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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
HU'e of Nwbtaska, Douglas County. ..
denrgrt B. insrhuck, trcarurer of The He
Publishing company, being duly orn.
avn thl the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning.
v.inB . ,wl rtnndnif Hen printed during
tb month of October, 1!H0, waa a follow:
43.3E0
14,700
43.2E0
43,383
43,440
43.640
43,760
43,630
43,700
43,550
43,270
1
,43,370
18
18
20
21
22
23
24
.43.380
.43,330
, .43,310
, .43,430
.43,170
.43,450
.44,040
, .43,380
. .43,370
, .43,390
.43,400
, .43,050
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29. .
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10. .
11..
12 43,800
II 43.340
14 43,670
It 43,360
10 43,600
II 46,680
1 44.030
Total 1,350,740
Returned Coplea 11,343
Net Total 1,338,368
Pally Average 43,174
GEO. a. TZSCHL'CK.
Treasurer.
Bub:rlbd In mr preaenca and sworn to
before me this list dav of October. lslO.
M. P. WALKER,
(Peal.) Notary Publ.o.
Subscribers Jrarlnaj the city tern
pnrarlly ahoald have Th Br
nailed to them. Addrril Trill ba
banard aa often aa reyneated.
Pull the republican lever first.
Mr. Hitchcock is mad.
evident.
That's very
For the fifteenth time wo ask, Will
Hitchcock put it back?
Wonder if the members of tho
Chinese senate have any garden seed
to send out.
One of Haytl's battleship i blew up
nd killed two generals. Too bad, It
will need that boat.
The "next house" is always over
whelmiugly democratic before it gets
to be the house-elect.
Ve take no stock in the report that
Dr. Cook has been pensioned by the
government of Denmark.
Andrew Carnegie has crossed the
Atlantic 100 times and he has the
price of at least six more trips.
Some judges have the Idea that the
only way to make people believe they
are straight is to lean backward.
Hearst says his Inactivity on the
stump is due to a cold, but he does not
specify whether or not it Is cold feet
If Bartley had only turned democrat
he might be now running for senator
ou the democratic ticket Instead of his
partner.
The steel corporation's surplus for
the laBt quarter Is only $11,000,000.
Still, it is not demanding any raises
in rates.
The champion air tiler ascends to a
height of more than 9,000 feet. But
what is that us compirt-d with the
tfrlce of b
Senator ..v.. are said to
havo created a feeling of restlessness
among those "more radical leaders of
the niiddlo-west."
Th country is in the throes of a
calamity In the production of more
corn than it knows what to do with.
Talk about prosperity!
' "Where there is so much confessing
there must be so mo Jury bribing," ob
serves the Chicago Tribune. Ditto as
to stealing the state's money.
' That New England woman of 37
who married a youthful chauffeur
hows the tendency toward the fast
life In that staid old quarter of the
globe.
. According to reports Mayor "Jim"
has been making "jar loose" speeches
all over the stale, with the result that
even bis former admirers are Jarring
loose from him.
Humor has it that every "inmate"
of 26 Broadway, New York, is favora
ble to the election of Mr. J. A. Dix.
That is the way the vote went in room
"212" at that Rochester hotel, also.
While fulfilling the role of the white
man's hope, Barney Oldfield did not
overlook tho Incidental detail of dob -
ug for some moving picture Blms, the
future of which is filled with hope for
Barney.
David Starr Jordan declares that
the Russo-Japanese war earned the
high 'prices. ' But the only connection
the republican party had with that
war was that a republican president
brought it to a clo?e
Welcome, Mr. Bryan, to Our City,
Mr. Hrynn Is about to favor Omaha
with another campaign speech. Tho
last time he spoke hpre lis devoted the
prelude to uncomplimentary remarks
about TLe Pee and Its editor simply
because we bad called bis attention to
the fact that the hall he bad hired
was over a saloon and belonged to a
brewery. While be has been more
careful this time to hire a hall sepa
rated from a brewery, he evidently has
not jet taken out a bill of diorco be
cause ho conies here to put In a word
for Hitchcock for Benator while oppos
ing bahlnian for governor, although
the brewers' combine has hitched them
both together and their campaign is
beina; made jointly with brewers'
money.
If Mr. Bryan really wanted to shake
off brewery control of the democratic
party he would be denouncing Hitch
cock even more than he Is denouncing
Dahlman. In fact, Mr. Dryan, If he
wants to live up to his professions of
favoring only clean and honest men
for public office, has an cvon greater
reason to oppose Hitchcock, confessed
partner In the Bartley treasury short
age, than he ban to oppose Dahlman,
who never pretended to be anything
but what he Is. Mr. Bryan had con
clusive proof before ho started on his
present campaign tour that Hitchcock
was the brewery candidate as much as
Dahlman, so we have no idea that
what we say now will have any effect
upon him except possibly to produce
a few oratorical Jibes at our expense.
Welcome, Mr. Bryan, to our city.
Eailway Commissioner Clarke.
State Railway Commissioner Henry,
T. Clarke. Jr., Is up for re-election.
He was originally appointed by Gov
ernor Sheldon to fill a vacancy and
was chosen in his own right for the
unexpired term at the subsequent elec
tion. He has been a member of the
commission now for nearly four years
and a potent factor In the commls
slon's work. Although confronted
with many a perplexing problem, he
has tried to do tho right thing for all
Interests involved and has succeeded
notably in bringing about more Just
and equitable relations between the
railroads doing business here in Ne
braska and their patrons and em-,
ployes. The retention of Mr. Clarke
in this responsible position should
have been conceded, but inasmuch as
the democrats have nominated against
him a candidate with no experience or
special fitness except a record of sub
serviency to railroad lobbyists, it de
volves upon the voters to give Mr.
Clarke a decisive majority.
Put Corn Into Live Stock.
The excessive corn crop this year
has led some grain authorities to ob
serve that the only way to absorb the
surplus of supply and re-establish
healthy relation with demand is to re
duce prices of corn to a level which
"will open new outlets and stimulate
the ordinary avenues of distribution."
All authorities do not coincide with
this view. Some believe that a much
more simple and direct solution is to
Increase the number of feed cattle and
hogs put more corn Into the finished
product, thereby serving the dual pur
pose of providing an outlet for the
corn's consumption and Increasing the
revenues arising from Its production.
The other theory seems to have a
speculative taint to It which brings it
the least bit into question. By all
means nothing should be done that
would in any way convert the enor
mous corn crop into a means of facili
tating speculation.
As a matter of fact, the excessive
supply of corn this year comes after
about four years of diminished hog
and cattle raising, so that the surplus
seems all the greater. But the neces
sity, as well as the profit of stock
feeding, has already been recognized
to a degree that prompts the predic
tion by stockmen that this winter will
be notable for both hog and cattle
feeding In states like Nebraska, Iowa
and Kunsas. It has begun already.
The btg raising states like Montana
and Wyoming are shipping or prepar
ing to ship enormous herds Into this
mld-est section for fattening pur
poses. Here, then, is an "outlet" for
this surplusage of corn. Experts say
It W ill be entirely adequate to balance
the scales In the law of supply and de
mand and that it precludes the occa
sion for any anxiety as to the general
situation.
Farmers In the immediate vicinity
of Omaha, as well as over all these
states mentioned, are awake to the
fact that large profits are to be made
In feeding and many of them are get
ting hold of all the stock they can
handle for this winter. Many expert
hog men figure that one bushel of corn
will make ten pounds of pork. This
being true, with pork at present
prices, what could offer more encour
agement to the farmer than this very
expedient, to say nothing of his cattle?
If the country is to be swamped with
a corn crop such as it has Just pro
duced, the maximum average pur acre
of which is only 37.8 bushels, what will
happen when the farmers get to real
izing larger results on their experience
with intensified culture, "A-hen tbey are
producing 0 per cent more per acre,
i or
even 2j per cent than they
8re now7 Thla talk of
Wholesale
lowering of corn prices does nqt seem
to offer a rational solution at all, so
long as the more natural step iu the
process of corn and live stock produc-
tiou of feeding Is being largely over-i Iouglaa county's $1. 000,000 court
looked. It seems that the fault hhsj house. One has had a lifetime exverl
la!u alinokt entirely with the pro- 1 ence In building and concrete corihtruc
duiers !! t ms.-Ke and now that they ' tton, another Is an eipert on plumbing
rcalUu I Mo aud a;v going about
'rectify tblDgs the "emergency" of a
bumptr corn crop prooaoiy win ion
Its terror, very readily.
Is He Ineligible!
Among other things, tho constitu
tion of Nebraska contains this pro
vision: Any person who la lu default as collector
and custodian of public money or property
shall not be eligible to any office of trust
or profit under the constitution and law
of thia state.
In other words, tho framers of our
constitution regarded such a betrayal
of public trust as so heinous an offense
as to call for disbarment from public!
service even though tho person guilty J
of misappropriation had not been con-i
vlcted. It Is true that the words,
'collector and custodian," narrow the
scope of the prohibition, but the inten
tion was unquestionably to make inel
igible anyone who had converted pub
11a money or property to his own use
and failed to put it back.
Congressman Hitchcock, running for
United States senator, has admitted
that he borrowed money from Bartley
while he was state treasurer, knowing,
as be must have, that Bartley was
loaning Btate funds, and the state is
still out several thousand dollars
which he has refused to repay. If
Mr. Hitchcock had come into posses
sion of fills money as a "collector and
custodian of public funds ho would be
clearly, on his own confession, Inel
igible to tho ofllce he seeks. On a
technicality, because Bartley as state
treasurer waa the "collector and cus
todian" and Hitchcock only received
the money illegally through Bartley,
he might set up another statute of
limitations and plead that this prohibi
tion does not apply to him. Morally,
however, if not legally, Mr. Hitchcock
Is Ineligible because be Is in default
as unofficial custodian of public money.
Then and Now.
The Bee has reminded Douglas
county voters of the scandalous after
math of the democratic legislature two
years ago, when adjournment found
our 300 law-makers voyaging to Eu
rope, the Sandwich islands, California
and other health resorts and display
Ing outward Blgns of affluence never
before suspected. It was to have
been supposed that the local democ
racy would turn over a new loaf and
relegate, this bunch of disreputables to
tho rear, but a glance at the make-up
of the democratic legislative ticket
must convince that this is the kind of
a crowd the democrats prefer. The
only member of tho last Douglas dele
gation with a decent record who stood
for renomination was turned down,
and four of the same old disreputables
have been endorsed to go back with
company of similar stripe. At the
democratic meeting at Sheely the other
night two of the democratic candidates
for state senator are said to have ap
peared in an Intoxicated condition. On
the democratic house ticket one candi
date is under Indictment for embezzle
ment in Colorado and another was in
dieted for bribery while a member of
the South Omaha School board. There
are two or three hitherto unblemished
names in the list, but as a whole the
dose is so nauseating that Omaha has
no right to give such a gang commls
slons entitling them to make laws for
the state i
Small Easiness.
We are surprised that Governor
Shallenberger should be In such small
business as to put his own daughter
on the slate pay roll as recorder in the
executive office in order to let her
draw two months' salary. The gov
ernor of a great state like Nebraska
ought to be above such petty grafting
Of course, we expect a man like Con
gressman Hitchcock, who avoids pay
ing his debts by pleading the statute
of limitations, to pocket the bigger
part of his allowance out of the na
tional treasury for clerk hire, but Gov
ernor Shallenberger has heretofore
been supposed to stand on a higher
plane. If the governor and his fam
ily are really needy they should pass
the hat for contributions Instead of
taking it out of the state treasury by
this subterfuge.
In the Omaha Tribune Val J. Peter,
who as president of the Qerman
Amerlcan Alliance of Nebraska Is
drawing a big wad of money put up by
the brewers, tries to make out that
The Bee's allusions to that organiza
tion as subsidiary to the "brewers' com
bine is an Insult to all German
American citizens. Mr. Peter pre
sumes too much on the Ignorance of
his compatriots. They know who Is
getting the money and where it comes
from. The editor of Tho Bee has
German ancestry and would not for a
moment Insult the German-Americans
as a class just because they have a few
black sheep among them.
Fourteen years ago an obscure
young lawyer named William J. Bryan
walked some distance out to a country
school house to tell the farmers that
If they voted the republican ticket
they would never get fl a bushel for
their wheat. Today a seml-mllllon-alre
by the name of William J. Bran
rides out to that school house In an
automobile to tell the farmers that If
they vote the republican ticket the
price of automobiles will surely be ad
vanced. How time flies.
The three republican candidates for
county commlbsloner are peculiarly
Bttins to supervise the completion of
tojand tho third is a practical stationary
engineer. Their services will be worth
a good d al more to the taxpayers than
those of the political barbers and ward
workers running against tbem as dem
ocratic nominees.
The whole country .applauded
Colonel Hoosevelt when he refused to
sit at the same table, wit?) Senator
Ixrlmer, charged with occupying a
purchased seat in the senate. The coun
try would have applauded Mr. Bryan
just as much if he had refused to have
anything to do with G. M. Hitchcock,
confessed beneficiary of Hartley's
stealings, whose repayment he avoided
behind the statute of limitations.
Tho German-American alliance is
made Up of a whole lot of well
meaning members. Every one of
them, however, knows that there are
no initiation fees and membership
dues, and still the treasury is full and
the paid officers flourishing hundred
dollar bills.
Congressman Hitchcock boasts
about his part In starting the Balllnger
investigation, but he 1b careful not to
say anything about his part in stop
ping the democratic state committee
Investigating Hitchcock's partnership
In Bartley's treasury shortage.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary, the World-Herald, has put the
editor of The Bee In the down-and-out
class again. It has put the editor of
The Bee out of business In Its own
mind so often that a few more times
won't matter.
Congressman Hitchcock lot Bartley
serve five years in the pen for stealing
the money ho enjoyed and then hold
the sack. These facts prove bow hon
orablo he is. And Hitchcock wants
more honors at the hands of the
people.
No, the resignation of the French
cabinet cannot bo cited as proof of the
failure of Premier Brland, for he
neither resigned nor yielded an Inch.
French cabinets come and go over
night; that is, they take French leave.
Keen Voir Eyes l'eeled.
Indianapolis News.
Cashier at garages will have to be more
on the alert than ever. A counterfeit 11U0
bill of deceptive appearance Is in circula
tion. Valne of Karly Training;.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
There are forty bankers In Leavenworth
prison and It Is gratifying to know that
they are all model prisoner. Thla Is an
other proof of the advantage of careful
early training.
An Urgent Need.
Indianapolis News.
With 8,804 persons killed and S2.374 In.
Jured by the railroads during the last fis
cai year. It would seem that better man
agement were more urgently needed than
higher freight rates.
Betting; aa an Index.
Cleveland Leader.
Republicans who are dismayed by the
Wall street odds against the Roosevelt
ticket In New York should remember that
the betting waa heavily against Hughes
Just before he waa elected the second time.
Now Look (or Trouble,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Now that the University of Chicago
base ball team ha defeated a Japanese
university at Osaka, Itobley D. Evans and
Richmond Pearson Hobson will arm for
the forthcoming fray In confidence that
the Pacific ocean will soon be a sea of
mingled Japanese and American red cor
puscles.
Som Fllghta la Proapect.
Boston Transcript.
Three tliouaajid patent have already
been Issued on airships and appliances con
ntciea wun mem, ana applications are
coming Into the patent office at the rale
of ninety a day. Interest In the pastime
grows hourly among all classes. No ona
will be surprised to hear of many a candl
date making an ascension on Tuesday.
Our birthday Book
Koramber 6 1910.
Kugone V. Debs, who has run for presi
dent on th socialist ticket three times
wa burn November u, lfeo, at Tcrre Haute,
Ind. lie Is now a labor organizer and lec
turer on socialism. He 1 the only living
man who equal Mr. Bryan's record as a
three-tlmee-defeatnd presidential candidate,
Nicholas Longworth, member of congress
from Ohio, I 41. He was born in Cincin
nati and has been a successful politician
as well as hav.ng achieved fame as the
husband of Alice Roosevelt.
William E, Curtis, well known new
paper correspondent, la just 60. lie wa
born at Akron, O., and has written a lot
of books besldea his newspaper contribu
tions.
Frederick J. V. 6klff, head of the Fluid
Museum at Chicago and high In educa
tlonal circles, was born November 6, l.V.l
at Chlcopee, Mass. He waa In charge of
the educational depaitment of the Chi
cago exposition, and has also bueu con
nected with a number of other Interna
tional expositions.
Truman JL Newberry, cretafy of the
nav during the iloa n months of Presi
dent Uoosevelt'a adminlstrat.on, 1 46 year
old today. He wa born In Detroit, where
ho la interested In large business under
takings. Joseph K. Cobbey, who Is responsible for
Cobbey Annotated Statutes of Nebraska,
was born November 5, 1.V.3, at Clarkavllle,
Mo. He I a practicing lawyer at Beatrice
and ran for aupreme Judue nomination In
the republican prlmarlea last year.
William It. Weeks, president of the
Weeks Grain and Live block company In
the Brandela building, la 61. He waa born
In Metropcjlua. III., and aiarted In the grain
bua nesa at Scotia, Neb., twenty-five year
ago. Ha waa once county treasurer of
tireeley coun.v for two terms.
John 1. Ware, lawver. In the Omaha
National Hank building, la celebrating his
furty-nlmh b rthduy. He la a native of
Duiant. la., and graduated In law from
the Ijvih state university in He has
been jnuclicing h piofesnlon here In
Omaha cunilnuoualy since ln:.
Alemnir C Heed of I'.e.'d llron., re:. I
estuto and ubstrueta, ul born November
5. Ikil. in Daiicn, Wis His flral employ
ment waa as clerk for the Milwaukee rll
roi.d at Chlcanu In IH'1. He ha been In
Ulna' must of the time i!iee !;, with
the Equitable Trunt company the lard de-
I partnient of the I nlun i acMfu-. aiitl r
j fi,e vai la lua proacnt pu.uiu
In Other Lands
Id X.lffta oa Waal t Trana.
plrtnt Anoif the Bear and
Tut Katies of th Earth.
A fairly accural meaaura of the forces
dominant In the Infant republ o of Portu
gal Is furnlnhed by tho arrest of the former
premier. Franco, on the charge of having
disbursed public money without warrant
of law. Fianco waa prime minister at the
time of the assassination of K.ng Curios
and h.a son, and his action, jointly with
the king. In suspending parliamentary
government In order to checkmate the
greed of controlling party leaders, Is gen
erally believed to have caused the cowardly
double murder. The prosecution of Franco
is heralded an evidence of lofty republican
reform, yet th. perpetrators of the double
murder not only have not been proceeded
against, but one of rete principal causes of
the revolt against King Manuel was the
latter a refusal to gn a decree of amnesty
for the assassins of his father and brother
which Premier Tcxclra demanded. Nor
Is there mention of the republican pro
ceeding against the beneflc artcs of the
Credlto Predial, a financial concern man
aged by pol.tldann, which recent!' robbed
the public by the Issue of fraudulent bonds
and gigantic defalcations. "A Central
American republic of the worst type has
been established here In Europe," writes
Francis MuCullough, a reputable corre
spondent of the New York livening Post,
from Lisbon. "There I a censorship of a
wors kind than any that ever existed
under royalty. If you are w.lllng to wire
that the Jesuit are running like rat
through all the old sewers and drains of
the town, (these old sewers are dignified
with the name of 'underground passages'),
with bombs and Infernal machines for the
purpose of blowing us all up. then your
telegram will puss. If you cast tho faint
est doubt on that story you Immediate;
get Into difficulty. A week ago the coun
try was ruled by a gang of politician and
nominally by a weak young king, who. In
course of time, might have been able to
exercise a restraining Influence upon
politics. Today the country Is ruled by
another gang of politician and the king Is
gone. The 5.000.000 of Ignorant and In
dustrious peasant will be no better off
under the new regime than thv were
under the old. Education? Enlightenment?
Nonsensel These things cost money, and
the politician aro too busy feathering
their nests, getting 'Jobs' for themselves
and their friends, placing Investments
abroad to as to bo prepared for the rainy
day which will certainly conic."
Tho Island of St. Helena, Immortalized
by Napoleon's exile, seem fated to aban
donment as a human habitation. Its stra
tegic value to England has steadily declined
since the opening of tho Suen canal. Dur
ing the South African war about 4,700 lioer
prisoners, Including General Cronje, were
exiled there. It has ceased to be a port
of call for ships, and only a few small
vessels which bring supplies annually ap
pear In waters tormerly crowded with
shipping. Population of the Island has been
gradually dwindling, the Brllisn garrison
diminished to a few guards, and Isolation
and loneliness are flmsmng the task, tien-
tlmental associations cause the British gov
ernment to hesitate on the question of
abandonment, but unless the island Is Xor-
tltied and a garrison maintained, It la
doomed to become a barren wasta In a
few years. ,
Without the assistance of any of the
repressive measures familiar to tho people
of the United (States, sobriety In Great
Britain is advancing at a notably cheering
pace. A consular report shows a decrease
or one-tenth in the conv.ctlons for drunken
ness In England and Wales during liKiS, a
decrease of 8 per cent In Ireland and 17 per
cent In Scotland, bince l'XH tne average
failing off in Uoense issued lias been lib.
and the total licenses In force on the first
of this year in the United Kingdom was
9-',u75. Increased tax on intoxicants Is one
of the lactors in the decreased oonsump
Uon this year, but the movement toward
sobriety noted In previous years baa
stronger basis, ana evidently a more en
during one, springing from the expanding
inuuencea of moderation and common
sense.
Misfortune seems to have picked upon
Italy for an undue share of unwelcome at'
tentlons. Messina still a mass of ruin
choiera ravaging several provinces and the
recent combination of hurricane, tidal wave
and eruption are a apecess-on of disasters
that turn the sympathy of the world
toward the Afflicted people. The last out
burst of destructive element fortunately
caused little loss of life, but destroyed
much property and public works along th
rock-bound southern coast famou for It
beauty. Ischia, twin waiden with Capri
of the entrance of the lovely bay Of Naples,
slowly recovering from the earthquake of
io3, appeuia to have been in the vortex
of the destroying elements, and the extinct
Epemeo threw out enough mud to plaster
the adjacent territory. At the aame time
Vesuv.ua ahowed marked aymptoms of in
ternal disturbance, but limited Itself to an
outburst rf smoke. Th people thereabouta
are so habited to dlaaater that the last one
Is a little more impreaslv than a passing
shadow.
Count Katsura Of Japan deserve a place
In the honor roll of naval humorists with
those of Germany, England and the
United t'tates. The niirthfulness of his
boost for a b r navy rivals the armur-
plated alde-spllttera of Richmond P.. Hob'
on, Leslie Khaw and P.obley D. Evans.
Defending the 4O,0iX),0OO appropriation for
naval increase in th Japanese budget, the
count solemnly declared that this sum was
"necessitated by the requirements of main
talnlng peace." None of ti.e fine point of
occidental humor escape the Imitative ori
entals.
Monaco is rejoicing in a brand new con
stitution. The worthy Monegasques, with
all the evidences of modem progress and
Improvement flaunted before their eyes day
and night at Moirte Carlo, could no lonf -r
put up with a comfortuble but antiquated
paternal government, t-ouio months ago
they started a revolution on a modest
scale, fur Monaco, If It Is an independent
state, U a pretty small town after all.
They paraded the streets; they shouted;
they called for their rights. The prince of
Monaco when he heard of it explained that
he wa agreeable, whenever they found
out what it wa tbey wanted. Co a consti
tution was drafted for them and they are
happy.
f-ir Thomas Vezey Strong, the new lord
mayor of London, who will be installed In
office on the Ktli list, with elaborate cere
monies and feasi. nii. Is credited with the
distinction of Itim the first teetotaler
elected to that office. He ha drunk noCi
bi stronger .than water u II his life and
doesn't Inuud to. but the London papers,
In announcing this fact, ba-'eii to assure
all whose rhetka might pale al the thought
of a teetotal uity bunquet, that 'it is ins
full Intention to maintain In cury way ti,e
honoiablw tradition" if ilic tos,.iiuin j ."
hli h being translated, In urn that the
diiuk will b O. K.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
The period of rest for the weury besins
Wednesday. ,
When the propbe.-le of tolsy ait lined
up with the returns on Tuesday night there
will be aome room for revision downward.
In th thre clay that retrain befor the
thing la aettled. aspirants for official rlory
have ample time in which to aoiect a oft
spot to land on.
Many a candidate who I now uttering
confident predictions would better promnt
his personal comfort by annexing a cushion
for landing purpose.
The Cincinnati Enquirer got a hot "be-t"
on all lu envious rivals by pulling off a
pcstal card canvas. Nolo the amile on
the beak of the Brooklyn Eagle.
Jim lv. Jones Is mouldering In hli grave,
but his propheolos are marching on. Chair
man Mack turns the rainbow crank with all
tho skill of the Arkansas prophet.
Missouri voters are expected to sit up
with and ponder over eleven amendments
to the state constitution, and then cast
their ballot cheerfully and intelligently.
A New York newspaper which dislikes
Roosevelt and hates Tammany has some
exouse for pleading the statute of limita
tions or asking for a change of venue.
The positive statement that Mr. Graft ha
shuken San Francisco for a while Is given
a guarantee of good faith by the fact that
tho supervisors of tho city are compelled
to raise their own salaries.
Both parUes In Colorado are catering to
the votes of women, the republican bavin,
one and the democrats two women candi
dates on their state tickets. Hobble skirl
are excluded from the marathon.
Pome bawling disturber of a New Jersey
meeting fire x at Woodrow Wilson the old
gag, "What 1 an optimist?" The protessor
quickly responded, "A man who Is able to
make pink lemonade out of tho lemons
which are handed to him."
A singular feature of the California cam
paign lu which Hiram Johnson, represent
ing the "Insurgents," seems to have every
prospect of election a governor, 1 that
the father of the nominee Is a "standpat
ter" of Intense convictions. The father 1
Grove L. Johnson, ex-congressman, a type
of politician nurtured under the old South
ern Pacific regime. He bitterly opposed
the nomination of his son and deplore the
possibility of hi election.
FIXIMQ ELKCTIO.N DAV.
Why the "Tuesday After the First
Monday" Wa Choarn.
New York Time.
The congress. onal act of March 1, 1793,
had prescribed that elections for presiden
tial elector be held "within thirty-four
days preceding the first Wednesday In
December every fourth year." But the
Congressional Globe of January 17, 1816,
record the passage on that day of a
bill making the quadrennial election day
uniform throughout the United State. On
Docember 9, 1X44, the essential provision
of the bill read:
The next regular stated election for the
choice of electors of president and vice
president of the United Btate shall be
hold in each state on the first Tuesday
In the month of November, 1S48; and on
the first Tuesday In the month of
November In every fourth year thereafter.
This fixed upon the "first Tuesday" not
the "first Tuesday after the first Monday."
But Representative Duncan, the father
of the bill, at once announced his In
tentlon of changing It, for the Glob re
ports)
"As soon as It would be in order to do
so, he (Mr. Duncan) should move an
Lamendmeut of this section so a to make
th day the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, Instead of the first
Tuesday In Novomber, a the section now
stood, HI reason for making thla change
wa to avoid the necessity of changing
the law in relation to the day on which
the electoral college now Ineeti for the
first Tuesday In November might. In some
cases, be more than thirty (sic) days from
the first Wednesday In December."
The report should have read "thirty
four" Instead of "thirty" day, to be
accurate, but otherwise the reason asked
by our correspondent must have been
as stated. Since th congressional act of
February 8, 1887, which changed the date
of the meeting of the electoral college to
the second Monday In the January follow
ing the election no special reason ha
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THIS Is what sheep herding did to th
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PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
Plug" I sen that they're making brandy
from sawdust.
Wiggs tiood gracious, as If the forest
Were not db-appearlng fast enough a It 11
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"You're an aviator, ain't you?"
"Yes."
"Shake, pard. T'm an elevator mn. Wa
both have our up and downs, don't w7"
Chicago Tribune.
"You are going to the polls regardless of
the weather?"
"Yep." replied Farmer Corntossel, "my
Idea of a real patriot is a man who will
tiavel Jest a far to caat hi ballot an he
would to see a circus." Washington titar.
City Editor Any radical change for th
better in foot ball this seaaon .'
Kportlng Writer Verily, J understand
thai not more than one ticket speculator
will be allowed to tackle a single patron
at the same time Puck.
"There Is one thing which Is odd about
men of broad views."
"What Is that?"
"They are so often In narrow circum
stances." Chicago 1'ost.
"Woll, llttlo girl." said tho drurgit.
what can 1 do for you?"
"I want," said the jtivenilo customer,
"two teeth brushes no, 1 guess that isn't
right two tooth brush no, that doesn't
sound right, either you may glva me Just
one tooth brush."
"All right, little girl; what else?"
"Now I'll have another one Just like It."
THE UNDERTAKERS' TRUST,
New York World.
Confplracyl Again, gadzooks,
The poor consumer must
Be held up by an Octopus
The Undertakers' trust.
Lord knows It costs enough to llva.
But that' no reason why
The poor consumer ought to pay
An Increased price to die.
It look to disaffected minds
A though producer who
Suppled the thins consumers need.
Not only pinched their due.
Until the poor consumer, crushed
By poverty and grief.
Turned with a algn of rest toward
The graveyard for relief.
And then to head him off and thus
Prevent escape that way.
They put the price up till he found
It cost him less to stay.
What troublous times have coma to him I
W hat painful night and dayal
Aiack, the poor consumer gets
It in the wad both ways.
Far, far beyond thla va'e of tears
(lleauis glorious paradise.
Where all Is frea, but no one get
Inside without the price.
.Say, can't there be some laws to maks
The funeral cost less high?
Death Isn't such a pteasant thing1-
Why mak I work to die?
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