10 THE OMAHA DAILY RKE: KINPAY, .FAN UAIJ V 22. Tiie Omaha Sunday Bee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF StRSCRIPTION. Daily Bee (without Sunday), ore year-.il 00 uaiy lice and Sunday, one year illustrated Btc. one year 2.'0 Sunday Hee. one year d.iturd'ay Wee. one )enr ' 1 'e'wentloth Century Farmer, one year... LOO DELIVERED RY CARRIER Lily Ree (without Bundav). per copy... J' Iaiy He (without Rutiday). per week. .120 Dmlv Ree (Inducing Sunday), per wnk .lc Humhv Hee, per copy Kvenlng Bee (without Sunday!, per week 10 Kerning lice (Including Sunday), per week I"3 Complaints of lrr'riln ri? In delivery ho.iid h addressed to city Clrcul iUon De I'artment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee- Handing. H'uth Omaha City Hell building. Twenty fifth and M streets. Council nh,r!o rrorl street. Iilrsgo ln Crlty building. Nw York ?S Park Row building. Washington Ml fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and edi torial mi iter i-hould h addrecsed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. rmlt by draft, expres or postal order, pavable to The Bee Puhilhlng Company, Only l-rent stamps reolved In payment of mall account Personal checks excrpt on Omaha or eastern ei'haneea, not accented. TUB REE I UBL13IIINO COMPANY. HTATEMENT OF CIRCTTT.ATION. Pft of Nebraska. Pouglaa County. ss.: Oorge R. Tsscriuck. secretary of The Pee rubllshlng Company, being duly aworn, aya thnt the actual number of full and complete copies cf The Dully, Morning, Lvenlrg and Sunday pee printed duilng tha ""J.ui ni uocemner, 1UU4. was aa loiinws: I.... 20.800 17 IS 1 20 21 22 a :t 26 2tl 27 28 i HO SI il2,Tl!l 20.200 32.ISM n 1,1:20 sn.;t4H o.o2o SO. ISO X0..-1HO sto.nao sa.ooo 84.250 20,100 2H.7KO 2M.TNO M.7SO 88.T30 80,201) 2M.MNO 2M.03Q 24,310 2M.220 JtK.ttUO :m,22 2H.SOO 2N,nno 2N.470 2N.220 UN.H30 81,470 .. 10 II. .t It 11 14... U IS Total. .921,78 . lO.lJII) Less unaold copies Net total sales Ol 1.046 Dally averaj-e 2M,40M QEOROE B. TZSCHUCK. Ruhacrlbed in my presence and aworn to before me this 111 day of December, lfcoi. (b'eal) M. B. HUNGATE, Notary Public. Senator Stnoot testifies thut he la the sou of a plural wife. That should settle It. Bryan charges that President Koose volt and the republicans "urc stealing our thunder." Whose thunder? Parker's? That remind -us that the extension of the suffrage In Colorado to wonion was iiinde under assurance that it would "purify" politics. That bill for a board of coutrol fur Nebraska state institutions may be un constitutional, but, if no, It ought to be made constitutional. ' The Pennsylvania Railroad company and the trainmen's unlou will find their time not wasted if they discover means to avert a threatened strike. Tom Watson will hare to set off a whole lot of red tire In his new magazine If he hopes to overshadow the glare In which Tom Lawson Is posing. Since Mr. Bryan escaped from the White House intact some people In Mis souri will look upon Mr. Roosevelt's strenuosity as being greatly exagger ated. The 8 moot healing hus developed the fnct that Mormons do not uiuke a prac tice of sending out wedding invitutlous after the first ceremony has beeu per formed. From this distance It would look a If Colorado should not only uncover the false ballots In the boxes, but ascertain who put them In before settling that gubernatorial contest. The Protestaut Episcopal missionary conference will meet next time In Den ver. Omaha would be pleased to enter tain the conference agnln whenever the members choose to return. It Is safe to assume that the experi ence of Vespasian Warner will lead him to have a higher opinion of congressmen than that expressed by his immediate predecessor In the peuslou office. Before wo forget It, how are the three populists in the Nebraska legislature going to square themselves with Tom Tibbies for ousting their votes for I'nlted Htates senator for a rampant Parker democrat? If Mr. Brlstow succeeds In creating as much excitement in Pauauia transporta tion matters kh lie did In Cuban ostnl a (Tail's he will turn up some good stuff for those who like to read spicy uews puper reports. Heel uu t'ucle Sam Is doing so much iu the way of Irrigation experimenting, It la open to (iiestli)ii whether the Ne braska legislature N warranted in using uny of the money raised by slate taxes to duplicate the work of the federal gov ernment. Another new .version of the Bible Is offered to the public. If this disposition to alter the text of the scripiiuvs W con tinned It uiny liecome necessary lor the I'dlglorK world to refer not only to chap ters end verses, but also to edition v heu cititig gospel. The mayor cf I'cuvor ordered ail city ofi'ccK to lie eloM'd for two hours Friday to enable tiie p -hlicr to pun icl;i;ile in a r?vivu!lst priyer meet lie. Icnvcr, and fx lli.'il i-:. itter ii'l Co'orado. his ru'.ly lieulei! 1 pren rlptloii of s.iiiidotu ui'd prayer thoe sunny days. ,'( blMr !.t lilll'il 10 coined with the j l'rMpr.na ei'K'l oi kmi Ium but ii li :s Mt-vred ;t M. '.'!' a w,l.' cVrk-dlV v. IC; tha isiinn a-i t o.uitioiou. vh'h It.' II o lesson ll..:t if you cannot u 'l a w'.i.ili loaf you must tal.e i,: !r a !-:M'. -ltd 1! you ctii'iet id I. alt a leaf you must take n ira.i.b i;,.t:.ii t'.:au i bun. ;.. fH'r7R. OF THE PRESWKST. The American jioople generally do not understand how grrnt are the powers of the president (if the Ftlited States. It is not uncommon to see the statement that the chief executive of this republic os-see-sc powers miller the constitution j more comprehensive I linn those of the bond of any other nation except the nil- 1 . . tocrat or Russia. loit this conveys a .wholly vague 11 lid indefinite Idea of the extent of Ids constitutional authority. ! In an address before the New York i Mtnte B;ir association Mr. Charles A. i'lardlner. a lawyer of distinction, pre sented n comprehensive and highly In structive statement of the constitutional powers of th president and the gre.it advauce in their exercise which bus been made In recent years. It was said by Mr. (iardiner thnt tli. president (r the Fnited States stunds nnl pie In history. "No such political creation ever existed Is fore, none similar exists tod:iy." The one great purpose of the constitution was tn remedy the defects of the con fedonrtlon: the one great defect Of the confederation was executive weakness. The frnmers of the constitution provided n remedy for this weakness in creating a chief magistrate and not merely n chief executive or presiding officer. It was argued thnt the president Is not only expressly granted all executive sover eignties, but Is compelled under onth to execute encli and every one of them. Therefore, in exercising his powers the president is sufficient unto himself, he needs no assistance or authorization from anyone. "Kvery power grantrd to him by the constitution Js self-executing in efficiency; he may execute It person ally, or use all the means of the nation at his command. This automatic Initia tive of the president Is the keystone of our political arch; without It he could do nothing, anywhere, without co-operation of congress or the Judiciary, or further authority from the people." Mr. Gardi ner expressed the opinion that the presi dent lias the power to enforce the war amendments (o the constitution without further legislation by congress, thnt on his own Initiative he can abolish slavery in the Philippines and suppress peonage In the south, and that If southern states abridge the privileges or immunities of federal negro citizens, the president on his own Initiative can prohibit, such ac tion, whether congress legislates on the subject or not. Mr. (iardiner declared that the discre tion of the president In executing the laws of congress Is absolute. He must flrst.deolde whether or not a law should be executed at all, and in deciding that he may sulxirdinnte laws of congress nnd decrees of courts to reasons of state. "When In his Judgment the highest good of the people forbids him to execute a law, he may refuse to execute It, al though congress may direct him to do so. When his Judgment pronounces n law constitutional he may execute It, al though the courts declare It unconstitu tional aid forbid him to execute It; and he may refuse to execute a law that (the courts declare constitutional nnd com mand him to execute. Buch exercise of his discretion cannot Is? revised by any Judicial or legislative proceeding; the only remedy is Impeachment." This is a view of the powers of the president that will not be generally accepted, yet It Is supported hy strong. arguments, and logi cal reasoning. Mr. ("Iardiner said we have entered on a new era of political development and thnt this is the age of executive expansion. It is a .question whether the people desire expansion of executive power to go beyond the point already reached. FAYORS RAILWAY LKUISLATIOS. The National Board of Trade, which held Its annual session in Washington the past week, is commonly supposed to represent and speak for the commercial Interests of the country, but it Is not al ways free from the Influence of corpora tions. While It passed a resolution fa voring legislation for regulating railway rates and to put an end to 'unjust dis criminations or preferences, H was lu the nature of a compromise. After say ing that power should ,be given to tbo Interstate Commerce commission to re vise any rates found to be unreasonable or discriminating, the resolution sug gests that the revised rates should not go Into effect uutll the action of the com mission shall have been, upon review, continued by the circuit court of the I'nlted States. This Is not In accord with the recom mendation of President Roosevelt or with what the great majority of the shippers of the country desire. The president urged that the revised rate or dered by the commission should go Into effect at once and stay in effect unless and until the court of review reverses If. The other plan Is of course accept able to the railroads, which would enjoy the benefit of the unreasoii'ible rate dur ing the time the question was before Hie courts. The president's recommenda tion Is In the interest of the public aud anything different should receive no seri ous consideration. A rale found to bo unreasonable should not be allowed to t ont'nue. h'A V MIS MIME HATTLICSHll'S I The house committee on naval affairs Is reported to be of the opinion that it would b well for the present congress to authorize the con-11'milon tif three additional battleships, but that the de c'.opmcut of the navy should not at this t:n:e- be cnlid further. Tills will In olo the dlsaiowulicc of the cruisers '.cc,.'.!;ii : udi d I y the secretary of the pavy and the question that arises Is n bother ilvo nre not more essential to l c :i ivy Until i d M l uial I nttVshltis. it mi Intnl ov;. loweV'M, that while scout nil sit mi' iv i! v lie In.provUi ii from v't'! lc.it:'shi"' eiii'.iied ill the nier- -t !' i c He biiiid'n.!." of hnft!c- I i 1 '".'! 1 .- e 1 1 s. 'A I i'e ill re N mi. 1 ('tiling lu this, yet Mere i' iv leanv who think tint In view 11.' the pre si ut rclatloii between Ui" re .e'i'ts mill 1 tti 'iii'.tur's (if the govern- . (in. IU- iiM.rvi :.n i f more battle- ships enn very well be pnt off. or at any rate that it would not le wise at present to authorize as many n three more of thee costly vessels. It Is indicated that tills will probably ls the position of the senate naval committee, of which Sen ator Hale is chiilrinnu. The Maine sen ator Is not a believer In the battleship, holding that experience hns shown It to be so extremely vulnerable to torinslo attack is to discredit Its efflcrency. Moreover, be Is not In favor of further large navnl expenditures at this time and he may lie nMc to Impress his views upon tin" senate. Public sentiment is not favorable to calling a halt to our naval development, but we think It will not be avers-", under cNlstina: conditions, to th" exercise of n judicious measure of economy in this direction. THK R fc.4 1 j RKASVX "71". At the hcnrlng I f fore the Board of Fire nnd Police Commissioners In a. case Involving th- validity of the publication of a notice of application for a licence to sell liquor In the city of Omaha. (5. M. Hitch cock, acting on behalf of the Oiahu World Herald, declared that the Omaha Evening YVoiid-Ilcrald has a buna fide circulation In Doaglus county exceeding dally. I'mlcr the decision of 1 lie supreme court of Nebraska, the bona fide circulation of a neWKpspcr consists of actual paying sub scribers, server! either by carrier delivery or by mull. Now. In order that Mr. Hitch cock's sincerity may bi put to a tost, we herewith offer to puy to Hiiy benevolent or charitable Institution he may name 15 for every bona flde paying subscriber In excess of f,0K) per day served hy carrier delivery and by mall In Douglas county with copies of the Omaha Evening World-Hera Id and tha Omaha Morning World-Herald com bined during the month of December. 1M. And we hereby offer $5 for evtry paying subscriber served hy carrier and mull for both the Omaha Evening World-Herald mid the Omaha Morning World-Herald combined In exdss of the bona fide paid circulation of The Omaha Evening lice de livered by carrier and served by mall within Douglas county during the month of December, 1904. Comparison of the subscription lists of the respective newspapers above named to be made by William Hayden, Emit Bran dels, J. K. Baum. Thomas KM mi trick and C. M. Wilhelm, or any three of the alsve named business men, verification of tho lists to be first made by nccredltfd repre sentatives of the two papers. THE REE PCBMSHINO COMPANY, Per E. ROSE WATER. President. This proposition made iu good faith on New Year's day still remains open and will so remain to the end of this month. Instead of taking it tip a counter propo sition has been pompously published, bearing nil the characteristics of a mock nuction shop. Instead of a comparison of lama fide subscription lists we are in vited to match the fake street corner sales of unsold morning editions, re vamped Into catch-penny noon editions and rehashed noon editions transmuted Into afternoon editions that circulate ex tensively between Fifteenth and Farnani and the waste paper storehouse In the rear alley. For obvious reasons such a comparison of relative subscription claims Is declined. RUSSIA'S DOMESTIC TROUBLES. Is Russia on the verge of revolution? The tendency of events would seem, to warrant an uttlrniatlve answer to the question. A few weeks ago the presi dent of the Moscow zemstvo wrote to the minister of the Interior defending the discussion of reforms by the body of which he Is the head. He declared that Russia is lu a state of anarchy and that the revolutionary movement is not a simple disturbance by the youth of the country, but it is a movement which reflects the attitude of public opinion, and he expressed the view that it Is very dangerous, even terrible, not only for the people, but for the emperor. He urged that the duty of every true Rus sian subject was to do what he could to prevent the impending calamity. He said: ''The Russian nation is being dragged Into a revolution which it does not want and which may be prevented by the emperor if he shows confidence iu his people. I'nder existing conditions it is Impossible to forbid the people from expressing their sufferings. It is impos sible to keep silence when the country Is iu a dangerous position." Since this warning the revolutionary movement has been gaining In force and has now assumed most threatening pro portions. The strikes of worklngmen, tho Influence being exerted by radical ugltators, the widespread manifestations of popular discontent, constitute the most serious menace to the domestic peace of Russia which that empire has kuowu lu mnny years, if not in all Its history. The reported situation In St. Petersburg two days ago was extremely grave and there was apprehension that a like con dition of affairs would follow In other cities. The power of the government for suppressing these disturbances U not to be underestimated, but obviously there is danger of exasperating the people by a too drastic- exercise of tills power. The Russian government Is not in a position to pursue a policy of extreme severity toward the people. Its safe course Is that of conciliation, of making such concessions to I he popular demands as will placate these who aro not now in sympathy with the more radical element nnd yet want reforms. Whether or not tho czar and his ad visers will prove equal to the emergency remains tq 1m seen. Whnt hn been promised (h people Is manifestly not altogether satisfactory and besides there is Irritating delay In putting the reforms Into effect. There ! mi good reason why some of then could not have beoo in- stltutrd at once, thereby showing an enrnest purpose as to which delav has naturally created doubt. The Uusslun government needs at this time the loyal and patriotic support of :ill its people. In order ';i contl'ioe I lie war Hi which 't Is eucai'cd and which is making a tmi'eodoii'i dra'n upon the tvuplr". there rest be do r.cstlc pence. W the govern it ciniiiof teniiitiilii 1 1' ( nt homo It will be compelled to abandon the war tl'o r.ir etist for w lih 11 revolution on its hands it could mil reinforce nud or -vision Its armies In Manchuria. Th" cltpulon tr.iir well cat!s: the czar and Ms advisers the profniindest anxiety and sollcltrde. ft-AS THE COMPROMISE A Sl RRKSt ERl To Timothy J. Mahoiicy, President Civic Federation: The latest manifesto addressed to theiublic in the name of the Civic Federation by yourself and four members of its executive commit tee forcibly recalls your own motto: "(Jod hates a coward." Touched on the raw by the editorial comment of The Bee on the vainglorious speech recently delivered at Chicago by KImer K. Thomas, you appeal for public sym pathy by alleging that "certain persons who have beeu in certain ways beiio- J tttiaries of a corrupt regime are cn jdenvoring to discredit the work of your organisation." You furthermore assert that "the compromise with the brewers and saloon keepers, which has been denominated by certain interested par ties as 'jug handle.' was made for the elevation of public morals, and scout the intimation that it would. not be car ried out hy the keepers of resorts in the proscribed district ns simply the father of tho thought.' " Now, why did yon not slnsit straight at the mark instead of Indulging in in sulting nnd cowardly Inuendoes? What right have you to stigmatise me as the beneficiary of a corrupt regime? Whnt right have you to insinuate that my prediction that the keepers of tough Joints in the Third ward, who were re liceused under your compact with the brewers nud saloon keepers, would not keep within the hounds of the law. was Inspired by the wish that was the father of the thought. You may not hnvc known that I had made an appeal to the mayor and chief of police as far back as April. Iflol, to require saloons in the proscrlled dis trict to wall up their back (hairs ami back windows nnd side doors nnd side windows, and to close down altogether after the end of the year. You may not know, but it Is never theless a fact, thnt I linve advocated. 1 earnestly but quietly, other police reg ulations that would have led to the separation of S(sinl vice from the liquor traffic and lietter police government. Hut you cannot he Ignorant of the fact that I openly made the demand for these reforms over my own nnme In The Bee last November and have per sonally Invoked the power of the gov ernor and urged the police commission to Inaugurate these reforms. Y'ou declare mam your honor thnt you directed your attorney to file protests against the renewal of licenses to saloon keepers whose places during the last year had been operated In connection with disreputable music hnlls and the aters or had been conducted In conjunc tion with houses or apartments of ill fame. Y'ou assert that "tho protests were filed accordingly agaiust all appli cants who were known by ns or our agents to be subject to these objections" nnd you say that you did not know or care what brewer or saloon keeper would be affected or hurt by such pro test. Y'ou vehemently deny that Walter Moise, or anyone representing him, or in his Interest, has had anything to do, directly or Indirectly, with the Civic Federation, Its agents. Its officers, mem bers or employes. Now, while I do not wish to impute, even Indirectly, deliber ate falsehood on your part, or that of your associates, let me call your atten tion to a few facts: Among the charges filed before the police board by Elmer E. Thomas against Chief of Tollce Donahue was the charge that the chief was derelict in ' his duty for falling to close the Willow Springs saloon, on the corner of Four teenth nnd Douglas streets, the story above the said saloon having been occu pied for Immoral and unlawful pur poses, but for reasons nobody has yet explained this disorderly saloon was not among the seventeen against whom pro tests were filed by Elmer E. Thomas. Was this omission accidental or because the aforesaid saloon Is ono of the Moise brand? I do not wish to Impute even to Colonel Walter Moise, or his partner, Mr. Hayward, any Jntentlonol design to mislead their Intimate friends, but In formation that. I deem absolutely reli able credits them with saying that they have contributed many hundreds of dol lars to the prosecutions carried on by the Civic Federation. If there hnd never been any close relation between your special nttorney, Mr. Thomas, and the Willow Springs brewing concern It Is passing strange thnt Mr. Thomas should appear In the police court as prosecutor of certain complaints filed by Mr. Dunn, whose employment by Mr. Moise is a matter of common notoriety, aud whose methods In filing and with drawing protests are Identical with those of Elmer Thomas. But why do you take exception to the charge that the recent compromise effected by you and your officers with the brewers and saloon keepers was a "Jug-handle" af fair and surrender? As an attorney you cprtnlnly must know that the parties against whom the protests were filed would have been compelled by tiie courts to close their resorts while the appeals wsre pending even if the board hnd overruled them, but the withdrawal of the protests was tantamount to nn ngrecnieut to let them run nnother year without molestuthin. Y'ou claim that if the court had sus talnoi.you the same resorts would have been licensed under other names, but suppose ytm had Joined lue In making the demand that saloons ls banished from the district; would not that have nccouqiiitfiicd more tnau taking ine ir redeemable promise of tho stilonn keep ers that subsist on patronage of tho vicious and disorderly classes of Isith sexes? Y'ou say you Instructed your attorney lo complain against all saloons thnt were conducted In conjunction with houses or apartments of III fame. Did he carry out your Instruction"? Iton't you know that there iir from ten to twenty Just such resorts running In Omaha against whom your attorney fticd nn protests? Why did he not do it? Is not your purification campaign degenerating into a masquerade? Now. a word with you. Mr. Mahoiicy. Y'ou wore prosecuting attorney in Doug las county for four years and were In position to carry out the reforms for which the Civic Federation stands. How did you practice before you preached? During your lneutn!eiiey there were at least five public gambling houses tn full blast In Omaha and policy shops were running unmolested, w hile South Omaha was like a mining town with all the name implies. An examination of your record, which I have taken the trouble to print in this Issue elsewhere, will verify this summary: Of 110 cases placed for prosecution Into your hands. Including parties In dicted by the grand Jury, for violations of the gnmblinc laws, keeping houses of ill fame and other crimes, perpetrated chiefly iu the proscrlhcd district of Oniuha and in lawless resorts of South Oninha. forty-eight were milled and dis missed and only twelve were tried, seven of whom were acquitted and live convicted. One of tho live convicted was nulled nnd defendant discharged at your request: seven others pleaded guilty nnd were fined, and forty-three, after lingering in your custody from six months to tw yenrs, were carried over to your successor. A clear comprehension, however, of llio character of the offenses and the leniency exhibited toward the offenders can be had only by a careful perusal of the transcript from the criminal docket, which, to sny the least, does not Justify the assumption that yon were as anx ious to repress crime and vice when yen had the power to do so, as yon ap pear to be now. The same Is also true with regard to Special Attorney Thomas. Ills record ns deputy county nttorney for two yenrs, ending In l!i2. was, If anything, more lax and lcs comtnenda- blc thnn yours. During all thnt pcrhri gamblers nnd gambling houses were holding high carnival In South Omaha. Saloons were open night and day. Sun days nnd week days, nnd vice running riot unmolested. E ROSKYVATER. One of the most unsavory federal of ficials identified with the combine that has fleeced the Winuebugo Indians aud contributed to their degradation and de moralization Is United Stntes Commis sioner Tom Sloan. lu spite 0f the notorious fact that Sloan was mixed up with the grafters iu Indian land lease deals nnd laud frauds, and In spite of the notorious fact that he has played Into the hands of the mercenary Indian traders through whom WInuebngo In dians have been roblMil and debauched, this man Sloan has been able to retain his commission and by virtue of his au thority hns Is'en able to intimidate and overawe the Indians and even white settlers in the neighborhood of the res ervation. But all things have their end. A special Inspector of the Department of Justice has uncovered some of Sloan's high-handed deals and Commissioner Sloan now proposes to resign frbm his office. This brings , up the question whether a public officer charged with dis honest or disreputable conduct should be allowed to resign when h Is found out. Is there any valid reason why such a man should not 1k dealt with just as any ordinary malefactor, so that an example may be set that will prevent others from following in his footsteps? Why not try publicity In the distribu tion of free railroad passes among our lawmakers and their onhangers? A published list of passes Issued would let every one know who wasaccepting rail road favors and check up on them to see whether they returned the compli ment at the expense of the public or not. Perhaps If every passholder knew every other passholder and realised the extent to which tho privilege were spread out he would not value, the obligation so highly nor feel it so incumbent on him self to respond to nil the requisitions of the pass distributer. Despairing of bringing the pope to an untimely grave, Roman correspondents aro now discovering thnt Archbishop Chapelle Is recalcitrant and will not obey orders to resign his extrn office. The war in the east has driven the cor respondent nt Rome to lengths hitherto deemed Impossible. Perhaps that prospective postmaster of Pueblo was surprised to learn thnt Colorado election methods did not meet with favor In Washington, but it Is dally becoming evident that Presldeut Roose velt did not live a number of yenrswest of the Missouri river for nothing. A French submarine boat has demon strated Its ability to remain under water fourteen hours nud return safely to the surface, but since the signing of the Anglo-French trcuty France Is nnt tak ing so much Interest lu boats which can I cross the channel unobserved. Russian soldiers will probably be given nn opportunity to slnrw that tho only reason they do not whip the Japa nese is that the latter are better armed, as they will probably make a sanguinary record when they meet the unarmed strikers of St. Petersburg. Alt Knockers Let la. Chicago Tribune. Another great thinker has come to the front with u theory aj to the forbidden fruit eaten by Mother Eve. He says It was a, crab apple. This lets down all the bars. Anybody may enter Into the competi tion now. Plea for Home Industries. Chicago Inter Ocean. Talking abcut the tutiff. something might be done In the way of making It Just u trifle more difficult to flood the country with Medicine Hat weather. Therj are times when It crowds nut the home product and i -ripples our local Industries. A a Kiperliaenl lu Jlu Jitaa. HI. I.ou'.s Ul Jb-Ienincrat. When a footpad approaches you seise him by the center vt the urin aud press your thumb violently against a nerve in (he inner elbow Joint. The fuolpud will then prebuhly shoot five bullet holes in you while he sbrieka with puln. Tills is Jiu Jltsv iFnsoL AT OTHKR VVtSE. Vivhsv lbs the head that Wf.irs the Itomaiii'T crown. If the pio i of O'Neill would tell their financial troubles to Andrew CariHRle they miglit hear yonuthing to their advantage. The man who introduces a bill to tax ta hi'lors turn up In the Tenncsa. c leg. Islature. He should git out of the rut and try a new tack. Dr. Chadwlik announces that he will resume the practice of his profession. Mrs. Chadwick will not. however, return to her profession for scvurnl days Roth Japan and Russia have recently placed big orders for saws iu Philadelphia. Evidently both fides are preparing id cut some Ice on the Shakho river. Now conns Mrs. l.lllle tbvircaux Rinke with the claim that Eve munched a quince, not an apple. If this higher criticism keeps on It will yet be shown that the whale swallowed a highball, not Jonah. A Chicago man wants a divorce 011 the ground that he was out of bis senses when ho took the matrimonial vows. A man who gives himself away furnishes pre sumptive evidence of Ills normal condition. Russia is making arrangements to have a lot of battleshlpa built In this country. While Amrrleana cordially dislike war, we cannot afford to let our sentiments In terfere with our business Interests. Let the war go on. During a season of grand oprra nt Au gusts, (la., the Herald of that burg re ports that the leading vocalists ordered "twelve bottles of beer, six one-half pints and two pints of whisky." It is supposed these articles were usid to stimulate the scene shifters. Glorious songsters would spurn such an slmnephcre. Two sons of (lotham millionaire., a fioclrt and a Bradley, started a hot run for a class presidency In Columbia uni versity and Just hs they wire rounding Into the home stretch, neck and neck, Jim Klnnegan, one of the common herd. Jumped to .the front and ran off with the prlie. That's one of Columbia's ways of tossing the purscprnud. Tim Indiana legislature threatens to break up the thriving business of marry ing squires who Infest the southern bor ders of the state by requiring ten days' notice of marriage. Every fellow who ha j a profitable graft cordially dislikes the rest of the tribe. As a means of promoting decency and good morals the measure should br passed and applied. One by one our Idols fall and muss the carpet. There Is Mrs. Maud Oonne Mc RriUe, familiarly known as "the Irish Joan of Arc," reported as seeking a di vorce from her husband. Those who heard Maud In Omuhn preach war to the knife and no surrender will not be very much surprised that she could not be reduced to a peace footing. Although McHrlde Is something of 11 warrior hlmsilf, having the tittle of major, he la evidently weary of a steady Job on the firing line. SHORTAGK OF EW MIMSIKHS. Siuallneaa of Salaries tint nf the Reasons AdTaneeil. Philadelphia Press. The Presbyterian ministers of the city, recently discussed the problem of the de crease in the number of candidates for the ministry. They reached no conclusions, ex cept the very general ones that the situa tion Is r.erloua and that pastors and church members should do whatever lies lu their power to stem this receding tide. The condition complained of appears to confront all churches, on both sides of the water. The recruits for the ministry aro everywhere fulling off. While there are preachers enough today to man all exist ing congregations which are able to sup port pastors, the supply for the next gen eration is entirely inadequate. Small won der that religious leaders and ecclesiastical bodies arc showing alarm, and that con ferences are being quietly held In the edu cational centers of the country to look Into the matter thoroughly. No graver problem is before the churches than that of maintaining an adequate force of prop erly equipped preachers. In the face of a decade of steudy de crease In the number of students who avow the gospel ministry as their goal, preachers and religious papers and students of social conditions arc asking why President Har per of Chicago university him recently made a study of the subject, anil he advances six raacna why the young men of today are less inclined to become preachers than the young men of a generation or two past. The influence of the ministry lias dimin ished while that of other professions has increased. The absence of a distinct re ligious spirit frutn modern homes causes a loss of purpose to enter the sacred call ing on the part of youths whose earlier Impressions determine their life work. The uncertainty of the ministerial career, theo logically and financially, la a powerful de terrent. President Harper declares that churches demand a preaching which would have been acceptable fifty years ago, and which is at variance with present day thought. Ministers who cannot live as ministers should live on beggarly salaries that are common. "I should like to pro pose the statement that the relative loss of Influence of the minister Is due to the smallness of his salary more than to all other Influence combined." The low stand ard of scholarship required of ministers In certain denominations has injured the dig nity of the office In the eyes of educated young men. The drift of college life Is 1 antagonistic to the high religious idrala which are requisite In the students for holy J orders. Thus President Harper sums up the oh- 1 staclcs which hinder men from entering the ministry. All his reasons have force, but the second and sixth come nearest to the secret of the difficulty. If, aa he declares, 1 the religious atmosphere of home nnd col- j lege Is not condurlve to the ereution of lofty spiritual alms, then the ease Is well plgh hopeless. For If young men today 1 were fired, as of old. by an Intense con viction of the pre-eminent Importance of sacred concerns, none of the hindrances named could keep tin 111 out of the pulpit. And, after nil, perhaps the pulpll Is bet ter vacant thaui filled by men who have not this consuming spiritual purpose. . r V ESTABLISHED 1896. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. FACTORY ON THE PREMISES. H P ;ajuioiswsiaiiissipiaujssy)isii)siiisiiiiiii ;i TTI 1 F - ':';v'';,'';;?- JZj 8 ;.y&ii I... ...ill SF.RXIOXS BOILED tOWV Sorrow is the secret of bnpplnc.x. The work Iteelf ts the best wage Nothing fails like a flti-.i 'inw. W hatever Is Is right where liml i The more a man pufT the ficigiit he haul. The moHt unsound religion ts thnt wh.. h Is all sound. The nimble pi kel does not make the live';- church. Ood never mistakes porfsh of manner for punt; of heart. Tbe string that ts not atretchr.i glee forth no strains 1 n faith that removes mountains a f- ways cnirles a rick. The most hopeless task Is that of saving the world with a scowl. That which Is stolen hy the tongue can not be restored by taffy. You may have a rubber eoncetice and tlll find It hard t,i erase your sins. If you have u.hI s srrroval you can woiry along without men's indorsement. The more heart n mail puts Into his money the less hupplm-aa he gets out of It. Heaven will tie a sad place for some folk: there will be nothing left to kick about. A man may be up to the latest wrlnkla In style and Mill fall hort of the glory of (Jod. It a a poor religion that I- always talking about a bigger church and never thlnka of 11 better city. Chicago Tribune. KC'I'I,R SHOT AT THE Pt I. PIT. Philadelphia Press:7A leader In I.uther anlsm hns fallen In the death of Rev. Ir. Kdmund J. Wolf, prealdent of the general synod of America, the most advanced body of Lutherans In the country. He was a ripe scholar, a minister with a high con ception of bis duty and a force In the re ligions life of his time. Huston Transcript: The archbishop of Canterbury shows an excellent under standing of American conditions when, anent the proposition attributed to him of establishing "a national church of Amer ica." he writes: "Nothing could be further from my thoughts or wishes. The whole circumstances of the history and character of the constitution of the I'nlted States ren ders such nation entirely out of the ques tion." Nothing, Indeed, is harder than to temake history. Chicago Chronicle: Rev. William Kirk Price, the new pastor of the Fourth Raptlat church, comes to us from Nottingham, Kriglind. nnd was called without he anil the church ever having seep each other. He says It took a greHt deal of nerve in the church to call him and possibly before be gets through he may think it took a good deal of nerve In him to accept the call. Mr. Hryce says he was attracted to Chicago by its reputation for extreme wi.-kcdiicBs, friuii which we may Infer thut he feels considerable confidence 111 bis pow ers as a preacher, but we doubt If he has come to uny worse community than he left. The tnldril" classes In Kngland may be tol erably clean people, but there Is probably as much bestiality among the nobility as there is In the worst sections of Chicago. IMMIKHTIC Pl.K ASA VI'IUKS. Geraldlne-Tom told me I waa beautiful. Owenoolin And yet you say he lacks imagination. Cleveland Leader. Mr. Newlywed- Ry the way. deareat. did I ever tell you about that beautiful heiress who once wanted me for a husband? Mrs. Newlywed No. dear; you have never told me a He yet that I know of. Judge. "Well," complained th cranky woman, "I never met a man so hard to pleas as my husband." "How quickly men change." remarked Miss Sly, spitefully. "It was only a few years ago that he proposed to you." Phli adephla Press. Mrs. Jenner I.ee (lndego Vour husband seems to have a hard cough. Mrs. Selldom-Holme Yes; or he' trying hard to have a cough. He has Just beeu reading the opinion of an emlent medical authority that whisky is good for pul monary complaints. Chicago Tribune. Howell Yes. I'm going to be married on Friday. Why, do you think that un lucky? Orowell Certainly. Howell Well, then, what Is the lucky day to ts married on? Clrowell It hasn't been Invented yet. Philadelphia ledger. Bplrlf of Tux Dodger Hut I thought I wan going to heaven. Imp (ill, yes, that's your legal residence, but here la where you will live. New York Hun. "Negro reformers nre complaining that 'coon songs' hurt the colored race." "Well, they hurt the white rnce, too, don't they?" ( ievcland leader. Mr. 1 niacin Well, Mfs. Van der Stuyl, your trouble will soon be cured by a small porous plaster on the Fmall of your back. Mrs. Van der Htuyl Hut. doctor, how can I wear such an unsightly thing when I am foing to the opera tonight ? Cleveland .cadcr. "I see thut the entertainments planned for that young Bullion girl, who is to marry Churlio Alllhere. are something really dazzling." "Yes. her Aunt Jane she married old Croesus of the beef trust, you know Is go ing to start the giddy round by giving her nieco an automobile shower." Cleve land Pluln l-ieali r. l ( (lMIO TIIIXUS. Ml not J. Savage. Seek not afar for beauty. Lei! It glows In dew-wet grusses till about thy fuel; In birds, lu suiuhlne. childish faces sweet, In stars, and mountain summits topped with snowa. Go not abroad for hupplncss. For, see; It !s a flower that blossoms by thy door. Hi lug love and Justice home; and then no more Thouii wonder in what dwelling Joy mny be. 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