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E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR.
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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.
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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.
Dream not of noble service rlsewhera
wrouht;
The simple duty that awaits thy hand
Is God's voice uttering a divine command :
Life's common deeds build ail that saints
have thought.
In wnniier-workliig.-i, or some hush aflame.
Men look for (Ind. and fancy lllru coo
eea led.
Rut In earth's common things He stands
revealed.
While grass and flowiis and slurs spell out
His nunie.
The paradise men seek, the city bright
Thut gleams Is-yond the stnrs for longing
eyes.
Is enlv human goodness In the skies.
Harth's'deeds, well don, gl'iw into heaven
ly light.
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