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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. ..
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Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn,
aaya that the actual miniher of full and
complete copies of The Daily. Mnrnlnx.
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the month of February. 1908, wus as fol
lows: 1 4 M.700 1 30,100
J 35300 17 36,800 !
I M,1M 13 30,930
4 36,330 19 36,730
6 36,110 20 36,300
6 ... 36,030 21 36,340
7 38,940 22 38,030
36,030 23 35,500
9 38,000 24 38,300
10.... 4 85,900 2 5 36,670
11 36,100 2 36,490
11 M,000- 97 36,560
II 36,300 28 36,380
14 36,100 29 36,350
II 36,110
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If Emma Goldman Is deported, It
rill be on account of her deportment.
A French scientist has discovered
that snails snore. Nature, faker?
President Roosevelt has decided
that Public Printer Sailings is not fit
to print.
China and Japan are engaged in
another deadly war in the Paris
newspaper offices.
This third term talk may as well be
put in cold storage. Mrs. Roosevelt
has declared against it.
Castro of Venezuela; is acting like
a man who wants to get a look at a
few American warships.
Mrs. Herman Merry has Just been
granted a divorce by a Salt Lake court.
She Is the real Merry widow.
The night riders are insisting that
Kentucky farmers shall quit raising
tobacco and keep on raising Cain.
Guess confidence is returning, all
right. Florida strawberries are on
the market at the regular price for
March berries.
It will, help some if the Chautauqua
managers follow the example of the
Circus trust and decide to leave out
the freaks this year.
Fifteen-foot snowdrifts are reported
In Scotland. The New York to Parts
autolsts will hardly change their route
In order to see them.
Chief of Police Shlppy proposes to
drive the anarchists out of Chicago.
No one will thank him for starting any
of them In tuts direction.
In the meantime It will be noticed
that Mr. Taft is the only presidential
candidate who 1b getting delegates in
other than his houj state.
George Fred Williams has denounced
the election of Serator Bradley of
Kentucky. The American people are
sadly disappointing to George Fred.
If it comes to a pinch, Nebraska
might yield at the Denver convention
and let some silver-tongued orator
from another state present Mr. Bryan's
name.
The Charleston News and Courier
wants ex-Governor Beckham of Ken
tucky named for vice president. Reck
ham is something of a party wrecker
himself.
Eight Boston churches have been
turned into lodging houses for the ac
commodation of the unemployed.
Bleeping in church is no novelty even
In Boston.
I
Clark university, in Massachusetts,
is going to appoint experts to study
the manners and customs of ghosts.
The Foraker presidential boom should
make a good subject.
A Chicago woman has just discov
ered that the "duke" she married Is
Just a plain grocery store clork. She
ia a winner on the proposition, if ho
has a Job and ia a good clerk.
Aa Imported Bryauite agitator
from Chicago has prevailed on the
Omaha Centra) Labor uniou to reso
lute itself opposed to Mr. Taft. The
Intelligent mechanic and . artisan
know a hawk from a handatw and
recognises ao audi dictation la ail
politic
TARIFF RKTIXWX PHOSrECTS.
According to semi-official announce
ment, republican leaders in congress
are preparing to give serious atten
tion to the question of tariff revision.
The demands that have been pre
sented from different parts of the
country for a readjustment of the
Dlnglcy schedules to meet changed
conditions have had the effect of arous
ing the party managers from their
former attitude of indifference. It Is
proposed to abandon the Beverldge
bill for a tariff commission, and. In
lieu thereof, to have the ways and
means committee of the house, and
probably tho finance committee of the
senate, bold hearings during the com
ing summer to outline a definite plan
for revision, to be taken up at a spe
cial session immediately after the next
president Is inaugurated.
8uch procedure would be in keeping
with the course the republican party
has followed since the civil war In
making periodical tariff readjustments
Instead of keeping up a constant and
disturbing tariff agitation. The pres
ent tariff law was enacted in 1897 and
will be twelve years old when, a year
hence, the new president steps Into of
fice. No other tariff law bus ever had
such a long life without change. The
first republican tariff act after the
civil war was passed in 1870, the next
in 1883, the third in 1890 and the
fourth in 1887. Each tariff law rep
resented a change In the industrial
conditions of the country that called
for a revision of tho schedules. In
each case, the adoption of the new
tariff was followed by an amasing ex
pansion of American industries and
trade. Each had been preceded by a
period of depression. In 1896, the
year before the adoption or the present
tariff, our exports of manufactured ar
ticles amounted to $253,000,000. In
1907 they reached $499,000,000, an
increase of almost 100 per cent.
Democratic dealing with the tariff
problem has resulted only in business
disaster. The Wilson-Gorman tariff
of 1894, over which the democrats
spent a year of wrangling, was fol
lowed by the overwhelming defeat of
the party that did tho revising. It
failed even to provide revenues suf
ficient to meet the expenses of gov
ernment.
When enacted the Dlngley law was
a remarkably well balanced tariff, but
the march of Industry has moved so
fast in twelve years that it is in many
features out of touch with the times
and revision is necessary to bring it
back to harmony with business needs.
The plan of revision, after careful in
vestigation, promises a comprehensive
overhauling of all the schedules, to
the end that those which guard Amer
ican industries will be retained and
those which operate only to the injury
of the consumer will bo modified.
CASTRO' S DE FIANCE.
President CaBtro of Venesuela has
just notified the American minister
at Caracas, Mr. Russell, that Vene
zuela will refuse to submit to arbitra
tion five claims which have been made
against that country by our govern
ment. This is Castro's third refusal
to abide by former agreements to sub
mit such differences to arbitration and
each refusal has been a little more im
pertinent than its predecessor. Sena
tor Lodge, at the instance of the State
department, has offered a resolution
In congress calling for full information
on the subject of the disputed claims
and there is some probability that
congress may determine on rather
radical action to bring the saucy Cas
tro to terms.
The claims in question have no con
nection with the long standing row
over the asphalt troubles. That was
such a nasty mess, ratslng such 'a
well grounded suspicion that the rival
claimants bad mixed up in Venezuelan
politics and revolutions that tho Amer
ican government wisely decided to keep
out. The fivo pending claims, how
ever, are based on charges that Castro
has confiscated the property of Amer
ican citizens, has hustled some of
them out of Venezuela without proper
warrant, and has shown an utter dis
regard of property and treaty rights.
The State department Is satisfied that
these claims present proper issues for
arbitration, under agreements to which
Castro and the Venezuelan government
are parties.
Apparently CaBtro is a shifty
schemer. He has taken shelter under
the Monroe doctrine several times
when threatened by his European cred
itors and the United States has pro
tected him from punishment richly de
served. Unmindful of this, he is now
defying tUe United States and It may
be necessary to give him a little ele
mentary Instruction in International de
cency. EFFECTIVELY PROVIDED AGAIXST"
If Mr. Taft were to secure the repub
lican nomination, a contingency which haa
been effectively provided against, he could
not be elected. New York Sun.
It is eminently unfair for the New
York Sun to have such thrilling in
formation and refuse to share it with
tho great American people. The cam
paign is opening up nicely in the dif
ferent states. Delegates are being
chosen to the convention at Chicago
and a majority of them are going with
instructions to vote for Mr. Taft for
the nomination for president. The
people generally are about convinced
that the nomination is going to Mr.
Taft and they all seem, with very few
exceptions, exceedingly pleased with
the prospect. It his nomination has
been, as the 8un asserts, "effectively
provided against," the people ought to
know It. It (s not right to deceive
them.
, it la possible hat a deep conspiracy
gainst Mr. Taft Iras been formed and
that the Sun has learned of it, as Mr.
Bryan did about the conspiracy of "the
Interests" against him, "from a man
who overheard a telephone conversa
tion on the subject." But the Wall
street crowd voiced by the Sun are not
likely to control at Chicago.
MEETING OF COVSTT ASSESSORS.
All the assessors of the various Ne
braska counties have been called to
meet at the state capital during the
coming week to interchange vlewi on
the knotty problems with which they
will have to grapple in making up the
new assessment roll. All of these as
sessors were elected last fall and en
tered upon their official duties in Jan
uary of this year. Under the pro
visions of the Nebraska revenue law
the office of county assessor carries
with it a four-year term with ineligi
bility to re-election. As a consequence
all of the assessors throughout the
state, with the exception of those who
may possibly have previously served
as deputies or aa precinct assessors,
are having their first experience in
making up an assessment roll and all
that was learned by their predecessors
during the four years that the new
revenue law has been in effect has to
be learned over again by them.
The first work for the new assessors
this time includes not only the quad
rennial re-valuation of real estate, but
also the inauguration of the new ter
minal tax law two difficult tasks In
themselves to say nothing of the an
nual listing of personal property. It
remains to be seen whether the legal
limitation of county assessors to one
term of office confers any advantage
on the public to compensate for the
loss of tried officials. It depends on
the assessors in great degree to en
force the revenue law equitably as be
tween all owners of taxable property
and some uniform methods applying to
nil the counties are absolutely neces
sary to prevent the reappearance of
old abuses. . The coming meeting of
the assessors will be worth while if it
helps accomplish this desired result
THE LATEST WAR TALK.
European rumor factories, unsuc
cessful In producing a war between
the United States and Japan, are now
working Industriously to convince the
world that war is imminent between
China and Japan. The stories of Japa
nese aggression In Manchuria are
being exaggerated and given a sig
nificance that neither of the nations
interested apparently Tealizes. The
Paris newspapers have it all figured
out that the voyage of the American
fleet to the Pacific Is for the express
purpose of having American Interests
guarded by a fleet of battleships in
the orient when the clash comes be
tween the two nations. Nothing less
than a war, in which China or Japan,
or both, shall be crushed will satisfy
the trouble forecasters.
While relations between China and
Japan are somewhat strained there Is
slight prospect of a clash at arms be
tween them. China is woefully weak,
from a military standpoint, in spite
of efforts made for years to place its
army on a modern fighting baBls.
Japan, on the other hand, knows the
art of war almost to perfection, but
Its national finances are exhausted and
the anti-war sentiment so strong
among his people that It is doubtful
If the mikado would dare risk their
opposition by engaging in any war
other than one in self-defense.
There is certain to be diplomatic
differences between Japan and China
for a long time, owing to their con
flicting interests in territory and trade.
but the war talk seems to have small
foundation. It probably has Its origin
In the wish of some of the powers for
a conflict between these two nations
that would open the way for the ab
sorption of Chinese territory by the
various European powers.
The local democratic organ tries Its
best to smooth out the ruffled feathers
of "Billy" Thompson by telling him
wbat a good fellow he is and how it
might have been different. In the
meanwhile, however, the vote of Doug
las county, made up supposedly of
friends of the democratic editor
congressman, stares him In the face
as a gentle reminder.
The platform put out by the Ne
braska democrats for 1908 consists of
tho platform put out for 1907 ver
batim et literatim, with a few addi
tional paragraphs tacked on. If this
method of platform-making becomes
chronic it will take a book in several
volumes to hold the platform promul
gated when Bryan runs for president
for the fifth time.
The bequests of the late Bishop
Worthlogtoa to the various church In-
tltutlons of this diocese indicate that,
though far away, he had Nebraska con-
tantly in mind and desired to show
substantial appreciation of the favors
he had received here. In leaving
ntarly half of his personal estate to
harltable or public objects he has set
a good example.
Nebraska life Insurance companies
claim to be Buffering from a feud be
tween the Insurance departments of
California and of this state over the
reciprocal insurance law. It ought
not to be a question where an insur
ance company is Incorporated, but of
its financial soundness and Its hon
esty of management
Developments in Minnesota Indicate
that Mr. Bryan does not abide by any
doctrine of favored eon Immunity.
Inasmuch as the Nebraska delegation
to Denver la already sailed down tor
Mr. Bryan, he is perfectly safe against
reprisals by the friends of Governor
Johnson.
Apropos of the national corn show,
nothing beats making two ears of corn
grow where only one ear grew before
except to make each ear of corn of
such Improved variety as to be worth
two ears of the common kind.
No one disputes the need of a new
court house In Douglas county, but ft
few real estate brokers would like to
have the site changed so they might
speculate In lots around the new loca
tion. Fire escapes on school buildings are
all right but good, broad stairways
made entirely of nonlnflammable metal
or stone are much better.
Sentiment with Few Votes.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The democrats of Nebraska are heart and
soul for Mr. Bryan, but there Is where the
state of Nebraska draws the tin.
Speed the Day.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Every minute brings us closer now to
a tumble In the price of butter and eggs.
Let us be calm and patient, but firm.
Fltr the Poverty-stricken.
Chicago Record Herald.
Mr. Elkins of West Virginia pathetically
declares that there Is not a multi-million-aire
in the United States senate. Has Mr.
Elktns decided that the senate has arrived
at a point where It needs public sympathy?
Patriotism of a Candidate.
Kanaaa City T.nv s.
Mr. W. 8. U'Ren. an Oregon candidate
for the United States senate. Is quoted as
saying: "I'd go to hell for the people of
Oregon." Well, then. as It Is against the
rules to be a candidate for two places at
the same time, why not send somebody
else to the senate? - ,
West Front for Unci Sn.ni.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Henceforth the United States front west
ward as well as eastward. Another mile
stone Is marked off In the American empire's
march toward the sunset. To a tar larger
degree than ever before the Pacific, must
from now onward be a center of interest
in the world's affairs.
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Interstate Commerce.
Wall Street Journal.
Whether we like It or not, the develop
ment of business In the United States It
revolutionizing all of our conceptions and
changing most of our points of views. Com
merce Is no longer an affair of a township
or a city or of a state. The economic unit
has become a continent. The mailing of a
letter, the sending of a telegram, and tho
holding of a telephone conversation bi
tween New Tork and Chicago, and almost
all of the operation of business, have be
come interstate in character.
Drastic Economy -of IlaUroad.
New York- Tribune.
How effectively the railroads are econo
mising can be seen from the report of
gTOss and net earnings now being made.
Until the panic, though stop earnings
were increasing, operating expenses were
increasing so much more rapidly that net
return were falling. When the ranlc
came on the manager were not able at
one to effect savings partly to counter
act Its effects, 00 that' while gross earn
ings fell off only 6 pep cent In December
the net declined 25. January figures show
the paring knife. Gross earnings are sJll
weak, but net earnings now show less de
cline than gross. The cut In operating ex
penscs Is very drastic.'
Pa bile and Private Libraries.
Boston Transcript
Andrew Lang, who I interested in every
thing from sealing wax to Huckleberry
Finn, has recently been expressing his
view of the decay of the private library.
It is perfectly true that the vogue and
success of the public and circulating libra
ries has decreased the private seal In book
collecting, though Lang's definition of that
room In the establishment as a place
where no one goes and where the master
of the house keeps a collection of walking
sticks, while It may apply In England,
hardly applies here. If a house boasts a
library, and most houses do, it is usually
of the "working" variety. The public libra
ries have removed the obligation to keep
on hand collections of reference works. If
rwer families have a mreat many books.
at least more people read those which they
have.
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
Responsibility for shrinkage Noted
in Pabllahed Reports.
New York Journal of Commerce.
President McCrea of the Pennsylvania
railroad. In the report of the company for
the year 1907. says: "While a number of
causes seriously disturbed public confidence
and thus brought on the financial panic
which so sharply affected the business in
terests of the country, an Important one
was undoubtedly the fear that aa the reault
of recent federal and state legislation the
regulation of the railways had approached
so nearly to an effort to control their man
agement and revenues that Investment
therein were not assured for that protec
tion to which they are justly entitled."
This Is appended to an explanation of the
effect of the 2-cents-a-mile-passenger-fare
act of Pennsylvania, and Its pertinency
would seem to depend somehow upon the
effect of recent legislation upon the rev
enues of the company.
- It Is our belief that this legislation had
very little to do with bringing on the finan
cial panic when It came, and It had nothing
to do with preparing the conditions which
mad such an event inevitable sooner or
later. No doubt business depression, from
whatever cauae, muat affect the volume of
their traffic, but what relation ha this tu
the reoord of earnings of the Pennsylvania
system last year? Up to nearly the end of
the year the trafflo continued heavy and
for the entire twelve inonths the volume
was unprecedented. There was an increase
of over 116,600,000 in the gross earnings
from operation compared with 1908, but
operating expenses Increased more than
118.000,000, so that there was a decrease of
nearly 11.600.000 In net earnings.
As this loss in net earnings was due
wholly to an increase In expense out of
proportion to that In gross earnings, It
could not have been caused by the business
depression or the recent federal and state
legislation that Is said to have contrib
uted to it. We do not see wherein either
could have contributed to the increase of
operating expenses during the year 1907.
This waa unquestionably due mainly to
hTgh pricea of materials and supplies and
high wages of labor, which were not cauaod
by any fear of an effort to control the
management and revenues of the rsllwaya
by regulation. Those high prices and
wagea had much more than legislation to
do with the Impairment of confldem In In
vestment and with bringing about the
financial panic. It ia easy to attribute ef
fects to the wrong causes, but there is
nothing gained by doing so consciously,
and if our great capltallata do aa uncon
sciously they show an Incapacity for sound
reasoning which la calculated to detract
from our respect for their judgment.
O PRESIDENTIAL FIRING USE.
Inane of Conalnc Campaign Struck
by Garfield's Keynote.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Th keynote address of Secretary Garfield
St Columbu may In thla en.in be taken to
forecast the platform to be adopted at Chi
cago. Aa would be expected from the lips
of a man as close to President Roosevelt
a Mr. Garfield Is, and In a convention so
completely under the control of Secretary
Tft, th Roosevelt candidate for the White
House, the address waa entirely Roose
veltlan. Except for a variance In rhetorical
style It might be taken for a Roosevelt
stump speech or a special message ad
dressed to congress, but designed for pub
lic consumption. With Mr. Taft on such a
platform, and there Is no reason to doubt
his Intention of choosing that kind, he will
go before the country as the Rooeevelt can
didate and be voted for or against a such,
In spite of anything he may do to contro
vert such an Impression.
Mr. Garfield hits upon a weak place In
the armor of the opposition to Rooseveltlsm
when ha say that part think the president
ha gone too far In hi corporation cam
paign while the rest thinks he ha not
gone far enough. Of course Mr. Garfield
maintain that the president has neither
gone too far nor stopped too soon, but ha
adopted the only safe, sane and rational
middle ground and gone Just far enough.
The president cannot complain that the re
publicans of Ohio show a reactionary spirit
A Indicated by th Garfield speech they
see no flaws In th Roosevelt doctrines.
Bryan, Beckham and Bradley.
Washington Star.
Speaking of embexzled Dower, on Januarv
8. 1900, William J. Bryan appeared at a
banquet at Frankfort and made a speech
that was construed to be an order to th
democratic, legislature to embezsla th
power to reverse the verdict of the people
of Kentucky aa expressed at th polls In
November. 1899. When one contemplates
the unnumbered misfortunes that overtook
Kentucky since Mr. Bryan order of Jan
uary 8, he Is inclined to agree with Mr.
Bryan In hi declaration that it la mor
wicked to embezzle power than to steal
money.
Those domocrats in the Kentucky legls
lature who voted for Senator Bradley did
It to free th democratic nartv of that
state from the embezzler of politic. Their
motive wa to restore to the- democratic
party of their state the blessing of self,
government They had seen numberles
offices created, not for the publlo service,
but to make places for the henchmen of
unscrupulous "embezzler of power" at
Frankfort, and so they smote the machine
hip and thigh, and from February 8 there
will be a free democratic nartv In Ken.
tucky.
That Kentucky Is democratlo by 40.000
majority everybody knows. That It win
give a democratlo majorltv next November
fnv Vmllj.UA r ' .
xjijoh cannot carry
Louisville, and as (roes Louisville an
Kentucky.
No Halt Nor Tarnlna; Back.
Baltimore American.
Reflecting a it doe the statement of
principles that will probably be made by
the next national convention of th re
publican party, the platform set forth by
the Ohio state convention in connection
with the designation of Mr. Taft as th
choice of the Ohio state delegation Is
of supreme importance. Its chief char
acteristic Is It lack of vagueness or reser
vation. At a time when every power is
being brought to bear upon the party ta
name a it standard bearer om one who
will trim and par th national policies,
the Ohio republicans avow the American
principles that have done much to vital
ize the Industrie of the country and to
place the American flag in the fore
among the standards of tho nations. Mr.
Taft ha never equivocated. H ha never
sought to avoid declaration of his position
upon any political principle. He does not
do so now. The platform, that wa largely
of his framing or framed along the lines
of his suggestion, Is In every particular
a reflection of the best and truest thought
of th day.
Where Stands the Sooth r
New York Sun.
Will Virginia, Maryland. Kentucky. Mis
souri. Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas In
struct for Bryan? The aame might be
asked of Geitgla, Alabama and other south
ern states, like the two Carolines, Arkansas
and Mississippi. The real question Is not
whether they will Instruct for any one,
but whether they will send on to the party
gathering a lot of open minded men. The
south Is not given to instruction. It Is subject
rather to preconceived opinions. Down st the
bottom is th character and mental grasp
of the delegate. There 1 the problem after
all. Th south ha been ravaged by the
clash of local candidates. Bryan la elim
inated in Kentucky by the defeat of Btck
ham. In Tennessee Mr. Carmaok, hi
former opponent, haa appealed to Bryan
sentiment. In Texa Bailey, another quon.
dam "hostile," has been playing on tho
same keynote. In Mississippi John Sharp
Williams owes hi election to the Bryan
crowd. So doea Hoke Smith in Georgia,
who, however, I not a Bryan man at
heart. The question Is whether these con
flicts will influence the choice of delegates,
and If so to what extent. W are not at th
end of the tangle by any means.
Cheap Political Trick.
Kansas City Journal.
Tn an Interview at Jackson. Miss.. Mr.
Bryan admitted that he had written th
paragraph and stated that he had the
Information from "a man who overheard
the conversation on the subject." When
asked what interests were behind the
movement, the Nebraska politician re
plied: "I am convinced that It Is the interest
representing th trusts and the railroads.
They do not hope to prevent Instructed
delegations In the Mississippi valley states,
hut ihev are trying to get a personnel
of delegate who will be unfriendly to my
nomination."
ahaurd and far-fetched political
trick than this would be hard to Imagine.
It 1 certain' that no man tn hi right
mind, with less than Bryan' monumental
egotism, would attempt to make sensi
ble people believe such an absurdity. There
is no doubt in the world that the trust
and th railroads. If they took an active
part In th campaign at all, would pre
fer to anend money to aid in Bryan'
nomination rather than to defeats. It
la a matter of common knowledge in
political "Circle that a larg majority of
ratio leader bellev Bryan' de
feat for the presidency a foregone con
clusion. They consider him one of the
weakest candidates their party could
name. This estimate 1 concurred In by
almost every political expert in the coun
try. Then why .should th trusts and
railroads fear his candidacy?
Westers taenia ta Aetloa.
Philadelphia Record.
A western philanthropist of an inventive
turn of mind has patented a fender or
scoop net to be adjuated to the front of
automobiles. Autos so provided do not have
to turn aside for wayfarers on ths high
way. They are Just picked up snd given
free transit and a passing view of the
landscape without solicitation. This bruises
th dignity of th wayfarer, but a hi
11 fs ta apared ti get off uncommonly
welL
MESSAGE FROM OHIO.
Platform of the Repohllraaa and
What It Really Mean.
Chlcaito Record-Herald.
There is a long declaration of principles
oh national topics In th Ohio republican
platform which may be summed up In the
words: "These ar th policies of th re
publican party as exemplified tn the ad
ministration of Theodore Rooeevelt. We
endorse his splendid administration and de
clare that neither halt not retreat shall
be sounded In the march toward better
government."
Senator Foraker received uch consola
tion as he may derive from "we congratu
late the people of Ohio that our repre
sentatives In the senate and house of rep
resentatives of the United States maintain
the high reputation of the stale." Before
the platform was presented the senator had
learned that he was hopelessly down and
out as an organisation dictator. He knew
that the poor sop that waa thrown him
very Imperfectly concealed th notification
that the republican of Ohio condemned
him as a reactionary.
They represent themselves as militant,
progressive republican and their declara
tion have great significance for the coun
try. They have mad the opposition within
th party of an alert and once very pow
erful leader contemptible. They have de
stroyed his machine. They shirk no re
sponsibility that goes with their progress
ive principles. And what they have Oone
will arouse tha enthusiasm of the pro
gressive everywhere and increase th vigor
of their campaign.
It will also give a fresh Impetus to the
Taft presidential boom. Th platform an
nounces "with pride and devotion that
every delegate here aaembled la instructed
for William H. Taft," and adds:
"He is th man equipped for the day and
Its duties. His conspicuous part In tha
achievements of a greater America, his
broad knowledge and experience In law and
government, his genius for world peace
and advancement, hi rare tact and steady
courage, and, more than all else, his stead
fast devotion to th enduring policies of re
publicanism, make Ohio' candidate the
Ideal leader for 1908. We pledge him our
earnest and loyal support and Instruct our
delegate to th national convention, thla
day chosen, to vote for William II. TaTt
until he is nominated."
That seems to be sufficiently explicit. It
will b particularly reassuring to those
persons who were shedding crocodile tear
because Taft did not have th support of
his own stat.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
i
Dr. Washington Gladden, of the First
Congregational church at Columbus, O., re
cently completed twenty-five year' work
at that church.
Baron Eugene St. Clair, who was a mem
ber of an old French family, who had been
a professor in American and European col
leges and who could speak twelve lan
guages, died of starvation In New York a
few night ago. Why did th New York
heiresses permit this?
Frederick Van Eeden, the sociologist
poet and founder of th communistic colony
of Walden, In Holland, will arrive In New
York at th end of this week, and will be
entertained by th Civio Forum. H la tn
th first rank among th poets, essayist
and dramatist of Holland.
Since 1902, when the federal reclamation
sot was passed, the government haa added
5,000,000 acre to the country' habitable
land, and these, with tha 7,280,000 reclaimed
from the desert before that year, males
an increase of mor than 12,000,000 acre In
the country' habitable area.
Asphaltlo layers have been found In
Syria, near Kferlo, a village about twenty
five miles northeast of the port of Latakl,
along the road leading toward Aleppo,
which have been declared by competent
mining engineer to b not only rich In
asphalt, but also practically inexhaustible.
Preparations for tha international cele
bration of th eightieth anniversary of the
birth of Count Leo Tolstoi at 8t Peters
burg are progressing under th auspice of
a committee having ths matter in charge,
which . include many of th most noted
writers, artists and publlo men of Russia.
Tolstoi was born August 28, 1828.
W. G. Conrad, tha Montana millionaire. Is
most prominently mentioned of all the
democratlo candidate for th nomination
of vice president He is no novice at the
political game. He ha held a number of
political position in Montana, and camo
within two vote of beating Senator Clark
for a seat In th United State senate.
Robert Bobbin Andrew, A. M., D. V. B.,
of Cambridge, on of th foremost dental
surgeons of the world and an authority on
that subject and dental histology, wa tha
guest of honor at a banquet In Boston Sat
urday evening in recognition of hi re
search work and of th fiftieth anniver
aary of hi entering upon the practice of
dentistry.
Mr. Sarah Crossman Hatch of Bouth
Portland, Me., is one of th few daughter
of the revolution. Her father fought both
In the revolution and the war of 1812, and
she t able to recall all the stories her
father used to tell her of th battl of
Bunker 11111. where b wa wounded twice,
of the siege of Boston and of other battles
In which h engaged. Mrs. Hatch Is 92
year of age.
Commander James P. Parker, recently
in command of the Florida, ha been or
dered to Cavlte to becom commander of
the navy yard there. He relieve Com
mander Henry C. Gearing, who soon takes
command of ths cruiser Chattanooga, re
lieving Captain Roy Smith, who comes
home for duty at the war college. Captain
George H. Peter baa been ordered to re
lieve Captain William A. Marshall a cap
tain of the navy yard at Boston.
Dr. V. A. Latham of Chicago and Mlas
Mary A. Booth of Springfield. Mass.. ar
said to be tho only expert women micro
photographers In this country. Micro
photography, be It understood, 1 th deli
cate art of taking photographs through a
microscope. Dr. Latham make photo
graph In connection with surgery and
anatomy, whil Mis Booth devote her
skill to natural history subjects. She can
take an exquisite picture of a butterfly's
tongue, a spider' foot or th head or wing
tip of a tiny insect.
Prof. Guslav Eberieln, th German sculp
tor, has recently com to New York with
his charming wife, formerly th Cour.tssa
Hertiberg. II will remain her for a
time to study the American typo and spirit,
which he professes to gTatly admlr.
Later, after visiting our prominent cities,
he will go to South America to so the
placing of statues he has executed for the
cities of Buonoa Ayrea and Montevideo.
Prof. Eberieln created many of th great
publlo monument tn Germany and ha
been decorated aeveral tlmea by hi gov
ernment.
Th Nebraska Bryan Platform.
fit. Louis Republic.
Th Nebraska convention has not written
the platform for the demoeratlo national
convention to be held in Denver tn July.
That convention will aaauredly add to and
subtract from th declarations put forth
at Omaha. But th Denver gathering w II
be glad to draw from 4h Nebraska p at
form much that will help th democracy
of the nation In Its fight for th r eitab
Ushmant of Jeffsrsonlan government In thla
country.
COMITY OF STATES.
i .
o DlaiMMttlnit to Bnf Ont Insamnr
('msasles Shonltl Bo Shown.
San Francisco Chronicle.
It appears that some Nebraska Insurance
companle ar in a way of belnaj barred
from doing business In this state unlra
they make some change to comply with
our Insurance laws, and lhat aa a result
some California companle whosa solvency
la unquestioned may be barred out of Ne
braska as an act of retaliation, although
they have fully compiled with all ths law
of Nebraska. If that Is a correct state
ment of th case It I a good exemplifica
tion of human folly which, w may assume,
will in th end get Itself adjusted In ac
cordance with the dictates of human rea
son. Each state owe to Its citizen ths
duty of assuring, so far as statute can
assure It, the solvency of Insurance com
panics doing business In that atate, and
from the necessity of the case the authori
ties of each state must be the Judge of th
requirement. California haa passed
through a very costly experience, as a
result of which our requirements hsv
been omwhat modified. If Nebraska, not
having had our experience, la less stringent
in Its requirements, the people of Ne
braska, and not we, may suffer, and it Is
evidently not to the Interest of th people
of Nebraska that they shall be denied tha
opportunity to Insure In companle whose
ecurity ia In excess of the Nebrka
standard, because California, being doubt
ful of th solvency of some Nebraska com
panies, forbids them to do business In thla
state. There are perhaps aomo cases In
which states are Justified in taking re
taliatory action against foreign Insurance
companies, but the Nebraska case la not
on of them.
Th case In which retaliation may ba
properly uaed ar those arising under the
tax law. If a state, whether by imposing
conditions of admission or by the ordinary
levy of taxes, attempts to Impose upon
foreign insurance companies undue bur
dens of which the state treasury Is the
Deneflclary, other atate may with pro
priety Impose the same burdens on the
Insurance companies of th offending stat.
It ia a form of war whose object la to
abolish th injury which Is the subject of
controversy. But the test in all cases must
b whether the atate treasury benefit by
th legislative or administrative act om
plained of. If It doea not there Is no proper
ground for retaliation. Statutes enacted in
good faith for tho protection of tha people
of th state and which bear equally on
domestic and foreign corporations furnish
no legitimate ground of complaint to the
people of any other state. The people of
California desire all tha competition which
they can get from properly organised and
capitalized insurance companies, and ao do
tha people of Nebraska and all other state.
MARCH BREEZES. .
Old Grouch So you had a fight with
Clarence. He claims he licked you.
Cholly Oh! the boastah! It's Iwue h
wumpled my cwavat dweadfully, but when
it waa all ovah his colloh was fwlghtCully
wilted. Syracuse Herald.
She I see where a fellow married a girl
on his death bed. Just so she could hava
his millions when he waa gone. Could you
love a girl like that?
He Sure, 1 could love a girl llko tha'-!
Wher does she live? Puck.
" -'".f .udiiiii, k IIUL ib 111.1
"telephone! ear?"
Mr. Chugwater If altogether a maltnr
of choice. I always use the left car. Chi
cago Tribune.
"I suppose,'' said the visitor who wtn
being shown over the suburban resident's
new house, "that Is a coal bin?
"No." waa the gloomy reply; "lt' only a
'haa-beep.' "Washington Str.
Town There' one thing about my wife.
Sh makes ud her mind it slie ean't lUfor I
a tning inai sue ilui sn t need It.
Browne Something like my wife, onlv '
she buys It first and make up l.r nilml
afterward. Philadelphia Prra.
Wyld I suppose your wife's will Is law.
Enpec Yes, and worst of It Is that she
can't be bribed not to enforce It. Brooklyn
Lif.
Mr. Jayback My goodness! What are
you In such a stew about?
Mr. Jawback Well, 1 have a light to
fuss. I'm to deliver an address st the
Don't Worry Club this afternoon, and I'm
afraid it's going to rain. Cleveland Leader.
"How did you come to write your 'Dream
of Fair Women.' "
"Ah," answered th poet ecstatically. f
fot my Inspiration from tha corset ads!"
lttsburg Post.
"'Who Is that distinguished looking man?"
"That's the official guesser of the Agri
cultural department."
"What are hla duties?"
"They tell him when th seiamogTaph In
dicates an earthquake and he gussses where
it is." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"I find." said the philosopher, "that If a
man wlahe and wishes for a thing he's al
most certain to get It If he'll only perse
vere." "All he hss to do I wish for It, h?"
"Oh, no. Keep on wishing and persevere
In wishing for it." Catholic Standard and
Time. ;
Mis Ooodlny Miss Hussl goes in for
everything. She's constantly doing somt-
Mls Knox Yes, but the one thing sh I
doing most steadily sh won't admit.
Miss Ooodley What' that?
Miss Knox Growing older. Th Catholic
Standard and Tlmea.
"Ye." said he defiantly, "I admit that
I kissed him." ,
"Did he put up much of a struggle?" In-
Sulred her best girl friend. Kansas City
ournal.
"They sy your brother used to have
great luck a a fisherman." .
"Yes, he did. Nearly everybody used to
believe him." Plck-Me-Up.
First Little Girl Have you been operated
gond Little Girl No. No, mother says
I am very backward for my age. Judge.
Maud So Jack kissed you twice last
nlsht. Didn't you protest?
Ethel Indeed, I did. st first. I turned
on him and cried: "Jack, how could you!"
Maud And then?
Ethel Well, then h ahowed ma how he
could. Boston Transcript.
"Whv ia Rllllnnton so unpopular with his
fellow clerks?"
He e alway tne rirsi one on nmy m mo
suppose Uiey are practlelng on the way
...... in Ua..& .a V. . I i. hdn mrhen hm vet a
to b their boss "Chicago Record-Herald.
A Campnlaa Dream.
Last night I dreamed the race was oa,
The campaign roc I mean:
Ana wonarous inmi
Hughes wa th first that I beheld,
Oh. such a shock he gave!
To laughter I was much compelled.
r or ne nau nuu r.m . .
Then followed Knox, and lo, he eemed
Quit garrulous ana iri
The air with language rainy leemea.
He had so mum to say.
Next Cortelyou appeared in eight.
AnH utralKht beuuii to dance;
Through all the busy hours that night.
He seemed to nav a cnancr.
I looked for Taft. and when he cam
I recognised lilm not;
For be was thin and email of frame
Th lightest or in lot.
I worried much to think that h
Was worn as thin aa that;
For I had alwaya thought to sr
A man enaowa wiui i si-
Then suddenly a silent maa '
before the Judges came,
He had no wis financial plan
BUI liryan wa ni name.
The tariff he oould not adjust
Nor talk or war ausy;
And of th evil of th trust
llsd not a word to say. .
And than I wok with sudden fright.
And gav a oreaarui acreara;
Thins go by opposltes at night.
And this waa just a orearo.