embrace fifty square miles In Prince
William county, extending; from the vil
lage of Thoroughfare eastward to Bull
Run. It has all been carefully planned
out. The g-round chosen for camps and for
field exercises hae been marked and pro
vided with water supply, drainage and
other needful facilities. The men wilt be
obliged to live In two camps under all the
conditions and regulations that would ob
tain In war. The troops will number
nearly 26,000 men, regulars and militiamen
of the states forming the military division
of the Atlantic, and will constitute one
corps which ' will be divided Into two di
visions. Corps headquarters will be es
tablished at Gainesville. Under command
of General Fred Grant, the First division
will occupy Manassas; the Second division,
commanded by General J. Franklin Bell,
will have Its headquarters near Thorough
fare, i .
FITTING CHARGE TOFTJRBE.
Medleal Practice of "Charging All the
. Trarno Will Bear."
Philadelphia Press.
The decision oii-m St Louis judge that
physicians havs fjq right to consider the
financial condition of their patients in fix
ing -their charges,, has called forth a great
deal of commendation. The practice of
charging very rich men "all the traffic will
bear," especially when the bill is not ren
dered until after the death of the patient,
Is a practice which honorable physicians
and laymen unite In condemning. The skill,
time and care which a ahyslclan gives to
his patient are. elements to be considered
In making his charge. The faot that his
patient Is a multi-millionaire does not war
rant a charge In excess of the value of
those services, as usually estimated, merely
because the helpless victim Is supposed to
have money to burn.
The medical Journals are not Inclined,
however, to accept the. St. Louis dictum
as good practice, even If It be good law.
It Is a dictum based evidently on & con
sideration of one aspect of the question
and not all sides of It. To forbid a phy
sician to observe Inequality Is to cut off
the very poor from his ministrations. No
one considers that Dr. Lorens's great fee
for his services, to Mr. Armour's daughter
was excessive, yet no one has argued that
the parents of all the ,Ilttle children that
Pr. Lorens treated with the same skill and
success should pay an equal sum. We
doubt If this wise Bt Louis Judge, who
contends for equality of physicians' charges
would Insist on his rule if he had had the
poor Instead ft the rich in mind.
Charges for professional services must
always be elastic This Is especially true
of lawyers' fees. Ill fares the man of re
puted wealth who Is so unhappy as to fall
Into the meshes of the criminal court, and
at the same time Into the hands of criminal
lawyers, who have contented themselves
heretofore with IS retainers only because
their clients could .pay no more. The In
equality of physicians' charges are, we be
lieve, usually tho other way, vlx: IS con
cessions to slender pocketbooks rather than
In the overcharge of fat ones.
WHB.1 A MAN HETlttEl,
Epoch la Life for Which Preyaratloa
Should lie Made.
Chicago Tribune.
Successful American business and pro
fessional men usually die In the harness.
Most of them do not. merely from motives
of avarice, continue to pile up money after
they have made fortunes. The Ingrained
habits formed by a lifetime's work In one
Held are exceedingly hard In many cases
Impossible to break, Most men also find
it difficult to Imagine what they should do
with themselves after they retired. They
fear they would be a burden to themselves
and a bore to everybody else.
There are, however, many things which
business or professional men who retire
while still vigorous can do to make the lat
ter end of their Uvea pleasant and to ren
der themselves eyeful to themselves and to
their communities. They can read. The
average man, during his busy years, hardly
takes a glimpse into the better books. If
he should reserve some of his later years to
get acquainted with the great kingdom of
the Intellect he might add much to the
pleasure of his Ufa. Ths retired business
or professional man can travel. Uke
Diocletian, after be quit the throne of the
Roman empire, he can grow cabbages. He
can contribute needed wisdom to philan
thropic and charitable enterprises.
But the man who counts pn retiring when
he has secured a substantial competency
and leading thereafter a life agreeable to
himself or useful to others should make
preparation for the change. lie must keep
at least on speaking acquaintance through
out youth and middle Ufa with the great
World outside his avocation. The mouey
gr.ubber who has not lifted his none from
his ledger for forty years will gst little
pleasure at 80 from Hawthorne, or Ma
oauley, or Tennyson, or Shakespeare, or
Herbert Spencer, or Plato. II will get
equally Utile satisfaction from travel, for,
as Ocorgs William Curtis has said, those
who would see Greece and Italy must
take thorn in their heart
KRBRAftKA PHRSS (OMHE1T,
Schuyler Quill: Editor Rosewater la cer
talnly going after the railroads right.
Lincoln Star: If there Is among the vast
army of Nebraska poets a single one who
can do Justice to the state crops this year
all will be forgiven. v
Wausa Gasette: Editor Rosewater has
been putting in some good licks against the
railroads In the matter of valuations. He
will have some friends among the far
mere of the state if he Isn't careful.
Blue Valley Blade: It la said that a big
wad of Wall street money will be sent ts
Nebraska to help boost Mr. Bryan Into the
United States senate. A great many of the
colonel's friends are wondering If he would
accept an election bought with the slush
fund from the "enemy's country."
Columbus Telegram Mem.): Down in
Kansas recently a Judge of the district
court had a novel experience. On docket
In his court was a suit for damages against
a railroad company. The day before the
case was called the plaintiff In the case
sent the Judge a letter. In substance as fol
lows:
"Dear Judge: I am the plaintiff In that
railroad case w hlch will be called tomor
row morning. I enclose a little present,
worth about $500. I do this in order that I
may stand on even footing with the railroad
company, from which you have accepted
an annual pass, worth about tSOO a year to
you."
And what did ths poor Judge do? He
didn't do a thing. He couldn't do anything
He did not even fine the man for con
tempt That pass In his pocket would not
let him defend the dignity of his own
court. He quietly returned the man's pres
ent and let It go at that But why should
a Judge refuse to accept presents from
white men, while at the same time accept
ing pass bribes from the railroad attor
neys T
Schuyler Free Lance (pop.): The editor
of the Free Lance has not changed his
views any and as yet Is not fully deter
mined just where he will act and for whom
he will vote. While he 1 a populist he Is
not appealed to by the Watson and Tibbies
ticket because it clearly stands for noth
ing, as the populist party Is a wreck left
Upon the shoals of spoils. We are opposed
to Parker and the democratic platform
under any circumstances and in case of
fusion in Nebraska will support Roosevelt,
not as a republican, but because he Is per
sonally a man of character and principle
and worthy the name American In its
broadest and fullest extent -If the pop
ulists In Nebraska fuse with the democrats
on electors so that a vot for Watson Is In
reality a vote for Parker this editor will
vote for Roosevelt because It becomes then
simply a choice between those two and
Parker Is clearly the Wall street and trust
arid plutocratlo candidate. If the populists
nominate straight Watson and Tibbies elec
tors so that the populist platform can be
stood upon equally this editor will cast his
vote and any influence, he may have for
that ticket.
Nebraska Independent: An attempt to
fuse the populists with men who support
Parker would result In the most glorious
republican victory ever recorded In the
state. The republican majority would not
be leas than 60,000. This writer never will
vote for men who support either Parker or
Roosevelt There Is not gold . enough in
Wall street to get him to do It. There are
more than 60,000 other populists In the state
who will say the same thing. Why a demo
crat wants to force himself upon the pop
ulist ticket when he knows that populists
won't vote for him. Is something that no
sane man can understand. The editor of
the Independent is willing to vote for any
democrat, or republican either for that
matter, who will openly pledge himself to
fight that hydra-headed Wall street gang,
led by Roosevelt and Porker. Fusion with
democrats, socialists,' prohibitionists or any
body else can be had along that Una, but
In no other way. There may be enough
lawyers and office seekers get Into the pop
ulist state convention to attempt such a
thing. They may control the convention,
but they can't control the populist vote of
this state. Populists organised and sacri
ficed for years to fight Wall street. They
never will vote for men who support Wall
Street candidates. They glory In the fact
that no convention can control them. They
have had experience enough during the last
eight years to learn a few things. They
can't be fooled by any trick.
PERSONAL NOTES.
While the excitement and heated discus
sion of a campaign are a bother to a good
many people, the Esoplans, who are get
ting rich from Judge Parker's visitors, say
they rather Uke It
A Virginia tobacco manufacturer was
found lrt a dased condition In New York
the other day. The polioe think he was
drugged and robbed, but he may have
been smoking his own output
There are aald to be more than 400 news
papers In Japan, each busily engaged in
giving the government all sorts of advice
as to the conduot of the war. No wonder,
therefore, that the Japanese generals are
doing so well.
President Roosevelt, busy as he always
la, generally finds , time for a certain
amount of reading every day of his life.
This Is generally In the evening when he
returns for awhile to the favorites of his
youth, Thackeray and George Kllot.
John Burroughs, famous alike as a natu
ralist, critic and poet, has, after years of
study, come to the conclusion that the
lower animals cannot properly be said to
think at all, but have a keen perception
and live entirely in and through their
senses.
Qeneral Keller, who was killed the other
day while commanding the Russian forces
at Motlen pass, was, oddly enough, a great
admirer or Tolstoy. Not so long ago, how
ever, "he explained. In an interview that.!
although he had written an appreciative
criticism of Tolstoy's work, his admiration!
ror the man was for Tolstoy the novelist.
not Moisioy the philosopher.
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
Chicago News (Ind): Candidate Fair
banks might have been Just as well pleased
If Mr. Root had found, some other quality
to extol besides that of comparative youth
fulness, j
Philadelphia Rscord (dem.): News comes
from . Eopis that Judge Parker Is red
haired. Well, so was Thomas. Jefferson,
for that matter. Ths nearer we get to ths
Jeffersonian pattern the better.
Kansas City Star (Ind.): An Esopus, N.
T.; dispatch announces that Judge Parker
"has Just flnlxhed getting In his rye."
That's all righy although must of his
callers would probably prefer bourbon.
8t. Paul Pioneer Press (rep.): The action
of ex-Governor Hogg of Texas hi denounc
ing Judge Parker and praising President
Roosevslt doubtless will cause -democratic
papers to allude to him as being dls-gmnt-led.
'
New Tors: Tribune (rep.): The democratic
"rainbow chaser" Is already 'at work. Ha
is carrying West Virginia for Parker and
Davis, despite the fact that West Virginia
is as safely and surely republican on aU
Issues as is Ohio and Massachusetts.
Baltimore American (rep.): The only
damage that has ever bean done to the
great monopolistic fcsKrruatlon of cupltul
has resulted from the personal Influence
and effort yi Theodore Roosevelt, through
a republl' an congress snd attorney gen
eral. This Is food for democratic campaign
thought,
ROClin ABOrT KKW TORtC
RIBles the Cwrreat of Ul la the
Metropolis.
When President Mellen transferred his
allegiance to the New York. New Haven
Hartford railroad he carried some western
railroad methods along, which are proving
V"T bothersome In practice down east
The oa which troubles him most Is the
Idea that railroads may do what the man
agers deem best tor the corporations re
gardless of the effect on tributary com
munities. Another Is that grievances may
be heard, not heeded. Mr. Mellen put these
western Ideas In operation on the road by
reducing the number of trains and fixing
the hours of running as would best pro
mote the road's ' surplus. The result la
such a storm of criticism from patrons and
communities affected as to make Mr. Mul
len sigh for a western Job. The pressure
that Is being brought to bear to have the
annulled trains put back Is tremendous,
The press of Philadelphia and Westchester
County Is on the side of the commuters
and Is saying many disagreeable things
about the New Haven road and about Mr.
Mellen. The boards of aldermen of Mt
Vernon and New Rochelle and the Board
of Trade of Port Chester unanimously
adopted resolutions demanding that Presi
dent Mellen restore the local passenger
trains. The Board of Trade of Port Chester,
composed of hundreds of the most promi
nent business men of that place, denounced
the new schedule as an outrage and passed
resolutions Instructing the Board of Village
Trustees to take steps at once to prevent
the road from using soft coal. It is esti
mated that at least 1,000 families will be
compelled to move out of Westchester
county If the New Haven railroad does not
replace its discontinued trains.
Two hundred guests celebrated the twen
ty-first birthday of Alfred C. Bourne and
his coming Into possession of (l.OOO.OOO at
his father's estate at Oakdale, L. I.,
recently. The celebration lasted far into
the morning and the guests were sheltered
for the night at the old Bourne homestead
a mile from Oakdale. The million was left
to young Bourne by his godfather, the late
Gorman Clock. The guests were young
society folk from Oakdale, Isllp, Hemp
stead, Westbury and New York. The
grounds had been decorated for the occa.
slon with thousands of colored Incandes
cent Ughts. Guest's floated about canals
on electrlo launches and gondolas and
danced on the lawns and made merry all
over the grounds. Young Bourne was as
sisted In reoeivlng by his father. Commo
dore T. G. Bourne of the New York Yacht
club, his brother Arthur and sisters Marlon
and Mae. The story of young Bourne's
million reads like a romance. His fathy,
F. G. Bourne, was clerk in a sewing ma
chine factory thirty years ago and at
tracted the attention of Alfred Gorman
Clock. He pushed upwards until he be
came an official of the firm. Clock was
president of the company when Alfred
Bourne was born. He was asked to stand
sponsor for the child and was so pleased
with the compliment that he took a lively
Interest lb Alfred from that time on.
Clock made provision In his will for the
boy to receive $1,000,000 with Interest on his
twenty-first birthday. It Is said that by
careful investments the legacy has in
creased to 11,600,000.
With one foot held firmly as If, In a vise
George Hardle, IS years old, of Elisabeth,
N. J., hung head downward between two
coal cars of (a train on the Central railroad
of New jersey while it traveled a distance
of ten miles. ' He was struck repeatedly
by projections rising above the track level.
but waa powerless to extricate himself
Until the train reached Fanwood station.
He waa found there by a brakeman and
brought, to Plalnfleld, his head torn and
hia chest cut In a dosen places. After
boarding the train at Elizabeth, Hardle
was Jolted from his seat, and In falling
caught his foot In the coupling, which
saved htm from being ground to pieces.
The physician whp was summoned to at
tend him says the man will recover.
The conductor of a Bergen street trolley
car In Brooklyn earned the plaudits of his
passengers and the tearful thanks of a
naughty little girl's mother, and Incident
ally lost about 12 worth of nickels and five
minutes of his schedule time, on an after
noon trip out near Rochester avenue the
Other day.
A group of little children had gathered
around a bonfire In the street One tot of
about 4 years ventured too near the Are.
Her clothing caught and was already bias
ing up around her shoulders when the car
flew by. The conductor saw her, jerked tho
boll cord, jumped from the platform and
ran back, pulling off his coat as hs ran,
regardless of the fact that hla nickels were
flying in all .directions. He wrapped his
coat around the child and extinguished the
flames almost before the frightened -group
of playmates realised what had happened.
Then he took the little girl home Just
across the street stamped out the Are and
lectured the children. Then, picking up a
few of the coins he' had dropped and
mechanically looking at his watch, he
sprinted back to his car and rang two bells
to the motorman. No one thought It worth
while to find out his name or number.
New York City's forty-seven trust com
panies had on July 1, 1004, mors than $1,000,
000,000 In resources. Forty-five companies
had filed their statements for the first six
months of this year, their aggregate re
souroes being $1,006,775,208.. The two com
panies the Bankers' and the Mercantile
yet to be heard from, had on January 1,
1904, respectively, $11,647,854 and $58,SK1.99J In
resources. If their Increase Is correspond
ingly as large as the other compsnles they
may be reckoned at $76,000,000, which will
send the aggregate resources up to $1,080,-
275.268.
On January 1 last the aggregate of the
resources of the New York City trust com
panies waa $033,012,962. This shows a net
gain of $147,291,452. The profits of all but
the two missing companies for the six
months ended June 90. 1904, ware $21,n2,8K9,
and the dividends $4,49,00O.
Following ths open letter to Judge Parker
by the young woman to whom ha had re
fused an Injunction forbidding a flour com
pany from using her photograph for ad
vertising purposes, Fsy Templeton, the ac
tress, has .fought for and secured ths relief
which the democratic candidate denied.
Miss Templeton obtained from Justice Flts
gera'd in the supreme court a temporary In
junction restraining the Onarga Slgaret
company from In any manner using her
photograph for advertising or any other
purpose.
A young man with a straw hat, the brim
of which extended at least three feet over
his face, found his way into an East Bide
saloon one night last week. Hs was ob
served by a young East Hlder who wore s
three-Inch brimmed straw hat.
"Say," he sold, "pipe the guy with ths
awning.
Mad to 0t la Oa.
Portland Oregonlan.
Judge Parker evidently thinks the demo
rratlo platform la like the platform of a
railroad car made to "get In" on, and not
to stand on. Pretty soon the fsmlliar sign
"Passengers not allowed to stand on this
platform" will have Its counterpart "Demo
crats not expected to stand en this plat
BISHOP rOTTBR't MODEb SALOOH. ,
New York Sun; The experiment of ths
new saloon Is not promising. It Is mada
to create an artificial demand rather than
to supply a renl demand, and when ita
novelty has worn off. Its custom Is likely
to tall away.
Springfield Jtepubllcnn: It la much to be
doubted whether. In such a city as New
York, the selfish private interest In ths
liquor traffic can ever be successfully elim
inated short of . the establishment of a
state monopoly of the bualneas. Thee
Earl Gray Inns seem a hnlf-way measure
alon the sarne line.
New York Times. Moreover, If this plan
succeeds. It Is capable of Indefinite ex
pansion, and that Is Intended. The profits
of each place, beyond the modest 6 per cent
to trie subscribers, are to go toward found
ing nnothrr a process that has gone on
notably In England. We wish the enter
prise the utmost success. It is on tha
rl;ht lines. .
Chicago Inter Ocean: By the Instinctive
Judgment of the Christian world the Right
Rev. Henry Cod man Totter is called to
a repentance ns public aa waa his offense.
And unless he speedily show such ret
pentance and bring forth fruits meet for
renentnnce, there should be some power
In the Protestant Episcopal church to purge
it and the Christian ministry of this pres
ent scandal. v
Philadelphia North American: It Is clear,
then, that however elevating the good
bishop a aoloon may be, ita object la t I
pander to a vice. Granting that some un- 'C
fortunates will be drawn away from ths . V
vicious resorts, how about thoss who ars V
imiunuiy repeued by such places, but Will
be tempted to drink by the alluring Invi
tation of the bishop's aesthetic rum shopt
Baltimore American: The larger part of
the public will await with Interest the out
come of the experiment They will take
nothing for granted, nor will they hastily
condemn" so obviously sincere an effort to
better that class of people largely In the
majority, but by reason of Its numbers so
difficult to aid in a aubstantial manner.
Until very recently most efforts In this
direction have Involved to a more or less
extent a sacrifice of self-respect and ths
humblest possess that quality in eomnanr
with the highest The new kind of tavern
Involves no sacrifice of self-respect what
ever. The customer pays his soot, a very
moderate one, and is entitled to all the
comforts of the place. There can be no
nobler work than the promotion of good
habits and essential manhood among those
upon whom fortune seldom or never smiles.
If this first effort is successful it will be
followed by many more.
POINTED PLEASANTRIES,
Jones fwhn ! fimV r Kb,a'.. jl.i.w..i
friend left. ' ""-'""
Brown (also broke) Who Is UT
MV nine T n n aas-lll . . as. . a a
-l"-t Svsais alUII. UltiHi U1A llliL
Town Topics. mu
'ThiH IMm m 111' m . . . 11
-- r,-" - tionT nniinr coun
try,' sold the tourist. "What disease do
mot neonlM rila nt mil k.nt'i
"Well," replied the western native, "you
might call ft kleptomania, but we got a
different name fur It." Philadelphia press.
The automobile dealor was hnnHn via
wares. 1 .
"Run!" he exclaimed, "why, sir, this ma
chine will run almost aa wall aa a Russian
a. i in y ;
The InlomKnrr . . - . .
check for a bunch of trouble. Cleveland
Leader. .
"I think I ought to tell you. Miss Poor-
man, said Mr. R. Dent "that I am Just a
fortune hunter."
"Really." began ths sweet slrl. vlnlhlv
agitated.
"Yes. I want the greatest treasure tn the
world, and that's you." PhlladelDhla Led-
"It was all rlpht for them to throw rice
nd old shoes after us," remarked the fru
gal young husband, "but they oughtn't to
have put the rice In the old shoes. Of
course, we can't use It now. "-Chicago
Trlbuna.
Miss Caustlque (12:10 a. m.) What do von
especially like for breakfast, Mr. BoreT
Mr. Bore Well. I
Why? '
Miss Cautlsque The cook will start to
get breakfast In a little while, and I
thought I'd tell her what you liked Chi
cago journal. ,
Caesar paused beside the Rubicon.
"I mlaht swim this stream." ha medfra.
tlvely remarked, "and thus gain eternal
credit in the hero books. Rut, hang It all,
i n nave to wan roi tne autumn rains!"
So saying he splashed scross the shallow
waterway and the fatal steD was taken.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
OLD-FASHIONED DOUGHNUTS.
Leslie's Weekly.
How dear to my heart was that 'bright.
, uuny sncuren. i' . . . r
What joys have I known in its homely re
treat! The nook by the Ingle, the jam closet rich
in
The coveted treasures of childhood so
sweet.
That quaint little room with Hs low-
studded celling '
Held peace and contentment that wealth
cannot buy;
But aweetest It seemed when 'twas plainly
revealing
The odor of doufhnuts that mother 'would
fry.
The old-fashioned dnuarhmita, the whole
some: sweet doughnuts.
The golden-brown doughnuts that mother
would fry.
The sunshine of youth shed Its glory
around us, .
On life's flowery pathway its glamor was
thrown.
The home wsa a refuge where care never
found us, ,
And rooking day carried a charm all its
own.
No oft-varied menu our appetlus pam-
pered.
No strength-giving tonic we heeded to
tnke, ,
For neve a pang our digestion had ham
pered When eating the doughnuts that mother
would mnke. ,
The puffy, raised doughnuts, ths nourishing
doughnuts,
; The real, home-made doughnuts ' that
. mother would make.
Upon the worn hearthstone are strangers
now treading. '
The hallways will echo my footsteps no
. more;
To see the dear roof-tree I'm longing, yet
dreading , .
The spell may be broken that held ,me ef
yrs.
Valnlv I teste every dainty confection.
Of newfangled crullers I sadly partake:
None, none can ejlrs to thai toothsome
perfection '
That crowned every doughnut that
mother would make.
The flawless, fresh doughnuts, the tempt
ing, round dntis-hnuts, ,
The sadly mMseu doughnuts that mother
would tnuk.
RepairsHdir
Nature always tries to
repair damaged hair. Some-'
times she succeeds, very
often she doesn't. She needs
a little help Ayer's Hair
Vigor. It repairs the hair,
touches it up, gives If new
life, brings back the old dark
color, and makes It soft and
glossy. Cures dandruff, too.
'I uted only one bonis of Ayer's
Hair Vigor and it completely stopped
niy balr from fal!li out."-Mr-C
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