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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: PATITRDaV, DECEMBER 17, 1004.
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befotft ma thla Sllh day of November. 1904.
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATE.
Notary Publld.
Another announcement that work will
soon begin on the Platte river power
ranal Is overdue.
Tho weather man Booms to have
taved us once more from the threat of
a green Christmas.
The employment of Japanese In the
South Omaha packing houses promises
to bring the eastern question nearer
home.-
Ralsoull has raided a caravan In'tlie
city of Tanglers. The simple life of a
Moroccan bandit Is not without its rec
ompense. While Americans know little of Hun
garian politics their sympathies are nat
urally with the man who bears the name
of Kossutb.
. August Belmoot . now occupies the
place of Mark Hanna in the National
Civic Federation, but be will have to de
velop considerably before he fills it
. Mm. Chadwlck in her own person
asks the people to suspend judgment,
but through a lawyer will probably ask
the court later to suspend sentence.
In excluding reporters from his meet
ing with Tom Lawson Colonel Greene
was probably playing for favor by giv
ing the Boston writer a chance for a
"scoop."
It is now announced that Captain
Clado, the Russian naval officer, will not
be permitted to appear at the North sea
hearing. Has the captain told the truth
at home?
It may be well to remind the law
makers about to convene at Lincoln that
the meu who occupy the front seats are
not always the. men who cut the biggest
swath la legislation.
The elasticity shown in the New York
stock market allows that it requires both
good management and a resolute deter
mination to keep priors down until the
talent is ready for the advance.
The reputation of Governor-elect Hoch
of KaiiHas has traveled as far as Massa
chusetts, but on its Journey the name
lias become twisted until it appears as
Koch and this is Kansas' fame.
If it is wrong for letter carriers to ask
congressmen for Increase of wages what
must be aald of the congressman -who
run for office solely on a promise to se
cure, appropriations for his district?
Uearst asks bY congress why the heads
of the rural and city mall carriers' asso
ciations were dropped from the federal
pay roll. The New York congressman
evidently does not read newspapers.
, Congressman Hitchcock is taking his
revenge for the recent mishap by scoring
the republican administration on finan
cial matters, but at last accounts the
government at .Washington still lives.
Superintendent Davidson is of the
opinion that the new Monmouth school
building is the best public school build
ing in Omaha. It ought to be, for It
cost more proportionately to size than
any other grade- school building in the
city.
When the Beatrice, Lincoln aud
Omaha interurbAn trolley is hitched to
the Omaha and Council Bluffs street
railway our merchants will be in position
to establish closer relations with the peo
ple of Saunders, Uage and Laueaster
counties.
Andrew Carnegie has Joined Benjamin
Frauklln lu the endowment of an Indus
trial school in Boston. But lie has not
yet hung up a purse whoae Income is to
be loaned In small suinfe to young mar
ried couples to encourage them in their
matrimonial venture.
VISCRED1TIXO TBX COMMISSIOX-
The effort of those who are opposed
to legislation for the regulation of rail
way freight charges, as suggested by
Mr. Roosevelt, to discredit the Inter
state Commerce commission, is not
likely to make very much Impression
upon the country, or to exert any m
terial influence with the administration,
which seems determined to press upon
congress the duty of taking some action
upon the recommendation of the presi
dent. The president of one of the prin
cipal railroads of the country has ex
pressed the remarkable opinion that the
interstate commerce commissioners, with
their relatively small salaries, would
have a hard time fixing railroad rates
with corporation men who are paid
from five to seven times as much. Re
ferrlng to this the Springfield Repub
lican remarks that he seems to believe
that the big corporation salaries are a
correct measure of superior brain power.
"Quite often, however," says that paper.
"they may be like the charge. which
these corporations Impose on the public,
being a measure rather of monopoly
power and self-appreciation than any
thing else. But if the case Is as repre
sented, Mr. Melleri should have no ob
jection to giving the Interstate Com
merce commission all the power it
wants."
The fact is, that the effort of the
railroads and their allies in congress to
discredit the commission is one of those
shallow pretexts which are always re
sorted to by those who are hostile to
every proposition for a more thorough
and adequate control by the federal
government of the common carriers. At
every stage of the public demand for
the regulations of the railroads by fed
eral authority the Ingenious railroad
managers and attorneys have suggested
objections of one kind and another, and
while some of - these hare been sus
tained by the courts, in the main they
have proved worthless.
The point now made by the railroads
that the commission should not be
clothed with the power recommended
by the president, beeaune it Is not com
petent to decide what are reasonable
freight rates, will not hold In view of
the fact that for the ten years follow
ing the enactment of the interstate com
merce law the commission exercised the
very power which it Is now proposed to
specifically grant it by act of congress
and the railroads accepted its action and
there was no complaint regarding It. It
was not until 1807 that there was any
question raised in regard to the power
of the commission in the matter of de
termining the reasonableness of freight
ratpK and the supreme court of the
United States decided that the law did
not confer upon It this power.
The Interstate Commerce commission
as now constituted may not tx, as a
whole, as competent a body as could be
desired. It will not be claimed that its
members are experts In railway mat
ters. But the commission Is not per
petnal and If it be, necessary it can be
reorganized so that it will be capable of
meeting any demand and the govern
ment can afford to pay whatever sal
aries may be necessary to secure men of
the required ability.
OBJECTIONS TO THE DIRECT PRIMARY
In an article published in the Decem
ber number of "The Voter," a monthly
magazine of politics, Judge- Orln R. Car
ter of Chicago discusses at considerable
length the existing primary election
laws of Illinois and the proposed enact
ment of a direct primary law. The
weight of Judge Carter's contribution
on primary election reform is against
the direct primary, but hla logic in some
respects la fallacious.
According to Judge Carter, the work
ings of the direct primary law in Min
nesota proves that the direct primary
may work reasonably well In the nomi
nation of candidates for municipal
offices if only a few offices are to be
filled at a given primary, but when
a multiplicity of candidates are
presented the voters are compelled to
rely upon the newspapers for their in
formation as to the character of these
candidates, and the newspapers are not
always right.
It Is claimed also that the direct pri
mary in Minnesota far more expen
sive for the candidate than the delegate
and convention, system and that the
man of wealth stands the best show of
nomination by the direct primary. Judge
Carter furthermore declares that the
nomination by mere plurality vote, as
required by the lawa of Minnesota and
Wisconsin, results frequently In the
poorest man being nominated. Sup
porters of many good candidates are
divided among themselves, while the
force for evil will unite on one candi
date. In spite Of this the direct primary
system, uuless there ia more than one
primary held, must allow nominations
to be made by plurality. '
According to Judge Carter, those who
have studied the question assert that
under the direct primary for the entire
state the cities aud large towns would
have a much greater power and Influ
ence in nomination of candidates than
they ought to have In proportion to
population, because the polling place Is
much more accessible in large cities
than It la in the country districts, and
the voter requires much lesa tlmo to cast
his ballot. Furthermore, It would be
difficult, if not impossible, to distribute
candidates under the direct primary sys
tem according to localities or nationali
ties. The common adage, "We are all Amer
icans' and these questions ought not to
be considered," la In conflict with polit
ical expediency because as a practical
question in politics they must be met.
The party that distributes Its candidates
over the county and among nationalities
most fairly thereby greatly strengthens
Itself on election day.
While there Is much truth lu what
Judge Carter aays, still all the points
ralaed by him have been raised by other
opponents of the direct primary system,
and while the weakest spot In the sya-
tern is undoubtedly the plurality noml
nation, the advantages of the direct pri
mary over the contention and delegate
system have been found to outweigh the
drawbacks.. Combinations can doubt
less be made and slates set up under the
direct primary, but they cannot be
worked as effectively aa they can under
the system that enables delegates to
make a preconcerted nomination by bar
ter and trade.
The complaints concerning the ex
pense candidates must Incur to promote
their nomination is based on the pre
sumption that they must pay for adver
tising their candidacy and keep It before
the people through the newspapers. This
may be true In Wisconsin and Minne
sota, but in Nebraska, where the direct
primary has been tried to a limited ex
tent, theecandldates have hod free aa
cess to the columns of the party organs,
but they have voluntarily allowed them
selves to be bled and bold up by news
paper weeklies that have neither clrciv
latlon nor Influence. For this, however,
the primary election law is not to be
blamed. A politician who has money
to burn Is at liberty to subsidize reader-
less newspapers and make contributions
to Journalistic blackmailers if he so
pleases.
WORKIXO FOR THE OROVT LAW.
The dairy Interest of the country Is
making a most earnest effort to prevent
the repeal of the Grout law, which Im
poses a tax on oleomargarine made In
Imitation of butter, and which the SO'
called Oleo trust Is endeavoring to have
repealed. At the convention this week
of the Pennsylvania Grange, which con
tains more than 30,000 members, there
was a unanimous expression in favor of
the Grout law, which it was urged must
be maintained in order to properly pro
tect the dairy Interest of the country and
safeguard the public against fraud.
The master of the grange said In his
address that with these organizations
unitedly, aggressively working for the
preservation of the Grout law It cannot
be repealed and he stated that the opera
tlon of the law, enforced as it Is by the
federal government, simplifies the work
of the dairy commissioners throughout
the country. He urged that there be
no uncertain action regarding the repeal
or any modification of the law that will
weaken its efficiency. This Is an expres
sion of the general sentiment of the
dairy interest of the country and there
is every, reason to expect that it will
have a decided influence upon congress.
It was the work of this interest that
brought about the enactment of the law
placing a tax on oleomargarine and there
is no reason to doubt that it Is not less
influential now with congress than when
the legislation was enacted. It is there
fore pretty safe to Pay that the efforts
to repeal the Grout law will be unavail
ing. A NAVAL RESERVE.
There is difficulty in adequately man
ning our warships and how to overcome
it Is a "question hot easy of solution. The
bill that is being framed by the mer
chant marine commission will 'have a
provision relating to this. It will pro
pose, it fs stated,' that vessels which
shall seek to profit from the increased
postal subvention shall undertake to
train a force of naval reserves which
shall be available for augmenting the
regular forces of the navy of the notion
In the event of an emergency. It is
thought that in this way there can be
provided a considerable force of avail
able seamen and engineers at little or no
cost to the government, which would be
of great value in the event of war. Ac
cording to the provisions of the bill these
men could be immediately drafted into
the navy and used to man new vessels
which might be put into commission, or
to augment the forces of ships already
In commission.
There Is no doubt that the creation of
an American merchant marine would
provide a large number of seamen who
could be made available In the event of
war for naval service, but of course they
would be volunteers, since the govern
ment would not attempt to draft them
Into the navy. In all probability, how
ever, there would be no difficulty in in
ducing the seamen on merchant vessels
tp enter the nnval service, as those of
other countries do, and this is one of the
itnportant points In favor of the building
up of an American merchant marine.
The city tax commissioner and Board
of Review have' beatefi the Board of Ap
praisers out ln fixing the value of the
water works plant. The Board of Re
view says that the value of that part
of the plant within the limits of Omaha
la $2,125,000, aside from real estate
holdings, which are eparately assessed.
The value of that part of the franchise
and plant located at Florence, East
Omaha and South Omaha would also
have to be added to get at a complete
appraisement, but these parts, too, have
been assessed by the local taxing au
thorities. It would be Interesting to
note how close the assessors have come
to the figures, which the expert engineers
will finally make.
The grand total of city assessment for
1005 exceeds $102,000,000. If the rail
road terminals aud properties located lu
Omaha were asHessed at the valuation
placed on, them by the railroad officials
the total assessment of Omaha property
would exceed $125,000,000. But the rail
road property, which represents fully
one-fifth of the total valuation of taxable
property in Omaha, la-returned for less
than $1,000,000. This explains why real
estate taxes are so high In Omaha and
why real estate. ln Omaha la so piucb
lower than It is in any other American
city of equal population.
' i
Secretary Pavia of the State Board of
Charities wants' the county poor houses
restricted by law. to serve aok-iy as
homes of the worthy poor by the re
moval of all crlppless and defectives
requiring special treatment to the Home
for the 'Friendless, under state super
vision and support Tha weak spot in
thl. ar.hn, i. fc.f It loavea out of ac
count tne unworthy rr wno "
be taken care of somewhere and With
whom association Is as distasteful to the
worthy poor aa.wlth the cripples and
defectives. Whether tue state or xne
county should pay the bills Is a qnes-
tlon -depending- upon-what effect such
actlon would have In encouraging or
, , ., . ,
repressing the production of paupers and
aepenaents. ip IO xnis lime ma ac-
cepted theory has been that by making
each locality take care of Its own help-
i i .1 . . .
ji..e lut t-nw.uu..,
tlon is minimized and the incentive
stimulated to make every one who can
work support himself.
v un me swayne triai. tue moo. -e
. . .ia aa d a.
and a number of election contests to
handle, the editor of the Congressional
Record must turn with longing toward
the barrel of red Ink If he has any yel
low Journalistic blood ln hla veins.
Carried I aanlmoaaly.
Washington Poet.
"I am either an awful dupe or a terrible
fool," aays Banker Ucckwlth, Mrs. Chad
wlrk'a Ohio victim. Any votes In the
negative The chair hears none, and the
motion Is carried unanimously.
I'nprofeaalonal Method.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The ten men who dynamited a Maryland
bank the othor day are bungiesome In their
methods. The approved way to loot a bank
Is to find a foolish old cashier and borrow
the monev on hoirua collateral.
Loosen I pi
Chicago Tribune.
Borne men, In fact, are so badly afflicted
with that stiff neck ailment as to be unable
to turn their heads to look at the beautiful
things pointed out to them by their wives
as they pass the shop windows.
Novel Notions of a Jury.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Out In Des Moines, la., a prominent cltl-
ten has been Indicted because he leases
property for immoral purposes. They must
have juries ln Iowa that can't see why a
prominent citizen should have anv rlahta
that are not granted to the unpromlnent.
Iowa Is ln some respects a strange country.
Goodbr, Dlllyi Take KOr Yonraelf.
Cincinnati Enaulrer.
Good luck to Mr. Bryan and hla friends
In their personal affairs. No recrlmlna
tions and no hard feeling. But no more
Bryan leadership, no more dilution of de
mocracy with populism, repudiation and
heresy; no more restraint on' the flight of
the American eagle, and no more tugging
at the holding-back strap for yours truly,
The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Amaced Shadea of the Mighty.
Cleveland Leader.
How the shades of Washington and Jef
ferson must stretch their shadowy linea
ments In amaze when they read In the
Trans-Btyglan Times that Theadore Roose
velt had a popular plurality of 2,646,169!
Our conscript fathers could scarcely have
believed that with a century after their
death there would be that many adult
voters all told in the republic they founded.
Judicial Partiality and Injustice.
Philadelphia Record.
It makes very little difference to the
country or to the course of Justice whether
Judge Bwayne of Florida has charged ex
penses that he never Incurred ln holding
court outside his dlstrlot.t Improper aa It
would be, it would only amount to a small
robbery of the government. But this Is the
charge on which lawyers, believe his im
peachment is most likely to be ordered by
the house and sustained by the senate. The
really serious charges against him are acta
of partiality and Injustice, but the lawyers
say that it is difficult to make crimes out
01 inese or to secure tne removal of a
Judge for misdemeanors.
Some Financial Crooks Escape.
- Louisville Courier-Journal.
There is a wave of condemnation for the
cnadwick woman, upon whom the strong I
hand of the law has been placed for acta I
which are no worse than those committed I
constantly by men who swindle investors I
out of their money by false representations, I
and yet go free to pose aa successful flnaa-
clers. Forgery Is, after all. only one form
of mlBrepreeentatlon. differing in moral
crime from the floating of bogus corpora-
tlons and selling ot worthless stocks. In
the tmnlshment affixed to tha former If
all the so-called magnates who roll ln
wealth by practices as fraudulent aa those
for which Mrs. Chadwlck Is now held up
tA rtlilninv WAm trpfl t ,r1 ci .av 1 ...up.. I
there would not be prison accommodations
sufficient for them
81 PER VISING INSl HAXCE tOMPAMES
Proposed Removal front State to
National Control.
Philadelphia Press.
The business of insurance of all classes
has grown enormously ln thla country in
the last few years. It Is certain to ex
pand with the Increase of wealth and pop
ulation. The big corporations In tha eaat
are finding rivals In the great cities of the
west, and all these, with the foreign oom-
panics admitted here, do buslnesa all over I
the country. Their transactions are of an
interstate character. Nobody can quea-
tlon that. This great business now has no offices ln big vans propelled by electric mo
other official supervision- than that given I tors instead of by horses. These vehicles
It by the several states, and each state has
Its own methods and Its own restrictions,
There are a multiplicity of laws to hamper
aim iwrpio, wun ihh. umiornuiy. ana in
many Instances offering no real security.
It is notorious that the supervision in
some states nas been a mere pretense, the
chief purpose being to tax the insurance
corporations to the fullest possible extent.
In other, though fortunately not numerous,
instanoes official authority, always large,
haa been made use of for personal gain.
All thla is a burden which falls upon the
insured sooner or later. - The exactions of
some of the states in these particulars have
been less annoying to the corporations
however, than the confusion of laws, one
state requiring one thing and another some
thing else, to auch a degree that several
different methods of doing business must be
malntaiued In order to hieet the different
demands. No one caw be surprised that
any business should want to escape from
these multifarious official annoyances.
National supervlaion would enable them
to do that by uniformity ot method. It
would also, we believe, afford a greater
measure ot securlty'to all who buy inaur-
anoe. - The examination and inspection of
the. business and of the resources and
management of ' the corporations would
naturally be more thorough and systematic.
It would be leas expensive, since the com
panies would hava to submit to but one
authority instead, of many. Such inspec
tions would be more frequtnt at much less
coat, 'and the whole method would be
greatly to the advantage of all parties oon
cerned In Insurance contracts.
It would
establish Inrraupd ronfldenoe. banuw it I
would provide greater aucurlty. I
Thera are abundant reasons, therefore,
why the president's suggestions ahould
have the earnest consideration of congress,
If action la taken the further responeeiblllty
can be fairly . placed upon the courts, and
what the courts will do cannot certainly be
known until a triaj ia made.
OTHER LADS Tn.ti oms.
n I. thourht that the position of Herr
Tlsta In the Hungarian Parliament has
been weakened considerably by the tetter
ich the former premier, iierr ieu.
fc tha, nvMon ot parlla
mentary procedure la necessary, but he
i thinks also that It might have been at-
tln'1 ln "greement with the opposition
had the government shown more patience
ftnd Merclped mor, perauaBlon. rubiic opln-
i jon WOuld then, he argues, hava compelled
I the obstructionists to give way. As It Is,
n government has committed
I gross breach of one of the main safeguards
of the constitution, and thla llleirallty
makes It Impoaaihle for him to remain a
member of the liberal party. At the same
tlm- th outraareous tactics of the oppoM-
nun in airnniiiiigs (iiv ciun II inline at 11111-1'"-
IViU hint l 4nln (kl. aanba With aa
I curie - iiiiii jwi 11 turn 1 n 11 nn, 11 mm
neflvv h..rt . fnefor, from Dllb.
ue nr-.. and aa a private cltiaen will seek
consolation In his fidelity to those prln
c'PlM hph hv '" h 'ulde of hl
political career. Merr Men, 11 is saia, iecis
that he was betrayed by some of his own
ministerial associates, who sug-g-eMed to the
king that a more energetic policy was
needed to keep the opposition In order. He
Is reported to have been Surprised by the
promptness with which his resignation was
accepted. Nevertheless, he extended loyal
support to hla successor, Herr Tlsza, while
""U in public lire,
The meagre remnHnts of the once famous
herd of wild white cattle, whose progenitors
have Inhabited the park of Earl Ferrera, at
Chartley, In Staffordshire, for nearly 700
years, were sold at auction last week. Their
ancient ocmnm consisted or 9o acres or
, waste iann, coverea witn cracKen ana
clumps ot Bcotcti nr. birch and onk. This
nas neen foia, ana is to ne aivlded tip Into
building lots. Thus passes away an Inter
I esting- survival of feudal times. The herd
I ItBelf has been dwindling- rapidly of late
I years, and will soon be extinct If prompt
I measures are not taken to renew It. Thlr
1 teen years ago It numbered seventy cattle,
three years later there was only forty
three, now there are only nine, and most of
I these are feeble specimens. This result la
I due. Immediately, to the ravages of tuber
I euloals, but the great fatality of the disease
I attributed to the close Inbreeding of cen-
tunes. Prof. Robert Wallace of Edinburgh
I U8"Best that all future calves be entrusted
I to selected foater mothers of the Bouth
Walp breed which is closely akin to their
I own with the view of strengthening- their
constitutions, nut he thinks that the breed
I m,,9t n become totally extinct If It Is not
invig-orated by the Infusion of some fresh
hlood, preferably of the South Walea breed.
M. Pelletan, the French minister of mi.
rlne, hitherto an earnest champion of the
rights of the working-man, ia evidently
prepared 10 use strong measures if un
reasonable, union demands threaten to in
terfere with Important national works ln
the French arsenals. In an interview re
cently published he remarked that when
an admiral was at the head of the min
istry all went well at the arsenals, every
ono doing hip duty without a murmur.
The most exasperating- acts of Injustice
and the most shameless favoritism d!d
not affect the discipline which in Indispen
sable to every military organization. But
because he had ruled that the workmen
In the arsenals are civilians like the work
men outside, recognized their right of com
bination, and ordered the admirals acting
maritime prefects to maintain relations
with their unions and finally because he
had declared openly that the workmen
must not be treated as the pariahs of
the French proletariat, these same work
men threatened constantly to strike, en-dangerlng-
the highest interests of the
country those of national defense. A
threat of a general strike; he declared to
jib nuuicinuio ana ine workmen must
know that they cannot reckon upon his
sympathy. Happily the French are on
good terms with all the powers, but no one
could tell what the morrow mnv hrin.
lortn. ine time lost ln strlka mioht
retard mobilization and compromise the
safety of the country. In conclusion he
saia mat he hoped the workmen would
not compel him to exert his authority hut
ne wouia not hesitate to do so should It be
necessary.
The report which comes from Venlee
or tne danger that threatens the great
basilica of St. Mark's will cause keen
snxiety throug-hout the civilized world.
11,0 'neers wno nave investigated the
condition of the building seem to find it to
m " Bn 'arming state, and recommend
lmmedlate J11 radical measures to avert
,6n aestruction. It Is most
, "7"' uo "1a ,nat these ps
" "' "u lney WI" r,rve
CP. etely effecv- When the Camp-.nl'.
fell there was a sense of loss throughout
the world and the people of Italy immedi
ately set about providing funds for Its
restoration: but It la rinnhii.. 1. v...
. . . . u'
many mai tne loss or the Campanile.
were It not restored, would be rather In
the disappearance of a cherished historic
peculiarity or the great piazza than ln
an actual diminution of the beauty or im-
pressiveness or tne spot. But the loss of
Bt. Mark s would be a cruel blow It
would rob the world of one of its chief ar
chitectural delights, and deprive the cen
tral spot of Vtnlce of that which ia Its
crowning reature. on both sides of the
Atlantic there will be thouHards who w.ll
await with eagerness the news that all
is well again (with St. Mark's.
Paris has tried on a fairly extensive scale
and with highly satisfactory results the
experiment of moving its mall matter about
the city between muJn and branch Doat
carry much more than those they replaced,
and they move ao much mora raDldlv that
the hours for distributing and collecting
mail can be arranged in better accord with
public convenience. The new system Is of
special advantage for reaching the outlying
posts. Tha speed within the city ia about
fifteen miles an hour, which exceeds the
contract apeed considerably. At present the
pcwtal service of Paris uses 6uo horaes. The
fifteen automobiles which are now running
will suppress forty horses to begin with,
aa they replace twenty of the old cars out
of the 12S which were used.. The authorities
think that tha new cara will give an econ
omy in money aa well as ln time, since the
coat of keeping city horses la large.
Japan has forty-seven postal aavlngs
banks. In which, on May 31 last, there warn
8.W6.8tt yn (I-SM97.8.K), on deposit. Since
th war bea11 thane depoaltrtiave increased
by 6,302,501 yen 2,651.SS2, deposited by
persons. Thla vast deposit by the
general run of Japan a population would
seem to explain the ease with which each
war loan, Is subscribed many times over
when it is offered for home subscription,
Between April, 1903, and September, 19u4, the
number of depositors Increased from 2, Oil,,
388 to 4,11.793. This is a practical demon-
stratlon of the proverbial Japanese thrift.
A Waste of Energy.
New York Tribune.
With thirty-three democratic senators In
the upper chamber, and all of them able-
bodied talkers, the hoise membera who are
tiroDoalng bills to limit representation mav
aa well forego their trouble, unless their
object be 'e development of sentiment
rather than the puasage of a law. The
senate' privilege of unlimited debate ef.
fectually bars the passage of any measure
aalnl wmcn there la even a less formida.
hla opposition than would be the cumk in
regard 10 luw measures deferred to.
POLITIC.!, DRIFT.
It cost the people of New York HnO.(W
to express their feelings at the ballot bo.
The socialist party wfll have two mem
bers In the Illinois and . six In the Wis
consin legislatures.
There are twice as many republican
members of the legislature of Texas thla
year aa there were at the last scsrton.
There are two this time.
The Tillman-McLaurln debate In the
t'nlted States senate a few years ago
looks painfully boylnh compared with tha
"rough house" of the Hungarian Diet.
Norman Mack, the democratic booster of
Buffalo, declares that David Bennett Hill
will not be permitted to retire to private
life on January 1, becausa Hill "Is the
wisest counsellor of the party in the state."
The notion that poets are not adequately
rewarded In this life receives a Jolt by
the appointment of James Jeffrey Roche
of Boston as consul at Oena. Mr. Roche
Is a poet as well ss an editor and his
torian. Governor-elect Douglas of Maaeachusetts
Innlsts that his election was wholly due
to his advocacy of tariff revision and
reciprocity with Canada, but he doesn't
seem to have quite studied out how he Is
going to make good.
Baltimore's mayor prohibited a man from
paying an election bet by pushing- the win
ner through the streets In a wheelbarrow.
If the mayor carries his policy to the limit
of preventing citizens so Inclined making
fools of themselves he will have an ex
ceedlngly busy time. '
The mayor of Danville. Va., had the au
dacity to walk into a court room with a
pair of creaking shoes while the Judge
was culling wisdom from his Inner con
sclousness. The Judge decided that a buf
falo bill would fit the crime and the obe
dlent mayor cashed ln.
An episode Incident to the recent clec
tlon Illustrates the president "ln lighter
voln." Being- known only to the guests
of the president and his wife on election
night It has not heretofore got Into print
After It became pertain that the election
was his and ho had received the fellclta
tlons of the men about him, President
Roooevelt crossed over to his wife, and,
bowing low before her, as he extended his
hand, said: "My dear, It gives me pleasure
to Inform you that I am no longer an ac
cident." Joseph Smith, a citizen of Hobart, I. T.,
aspires to be -appointed scavenger In that
place. He showed up before the appoint
ing authority with these endorsements on
his petition: Saloon Men's Protective
league, Law and Order league, Toung Men's
Christian association, Women's Christian
Temperance union, Antiprohlbltion society,
American Protective association and Cath
olic Union of America Some curiosity Is
felt as to Just what "pull" he would have
produced had he been looking- for a really
good Job.
A SEA LEVEL CAAI
American Visitors to Panama In
Favor of a. Change of Plan.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Several of the members of the house
committee on Interstate and foreign com
merce have been looking over the ground
at Panama and they believe not only that
a sea level course for the canal across the
isthmU3 is much preferable to that of dams
and locks, even If it should cost many
millions more, but they think that the
latter plan Is Impracticable. Of course,
there are no practical engineers on the
commutes. Like the majority of their
countrymen, the member of that body
have, to take the word of the experts who
have recently been making a study of the
situation.
It is well known that the plans of T
Lesseps and hla engineers contemplated the
use of dams and locks for the canal. This
Idea, too, was adopted by the American
engineers at the outset : The Chagres
river, near the middle of the isthmus,
rendered locks necessary, as De Lesseps
believed, much as he would have pre
ferred the sea level waterway. But the
American engineers have discovered a
method whereby the Chagres barrier can
be surmounted and the sea level plan
adopted. It Is figured that that river can,
by means of a tunnel, be diverted through
the highlands, the present channel of the
river near the proposed course of the
canal be emptied and the canal builders
have a free hand In carrying out their
work. Tha engineers who made this dis
covery estimated that the work of turning
aside the Chagres from Its regular course
near the canal line would cost about 120,
000,000, which would have to be added to
the original estimates of the cost of build
ing the waterway. But this sum would
be saved in a few years In the greater
cheapness and celerity In the passage of
vessels through the canal and ln the dimin
ished expense of its maintenance.
Secretary Taft, like the house committee,
has accepted the sea level Idea. Both are
Influenced by the discovery recently made
that the construction of the Bohlo dnm
and Jocks, owing to the difficulty In finding
a safe foundation for the dam, would be
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MIHTIIPt l. HEM AttKS.
"A Paris physician has discovered that
pneumonia may he cured by administering
doxen of silver and gold.''
"Yes to the doctor." Cleveland Leader.
MK'all Gracious! What a fine new safe
you've pot. It's burglar-proof, of course.
Merchant Better than that. It's cashier
proof. I'm the onlv one who knows the
combination. Philadelphia Press.
"Didn't you go to sleep during the clas
sical program?" asked Mrs. Cumrox, se
verely. "No," answered her husband. "No such
luck." Washington Post.
Mrs. Ferguson There's Jus no use In mv
trying to get a cloak that aults my com
plexion! I've spent the whole day at It!
Mr. Ferguson You're right, Laura, I
wouldn't try any more.
Mrs. Ferguson O. you brute! Chicago
Tribune.
"You nre the first one to whom T Vinv
shown this poem." the young pnet went on.
"I waa wooing the muse lust night "
"Poor fellow!" renlled thp eriitur hnnrllmr
back the manuscript. "It's too bad she re
jected you." Philadelphia Ledger.
"What doea the president menn In hl
message when he sqvs that "this ronntrv l
not afflicted with land hunger?'"
He means that vour I nele, Hnm won'f
eat dirt for anybody." Cleveland Leader.
"An the moral Is. Llmnv. that vm ara
never to endorse anv notes."
An If I should. Weary?
"Thfn vnu flrp nver tn nnv nnv fnrthnr
attention to them." Cleveland PJafn Dealer.
The shade of Julius Caesar looked wor-
rled.
'Ilnna- It all, he remarked to his old
rival, Pompey, "If I'd known those Italians
were going- to send mtr statue Over to
Washington. I would have had mv laurel
wreaths made so thick and high that fu
ture generations never would have sus
pected how bald I was." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
WISH OF A SMALL BOY.
Aloyalua Coll In Buffalo News.
I wish my clothes waa pasted on my back.
ies' like a dog's,
;e th' bark tnat's fastened 6a & pile
of hemlock loirs:
Then every time i trimmed my kite, or
Jigged my little boat.
An' siarted out, 1 would't hear: "Oh,
Johnny, Where's your coat?"
Th' fellers of my gang come up an' holler
at our gate:
"Come on, we're goln' flahin', Jack!" but,
gee! I got f wait
Till ma has Hewed a button on an' stitched
a rlppln' hem
'Fore I kin git my flshln' pole an' toiler
after 'em.
One day when me an' Nell waa huntln' ber
ries down th' lane
Th" hired man rattled by he had a wagon
load of gruln;
An' he'd 'a' in ken me along, if Nell jes'
hadn't said:
"He can't go into town Without a hat Upon
his head."
In winter, when th sleddln' an" th skat
In's comln' In,
I never leave th' house but what I'm or
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T' bundle up "in something warm" an'
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A pair of skates an' rubber shoes an' gloves
an' overcoat!
An' in th' mornln', when th' birds Is slngln'
In th' trees,
I'm later glttln' out than, all th' chip
munks an' the beea,
Jes' 'cause I have t' alt aroun 'a-pullln'
at a shoe
That won't go on fer knotted string, or
'cause It's wet with dew.
That's why t wish my clothes was pasted
on mo, like a dog's.
Or like th' bark that s fastened on a pllo
of hemlock logs:
Then every time 1 wished t' have a swim
or take a doze
I wouldn't huve t' wait till I had shed my
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