THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1907
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The Omaha Daily Bee
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ef Th Bee Publishing Companyi being duly
worn, says that the actual number "f
full and complete copies of The Dally
Morning, Evening and Bundny Bee printed
rtrtrlna- tha month of September, 1907, was as
follows: ,
1 88,700 II S8.850
I 86,640 17 38,690
86,300 II 36,660
4 38,060 II 38,600
8,330 SO 88.290
6 88,940 II 38,670
1 .:. 88,340 M.. .. 86,380
88,800 ' SI.... S7.360
.1 86,140 14 i 36,680
19 36,690 II... 38,380
11 88,470 it... 88,830
12 38470 37 30,809
II 36,030 . 21 36,660
1 88410 II 38,663
1 80,400 10 3MB0
Total W3,470
Less unsold and returned copies. 8.887
Nat total X.0B3.8B3
Dally avra 3S.U8
CUABLG3 C. ROSE WATER,
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WHEN OCT or TOWH.
Sabacrliher leaving; etty teas
parartlr . hal4 Th Be
haalUa t Ikaaa. Adree will
ekaaa4 aa aftea aa vast4.
Storm doors ar ripe.
The way to eucourage business con
fldenco la to exhibit a little confidence
yourself. ':;"
Thanksgiving la several weeks away,
but the Louisiana bears are already
celebrating.'
An eminent French physician de
clares that yawning is healthful. Such
opinions induce yawning.
Hard coal is only IS s ton at the
mines, but most consumers object to
going back to the mines.
- If it is true, as Lillian Russell says,
that "dlvorc.e Is a vehicle," It ought
to be arrested for exceeding the speed
limit. ' -
Chestnut-, are now quoted at 30
cents a pound, but a drop is expected
about December 2, when congress
meets.
The average individual feels some
thing like a Wall street bank. He is
perfectly solvent, even if he has no
money.
Judge Alton B. Parker says be has
no patience with regular candidates
for office. Was he a volunteer, or was
he drafted fv
It is very inconsiderate of the Vte
Indiana to start trouble while Uncle
Sam's official pacifier is busy over in
the Philippines. .
Recent developments In Wall street
have emphasised the difference be
tween gilt-edged securities and guilt
edged securities.
Instead of the east sending money
to the west to move the crops, the
west is sending money to the east to
tnove the stocks.
"Patient resting easier. Symptoms
of hysteria very slight." Is about the
substance of Dr. Cortelyou's report
from Wall street.
Those who express fear that the
standing army will disappear may be
reassured by. watching the street cars
during rush hours.
Has that proposition to saddle
Omaha with 13,500,000 of gas bonds
any friends or champions? It so, let
them stand up and apeak out
A horse at St Louis ate a $2 bill in
place of an apple. ; The, horse must
have felt that he. could not afford to
eat apples at the existing prices.
Experience has shown that It la a
good deal harder to lift up the lid than
-to pat it down. Some people who are
talking retaliation should keep this la
mind.
A magazine predicts that "Chicago
will become the most beautiful city in
the world." StUl, some persons insist
that American writers are lacking in
imagination.
Some of those Omaha bankers who
worked overtime Sunday took big
chances on the enforcement of the law
against desecrating the Sabbath at
common labor.
Mayor "Jim" boasted a great deal
about that "backbone" of his when he
waa running for office, but now when
It devolves on him to deliver the goods
the "backbone" Is nowhere In evidence.
actioh of int VMAVA BAyKS.
The Omaha banks which hold mem
bership in the local Clearing House
association have taken action to 'pro
tect their cash assets by suspending
payment of drafts and checks, except
through the clearing house, conform
ing to the action taken by the banks
In practically all the large cities east
of the Rocky mountains.
While local conditions do not call
for such an innovation, the situation
as developed throughout the' country
would have left the Omaha banks ex
posed to outside drains If they stood
alone paying out cash' while other
cities were using clearing bouse certifi
cates. Could Omaha have safely with
stood the pressure notwithstanding
the suspension orders in other cities
it would of course have been a great
feather in our cap, but the best judg
ment of our local bankers seems to
have been that such procedure would
be Inviting danger and In the. end put
Omaha in a worse position.
It Is to be hoped that this action of
the banks will not unduly inconveni
ence, or disturb local trade and indus
try, and there is no good reason why
business should not continue as before
with chocks passing freely in place of
actual money whenever' required. It
Is also to be- hoped that normal condi
tions will be quickly restored and that
It will not be necessary to keep , the
proposed clearing house certificates
outstanding tor any protracted period
of time.
AMEBIC A GOLD 1 ItODUCTlOX.
In the fiscal year ending with last
June the United States added some
thing more than S94.000.000, a little
more than one-quarter of the total
production, to the world's supply of
gold, without meeting more than halt
way the Increased demand for the
metal. The fact that the Rand and
other mines in South Africa are re
ported to have an available reserve
resource of something like $6,000,
000,000,000, appeals to the imagina
tion, but does not go very far towards
supplying present demands.
All reports from the mining districts
of the world agree that the possible
supply of gold is adequate to legiti
mate demands that may be made for
years to come. There is enough in
sight, according to estimates of ex
perts of the John Hays Hammond
type, to supply the world's demands
for centuries to come, enough to cover
the amount required for a universal
liquidation o. debts, public and pri
vate, with a remainder sufficient to
make a capitalist of every member of
the human race. The only difficulty
is in getting out the gold fast enough
to supply the demands. Best experts
! now agree that , every dollar's worth
of gold mined represents a 'full dol
lar's worth of labor or .invested capi
tal, which Is one of the most potent
arguments offered in favor of the gold
standard. While the visible supply of
gold apparently Is unlimited, the
method of its production is such that
it cannot be qffered on any get-rich-quick
basis and business conditions
must be adjusted to meet present and
possible production of gold.
The money stringency, or whatever
it may be called, is largely due to the
fact that the banks of the affected re
gion have, In their teal to develop
the resources of the country, con
tracted obligations exceeding the abil
ity of the existing gold supply as . a
money basis. The shortening of sails
is a logical result, but all agree that
the world's available gold supply is
adequate to meet all legitimate de
mands, even if it refuses to acknowl
edge overdrafts, such as have been
made upon It in the last few months.
The trouble with the' country now is
not that a halt has been called upon
methods that have obtained In banking
and speculative circles in the east, but
that such methods have been allowed
to be employed bo long without a
reckoning from thosi in authority.
THK COD.Vrr COMPTROLLEIfSHIP.
The newly created county comptrol
lershlp for Douglas county will be
filled for the first time at the coming
election. This office will be one of the
most Important offices in the county,
eventually - absorbing the office of
city comptroller, which is to be merged
with it by Belt-actinq; operation of the
law at the end of the term of the pres
ent incumbent of the city comptrol
ler's office. The county comptroller
to be chosen this year will, therefore,
have the double task of organizing the
auditing department of the county as
a separate branch ot the county gov
ernment and also of adapting to it the
auditing department of the city gov
ernment when that shall come under
his authority.
The law creating the office ot county
comptroller fixes the qualifications in
general terms. It rays that""he shall
set as general accountant and fiscal
agent of the county;" that he shall
exercise "a general supervision over
all officers of the county charged in
any manner with the receipts, collec
tions and disbursement ot revenues;"
that he shall be "b competent book
keeper and accountant," and seta out
in detail what his work is to be. In a
word, the first county comptroller will
have to be not only a competent book
keeper and experienced accountant,
but he will have to have creative abil
ity to organixe the whole department
and put It in good running order.
Ot the candidates who are asking
for this office, one stands out pre
eminently as qualified above all. the
others. This one is Emmet O. Solo
mon, whose competency as a book
keeper is not to be questioned, who
has years of experience as an account,
ant and who is In addition- familiar
with the workings of the county gov
ernment and especially its financial
operations through previous service in
the auditor's office. With Emmet O.
Solomon as county comptroller, there
would be no experimenting and no
guessing. The office would not be
given as a reward for work done some
where else, but purely in recognition
of special qualifications for the posi
tion. As a protection to themselves the
taxpayers ot Douglas county should see
to it that Mr. Solomon is elected
county comptroller.
UXCLE SAM AS A DAXKER.
Developments in financial circles in
the east have done more in a few days
than any other one thing In years to
impress the people with the necessity
of some further legislation looking to
currency reform. Essential as it may
be, It is not a pleasing spectacle for
the secretary of the treasury to take
up his temporary residence in New
York to keep in touch with the finan
cial situation and afford relief, when
deemed necessary, to the commerce
and Industry of the nation as repre
sented by the banking Interests. Let
It be understood at onco that Secre
tary Cortelyou has been less suscepti
ble to demands from Wall street than
any treasury secretary who has pre
ceded him since the war. He has done
as much it not more than any of his
predecessors to keep the federal funds
out of the hands of the speculative
interests and has shown commendable
discretion in placing the government
money where it would beBt serve legiti
mate business Interests. But the fact
remains that he has been compelled to
come to the relief of the New York
bankers repeatedly, the relief being
furnished out of the government sur
plus. 1
The United States is in reality the
biggest banker1 in the country, but
cannot legally engage In banking as a
business. When it comes down to
brass tacks, aa the street gamin wouTd
state it, the federal government has
no more authority to furnish relief to
the financially distressed in New York
than it has to come to the relief of
the victims of a little friendly game
of table stakes at Tin Cup, Ariaona,
security extended being equal. But
no secretary of the treasury with a
surplus on hand has found a way ot
sidestepping the responsibility. In
democratic times, with a treasury de
ficit instead of a surplus, there is never
any occasion for worry over what to
do to prevent the federal funds ac
cumulating into threatening totals.
As secretary of the treasury, Mr. Cor
telyou today has charge of something
like S236,000,000, representing a sur
plus over the liabilities of the govern
ment, in addition to the 1150,000,000
retained In. gold - to maintain v the
parity ' between gold and the green
backs and silver notes. In other words,
the treasury holds about 1500.000,000,
which is supposedly not in use at all,
but which represents something more
than one-sixth of the actual money
supply of the nation.
- It 13 gratifying, of course, to know
that Uncle Sam has more money than
he knows what to do with, but the
fact remains that the condition works
a hardship on the industry of the
country. How to secure the benefit of
the circulation of this surplus in the
treasury vaults is the vexed problem,
but none of the plans offered has ap
pealed strongly to public sentiment.
Until this problem is settled wisely
and satisfactorily the nation will have
to be content to leave one-sixth of rts
actual cash in the treasury to be em
ployed as the secretary sees fit.
Postmaster General Meyer estimates
that the adoption of a postal savings
bank would place in circulation at
least 11.500.000,000, that Is now being
boarded by people who would deposit
their money with a government insti
tution, but will not place it In ordi
nary banks. The condition, if it ex
ists, is something of a reflection upon
the intelligence of the people, but a
potent argument for the postal savings
bank. The addition of part of 91,600,
000,000 to the volume of circulation
would help greatly at this time.
Governor Sheldon has been greatly
amused by the fake stories put in cir
culation by his political enemies dur
ing his absence about an alleged feud
between him and'President Roosevelt,
which he does not think worth dignify
ing with a denial. The only gulllbles
who swallowed that bait are a few
eastern newspapers so far away that
they could not be acquainted with the
unreliability of its source.
If the democrats can get any conso
lation out of the registration figures
for Omaha and South Omaha they are
entitled to their fill. On the face ot
the returns, a republican plurality of
between 4,000 and 6.000 is Indicated,
and allowing liberally for those who
may be sailing under false colors, th
normal republican majority Is in pros
pect A Philadelphia paper publishes a
list of the enterprises launched in the
last few years that have made an ex
cessive drain on the capital supply of
the nation. By some oversight, the
paper neglects to list the f 10,000,000
drawn out by the grafters who had a
band in robbing the Pennsylvania state
capltol fund.
The record made by the republicans
in the last Nebraska legislature will
stand the test aa to the Interests of
labor by any unprejudiced arbitrators.
More laws carrying substantial bene
fit to workiugmen (; put on the
i
statute books by that legislature than
by any three legislatures that have
gone before It.
It Is reported that when Mr. Bryan
was in New York the other day he
called on Mr. Hearst and the two spent
Beveral hours In a conference. It is
presumed they ' talked about the St.
Louis balloon races.
The local democratic organ has
finally screwed up Its courage to the
point of throwing a bouquet at "Andy"
Gallagher. It comes hard, but some
things have to be done under pressure
of a political emergency.
Business Is returning to normal con
ditions in the east, but few Wall
street financiers are planning to buy
railroads as Christmas presents for the
little folks at home.
Colonel Bryan says there are two
sides to the democratic fight in Massa
chusetts. According to the suits filed
In court, there are eight sides to the
Massachusetts democracy.
The Brooklyn Eagle should explain
how its editorial showing the strength
of the Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler presl
dentlil boom came to be printed under
the "Amusements" heading.
Casual perusal of the open letter
Indited by Editor Sprecher to Editor
Hitchcock quickly tells why that in
teresting document failed to find space
in the columns of the World-Herald.
Mere Man' nomination.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Gertrude Athrrton calmly announces that
any woman can marry any man she wants.
Massachusetts has a lot of school teachers
who would like to get Gertrude's formula.
Delights of Uncertainty.
Philadelphia Record.
Among the pleasures of ballooning Is the
delightful uncertainty regarding your des
tination. The band that played "I don't
know where I'm Going, but I Am on th
Way." showed a thorough knowledge of
drifting among the air currents.
Tha Baglea Cat.
Baltimore American.
Bryan's brother-in-law, Tom Allen, of
Lincoln, Neb., has given out th statement
that Mr. Bryan will again be a candidate
for the democratic presidential nomination.
A contemporary refers to this announce
ment as "letting the cat out of the bag."
Really, now, that cat has never yet been
bagged.
Speculative Banking; Most Oft,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr. Cortelyou is able to hand out $2S,000,
000 for the relief of the pressure In New
York like a prince. But It will be the duty
of Mr. Cortelyou, as It will no doubt be his
pleasure, to see the money handed back
In due course of business. And tha bad
banking that made' the relief necessary
should feel that the relief did not go to
It especially for Its take. It was to save
the general business and financial condi
tion of th country from suffering.
the: ci LrRiT at the bar.
Frcnsled Flnane' Vainly Strives lr
Hide Its' Criminality.
- New York World.
A vice president of that great trust com
pany with more than JW.000,000 of deposits
which has beon ruined by Ha own officials
blames for lta downfall "one man." The
man he means Is' th,e president, not of
th wrecked and mishandled trust com
pany, but of the nation Mr. Roosevelt.
It Is time for such folly to cease. The
people are in no mood to listen to It with
patlenoe; and let us . one more remind
these gentry of high finance that upon the
patience of tha people, upon their thrift,
upon their confidence, rests the structure
of business credit. These are its base; the
apex Is relatively unimportant.
What Is the situation T The country Is
prosperous. Th wst overflows with
optimism. The railroads cannot handle
their business. Foreign exchange la turn
ing heavily in our favor.' And a few men
have been caught gambling with other
people's money and properly disciplined
therefor, the Innocent as usual suffering
with the guilty.
To trip the policeman and let the thief
escape is not jthe prudent part. To re
erect the shaken structure of publto con
fidence less shrieking at executives Is
needed and more obedience to law. There
Is high railroad authority for Uhe state
ment that rate regulation, that the fining
of rebaters, that the cutting off of free
pats and private-car graft, that the restora
tion of competitive conditions are not alon
Justice to the consumer but favorable to
sound finance. The same will be true of
energetlo reforms within the state.
Let there be no dodging of tho Issue.
Fremled finance Is the culprit at the bar.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Japan Is now making "Scotch" whisky,
and occasionally shows symptom of hav
ing sampled It.
It Is remarkable that whereas nine bal
loons sailed from Bt. Louis rubbernecked
citizens at various points had no difficulty
In discerning at least three times that
number.
Secretary Loeb has broken camp In th
Tellowstone National park and started for
Washington. He reports that his hunting
party had better luck than President
Roosevelt had in the canebrakes of Louisi
ana. Clark Williams, who has been appointed
by Governor Hughes as superintendent of
banks of New York state, la vice president
of the Columbia Trust company of New
York. Mr. Williams was graduated from
Williams college in VSfi.
Captain Roald Admundson has been noti
fied by J. II. Cox, president of the Geo
graphical Society of Chicago, that the first
gold medal ever offered by this society
has been awarded to him for his discovery
pf the Northwest passage.
An Ohio doctor present a spectacle by
his admission that l.e was too full to
know what he was doing when he got
married. Ho got rid of one load readily
and asks a Judge to disconnect ho second
load. A padded ct.ll would help some.
French I the content! language of
diplomacy. Diplomacy lias been denned ss
"th art of concealing thought." If the
definition Is correct it is straj.se that the
Chinese language, with 1,000 words, each
possessing tn different shades of u. fil
ing, has been Ignored by th artful dodgers
of the world's chancelleries.
A picturesque figure In the bunking world
Is William 8. Wltham of Georgl. who Is
president of 108 small banka located
throughout the south. ' While b wss tour
ing the south several year ago for a
wholesale millinery house, he conceived th
Idea of starting small banks in localities
wher banking vonslsta largely of a pawn
broking business, with live stock aa col
lateral
ARMY Cnl IX WAS1UXOTOX.
Car rent Event tileaard front the
Army and Navy Register.
The most Important development of the
week has been the proportion which finds
favor In Influential quarters that the presi
dent shall specially authorise officers of the
army, navy, marine corps and revenue
cutter service to take such action as thr
believe to be necessary In furthering the
Interests of the service pay bill. It Is
possible that the president will comply with
this request, although It seems likely that
he will Imposo certain restrictions upon
officers who are disposed to engage In
such an activity. It Is desired, of course,
to so direct any effort In behalf of the
measure that It will count for, and not
against, the desired enactment. It Is appre
ciated by conservative observers that it
would be well not to have too much don
for the bill on the principle ot th adge
which has to do with the superfluity of
cooks. The sen-Ice pay bill Is now In very
good hands and has substantial and In
fluential backing ot an official sort At the
same time, there might be a benefit de
rived from conscientiously and discreetly
disposed Influents exerted by Individual,
officers to the end that representatives and
senators by the time congress meets will
come to know of the bill and of Its merits
and the necessity for Its . enactment.
The army quartermasters who have to do
with the acquisition of clothing and equip
age are In tho market for 1.000.WW yards
of khakl cloth, 3,000 iron bedsteads, fci.0.0
linen collars, 60,000 cotton undershirts, 1S0,
OuO pair of black shoes, and 30,000 pairs ot
marching shoes of the Improved pattern.
The last-mentioned item relates to the new
marching shoe new to the extent that the
stinenlng has been taken out of the toe
and the shoe made as flexible as possible.
It being desired to Impart to the footgear
all possible qualities of comfort. The
khakl cloth will be used In the manufac
ture of 150,000 suits, which It Is desired to
have in stock by next s,prlng. The woolen
stockings are required to replenish the ex
hausted supply of those articles which are
In such great demand that It Is difficult to
meet the requisitions. The enlisted men re
gard these woolen stockings with greater
favor than the cotton variety. .nc they
absorb the moisture and add to the comfort
of the foot covering In inarching.
Borne idea may bo gained of the difficulty
of maintaining an enlisted force that Is
anywhere nearly up to the authorised al
lowance from the official reports which are
reaching the War department from various
posts. One report states that th Sixty
third company of coast artillery at Fort
Casey. Wash., has only twenty-seven men
In It, or 25 per cent of its authorised
strength. This Is not one of the new com
panies, but an old one, and the command
ing officer reports that If he were to ap
point all the noncommissioned officers,
cooks, mechanics, etc., to which the com
pany la entitled there would not be a
single private left In the command, the
authorized strength being 109, of whom
eighty-one should be privates. There are
other companies serving at the same post
which have a few more men, but whloh
are woefully handicapped, owing to the
lack of soldiers. No company at the post
has as many as W per cent of th au
thorized strength. This is not an Isolated
case or peculiar in any sense to th lo
cality or arm of th service. The same
situation exists at all army posts and in
the infantry and cavalry, as well as in
tho artillery.
An application for pension 'has been re
ceived troin the widow of the late officer
of the Indiana National Guard whs con
tracted typhoid fever during the period
of army maneuvers near Indianapolis last
year and who died as a result of such
disease. The question has come up whether
the War department should pay this. It
Is held that If a member or a mllltla
organization receives Injuries or becomes
disabled while employed at a national en
campment, he should look to the state
government and not to the War depart
ment for relief, as the injuries were In
curred In the service, not of the United
Btatoa, but of the state whose organised
mllltla he formed a part. This was a de
cision rendered as long ago as 19M and is
considered as applying to the present case.
Thero Is no Indication as vst of t)m tin.
the War department will take concerning
the failures among army officers to com
up to the requirements of horsemanahlp.
It Is expeoted that the reports of all the
rides will be In th possession nf th.
Jutant general by November 1. and than
ii win do aecided doubtless, whether th
pfflcers who have been excused for physi
cal reasons or who ar not able to com
plete the fifteen-mile rid will be ordered
before retiring boards. In some cases this
will be an obvious necessity, but. In other
Instances, It is by no means certain that
the examination by a retiring board would
result In retirement.
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Columbus Tribune i ' The disastrous fir
at the Fremont Normal school last week
should not discourage the promoter of the
school In the least. Men who are able
to build such Institutions nn k.
discouraged by accidents, but are simply
moved to greater endeavora. Fremont and
Its people have bullded too well to hesitate.
emergencies only develop the men. nrt h-
past has proven that Fremont has the
men.
Fremont Tribune: It would be a .u.
of folly, of which the people of Nebraska
no' oe guilty, to repudiate a party that
haa kept Implicit faith with them. To do-
tea me repuoucan ticket after such per
formance would be a crime agautst the
highest interests of the state. If honest
dealing between a party and the people la to
be rebuked, what Incentive to honest action
will there hereafter bT If legislative In
tegrity Is not to be esteemed it will be a
sorry day. Indeed, when the announcement
of that lugubrious fact Is made.
Wood River Sunbeam: Not being able to
find any reasonable argument against the
candidacy of Judge Reese, the republican
candidate for the supreme court, the demo
cratic press, row Insists that he should be
defeated and a democrat placed on the
bench that th court might be non-partisan.
This argument would be quit unsatisfac
tory to the democrats and how they would
rn It had they the majority on the
bench and ths republicans used such an
argument to gain their points. Buch is
foolish, but It only goes to show that the
republicans have pieced a man In nomlna
1'i.n Hh thou no fault cmi: be found and
this Is t'.ie only argument that Is being used
again'.t him.
Norfolk News: This paper is for M. B.
Ret-ie for supreme JuiU-- ls because lie la
a r publican than boruu,- he represents
the sentiment comuion to il. Inking men of
all political parties thut rwrporate domlna
t n of state affi'ia !:ou!d cease. A long
step toward that end was taken last year
In the election of a governor and a legisla
ture that the corporations could not con
trol and who redeemed th platform pledge
of th party in letter and in spirit In the
face of all the opposition th railroads
could muster to detest th legislation. Th
nomination of Judge Reese was th direct
result or the redemption of th party pledge
of direct primary law, and It uiake hlra
the candidate of th people, not '( Dolltlcal
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manipulators or the corporations. As such
a candidate, he Is entitled to th vote of
all men, regardless of potttlca, who want
a state government of the people and for
the people. It does not matter much who
or what his opponents may be, or where
he halls from.
Lyon Bun: The state committees, lo
cated in their hotel office in Lincoln, are
trying to take a poll of the state. They
may have time and money they do not
know what to do with, but this I not the
case with the country precinct committee
man who must make up gratis the poll.
He hasn't. even time to talk politics and
It is getting so In these eays of independ
ent voting and scratching of "yellow dogs"
that it is Impossible to tell hew the mem
bers cf your own family are going to vote.
The sending out of campaign literature
is another relic of antiquity that ought
to be abandoned. People read newspapers
now days and then go to the polls and vote
as they please. It's a change In the right
direction and marks th downfnll of the
professional politician, who In years past
lived by political manipulation.
Broken Bow Republican: Borne of the
heads of th big railways claim that the
agitation of th rat question and antagon
istic railway sentiment has practically pre
cluded further railway extension. They
even go so far as to assert that existing
line will not be rebuilt when they wear
out unless from th earning of th roads.
They insist no capitalists will go Into the
open market and borrow money for railroad
building. Men who build railroads are like
thos In other tins of development If they
see an opportunity to make money by ex
tending a railway line Into a territory
where ther are rich freight and passenger
receipts to be collected, It Is unlikely they
will stand back and make faces at them
selves to vent a little spite on the public.
Of course, ther is a wave of antl-rall-roadlsm
over th west but that will soon
spend its force and the railroad magnates
should not overlook th fact that the an
tagonisms were du to their own Imperious
methods. The situation la clearing Itself
and the relations of roads to th publto
will b established on a firmer and a safer
basis. There Is no reason for assuming a
pessimistic attitude. , ... i.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR TROUBLE
Flaaactal Speculators Vainly Strive
Cover Their Tracks.
Brooklyn Eagle.
If, as alleged by the fourth vice presi
dent of the Knickerbocker Trust company.
It be a fact that on man has caused all i
the trouble, Theodore Rooaevelt has much
to answer for. Still, It would hardly be fair
to hold him accountable for the purchase of
a worthless railroad at a pric approximat- !
Ing a million. Nor would it be Just to
charge r'm with responslbllty for the
financial kiteflying which makes tv story
of rapid transit stocks a contrl in to
the literature of robbery. It is only fair
to the president to say that these things
caused at least a part of the trouble. And.
4o come to the case of the Knickerbocker
trust, if Its surplus has been Impaired,
soma of the trouble is of its own creation.
In ultimata solution, responsibility will go
wher It belongs. Ditto as to pain and
penalties.
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BRIGHT AND BREEIY.
"Thero Is ono peculiarly Inconsistent thing
about hay fever."
"What is that?"
"All are afraid of it, and yet everybo1
who has It entries at it." Baltimore
American.
"And then, mind you." exclaimed Miss
Fasney, Indignantly, "she asked m If I
wouldn't marry the first man that rame
alon."
"The Idea!" excla'med M 'a Cutting.
"Don't these obviously unneces-sr.v .
tlons make you tired?" Philadelphia Press,
"If you ever flirt with another woman R8
you did with Mrs. Prltchard last niR-ht."
declared the bride of a year, "I shall go
hark to my parents and never have any
thing to do with you."
"Pshaw, I don't believe It." the wretch
replied, "you're always breaking your
promises." Chicago Record-Herald.
Maud Here's a western couple that
eloped on a handesr.
Maybe How funny! But eloping on S
handcar can't bo such awful fun.
Maud Why not?
Maybe Because the man who makes II
go has to use both hands, doesn't he?
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"So you have succeeded In tracing mv
ancestors. Good! Now what Is your fee?"
"One thousand rotunda for keeping quiet
about "em." Smart Bet.
"Why do you say 'Rats!' whenever one
of the wheels strikes a hole In the road?"
"A hole In the road is a rosd-dent. Isn't
It?" Houston Post.
Wareham Long Akchilly tryln' to find
WArk. are you? You pumpkin-headed,
wishy-washy old
Tuffold Knutt I mny be pumpkin-headed,
but any man 'at says T wish a wah is
goln' to have a riirhl on Ms hands! Take it
ack, durn ye! Chicago Tribune.
"Just from Ireland, are your' asked
Mra. Hiram Offer of the applicant, "and
were you trained across the water?"
"No, ma'am," replied the girl, "I was
hipped across." Philadelphia Press.
"I Am looking forward to the time when
the waters will flow through our mighty In
land channels and carry our commerce "
"Yes," answered Henalor Sorghum,
"you ve got the right Idea. The water will
flow some day, but a lot of lunguuge will
have to flow first. "-Washington Star.
SIGNS OF ACTUM. '
Wild duck a-speedlng
Bwlft In their southward flight,
Bound like phantom nutos
Honking thro' the nlaht; ,
Smell-less autos scorching
Out nn t ll mlllrv wbv.
Raise white dust that' settles
In mist at break of day.
Smoke In the hollows
Where ruddy sumachs burn,
Slowly the autumn sun
His deft rays twin,
Cleaving the whltey mint
With shafts of gold;
See gorgeous hills display
Gems manifold.
Leaves all a-dropplng
Hints for the birds to go:
Jack Frost comes cropping
All things that grow;
Corn on the hillside
Shocked at the winds so rude;
Good natured pumpkins
Smiling beatitude.
Carnivals all over,
Hor- show come and gone;
Go r your flannels out,
Quick put 'em on;
Exit the Ice man.
Coal crashes down the trough;
Signs In the drug stores,
"Stop that cough."
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