THE OMAHA DAILY IJEE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMREH Ur 1904.
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tScal M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public
According - to the researches of the
Board of Review, all Omaha's million
aire live Just outside of the city limits.
It'a a fastidious Kanta Clau who
can't replenish his pack from the stocks
of Christina wares displayed by our
local merchant. .
Think what a specimen of "high
finance" would have materialised had
Mr. Chadwlck incorporated herself and
Kono Into the hands of professional
promoters!
By compelling foreign Insurance com
panies to invest In French securities to
the amount of the French risks France
Is preparing a .market for some undi
gested loans. v
The republic of Pern doea not seem to
be nearly as much afraid of the "big
stick'1, la the. hands of President Roose
velt as it does of the "little stick" in
'the hand of Chill.
Senator Newlands of Nevada in cit
ing authoritative democratic policy
quotes from Mr. Bryan's remarks. Evi
dently the reorganization of last fall did
not reach to the sage brush.
Russia says It has entered upon the
third phase of the war in the Orient
Some of these changes may develop a
Russian victory, and if so the war will
probably have more phaaes than the
moon, -
A new shipbuilding company has .been
organized ' to Include the Bethlehem
company. Nature will supply the water
for the ships, but the men who will
supply the water for the stock have not
yet been announced.
A heavy fog in Chicago is said to have
been, responsible for an accident on the
elevated road, but Chicago has the satis
faction of knowing that the air on the
elevated in a fog is as good as that in
the. Nw York subway.
Note; that Admiral Rojestvensky's
fleet Is on the west coast of Africa it
, should take but a short time to know
whether its real destination is the ice
locked harbor of Vladivostok or the bot
tom of the Yellow sea.
j
. , The people who are Juggling the
stock market may Lave their own rea-
sons for doing so, but It is not probable
that the public will be taken into their
. confidence at least not until they have
carried out their program.
The opening of the legislature is get
ting closer, but the atmosphere of indif
ference fiu to vital changes Imperatively
demanded in our city charter continues
to hover ver the cltlsens of Omaha. It
is time to wake up. to the situation.
The North Sea commission is to meet
December 20. Although there fa no
limit to tbo length of time the mem
bers may take to consider the matter,
there is a chance that the decision may
come lx-fore the treaty of peace is signed
between Russia and Japan.
The proposition before the Iowa Park
and Forestry , association to substitute
trees and shrubbery for marble and
granite as monuments to the dead In the
cemeteries is sure to meet with, strenu
ous opposition from the monument
makers, who would have to go out of
buaineKS If such a scheme found favor
but it will doubtless find warm advo
cates among the nursery growers.
Congressman Hitchcock throws an
other bouquet at himself for havlug,
alone and single-handed, procured the
establishment In each of the three coun
ties In this district of a complete rural
free delivery system. It was not so
long sgo that Mr. Illft-hcock rounded to
a constituent that the exteut of bis offi
cial activity at Washington was re
stricted to the distribution of garden
seeds. But, of course, that confession
wave not Intended fur publication.
FAVORABLE TO SUPERVISION.
Those men at the bead of the great
life insurance companies who hare ex
pressed themselves, regarding President
Hoosevelt's suggestion of federal super
vision of tlie business of Insurance are
favorable to 'It. Among these are the
presidents of the .New York Life, the
Mutual Life, tlie Equitable Life and the
Prudential Life and the Prudential In
surance company. All these agree that
federal supervision of the life Insurance
business could not fall to be of benefit to
the companies engaged in it, especially
In the matter of relieving Uiem from
the annoyances and the difficulties which
result from the various and different
state laws.
United States Senator Dryden of New
Jersey, who is president of the Pruden
tial Insurance company, said In a recent
address that inasmuch as insurance is a
general interest, and every insurance in
stitution shonld be secured as much as
possible against the adverse operation of
local eanses, "It U difficult for ns to per
ceive why the supervision of all insur
ance companies of every sort, Intended
to operate beyond the limit of state lines,
should not be a function of the general
government." This appears to express
the general view of the men engaged in
this business, or at least of those who
speak with the greatest authority and
Influence. Such being the case there Is
not likely to be any serious opposition
from the insurance Interest to Mr. Roose
velt's suggestion and if congress shall
And it to be practicable the proposed leg
islation will doubtless be enacted in the
near future. The great Importance of
the matter Is fully recognized by the
leading insurance men.
IRRIGATION AND FORESTRT
What the president said in his mes
sage regarding Irrigation and forest re
serves has received -hearty commenda
tion in that section of the country which
Is most deeply interested in these ques
tions. The San Francisco Call remarks
that California is very much In earnest
respecting irrigation, that running waters
are as Important to the west as Is the
land Itself, and the greater the extent to
which they can be removed from the
reach, of private ownership and financial
speculation the better It will be for the
state and for the coast. Forest reserves
are inseparably connected with the irri
gation problem and here again an equit
able adjustment must rest with the fed
eral authorities alone. As the Call points
out the forests are abundantly sufficient
not only to fulfill their primary mission
as forest preservers, but also to supply
the legitimate needs of the lumber indus
tries. With the wise provision which
the president advocates .they can be
made efficient for both these functions.
The forests con be used without being
destroyed and their many-sided benefi
cence can be made permanent.
The president's rcommendatlon. that a
forest service be created in the Depart
ment of Agriculture meets with hearty
approval to the west .and .Undoubtedly
legislation will be proposed providing
for the carrying out of this recommenda
tion. "The- forest reserve policy can be
successful only when it has the full sup
port of the people of the west," says the
president's message. "It cannot, safely,
and should not In any case, be imposed
upon them against their will." There Is
every Indication that a great majority
of western people are entirely favorable
to the policy advocated by the president
and will earnestly support any effort he
may make to have It carried out.
THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.
The standard of the diplomatic service
of the United States Is on the whole as
high at present as at any previous time
In our history. American ambassadors
and ministers compare favorably lh abil
ity and all the qualities that make
useful and successful diplomatists
with those of any other nation.
But it is said that a number of
changes are to be made In the service,
that diplomatic representatives who are
now holding some of the most important
missions will be asked to step down and
out New men will cometn and others
already tn the service who have made
good records will be promoted to more
responsible posts.
It appears that President ' Roosevelt
expects all ambassadors and ministers
to send In their resignations between
now and the beginning of the next ad
ministration and it also appears that the
president does not favor the retention of
those who have already been eight years
In the service. He is said to have a sen
timent against third tenns and this will
be applied in all cases where ambassa
dors and ministers will have served eight
years at the end of the present adminis
tration. It appears to be the understand
ing that there will be a pew ambassador
to Great Britain and that Mr. Whltelaw
Reld. who was formerly ambassador to
France, will succeed Mr. Choate. The
latter has made a very excellent record
and it Is said would like to retain the
position, but the third term sentiment is
against him. There will probably also
be change at Berlin and St. Petersburg,
but it ia said that General Horace Porter
can remain at Paris If he desires to.
One report states that while It is the
desire of the administration that the
wish of the president to receive the res
ignations of all ambassador and, minis
ters should be made known generally, it
I understood that It 1 intended espe
cially a a hint to a number of ministers
plenipotentiary and ministers resident
who have served abroad nearly
eight years aud are now using
every means within their power to
be retained, and In some instances to set
cure promotion to more desirable berths.
In regard to the exjiedlency of periodical
changes In the diplomatic service there
may be difference of opinion. It is not
the common policy of foreign govern
ments, which a a rule continue their
diplomatic representative in a position
so long as, they are useful there and
agreeable to the government to which
they are accredited. It 1 most natural
to assume that the longer. an ambassador
er uiiuleter reiualu iu a country and
necessarily becomes acquainted with
Conditions there, the better qualified he
Is to look after the interests of his own
government. .If he has commended him
self to the confidence of the foreign gov
ernment and made himself popular, he
will exert an Influence which would re
quire some time for a new man to ac
quire and there are conceivable circum
stances under which a chsnge would be
disadvantageous. On the other hand. It
may lie said that prolonged service at a
foreign capital Is likely to bring a diplo
matic representative under Influences
rendering him very partial to the conn
try to which be is accredited, this being
alleged as to one at least of our present
ambassadors. We think, there will be
very general concurrence In the view the
president Is said to entertain respecting
a limit to the servlee.of these reprsenta
tlves of the government abroad and
there Is no danger that any harm will re
sult from whatever changes the adminis
tration shall decide to make.
ASSESSING PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES
The city Board of Review has de
ferred final action on the assessment of
public utility corporations to the clos
ing days of its session. To this no ob
jection can be interposed. The prob
lem of assessing these corporations Is,
however, not so Intricate now as it was
before the supreme court enunciated the
basic principles that should govern the
appraisement of this class of property
for taxation, namely, the market value
of their stocks and bonds, deducting
therefrom tbe value of their real estate
In Omaha and outside of Omahu, if
they have any.
For reasons never yet satisfactorily
explained there has been flagrant dis
crimination In favor of one or two pub
lic utility corporations since the supreme
court rendered its decision that Is,
within the last two years which the
board should not repeat this year. Most
conspicuous of these is the electric light
company, which la capitalized at $2,500,-
000, and was returned for taxation this
year at a valuation of $750,000. It wilt
be remembered that in the recent munic
ipal lighting campaign the president of
that corporation repeatedly asserted hi
public und privatejy that the electric
light company represented an Invest
ment of $4,000,000, and he even scouted
the idea that Omaha could establish a
municipal electric lighting plant, exclu
sively for street lighting, for $500,000.
In view of the fact that the Omaha
plant of the electric light compony sup
plies also the towns of Conncil BlufTs,
South Omaha, Dundee and Florence, not
only with street lamps, but with light
and power for private consumers, tbe
contrast between the alleged value of
the plant and Its franchises and rts re
turn for assessment Is certainly very
striking. Assume that the claim of a
valuation of $4,000,000 was exaggerated
by $1,600,000, and assume furthermore
that the poles, wires and lamps in the
towns supplied by the company outside
of Omaha aggregate 500,000 In value,
which we believe to be more than double
its true value, the electric company still
has at least $2,000,000 worth of taxable
property, or rather property with an
earning capacity representing $2,000,000
Instead of $750,000, for which it has
been returned.
There is comparatively no very ma
terial difference between tbe value of
the gas company plant and franchise
and that of the electric light company.
The assessment of the gas company for
this year has been placed at $2,225,000,
or nearly three times the valuation of
the electric light company. The royalty
paid the cjty on Its sales to private con
sumers this year will aggregate $17,000,
while the royalty paid by the electric
company for 1904 will be less, than
$7,000, if we are correctly Informed.
Contrasts between the assessment of
the street railway company, water
works company and telephone company
also Justifies the caution to the Bonrd of
Review to follow out as near as possi
ble the basic principle enunciated by the
supreme court, taking into consideration
also the relative valuations placed on
all other classes of taxable property.
Tbe case brought against Father
Schell, charging him with forgery, has
fallen through owing to failure of prose
cution, Just as everyone familiar with
the tactics of those who instituted the
proceedings expected. The warrant for
Father Scbell was sworn out on a
truinped-up charge at tbe time he was
testifying before the United States
grand Jury, with tbe particular purpose
of discrediting hi evidence Jn the courts
and of Impairing his standing before the
officers of the government to whom be
was appealing for. assistance in his fight
against the grafters. Since tt failed in
both of these, no incentive remain to
continue to press the case against him
now.
Tbe state architect ha it all figured
out that since tbe creation of hi office
and bis appointment to it he has super
vised the erection of public buildings
and repairs ou public building for
which an architect employed at the reg
ular market price would have charged
more than $13,000, whereas be ha
drawn not quite $4,0110, and used up,
with bis assistant and stenographer a
total of only $8,000. According to this
calculation the state's saving, therefore,
is over $5,000. Had we only erected
more public buildings we might have
saved more money. This is another
case of the more we spend tbe more we
save.
Someone should send a message to our
distinguished fellow citizen, Charles J.
Greene, who has been telling down at
Washington that tbe fuslonlsts have ten
member in the lower house of tbe Ne
braska legislature, whereas there are
only eight fusion members.
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A charge of $2,5mj from tbe guaranty
bond companies for the state treasurer's
official bond appear on its face to be a
legalized holdup. Two thousuud five
hundred dollars Is all that the treasurer
himself get for a whole year' salary
and the responsibility In the first In
stance rests upon him. The guaranty
bond companies think they have the cus
todlans of public money at their mercy
but there onghfTto be some way devised
by tbe lawmakers to dislodge the com
bine these companies have formed to
divide the plunder among them,
An Impression prevails that, when
speaking of political conditions in Mis
sissippi, the truculent Vardaman Is more
likely to tell the truth thnn some of the
more suave politicians who have profited
by the suppression of negro votes.
Modera Vereloa f JSerolaaa.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The mikado la writing poetry. Th csar
Is singing nursery songa. And the glorious
war goes on.
Another Iowa Idea.
Washington Po?t.
An Iowa man who bilked a bank for
llSO.COO waa sent to Jail for three months;
another who embesxled S2S,000 was given
thirty months In Jail, end then the au
thorities caught a man stealing a dollar
and eoaked him for ten veara. Those Iowa
people know wbat to do with a thief, alfl
right.
Meuire of Maa'a Service.
Bonton Transcript.
A western official has resigned a $20.00)
position not tn public employ because he
believes that a time clock Is beneath the
dignity of his position. Results rather
than hours should be the measure of such
a man's service. A very distinguished lit
erary man once resigned the editorship of
a New York magazine because he was re
quired to register the time of his arrival
and departure.
The Farmer of the Cablaet.
Springfield Republican.
No member of the present cabinet Is
surer of another four years In office, ap
parently, than the scretary of agriculture.
Mr. Wilson has already served through
nearly two terms and another one would
wind him up with a record of twelve years
of service at the head of the department.
Possibly In 1909, even, he will still be the
only candidate for secretary of agricul
ture. The department ha grown enor
mously under his direction.
Conversion of Silver Dollars.
Chicago Chronicle.
A wise recommendation by the secretary
of the treasury Is that congress authorize
him to convert Into subsidiary coin silver
dollars which have become worn so as to
be unfit for circulation. Any Increased de
mand for subsidiary coin may well be
met In this way. It would avoid loss by
abrasion, as the subsidiary coin Is some
per cent lighter Uuva the dollar coinage.
It would also to some extent diminish tha
latter coinage, which Is not wanted beyond
about $80,000,000 for actual circulation and
which ia a strain upon the gold reserve and
a menace to tbe stability of the standard.
DECREASED POPULAR VOTE.
Remarkable Falling- OAT la the Total
Vote of the Country.
Kansas City Star.
A very notable aspect of the recent
election is the falling off In the total vote
of the country. For five national elections,
beginning with that 1880, there had been
a quadrennial gain of more than 800,000,
on the average. In 1000 only 88,000 votes
were added to the popular vote of ISii.
This small gain was accounted for In two
ways: Tbe exceptionally large vote of 1896,
when there was 'a positive dread on the
one hand that Bryan might be elected, and
great enthusiasm ''fer him on the part of
his own following on the other. There was
little fear four years later that McKlnley
would not be re-elected, and there waa not
the same Inducement for a full vote.
This year the falling off of more than
400,000 votes In the total for the country,
aa compared with 1900, must be accounted
for by the great popularity of Roosevelt
and the consequent assurance of his elec
tion and the extreme Indifference to Parker.
Although Roosevelt had a plurality of more
than two and one-half millions, which was
more than three times that of the record
breaking plurality of McKlnley four years
ago, his vote waa only about S26.0O0 more
than that of McKlnley.
There is no telling, therefore, whether
the falling off in the popular vote this year
was wholly or almost wholly due to the
unusually large stay-at-home democratic
vote. If the truth were known It might
be seen that there was even a considerable
stay-at-home republican vote. The republi
can gain must have been largely helped
by the votes of Independent democrats, for
it Is a fact that tens of thousands of demo
crats voted for the president. On the other
hand, the campaign was not a vigorous
one; It waa one-aided from the beginning,
and there' is abundant reason to believe
that a good many republicans as well as
democrats remained away from the polls
because they felt absolutely certain that
their man would be elected. The one posi
tive showing Is tbe unpopularity of Parker
and the auspices under which he made the
race. . ?
SAFETY AS AN ADVERTISEMENT.
Immanlty front Accident a ProKahle
Repatatlon for Railroads.
Minneapolis Journal.
The alarming Increase in railroad fatali
ties has create J. a deep-seated .feeling that
something must be done to check this
waste of human life. This feeling Is voiced
by President Roosevelt in hn message,
wherein he makes soma apeciflo recommen
dations. . He favors a law requiring tbe
adoption of block signal systems, and one
limiting ' the hours of labor for employes
In the train service. He also recommends
regulations prohibiting the employment of
Inexperienced persons In places of 'reapon
alblllty connected with the operation of
trains.
In tha last recommendation the presi
dent strikes at tha cauae of many acci
dents. The fault Is not, however, so
much in mistakes of green employes, s
In th carelessness of older ones, who
hav not been taught th Importance of
train rulea The. beads of operating de
partments ar too often to blam for this
careleaanesa. They raakt rulea and then
require performances that are impossible
without Infraction of those same rulea.
Employes come to feel that the rules ar
made to be broken, and to minimise their
importance.
Train rulea are usually vital to - the
safety of train operation It Is a note
worthy fact that in th last year or two,
some progressive railroads hav been giving
tbalr employes, apecial training and laying
greater stress on th use of available pre
cautions. Their motive Is not -only hu
mane, but sound business policy. Wreck
ar expensive in their waste of equipment
and . their cropa of damage settlements
Then, too ,tha traveling public la becoming
aroused. Certain rallroada having a
bad record In th matter of accidents hav
suffered a loss of bualneaa.
Conversely, th railroad that establishes
a reputation for safety haa tha beat kind
of an advertisement. The company that
succeeds in making a record for Immunity
from accidents, and convincing the public
that It ia carefully operated, will put out a
stronger attraction for busines than any
sort of cut In time tables. Th average
traveler Is not so anxious to get there in
a hurry a h ja to get there with a full
complement tit bona.
TATK PRESS COMHKT.
Kesrney Hub: Really It looks as though
Omaha ought to be able to get along in
the peaceful administration of municipal
affairs without perpetually railing on the
governor to take a hand.
Columbus Telegram: The sentiment
against tbe pass evil Is finding new sup
porters every day. There will come a day
In Nebraska when popular feeling on this
question will defeat any candidate for
office who la known to carry a railroad
pass. The Bee can accomplish great good
for the state by printing a list of county
attorneys, showing those who have been
retained by railroad passes.
Beatrice Express: In the laudable effort
being made by the state administration
to make men Indebted to the state pay up,
we hope the big follows will not be over
looked nor any compromises made with the
millionaires of Nebraska that will allow
them to escape paying what they owe,
Bartley's bondsmen should be made to pay
or the effort to make them pay should be
kept up for about fifty years more.
Central City Nonpareil: The Democrat
Is all "fussed up" because Governor Mickey
wouldn't aitend the mass meeting In
Omaha, called to consider the Thomas
bomb outrage. Really, th tenor of Brother
Morse's article forces us to think that he
Is half convinced that the chief executive
placed the bomb himself. Just aa a plain
matter of fact, the governor of Nebraska
has no more to do with the punishment
of a crime in Omaha than he has In any
other town in the state and he has no
more business to meddle with the duties
of the officers In that clt than he would
to Interfere In an affair of like nature
In this county. The Democrat's attempt
to manufacture political capital out of thl
deplorable crime Is unworthy of It and Is
an evidence that Ward hasn't yet got the
bad taste out of his mouth which resulted
from th election.
PERSONAL, KOTKg.
Now it is reported that the Department
of Commerce of Labor will amoke out the
tobacco trust.
John Uhnweller, who haa Just died In
Dallas, Tex., waa a native of France and
marched under the first Napoleon as a
drummer boy at Waterloo.
Howard Oale, the former law partner of
General Benjamin Harrison, is dead In In
dianapolis. He was the first to notify the
general of his nomination to the presidency.
Hallle Ermlnle Rives, the authoress, who
Is in Butte, Mont., studying social condl
tlona and gathering material for a novel.
made a trip 1,100 feet underground in the
famous Minnie Healy mine to aid her in her
research.
A gathering of reformers In New York
the other day vigorously denounced Turk
ish atrocities. On the same day and hour
a six-day bicycle contest was dragging
along in a nearby hall, but didn't receive
a word of attention.
Prof. Robert Koch of "Berllln will start
for South Africa on December 17 to en
gage in further scientific investigation of
rinderpest and other animal diseases. His
last trip, devoted to the discovery of reme
dies for these diseases, was In behalf of
the British government.
A young woman who sued a New York
street railway company for S,000 damages
because she fell while attempting to get on
a car lost her case In court. The papers
ay she is very beautiful, but that must
be a mistake, as it took the Jury only five
minutes to decide against her. .
One of the republicans swept Into con
gress by the landslide in Missouri is Wil
liam T. Tindoll of Sparta. The congres
sional convention for the fourteenth dls
trlct nominated Mr. Tlndall without his
knowledge or consent. When the notice
of his nomination was received he said:
"Pshaw! Id decline It. only I bate to
waste a I-cent stamp on it."
Daniel J. Sully, who for a time carried
the sobriquet, "the cotton king," on account
of his immense speculations In the cotton
market, casually remarked the other day
to a friend In one of the New York clubs
that within the next year he would more
than get back the losses which led to his
failure. "Where will you do It In the
market T" inquired the friend. "If you lose
a thing," rejoined Sully, tersely, "the place
to look for it Is where you lost it."
Admiral Dewey's peace of mind has been
greatly disturbed lately by "sight-seeing
automobiles," each carrying thirty or forty
people, which atop in front of his home
three times a day, in the effort to get a
glimpse of the admiral or Mrs Dewey.
Even more annoying than the stare of forty
pairs of eyes is the witticism Of the guide,
who shouts through the megaphone In a
voice that can be heard a block away:
"The red house to your right was given by
the American people to Admiral Dewey,
who destroyed the Spanish fleet In Manila
bay and came to Washington to be cap
tured by a lone woman."
FORCE Ft' Li TEMPERANCE LESSONS.
Boost for Sobriety More Effective
Than Sermons.
Minneapolis Times.
Sometimes there are moral lessons in tbe
dry atatunicfl of business. There is a very
good one in some Insurance figures recently
published.
Actuaries of some of the leading life com
panies declare that Investigations carried
cn here and abroad fiave shown that total
abstainers are much better risks than even
moderate drinkers and there are Insurance
experts who even recommend th adoption
cf a new form of policy governing the cae
of those who indulge.
An analaysls of the statistics covering 126,
000 lives in a period of alxty-one years dis
closes the fact that from the ag of 40 to
60, the period regarded by insurance men as
the prime of life, there were 6,248 deaths
among total abstainers and 10,861 among
moderate drinkers. Between the ages of 10
and 0 th excess In mortality of non-abstainers
was 11 per cent; between SO and 40,
68 per cent; from 60 to 60, 42 per cent, and
from 60 U TO, U per cent.
I a tblrty-six years the deaths numbered
67,891 drinkers agalnat 46,966 abstainers be
tween the ages of 30 and 70.
. There ha been much study of the value
of alcohollo beverages In recent years and
the accepted aolentlflo conclusion is that in
certain physical conditions and when care
fully administered, alcohol Is a medicine of
great value, but even as a remedial agent It
Is declared to be used too freely and con
sequently with harmful results.
To persona of certain types and tempera
ments the moderate use of alcohollo bever
ages ia harmlese, but th rule la that ab
stinence la conducive to longevity, and that
ia the only point with which the Insurance
statisticians ar concerned.
They do no ask the mod urate drinker to
forego the pleasure of his win or hi
toddy, but merely Inform him that bis "ex
pectancy" Is somewhat leas than that of the
abstainer. He stands a smaller chanoe of
surviving a policy Issued for a given period
and for thla reason strong drink Is not a
good investment for him.
These farts do not strengthen In any
way th arguments for statutory prohibi
tion. They do pot support the theory that
men may be made total abstainers by an
amendment to a constitution or the act of
a legislature. They merely, emphasise tha
proposition that temperance is good busi
ness policy.
. Tbe rules f railroad companies and large
Industrial exatabllahments teach this suit
lesson, and more affectively than lest aria
IT OF W.sHI!OTOWl.iriC.
Minor Srenea and Incidents Uetrbea
on the Spot.
Hon. Charles J. Greene of Omaha was In
Washington the other day and tossed a
large bouquet in the direction of the
White House by means of an Interview In
the Washington Post. "Such a tremen
dous sweep aa the late election was," aaid
Mr. Greene, "la Indicative of the popu
lar estimate of Roosevelt. In fact, I do not
think It an exaggeration to say that be
Is the most thorough people's man who
ever sat In the executive mansion. That
correct understanding of .the popular
thought and of the needs of the masses a
psychological faculty which Is not common
to all statesmen, seems ii be Inherent w;th
the president, and Its exercise has given
him the extraordinary hold he has upon
the American people, t'nlesa I am greatly
In error, he will be a great foite and for
good In this nation long after he goes
forth from his present great office."
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, ap
pointed by the governor to fill the unex
pired term of the late Senator Quay, must
be good or he may lose his Job. In the
credentials furnished by Governor Penny
packer It Is declared that Mr. Knox "Is
to have and to hold the said ofllce to
gether with all the rights, powers and
privileges thereunto belonging, or by law
In any wise appertaining, until th next
meeting of the .legislature of th common
wealth of Pennsylvania, if he shall so long
behave himself well." Several of MT.
Knox's more Intimate friends in the senate
smiled broadly when this quaint proviso
waa read and made hast to remind the
new member that he Is a senator merely
"on probation." .
Before taking his oath aa senator Hon
Murray Crane of Massachusetts disposed of
his interest in the mill which for the last
twenty-five years has made all the paper
used by the government In the manufacture
of money. The business will not go out of
the family, however, for Mr. Crane has
merely turned his interests over to his son,
Murray Crane-Jr.
This Is one of the best contracts made by
the Treasury department, and the annual
profit In it Is far greater than the salary
which the senior Crane will receive as a
senator. The government buys about 1275,
000 worth of a peculiar kind of paper for
the manufacture of money every year, and
every sheet of It comes from the little mill
In Dalton. For this sum of money the
Cranes have furnished about 48.000,000 or
50.000.000 sheets of paper annually. It Is of
unusual texture, heavier than the best
writing paper, with tiny silk fibers running
through it. Silk Is employed as a dlstln
guishing mark and also to give more tough
ness and durability to the paper.
The Cranes have had a monopoly of the
business of manufacturing this paper for
the last quarter of a century. Many years
ago rival paper makers sought to underbid
the Dalton Arm, but they were unsuccess
ful. The government was so well satisfied
with the work of the paper that bids from
other contractors were rejected. The latter
have become so discouraged that they no
longer bid, and the Cranes get the work at
their own figures.'
Every sheet of paper that Is manufac
tured at the mill Is watched and accounted
for with as much strictness as Is observed
at the bureau of engraving and printing at
Washington, where the money Is printed.
The government has a large force of em
ployes at the plant. The superintendent
and watchmen are all on the government
pay roll, while other agents keep track of
the paper that Is manufactured and of the
damaged scraps as well. The contractor
furnishes the rags, silk fiber and other ma
terials, but he has no control of them after
they enter- Into the finished product.- All
the paper securities issued by the govern
ment. Including United States notes, silver
certificates, gold certificates, national bank
notes, bonds, etc., are printed on sheets
manufactured at the Crane mill. The paper
on which stamps are printed Is the only
kind used by the government for currency
purposes that does not come from Dalton.
The Investigation undertaken by the De
partment of Commerce and Labor Is ex
pected to clear up one or the mysteries or
the American Tobacco company-namely,
the relation of the common stock of the
corporation to the personal fortunes of Its
officials and their friends.
When the company waa recently reorgan
ised the committee having In charge the
work of reorganization laid great stress
upon Its generosity In offering for publlo
subscription nearly 1200.000,000 worth of 6
per cent preferred stock and preferred cer
tificates. It also agreed upon an Issue of
common' stock to the amount of about $40,-
000,000. The public waa not asked to sub
scribe for this.
Obviously the public, believed that the
renrs'anisatlon committee was seeking to
put out only the most attractive of the
company's securities and has been absorb
ing them In great volume. Nobody know
what became of the common stock, but
there Is a widespread suspicion In well In
formed quarters that It la In the hands of
officers of the corporations and their
friends.
Senator Cullom says he has been rich
only once during his public career, which
Is something like fifty years. "It happened
laftt summer," said the Illinois senator. "I
had a tontine life Insurance policy, and the
period closed, and they offered me a num
ber of plans of settlement. I took all the
cash they would give me, and closed out.
It amounted to something over S3. 400, which
Is the most money I have ever seen since
I have been In the sennte. For three or
four months I was rich."
I have had an experience with on of
those tontine policies." remarked General
Henderson, who for many years represented
ter
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trouble is with you; you, yourself. Your head
is congested, you are dizzy, you cannot . see
clearly, and you are all out of sorts. '
Wake up your sleepy liver I Get rid of a lot
of bile. Take one of Ayers Pills each night,
for a few nights. These pills are liver pills, all
vegetable, sugar-coated. They act directly on the
liver, curing biliousness, constipation, dizziness.
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AT' IA1K TIOOK-VortB hair.
Alba' SAaSATAkUXA-tot th. aloe.
CREAM
Improves the flavor
and adds to the health
fulness of the food
an Illinois district, aid Is now a member
of the Board of Fortifications. "I only got
$3,900 out of mine. At the time 1 took tha
policy the agent figured It out and gave ma
a guarantee that I could settle at the end
of' twenty years for K. I took this to
the company, and they showed me a clause
In the policy saying that no statement by
the agent should "bind the company unices
It hsd the approval of the company In
writing. Of course, I had never read It
over, and didn't know about the clause. I
paid In a great deal more than I received
In settlement."
i
A prominent senator on returning from
the White House the other day encountered
the . Brooklyn Eugle correspondent nnit
poured this tale of woe Into the reportorlal
ear:
"I have degenerated Into a mere errand
boy, and I am heartily tired of It. That's
all I amount to nowadays, a dm-r of chores
ffor other people. My time Is taken up
from morning till night, running hither and
thither performing errands for people I
barely know. Oh, Its getting Intolerable,
this petty business of begging favors from
the president, the different secretaries and
smaller bureau chiefs. I am sick of it, I
tell you, dead sick of It."
The senator had the forethought to ash
that nothing be said about his disgust with
life as a senator, evidently fearing that
some of his friends at home might dee I re
to relieve him of the burdens of his posi
tion. His complaint Is a common one with
the great men of congress. The reading
public gets the Idea that a senator's time
Is entirely taken up with weighty pussies
over foreign and internal affairs, A small
part of his time is consumed by giving
consideration to these matters. - But the
average senator's chief business Is canvass
ing the White 1 House and the executive
departments tn search of elusive jobs for
dependent constituents, or following up re
quests for Information - from Influential
backers. Every senator has a secretary.
but no one likes to have his business mat
ters attended to by the 'underling. It has
been suggested that In order to relieve
senators from petty annoyances of this
kind so that they may devote their entire
time to the serious consideration of legisla
tion, a law be enacted making It a misde
meanor for any person to "solicit" a sena
tor for favors of any kind.
WHITflED TO A POINT.
"If you could get, Just the fellow yon;
wanted what fellow would you take?
"The fellow some other girl is engaged
to." Houston Chronicle, m
It Is mighty hard to flatter the man who
ewys: "Oh, get out!" In a disgusted tone,
when you try to pay him a compliment
Somervllle Journal. .
"No work," said the man, gloomily, "and
not a thing in the house to eat. What shall
we do?"
"There Is nothing for us to do," replied,
his wife, "but to take In boarder" Phil
adelphia Ledger.
Fllpperty Why did you engage that sten
ographer! She can't spell at all.
Fiopne I know It, but I dictated a test
letter to hc-r In which I used the word
"Christmas" several times, and never once
did she write It "Xmas." So I hired her at
once. Cleveland Leader.
Old Friend Is your part very difficult ta
play?
Barnstormer Well, rathert I'm living on
one meal a day and playing the role of a
man with the gout. Detroit Free Press.
Young Husband Bertha, did you ask the
grocer to hIiow you some of those seedless
beans I waa telling you about tola morn
ing? Young Wife Yes, and if you want your
slippers warmed before you put them on
you can warm them yourself, sir. I won't,
Chicago Tribune.
FOR VOL J 1ST YOfle
Chicago Chronicle.
The dawn dispels the solemn- night,
Unveils the canopy of blue,
And floodB the world with golden light.
For you Just you.
The rose reveals Its heart of gold
And sparkle with the rooming dew.
With love In every crimson fold,
For you Just you.
The Jocund day Is bright with bliss,
O'erepread with pleasure's lamblent huV
The limpid rivers lisp and kiss
For you Just you. -
The night comes down front out the deeps.
The argent stars come peeping through
Where dusky darkness calmly sweep
For you Just you.
The Joyous sephyrs lightly blow,
The roses hide the bitter rue,
The sklee with love are all aglow, -For
you Just you. . .
You
cannot
wipe off
the blur!
And the reason is
there is nothing the mat
with your glasses. The
ITER'S CHHRBT PECTOB1L Foe eoarna.
Alkat' AO UK CUkK Vol aialana aa ag aa.
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