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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Netusska. Kouiilas County, ss.
. forge B. TwhucK, treasurer of lh He
I'ublu lung Coiiiun, being duly sworn
aayii thai I ha actual number of full and
complete cop cm of The lally, Morning,
Evening and Sandy Bee printed durlnir ilie
month of November, WW. wai as follow:
1 W0 It 4J,W0
2 43,aoa u 44,aao
t 43,0c J II 44,080
43,679 II 4760
I ...43,130 XO 43,100
f 44,2(W 1 43,910
T 46,320 1 2 43,030
t v. 43.310 21 43,030
9 H.bbO 14 43, Ua
II ..46.470 15 ,...43,740
II 44.040 XI 43,160
li 43.SUD XT 43,180
II 44.300 XS 43,380
14 43.3C0 21 43,340
1 43,960 IS 4S,W
. Total 1.390.W9
Returned copies 16,431
Nat Total 1,306,454
Daily Average 4314
GEORGK B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
beiore ma this loth day of November. 1910.
M. P. WALKER,
(Seat.) Notary Public.
Sabaerlbers JeavtaaT the city tem
porarily , ahoold have Tae Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
rhnngrd aa nltfa aa requested.
I Medicine Hat on straight?
Good morning. Shopped yet?
Madero Bounds like an Italian
opera. '
Jem Mace la dead, but be outlived
bis kind, at that.
Now, altogether; begin the week
with a ahopplng ainlle.
Texas haa 1,000,000 mulea valued at
1150,000,000. Hee haw!
Since the froat waa on the pumpkin
fewer avlatora have been killed.
We apeak of the turtle being alow.
Yet they have a lot of snap to them.
Thla la one aeaalon when the chap
lain In congreae ahould not be a aine
cure.
It aeema odd that the head of thla
waterways movement ahould reside In
Louisville, Ky.
The "boy broker" is said to have
put one - ever on Harry Lauder.
Louder, please.
How many of those "lame ducks"
will stay In Washington aa decoys In
future sessions?
We would advise Champ Clark not
to accept that gavel from Arkansas
made of slippery elm.
The session will be almost too short
to enable Mr. Hobson to more than get
his war flags unfurled.
A Maryland boy swallowed his
father's timepiece. That's keeping
the watch on the old man.
Some people take to the aimple life
with the same temperamental aptitude
that a duck takea to water.
The hobble skirt Justife Itself on a
windy day, fcnywey. Washington Times.
If that is what It Is for, yes.
A Pittsburg woman married a man
to keep htm from killing himself. At
least that s her side of the case.
Chicagofannouncea Its grand opera
seasou a financial success, never think
tng, of course, of any other standard.
Where does the ultimate consumer come
Int Baltimore Sun.
At the door leading to the cashier's
window.
Judge Baldwin's hold-out for a pub
Ho apology brims pleasant reminders
that the base ball season will Come
again. ;
This is the kind of weather when it
Is well to bear in mind Paul a Injunc
tion or "having done all to stand"
If you can.)
Uelng a wizard in his line does not
give Mr. Cdlson any Inside track on
the rest of us when it comes to the
matter of immortality.
The crop of candidates for state
offices increases dally, showing that,
g mere change In administration Is
not going to overwhelm the state.
Just as those Texas Rangers got
their mouths properly puckered for a
good dish of chill ccn carut, the Mex
icans subsided and disappointed them.
Taft find Labor.
1'iesldent Taft distinctly recom
mends that cotigreso extend the opera
tion of the eight-hour law so as to in
clude workmen engaged in private as
well as public shipyards, and if con
gress acts upon this advice it will
serve to clear up a situation about
which there has been all too much
irritation and aunrryance, both to labor
and the government. The prenldetft
paya a stout tribute to common sense
when he says he cannot tee the differ
ence in building ships in public or
private yards when It comes to the
matter of this law. That ought to
gratiTy union labor very much.
The workman eliould find much of
luttrcbi lo himself by a careful study
of Inft lollcies relating to labor. Tbis
recent mcape to congress 1 strong
with a fair consideration of the inter
ests of union labor. He not only comes
out In cordial commendation of the
eight-hour law and Its general applica
tion to government work, but he
firmly reiterates his advocacy of a
better system of employers liability,
a thing labor has been persistently de
manding. This is ono of the dt mends
the president has all along declared he
would urge upon congress at this ses
sion and be has done so. It compre
hends fair compensation for accidents
and it is hoped that It will appeal to
the sense of Justice of the employer.
The bureau of labor was organized
as a direct result of President Taft's
Insistence for such a department as a
means of ascertaining ways of safe
guarding life and settling dlsputea be
tween employer and employe. It has
already proved its utility. It has
achieved , such signal success as to
evoke from the president a special
word of praise in his message. It may
seriously be questioned If the working
man has had as great an amount of
legislation enacted in his behalf, or
proposed by the executive, as in this
administration.
Perkini' New Million.
The announcement of George W.
Perkins that he will retire from the
firm of J1. P. Morgan & Co. to devote
his time to extending the principle
of profit-sharing and other benefits
for solving the problems between capi
tal and labor will be received with deep
Interest by thinking people. As one of
the foremost financiers of the country,
his example should be Influential with
other capitalists and large employera
of labor. If he gives the same pene
trating thought and energy to this
new work that has characterized him
In the past, ceralnly we may look for
some excellent results. '
The action of Mr. Perkins ought to
go a long way toward allaying class
feelings and reassuring labor in its
misgivings about the concern which
capital haa In it. .To be sure, there Is
as much reassuring and conceding to
be done on the side of capital, for in
the large it has been quite as skeptical
and critical of labor aa labor haa of it.
The difficulty has been that too much
selfishness on both sides waa allowed
to creep in when better sentiments
were needed. It will tend to helD this
situation for men of large affaira like
Mr. Perkins to lay down their big posi
tions and go out into the broader fielda
of trying to solve the differences that
make the employer and employe un.
friendly, and, having solved them, to
hrlng these elements together upon a
plane of mutual benefit.
Thus far we evidently have not hit
upon the right principle .of solving
labor disputes. If we had we would
not continue to have them so fre
quently. The strike and boycott are
futile, and yet labor cannot safely give
them up until it and capital find a
common basis of action that will offer
an adequate aubstltute. The ultimate
aolution, of course, will be one that
contemplates exact Justice and the
equity of righto. It will be a process
of give and take, entirely reciprocal
in its demanda and concessions.
The principle of profit-sharing Is
not new, of course, and yet it la not
old in its practice. Whether it will
prove to be the solution of this nroh-
lem is still a question. But with mea
like Mr. Perkins devoting themselves
to ita application, It ahould not remain
a question long. It commends itself
bo Xar as large Industrialism Is con
cerned, first, because it tends to es
tablish a harmony of interest between
the employed and the employer.
Everybody .knows that this la one of
the things that must be done. The
very absence of such harmony, or what
Is more common, the alien if not hos
tile relations existing between the two.
Is the cause of most of the serious
labor controversies. When both sides
can be made to feel that a dispute,
whether passive or active, injures
mutual Interests they are very likely
to avoid the dispute.
The Land Show.
The Interest shown throughout the
west lu the forthcoming land show,
which la being promoted by The
Omaha Bee and The Twentieth Cen
tury Farmer, is growing at a rate that
more than insures the success of tbe
exposition. It Is evident now that tbe
Omaha ahow will be the great event
of the winter in this line. Through
out the northwest states, counties and
communities alike are vlelng with
each other in arrangements for the
exhibition of resources and opportuni
ty. Products of the soil and pros
pects for the settlers will be arranged
aide by side and the tale of the prog
ress of the new empire will be told in
tangible products.
The development of tho great north
west section to -which Omaha is the
gateway and for which Omaha Is the
market place, has been going on at a
rate that Is not understood save by
those who have followed It so closely
as to be aware oT its actual wonders.
The Omaha Land show will astonish
even those who think they are well
posted and will give to the world a
better Idea of the Importance of the
I region that to many think is an unln-
j vlting wilderness. The great fruit
I raising region of the Intermountaln
i country Is yet to be developed to ita
; fullest capacity, but men and means
are coming to Its needs. The oppor
tunities for the home-builder in this
(section of the world are so attractive
j in every aspect that the rush hither
lis understood by those familiar with
j conditions. The rurpose of the land
I show Is to exhibit accomplishments
and Indicate possibilities, and tbe
eagerness with which this opportunity
Is being seized by those most lnter
eted Is proof that the spirit of enter
prise is fully alive In the new commu
nities. The land show will surely ac
complish its ends.
A Dam to Navigation.
Senator Young of Iowa and other
members of congress who addressed
the National Rivers and Harbors con
gress In Its closing session, while point
ing out the requirements of their own
particular sections, emphasized the im
portance of considering the needs of
the country at large first. It was this
very principle that led President Taft
last spring to declare that he would
approve no more piecemeal legislation
for waterwaya.
The one obstacle that has most Im
peded the progress of this waterways
movement has been the narrow selfish
ness involved in this piecemeal legisla
tion. It Is a dam to navigation that
must be effectually and permanently
removed before anything substantial
Is done. It begins to look now as if it
would be. The speakers at this con
vention adopted a splendid slogan, "A
waterwaya policy; not a project." It
has never been anything but a project
thus far and It has Involved more
wire-pulling and log-rolling than any
other single issue of late. This will
have to stop and the men responsible
for It will have to consider general
needs before the movement attains any
real headway.
If congress will Join with the presi
dent in the stand he has taken upon
this subject it will effect the purpose
he has In mind. Mr. Taft was recently
criticised by some passionate, orators
In tbe St. Louis convention for not
giving this proposition the support
they thought he should. But the truth
Is he has been a much more genuine
friend of waterwaya than the fellows
who have gone about revolving pet
schemes of getting money for this sec
tion or that to the exclusion or injury
of some other districts, which, perhaps,
were more entitled to prior considera
tion aa a means of advancing the gen
eral movement.
Omaha is attaining considerable im
portance as a market for Christmas
treea, according to reports from the
commission district. It is estimated
that this year more than 300,000 of
these trees will be handled through
local dealers. This means 300,000
potential telegraph poles, fence posts
or other useful material will be sacri
ficed for home decoration. In this
way the Christmas spirit seems to be
rather one of waste.
The drama of the Omaha Indian
supply warehouse is proceeding in its
regular order. The first act shows
the defeat of tbe appropriation in the
house of representatives. The second
act will ahow ita restoration in the
senate, and the final curtain will go
down on the agreement of the con
ferees. This is one play that always
has a happy ending.
According to the very lucid and
elaborate explanation of the World
Herald, "insurgency" is a perfectly
lovely state of mind when it leada te
publicans to vote for democrats. But
when it is suggested that democrats
vote for republicans, then the World
Herald becomes violently opposed to
"Insurgency." It certainly does make
a difference.
The lady reformer who finds
Omaha's jail auch an awfully unpleas
ant place should be reminded of a re
mark made by Warden McLaughrey
to a female visitor at Leavenworth.
She bad complained, after Inspecting
the prison, that It lacked certain com
forts of home, and the warden replied,
"Yes, madam, but thla Is a peniten
tiary." The report of tbe Nebraska state
banks shows a decidedly healthy con
dition. Tbe decrease in deposit Is
accounted for by the fact that the
farmers still hold their season's crop.
When this goes to market the surplus
will again be piled up. On the other
hand, the increase in loans proves
that there i less idle money in tbe
state.
When the new court house is com
pleted and the palatial quarters for
public offenders are established In its
upper story some of the visitors who
come to Omaha from the east will not
be so greatly wrought up because our
Jail la not as comfortable as a modern
apartment house.
In the opinion or experts Omaha's
system of keeping its accounts is ob
solete and wasteful.' This Is only one
of the places where effective reform
can be accomplished without changing
the form of government.
Those englishmen never took such
keeu exception to American dollars uu-
til they discovered that they were
playing a part In the movement that
Is inevitably bringing about a more
democratic form of government over
the sea.
8am son is out early with an Invita
tion to the president to attend the fall
festivities at Omaha. Mr. Taft has
rumpled Omaha hospitality on several
occasfons and will give thla bid most
serious consideration.
Thls British outcry against Ameri
can dollars might prove embarrassing
If carried to logical conclusions to
some Impecunious scions of nobility
seeking to swap a title for a grub
stake.
Next to the man who would try to
make children believe there la no
Santa Claus Is tbe one who would pic
ture good St. Nick coming In an aero
plane Instead of his sleigh.
George Ado has finally taken Will
lam Dean Ilowells' advice and la going
to try to write something worth while.
What he has written was worth the
money; that is, it got it.
The news comes from St. Louis that
that $30,000,000 heiress Is already en
gaged. We do not believe it. It is
just a ruse to throw that army of
dukes off the trail.
Nebraska's homes for the aged vet
erans of the Grand Army show up well
In comparison with others of the coun
try. Nebraska has always stood be
hind the soldier.
A Parle aviator fell 600 feet without
Injury. We do not know the exact dis
tance prlcea have fallen, but they seem
to have escaped all Injury to them
selves. "When a boy breaks a window,"
Bays the Atchison Globe, "his first
Impluse Is to run." Which shows that
a boy's first Impulse is a corking good
hunch.
Local bank clearings continue to
show a healthy increase over those of
a year ago. The activity in all lines
of Omaha's territory is most encour
aging. Robber .Verka Maaaaajred.
Indianapolis News.
Notwithstanding- the fact that there is
only a 33 per cent duty on manufactured
rubber, the International company finds
that It will be able to retire 25 per cent
of its preferred stock besides declaring the
regular quarterly amount of Its 7 per cent
dividend.
Sobbing for n Swatfcat.
Houston (Tex.) Post.
Our desire for the president to do some
swatting is not entirely in the Interest of
the democratic Jarty. We like the presi
dent and would like to see him respond to
a few curtaln(cal,l and to awat the devil
ish republican marplot who are pestering
him. It would'gtve the country a chance
to let loose some pent-up enthusiasm.
Make It" Safe and Saae.
Baltimore American.
It Is in order' now to Issue warning
against tbe annual Santa Claus cremation.
For some years 'past hardly a Tuletlde
season haa passed without thla particular
tragedy happening in various parts of the
country. The Inflammable stuff of which
the robes of the amateur Santa Claus are
made, the profusion of biasing lights about
the Christmas tree and carelessness with
regard to both make a fatal combination.
Boeiallatle Strength Overrated,
Philadelphia Record.
When there la really any vital queatlon
of administration at Issue between the two
great parties In Great Britain the socialist
vote practically disappears. It is the same
way In the United States. It Is only at
times when the greater parties fall under
the control of small men and lend their
support to frivolous or dangerous projects
that lesser parties spring Into being and
attract supporters. The large socialist
vote In Pennsylvania and in other states
at the late election does not ao much Indi
cate a aerlous tendency toward soolalism
as a feeling of political uncertttude and
disappointment.
Our Birthday Book.
December 13, 1910.
John Jay, first chief justice of the United
States, waa born Pecember 12, 1745, In New
York, and died In He was associated
with Adams and Franklin In negotiating
the treaty of peace In the revolutionary
war. He nerved as chief Justloe for six
years, retiring to become minister to Eng
land. William Lloyd Garrison, the great anti
slavery leader, waa born Iecember 12, 104,
In Newburyport, Mass., and died In U79.
He was editor of the famous Liberator,
which was one of the important factors In
the anti-slavery movement.
Arthur Brtaben, editor of the New York
Journal, U 4$ yoara old today. He was born
in Buffalo, and began newspaper work as
a reporter on the New York Sun. He waa
one of the speakers t the Ad men's con
vention here in Omaha last summer.
Edward A. Koss, now professor of soci
ology in the University ef Wisconsin-, was
born December 12, lS'ifl, at Verdon, Illinois.
He was a member of the faculty of tbe
University of Nebraska several years before
going to Wisconsin. He la spending a year
In China to familiarise himself with Chinese
life and Institutions.
William K. Vanderbilt of the house of
Vanderbllt Is II. He was born on Staten
Island, and la a director of so many rail
road companies he can hardly remember
them.
lUchard Yates, former governor of 1111
nnis. Is lust CO. He waa born at Jacksonville,
and is a son of the great war governor,
and was a candidate ttr United States sena
tor. Frank A. Furay, county treasurer, was
born December 12, 1CT4, rif ht here in Omaha
He U a graduate of Crelshton university
anl was secretary of the Elks lodge before
he waa elected county trtasurer, in which
office he !a now serving his second term.
Joseph JL Wells, general agent for the
National Surety company in the Omaha
National liank building. Is 31 today. He
was born at Sedalla. Mo., but has been in
Omaha since 11)00. He is also a practicing
lawyer.
Harry C. Townsend of the Toarutend Oun
comiany la Just SO. He. was bom at Madi
son, Wis., and was In bublnrss la Colo
rado City, Texas, before coming to Omaba
two years ao to become a member of his
present firm. '
Nebraska Politics
What Kdltors of the State Press
Have to Bay ea Yarions Points
that Are Preaslnf for Attantioa
Ilowells Journal: To Victor Rnsewater
that senatorial seat that he has so long
coveted seems a long, long way off.
Tekamn Journal: It la strnns-e what a
wonderfully quieting effect th election
results produced In Jim Dahlman.
. riattsmouth Journal: "The liquor In
1 teiests have already damaged the demo
cratic party sufficiently," says Charles W.
Rryan. Maybe there are others to whom
the "sufficiency" might be attributed with
about as much force, also.
Hfaver City Times-Tribune: Judas
Norrls was re-elected to congress from
the Fifth district by 4,000 majority, "under
the banner of Insurgency" and without
I me Hi-iive support oi i no uee, ana ne ia
ably qualified to atand the abova sting
from The Bee's celebrated stinger.
Blue Springs Sentinel: it begins to loom
up that the agreement waa made to allow
Governor Shallenberger an undisputed
field among democrats for the United
States ser.atorshlp two years hence. If he
would support the ticket. The Omaha
maycr was a nauseating dose, but with
such tempting bait In eight the governor
swallowed It, but not without a few
grimaces.
riattsmouth Journal: Toulson, the man
who was imported Into Nebraska to run
the liquor dealers out of the state, says
he has enough votes In the legislature to
carry county option. He says he has
enough pledges already. If he has he has
some of those fellow who "carried water
on both shoulders" and now propose to sell
out the county optlonlsts, to whom they
owe their election. We wilt see.
Auburn Granger: Brother Blxby of The
State Journal Is still opposed to allowing
the women to vote and tries to draw a
picture of the undesirable conditions that
will follow when mothers, wives, sisters and
daughters shall cast their ballots. What Is
the matter Brother Blxby? Haven't you
recovered from the flaying by Laura Gregg
some years ago? You are on the wrong
aide of thla question without doubt
Albion News: Anent the discussion al
ready begun as to the senatorial successor
of Norrls Brown, which will be on hand
in 1912, It will be necessary to await de
velopments. If Peiator Brown has the
discernment to comprehend the desires
of his constituents, and governs his con
duct accordingly, he will surely be his own
successor. He Is located Just right geo
graphically, and has the ability to effl
cUntly represent his people. If ha doesn't
contract the disease prevalent In national
officialdom enlargement In the cranium
he Is In line for a long and useful career
as a Nebraska statesman.
Beemer Times: Benator Fred Volpp, elect.
Is quoted as saying that while he admits
that he promised to vote for an initiative
and referendum bill, he Is not in favor of
It Mr. Volpp was evidently elected on one
pretense, while making the people believe
he thought otherwise. Is this any worse
than the charge they laid at Shallenberger's
door two years ago? Mr. Volpp la also
quoted as saying that he Is In favor of re
pealing the whole primary law and going
back to the old convention system. The
are two salient points and we have our
serious doubts If he could have been elected
had he made the statement before election
day.
Falls City Journal: Three damooraUo
members Of the legislature from Omaha
are off the brewery reservation. They are
probabjy taking this way of serving notice
on the brtwer that they each need a new
automobile in the spring er a trip around
the world after their strenuous labors to
keep up a steady flow of beer at the state
house from January 1 to April 1. They tell
the brewers point blank that their votes
are doubtful on the county option queatlon.
From what has come out of Douglas county
to the loglsiature heretofore It Is not diffi
cult to guen what ails these fellows, nor
where they will land. The only thing re
remarkable about It Is that they have no
tified the public In advance of their wants,
and from whom they expect relief.
Red Cloud Commercial Advertiser:
Judge Norrls again raises tho banner of
'Insurgency" and proposes to rip things
up as soon as congress convenes. Such a
policy ought to be of great help to the
democrats. It will prevent the enactment
of any serious constructive legislation by
the republican party and leave all matters
of Importance, except the appropriation
bills, over to the body that will be dlreoted
by Champ Clark and his cohorts. Such a
commission Is the logical end of Insurgency
-Omaha Boe. The Boe is right and unless
the tide changes, Norrls and his gang of
Insurgents will elect a democratic president
no matter how distasteful the facta are
to republicans, who have fought the bat
tles of the party since ita Inception, Only
for democratic votes Norrls would now
be husking corn or pettifogging instead
of misrepresenting this district In oongress.
St Paul Republican: A business man of
this city, who by the way Is a democrat
told us this week of a story which was
told In this city by Bill Greene, then a
candidate for congreaa from this district
The gist of the story was that under free
silver, prices would go up. Unole Josh
would sell 2,000 buahela of wheat and get
80 cents a bushel for It. Hs would then
go to a bank and pay a thousand dollar
mortgage, and stick the other S& in his
pocket. Then he would go to a store, and
ask to look at a shirt The merchant
would . say "Look what you free silver
fellows have done, this shirt used to be
worth a dollar, and now I can't sell It for
less than two." and Uncle Josh was sup
posed to antiwar, "I don't care what It oosts
I have the money." This was to be ths
result of free silver. Free silver failed,
but tbe conditions described came about,
under republican administration. At the
time the story was told, the farmers of
this locality yelled and cheered. That was
exactly what they wanted. They got It. I
Now the democrats are making a political
capital of the fact that these very con- 1
ditlona do exist and farmers In Howard j
county shake ther heads and vote the !
demooratlo ticket Ws have offered, and
offer again, a cash prise of 6 for any-
one who will give a good reason why a 1
farmer should vots the democratic ticket.
Beatrice Bx press: The suggestion that !
W. H. McHuith of Omaha la being con- j
sldered by President Taft as a possible !
appointee to the supreme bench of the
I'niud eitates doea not meet with favor i
In all quarters. Mr. McHugh's record as
sn attorney for Standard Oil and for a !
number of railroads is taken to show a
leaning on his part toward the corpora- '
tlons and against ths Interesta of the peo-
pie. Insofar as those Interests conflict with
the corporations, and for that reavon some I
consider it a mistake to appoint him. The '
Fremont Tribune, In the course of a long
editorial on the subject, says: "Mr. Mo
Hugh's friends may Insist that he can as
clearly discern today the dividing line be
tween corporate wrongs and the people's
lights. It may be doubted, however,
whether any man of his career and en- :
ironmeat can be as free as he should be '
from a judicial slant in the direction' of
ths corporations. There Is much com
plaint In these days of dominating com- '
I
merclaliem that Judges lean too far toward
ths big businesses. There Is very little
assertion that the people have been too
well protected by judicial decree. The
president ought to be able to find lawyers
or Judges In the Htshth district and In
Nebraska who have records for impartial
Justice to corporations and people alike
that la as undisputed and palpable as Is
McHugh's In behalf of his corporate
clients. It would be bad bit of politic
for the president to appoint him. It would
add unnecessary fuel to the prairie fire
of the west."
riIA7ltiR IX Till! HIOII CO! It T
lailnsrei that Center Attention a
romlai Anpotajtments.
Kansas City Star.
Pack In the '70s ths supreme court held
that the state legislatures had tbe rght to
regulate railroad rates without Imitation.
In the ease of Munn against Illinois the
court remarked that "the extent of the
compensation becomes a mere fact of legis
lative discretion." Thla pr nclple was re
peated In the rase of Telk atra nst the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad. In which
the court said: "When a property has
been clothed with a public interest the
legislature may fix a limit to that which
In law shall be reasonable for Its use. The
limit binds the court as well as the peo
ple." In hla book on "Railway Problems" Trof.
W. Z. Ripley of Harvard university, who
cites the cases Just referred to, points out
that In the next quarter of a century the
court changed Its attitude completely. The
reasonableness of th late then had be
come "a question for Judicial Investiga
tion." The later decisions all hold that
evidence must be supplied to show that the
rates made by law are reasonable.
All this time the United States Constitu
tion remained the same. But In the '70s
the rates fixed by the legislatures were
constitutional, and in the '90s they weren't
necessarily so. Ths change was not In the
constitution, but In the court
These Instances are brought up to call
attention once more to th Importance that
will attach to the appointments to the
supreme bench that will he mad by Presi
dent Taft. The court has become a great
law making body. Th views of the mem
bers to be appointed under the Taft ad
ministration will affeot the legislation of
this country for years to come. Under, the
circumstances the appointment of Gov
ernor Hughes as chief Justice would be
reassuring to progressives of both parties.
CHEEKY Pi OIK FROM WlilT,
Mesaaae of Hope to Easterner In the
nam pa.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
It has remained for Benjamin F. Yoakum
of the Rock Island railroad Interests to
take a fall out of the conceit of that part
of Wall street which is sometimes Inclined
to overrate Its scope and Influence. Com
ing from a man of the Yoakum type for
he Is regarded as one of the captains of
Industry and finance his words carry more
than ordinary weight. He says:
"After crossing the Mississippi river one
rarely hears the New York stock market
referred to. Trading In securities Is not
the business of the west. The people there
are busy with their work and care little
about th stock market. It may rise or
fall ten ponlts and few know It, or, at
least pay attention to It"
Tbe Rook Iesland chief speaks by th
card, as it were, for he had been making
an extensive tour of the country through
which hi road and its subsidiary lines
pass. H has seen elevator filled to over
flowing with grain; hs has viewed bulging
corn cribs and has held converse with big
farmer. In almost epigrammatic style hu
avers that there Is just now "little stock
ticker prosperity In New York, but there Is
a good deal of prosperity In the south
west" Taking the Yoakum expressions at their
face value, th fear of slump and panic
and th prediction of dlr disaster which
have emanated and may be expected to
emanate from time to time from lairs of
speculation and from university professors
fade to a great extent, much as a fog dis
solves before sunshine. The volume and
value of recently harvested crops ia a trifle
too large to permit of th public lying
awake o' nights fretting over th future.
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Hear those distant whoop of glee? T. y,'
proceed from Senator I-orlmcr and sin . (f .
plaud Judge Baldwin's non-acceptance e
a seat next the colonel at the chamber i-i'
commerce banquet ;n New Haven.
Miss Catherine Barker of Michigan City
lnd.. becomes heir to a fortune estimate
at Mtvxi.ooo by the death of her father
John II. Barker, who was the owner o
the Haskelt-Barker Car company. Mis
Barker Is In school.
What's In a nnmet Homebody railed tij
a hotel In Chicago and asked for l'hrlstla(
W rl -a traveling man from Cleveland, tjf
Also Miss 1. Milan M. Sturm of Uu Quolrj
111., became a bridegroom Wednesday Mrf
Hoy K. Hrldenroom of 8t. I.ouis. (
Footsore, weary anil rllacourared. Frant
Hchiom, who Is w thin two years of thelf.
century mark In ace, has given up the A
quest of his daughters, which led h m tij 1
walk from New Orleans to San Francisco J
and back to Mobile, Ala. He will en
ter a 1
re to
home for aned men In that city, there
end his dnys.
Mrs. Uavld Goldstein, wife of a rich Junk,
dealer In Penver, Colo., Is thought to be
the only woman in the United States who
has gone on record as never having owned '
a bat. In a suit tor separate maintenance
she testified that, thounh her husband had
an Income pf H0, 000 a year, he refused to
buy her a hat.
There Is an open wood fireplace I
one of the thirty-six rooms of th
In vepv- j
W.
Hal e-rv
lntiton home of Senator Kugene Hale
Maine. Ur llaU'a flrj.wrw.ri ia llum H
tune anu u is cut in in fine ires siavs.
The cutting of the firewood is a ceremony
and balsam I carefully raised for that pur
pose. Whenever a tree la cut from tbe
Hale properly another I planted.
SNAPPY SMACKS.
"It was very Imtolit of you to talk so
loud at the theater "
"impolite!" replied Miss Cayenne. "You
ought to have heard what some of the ao
tora wero saying! 'Washington Star.
He: They say that tbe face Is an In-,
fx ot tho mind.
Khe: I don t know. It doesn't follow,
because a woman's face Is mad up that
her mind Is Boston Transcript.
"That snippy young architect.4' said Mr.
Muntoburn, In a towering rage, "had th .
Impudence to toll me that the ornamental
work on my garace was a fine example of
the rococo style of decorative art!"
"What reply did you make lo thetT"
"I smashed him on hi rococonut." Chi
cago Tribune.
"If a bandmaster were called on to o
gunlu an orchestra for the Ananias clu
what would be his first sleo?"
"Mure enough; what would?" "
"Naturally, to drum up all th lyre."-.
Baltimore American.
English Girl: You American girls have
not such healthy complexions as we have.
I cannot understand why our noblemen
take a fancy to your while faces.
American Girl: It 'Isn't our white faces
that attract them, my dear; It's our green
baoks. London Tit-illts.
BUSY.
The eat la buay a-waahln
HI whiskered fan an' his pawsj
i ue iuh are nusy nun letters
To old Mister Santy Claus:
Sister Is busy at Bfandels',
Where beautiful bargains are.
And motlisr Is busy at the 'phone
A-buzzln' about the basar.
Brother Is awfully busv
At oh, all sorts of things;
Sister Is busy a-practlclng
At the church, lor sister sings;
Pa Is busy ss busy can be
Puffin' at hla cigar, ...
And ma you can't pull one over on her
She's busy with that baxar.
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Tha clerk ia busy attending to
The wants of the early shopper; f
The pickpocket's busy as busy can b a
Dludlng ths glance of ths copper;
Ths poet Is extremely busy
A-gaas at hla favorite star,
But I never aaw one so busy as ma
'Mid the buss of that busy baxar.
We're all of us awfully busy
There's no use denying that fact;
But I hope there are none too busy
To do j .kind, char'tabl aot.
And If you want to help on a good f
cause r '
No matter how busy you are,
Just drop It and mingle awhile In th stir ,
And buii of that busy baxar. !
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