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Tim Omaha Daily Hee.
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VICTOR ROREWATER, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OP- CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas county, a:
Charles C. . Rosewater, general managar
of The Fee publishing Company, being
duly aworn, aaya that the actual numOer
Of full and cnmnlete entiles of The Dnlly
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during
the month of Jnly, 1107, waa aa
follow
1
I
I
30,940
3,10 '
30,100
30,500
38.040
8S.4M
30,600
80,000
B,alO
30,340
30,400
0,330
86840
80,600
86,700
30,800
17 80,700
H.;-. 30,480
JJ, M.B10
JO M.609
U 8O.S50
I lev 87.370
21 80,670
14 80.680
It 80,480
H .... 80,400
17 80,700
II. A 36,400
II. t. 41370
10 SS.S80
IU 80390
Total
,1,138,300
. 10,330
Ls unsold and returned copies.
' r Net total. .,
Dully average.
.1,131,986
80,103
, CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
t Oeneral Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn to
before in tbla lal day of August, 1S07.
local) M. Ji. HUNOAT8,
Notary Public.
WIIISN OUT OF" TOWH.
Subscribers leaving the city tem
porarily ahoald ' bar' The .Beat
mailed to them. ' Addreaa will b
(uli aa aitea al rqseted.
Tho baby crown prlnco of Spain has
'ben enrolled In a regiment. Infan
try, of course? v - ' ' ' ;'' ' :
Tho messenger boys ended their
itriko In a. hurry, just to ohow that
they can hurry.
Notwithstanding tho telegraphers'
strike, the political wires are still
working regularly.
New York proposes a physical test
for chauffeurs. A temperance test
would bo more effective.
The Hague peace conference might
offer some modifications of the foot
ball rules before the season opens.
Senator Bailey of Texas has just
paid $150,000 for a farm in the In
dian Territory. , Where did ho get it?
"I am satisfied," says Governor Var
damnn, speaking of the results of tho
senatorial primaries In Mississippi. So
Is everybody else.
it 18 difficult to believe tho state
ment that "weather reports are poorer
than usual, on account of tho tel
egraphers' strike." . -
" A scientist has discovered that a cu
cumber Is 95 per cent water. Con
sumers have discovered that the other
6 per cent is trouble. ,
The Steer trust doubtless wonders
how it is possible for the Standard Oil
trust to sell its products abroad
cheaper than at home. 'v '
Mr. Rockefeller cays he never felt
better U his life. Probably due to the
fact that he has bad the rebates re
moved from hlo system. .
, Reports show that tho apple crop
Ui b 25 per cent short of last year's
production. ; Some folks will have to
eat the Ben Davis apple this winter
. The discovery is reported in Cuba
. a. -
Of a body of iron ore estimated at
600.000,000 tons. If true, that means
another American army of occupation
N Tho worst feature of tho discovery
of the -existence of a corset trust Is
; the flood of comment sure to follow
about the corset trust coming to stay
"The future of the democratic
party," says Senator Culberson ot
Texas, "depends upon Us adherence to
Its fundamental principles." Which?
-.. If tho school Janitors are ready to
let the voters In on whom they want
or school board members they will
confer o favor on tho suffering public.
. That cream rase before the Ne
braska State . Railway commission
.ought to have been churned up enough
by this time to have turned Into but
ter. . : .. t
Richard Croker has been offered
1100,000 for hla autobiography. A
truthful autobiography of Crokor
would make mighty Interesting read
ing. '
.' Throe ot tho four, republicans filed
for district Judge on the democratic
ticket have stated unequivocally what
they mean by saying they will abide
bjr tho- result of tho primary. They
ay they will not run at tho election
gainst the regular republican nomi
nees. Tho fourth la yet to bo heard
fron.
1CK OR RCtS,
To borrow a
trite expression, It Is
a condition and not a theory" which
confronts tho republicans of Nebraska,
In choosing their standard bearer this
year. They have to choose Wween
wo candidates, both of whom have
befn honored by the party and both
of whom possess unquestioned qual
ifications for the Supreme Judgeship
to which they aspire. The Bee has
up ported In previous campaigns each
of these candidates for the same place
and could conscientiously support
either of them again. In 1899, when
Judge Keese was last nominated, The
Bee spoke of him as follows:
In Judge Reese tha republican party pra-
aents to the people of Nebraska a candi
date who haa often been tried and never
found wanting; a imn who. laid down tha
Judicial ermine he had worn for six years
aa spotles when he flrat donned It.
Coming unsought and, In fact. In spite cf
repeated declinations, tha nomination of
Judge Reese by unanlmoua vote of a rep-
raaentatlve and harmonious convention I
an honor rarely conferred. It la an et
presslon of confidence and esteem that
comes to but few men In a lifetime.
Unfortunately, Judge Reese failed
of election and his name was not
again presented until now, eight years
aftor. In 1901, when Judge Sedg
wick was nominated by the convention
that signalised itself by rebuking Gov
ernor Sarago for liberating Embeazler
Bartley and demanding a recall of hla
parole, The Bee had this to say about,
the nominee:
In Ita aelectlon of candidates for supreme:
judge and university regents the choice of
tha oonventlon has fallen upon men of
high character and eminently qualified for
the reaponslble poaltlona to which they wilt
doubtleas be elected. Judge Sedwlck la a
Jurtat who enjoys the fulteat confidence
and respect of the' bar. His training as a
lawyer, his experience on the district bench
and hla mora recent service as member of
tha supreme court commission afford am
ple guaranty of his ability to discharge tha
functions of Justice of the supreme court.
Waiving aside, therefore, the com
petency of the two opposing candidates
for republican nomination, it becomes
a question simply as to which is more
eligible and . would make the better
candidate at the- present time.
When Judge Reese ran In 1899 he
polled 94,213 votes out of a total of
220,249 and was beaten by a plurality
of 15,107. When Judge Sedgwick
ran two years later he polled 98.993
votes out of a total of 204,192 and
was elected by tf plurality pf 12,659.
In all campaigns the common en
emy seeks to make political capital by
attacking the vulnerable spots on the
republican ticket. When Reese ran
the principal ammunition of the fusion
press was hlB absorption of money ap
propriated for stenographic assistance
and his alleged prohibition proclivities.
When Sedgwick ran the chief charge
against him was his alleged prohibi
tion leanings use,d effectively to get
liberal votes for his fusion rival.
In the present preliminary . , cam
paign Judge Sedgwick' has the advan
tage In that he Is asking for a second
term; which has-' regularly been ac
corded to faithful public officials. The
chief burden of the argument for
Judge Reese Is that he was nearly
twenty yeajs ago deprived of the sec
ond term which would have been given
to him but for a railroad conspiracy.
But, granting that, would It be any
reason for depriving Judge Sedgwick
of a renomination unless he had com
mitted some offense to forfeit his
claim upon the party? It Is for the
friends of Judge Reese to make out a
conclusive case why Judge Sedgwick
should not have a renomination and
up to this time they have not suc
ceeded.
POSTAL SATIHOS BANKS.
The announcement by Postmaster
General Meyer that he proposes to rec
ommend to the coming congress the
establishment of "some sort of a postal
savings banks system" will come as
cheering encouragement to many stu
dents of governmental affairs who have
long urged this action on the national
administration. While no effective ar
gument has ever been offered against
a postal savings bank system, the fact
remains that the plan has never been
effectively urged upon the attention of
congress.) Other postmasters general
have . referred to the subject. In their
annual reports to congress, but none
ot them has ever made a vigorous
campaign for Its adoption. Postmaster
General Meyer has been in the diplo
matic service In foreign countries for
a number of years and has had excel
lent opportunity to Investigate tbe
merits Of tho system and to secure In
formation ot value to support his rec
ommendation. Experience of other countries Justi
fies tho savings bank feature ot the
postal service upon two main grounds:
First, the postal office, being a govern
ment service, gives the very best char
acter of security to the depositors; and
second, the postoffice is tho most
widely distributed organisation of the
government for direct contact with the
masses of tho people. This coniblna
tlon ot certainty and convenience ap
peals to tho people, when the question
of safekeeping their Bavlngs arises.
The counter argument is, of course,
made that In this country the care of
the money ot small savers is being at
tended to by private Institutions and
that It is a part of tho national policy
to relievo tho government ot any func
tion or responsibility that An be ful
filled by individuals. The success of
tho postal savings banks - system in
other countries, however, has . been
such as to warrant its repetition under
all favorable conditions,
Great Britain was tho pioneer In the
postal savings banks system, begin
nlng In 1811, and thirteen otherroun
I tries have adopted the plan,
all ot
tAua with success. These countries
THE OMAHA DAILY BKE: SATURDAY,
pay aa Interest rate of from 2 to 1 per
cent on deposits'. In Japan and the
Netherlands amounts as low ss 10
cents are accepted as deposits, al
though most countries fix fl, or its
equivalent, as the ' 'minimum. Latest
data fromthese countries, the statis
tics of 1906, show that In almost every
case the deposits have exceeded the
withdrawals. The tables are:
Average Wlth-
Country.
Austria
Belgium
Depoalt. Deposits, drawals.
SII.T40.3M
10.a-T6.4r
l!r7,22.9
10R.S1.T1
1,W.T1I
l4.BT1t.Ml
M.M0.4I9
1I.334.S29
SS.lCI'L'a
tn3,r,TT
9M79.1'!6
i:,7B0.24S
22.K3.A
Canada
.. m.9t
.. 63.W
France
Oreat Britain
Italy
Japan
Netherlands .
117 31
22 S3
43 .ft
These postal savings accounts are di
rectly Identified with national financier
ing, the funds representing, In some
sense, a reserve fund up to a certain
amount available for the needs of the
government, less provision for current
withdrawals. Canada regards the bal
ance due depositors as part of the
national debt. In Austria, rural free
delivery carriers receive deposits, thus
helping to extend the system into the
remotest homes, far from the sphere
of savings banks. General Meyer's rec
ommendation to congress is certain to
command a consideration for the ques
tion which It has long deserved and
failed to secure.
Freer oit ixvcstor.
Apologists for the Standard Oil trust
and other corporations that have fat
tened their dividend accounts by ques
tionable practices' seem determined to
mislead tho public, If possible, In re
gard to tho effect of federal prosecu
tion on . the rights of Investors. John
V. Rockefeller, head of the Standard
Oil group, Is taking the lead In this
publicity campaign. In an authorised
interview in the New York World, Mr.
Rockefeller is quoted as having, "earn
estly and deliberately," said:
The policy of the present administration
toward great bualneea combinations of all
klnda can have only one result. It meana
disaster to the country, financial depression
and financial chaos. The extreme penalty
Imposed upon oh corporation with a lim
ited number of stockholders, haa caused a
loss of confidence, reflected In a falling
stock market, a tightening of money and a
fear of tha future. Confidence la gone, and
confidence la the baals of all prosperity.
What will be the effect when similar ac
tion Is taken against corporations with
myriads of stockholders, tha Investors, the
Widow and the orphan T The Investor,
great and small, locks up his money and
refuses to venture forth.
On the heels of Mr. Rockefeller's lam
entations Wall street stocks fell off
with a slump almost eqnal to the self
made panic of lftBt March and the great
est sufferers In the list were the rail
road stocks. This 1& accepted by the
Wall street choir as conclusive evi
dence that the federal prosecutions
are going to ruin all holders of rail
rot, d stocks.
But what are the facts? The report,
recently published, of' Herbert Knox
Smith, commissioner of corporations,
shows conclusively that the railroads
have been among the greatest sufferers
from Standard Oil extortions. The re
port shows that the Standard Oil trust
holds a practical monopoly of the lu
bricating oil business for American
railroads, charging about double the
prices asked by independent concerns,
and yet the railroads are afraid to
patronize the independents. Here are
some figures from Commissioner
Smith's report, showing how the Stan
dard has mulcted tbe railroads on lu
bricating oils:
Per cent Invoice Am't pd
Invoice cost of by R. R.
paid, lubricants Co.'a
Total for 94 roads.... 83.4 $475.063 14.067.974
Pennsy system 49.0 787,122
Group A (8 roads).... 67.6 205,355
Group B (12 roads)... 74.4 831.844
385,933
118.S99
618,9(0
342,259
1,059.621
1.612,922
Group C (16 roada)... 8S.6 400.506
Group D 07 road)... 95.7 1.138.209
Group E (41 roads)... 100.0 1.512,922
For some reason, not explained, the
Pennsylvania failed, or refused, to be
bled by the Standard, with the result
that It paid less than 50 per cent of the
rates exacted from other roads for lu
bricating ils. In other words, other
railroads paid the Standard a little
more than $2,000,000 In excess, in one
year, of what the Pennsylvania would
have been required to pay for the
same lubricants. The comlmssioner
of corporations admits his Inability to
find out why railroads submitted to
this discrimination, but the fact re
mains. That It does remain, causes
the question. Who Is oppressing the
Investors In railroad stocks, President
Roosevelt or the Standard Oil crowd?
One thing made prominent by the In
vestigation of Standard Oil methods
Is that no one profits more by the ex
posure of oil trust methods than the
Investor In railroad stocks. The pros
ecution of a monopoly powerful
enough to cheat the railroads on what
they have tovell to It and then cheat
them again on what it has to sell to
them can only benefit the honest In
vestor In railroad securities.
No country ever went to the dogs by
reason of the enforcement of honest
dealings. Tbe attempt of tho precious
plunderers to start, the people on a
false scent, by denouncing the govern
ment officials, will miscarry. When
the trusts and combines cease to dis
regard the rights of others, the pros
ecutions against them will cease. In
the meantime, the Investor in railroad
securities should encourage the steps
being tsken by the federal authorities
to relieve the railroads from trust ex
tortions. A place on tho State Board of
Health is supposed to be chiefly hon
orary, but from the competition pre
cipitated over tbe Impending vacancy
tho conclusion is Inevitable that there
is more in it than appears on the sur-
face. Tho appointive members of the
State Board ot Health, it should be
remembered, divide up among them
selves all the fees they collect A pub
lho exhibit of receipts and expenditures
might contribute to the public health.
. In the meanwhile tbe demo pop
World-Herald Is careful not to say
whether it prefers Judge Albert,' the
po.oullst, or Judge LookuU, the demo
crat, to head the fusion state ticket in
Nebraska this year.' "Under which
banner?"
Tho Standard Oil company has paid
Its regular quarterly dividend of 83 a
share, or at the rate of about $40,000.
000 a year. The company has the
habit of paying dividends and dodging
fines. V 'i
The Introduction of those municipal
gas plant ordinances would Indicate
that it is high time for Mayor "Jim"
to go out and lariat those referendum
petitions which he initiated and bring
them in.
A St. LouIb girl claims to have
grown three Inches taller during her
vacation. It may affect the girls that
way, but the average man usually finds
himself considerably shorter after his
vacation. ' .
Two republican newspapers at Blair,
which have heretofore taken opposite
sides on every political proposition,
have been merged. If the new paper
does not have a case of acute Indiges
tion it will be a miracle.
For some inscrutable reason County
Clerk Haverly's announcement that
candidates filed for places on the offi
cial primary may withdraw does not
seem to have had the effect of a bar
gain store advertisement.
Senator Stone of Missouri says he
proposes to denounce' Japan's treat
ment of Corea "regardless of the po
litical results." The senator la safe,
as all the Japanese in Missouri vote
the republican ticket, anyway.
It the fusion membors ot the legis
lature had only suspected that the di
rect primary law would precipitate
this hot fight among the republicans
they would never have lined up
against the bill when It was pending.
The French have decided to take
steps for the protection of rare birds
In Africa. The plain Morocco black
bird, however, will have to take
chances.
A foot ball player, haa been engaged
to lead the Honduran army against
Nicaragua. They may keep on until
someone gets hurt Intone of those Cen
tral American -warss'tr.:
Atlanta Is demaridlng an enlarge
ment of the city's v water' reservolrsi
Atlanta is expectlp.gVfo have an awful
thirst when the prohibition law goes
into effect January 1.
Berlin reports that Japan wants to
borrow money with, which to buy tho
Philippines. If Japan Is in earnest on
that proposition, the lo,n should be
forthcoming in this country.
Joya of Starlets at Home.
: ( Washington1; Herald.
L It must aggravate the vaoationlat who
cornea home broke to learn that his neigh
bor stayed at home and filled his coal bin
for the winter Instead of handing his money
to the keeper ot a summer resort.
A Vavntahtnsr Fear.
Philadelphia Press. "
The United Btates was for years and
proudly held itself the trust of natlona.
There came years when It seemed poaaibly
It might be a nation of trust. Doea any
one regret to see this fear disappear?
Me Mages on the Wire.
Indianapolis News.
Very likely It ts true that the telegraph
companies have put all the messagea they
have on fh wire, this wire being a sub
stantial piece about alx Inches long firmly
fixed to a substantial blse and sharpened
at the upper end. ,
Mean In a; of Anti-Trust Campalaa.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It cannot b made too plain that tha
campaign against the lawleas and aggres
sive trusts la not a campaign agalnat com
bination. It la a campaign against certain
method and practice which are con
demned by tha general sense of deceney
and fair play aa well aa by the letter and
Bplrlt of tha laws now being Invoked
against tha Standard Oil. the anthracite
truat and aome Cither vlcloua monopolies.
Ha
the Pabll Aay Rights
Kanaaa City Star.
The telegraph operators 'have unques
tionable rights; ao have the telegraph com
panies. But neither aide to the' preaent
eontroveray haa tha ' right to Inflict losa.
inconvenience and suffering on the general
public, whih, pirya the salaries on tha one
hand and the profits on the other and
grants tha right to operate wires. Those
engaged In the public aervlce, be they em
ployers or employee, disregard one of their
greatest obligation when they fall un
necessarily, to -serve the public.
STOCK JOBBERS I'NBIIV.
Managcre
of Tainted Trusts
tha
Anxloas Seat.
- Washington Post.
President Rooaevelt has dealgna on cer
tain law breakers who are Intereatd In
varloua corporations. The uncertainty re
garding tha Identity of the presldent'a vic
tims Is auch aa to make all law breaker
uneaay. Tti slock of all crooked corpnra
tiona ahrlnka la value aa the truth dawn
upon tha holder that perhaps the days of
loot are numbered. What la more natural,
under these clrcumstancra, than tha for
mation of a committee of prominent mani
pulators to wait upun the president and
aak him to explain In detail what hla plana
are? If ha will only Indicate the name
of 'persona and corporations he Intend to
proaecute, nothing will be easier than to
throw them and their stock overboard.
It la a simple, but effective, plan. If It
will work. The only thing lacking la the
president's co-operation. By all means,
let a Wall street committee wait upon the
president. He may not tell them all hi
plana, but they are likely to hear some
thing to their advantage. They will go
away wLaer maa
AUGUST
17. : 1907. ,
L.J..U ai--i J
OTIIKR LAN DS THAN Ot'nS.
... .i
In moving on the Moroccan coast to-n ot
'Casablanca with naval and military force,
French officials declare they have no ir
poaa In view other than to reduoa a "sullen
pwple" to a peaceful footing. Iflatnry I
dotted with protestations of similar tehor
which Invariably precede the act of aaalml
latljn, Rngland moved on Egypt for the
sole purpose of protecting the Sues canal,
hut Just aa Boon aa the Hon pushed hla noae
under the canvas hla body followed. There
was then no Intention of anlnllatlng Ihrf
ancient land, nut somehow a serlen of dis
turbances wre adroitly alarled requiring
the presence of Pritlah peacemakera ta pro
tect the poopl from theniselvea. In due
time tbe edge of International wrath wore
off, Increaaed forces strengthened the Brit
ish position and presently the asslmllator
were able to explain aa fearlessly as the
country enltnr, "we are here to stay.
Franca has a much more dlnVult task on
hand. It coat her twenty yeara of aevera
fighting to thoroughly-assimilate lb fierce
tribesmen of Algeria. A almllar contest
with the fanatic Moors la not to b entered
upon lightly, The norca attacks on tha
square of French Infantry at Casablanca,
an attack surpassing tho dauntless courage
the onslaught of mad Mullah's man In the
British square at Omdurman, brought home
to French soldiery the Bplrlt Ihey must
contend agnlnat should tliey move beyond
the protecting range of naval guns. The
desperate courage of the Moor In that In
stance is h cautionary signal which Franc
should not wholly Ignore.
Mohammedan hatred of Chrlntton In
fluences spreading In northern Africa Is at
the bottom "of the disturbance in Morocco,
culminating In the firing nn Casablanca.
The ports of Casablanca and Maaagan.
Mogador and Cape Jnby, all on the Atlnntlc
coast miles below Tangier, are gateways
for the trade of rich Inland valleys. Casa
blanca la famous for Its export of Mootlsh
slippers aa well as of cereals. Masagan has
a valuable trade with tha Canary Islands
and with Europe. Mogador I a port of
the city of Morocco, which next to 5Vs l
the chief center of population. Casablanca,
by reajion of the deep water In Us harb-r,
Is boun rl to become an Important port. The
harbor work which has aroused, the reeent
ment of the fanatical Moors of the hin
terland Is necessary to give Casablanca a
The tribesmen have
swarmed to the coast by thouaands from
the Interior valleys, where they obey the
commands of holy men, of whom there are
an Incredible number. The government ot
Morocco Is a crude system of oppression
Tbe sultan, being the religious as well as
tho temporal head of the country, manages
with difficulty to keep himself from over
throw at the hands of fanatics who want all
all foreigners and foreign products excluded
Incensed by the growth ot Christian In-
fluenees. they have taken matters Into their
own hands to the extent Of organising In
formal massacres In Casablanca ana else
where. French Algeria lies along the east
ern 'boundary of Morocco and the desert
shuts It In at the south.
Consul Thomas H. Norton of Chemnlts
slates that the spread of department stores
has been relatively much Blower In Gcr
many than In the United Btates, and they
have awakened a much more bitter ani
mosity on the part of many of the smaller
dealers.- The consul furnishes these facts:
The number of department stores In the
empire Increased from eighty-two In 19"4
to ninety In 1906. a growth of not quite 10
per cent. During the same period large
mercantile concerns (class 1 on tha German
tax list) have Increaaed In number from
7.000 to -8.000. or 14 per cent. Smaller con
cerns (class 2 on the list) have Increased
from 11,006 to 12,300, or over 10 per cent.
Department stores are now In sixty-two
cities, against sixty in 1904. Not a few are
evidently distinctly below the rank of lare
commercial undertakings, as some eleven
pay less than $1,200 taxes annually. The
growth tt the business of department store
Is more rapid than the simple Increaae In
number, aa these establishments paid tS
per cent more tax In 1906 than In 1904. Bus
iness houses of class 1 ahow an Increase in
taxation of 18 per cent for tha same period,
Evidently the trend ts Steadily toward pro
portionately greater power and control of
the commercial situation on the part of the
larger aggregations of capital. .
At tha "eighth International Zionist con
gress, which formally opened at The
Hague last 'Wednesday,' tha delegates were
confronted with tha question: Shall Zion
ists continue to strive for the Ideal created
by Theodor Heral, shall they work for the
establishment of an Independent state In
Palestine, or shall Zionists hereafter devote
themselves to the promotion of "practical
work" In Palestine? Or, aa one writer put
it. Is Zionism poetry or business? An
American Jew, writing on the subject,
eaya: "Whatever the congress may de
cide, there can be no doubt that Zionism
Is un-American and' that the reformed rab
bis expressed the sentiment, as Isaac M.
Wise declared of 'American Judaism minus
the tdtoayncraslea of late immigrants' when
they aaid: 'We totally dlaapprova of any
attempt for the establishment of a Jewish
state. Such attempts show a misunder
standing of Israel's mission, which from
the narrow political and national field haa
been expanded to tha promotion among tha
human race of the broad and unlversallstlc
religion first proclaimed by the Jewish
prophets." "
It Is an Interesting picture of "the most
hated landlord In Ireland" that the press
dispatches gave of Lord Clanrlcarde, who
appeared In the British House of Lords
last week In opposition to the bill providing
for the compulsory restoration of. the Irish
evicted tenants. He waa described aa with
"bent and ahrunken frame, outstretched,
shriveled fingers, who In a voice now ahrtll,
now husky with passion, denounced the
bill In unmeasured terms as the apothesia
of robbery." In the county of Oalway m of
the 190 evicted tenants still out of their
homes are reported to be' on the estatea of
Lord Clanrlcarde. According to a Writer In
the Boston Globe, the only other times he
has been seen In his seat in the TyDrds was
when the home rule bills of, 1SS8 and 1S3J
were to be destroyed.
That no sum la too small to be taken Into
account by tha lynx eyed Austrian official
la evident from an Incident reported from
Bregens. The tax office there haa Just re
ceived a formal notice from tha high coort
of Justice at Innsbruck stating that ah In
vestigation of the accounta of the Bregens
tax office for 1906 shows an overpayment of
1 h tiler (one-tenth of a penny) In the salary
of one of the officials. The notice directs
that the official be required to refund this
sum, which must then be duly entered in
the state accounts for the current year. A
Vorariberg paper publishes a facslmllle of
this Interesting document, and gravely. ex
presses the hope that the extra heller hai
not led the overpaid official Into paths of
extravagant dissipation. -
Facta llaaamer Theories.
San Francisco Chronicle. '
The price of coal 1 steadily rising all
over the world, and there la not the re
motest prospect of an arrestment, but
the geologists go on telling people that tha
supply of mineral fuel I Inexhaustible,
The geologists may know what they are
talking about, but the average man will
have precious little respect for their opin
ions when h finds that coal la so dear
that he cannot afford to buy enough of
It to keep hiuwelf warm la winter time.
THR DISTRICT JI'fMSKSIIir.
William A. Footer.
OMAHA. Aug. li.-To the Editor of The
Bee: In an editorial published l yeater
dar'a Bee you ask what tha four publi
cation candidates for district Judge, whose
names have been placed by the democrats
upon their primary ticket, propoae to do
in tha event that tha republican voters
fall to endorse them at the primary.
Yau also stale that tha document nied
by each of theee candidates With the sec-
retary of stale doea not Bay which primary
rt-ault the candidates will abide by. In "
reply to thla. I wish to say that tha ap
plication Hied by ms, early In lal July,
requeuing the secretary of stale lo pluea
my name upon the republican primary
ticket, waa prepared by me upon tmm of
the usual blank application forma fur
nished for that purpose, and which I was
careful lo see followed tha exact language
Of tha atatute. I have not aecn the ap
plIcatlonB filed by the aeventee'n other can
dldatea for the republican nomination for
district Judge, but I presume that they also
followed the language of tha atatute as
closely aa possible.
Speaking for myself, I wish to say that
I believer! at the time I filed my applica
tion, and believe now, that I pledged my
self to abide by tha reault of tha repub
lican primary, but If, In the opinion ot
any person, the language uaed by me In
tha application la not sufficiently explicit,
then I wish to declare here and now that.
If I am unsuccessful at the republican
primary on September t next, shall most
certainly Dot be a candidate for district
Judge at the general election on any other
ticket. WLLIAJ4 A. FOSTKK. .
! 8. Katclle.
OMAHA. Aug. 1. To the Editor of Tho
Bee: In your Issue of August 16 appears
an editorial entitled "On Which Ticket?"
The question propounded Is very pertinent
Snd I feel called upon to answer directly.
At the proper time I filed my application
as a candidate on the republican ticket for
district Judge, and In that application 1
made the statement that I would "abide
by tha result of the primary." At that
time t understood that the '.'primary" re
ferred to meant the republican primary,
and I so understand It at the present
time. If nominated by the rcpubllcana at
the primaries to be held September 3. I
will be a candidate for district Judge. If I
fall to receive the necessary number of
votes cast by republicans ' to secure my
nomination, I will not be a candidate.
LKE B. E8TELLE.
Joha O. Yelser.
OMAHA. Aug. 16,-To the Editor of The
Bee: Replying to your editorial, would
aay that when 1 became a candidate for
JUdge on the republican ticket I wa re
quired by tha primary law to Mate In
writing, and swear to It, that "I pledge
myself to 'abide by the results of said
primary election and qualify If elected."
The voters csn put It down that that Is
exactly what I Intend to do. I Was en
dorsed by the democrats, who placed my
name upon their ticket with several other
republicans. I did not accept this endorse
ment because I could not stata that I waa
affiliating with that party.- However, It Is
not my Intention to suffer my name to go
upon the democratic, ticket for electton
unless I am elected to go Upon the repub
lican ticket. But when I get on the bench,
say to my republican friends, I will forget
It I will forget partisanship, and perform
a greater duty than loynlty to party. The
republican party demands such a sacrifice
of Its Judges to preserve the Integrity and
power of the nation.
I want every vote I can gat from every
voter In thla district, who In casting that
vote for me does so with, a belief that I
Will b kind-hearted, but honest and cour
ageous, that I will not losa my temper or
allow myself to become the pet of one
class of society or the pest of another. I
do not want to be elected to that Important
plaoe by people who expect to make a
piece of political machinery out of me, be
cause we will surely have trouble before
we reach an nnderstamllng. Now, Mr.
Editor, 'u -I' have answered your question
fair and square, mcry I not ask you one?
Are you willing to vote for such a man as
f have said t would try to be? Are you
willing to support a man, who, regardless
of the opinion ot a clamoring mob,' would
accord every person accused of crime, who
Is before him, the benefit of every doubt
to which he Is entitled; who, regardless of
tha preaent popularity of antl-corporatlon
sentiments, would have the nerve to sus
tain the right of corporations tf assailed
by S mob of demagogues who demanded
mora than Is legal: who would stand up
for the people when, as helpless aa a
minority and Illegally Imposed upon by
corporate greed; a man to whom defeat
haa no terrors? JOHN O. YEI8ER.
Slap at "Western Marlsea.
Boston Transcript.
When"8peaker Cannon 'a part of tha coun
try aska for anything. It ta pretty sure
to get It. The middle west was ambitious
to have a naval training atatlon, and con
greaa promptly granted two million dollars
for a "plant" on the lake shore, north of
Chicago. This will be the finest school for
Bailors that Uncle Sam possesses, so far
as Its equipment la concerned. This Is
anotiier tribute to the paramount influence
of the middle west in Waahington. West
ern farmer boy ara fine, spirited fellows,
of good physique, but It 4s a melancholy
fact that moat of them do not remain In
the, naval aervlce. The desertions, which
are so discreditable to our navy, occur
chiefly among those lad who havs never
smelled salt water until they are aent
aboard 41 training ship. They are tba
"tenderfeet" of the ocean.' and acuta home
sickness 1 a raging malady among themf
f There's . V i
II never any falling P
II 011 in me grand jT$.
VI Ginger Snaps
VY The nicest CSJjjyjl
spiciest, most iVr J I
V . tantalizing f jff g ;A I
. , Inger snaps , ffl KfQ 1
.ever Wrapagt' I
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NX &3NAT10NAL ,
rtit.iTir.ti ,ihift.
The authorities of Minneapolis have de-cld-d
lo install 114 voting machines for the
November election.
Massachusetts. Rhode Island. 'New Jersey,
Maryland. Mlsitptl and Kentm-k elect
governors thla fail.
Lieutenant (mrl CorWn. now on the
army retired HsL. la reported anxious ta
represent an Ohio district In congress.
Of the i delegates whs.' under Conkilng's
Uad, fougi't like g ants for a third terra
for Oram In Ihe memorable convention Of
there are still living only seveaty
threa.
lion. Austin U Crethers. ttie demorratfo
nominee for governor of Maryland, Was a
farm boy in his youth, and later taught
school for a number of year before ha
began the study of law. He Is a bachelor.
one adai.iagln making Mr. Tart preaU
det.t," obseives a rynlcal paragraph,
"would be that the pie hungry politicians)
could not get around him that is,' unless
they Joined hands and formed a" larga
circle."
James l'axton Voorliees, poet, sculptor
and dramullu reader, is going to run '.or
congress In Indiana. Ills home Is In Terra
Haute. He Is well known in Washington,
having served as secretary to hi dis
tinguished Uther, "the tall sycamore.' f
the Wabash."
Bupreme Court Justice J. Franklin Fort
of East Orange, N. J., who is at present
In Bwitserland. has written hla son that ha
will reslKn from the supreme court bench
to become a candidate for governor to
suct-OfMl 1-Mward C. Moke. His grand
fat her was governor of New Jersey.
About the meanest trick played by un
feeling and unuallant voters waa pulled oft
at Canajoharle, N. Y., a few daya ago.
Tha wtvr of N. J. Harrlck and Voorlioes
Bush, two retiring school trustee, were
nominated to succeed their husbands. At
thu eleventh hour the . opposition renomi
nated .the husbands, rallied voters of both
sexes and beat the wives scandalously. A
town arbitration board Is now wrestling with
the problem of restoring speaking relations
between victors and vanquished.
L.uuiino OAS..
"Dots your son like his new, position?"
"No," answered Farmer Corntossel;
"Josh is liavln' his usual trouble wltlt
busies that want to butt in and run the
business wrong." Washington Star.
"No, I've nothing for you." snapped the
woman. "Why don't you look for work.'"
"Madam," responded tie applicant for a
handout, "no later than this morning I re4
of a man near here who starved to deatu
while looking for work. I do not desire to
annoy this hospitable community by expir
ing in Its midst." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Once In a while." Jiald I'ncle Allen
! Hparks, "you meet a man who is so busy
talking about the 'higher life,' the 'univer
sal brotherhood of man,' and the 'general
uplift,' that he never has time to changa
his socks." Chicago Tribune.
I "Mv son I have brought you some of
, that fine old dyspepsia medicine father and
' , . . . . 1 . 1 . . 11
"Unt, mother, I haven't a particle of in
digestion." "Take the medicine, my son. 1 met your
w
If e ' Just now on ner way
to the new
hygienic cooking
Press.
euhopl. ' Philadelphia
Bigga Bllklna Is a mart who is never at
a Iosb when It comes to ohooslng a word.
Dlggs No, but he choose so many words
thHt are only printed In dashes. Chicago
News.
"Fay, Umpey."
"Wot?" .It
"Here It aays In dis paper Jat Bacnnham,
de rich packer, haa gone over to soma
nlate in Germany to take de baths."
"Gee, how foolish soma people git da
minute dey have money. " 47hlcago Record
Herald. "Didn't It give you something of a pangj
to part with .the , fasljjongble dinner at
Newport?" ,
"Well, come to think of ft; tt waa some
thing of a monkey wreafch," Baltimore
American. .......
"That man Is the pitcher. Is he?" sals
the unsophisticated girl in the grandstand.
"Yes; he'a the pitcher," -,
"What Is he doing with the ball now?"
"He's biting It, to see . It-there are any
weak places Tn the cover," shamelessly lied
the young man sitting by her side. Phila
delphia Press. . . '
A OWA HIBAIYAT.
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Will Reed DUnroy. '
Come, drink your All of, morning and f
spring; .
The larks in sudden Joy begin to sing;
The morning daws are, gleaming on tha
heath . t
Then forth to fields where bees are on the
wing. .;', .- '
It matters not how fast Jh morning run
How swiftly may ascend yog. eager sun;
The day la yours, with ' g)l Its Jeweled
hours '
May each more precious be than format
one.
It cannot be that life la but ja day.
That all we are la centered li thla clayl
There Is a deathless Something thaw
abides
When fleshy things have crumbled to decay.
I sometimes think the e41ence of the deld
Divides us only by a single thread
From radiant realms of which. If we but
knew, .
Our feet would haste through death and,
hell to tread.
...
And, when at last my feet shall touch the
brink,
I shall not falter nor one moment shrink.
But step out boldly on tha darksome
flood;
For faith shall buoy ma so I shall not sink.
The garden slumbers through tha darkllag
nighty
Nor mourns the sun that made the noon
day bright; '
For every sleeping blossom knows full
well
That In Its proper time will coma the light
But e'en amid tho city's rush and pride,
If we but heed. HI hand la hear Jo gulde(
And In the turmoil of tha markajt place
Hi presence may be felt, close tiy jtur aid.
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