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CJKOHGK B. TZrfCIIUCK.
, Tieaaurar.
aibrr(b"d in my presence and aworn to
bafura 01a taia Ma ua 01 Novemuer, lulu.
M. 1'. WAIiKliU,
(Baal.) Notary fuDllc.
iurarilr aboald have The Ilea
malUd In Ihrm. AdUrraa will b
ehanaed aa often aa roq seated.
Of courae, Secretary Dickinson is
not peraonally afraid to go unarmed.
It li auapected that the weather man
la Juat trying to display hla versa
tility. . The Hornet has Bailed out of the
port of New Orleans. Now, watch
somebody get stung.
Some of those British lords do not
find as much Yule-tide cheer this time
aa in years gone by.
Wouldn't It be fine If congress
should complete the session without
waking up "Jeff" Davis?
. Have you qualified aa an early
Christmas shopperT If not, you are
In danger of being ruled out.
As if one without the other were not
dangerous enough, Aviator Latham
baa gone duck hunting in an aero
plane. .
If not careful to stay indoors Rocke
feller's and Carnegie's dove of peace
may get frost-bitten In this kind of
weather.
The cotton-clothed Santa Claua la
once more warned to keep at a safe
distance from the lighted Christmas
tree candles.
Chicago democrats may yet have to
compromise for mayor by running J.
Ham Lewis on a platform of Irides
cent whiskers.
With all the Investigations arising
from the last Illinois legislature,
Springfield Is lucky to be still the cap
ital of the state.
"Much American art is bad," de
clares Thomas Nelson Page. Yes,
even the manly art of self-defense has
fallen somewhat into disrepute.
A scientist saya the human race Is
gradually losing Its toes through dis
use. That is where the legless man
In the dime museum has it on all the
rest.
Dr. Cook baa returned once more.
If he will hurry while the cold wave
Is on he might possibly be able to lo
cate the North Pole somewhere In Ne
braska. Down In Texas they expect to eat
watermelon and drink sassafras tea
for Christmas dinner. But up here in
Nebraska we prefer the hot turkey
and plum pudding.
A bold robbery of the Sunset express
on the Southern Pacific in the very
heart of El Paso Is reported. Better
call out the school children and set
them to work on the trail.
Bees In this country are Bald to have
produced 110,000.000 In honey last
year. Another argument for peace
instead of war. They could never
have done that hunting for a fight.
Governor Sballenberger cautions
the legislature to be careful lest the
proposed Initiative and referendum
prove to be aa much of a gold brick as
the open primary. The governor I
ought to know. j
A dlsgruiuld subscriber complain that!
between the pruhlbittonUta and the bacteri-
ologlsts be is afraid of both whisky and
water Chicago Inter Ocean. '
Then boil the whisky and use gin
ger ale for a chaser.
Fruits of Our Diplomacy. (throw all responsibility for Interrup-
rrltlri.n. of the "dollar diplomacy" I ,ion of 8orv,oe on ,n plovers. Vi
pursued by Secretary of State Knox ,eM ,ne ,ucn Provision were mad
has largely erased. Congress recently i ,hp "niployrs mlRht In tlni-8 of trouble
railed for a statement to .how what. If j,ake advantRRr. nut only of their em
anythlnn. had been arton,pll8hed bv ! l,lo-veri'' under thi regulation., but
the annual expenditure of $ 1 OO.ooo 8,80 of tn" Publlr ,f hr 19
by the State department for the ad-!daner- hererore, In pre.alng the
vanrement ,J n.ir r.nin.rrlal lnt.r..Kta l,olnt of th eorporatlon a arcountabll-
abroad. and the statement was sq mon-
Omental 0a to alienee, promptly and
completely, all carping critics. Here'
Is the statement as submitted by As-I
sistant Secretary Wilson:
TluotiRh the effurts i.f the State depart-j
mint c liae secured for American ship- ;
1'uiniri.- mini rim inr 1 wo large )aiiei:ips 1 . ...
for the Argentine navy, which iil hl lK j of his fellow countrymen on the steam
here $:.',) 1 ' to (to to American wot k'nen j snP George Washington. Thus he
and lie applied to the puichsse of American i cornea back after a year's abaence, dur-
materinl. We also got contracts for rail
way equipment In Arucntin'v ninountina to
2.4''i, contracts for the ImiMinn of two
Fhlps for t'lihR, to cost about ?tMi; con
tracts for furnishing armor and armament
for the Argentine navy. amounting to
H.uurtuO; 'outruns for furnishing paper to
a large I.atln-Anierlcan newspaper,
iiniountinn to about ?"'. C"0 per annum; the
opening; up of the Hukuang" l",an agreement
In China o as to permit Americans to have
an 'ual share with the citliens of foreign
governments in financing and supplying
mate-rials for a railroad In central China,
to cost upward of I'K'.OVion; a contract for
the construction of a railway in China, to
lie financed with American capital and sup
piled In pai-t with American material, to
Bother with harbor works and other Indus
trial Improvements in .Manchuria, repre
senting an Investment of about $10,000,000.
We are also assured of succeeding in con
cluding a loan to China of tr.o.O'io.ooo, which
will greatly Improve business conditions In
China and, therefore, aid American com
merce. As compared with these results the
little $100,000 appropriation looks
like pocket change. And yet what the
policy of the department may accom
plish after a few years no one can be
gin to approximate. It Is pretty good
evidence that Secretary Knox knew
what he was talking about when he
said the resources of the State depart
ment could be thus employed to ex
tend our commercial Interests and at
the same time cement old friendships
abroad and build up new ones.
Congressional Reapportionment.
The insecurity of party lines today
should make less difficult the task of
congressional reapportionment. A
great deal Is being said about gerry
mandering, but as a matter of fact
there is less to fear from Its possibili
ties than In former years when par
tisanship was recklessly unscrupulous.
The mere routine of a reapportionment
involves an immense amount of work,
so that the task could not well be
made easy, but it should be much more
simple now than heretofore.
So far as the matter of drawing
lines with reference to political com
plexion goes. It cannot be done today
with. any. degree of certainty,. Yery
few districts may now be claimed as
exclusive ' territory by any party, ex
cept, of course, In the south, -where
the democrats carry nearly everything
by default and tradition. For these
reasons neither the democrats nor the
republicans can lay much stress on
which shall direct the work of reappor
tionment. It matters little whether
the republican majority in the present
house or the democratic In the next
has the directing control. It Is a case
where the best laid plans may "gang
aglee."
The present membership of the
house is 389. Under the conditions
of the recent census some states are
bound to lose representatives unless
the maximum of 440, possible under
the new population, is taken. Other
states, already with large representa
tion, would gain; New York, for In
stance, would gain ten over its present
number, giving It forty-seven mem
bers In the house. With some there
Is an indisposition to bring the house
membership up to 440, for fear of
making the body too cumbersome and
unwieldy. The total membership may
be limited or reduced only by Increas
ing the ratio, which always encounters
opposition.
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Public Servants.
France, long harassed by atrikea
and other labor complications, has set
about to deal with public utility cor
porations in a firmer manner. In ad
dressing Itself to Its task, the French
government takes the view that pub
lic service conipanlea "have been in
stituted for the public good, not for
the benefit of those to whom they
have been confided."
The view is a sound one- so sound,
in fact, that some public service cor
porations in the United States, them
selves, have come to accept It, not In
any spirit of philanthropy, either. A
public aervice corporation, with head
quarters in Chicago, recently Issued
a brochure in which it declared that,
not only did such corporations owe
their first obligation to the people,
but that every employe was, to an ex
tent, a public servant and that the
better public servant he was, the bet
ter public service his employer was
able to render.
No other theory is tenable, since It
is directly from the people that such
companies derive their franchise right
to do business. Therefore, the princi
ple laid down in the French proposi
tion, that "the Interruption of public
service is a crime," Is entitled to seri
ous consideration. And It may be con
sidered without reference, primarily,
to which side Is to blame for the In
terruption. Such a view emboldens
France to believe In the early solution
of its serious labor difficulties.
France proposes In connection with
this construction of the law a compul
sory arbitration system for strikes. It
is a question if It would not be essen-i,n(r of commission merchante on the!mU co","".! ,h" """"V W"h V
tial. for it might work one-sidedly toerouU(1 that th. teneflciarie. of Z'u -SuV. ZrZlU
Mi
"ha"lzp the P,nt for Americana
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well aa for Frenchmen.
Dr. Cook's Latest Ambition.
It aeems almost Ironical that Dr.
Cook should return seeking the pardon
Ing which be hss been execrated by
the public for what it conceived to be)
gross abuse of its confidence, begging
to be rehabilitated In the esteem of his
countrymen. Men do not like to feel
the blight of social ostracism. It Is
more withering than the rigors of a
Polar blast, which Cook endured with
comparative equanimity. Whether
his deception of the world was Inten
tional or not, Its penalties have
brought him to the common realiza
tion of what he has sacrificed.
Dr. Cook magnanimously tells us he
does not know what hla future plana
will be. He says he will have a state
nient supporting his veracity about the
Mt. McKlnley ascent ready later. That
however, can have little Important
effect now. The best he can expect Is
the charity of forgiveness, because no
amount of explaining or attempt at
proof from him would now convert a
majority of Americans to his cause.
Some will, of course, never relinquish
their faith In him. Yet as time passes
people may come to agree with Dr.
Cook that It la nearly, If not Impossi
ble, for any man to be certain of reach
ing the pole.
In view of this Dr. Cook's refusal
to doubt Commander Peary's story of
his achievement commends him. In
all the heat and acrimony of the con
troversy Dr. Cook never questioned
Peary's claim, though Peary flatly
denounced the doctor's. Where Cook
violently offended public opinion was
to rush precipitately to the bargain
counter to convert his exploits Into
cash. It Is difficult to get away from
this feature of the case In attempting
to mollify the feeling toward him.
Fearless Firemen.
The dreadful fire which has coat the
life of Chlcago'a Are chief and mora
than a score of officers and men of the
Chicago fire department is a forcible
reminder of the risks to which our fire
fighters In the big cities may any day
be exposed. The life of a fireman
most of the time looks to the outsider
like easy money and ft soft job, but
when the crucial moment arrives the
test is trying and severe. It Is, in
deed, a veritable ordeal of fire. The
fearless fireman, and the fearless po
liceman, too, for that matter,' takes his
life In his hands for the community be
serves, and those who enjoy the bene
fits ought to realize the cost and ap
preciate the service.
Democratic Harmony Fleas.
The bellwethers of the democratic
machine in Nebraska are just now
busily engaged In pleading with the
democratic members of the legislature
for harmony on all matters of organi
zation and program. The wet and dry
issue, on which there is a serious
division in party ranks, they are told,
should be relegated to the rear, and
the dry democrats, who are the Bryan
democrats, should be good and let the
wets rule the roost. All the drys are
entitled to Is assurance that they will
personally be treated fairly and be al
lowed to vote se live wets demand;
that the speakership divested of the
power to appoint committees is of no
importance, anyway, and should not be
permitted to become a bone of conten
tion. All of which reminds us that "fine
words butter no parsnips." The wet
democrats, who are the brewery demo
crats, doubtless wish they could make
the dry democrats, who are the Bryan
democrats, swallow these specious
arguments. If the harmony medicine
mixers really believed what they say
and put no store upon the speakership
they would let the dry democrats fur
nish the speaker for example, Mr.
Quackenbuah, whose ability and fair
ness as a presiding officer could not be
questioned. But they will do nothing
of the kind. The wets know that the
speaker, with or without the commit
tee appointments, is a valuable asset,
too valuable for them to disregard.
Party harmony demands that all the
democrats dwell In peace with one an
other, and to that end the Bryan dem
ocrats among the law-makera, as did
the Bryan democrats at the Grand
Island convention, let the machine
bosses run the show and divide the pie.
Des Moines Is the largest city in
Iowa, with ioux City second and
Davenport third. The three together
have about the population of Greater
Omaha that is to say, Omaha, South
Omaha, Dundee and Benson, which
constitute our population community.
With Mr. Bryan way off In Texas,
the little democratic bosslets expect to
have things all their own way at Lin
coln when the legislature meets. There
is no certainty, however, that Mr.
Bryan will stay In Texas Indefinitely.
He sometimes cornea bark.
The state food commissioner urges
repeal of the law requiring the bond-
llty. it Ilea In this and aerrea to
the law are the bonding companies.
If we are not mistaken, there are sev
eral other laws on our Nebraska
statute books whose presence there
can be explained In no other way and
whose absence would not be missed ;
by anyone but those who sell surety 1
bonds.
I T'" H.v of Kelfast. Ireland, owns or
Champ Clark's backbone may needi!"""" n" nU'"t railway lin.s within Its
,,, .. . . , . boundaries, with the exception of a short
examination if it be true that he ur-Mub Ilm, A. . rlH of ;,,,, 1H,ra.
rendered by the rules committee propo-j tion the rate of fare are said to be the
sltion when cornered and has also I '"west of any street railway system In the
: abandoned his cherished dream of
i driving up Pennsylvania avenue be -
hl'.id a span of mules.
fiovernor-elect Aldrlch has an
nounced practically all of his pie coun
ter Christmas presents. If anticipa
tion gives more pleasure than reallra -
tion. the expectant Job-holders should
enjoy a really happy Christmas.
The Houston Post says It has re
ceived seventeen copies of Whittier's
poems, so great Is its admiration of
the abolition poet. Now let someone
send It a de luxe edition of "Marching
Through Georgia."
Time for luhpr Thnuubt.
Chicago Record-Herald.
A big railroad strike Is threatened now.
This Is a splendldj time for sober second
thought in connection with It. Winter Is
just beginning.
lllg Hnalneaa Mtrnlnlna the I Inch.
Indianapolis News.
The steel buyers refuse to buy until
prices are reduced, and the steel trust
refuses to reduce prices, thus rousing a
susplclan that IMg Business Is not always
business.
'Tht
llowey Man Will tiet Yon."
Indianapolis News.
You aee, the trouble ! that some n ght
while we are not looking the Japs might
throw a pontoon bridge across the Pacific
and march 100.000 men Into San Francisco
before the night watchman could ring the
alarm bell. I
KavtnK Sense of Humor.
Brooklyn Kagle.
No Japanese Bcare ship ha been seen In
the western heavens. To that degree of
insanity only the British Germanlphoblans
have been reduced. There are limit, dis
tinct limits, to our trepidation, owing to
the national sense of humor.
( hainiisgne Hubbies.
Baltimore American.
Freedom of speech In this country must
be badly twisted In the Kuropean under
standing when the personal Inclination of a
member of the army or navy to shed the
last drop of his blood in behalf of the
British hi taken a committing the whole
United States government to that san
guinary policy against other nations. There
need be no International nervous prostra
tion over this verbal blood shedding.
Trouble HrrnlnK for Democrats.
Henry Watterson In Courier-Journal.
The popular vote of the 8th of November
was a vote of loss of confidence In the re
publicans, not of confidence In the demo
crats. Public opinion holds us In abey
ance. We are, so to say, a monster with
out a head or a monster with many heads
whichever way we choose to take our
selvea. "I have had my days of sorrow."
the prea'dent recently said to a demoeratlo
friend who mentioned the tariff situation,
"and you are coming to yours."
Wkr Not Abolish Postofriceaf
Chicago Tribune.
It mut be apparent to merchants who
oppose the parcels post on economical
grounds that their argument could be
transferred against an already established
government service. Why not propose the
abolition of the post department on the
ground that it affords a possible purchaser
the opportunity to end an order for 2
cer.U, whereas, if deprived of postal faclll
llec, be would be obliged to spend at least
25 cents on a telegram? We see no reason
to regard this proposal as a greater ab
surdity than the argument that the people
of tha country should not be given the ad
vantages of a reasonable parcel rate for
fear that one certain line of commerce will
be benefited.
RECALL . OF .II IMiKS.
naala of Objection to Arlaona'a ew
Constitution.
' Minneapolis Journal.
The prediction Is made that the Arizona
constitution as adopted by the convention
will be disapproved by President Taft. It
will b remembered that Mr. Taft. when
secretary of war, urg'.d the people of Okla
homa to adopt a simple constitution, lay
ing down general principles. Instead of one
containing all the Isms floating or fixed In
the public mind. Oklahoma did not take
hi advice. It adopted a constitution con
taining full Instructions to the legislature
on nearly every Imaginable subject, and
President Roosevelt with difficulty brought
himself to approve It.
Now Arlxona has gone Oklahoma one
better. It has written a very complete
code of laws into Its constitution and
capped the column with a provision for
the recall of all elected officials. As this
1 conceded to Include Judge. It Is de
clared that President Taft, who Is very
tender on tha subject of the Judiciary,
may reject the work of the constitution on
tha ground that tha recall ahould not he
applied to Judges; at least not until its
efficacy has been proved In other ways.
At the present time It looks as though
a recall hanging over a judge while ha was
hearing an Important case or engaged In
a grand Jury investigation would be In the
nature of a threat that would tend quickly
to disintegrate the Independence of tha
courts. Judges, more than any other pub
lic officials, have to wait for time to Jus
tify their acts. More frequently, and over
longer periods of time, they are misunder
stood than are the run of executive of
ficials. Hence tha danger of the recall as
applied to them.
Our Birthday Book.
Seoamber 84, 1S10.
Matthew Arnold, English poet ar.d crltlo.
woa born December II, 18!2, at Middlesex,
England, and died In 1W. He was tha
alder ton of Dr. Thomas Arnold, tha fam
ous European teacher, and was hlmaeir
professor of poetry at Oxford for ten years.
Rev. Adolph Hult, pastor of the Swedish
Lutheran church, was born December 24,
18-9. at Mollne, III. lie began hla min
istry In Chicago In 1M9 after graduating
from the Autfu.tajia Theological seminary
at Hock Island. He wrote a most Interest
ing series of travel letters for Trfe Bee a
year ago while he was touring Europe
Eiall J. Prohaska, clerk in the freight
claim department of the Burlington at
Omaha, is Juat 36. Ma was born in Bohe-
In Other Lauds
Slda Xdrbts on What la Trano
plrinf Among- tua Xaar and
I"ar nations of tha Earth.
world. Financial results are eouallv aratl
. fvlnir The Mn,i-.i ....... . ,
1 ending -Mnrch .11 i.t .h.. . .t.i of
4;..H7.,"..il passengers carried and receipts
of lJk.7, The operating expenses were
$."1.4'.I0. leaving an operating profit of
I4i3.17!.v. After deducting various sums
for leases. Income and other taxes and ex
tension fund, the net profit was 1225. iStf.
. hlch was distributed among three funds
sinking, depreciation and statutory re
serve. Fare for a ride of limited length at
any time of the day la 2 cents up to 8 a.
m. A male passenger may ride the whole
length for t cents and purchase a return
ticket for the same amount good at any
hour. This privilege Is extended to female
passengers up to 9 a. m. Children under
14 year of age ride at half fare at all
times. A feature of striking Importance
detailed In the report Is the plan for ex
tension of lines. The authorities have
mapped a comprehensive scheme of de
velopment coerlng a period of twenty
years, based on the probable growth of the
city. The annual extension will approxi
mate ten miles, and will continue year
after year until the system planned Is
completed, giving all sections of the city
fair and equal transportation, with no one
section favored at any time over the
other. Authority for these extensions has
to be secured by act of Parliament. Bel
fast Is one of the forty cities In the Cnlted
Kingdom demonstrating the success of
municipal ownership of street railways.
Twenty-two of the forty pay over large
sums every year for reduction of local
taxes, while eighteen absorb profits In
reduced fares. Hut there are fifty-four
other British cities In which municipal
line have not been profitable, owing to
poor management and excessive cost of
purchased power.
A defensive movement In France against
the revolutionary policy of trade unionism
represented by the Genera! Confederation
is growing apace. The other n ght a great
meeting waa held in Taris under the aus
pices of the central committee of defense,
and waa attended by 4,000 employers of
commercial. Industrial and agricultural
labor. Twenty-four Important business as
sociations sent delegates. Speeches were
delivered by M. Mlllon. president of the
Comlte d'Allmentatlon Parislenne; M.
David Mennet, member of the Comite de
l'l'nlon des Hyndlcats Patronaux des Indus
tries Textiles de France: M. de Fontgal
laud. president of the Fnlon du Bud-est des
Syndlcats Agrlcoles, and M. Raymond Poln
ca'.re, ex-minister of finance. M. Polncaire,
while recognizing the legitimate sphere of
trade unionism, denounced the lawlessness
with which It had become Identified, and
regretted that the chief creators of the
wealth of France, the agriculturists, the
traders, and the Industrialists, had not yet
adequately organized themselves against'
the new forces of disorder and destruction.
Resolutions were adopted In favor of a con
sideration of Industrial, commercial and
agricultural Interests in future legislation.
and demanding securities for the regular
working of the public services, for liberty
of labor and the sanctity of contract.
Major Eyoub Babrt Bey, one of tha
heroes of the July revolution, who is
chief guardian of the deposed sultan of
Turkey, Abdul Hamld, has been Inter
viewed by a correspondent of a Paris
paper, and he tells of the wasting away
of the aged autocrat. Abdul suffers from
Insomnia and is in an almost constant
state of melancholia. One of the reason
for this is the impossibility of supplying
him with all the artificial light he needs.
At Tlldlz he had always been accustomed
to the nightly flare of 4,000 gas lamps
and ,000 electrlo lights. He had, in fact,
a mania for this sort of Illumination, so
that now he Is reduced to a few score of
electric lights In all he feels his position
keenly. He has become morose and taci
turn, and a prey to some terrible anxieties.
Ha often sits all night in his room be
fore an open window looking in the direc
tion of Constantinople.
Senor Debroux, the socialist deputy repre
senting Barcelona, whose Impeachment for
complicity in the attempt to assasinate ex
Premier Maura has been demanded at
Madrid, 1 one of the most unscrupulous
and dangerous agitators In Spain. On the
day before the strike In Barcelona In July,
last year which led to the appalling out
break In which convents were burned and
the mob behaved with unbridled brutality,
Senor Debroux' newspaper. El Progresso,
published an Inflammatory article headed
"Remember!" recalling the fact that the
day was the anniversary of the burning
of many convents by the antl-clerlcs In
1S35, and regretttlng tha the time were
so degenerate that no repetition of such
a thing waa likely now.
A reason for the unwavering loyalty of
Wale to the policy of mending the House
of Lords Is to be found In the report of the
Welsh Church commission to the British
Parliament. Of 1,8t'i4.6aa people In Wales
above 3 year old the established church
has 193.0KI communicants and tha noncon
formists 6,'iO.ZSO. Yet the 660,000, and the
millions more who are of no church or
loosely connected, are taxed to support the
church of the 193, 0M. 'And the lords, In
cluding twenty-six archbishops and bish
ops, fight Welsh disestablishment as they
fought Irish disestablishment.
Boosters of a big navy In Japan have a
more delicate and ins.nuatlng way of luring
the hesitant yen from the populace than
the "scare" methods In vogue among occi
dental navies. It is tactfully put not as a
matter of rivaling any other power, but
simply as a ma Iter of keeping up with the
naval styles. iJuit year's warships are aa
out of data aa last year's Parla hat; ona
really must be a little more in the fashion.
Thua whatever la needed In the way of
new shlpa can be had without offense to
the most delicate susceptibilities.
KCOSOMY I FACT AN THKOHY.
Secretary MaeYraak'a Hefleetioae oa
Senator Aldrtrh'a Claim.
Harper's Weekly.
Economy and retrenchment In the public
service la a policy which nobody opposes,
and which of late has been coming in for
a rather extraordinary amount and fervor
of endorsement. It ha been left for Sec
retary Mac Yeagh, who usually says some
thing In hi annual reports, to point out j
that there may be danger to the policy It
self In overstresslng Its possibilities. Com
menting on the famous claim of Senator
Aldrich that the government's business
could be carried on for trtoO.ooo.OuO less than
It Is, the siM-rttary remarks that while peo
ple believe such enormous savings as that
to be possible, they feel little Interert In
such savings aa. Id fact, ara possible; anil
he very plainly Indicates that ha thinks
the stnator'a c laim pre pt.steroua. lie says:
"Whin it la the fact that tha eutii or-
dinar) expenditures of tha government laM
year were less than S'-y.oeo.ooo, and when
a great part of those expenditures I" not
renin ioie si an, as. xor example, toe in
terest on the debt and th pensions, one
can readily see that there probably Is not
much more than JJ.oOO.ovi gross left on
which to save $otvoi.i. Now. to effect a
saving of HW.nv.OoO when the whole ex
pndlture amenable to any saving Is
ii,n is not easy.'1
The secretary's point appears tu be well
tuken. and his plaintive appeal for encour
agement to those men In the departments
who are attemotlna practicable but not
I maKnif Icene economies appear to lie rea
sonable. Fragulllty and saving are. In fact,
hardly even magnificent. That quality
belongs to the other thing.
HKI OtiMI(l TIIK INKY IT AIM.:.
Distribution of Anlhorltr tn House of
llepresenlnllrea.
New York Tribune.
The Hon. Champ Clark surrendered
gracefully to the Inevitable when he an
nounced that he would favor the creation
of a committee on committees or some
other method of divesting the speaker of
the house of representative of the power
to make committee appointments. It is
doubtful whether Mr. Clark could have
seriously contemplated the retention under
democratic rule of the one-man method of
house control which he denounced o vigor
ously when practiced under republican rule.
To succeed Mr. Cannon and at the same
time surrender a large share of political
perquisites which Mr. Cannon enjoyed
might seem a personal hardship, but Mr.
Clark Is a good enough philosopher and
politician to realize that in abandoning the
overlordshtp which former speakers have
exercised he only yields what the voter
have clearly Indicated that they desire no
future presiding officer of the house of
representatives to posses.
The house has already partly accustomed
Itself to a large measure of self-government.
It has done better work under the
new system than It did under the old, and
no political leader or political party could
afford to attempt to reverse the hands of
progress and go back to the absolutism
which fell at last of Its own dead weight.
The senate gets along well enough naming
its own committees and there is no reason
why the house should not be able to ap
portion the committee chairmanships.
Greater responsibility and less servility will
result from a distribution of authority, and
the leaders who recognize conjointly the
power or selection and promotion are much
more likely to deal fairly with the various
elements in the house membership than
one man. forced by tradition and the neces
sities of his situation to parcel out the
best places on the committees largely as
personal- rewards.
TIIK "DBID HAM)" l AMKItK V"
Some Hemarka on the Proposed
"Rockefeller Fonndntlon.'
New York World.
Because of objections made to the bill
Incorporating the Rockefeller foundation
a first Introduced, Senator Calllnger has
modified It to meet objections by limiting
Its term to 100 years and the sum It may
hold to 1100,000,000.
Congress numbers many able lawyers,
well read In history, who know what havoc
mortmain works. There Is probably no
country In Europe or Iatln America where
Catholic statesmen have not been forced
to "nationalize" religious trusts. Thla In
as true of monarchic and "most Chris
tian" Spain as of republican Portugal.
In England the sequestration of abbey
lands is ancient and forgotten, but recent
years saw the Hobhouse commission ending
or putting to public use many ancient
trusts which had become folly; as where
the London guilds were squandering tj00,
000 a year on feasts and wasting or using
for personal benefit even larger sums. Tha
gross misuse of the Oxford university en
dowment Is a continuing warning to gener
ous American founders. To give an example
more grotesque, the health measure that
abated the famous free dogs of Constanti
nople confronted the young Turks with
ancient legacies under the "wakf" laws for
feeding these dog forever.
Money tied up grows like a snowball at
compound Interest. Land devoted to chari
ties may enhance In value, a In the case
of the Sailors' Snug Harbor property
until It Is not easy to spend the Income.
Law reformer In all lands have agreed
that It 1 not public policy that trusts
should be Interminable. The millionaire who
would seek from beyond the grave to di
rect indefinitely the use of his hoarded
galna finds not only the whole nature of
events against him. but constantly
strengthening principles of positive law.
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POLITICAL DRIFT.
owing to the liasty getaway of s-t i-..
from Washington. Senator t.orini -r
' while Chiiktinaa" Is put off tr n c.u
A dec s on bv a Philadelphia ioum ,
validating a recent Issue of bonds dlil m '
disturb the Christmas spirit of the ci
authorities. They've got the monv an !
are spending It freely.
On his arrival at Sealle the other di.
lames J. Illll brushed a few gobs of pi
from his whiskers nn.l remarked to ths
reporters: "Theodore Roosevelt, poor fc'
low; 1 know him well; he has no contro'
over himself."
(lovernor-elect Crucc of Oklahoma in
clines to tog tip In a dress suit to nttfn l
sn Inaugural bull and the function Is likelv
to be abandoned. The governor s w'll n
to go the limit of a "titled" hlrt. but .
spiked-tailed coftl never!
As an Incentive to the bos to rallv s'
the 110 feast nt Baltimore i n Andy Jack
son's day. word Is passed around the
dress suits will be permitted, but the wear
era wil be grouped around the rear lallr
and everyday clothes given choice seals
Samuel W. Moore of Atlantic Citv Is an
unhappy man, though he was recentl
elected coroner by a big maiorlty. lie was
preparing to take charge of the office when
the secretary of state notified him tb
election was a mistake, and the old coroner
holds on another year.
Governor Kbertiart of Minnesota went ail
the way to Washington to send home wor.l
that he would be pleased to represent the
Gopher state :n the I'nlted States senate
In place of Senator Clapp. The governor
Is waiting for word from Senator Knute
Nelson before breaking Into the race.
Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey Is showing so much "pernicious
activity" in the senator al campaign that
Janvs Smith, Jr., democrat, fears the re
sult "will be (Usual ruu.i to p.irty solidarity."
Mr. Smith is a party boss and hunkers for
the senntorshlp. both of which the Prince
tonian progressive cruelly ridicules.
SMILING LINES.
"Haven't you a worse soiled dollar bill
than that?" asked the shop glii, with elub
orate politeness.
"Yes, miss,'' answered the customer.'
but I've been savin' It fur some chap thai
wants to borry a dollar." Chicago Tribune
"I understand that the appointments
the wedding were very costly Indeed.'
if
"Cosily! I should say there were costly.
Why, the old shoes they threw after the
bride were genuine leather." Puck.
"I don't want my son to marrv you.
my dear young woman. You know you
have Insanity In your family."
"Oh. that makes no difference. Your son
Is Just crazy ubotit me.'- Baltimore Ameri
can. "Blffers is a financial optimist."
"How Is that?"
"He always tells you he Is going to pay
Interest on the little sums he borrows and
forgets." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hewitt Does the climate agree with your
wife?
Jealtt That's more than I'd expect of
any climate The Smart Set.
Mrs. HewilguH Absalom, you oughtn't to '.
be so crusty. A man's disposition paints
iself in his face. j
Mr. Ilewiigus Then you ought to trv to
sweeten my disposition Instead of nagging
me perpetually If you want to save ntv
face. Chicago Tribune.
"Wrong Ideas of life, has he?"
"Yes. He thinks a J5 bill was made to
be changed." Harper's Bazar.
What
erlA.I I ho ...........
ing warm, "restrains our progress at evetv
step? What holds us back when we would
go forward? What prevents us from talc
ing long strides to our goal?'
Ing warm
..... n..'.iinii t.intiii, tax
And a voice In the crowd veiled,
hobble skirt!" Baltimore American
The.
"CHLLLUN, HEAD 'IM OFF!"
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
Ol' Man Sandy Claus a-comin'
Chlllun. head "1m off!
Hear dem wagon wheels a-hummln"?
Chlllun. head im off!
Ills face is black
Ez de chlmbly-back.
An' he come wld de drum an' de Jumpln -Jack,
An de mostest things In his Chr stmns
Chlllun. head im off!
Nail yo' number on de do'
Chlllun, head im off! ;
Fr'en' ter de young, an' de ol' sn' po' '
Chlllun. head 'im off!
He stayed away
Fer dn longest dav,
Twel de chllluns 'lowed dat he loi' his
way;
But be comln' now wld de hip, hoorav!
Chlllun, head im off!
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