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THE OMAHA- DAILY
DEE: . SATURDAY, DECEMBER
H. 1007.
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VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
tetepf Nebraska, Tjouglas County, se.i
Chartaa C. Roeewater, general manager
of The Bee 1'ubllshlng Company, being
duly sworn, aaya that the actl number
of full and complete coplea of The Dally,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during; the month of November, WOT, wa
1 87,000 1 87,430
t 37330 17 M.400
I BOO It 30.180
4 87,030 II ST.438
6 39M 20 37,090
SS.SSO XI,.. 80.070
T.,.; 7,M0 .22 37.300
. 3740 II 87.380
1 87,090 84 30,100
10 3S,0O 26 BT.8S0
11 3730 Si 37,00
12 37,730 27 3740
II 3780 21 384
11 8780 21 8900
lt....t 37,600 20 8790
Total 1. 183,430
Less untold and returned coplea. 10,168
Net Total 1,113,49
Dally average 87,108
CHARL.B8 CT ROSEWATER.
General Manager.
Subscribed' In my presence and sworn to
before me thla 2d day of December, 1907.
ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
WHEN OUT OF TOW5.
wbawrlfcera leavtaa; the city teat
vrflr anaeald have Tito Bee
saatleS to ftheai. Addreaa will be
chaaa-e eftem aa reqaeeted.
0 The Sunday closing; cases la Chicago
are to bo tried before Judge Fake.
i 'The railroads will
probably, to put In a
lew.
be compelled,
siding at Falr-
The city officials should take notice
that Missouri river persists in working
ob Sunday.
. Blessed Is the man or woman who
makes a child's Christmas dreams
com true.
Nevada and West Virginia are the
two states that never send out any
news but bad news.
Asbestos whiskers for the home
8anta Claus should be one of the first
Items on the shopping list.
Mrs. W. J. Bryan is now at sea.
Her husband is not at sea. but is en
joying a little plain sailing.
It la a waste of time to discuss why
Chicago won the republican national
convention. Chicago had the votes.
It Is not too early to make New
Year resolutions. Let the first one be
to do the Christmas shopping at once,
The problem of what to do with our
ez-presldents Is eclipsed by that of
what we shall do for our next -presi
dent
Mr. Bryan will note that the money
offered by Denver as the price .of the
national democratic convention was all
la gold.
The greeu Christmas has little terror
for the Omaha Santa Claus. . His bu
lness was never brisker than it Is
right now.
That contribution of $100,000 will
not cripple Denver but will serve as
an Investment. Denver knows what
to do with and to its visitors.
Mayor "Jim" is frank, if not politic,
"Th money." he said, "will be badly
needed In starting tlys campaign,", and
tn otner democrats said Amen."
The anti-pass law and the cost of
railway transportation will furnish O.
Cleveland with two reasons for refusal
to attend tb Denver convention next
year.
' Colonel Cecil A. Lyon says the Texas
republicans will insist upon voting for
President Roosevelt again. What is
the name of the other Texas repub
lican?
How the gods must have smiled at
the spectacle of the democratic na
tional committeemen solemnly debat
ing as to whether they would take the
money!
That the Omaha police force Is
neither Inefficient nor inactive is
proven by the expedition with which
the latest murderer was run down and
captured.
Denver is a mighty good town and
has already entertained some notable
gatherings. After having had th
Eagles and the Elks, it certainly ought
to be able to stand for the democrats.
Caving passed a Jim Crow car bill
the Oklahoma legislature is in trouble
egala. The rich Indians object to rid
ing with thi poor white trash and It
may be necessary. In the Interests of
peace and th Indian vote, to pass s
Poor villi
BEHRASKA AfD TATT.
The Interesting editor of the World-
Herald professes to believe that the
republicans of Nebraska hare aban
doned all principle and are prepared
to follow any leader at any time. If
he will turn back the record for just
year and read what is plain to all
the world he will discover how far be
has wandered from facts In his effort
to create an issue. As far as Theodore
Roosevelt is concerned, Nebraska gave
blm the most cordial and loyal sup
port The policies fo which the pres
ident has so manfully stood have all
been enacted Into law In Nebraska.
and these laws are being enforced by
officials chosen by the people and di
rectly pledged to the carrying out of
the reforms.
Only one difference has arisen be
tween the republicans of Nebraska
and the president of the United 8tates
on a point of policy,' and that is a mat
ter of detail. Nebraskana . stand
pledged by their platform to the doc
trine of regulation of Intrastate affairs
by state laws and officials. The ap
plication of this doctrine to the con-1
trol of interstate carriers is opposed
to the president's . theory of national
control. There is,' room for honest
difference of opinion on this 'point,
and the stand taken by the republicans
of Nebraska as expressed in the last
state platform la frank and open, and
in no wise can be construed into op
position to the president
Mr. Roosevelt has reiterated most
emphatically his announcement made
on the night of election in 1904, when
he said he would under no circum
stances seek or accept a renomlnation
or again be a candidate for the presi
dency. This must be taken as his
final word on the topic. ' It is the final
declaration of a man whose honesty
of purpose la unquestioned. ' . It
leaves the way clear for other candi
dates and opens the field to all. In
this choice of candidates, aa well as in
the matter of policy, Nebraska already
stands pledged. The republicans ' of
this state were the first to give assur
ance of support to William H. Taft.
The platform adopted at Lincoln con
tains the following plank:
While not presuming to forestall the ac
tion of any future convention, we express
the belief that the republicans of Nebraska
reoognlse in Hon. 'William H. Taft of
Ohio one whose personal character and
whose long public service mark Mm as
pre-eminently the man under whose lead
ership these policies would be perpetu
ated. Its language -is plain and- unequiv
ocal. It. is the best possible answer to
the World-Herald's demand for infor
mation as to where the republicans of
Nebraska stand. '
TBS B ATT IV QROVKD TOR 1908.
Those eminent leaders of the demo
cratic party who have taken the re
announced refusal of President Roose
velt to seek or accept another repub
lican nomination as a signal for flood
ing the country with predictions of a
sweeping democratic victory in 1908
have evidently . overlooked th fact
that the political form book offers no
encouragement for such result, based
on the democratic record for past per
formances. On the contrary, develop
ments of the last few years would in
dicate that the democratic party can
not hope to materially better its record
of 1904, when it finished the race a
trailing second, only the leniency of
the judges preventing the Parker en
try of the party from getting the flag
for being outdistanced.
Hope springs eternal in the, demo
cratic breast, but there Is nothing in the)
outlook to suggest its fruition into any
thing tangible la the next, national
campaign. In the' 1904 presidential
election the republicans carried every
state north of Mason and Dixon's line,
and there has been no political devel
opment in any of those states bo car
ried to justify the democrats in ex
pecting a victory in any of them next
year. On the other band, several
states that were carried by the demo
crats in 1904 have shown decided re
publican symptoms since that day, and
may be reasonably counted In the re
publican column next year, or at least
be considered as the battleground In
the next campaign. Kentucky gave a
democratic plurality of 12,000 in the
1904 campaign. In November last it
elected a republican governor and an
entire state ticket by a plurality of
19,000. During the campaign Colonel
Bryan stumped the state and assured
the voters that a break in the demo
cratic line in 1907 would mean that
Kentucky would be lost to t.he demo
crats in 1909. His appeal was in vain,
and democratic leaders like Colonel
Watterson admit that the republicans
have the odds In chances for carrying
the state next year. Missouri was
carried by the republicans by 25,000
In the 1904 campaign. No conceal
ment is made of the fact that much
of this was due to th democratic de
fection against Parker and his gold-
planked platform, but Missouri repub
licans have been active In organisation
and. that atate may he counted upon
as fighting ground next year. The re
publicans carried Maryland In 1904 by
a scant 100 plurality. President
Roosevelt's popular majority over
Parker was 2,545,615 and th elec
toral vote was, Roosevelt, 336; Parker,
140.
While the democrats may have a fair
fighting chance to regain Missouri and
Maryland, they seem destined to lose
Kentucky and have no reasonable
prospect of making gains sufficient to
capture any other state that was in
the republican ranks In 1904. Even
In the south, so long solidly for the
democratic ticket, regardless of the
Identity of th candidate, Is almost in
open revolt, and, while It Is not prob-
f ;i
tomac will go republican, the demo
crats will not have their old-time ma
jorities nor the party Its old-time sup
port from that section. The republi
can selection of a candidate pledged
to the support and furtherance of -the
Roosevelt policies will make th race
next year almost as much of a walk
away as was the contest of 1994. -
ttHQ RATIO ASD l.MiHG RATIO.
Immigration officials report that the
exodus of foreigners who have been
working in the United States during
the past year is far in excess of that
of any former year, but in spite of
this the addition to the population
through immigration this year will ex
ceed 1,000.000. While it is generally
understood that the returning foreign
ers are going home because of the
slack work In industrial lines, the fact
remains that th number of Immi
grants arriving is about normal for
this season of the year and that most
of them are finding employment.
A new phase, has been added to the
question, however, by the action of
several foreign governments in deal
ing with the returning Immigrants.
Germany Is making special inquiry
into the character and the condition
of former subjects who are returning
to their native land and proposes to
reject all undesirable persons. Italy
Is also making complaint that Us cities
are being overrun by men out of work
and poorly equipped for living through
the coming winter. According to a
dispatch from Rome, "the labor out
look is extremely bad. Strikes are the
order of the day. Things are drifting
toward a cessation of all Industry.
The misery and discontent springing
up everywhere are causing th gloom
iest misgivings as to the future." Ber
lin advices are that trades unions are
already reducing by half the allow
ances to the unemployed and condi
tions are even worse In Austria. In
all of the foreign countries foodstuffs
have advanced until they are almost
at famine prices.
Nothing in the record supports the
claim of foreign authorities that the
workmen returning from America ar
adding to the distressing conditions.
The evidence in possession of th
Immigration bureau, the bankers and
the, postofflce officials is that .these
workmen are returning with their
pockets lined with good American dol
lars. They have had an exceptionally
active season, with wages better than
have ever been paid before in the,
country and they are in position to
relieve rather than accentuate the con
dition of the unemployed at their old
homes. The complaint of the foreign
authorities, however, accentuates the
reports that have come from time to
time of the depression abroad and the
excessively high price, of foodstuffs.
Europe has a scant crop, which com
pels heavy buying in this country. Its
850,000,000 people must have food
and they look to the United States for
the bulk of the supply. Under such
conditions the ebb and flow of immi
grant laborers will adjust itself. Those
who have worked In this country know
the conditions, both here and at home,
and they will return when their serv
ices are needed. They are quite able
to take care of themselves and usually
do, so, however much officials may
worry about them and their lot.
HATIOXAL, ISCOBPOBATlOll LJW.
President Roosevelt's message sug-,
gestion for the adoption by congress
of a law providing national incorpora
tion of concerns doing an interstate
business has been acted upon from an
unexpected source'. Senator Piatt of
New York has offered a bill which, so
far as experts have been able to deter
mine, is the most comprehensive plan
yet suggested for meeting the presi
dent's recommendation. Th amazing
feature of the situation is that Senator
Piatt has not been in accord with the
president on many public matters and
Is recognized as one of the loaders of
the corporation interests in the senate.
On this account suspicion naturally at
taches that there must bo a joker in
the bill he has proposed, but members
of the senate who have examined the
bill carefully assert that the bill has
been carefully worked out in all neces
sary detail and seems to meet every
requirement.
Senator Piatt's 1)111 provides for the
creation of a bureau qt incorporation
in the Treasury department and per
mits any corporation now doing an in
terstate commerce business to eurren
aer us charter, received from any
state, and to reorganize under the na
tional act. New corporations would
be compelled to organize under the
federal act. Corporations operating
under the new law would be subject
to national supervision, such as Is now
exercised over national banks. The
bureau is given authority to' revoke
the charters of any concern refusing to
permit examination, of Its books and
to take charge of the affairs of any
company known to be bankrupt. Cor
poratlons organised under the federal
law shall not be subject to state,
county or municipal taxation on ac
count of their capital stock or bonds.
States, counties or municipalities, bow
ever, would continue to collect taxes
on the real estate and other property
of the corporations.
The proposition that incorporation
under the federal law be made volun
tary Instead .of mandatory, so far as
companies already in - existence are
concerned, may not meet general ap
proval, but that Is a minor point. The
Introduction of the nieasure in its
rather complete and developed form
brings the issue squarely before con
gress and furnishes an opportunity for
a full discussion of it. Public send
meat, shared la by many of the larger
cci'io, wilciifi, in tut boLAC sue! 1 "
lation Is ' absolutely essential to the
proper regulation and supervision of
Interstate commerce concerns. It is
a needed supplemental legislation to
the federal rate law and to other
measnres designed to check and elimi
nate the abuses that have grown up In
th operation of great railway combi
nations and the commercial trusts.
It is a real relief to secure accurate
Information on a disputed question.
The latest report of the senate com
mittee on military affairs shows that
the shooting at Brownsville, Tex., was
done with rifles that were locked up
at the time, with cartridges that had
been officially Issued to the men, but
with bullets that would not fit the
rifles In use by the army at the time of
the Bhooting. That should close the
incident, unless the committee can
produce proof that the persons killed
committed suicide.
The World-Herald is convinced that
the holding of th democratic national
convention at Denver will "make th
entire Transmlsslsslppl country fight
ing ground next year." Of course
there will be a fight in this section
next year, but Minnesota, the Dakotas,
Nebraska. Kansas, Colorado and the
rest of the Transmlsslsslppi country is
as safely republican as are Massachu
setts and Pennsylvania.
Daily receipts of grain In Omaha in
dicate that business Is generally being
resumed throughout the country and
that the crops are moving with con
siderable freedom. This, with the ex
cellent prospect of good crops for an
other year, is Nebraska's chletest
reason for anticipating a Merry Christ
mas. That little bunch of Lincoln patriots
who were trying to project themselves
Into the limelight by forming Roose
velt clubs, appointing committees "and
doing other things In the name of the
president ought to get the platform
adopted by the republicans last fall
and read It over. It contains much
that ought to be of value to them.
'. Anti-Bryan men profess to find com
fort In Mr. Roosevelt's declaration that
he will not be the republican candi
date. Just why thla should be so is
not apparent. . Thar is no likelihood
that Taft will prove any easier for th
democrats.
. It Is cow explained that th name
of the hew senator from Arkansas is
'Jeffries," not "Jefferson" Davis. His
talk leaves the impression that be
should also have been named' Jere
miah. The World-Herald predicts that "a
citizen of a western state" will be
nominated by the democrats for the
presidency. The Impression - prevails
that the candidate has already been
chosen.
New York Is complaining about the
enormous cost of the 38,000 rural free
delivery routes. It appears that the
industrious carriers on these Routes
have practically no letters for delivery
in Wall street.
Forked LlKhtnlB;.
' Chicago Nfews.
Senator Tillman, threading: the mazes of
the financial situation, displays all the
aranerul aglllfy of a prise steer in
crockery department.
the
The Armada Outclassed.
Chicago Record-Herald.
, The fleet which we are endlng-
to
the
Paclflo will carry 4,000 more men than
the Spanish armada had. It will be superior
to the armada In some other Important re
spects and will, we hope, have a much
more pleasant experience than the armada
had.
Tbe Great American Grlad.
. - Clnolnnatl Enquirer.
Pour . thousand bills have been already
Introduced In congress, and Jthe work of
Introducing- more Is declared to be bravely
going on. And people wonder what is to
be done with such great office buildings
for senators and representatives. They win
be typewriting factories.
HhMktnB Dunn Snrplaa Flesh.
Balttniore American.
If Is reported that anny officers are
alarmed over a report that a more severe
test than even the late horseback one Is to
be riven. Visions of a leap through hang
ing hoops, with steeda going at full speed,
or executing toe dancea on a. bareback
basis are looming up and throwing digni
fied and heavyweight officers into epasms
of apprehension.
Vahonnded Promt.
Chicago Tribune.
When the 7.600,OoO,COO yielded by acrlcul-
ture is eddsd to the tl4.BOO,OK,000 represent
ing the value of the output of the manu
facturlng production in this country for
the last flecal year, the veatness of the
wealth of the people of the Vnlted States
Is apparent. With each year adding im
provements to farming methods and open
ing up near territory for agricultural pur
poses aa reclamation projects are being
pushed, the prospect for the future seems
one of unbounded promise as long as the
sun shines and the rain falls.
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against colds and all the
ills that follow them.
Small, easily taken doses
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OTRKR lA DS TH AN 01119. '
The late King Oscar of Sweden possessed
qualities superior to any contemporary
ruler of a European state. Mentally he
towered above his contemporaries. Pos
sibly one measured up to his physical
heigfit, ats feet four and a half Inches, and
every Inch kingly. He waa a pnet, his
torian, eaaaylat, philosopher and philan
thropist. While other rulers cultivated the
arts of war, and atrenuously pressed for
military and naval prowess. King Osear
cultivated the arts of peace and national
content. Conquest in the material sense
never tempted him. He preferred the eon
queat of the hearts of his people, in which
he succeeded to rare degree. While
other rulers poured out in lavish measure
their favors for heroes of wars and inven
tors of new Implements of destruction.
King Oscar encouraged and rewarded those
whose skill and genius contributed to the
Well-being of his subjects. Ho had no part in
glorying In the pomp and circumstance of
vast military and naval establishments,
hence he had no. occasion, to flourish a
"mailed fist" or strangle a republic or
tremble In fear of the bomb of the revolu
tionist. In all that makes for peace, for
civilisation and for human progress, tbe
grandson of the house ef Bernadotte was
a loyal leader and before all others de
serves the title of "the first royal gentle
man of Kurope." The separation of Nor
way and Sweden two years ago was a se
vere blow to his prestige. Less peaceful
rulers would have prevented disunion by
force, King Oscar contented himself with
a protest and faced the sacrifice of di
minished empire as courageously as when
on three occasions he imperilled his own
to save four lives, for which acts France
honored him with a medal;
The new king of Sweden, Gustave, is
like his father In physical proportions, and
has light Saxon-blonde features. He is
not unused to the affairs of state, as he
frequently acted as regent during the Ill
ness and absence of his father, and has
displayed good sense and ability. He U
personally much liked at home and abroad.
He was born in the castle of Drottnlng
bolm, and immediately after his birth was
made duke of Vermland. He pursued his
studies from 1877 to 1878 at Upsala. In 1ST
he traveled abroad, visiting almost all the
countries of Europe. In . US he returned
a second time to the university at TJpsala.
He' entered the army In 176, and in Iftt he
received the rank of general lieutenant.
In 1896 he served as Inspector of the mili
tary schools, and In 1898 he waa made a full
general. Between the years 18S4 and U91
he Ailed the office of vfee king of Norway.
Asa result of his persistence and strenuous
efforts to hold the Swedish-Norwegian
union together, he earned the enmity of the
redlcal . majority in the Norwegian Stor
thing, and In . retaliation the Storthing
took away from blm a yearly appanage
amounting to tltWO. The, storm between
Sweden and Norway hoe been wholly
calmed and each has now adjusted itself to
the new order of affairs. In one respect
the change of monarcha may ameliorate the
relations between Sweden and Norway, as
the new king's son, who now becomes
crown prince, .Is united by marriage to the
queen of Norway, Qustave was married
on September 20, 18S1, to Princess Victoria
of Baden-Baden. Their eldest son. Prince
Oustavus, waa married on June IS, 1906, to
Prlnceea Margaret Victoria of Connaught,
niece of King Edward of Eogland. The
new king Is fond of playing tennis. He Is
very unassuming and democratic in man
ner. Dr. Robert Koch, the eminent bacteriol
ogist of Germany, has been appointed a
member of the privy council by Kmperor
William. Tills signal evidence of Imperial
regard comes to the doctor on the sixty
fourth anniversary of his birth. Dr. Koch
deserves recognition not only in Germany,
but also from mankind In general. In 1S90
he came, into worldwide prominence by
his discovery of the bacillus of tubercu
losis. Up till then the name of the Ger
man bacteriologist had been known only
to savants. But he had held for some
years an Important government post and
had been employed In hygienic investiga
tions. He published in 1X02 the result of
his researches upon tuberculosis, which,
following upon the discovery of Vlllemln,
a French army surgeon, ha proved to be
due to a microbe, seen under the micro
scope to be a tiny rod (bacillus) or thread.
The microbe becomes implanted in the tla.
sues of the body, which, in consequence,
become unhealthy, and tuberculosis is set
up. It was claJmud for Dr. Koch that be
had discovered not only the bacillus of
phthisis,, but also a specific agent which,
could arrest the action and cure tubercu
losis. Dr. Koch kept strict silence on the
origin and composition of his remedy until
Us efficacy could be substantiated by ex
periments, but, without awaiting this veri
fication, consumptives flocked to his la
boratory from all parts of Europe. , The
German government Jhrew the cloartc of
official authority over the discovery and
the greatest curiosity was aroused for ob
taining the precious lymph and testing Its
curative powers. The result was at first
disappointing, and, though it was defended
by Vlrchow and others, a comints.-lon of
doctors from the Paris hospitals reported
In, far from favorite terms. In America a
strong controversy was aroused. Several
patients after inoculation with the lymph
died, and prominent medical men, after
observing its operation, advised against
its use or urged great caution In Its appli
cation. LJke the I'nlverstty of Bonn, Phil
adelphia abandoned ita use. Recently the
doctor went to East Africa to Investigate
and discover a possible cure for the
"sleeping -sickness," now ravaging that
region.
,
Beer and tea are steadily supplanting
wine and absinthe as national beveragea
of France. The taste for beer cornea from
across the T.hlne. Ten yeare ago there
were but few places In Paris where good
luger could be had. Now it Is imported
In vast quantities, and the French brew
eries are rivaling- tile German. Indeed,
during the past year or two Trance has
matched Germany in the consumption of
lager, and it Is due more to this cause
tl an to any other that tho wine growers
In the south are In sore straits. The
fashion of drinking tea, which to the
Frenchman of a generation ago was about
as attractive aa medicine, is supposed to
comv from across the channel rather than
from RusJia. In WcO only 1W tons of tea
were Imported by France, and In only
tel tuna. Last year the figure crept up to
l.i.if) tons, w hich is not much, to be sure,
for a great country, but shows that the
taste Is growth.
One of the most difficult tasks Is to form
an estimate of the revenue of the world's
rulers, tartly because of the many sources
from whlh the money Is obtained and
also because of the different wsys In
which the wealth is distributed. The Lon
don P. T. O. rays that the cxar is the
richest monarch In the world, and proba
bly the richest that has ever lived. His
total annual revenue is about ,0UO,(X0;
but expenses are proportionately heavy,
and after be has paid for the upkeep of
his million square miles of cultivated land
and forest, aa well as the expenses of his
mines in Siberia, It would seem that he
has none too much. King Edward re
ceives 1-i.c.OOO, but little more than a
fourth of thla goes Into the privy purse. A
stipulated sum Is Invariably put aside for
household expenses, aalarWa, pensions,
charities, rewards, etc The Reichstag al
lows the German emperor about tu&O.Ot
Ko has also a salary as king of Prussia,
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which amounts to about $3,S7,SOO. He has
great estates and many' resources at his
disposal, but his expenses are tremendous.
The emperor of Austria Is also king of
Hungary, and, therefore, like the German
emperor, draws two salaries. The amount
of each, In his case, is nearly t2,812,800.
The king of Italy receives about t3,7uO,C(V)
a year, but out of this allowances are paid
to the queen dowager, to the duko of
Genoa and to the children of the duke of
Aosta. King Alfonso haa an allowance of
$1,787,500, and as provision Is made for
other members of the Spanish royal fam
ily outside of this, the sum quoted is prac
tically all his own to spend as he pleases.
Leopold II receives about $)i7,000, but he
has keen business Instincts, and all the
world knows of the way In which he aug
ments his salary to gratify his luxurious
tastes. '
. POLITICAL. DHIFT.
As a matter of form the Denver gather
ing is called "a convention." In reality
It will be a ratification meeting.
Eight buckets of gold from Denver cap
tured the democratic national convention.
The crime of '73 la surely "a dead 'un."
.The New York Sun does not shine for
anybody outside the shop. Roosevelt and
Bryan have been placed in its "index ex
purgatorlus." That "extraordinary session" of the
Louisiana legislature waa rightly named.
The dally expense account of the state was
reduced 11,000.
The Brooklyn Eagle, as a starter, flour
ishes this ticket from its beak: For pres
ident. Governor Hughes; vice president.
Speaker Cannon.
Colonel Bryan Is getting his picture in
the papers quite frequently. The colonel
Is the most successful beneficiary of free
advertising that ever happened.
"Honey Fit" failed to land a second
term as mayor of Boston. He made more
promises than he could deliver and "the
left" smote him on the right spot.
Dispatches note how Tom TaKgart op
posed the motion to reject Denver's buck
ets !of gold. Superfluous details. Tom
would ss likely turn French Lick Into a
Salvation Army barracks.
Most of the cartoonists picture Speaker
Cannon aa swinging his gavel with his
right hand, when It is notorious that the
speaker la left-handed and does not awing
hla gavel with his right hand once in a
thousand times.
With railroad passes abolished. It Is not
believed that the republicans or the demo
cratic national convention next year will
ba largely attended by outalders. Hitherto
fully 20.000 auditors other than delegates
and alternates have turned up at national
conventions, to the grief and anger of
doorkeepers, but to the substantial joy of
hotel men and bar keeps. -
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LAUGItno GAS.
"It Is a great honor for the office U
seek the man."
"Yes," remarked Senator Sorghum; "at
a rule, the office that seeks the man Is all
lienor and no salary." Washington Star.
"Marin, hasn't that young man of youn
a past?"
He has, fother. He confessed to me thai
he used to deal in futures." Baltimore
AmeUan.
"Talking of short measure," said Unci
Allen Sparks, "there are ltr of people that
never seem to have got their share when
the milk of human kindness was handed
around." Chicago Tribune.
"It'a very true," aald the tiresome talker,
"that men, like wlno, improve with eu."
"Yes," said Mrs. Waters, "and some men
like wine and do not improve with ae."
Philadelphia Press.
"Some men." said 1'nclo Fbcn. "' r
dote wl" i))on y tint dey s ffer a tnU:h
rum a Drokeh t nty-dol ar oil aa (ley
would f urn a broken nart." Washing
Star.
"Ladles!" callnrl the president of the
afternoon whlHt'club; "ladies, it has been
moved end seconded that there Khali be no
conversation at the card lihles. What
shall we do with the motion?"
"I augment tiiat we discuss it while we
play," piped a shrill voice from taliln A,
and the suxnsiion was adopted. Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Pneer "You're putting nearly as
much wrapping paper aa beefsteak on
those scales and muklng me pay meat
prices for It.".
ltlarkstmati "Yes, ma'am, and I'm let
ting you have all that wrapping paper with
a full knowledge of the fact that the price
of it, owing to the soulless areed of thu
wood pulp monopoly, Is going up rUht
along. Anything else tills morning,
ma'am?" Chicago Tribune.
I.OOK1YG 1XTO THE VT'Tl'RB.
Nashville American.
Ten months from now the holy calm
That on the country slip
Will lifted bo, and in Its place
We'll have a bunch of (its.
The voting sovereigns of the land
Unto the polls will hie
To pick a Win my president
From out the large supply.
No longer will we calmly say,
"My neighbor, good and kind,
Is ona of nature'a noblemen,
A creature koim! and kind."
For if aald neighbor doee not vote
The way we think he should
We'll call him harsh -and horrid name
And list him anti-good.
The brother's hand In wrath against
His brother will be raised.
And each will call tho other dowa
And say he is amazed.
Sons figuratively will reach
To grusp their father's throat.
And each will strive to neutralize
The other fellow's vote.
Oh, we are thankful for the peace
That sits around thla fall,
When no one argues in the street.
Nor tries to hire a hall;
When no one calls us fools and worse
Because we sre Inclined
Against bis Judgment and his wish
To rise and vote our mind.
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