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    TIIE 0MA1IA DAILY DEE: WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 15. 100S
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas County, sa:
ri. n Tiar-hurir. treasurer of The
Tee Publishing Company, being duly sworn
ays
s that the actual number ci iuu .
complete cook's of The Daily.
all V. MorniiiB,
rirVnted during
Kvening and Sunday Bee pr'
the month of December,
was as 101-
lows:
( 3S.4O0
Z 87,150
t ST ,370
4 37,190
I. 87,330
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1 38,300
t 3S.S30
10 37,080
11 .... 37,000
12. 88,740
11 87,530
14 88,810
li 88.SB0
IT. ........ 36,840
II,..,. 36,630
19.' 88,840
10... 36,880
21 36,380
.2.., 36.300
l .."MOO
54..... 36,890
86 36.600
84.' 88,680
J7 38,890
Jl.. 36,360
36,800
80 36,110
41 BA nan
Totals .." 1,133,980 1
tf unsold and returned copies. 8,804
Nat total lms T7
Tally average 36,444
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ROBERT HUNTER.
Motary fubiio.
WHEW OUT Or TOWJT.
Babacrtbers leavlna; that city trn.
Oorarlly ahould hart The Be
mailed to tkeaa. Addreaa will ba
Mayor "Jim" has not yet Issued any
"proclamation against a wide-open win
ter. r noume is not worried over
the reports of diamond failures In New
ffork.
Th fleet Is due at Rio. It Is not
Jet stated whether It will stop at Java
and Mocha.
i rouoie appears to be over at
---JGoldfleld. '.The,, town has hired an
other policeman..
Canvasback ducks are on the mar
ket at ? 6 a pair. Still, some folks in-
elet that the price of living has not de
creased.
. becretary Taft should not be
rharged with killing the Torakor pres
idential boom. It died simply of
starvation.
Scientists assert. that toads can live
3,000 years in a state of suspended an
imation. Toads must be natural-born
democrats.
Tho reports of the meetings of the
South Omaha city council leave no pos
elblllty of doubt that another city elec-
tlon is Impending.
J. nam Lewis declares that all
w omen are liars, thus placing them on
en equality with men, according to
Solomon's description.
It seems to be no more of a crime
I to rob restaurant keepers in San Fran-
i cIbco than it is to rob the state by pub-
He contracts In Pennsylvania.
Mayor "Jim" has not yet given. up
Jiis idea of running for governor. He
las to locate some place to land when
his present term as mayor is up.
David B. Hill is belns talked about
f Jigaln in connection with national poli
tics. By tho way, what became of the
; Teport that David B. was going f.o
janarry May Irwin?
It is asserted that American officials
In the Philippines have no sinecures,
nut navtto worn nard and Ion; to
hold their positions. One by one the
Joys of office-holding are'wanlng.
All tnat is necessary Is for the
deruocratlo party, to convince the peo
ple," says Mr. Bryan. Election re
turns Bcem to Indicate that the people
kave several times been convinced.
The Yarmouth divorce case Is to 'be
1 tried behind closed doors. The public
would not be sufficiently interested, It
Js thought, to give proper attention to
' tho case it it were tried in open court.
bo long as iseuraska banks are all
sate and sound it will be hard to con
vince anyone of the Immediate neces
sity of 'a special session of the legisla
ture to provide a system of deposit
guaranties.
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"Uenerai llempartzoomlan Boyad-
J!an is registered at one of the leading
noieis. says a isew york paper. By
the sound of hit name the general
should, be registered t one of the
drug stores. ,
Kansas City's union station annex
lias been burned. It it hastens the
advent, of the Union station that Kan
cas City has been building on Daiwr
for so many "years the fire will prove
a blsaslns ia disguise, . "
i TARIFF COMMISSION.
The democratic assertion that the
republican party Is pledged to a policy
of non-action on the Question of tariff
revision Is being effectively contra
dicted by steps now being taken In
congress looking to tariff readjustment
Immediately after the inauguration of
the next' president. This action, in
line with the recommendation of the
president and In accord with the posi
tion taken by Secretary Taft more
than a year ago, has been started by
the presentation of a bill creating a
tariff commission, charged with the
duty of making Investigations and re
porting results and recommendations
to congress.
The bill, which Is sponsored by Sen-
. t,, N for a norma
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.ntnmimlnn r,t flva mrmhero. in
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be established 8S a bureau Of the De
nartment of Commerce and Labor, to
make a scientific study of the subject
from every point of view. In explain
ing the numose of his bill. Senator
Deverldge says:
Aside from the general demand for such
leeialatlon a tariff commission Is de
manded by the facts of the situation
nearly 4,OnO Items Included in
about 600 paragraphs In more than thir
teen tariff schedules. No matter how
able. Industrious and experienced tho com
mlttees of the- house and senate which
have to do with the framing- of our tariff
may ba (and no one has a higher admira
tion for those committees than I have),
It appears to me almost a physical Im
possibility for them to find out the -facts
concerning each -of theae Items, then ad
just duties based on such facts, consider
the effect of those duties on foreign mar
kets and the effect of foreign markets
on our tariff, draft a bill on all this and
enact the same In the brief space or a
single Session of congress
The very condition of having 4,000
" 8a'6I0items. considered In 600 paragraphs of
a law, offers Justification ror an m-
telilB-ent. consideration of our' tariff
nrnMttm. . imnlificRtlon of our
tariff laws. It is true mat me uingrey
inw iricliidlna- all these different Items,
was couBtruciu vj uuutioo m ouuu.
4Ua .bnn enA mtr3t.
OUT mOIlUlB. UUV IUO vuouu vuuv,.
tlons argue a necessity for more
thorough Investigation before radical
revision steps are taken. In spite of
the obvious need for reduction of cer
tain outgrown schedules. The chance
of an equitable readjustment of duties
would be greatly enhanced by a
searching Inquiry Into the workings of
the old schedules.
While pledged to the principle of
protection, our people want this prin
ciple applied Intelligently, bo as to
bring the greatest good to the greatest
number and prevent Its misuse by spe
cial Interests.
ANOTHER THEATER HOLOCAUST,
The terrible loss of life of Innocent
children as a result of a theater fire
and panie in a little Pennsylvania
town recalls the Iroquois theater dls
aster in Chicago a little pver, four
years ago. and the movement which
was started at that time for safeguard
ing theaters and other assembly halls
If there Is one thing in which, more
than anything else, our government
by public opinion is defective, it is in
its lack of persistence. The outcry
against fire-trap theaters, which was
raised after the Iroquois Are, will now
be renewed, but unless it is followed
up without let or interrupilon it will
Produce no better results than other
spasmbdlc movements of this kind.
First and foremost, all theater
buildings ought to be absolutely fire
proof, aa far as modern construction
methods will permit.
In the second place, all theaters
should be built upon plans which pro-
vide properly for quick emptying.
In the third place, no theater should
be allowed to admit children under
the age at which they should be
reasonably able to take care of them
selves in an emergency.
The practice of. sending children to
theaters by themselves, or even accom
panied by elders, is fraught with con
stant danger, as witness the succession
of fatal theater panics in which the
children have furnished most of the
victims, and ought to be stopped once
and for all time.
COST OF THE PANAMA CANAL.
The recommendation of Secretary
Taft that the Panama canal be wld
ened, at an approximate Increase of
$10,000,000 in cost,1 serves to call at
tention to the criticisms already being
made by certain opponents of the ad
ministration, who are ever ready to
charge extravagance and wastefulness
particularly, on the eve of a presl
dentlal campaign. They are harping
on tho fact that while the
estimate of cost was placed at about
$137,000,000, the expert engineers are
now asserting that the canal can not
be completed for less than $300,000,
000 and the amount may be Increased
to $250,000,000. An effort is being
made to inject a political element Into
the situation and to charge the repub
lican administration with extravagance
In canal expenditures.
It is true that the original estimate,
made by a board of expert engineers,
was for $117,705,000 for the construe
tlon of the canal. But this was fo
the engineering work, pure aud sim
pie. It did not take into considers
tlon the essential allowance for tan I
tary acd water wor'.s at Panama, the
construction of buildings for the use
of government employes and work
men, the sanitation and government of
the canal tone, the r location of the
Panama railroad or other essential, it
expensive, items that had to be per
formed before the actual work of
canal construction could be com
meuced.
Since the excavation and other
actual construction work bag been
in
Drogresa labor at the isthmus has ad
vanced In cost and serera! elements
lot expense have developed that were
omltted In the original estimates. Off
setting these additions la the promise
f a more early completion of the en
terprise than had been expected by
the most sanguine promoters of the
project. The Increased width recom
mended by Secretary Taft meets the
pproval of the best naval authorities
nd engineers, as. necessary to meet
the demands that will be made by the
developments of marine architecture.
In the final analysis, those charged
Ith the construction of the canal will
nd that the people are not worrying
particularly about the cost of It. They
ask only that there shall be no Job
bery and no waste or extravagance
The American people are always will
ing to pay for the best, and If they
get the best In this case they will not
grumble about Hie legitimate cost of
this great work of uniting the oceans
by a practicable pathway lor the com
merce of the world.
JUSTICE HARLAN ON WAR-
In seconding the demand for a
larger navy, Justice Harlan of the su
preme court of the United States has
given us something new to talk about
by expressing a fear that the near
future will see a war between the
white and yellow races, involving all
the nations of the world. Justice Har
lan ia not usually an alarmist, but Is
rather noted for conservatism on In
ternational topics. For that reason
more than usual attention is being
paid to his speech at the annual din
ner of the Navy league at Washington,
in which he said:
I believe that we will see within the
next ten years an army of perhaps 5,000,
000 men In China, drilled and Instructed
by the Japanese, and when tnat lime
comes they will be In position to say 10
us of the white race: "Tou keep your
country; we will keep this country. Get
out."
I do not say that we will have a war
In the near future, but looking inio ine
future, It seems certain that there will
bo a conflict Borne day between the yol
low and white races that will shake th
earth. If It comes I want to see our
country In a position to meet It.
1 want to Ret a navy large enougn iu
protect the Pacific ana Auanuu
and our ports on those oceans.
If I had the opportunity I wouia voio
for an appropriation of 150,000,000 for a
period of ten years for a larger navy.
There Is no such thing as rrienasmp u-
tween nations. Do you ininn
- . 1 1.1 nil r f tfccie
cares a cent ror wnni we v.
navy or Germany cares a cent lor vpai
m Mnk nf hers? Their respect for us
depends upon the belief that we can take
care of ourselves. 1 want 10 --
navy such that no nation on me earm
could think for a moment oi tun.M.B .
contest or entering Into a contest with us.
As an argument for larger naval
appropriations, this will aouDtiess
have Its effect, but the country win
be slow to believe a conflict between
the white and yellow races of the
world imminent or inevitable. The
prediction that China will have an
army of 6.000,000 men in ten "years
Jhas .been made ny every muwuv
oriental conditions and affairs who nas
ever gone into speculation as to what
will happen In the world with "the
awakening of China." That awaken-
ng has been promised for a century,
yet China has not reached the yawn-
ne stage. The Chinese are tne most
. . u
peace-loving people in me worm.
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Their religious training,
customs and mode of life, as well as
their .physical condition are all argu
ments agalnsf war and foreign to tho
idea of a thoroughly drilled and ef
fective Chinese army.
Nor will the assertion that there
Is no such thing as friendship between
nations" stand the .test. Nations are
but individuals in the aggregate and
friendship Is not obsolete, either in
dividually or nationally. Even if the
heart nerves do not connect nations,
the pocket nerves do and tho dollar
recognizes no color line. The trade
and commercial relations between na
tions, with their sources of pront ana
development for the yellow as well as
the white races, afford potent . influ
ences against any world-involving war
NO rATRONAOE SQUABBLE.
th merits of the
claims of the candidates conipeuu ii
. . . i
favor," patriotic Nebraskans must de
ulore the threatened patronage squab
bio on which our two United States
senators seem to be perilously near the
brink. If differences over appoint
ment to federal positions are permit
ted to create a personal breach be
tween the two senators it cannot fall
to impair their usefulness In promoting
measures demanded tor the benem oi
the state because it is an elementary
axiom that people can do more pulling
together than pulling apart.
So far as the public service is ceu
coined In the collection of the internal
revenue for this district, It Is not
likely to suffer materially whether the
work Is superintended by either or tne
applicants for the place or by the pres
ent Incumbent, who will, aounuess. oo
willing to continue to act lndennlteiy,
if not longer. Under the rules of the
game played in Washington a new col
lector cannot be Installed without the
consent of both United States sena
tors, and besides that the present In
cumbent has not yet filed his formal
resignation.
The political enemy would like noth
lng better than to keep the two sena
.i oivpa and sevens In order to
charge responsibility for any evil
suits upon the republican party and
..,l rw.nti.Ki raultal for use In the
ifianv -
coming campaign.
The governors of all the states bor
dering on Oklahoma are being peti
tioned to rail extra sessions of the leg
islatures to pass laws guaranteeing de
posits In banks, similar to the act now
In force in Oklahoma. If the law is
a good one, time will demonstrate it
and compel its general adoption. There
is no occasion, however, for harry. The
people are not just now scared about
the banks.
King Edward la to have the Culllnan
diamond, presented to him by his sub
jects in the Transvaal, cut and pol
ished. The stone how looks like a
chunk of washing soda, but it is esti
mated will be valued at $10,000,000
when finally I polished properly and,
worn ns a pin, will make the king look
as prosperous as Lew Dockstader on
the opening night.
A strict interpretation of the Ne
braska Jury law requires the county
commissioner to be personally ac
quainted with every man whose name
he puts on the Jury list. Will all the.
Jury panels be knocked out again In
case it should develop, that some Juror
has not even a speaking acquaintance
with any member of the county board?
It is now proposed by the State Rail
way commission to secure photographs
of all railroad wrecks that may occur
In Nebraska with a view to utilizing
such Information for preventive meas
ures. Every one engulfed in a wreck
should at onco take notice to remain
perfectly motionless ilntll the official
photographer arrives.
The populists have always claimed
to be the original initiative and refer
endum party. A statewide populist
primary to select the delegates to rep
resent Nebraska at the populist na
tional convention called for St. Louis
would indeed be Interesting In Its dis
closures of the number of populists
still doing business.
George Ade now has a notion that
he would like to go to congress. It
might be a good scheme to send him
there and put him In charge of the
humor department of the Congres
sional Record or allow him to write
tariff reform bills for the amusement
cf Speaker Cannon.
The republican Board of County
Commissioners cannot afford to get
the same reputation as attaches to the
democratic city council. Let , the
county board attend strictly to busi
ness and leave the personalities and
politics to the democrats across the
street.
That New York matinee idol who la
making speeches every afternoon In
favor of the rent rioters and the ac
quittal of Harry Thaw Is going to be
disappointed In this particular Instance
because his name will not be men
tioned. The way to give Omaha clean streets
la to see to it that they are cleaned,
but our streets will not be cleaned sim
ply by the mayor sending messages to
the council and the council passing the
responsibility back, tcf 'the mayor.
A Llvelr Iaaavatloa.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Becretary Taft Is to be credited with an
Innovation in politics. At the close of his
meetings he conducts a question class In
stead of having the glee club sing.
The Finishing; Touch.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It Is said that Admiral Evans can swear
fluently In Spanish. This being the case,
he will doubtless find it comparatively easy
to convince the Braslllans that our fleet la
a wonder.
Improving; the Circulation.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A fussy man out In Nebraska Is disposed
to protest because his wife sold the baby
to buy matinee tickets. He seems to for
get that all this buying and selling had a
tendency to keep money In circulation.
Looters Klht and Fall.
Baltimore American.
In the Savannah conspiracy case against
the government, which has been a noted
feature of the conrts so long, the principals
have lost their liberty, blighted their repu
tations and their careers, disgraced their
families, and now the government has re
covered the loot they tried to keep. So the
old truism of 'the wages of sin applies
again.
CHUNK OF COLD TRUTH.
High Standaj-da of Lraal Profeaalon
Considered by tho Court.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Whenever legal luminaries meet In county.
state or national convention or at the ban
quet table they grow eloquent on, the
nobility of their profession and the high
standards which characterise It. Whenever
diabarment proceedings are found necessary
against a low trlckater or very offenaive
shyster the prosecutor similarly Invokes,
with Impressive earnestness, the "high
standards" of the bar.
There. Is more oratory than dry truth In
these fine efforts, more Imagination than
reality. But ordinarily no one cares to In
troduce the not of skepticism and every
thing passes off beautifully.
A distinguished Massachusetts judge, ho
ever, has Just seen fit to make an exception
to the rule. Perhaps his known Interest In
the large social problems In probation
charity, legal reform, social redemption-
accounts for his unccnventlonal remarks.
A motion for disbarment against a lawyer
was being argued and the attorney who
represented the proaecution Indulged In the
familiar observations regarding the "high
standards which," ete., etc. Judge De
Courcey listened patiently for a while and
then threw this "bombshell" at the able
lawyers in court: "I feel that the bench
haa tolerated. If not recognised, lower
standards, and I feel that especially when I
alt In the criminal and divorce courts more
especially the latter. It this high standard
(of which the eloquent lawyer had spoken)
were upheld a majority of the attorneys
would be disbarred."
Extraordinary words, but refreshing and
wholesome ones. Thoughtful laymen have
often wondered at the sort of methods and
standards which the Judges tolerate and
the bar aasociatlona condone or encourage.
Cheap subterfuges, flimsy technicalities,
pathos, sophistry, delays for the sake of
delay, wrangling and billingsgate. Pick
wlcklan motions and pretended surprises
and shocks who has not again and again
observed such things In the trial of Ira
portant cases by men of repute and stand
tngr Who has not been ulsgusled and
nauseated by legal chicane and humbug
from aources that supposedly stand for
"high standards" and regard shysters with
holy horror?
There la need of more such antl-cant talk
as that to which the Massachusetts Judge
so unexpectedly treated the lawyers of his
Jurisdiction and state.
T APT A9W ER Ql KTIO.
Clear, C'nsrent Ttepllea to the t)als of a
Mw York Audlenee.
The real significance of the speech ot
Secretary Taft to the worklngmen of New
York's populous and conglomerate "Kflet
Bide" Is becoming apparent with the re
ceipt of detailed reports of the meeting.
The current, telegraph reports carried the
secretary's sieech In full, but the New
Tork papers. In hsndllng the meeting from
a local standpoint, give special emphasis
to the give-and-take character of the meet
ing. Members of the audience sent ques
tions to the secretary, touching labor and
other questions In which they had special
Interest and his answers to the questions
sroused his hearers to an unusual pitch of
enthusiasm. Here Is one account of the
meeting:
Before as cosmopolitan an audi
ence as he found anywhere In his seoent
trip around the world, and which filled
Cooper Union to its doors. William H.
Taft, secretary of war and presidential
possibility, met the people of the East
Side last night, when, before the People's
Institute, he discussed the problem of labor
and capital. By his 3,000 auditors lie wss
cheered to the echo. He was hailed with
periodic outbursts of applause ss "our next
president," though cere was taken by the
officials of the organisation to prevent the
semblance of a politics,! boom from making
Itself evident. He was christened "Secre
tary of peace to all the world." and at the
close a squad of policemen were forced to
rescue him from the wave of humanity
that swept down and flooded the platform
and held him prisoner In Its center.
Tho really new subjects discussed came
at the close of his address, when, in accord
ance with the usual rule of the People's
Institute. Mr. Taft was bombarded with
volleys of questions as a means of evoking
further discussion of the subject In hand.
Becretary Taft proved himself the true
cosmopolite. . He met his questioners
squarely. Such of the written Inquiries
that poured In upon the speaker's platform
as were pertinent to the question in hand
he discussed, even , to attaks upon himself
Urging he had changed front toward labor
since his Judicial years In Ohio.
He met the socialist who defended his
theories, as well as tho queries that eman
ated from all parts of the hall, showing
that representatives of almost every na
tionality, of every political, social and re
ligious faith, and of many of life's varied
avocations, were present.
As Secretary Taft unfolded the first
query, Director Charles Sprague Smith,
who presided, came to his rescue with a
plea that the-questions be brief.. The Ini
tial query was:
In the name of the 38,000 negro voters
of this state, I ask If you Indorse President
Roosevelt's discharge of the colored troops
as a result of the Brownsville Incident, and
If so are you willing as a candidate for
president to stake your fortunes on that
action?"
"I don't believe." returned the secretary,
'that that query Is germane to the subject.
This question Is likely to come beftro me
officially. It is now before a committee of
the senate. The matter cannot arise for
the action of the president or myself until
that committee has reported. Therefore I
must decline to answer that question."
The next query ran thus:
"Do you think the laborer of today
gets sufficient compensation for his labor?"
"I don't know what the compensation of
this particular laborer may be, or what is
his field of labor," returned Mr. Taft.
"However. I think many laborers do not
get sufficient compensation, while others
receive more than, they deserve," he con
cluded, amid laughter.
"What caused Mr. Taft to change his
attitude toward laboring men and unions
from the one he held when on the bench In
an Ohio court?" ran another inquiry.
The speaker here evinced the. slightest
show of feeling, asserting, with a vigorous
gesture:
"I have' never changed my attitude In
the least. I have always stood on the same
ground with respect to the rights of labor
and the rights of property and of capital."
"Is not an industrial community based
on a proteotivo tariff on an artificial basis
and contrary to the law of supply and
demand?" read another missive which had
been fired at the platform.
"It may be an artificial basis, because
It Is founded on a certain law," was the
quick reply, "but I am afraid that if we
abolished the tariff at present there
wouldn't be any business at all."
"Is there any redress In law for the dis
interested publlo," ran another question.
"when capitalists and labor InRlst on keep,
lng up a struggle that Injures the com
munity?"
"I fear the best resource Is public opin
ion," returned Mr. Taft. "for, after all,
It Is publlo opinion that is the force which
restrains both sides. Under our constitution
It is publlo opinion that maintains our
country and saves us from destruction."
Another question demanded: "What ought
persons out of work and starving with
their families In the present crisis do?"
"Ood knows," replied the speaker. "They
have my deepest sympathy. If tliey can't
get work, then there Is the charity of the
people. But It is an awful situation w'...n
a man who wants work and scorns cht.rlty
Is put In that condition."
"Would not government ownership of rail
roads, mines and other property and util
ities render labor disputes easier of adjust
ment?" demanded another questioner.
"I think not," returned the secretary.
"We should face the same controversies.
Have you ever thought of the tremendous
power government ownership would vet in
the hands of a few men at Washington?
Lord knows, the powers concentrated are
sufficient! Put such sn Increased power
In the hands ot a set of men and you create
a power that would endanger the republic."
Asked as to whether he believed the
Sherman law sufficiently effective In pre
venting unlawful combinations of capital.
Secretary Taft asaerted his belief that, a
the law In question wss framed when Its
drafters had little knowledge of true condi
tions that were to arise "the time has
come to draft a substitute for this measure
so thst members ot the business world
may know the exact line between lawful
ness and Illegality and keep business with
in that tine."
"If It took the Louisville concern you
mentioned fifteen years to collect a claim
ot 12.&00 against the Bricklayers' union,"
ran another question, "how long will It
take the government to colleot that $3,(00,
000 fine" but the laughter swallowed up
the remaining words snd Mr. Taft retorted:
"That requires a peculiar application of
arithmetical rules that I am not able to
make."
"Why should not a blacklisted laborer
be allowed an Injunction aa well as a boy.
cotted capitalist?" came the demand from
another auditor. t
"He should be," returned Mr. Tsft in a
flash, "if I were on the bench I'd give
bins one quickly."
Near tho Dead Line.
Philadelphia' Record.
The people, out west have borne the
watering of stocks with a good desl of
patience, but when It comes to watering
sauearoa In accordance with the recipe of
the Beef trust then Is a limit t popular
endurance.
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A JUDICIAL TRAVESTY.
Philadelphia Record: That appellate
court In California that haa decided that
extortion Is no crime puts the capstone on
the pile of machine atrocity. Great Zeus,
what a ruling! It makes the whole story
of outlawry in San Francisco understand
able. Baltimore News: The decision of the
District Court of Appeals in San Francisco
setting aside the conviction of Schmlts Is
the kind of thing that casts more disgrace
on the name of our country than any
other one thing we can think of. Thank
Heaven, It Is getting more and more
scarce nowadays, and it Is to be hoped
that decency and honesty In San Fran
cisco will soon find a way to triumph over
even Judicial unworthlness.
Portland Orgonlan : Touching the Schmlts
decision. Judge Dunne, who Is not a rash
mart ellher In speech or act, accuses the
court of appeals of something very much
like corruption. The members, he says,
have friends and relatives among the gang
of grafters to which Schmlts belongs. If
they were honest men, would they have
undertaken to decide his appeal? fThe
truth Is that these Judges were put In place
by the same power that created Schmlts.
They are creatures of the Herrin-Ruef-Cal-houn
syndicate. Their authority Is part of
a conspiracy against civilisation in Cali
fornia. They were put In office to protect
thievery and they fulfill their obligation by
giving immunity to thieves.
San Francisco Chronicle: Schmlts has
been discharged because, while he wk
charged with doing an "Injury," It was not
alleged in tho indictment that it was an
"unlawful Injury." As the Indictment taken
as a whole makes' It perfectly clear what
the injury was, that It was claimed by the
prosecution to be unlawful, and that as a
matter of fact, If committed. It unquestion
ably lnvo"; ed turpitude. It la grossly Im
proper that the law should permit the
quashing of an indictment merely for the
omission of a word whose meaning was
necessarily Inferred from the document. A
new trial wss expected. It was thought
possible that the Indictment might be
quashed. It did not occur to the ordinary
citizen that It would be quashed on a tech
nical point In which the equities were ob
viously with the people.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Chicago women have resolved to wear no
feather ornamentation except that fur
nished by the crow. Probably they rely
upon politicians to denude tho crows.
The street car people of New York, fear
ing the daily bridge crush would be missed
promptly took off enough trains to Insure
the perpetuation of this striking feature.
Senator William B. Allison, the Nestor
Of the senate, is the only living charter
member of the Masonic lodge In Dubuque,
la., which will shortly celebrate Its fiftieth
anniversary In March. The senator will
attend the celebration.
Prof. Berthold I.aufer, until recently
lecturer on Asiatic anthropology at Colum
bia university, and now curator of the
Field museum of Chicago, started on Tues
day on his mission to explore Tibet and
interview the Grand Llama at Shosoy, the
capital of the country.
Senator William James Brysn, the new
solon from Florida, is a graduate of Wash
ington and Lee university, and when he
was a student there his ability as an
orator and debater was recognized. When,
several years ago, a big contest was held
at the 1'nlverslty ot Virginia, among de
baters from a number of prominent south
ern colleges, Bryan was selected to rep
resent his alma mater.
The World Almanac and Encyclopedia for
19u8. the twenty-fifth anniversary number
of that well-known reference book, has
tu.t been Issued. This yesr It is much
larger, more complete and comprehensive
that ever t fore, comprising J.000 pages and
a-lvlna- about 15.000 facts and figures wnicn
may be depended upon as being absolutely
accurate and right up to the last minute
of 1917. U is a veritable library of universal
knowledge between two covers, im worm
Almanac is In use in the public schools
of Greater New York, has been adopted
by most all tho normal schools ana nun
dreds of public, high and grammar schools
ihrnuabout the country. It Is certainly a
book that should be In every library snd
In every home.
- Real Tainted Money.
New York Bun.
In the private practice of one physician
In New York there have been rour cases or
Doisonlng resulting from handling filthy
mnnev within the last three years. A
highly respectable gentleman died recently
from a loathsome disease transmitted to
him by a II bill, the appearance of which
alone was sufflcent cause for Its retirement
from circulation. It Is not too much to
that most of the paper currency In
circulation should be redeemed and de
stroyed because It Is a menace to publlo
health.
Outclassed.
Washington Herald.
A Nebraska woman murdered her hus
band, was convicted, pardoned, and then
collected hi" ljfe Insurance policy. This
woman's financial methods make those of
the late Caaale Chad wick look like 30 centa,
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SMILING REMARKS.
"This seems to be a season of particu
lar disaster for the rich and the powerful."
Yes: look now Hard the mild winter
has been on the plumbers." Baltimore
American.
"What's the matter with you this morn
ing?" asked Qaddie. "You appear to have
tho blues."
'fto I have," replied Jack Totts.
Why?"
'I lost several stacks of them last
night." Cathollo Standard and Times.
Rivers Doing anything with those shsres'
of mining stock you bought a year or two
ago?
Brooks O, yes; occasionally. When I nin
looking over my papers and happen to find
the"engraved certificates of stock I sweai
at 'em. Chicago Tribune.
Eph Green Ah desires to purchase ah
rasxer.
Clerk Safety? .
Kph Oreen No, sah: dis am fo' siolal
usage. Harper's Weekly.
"They look exactly alike and you dress
them exactly alike. Mrs. Highsungsle."
said the caller. "How can you tell them
apart?"
"That Isn't hsrd to do." answered th
mother of the twins. "If I slsp Johnnv
snd he swears a blue streak 1 know It's
Dick." Chicago Tribune.
Knocker Say. what do you know about
these sirens they use on the front of au
tomobiles? They're fierce, ain't they?
Bicker Not so much so as the ones In the
tonneau. Cleveland Leader.
"No," said the girl's father Impatiently,
"you and Fred can't have the automobile
to elope in."
"Now. papa," replied the girl, "do be
reasonable." A
"I am reasonable, rejoined the old man.
"D'ye think I'd trust Fred with that ma
chine? Maybe you forgot It's brand new.''
Philadelphia Ledger. ,
Woman of the House A big. strong fel
low like you ought to be willing to work
and earn his own living.
Languid ljiuncelot That's wot bIN me.
ma'am. Me muscles Is sll rlRlit. but me
will power Is all gone. Chicago Tribune.
"It Is whispered thst you use money fo
Insure your election," said the censorious
friend.
"Now look here." answered H'-natiir
Sorrhum In a tone of vexation: "I can't
Lnletise everylKjdy. And whatever lianneui
I Sliail DO 111 It IKiDllliill iu ii"i" mm I
didn't hoard all my money." Washington
Star.
A LEAP YEAR PHOPOSITIOy.
New York Times.
Since you're the first and only man I've
asked
To share my fate,
Please contemplate
The almost nerculean task.
It seems to timid maiden modesty
To pop the question!
The mere suggestion
Would once have seemed grave Impropriety.
But what a spinster maid would siorn to
do
At sweet and twenty.
With chances plenty.
Looks sensible at twenty-seven and two'!
and two!!
This is so sudden? Well enough 1 know
That's but pretense,
Not innocence.
How many times I've said that, 5 cm s us"'
Don't beat about the bush, mid say, "I'll
see"
I don't want that!
Just answer put.
Will you, or won't you, kindly marry in. "
Or, if you think It Isn't right to do
Things Just this way,
I'll change and say, .
What you've said oft: "Please let me marry'
you!"
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