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Tin; Omaha Duly BfI;.
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VIi:T(ilt lWSEWATKIl, KI'ITOK.
Entered rrr Omaha pintofflce a second
clan matter.
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TEHA1S! OK Hl'lbl.RIFllUN.
flnrday Jtee, one vpr
Satordnv Hert. one m
J'Hilv Itae (without Minriav). one year
1'Hily H"e und f i in '!n . one 5 mr
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TV,o cr. ir r .adjustment of finances tiiicut be lm- uress(I him In the most insulting, lan-
n. unit i e. j .
1 11.- sate way to operate tbe ' l,rove" if on,e dividend fuMd" werejguaee mid he responded by denounc-
cut down J o st a lime, inis, ai h hmi , iiir tneni as iuiskim i-snuomrs v.
would help to make a bettor flio lug , the people. Yet lie utters not a word
for argumenTs sake. i of warning when talking here to their
. 1 mnstitueiits. pid'ntly v tiling to have
Japan is for Protection. I these mNiepreseutatives'' n peat
.Ihiihii will nut into effect u prot.c-1 their post pevfoiuiam e with
voting nindiine today It to pull the re
public an lewr lirst. Tim republican
lever H tlio first party lever on the ma
chine. If yon pull that, lever and ptoji
right there you will do well. lint if
you feel that you must scratch on any
Army Gossip
Matter of Interest Om and Back
of the rirtag 1.1b Gleawet from
the Arm f and Wary kaflatar.
It
baa deelded
tariff for
candidate for nnv office, von railltl1? tariff In IH11.
...i, ......i.., .. ,.,.. ,,it;., i),.. r,.,,.i. Ihiit neither free trade nor
IIUl..llililinvi"."."ft''.. ."" - ,
lican lever than In any other w ay. ' revenuu only w ill satisfy the demands
i - . ... it I .. i U A t
Kvening 1!po (without s.indavi. r.r wfk . '.c T,ont let anyone mislead you Into theiof tbe most aggressive, nation
Kvenlne It1Hi Sm.ilavi. per WHek.....pic . .,. . , far aBt tnat has entered upon a
and ronseiit just because
themselves democrats.
lis aid
they call
The
COI ps
law
final lncire l:i the ai'tiy tnedlotl
b. by virtu, of the provisions of the
nf April Vov, will he accomplished
Wonder il the cost of sending out
those iiO.UOO rubher-stauiped persona
letters will appear anywhere in Mr
lollu U. HnxlK. i. nh. i.-l licr week. . 1.." MO iildl .....
i.n.. i i...p n...k in,- I j ... .li.... .r ...i nmvotiipnt nf world uo w er coin pet moil
......... ....... ., , ., aeinocram in net ti tun mu m iir, - !iiii,.i,.n..1i' n m ns i ir n fiiinl nnlll;lvit,
Afldr.w all r nmphiliitx of lrremilarlti-a ,.,,,,... n well M In Dolitli S It I 1UU 11 0l K 8 ta"H,a'fcn I,1MIJ Biuu.nu.
in deiivorj-to rur M-ruiaMon i partmera. for one or more candidates on that i" lommcueBs w.n as in poutus. i1(ui whQ woulJ j0 a()out hjs
oFKli'KS. j ticket, because that i not true. As ! has determined to build up Its manu-, Hartley will have no
.ma,.-Ti,e .v- lh,inX , h f fat.tul 1K industries, to do which It with Hart e wui axe. no
soutu Onuiha-G21 North Twt-nty-foui th , w e nave sain at me ouisci. n. saie .,.. . compunctions In subscribing to a per-
.- ...... ....... way is to pull the republican lever conceives a protective tariff to be es- f.nunt.
j-.. "
I.incnln-f.lN Little Itni'riiTiar.
' 'l)k'Run- l.'ris .MiiPuet'i 1 .uhihlic
New York Kc.rinn llul-l'.nj So. ii Weal
Yhlrt v-i hir-l Sli'ft
Washington 7J.i Konr'eert'i Street. N. W.
t'orikKSPONiir.Nd..
'onimnij'ratiiins i . lH'i";,' ti news and
diioriiiJ Hiattor shouli be mhres'd .
Omaha Be. F.il t'li ial t n a I tpient.
' , ' ft I M J T ' r A N C K S .
Jtennt tiv draft, ex pi ess or postal ordr
pavalil . Tl- Hoe ruh!: -.Pin 4 '.mip.in:- .
inly I-wnt stomps received In p.n nvnt of
nii.il Hceounis I'.rfi.n.i! ih'tka except on
Omaha sad, eatirn exchnntje not accrpted.
8TATSMKXT OF ri RCI I.ATH )N.
Plnte of Nehrnska. IouIhh '(ianty, s
Grrtre n. Tischnck, trens.U'cr of Th l'.ee
I'tibllshlnR ''rompnny. tieiits dub aw'or-i
:iye that tlie actual n.in tu r of f' :i anil
complete coplr Th" Imll. M-rnliU.
IKxetiinu and Suhdav H.-e priiUed dm Inn
the month of October. V'10, was a fullowa:
I 43,370
2 44.700
& , ...3,a:)0
4,. .43,330
E ..43.44Q
........,.43,e0
7 ti .43.760
8 43.020
......... .43.700
10 ......43.BSO
11..... ,43,370
li ..43,300
IT! ..........43.840
14..... .43,670
43.3S0
Id,. .44.030
Total , . .'. 1,360.740
I v turned t'oi(a 11,343
17 43,370
in 43,300
1') 43,380
20 43,310
21 43,420
2.' 43,170
2 5 43,450
2 4 44,090
21 43.380
2( 43,370
27 43.390
?8 43,400
2 43,050
.10 43,600
SI 45,680
first, and then do the rest
Net Tot al , 1,333,398
lHy am.-,vj.- 43,174
CV.U. IS. T.srnucK,
Treasurer.
Ftibaerlhed In mv prenenrc and aworn to
.before me thia Slut do- of October. IHIO.
M. V. WALKEK.
Iscal.) . . Notary Public.
Saharrtbera leavTlnit tbe eltr tem
porarily aboald have Tbe Be
mailed to them. Addreaa will be
ebaoifrd na often aa reqneated. ,.
King Corn brought borne the bacon,
too, ,
Just Suppose Again.
Congressman Hitchcock wants peo
pie to believe that his repudiated
$3,000 note came into Hartley's pos
session after he had emerged from the
penitentiary and after it was out
lawed. Jurt suppose G. W. Wattles was, in
lftys, loaning his own money to .Mr.
Hitchcock, whom he had not previ
ously met, without security a very
ranh supposition.
.Just suppose the note had remained
In Mr. 'Wattles' hands.
Would anyone suppose that Mr.
Wattles, "as a very strong, clear
headed bualnees man," would let a
note for $3,000, representing his own
money, become outlawed without
pressing It for payment, and In ex
tremity protecting himself with a
Judgment?
Would anyone suppose that if Mr.
Wattles held the note and it rep
resented his own money loaned to
Hitchcock when he was in dire need,
and the note by accident had become
outlawed, Mr. Hitchcock would even
then repudiate the debt?
Is It not easier to suppose that
Hitchcock knew be was borrowing
stolen state money from Hartley and
repudiated the. note that had outlawed
while Bartley was in prison because
he thought Bartley dare not aqueal?
sential.
In this, as in other spheres of action,
Japan undoubtedly Is influenced much
I by the example n experience of the
I'nlted States, with which It has come
Into the doseBt relations. It is not
mistaking the signs of the times. It
Is not misreading the record. Our pro
tective tariff has indeed nourished the
vitalizing forces that have made the
American nation strong; that have
built up its industries and equalized
the compensation of labor, making
the latter the best paid and the best
served of any workmen on the face of
the earth. But Japan is also on most
friendly terms with Great Britain. It
has transacted much business with
that country of late, but it will not
follow England's example and adopt
frte trade aa an industrial policy.
It Is almost to laugli, this indigna
tion of brewery hirelings who have
contracted to deliver the foreign born
vote. It would never do to let those
whose votes are to be delivered get the
idea that their disinterested advisers
are collecting for It.
Down In 'Connecticut Judge Bald
win, the democratic nominee for gov
ernor, is threatening to aue Colonel
Roosevelt for libel. Here in Nebraska
no one has heard Congressman Hitch
cock threaten to sue anyone for libel.
01. .lantiary I l'n.h-i that etatote the mrp
will ht- inie.ied hy three li'-iitonmit cul
iiiich, three maims and fifteen lieutenants
I'oloiiel .1. 11. 'iliard retlies on lecrniher
2. Y reuniting. In the pioinotion to the next
highest K'ade of T.leufeiumt 1'ulonel K. tj.
Kheit. Major I'lmrlea Wilcox nd Captain
M . I ... f ....... .... ... i.a I
' ' mr e. ..u.i in.ii.i ... jeai. ovet
'oi ps. . 1.. SwcaKey poliiif on tin' reureu
lit on account of physical ilieabllity. The
promotions a a result of the opei ation of
the law of 1! will then aft'fet Maj.'ia T.
I". Itavmoiiil. II. P. Snyder and A. M.
Smith, tio vt ill become lieutenant colonels:
Captains 11. T. Hhioinh. ri(h. P. S. llnlloian.
Kent Nelson, P. C. Kleld. II. ?. Shaw and
T.oul Hrecheniin. jr., who will become
niajoi !. It Is expected that Colonel John M.
Itannlster will apply for retirement, after
mule than thirty years' nerlc. on
.I.inuaiv 1. and this will piomote Lieutenant
Colonel William H. Arthur. M.ijor .1. T.
Clarke and Captain I.. I.rll. Kiehs. It Is
not expected that these promotions will In
volve any change of station.
It Is up to the weather man to do
lils part. . 4,-
'Tof th-'irteenth time we ask, Will
illtchcock put It oacK?
Does Sarah Bernhardt think she can
piake the record' for farewell tours?
Of course, nil good Dahlmanltes will
vote for Illtchcock to vindicate Bryaji.
At any rate, the railroads now ask
permission before advancing their
tariffs. ' ':
Also a book on "Some State Treas
urers I Have Met" ought to be a "best
seller."
That "Baby" Wright aeroplane that
oared 9,714 feet high did fairly well
for a kid.
A New York; paper has discovered
that "avlatora are human, after all."
All what? .
Next time Omaha takes a census the
enumeration 'should be made Just be
fore election..
It is perfectly plain that Nebraska
needs to plug up the holes in its reg
istration law.
Speaking of-the high cost of living,
now is thovjime to complain against
grand opera prices.
The latest army rifle may be dls
carded for hoing.too destructive. Might
use blank cartridges.
A woman with a pet noa constrictor
eleven feet long should not kick if her
husband gets the snakes.
A Taft Proclamation.
President Taft's Thanksgiving proc
lamation is Impressive for its straight
forward simplicity. It is typical of the
man, his administration and character.
It goes straight to core of the subject
without any frills or flourishes, Just as
has his whole Influence and effort
since he became president.' It must,
therefore, impress soberly-thinking
men and -women, Just as must the
fruits of his administration impress all
who have honestly and seriously stud
ied and weighed them.
The president speaks of "records of
population and harvests which are the
index of progress'' showing a vigorous
national growth and prosperity. These
are natural sources of development,
but even they, without the right sort
of direction and application, would not
yield their maximum benefits. While
the earth has been giving forth abund
ant crops and while the land has been
increasing in population, the govern
ment has been administered wisely,
honestly and ably in the interest of the
whole people and with a singular skill
that has brought to us the largest pos
sible advantages which these natural
resources bad to offer.
The Taft administration thus far has
brought more essential good to the
country than any administration ever
produced In a similar period and what
it has accomplished has Just brought
ua.to-the point wbere progress or re
trogression is inevitable, progress, if
we vote today to continue in power the
party led by the president and through
which so much good has come; re
trogression, if we vote for the demo
crats who, in league with the boodle
brigands and spclal interests are seek
ing power sqlely for the purpose of
defeating or neutralizing what has
been done or Is yet to be undertaken.
"Work hard and eat plenty of
lemons," says Sarah Bernhardt,
lemons! That sounds stagey.
Yet, South Dakota's seven-foot-long
ballot is a great argument In favor of
the Inltlatiro and referendum.
The Selfish Argument
Some folks who have been the ben
eficiaries of Mayor "Jim's" free and
easy way of doing business in the city
hall are said to be disposed to vote for
him for governor in recognition of
past favors and in anticipation of
favors yet to come.
Applying the teat of selfishness,
however, these people have no busi
ness to vote for Mayor "Jim" for gov
ernor.
As mayor, "Jim" has been notori
ously liberal with his pardons to police
court offenders. Anybody with half a
pull could get a friend out of Jail. But
send "Jim" to Lincoln and he can no
longer respond to these requests. He
could pardon only penitentiary con
victs and would be absolutely unable
to help a police court prisoner.
As mayor, "Jim" has been lavishly
generous with permits to peddlers,
itinerant venders and street fakirs at
the expense of the city treasury. Al
most anybody who could get "Jim's"
ear could get a permit for a pushcart
or a street stand, and many of the re
cipients have doubtless been worthy
and deserving. But make "Jim" gov
ernor and he can no longer grant these
free dispensations in lieu of pald-for
licenses.
As mayor, "Jim" has been ready
with a hand-out to almost anyone who
looked like votes or political influence,
but as governor he would be sixty
miles away and deaf to long-distance
telephone entreaties.
As mayor, "Jim" has voted "Yes"
on every application for a liquor
license and "No" on every protest
against a saloon keeper. As governor
be would have no vote in granting
liquor licenses.
Just on the score of selfishness
"Jim's" pals and beneficiaries should
prefer to have him in the city hall
rather than in the state house.
The school board Is submitting a
bond proposition, the proceeds of sale
to be used for constructing new school
buildings to meet growing demands in
various parts of the city. Don't over
look the school bonds.
When a man belongs to a society
that exacts no initiation fee and col
lects no membership dues and still has
an overflowing treasury, he must know
that a barrel is being tapped some
where. A seven-foot sample ballot illus
trating the referendum in South Da
kota is on exhibition in the window of
The Bee office. Take a look and see
how you would like to wrestle with it.
It will be observed that those Eu
ropean kings whoso thrones are fall
ing or tottering are not like the hu
manitarian king of Italy, w hose throne
seems to be steady and secure.
"It Is the primal woman for -whom
man cares," remarks Mary Stewart
Cutting. It would be a cutting re
mark, too, to say that any woman Is
not primal.
Monopollitnar the Spotlight.
Washington Post.
The colonel has made all other campaign
orators appear like tha back row of the
chorus.
Major General Leonard Wood believes
that ape lal attention, more than has been
lven heretofore, should be paid to the
condition of the feet of Infantrymen. The
chief of at(U"f believes that commanding
officers should see that their men are
equipped with shoes which fit them and
that there ahould be monthly Inspection
by army medical officer to ituard against
sore feet and ot!Nr troubles which will
Impede wajklng, upon which the Infantry
depends for lti mobility, with correspond
Inn lnfluenoe upon Its efficiency. General
Wood entertains the conviction that this
Important question has received only a
part of the careful attention which It de
nerves as an Important factor contributitiR
to the fitness of the soldier. In this con
nection it In interesting to learn that there
Is a large stock of black and tan ahoes
of the old pattern, as well aa of marching1
shoes of the ftrat Issue, for whloh there la
not apt to be any call, a they are of ex
treme sizes. General Wood believes that
these ahoes should be turned over to some
experienced salesman, who could dispose
of them on a slight commission at a slight
loss, If any, to the government.
I PEOFLE TALKED ABOUT.
j Henry Hp.iiki'. jr. son of the noted "Itino
tux exponent. Is running for cotigiess li,
! the Seventeenth New Voik dltih t
The favorite dish of the c;ir of lMim
while he was in "France whs cod rooted hi
olive oil. So fond wns the czar of this dish
j that he iiimii ked to the president ' I
should like to est It iwke H ilsv"
Jacob Mvers. n wealthy farmer. .J eaie
old. anil Miss Kllen Kraft. 4S cir old
eloped nnd Were married in Steihni;. Ill
Myers' son. in) years old, objected to the
tn:trrlHc, The brhlemoom b:'s three ureal
grandchildren. The uiiMiue d'sttnetion of beiiik. ciia-d
i almost around the world by a Cii n.-pi
medal and being finally raptured after six
werrd and branded as a hero.
belongs to Henry P. .McCoy. Tucson new
cat and most modest rltixen.
Colonel Abe Slupsky of St. Louis, ts coltiK
to make experiment of drinking tv.o bar
rels of beer in a month. 11ns the colonel
ever considered the propriety of changing
the vowel In the first syllable of hi name
from the fifth to the fourth?
Strongheart. Sioux Indian attornev and
grandson of the famous old medicine man
of that tribe. Sitting Hull, Is expected In
Washington soon to begin an agitation for
an Investigation of the conditions on va
rious reservations throughout the countrv
and particularly In the west. He was In
Wisconsin several days ago, and presum
ably has started for Washington.
Mrs. Addison S. Hesn of West Pethel
Me., has a piece of ilk curtain from the
carriage of the confederate president, ,lef
feraon Davl. The piece of curtain was cut
from the carriage window by franklin
Chester Leach, Fourth Michigan cavalry,
who was one of the picked company of
twenty-eight sent to capture Jefferson
Davis when he was trying to flee the
country after General Lee a surrender.
Aeknowledarlna; a Debt.
Cleveland Leader.
"What has the republican party done for
me?" asks Bryan. Nothing, Bill, to com
pare with what. you've done for the repub
lican party. . .
Belated Conaolatlon.
Philadelphia Ledger.
People who wear high-priced scare, show
ing the manner in which they were re
lieved of appendicitis, will regard as some
what tardy the theory that no operation
la required for the cure of this disease.
Tbe Rake-Off Untouched.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The prince of Monaco has been compelled
to give up a few more of his prerogatives,
but hla loving subjects continue to permit
him to live In fine style at the expense
of people who think they can beat the bank
at Monte Carlo.
Those boy scouts will do well not
to go about scouting tor trouble of the
"I-didnt-know-lt-was-loaded" kind.
Still 'those heirs ef Mark Twain's
who get the $600,000 he left, get a
mall portion of his real legacy to the
world. 1
Now that tbe campaign is over, Mr.
Bryan ran go back to charging for his
speeches and make the other fellow
pay for the hall.
Loud reports of a big paw-paw crop
are coming in from Indiana. Well,
of course, that will not do any partic
ular harm.
Well, the colonel doubtless ran say
of thla campaign, "I've had a perfectly
corking Um," whether the ether fel
low can or not.
St. Louis boast that it preachers
are the beet paid in the country. An
other mr gum exit against the all-importance
of population comparisons.
Attorney General Grant Martin la
the only state candidate who has a
cUich. He haa tao rouiptltors to
split the opposition vote.
If there are any other state house
aalarlra lying around looae Governor
FtaUenberger might adopt a few chil
trt&'te he b the money la the family.
Business and Freight Can.
Railroad men have been accustomed
to point to the number of idle freight
cars the country over as a fair index to
the status of business. When the num
ber went up Into the hundreds of thou
sands two or three years ago. they In
sisted it indicated seriously crippled
commerce and it doubtless did. It is
especially gratifying, therefore, to
know from official reports that today
the number of surplus freight cars In
the I'nited States and Canada is down
to the comparatively insignificant
number of 29,131, a report which
comes from the railroads themselves.
This is a decrease of more than 4,000
cars.
Business is manifestly Improving.
It has betn since 1907 and, so far aa
natural conditions are concerned. It
la likely to go on in that course. The
country is on a Bound basis financially,
It has reaped bumper crops and its
sources and channels of wealth and
earning power are steadily multiply
ing. Freight traffic cannot but in
crease in volume and consequently
railroad earnings advance.
This is all encouraring and welcome
information to the good citizen who
wants to see the great railroad cor
porations prosper. It ts always a
healthy sign when railroads are pros
pering and this t-in I going to be held
up very conspicuously by the time they
get through handling the mormon
An Early Winter?
Severe storms in the last ten days
have swept Atlantic and Pacific const s
alike, seeming to favor the extremes
in each case. The southeastern shores
of Florida and the northwestern slopft
of Alaska have been the centers of the
severest elements. The ordinarily
mildest and most rigorous sections
have been hardest hit. In Alaska
more damage was wrought than In
Florida, though the latter did not en
tirely escape losses. Unsettled con
ditions have covered a very wide area
in the United States. Heavy snows
have fallen in the east, Pennsylvania
getting its share and the Cateiklll
mountain country boasting of excel
lent sleighing. Rains and wind have
beat on other parts.
In the middle west, while we have
had a breath or two of chUly weather
and a euggestion of snow, conditions
have ben more even. They usually
are. This section is very fortunate
when it cornea to climate, either In the
winter or summer. It aeldom haa the
extreme of any kind. It has warm
weather, hut never the hottest; cold
weather, but never the coldest Such
a condition la an asaet of great worth
to the middle west, not only sentimen
tally, but in an actual commercial
way. Climatic disturbances are not
to be coveted and the section that Is
freest of them Is fortunate.
It is always periloua to predict an
early wtnter or an early spring. A St.
Paul newspaper one year In March,
when gentle spring was blowing Its
sweet, mild breath upon the commu
nity, published an editorial on "The
Dawn of Spring," and be-fore the paper
got into circulation the gronnd was
covered with eight inches of snow.
Yet some of the "oldest inhabitants" I
have already assured ns that we are
going to have an early winter and
warned the people to get ready. If;
iney gel ready ana men wait it at
leabC will do uo harm.
Head Win or I.oaet
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Tbe reported failure of several Ctdnese
banks will afford a test of that long-stand
lug tradition that If a Chinese banker fails
he subsequently loses his head. There is
room for a uuapicton that the security of
the head may depend on the amount of pull
that Its owner has with high Chinese
officials. '
Will They "Came Acroaef"
Baltimore American.
British newspapers are expressing the
fear that reciprocity between the United
States and Canada will Inevitably result In
a closer political interlacing between the
two main divisions of the North American
continent. We are not talking much on
this aide ef the Atlantic about manifest
decttny; manifest destiny will take care of
itself.
TtR.9 DOW TKB ISJITIATMK
jbetlra l New Mtrtn'l Coaattt-
tfcraial Ctl.
Ht. Paul Pioneer Preaa.
The constitutional convention now In ses
sion in New Mexico has voted by a deci
sive majority not to Include the Initiative
In the fundamental laws of the new com
nionweallh. Tbe vote was taken after a
protracted debate. In Which the merits of
the plan were fully expounded.
The decbvlon wMl come aa something- of a
surprise. Inasmuch as conjMrvavtism Is
about the last thing looked for In the
southwest. Tbe point was made that there
la grave doubt about the constitutionality
of the Initiative In our form of govern
ment, and the reports from Oregon ap
peared t convince the New Mexico aelons
that the Inflexibility of the methods out
weighs some of its admitted advantages.
Theoretically, the Initiative provides i
way for the people te enact measures into
law which the legislatures fail or refuse
to pass. In prtvetlce, however, ft appar
ently makes opportunity for the faddists
and theorists to agitate and confuse the
public mind wit hoot producing the results
desired. Oregon haa demonstrated that the
Initiative will be reeorted to with such
frequency that It la practically impossible
to secure Intelligent and effective legisla
tion by Its use. New Mexice haj( wisely
decided that wh!le the initiative principle
appeals, aoine better system of putting It
Into practice must be evolved before It can
be used to advantage.
In bis Auditorium speech Vr. Bryan
traffic reaultlng from the agricultural neglected te gay anything against the
output in this, country this year. In j nivniberg of the Douglas delegation
the eud the result may not be con
ducive to a farther concession In
freight rates for the road, but if the
general level of rates I not raise J it
la quite likly to do no Injustice to the
tranaportatioa companies. Perhaps the
running; for re-election and presuma
bly endoibcd them along with other
nominees on the local democratic
ticket.
men to algn his petition fur a special
Our Birthday Book
Vovembev S, 1S10.
William Wirt, once attorney general of
the L'ulted Mates whs born November, S.
1772 In. Bladensburg. Md., and died In IS:.-!.
He acquired bis chief celebrity as one of
the couukel for the pro&eciuiun In the tiiul
of Aaron Burr.
Kawgrd Pocock, an eminent Kngllau di-
Whvu Mr. Bryan askd thebe!vln aoJ orientalist wua born November 8.
!. lie Was the rust pioiessor or Arabic
in Oxford und In laid to have Ln the h.,l
aion of the legislature they aa-h.ur t Arable u hi uiu
A list of ellglbles with recommendations
of the chief of staff of the army has been
prepared In the War department with a
view to the appointments to be made dur
ing the next few months to the grades of
major general and brigadier general of
the army. As may be well known, there
are numerous applications on file la ' tbe
adjutant general's office for consideration,
and these have been taken up la tbe ustisl
way. There are no Indications of Mr.
Taft'e intention In the matter, and It Is
urderstood that the subject will not be
brought to his attention until after the elec
tion, and possibly not until his return from
the trip to Panama. This will serve to post
pone the announcement of the appoint
ments until the latter part of November,
which will be In sufficient time for all pur
pones, since the first vacancy to occur will
be on the last dj.y of the year upon the
retirement of Brigadier General Walter
Hows, This will be followed by the retire
ment on January 4 of Brigadier General
Earl P. Thomas, on January is by the re
tirement of Major General W. P. Duvall,
on March IS by the retirement of Brigadier
General Charloa L. Hodges and on March
19 by the retirement of Brigadier General
B" K. Ward.
It Is understood that President Taft has
approved the program for army legislation,
of a special character, which has been
in vogue since January, 1908, when Mr.
Taft, as the then secretary of war, and
Mr. Itooaevelt, as president, adopted a
policy to which the administration should
bo committed In its relations with congrexs
respecting new provisions of law for the
benefit of tbe military establishment.
There has been no reaaon. In the opinion
of Mr. Taft, why the program should be
materially modified. The llMXi program was
made up of four projects, tbe relative
standing of which la as follows: Increase
and recognition of the army medical de
partment; increase of pay of officers and
enlisted men; the extra officers MIL and
the bill creating a service corps. The first
two projects have been realized. The next
project is that which will furnish the com
missioned personnel of the army with an
adequate number of officers, In accordance
with pending legislation, as rt Is destined
to be amended In accordance with tbe
recommendations of the secretary of war,
described tn the next paragraph. The bill
relating to the corps of engineers of the
army Is not regarded as a military meas
ure, since the expenae of taercaa of per
sonnel In that branch is borne by tbe ap
propriations for public works. Tbe Influ
ence of tbe aemiuiatratten, therefore, will
be exerted, at least during the comlajr aea
si on, to tha enactment of what aaa come
to be entitled, for the sake ef convenience,
tbe extra officers bill.
With the administration c onuuit tin gr lit
self to th indorsement of th kill te yrvr
vtde additional officers ef th army, in
prefarence to other special army legislation
It Is Interesting to know that 6artary
Dickinson upon his return to Washington
will aet on the new draft of the pending
bill. It is proposed to provide an adilitionaj
number of army officers for duty with the
orgajiiaed militia, lncrwuilng th numerical
strength of this detail from is) to 25o' oflV
rtcra. Certain other details, such as that of
officers with th canal commission, will
b omitted, aa being of the nature of tem
porary tn-nka, for which permanent pro
vision need not be mad In th new lagjs-
lation. Another new provision likely to be
recoinmendad by th War department 1:
that placing some reatrlation upon th ap
pointments to till th vacanulea areated
by th law. It will evidently b naoeasary
to have the vacancies filled on some basis
of yearly installment, poanibly at the rata
of 20 per cent per annum. On Interesting
project has to da with th restriction upon
the appointment of thos who ar not
graduates of th military academy. It la
suggested that this might be accomplished
by requiring that the vacancies to be filled
each year shall not be more than one and
a half times th number of graduate of
Ui military academy for that year. Thua,
If th graduating clans equalled IIS) mem
bers, there would be that number of va
cancies filled and fifty more from other
sources. HUH another proposition, which
Is likely to have the approval of Mr. Dick
inson, is to reduce the number of new
i officers In tha higher grades, as provided
in the pending bill. This may be accom
plished by omitting all th second lieuten
ants and prescribing that 612 additional
officers shall be distributed lu th everai
grades In the same proportions as now
exist in the whole army between the grades
of colonel and first lieutenant. This would
have the effect of creating twenty-two
additional colonels instead of thirty-six,
twenty-six instead of fifty-four lieutenant
colonels, seventy-tight instead of ninety
majors, - lnMead of IK'.' captains, 207 In
stead of 1-14 first lieutenants, and no second
lieutenant lualvad ( Ui I4 llial tfraiie.
GOOD TI1INU FOR RAlLHOI.
Financial Benefits from Uw Agalust
ltebatrs.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
It Is interesting to find that a railroad
man has been brought to the point of esti
mating what rebates used to cost the rail
roads, or, to put it tn the form most
cogent to the present Issues, whst they
gained by their abolition. Inasmuch as In
the present contention the railroads" desire
ts to minimise the gains of the railroads in
recent years It may safely be presumed
that the railroad statement was not an
overestimate.
At th Chicago hearing the vice president
of the Burlington gave his opinion that the
rebating plan used to cost his road S to S
per cent of Its freight earnings. Taking
the percentage of the rebates In the cases
brought to light and the Invariable plea of
the railroad man caught with the goods
that "they all do It." this seems liko a
very Inadequate percentage. i oniy j
to 8 per cent of freight earnings would be
a sum very nearly equal to the proposed
advance In rates, and that sum the rail
roads have already secured.
No railroad man has yet given an esti
mate of what was gained by the abolition,
or cutting down of free passes. Nor do
we kMow any means of arriving at such
an estimate. Hut that these were very strong
factors for the benefit of the railroads Is
apparent from th remarkable Increase of
both gross and net earnings per mile of
United States railroads, as shown In the
following figures;
Gross,
Per Mile,
1WH f 11.372
ism? 10,7
1D07 11.62S
In 1908 thla gain waa Interrupted by the
setback of business, but waa resumed In
IMS and 110. But that th railroads re
ceived a decided gain from the check upon
their favorite and persistent abuses Is
hardly left in doubt by these figures.
1 Net,
Per Mile.
3,029
3.2A3
S.625
3.704
THE JOLLY WIND.
1
W. D. Nesblt in Chicago Post.
The wind ran up a-laugldng, and It seized
a hundred leaves
And whirled them In and whirled them out
in weird and wondrous weaves;
It tossed them high, it tossed them low, It
blew them far away.
Tben dropped them here and there, just
like a youngster in nis play.
It raoed around a corner and it caught a
brand new hat:
It fumbled It and tumbled Itand. Oh, the
man waa rati
All pufrlly and chufflly he followed In the
race
Until the wind caught up the hat and blew
It in his race.
It leaped In through a window and It swept
a table bar
Of mnKazlncs and other things that had
been resting there,
And ere they shut the window down it hur
ried out one more
And ran around the house and yelled be
neath the kitchen door.
It aaw a lady In the street and scampered
to ber side
And twisted her and tangled her until her
clothes were tied
In half a docen knots at least, and then
ere she could speak
In one wild rush It left a blush of kisses on
her cheek.
It shouted down the chimneys, and it
wailed along the night
Till all the little children woke and clam
ored for a light;
And when It found a creaky algn It made
It moan and sigh
Till people thought a regiment of ghosts
was marching by.
The wind ran on a-chuckllng, and the world
grew still once more;
The trees regained their dignity, much as
they were before;
The houues stood all solemnly and looked
adown the path.
With windows shut like lips that close to
stop the words of wrath.
p .'4'-
mm.
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Powder Iiot
biscuit is the
luxury of cat
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?(S)jdl(B?
Absolutely n
Pisra
The absolute
protection of
our bread, bis
cuit and cake
from alum is
in the use of
ROYAL Baking
Powder only.
The only baking
powder made
from Royal Grape
Cream of Tartar.
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POINTED PLEASANTRIES
"What we w.tnt.' said the niairnzlnv edi
tor. "Is a story that reflects real life."
"That's the trouble with our current
literature." replied the harsh critic. "Wva
are getting too much tact efforts foj
rictlon and too much fiction In our alleged
facts." Washington Star.
"And what." asked a visitor at the North
Dakota stute fair, "do you call that kind
of cucumber?"
"That," replied a Kargo politician, 'is
the insurgent cucumber. It doean't alvvavs
agree with a party." Everybody's Alatia
sine. "Don't Kpeak so harshly to that lttle
printer's devil."
"Why not?''
"Ho Is somebody's angel child."- Italtl
more American.
Mr. Pnapp What a spectacle that Mis
De Coltay wiih sitting there. In the box
without a thing on ber shoulders
Mrs. Hnapp Nothing on litr shoiildeis'
Why, John Hnapp, your eyes weicn l off
them five minutes while we were In th
theater lioston Transcript.
"He holda the record for sustained flight,
doesn't he?"
"Yes, but he doesn't really deserve sny
credit tor It.
"How's that?"
"Wl
night.
know bis wife wum wnitiiiK for him t
come down (Cleveland Plnitid'-aler.
ow's that?" i
- hy, you see he'd been out on a bat all 1
t, and his wife peril hi is you don t
Cobble I don't suppose; De I'm (..-lack
ever has an idea of Ills own one that ab
sorbs bun. carries him awsv. so to Ftwnk.
Htone Jh. I Uon't know, 1 think he Iiiim.
"I'ray, whut is It?"
"The lda of not doing any woik "-Life.
Ayefs Sarsaparitta
Digestion
CAPITAL wURPLUS AND PHOFIFb, $1,403,000
PAYING BY CHECK
i the safe way to settle all hills."
There are many reasons l'or this.
ANY AMOUNT
will he aeptet in opening an ac
count. Equal cure and attention is
given to every account, whether
large or small.
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