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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Hate of Nebraska. Douglas County, at.
rwlght Williams, circulation manager of
Tha Ree Publishing- Companv. Heine; duly
sworn, says that tha actual number of full
and complete copies ef Tha Dallv. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Baea printed during
tha month of December. lil'J, waa as foi
ls wa:
... 43,870
44.00
43, KO
4 4S,nO
'.43,470
43,43"
4,tM
43,8.
M.MO
43,400
11 44,380
11 43,080
II 43,400
14 -4,330
II 43,070
M 43,680
Total
Returned Copies..
IT 43,010
II 40
it v-4ao
10 43.000
II 43,040
II 44400
II 4M
24 44,090
IB 44,060
tl 44,400
ST 44,250
tl 4B.8S0
It 43,090
SO 43,680
1 43,040
. ,.1,360,700
. . . 11,403
Net Total 1,344,387
Diily Average 43,304
DWIOHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager.
Suhaorlbed In my presence and worn to
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HUBtltl' liUNTEK,
Notary Public.
IMtrarlly ehoalal ktrt Tha Hee
walled to them. Address will he
cheated .. .f,.n reque.ted. '
Don't fall to land at the Land show
South Omaha's new charter bill haa
a recall attachment. That a good
place to try It.
Dr. Woodrow Wilson waa not at the
Baltimore banquet. Evidently fore
saw the deluge.
The Baileys seem to hitch more to
Harmon than to Wilson as the next
democratic candidate.
A coal mine In Chile extends three
miles under the ocean. That Is what
might be called watered stock.
i
The secretary of the treasury says
there is a great demand for paper
money. Yes, or any other kind.
And be is the same Mr. Dlx the New
York World declared would be "a gov
ernor free from all entangling alli
ances." Clone inspection has revealed a re
publican member of the Texas legtala
ture. He was alive up to last ac
counts. A few good, stiff penitentiary sen
tences for convicted .hold-ups would
unquestionably help the situation here
In Omaha.
Someone aska why have they stop
ped naming horses January. Proba
bly because they wanted to reserve the
name for mules.
In tbla race to the poor house both
Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Rockefeller had
a few dollars left when the last show
down was made.
About the next thing we will hear
between this Hackenschmldt and
Gotch will be another "Please, Mr.
Gotch, I give up."
Dr. Cook declares he turned down
proffered contracts amounting to
$1,000,000. He also said he discov
ered the North Pole.
Vice President Sherman recently
presided over a session of the Salva
tion Army. The senate nowadays
does give a man a taste for action.
Of course, If by chance Walter I.
Smith should slip-up ou that judge
ship, Nebraska continues to stand
ready to help the president fill the bill.
The "best dressed woman" in New
Yolk, who admits she spends $100,
000 a year on her attire, has just mar
ried an ex-policeman. Probably tired
of the habit.
All this talk against "tipping" is like the
talk against war. A man will tip If he
Wants to and generally whether no wunls
to or not.-Philadelphia limulrer
Kspeclally if he happens to be in
clined to be tipsy.
Oue thing in favor of the Oregon
plan of choosing United States sena
tors, it does not inflict the legialaturo
In joint session with a succession of
speeches from "also rans" explaining
how it happened.
Our newly elected aenator promises
to be vigorous in upholding the prin
ciples and polit ies of the democratic
party, but In no narrow partisan way. nearly running you out of your house.
By this he doubtless means that ha I why should he not be promptly re
fill vote as be pleaaee whenever the j ported and aeaessed all the way from
democratic caucus does not tell him '$25 to $50?
what to do. It ! the most novel way of cotu-
Restricting Immigration.
A measure Is before congress pro
posing once more an educational test
for Immigration. It has some stout de
fenders, and equally strong opponents.
Among the latter In Dr. Charles W.
Kllot, former president of Harvard,
who addresses a letter to the house
setting forth reasons why congress
should hesitate to impose such a test.
or to proceed hastily with any action
restricting Immigration. 4r. Kliot
meets the arguments set up on moral,
physical, social, religious, commercial
and educational lines In order, declar
ing:
All attempts to exclude healthy and hon
est lmmlgnnts are Inconsistent with the-.
rightful generosity of freemen toward peo
ple who wish to he free.
It Is difficult to get sround this
self-evident proposition. Not so many
generations ago, all Americans were
Immigrants to this great land of equal
rights and popular government. But
aside from ethical consideration, the
chief fault with the educational test
Is that it Is not a true test. Exacting a
certain degree of learning, of every
alien admitted to our shores will not
exclude Immoral and diseased persons.
nor keep out any really dangerous
classes. All the moral and physical de
linquents are not Illiterate, any more
than are all the Illiterates immoral
and unhealthy. It Beema useless to pro
ceed with consideration of the fact
that we need labor In this country and
still look to our immigrants for the
supply.
Objection has been made to the
alien w ho comes to this country, illiter
ate perhaps, for the purpose of ac
cumulating money and returning in
a few years to his native land. Where
Is the objection? If he comes here an
Illiterate, penniless man and. In a few
years, returns with a working knowl
edge of our language and a fair com
petency, is not that all the proof re
quired of. his worthiness as a citizen
of this or any other country? Ameri
cans have profited by his work and his
example. The sponsors of this educa
tional test proposition are simply using
it as an excuse to cloak their eager
ness to shut out aliens for no reason
whatever except that they are aliens.
Alaska's Revenues.
In the course of a debate In the
house recently Representative Wicker
sham of Alaska called attention to the
fact thaj that territory pays Its first
cost every year out of its fisheries
alone. The total salmon trade last
year amounted to $13,000,000. "If
this house was not so absolutely and
densely Ignorant of the value of
Alaska we could get a little road that
would add very much to Its develop
ment and make a great American state
of one little community larger than
the state of Illinois surrounding the
Idltarod," he said, i
Whether Mr. Wlckersham'o stric
tures upon the house fairly define its
Intelligence of Alaskan resources or
not,, congress needs to address Itself
more specifically to the problem of the
territory's development. Wo find that
in addition to ita $13,000,000 salmon
crop last year it produced $20,000,000
worth of gold. Here are Only two
Items. It haa scores of others produc
tive of other millions every year. Its
coal fields, for instance, comprising
some 1,200 square miles in area, are
beyond power to estimate in vajue.
Its timber and other minerals, to say
nothing of lta soil fertility, are ele
ments of untold' wealth. The trade
of Alaska to the United States last
year is said to have come to $50,000,
000. Yet no systematic effort has
been made to develop that trade. If
these figures are correct they only sug
gest the wonderful possibilities that
lie in definite development.
The president took the pains to
send two cabinet officers to Alaska
last summer to study conditions. It
is to be hoped that before long con
gress will adopt some specific plan of
expansion that will throw open to the
people of thl8 country the wealth of
Alaska, bo much needed now. One of i
the first things necessary is the work
ing out of the president's Idea of a
new form of government for the ter
ritory. It is not necessary that It be
converted into statehood at once.. But
it is certain that the long-range regu
lation It Is receiving now from Wash
ington la not the sort of government
It most needs.
Politeness by Law.
The Missouri legislature proposes a
measure fining railway agents from
$25 to $50 for not answering civil
questions. That is a new and novel
idea. The Buffering public had prob
ably despaired of ever redressing its
grievance against the haughty railw ay
agent, but here is a way out so simple
and direct, one wonders it was not
thought of long ago. Now, let a rail-
way agent fail to answer the next
J woman who aska him if the train stops
head-end first, if be dare. It would
only take a few refusals to eat some
thiug of a hole Into the pay check of
the average agent. That question, then,
may be regarded as settled, solved.
But proceeding to the next, why gntl-saloonists have time and again
should thia law not be applied to i loosed upon the community profes
others in various lines of public ser- gional criminals and known Jail-birds
vice1. Why not the street car men, the i to 6wear other people Into prison. Re
bank clerks, the fellows who hide be- ' formers who have to stoop ao low can-
hind the box office at theaters apd
even the autocrats that gas and tele
phone and electric light companies
send to make repairs in homes why
not include these, too? When
a gas
man refuses to tell
you whether he
ran smell the gas escaping when it is
pelling this class of people to be polite
that has yet been suggested. Missouri
I)rs ' shown" the way and placed the
rest of the country deeply in its debt.
Hut Just the same, there is call for
complaint and criticism at the Intoler
ant manner some minor employes of
public service corporations display to
ward the people to whom, indirectly.
they owe their means of livelihood.
'erhaps Missouri Is none too early In
this field of legislation.
Carrying it to the Limit.
While the wave for" more direct
forms of government Is on, attention
is ctalmed for a measure proposed in
South Dakota entitled "A Constitution
for Regulation of. Political Party Pro
cedure," which Is, by all odds, the
most elaborate and carefully-worked-out
scheme of popular rule that has
been devised. The plan Is proposed
by its author, R. O. Richards, In the
form of a petition to the legislature
Invoking the Initiative and referendum
for its submission as an amendment
to the state constitution, and it makes
up a printed pamphlet, in small type,
covering nineteen large pages.
The value of the primary to make
sure of popular nomination is not
only recognized In thia scheme, but Is
also extended to every part of the
party organization, to the endorse
ment of all elective party candidates,
to choosing to all appointive govern
ment positions other than postmaster,
to nomination of postmasters In each
town, and to the party recall by which
any public officer, elective or ap
pointive, may be forced to resign if
adjudged' by his own party to be re
calcitrant to his party's pledges. This
South Dakota proposal Is for a closed
primary so far as being confined to
participation by enrolled menibera of
the renpective parties, and also sub
stantially closed In the matter ot In
discriminate petition filings that Is
to say, while there may be Inde
pendent candidates seeking norrilna
tion of their volition, at least two
sets of named are to be on the primary
ballot arranged in slates made up by
separate elective representative pri
mary committees, in other words,
the South Dakota proposal takes cog
nizance of the customary possession
by every political party of at least two
factions, and in this way endeavors
to help the factions fight it out be
tween them. The whole party organ
ization from top to bottom Is to be
chosen by direct primary, but the rep
resentative feature is reintroduced In
vesting certain committees with au
thority to speak for the party in en
dorsing candidates for appointive po
sitions, state and federal, whose en
dorsement is to be final upon the ap
pointing officers under penalty of re
call and enforced resignation.
This remarkable primary election
scheme is here cited by The Bee, not
for the purpose of holding It up to our
Nebraska people as the perfection of
law-making, but as indicating how far
the principles of direct government
through the initiative and referen
dum, direct primary and recall as con
trasted with representative govern
ment could be carried, and to how
wide a field it could he applied If we
really get to work in earnest to follow
It out to Its utmost extremes.
Projecting; Champ Clark.
If Mr. Bryan prompted Theodore N.
Bell to launch Champ Clark's presi
dential boom at that Baltimore love
feast, as la being inferred, bo may
have been a bit precipitate. But per
haps the Nebraskan felt that this
might be one way of compensating for
his own absence, thus being "present in
spirit if not in person." It should be
notice enough to the conservatives not
to make the egregious error of reckon
ing without their host when they come
to lay their plans for the battle next
year.
The premature announcement by
Mr. Bryan's intimate friend Is partlcu-
I larly interesting as showing Mr.
Bryan's vacillation between the two
Missourlaus, Folk and Clark. Folk, of
course, Is not in power and has to
bis record a defeat for the senate,
while Clark la on the high wave of
success, so far as office-holding goes.
As speaker of the house, he will be
come the nominal leader of his party.
It is not strange, therefore, though
quite interesting, to find Mr. Bryan
casting his lot for Clark. There was
never any doubt of Bryan's preference
for a western man. It will be remem
bered that he voted for Cockrell of
Missouri In the 1904 convention. The
rehabllltators of the party, therefore,
have their cue so far as Mr. Bryan is
; concerned and should govern them-
selves accordingly.
j TT
The disiloaure In court of the last
J exploit of our anti-saloon sleutha in
hiring a lad of barely 18 years and
furnishing him with $2 day to Im-
blbe booze bought from liquor dealers
suspected of Belling out of hours
draws attention again to the ques
tionable methods employed in the pre
tended cause of reform. These same
not be Imbued with very high prin
ciples. Our suburban neighbors in Benson
do not hesitate to call on Omaha's Ore
department for help when threatened
with conflagration, and our fire fight
ers are glad to respond. If Benson
were part of Omaha, however, It
could tall upon our Are department
as of right and not as of favor. Oth
erwise It might call some day at a
1
time when the Omaha fire flghtets
were busily engaged elsew here.
If all those constitutional amend
ments presented In our Nebraska leg
islature are submitted for popular
ratification the official ballot at the i
next general election will look like the
Oregon checkerboard without even
waiting for the initiative and refer
endum. The latest In Kansas is a bill before
the legislature proposing a fine of
from $25 to $50 on any woman caught
"In public" with dresses not below the
patella. Is that a knock on the stage,
or have the women of Kansas some
styles the rest of us do not know
about?
Dr. Van Dyke Is quoted as saying he
would rather be a kitten and cry
"mew" than be "one of thoRe law
mungers." So would most, anyone
else. But why be a lawmunger, what
ever that is?
On the second round Mayor "Jim"
secured confirmation of his appoint
ment of a new plumbing inspector.
Mayor "Jim" must have known that
he would win with two throws.
The consoling feature about the
man with three wives leaving for
South America because of our "intol
erable" laws here Is that we can afford
to lose htm.
"The Romance of the Railroad" Is
the subject of an article In a western
contemporary, it is the most prag
matic little romance ever heard of,
too.
Vile Canard.
Indianapolis News.
What's that? Charges of corruption In
Mr Cannon's home county? Impossible!
Isn't he elected every time?
Mlahty Test of Prayer.
Houston (Tex.) Post (dent.).
We have a hunch that some champion
ship records In foolplaylng are about to
be made, and we are on our knees Invoking
the fostering care of the Lord for, the
democratic party.
Bryan Acoesed of Hetlrlnst.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mr. Bryan's absence from the democratic
celebration at Baltimore. In view of the
circumstances under which It occurs, must
be regarded as equivalent to Mr. Bryan's
relinquishment of any leadership of the
democracy as a party, and as expressing
hl preference to lead Its radical faction
merely.
tVanriera of the Age.
Chicago rost.
Some tine ago the British House of
Lords almost agreed slightly to reform It
self, and now It Is proposed by some of the
memberapf the United States senate to
pass a law providing for the election of
senators by the direct votes of the people.
We are living In a wonderful age. Posi
tively nobody can tell what may happen
next.
Nervy Claim of the t'nflt.
Philadelphia Ledger.'
The moat conspicuous applicant for the
Judgshlp In Chicago's new court of do
mestic relations la Municipal Judge Hop
kins. His especial ground , of fitness, he
contends, is the fact that he is a bachelor,
a "disinterested part," an onlooker as re
gards marital atrne and inrellclty, a man
whose unbiased Judgment haa not been
warped by the feeling of a husband or
father. He has shown that he cannot
think clearly or he would have known that
his bachelorhood la the strongest and best
evidence, patent to all women, of his aver
sion for woman.
POINTS ON PASSING EVENTS.
Buffalo Express: The audacity of some
thieves la quite beyond understanding. In
New York, for Instance, someone walked
of with a wagonload of cheese. Still It
ought to be eaay for the sleuths to find
the scent. '
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Fifty thousand
Americans are going to Kngland this sum
mer to see King George crowned. The rest
of us can see It for a nlckle at some pic
ture show a little later. That Is. If we
care to waste one nlckle that way.
Pittsburg Dispatch: The aultan of Sulu
gives It out that the United States Is one
of the greatest countries of the world.
Suspicions to that effect were widely en
tertained; but for the sultan's kind verifi
cation he should be given whatever he
wants.
Chicago Tribune: Mr. Kdlson, who has
taken enough time between invention to
acquire a strangle hold on the monetary
problem, assures us that the Increased pro
duction of gold is about to kill off that
metal as a standard of value. Mankind,
therefore. Is up against a Debs revolution
and financial chaos.
Baltimore American: A gallant western
court haa decided that a man can darn
his own socks if he plenties, but that he
cannot do It on the front Iswn by way of
calling the attention of the neighbors to
his wife's neglect of his personal comfort.
Huch a man is reprehensible In not joining
forces in the first place with somu'wotnun
who is willing not to cay pining for the
dance of exchanging the glory of the
limelight for the humbler dfllgliti of sock
darning.
People Talked About
Nat Uoodwln, aged o-l. Buys It Is abmird
to think that a man of his age would call
a dimnled little chorus girl "baby dofl."
jy Andrew, all hi- life a blacksmith,
has arranged for the no tion of a granite
monument representing a huge anvil. This
will mark his lust resting pi a. e In the
Lancaster cemetery. Huntington, Ind.
Charles H. Johnson, the new democratic
I'nlted Htates senator from Maine. Is 6.'
years of age. and the length ot his active
service in the councils of his party is in
dicated by the fait that he was Its can
didate for governor twenty years atio.
The foreigners who criticise America are
legion, but at last one foreigner has had
the graciousness to pral.se the I'nilud
Slates without stint. He la the sultan of
eiulu, who recently paid ua a isil. Inci
dentally the sultan enjoys a respectable
pension from the I'ntted Kiaies govern
ment. Miss Ana KiUa Hea' h. said to be the old
est "newtglri" in the I nlted Htates. fin
ished her fifteenth year as a paper Keller
at Montclair, N. J , recently. Miss tiea h.
who la 70 years old. covers a route ot
right miles, serving more than l' custo
mer. In fifteen years, regardless of win
ter B rold or summer s heat, she h le
tramped the country load.
The Bee's Letter Box
Contribution on Timely Bnbieete
Vol Exceeding Two Hundred Words
Are Invited f rem Oar Header.
t'ebaloaa.
OMAHA. Jan. 1. 1911. -To the rMltor of
The Hee: Permit me and my comrades s
little Space In your columns. I have noted
In three or four newspapers In the esst
quite a vlgnroiis kick ssalnst the late ac
tion of congress In pasnlng the 8ulloway
bill, which raises the pension of veteran:"
of the civil and Mexican wars. These ed
itors seem to be frightened over the fact
that It will cnuse a draft on the treasury
of some .ono.m In excess of the present
spproprlstlon. One of these papers speaks
In high praise of one gentleman who op
posed the bill. To old soldiers this looks
to be very unwarrsnted. Have these men
forgotten that It Is forty-six years since the
war closed? ' That It has been half a cen
tury since these veterans, then bna. en
listed In the srmy snd successfully fought
to Its close the bloodiest war ever known?
Have they forgotten that It was over a
quarter of a century after the close of the
war before any except those Injured In the
line of duty received ft cent of pension?
Do these congressmen recall the fact thst
only a few years ago they voted them
selves SS.utin per year excess salary? Have
they any Idea of how an old. unfortunate
veteran of iO years lives on $15 per month?
How he pays for house rent, fuel and the
few necessaries of life?
One of the editors referred to goes so
far as to call the bill the "climax of scsn-
dal In pension legislation." I will not say
such men are not patriots, that they do
not love their country, but I will venture
the assertion that any one of them would
have been unwilling to stand at Gettys
burg and take the chances of living for
thirty minutes In front of Pickett's charge,
or the battle of Cold Harbor, where lo.ono
men fell Inside of sixty minutes, or to
have endured the hell of the Hornet's Nest
at Bhiloh on April 6, 1M2, or to endure the
awful misery of prisoners of war through
which the soldiers of '61 and '65 passed.
Mr. Kdltor, if thofe boys In blue, fair of
face and form, that were slain on the bat
tlefields of the southland, or those who en
dured the tortures of prison pens, burled,
thousands of them. In unknown graves,
could lift the turf from above their mould
ering bones and come forth sheeted In
whiteness, what a mighty army it would
be to testify against the action of those
men who would deny to the members of
the Grand Army this additional recogni
tion of the valuable service rendered by
them to this government, the greatest of
all republics, rich In all the resources Im
aginable that go to make a people great.
lt me call the attention of these ob
Jecters to the funeral procession that Is
passing: One hundred of these veterans
pass away every twenty-four hours, 3,mo
every, thirty days, 36.600 every year. At
this rate the pay roll will be $11,000,000 less
next year than this. The year following
$15,000,000 less, and so on until a few years
have passed, and the Grand Army of the
Republic will all be sleeping In those
"green tents whose curtain never outward
swings." It is for the men who now live
and who represent a nation these men
saved and have helped to make great to
say what shall be done to make the sun
set of their lives a little brighter, to add
Just a little cheer to the humble home in
which they are ending their days.
We blush for the men who claim a place
I the party of Lincoln, Grant. Garfield
and McKlnley and who sit In congress by
tha grace of that party and who vote "no"
on the Sulloway pension bill.
VTa trust that The Bee and the press of
Nebraska will stand with the St. Ixu!s
Globe Democrat and most of the press of
the nation In support of congress, which
i on tha final vote gave 160 majority to the
bill. Let the United States senate take
notice that before another session of con
gress 60,000 veterans will be beyond the
reach of any benefaction. They will have
crossed the long pontoon over which there
Is no counter march. J. 11. PRBHSON.
t933 Underwood avenue.
OLD SI BJKCT IX NEW LIGHT.
One of the Stock Objections to the
Parcels Post.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The president of Brsull has signed the
convention establishing a parcels post witn
the United Htates. Here is progress. When
one wants to send bulky mall to Houth
America It Is important that he be allowed
to do so at a reasonable rate. Of course,
not many of us have very frequent occa
sion to send large mall packages to Brazil.
On the other hand, most of us desire now
and then to send bulky mall from one point
to another within the limits ot the United
States.
One of the standard excuses for refusing
to give the people this concession has been
that the country merchant would suffer by
such an Innovation and the big mall order
houses would profit at his expense. But
here Is a "country merchant" from New
England writing the Saturday Evening
Post:
"My experience in competing with mall
order houaes leads me to think that a par
cels post system would be a benefit to me
rather than an injury. Quite often, if
one of my customers could buy from a mall
order house some small article that struck
his fancy and have the article delivered
cheaply by post, that would be the extent
of his mall order purchase. But he does
not want to pay high express charges on
the article, no he and his neighbors will
pore over the catalougue and pick out
enough goods to make a freight shipment.
The result Is tliflt the mall order house.
Instead of selling five pounds, sells 100
pounds more."
This Is new light on an old subject. Per
haps, after all. we have been more tender
of country merchants than they would care
I to have us bad they better understood the
circumstances.
At any rate the experimental parcels posi
measure which the president ami the post
master general recommend Is well worth
trying. Kxperience may teach us a lot
that theorizing overlooks.
W Al.l. STHKKT I til ;.
HangluK Htlnlioii llopra n aa 1 111 a a -luary
Peg.
New York Ftna'nclal World.
Judging hy the sanguine expectations ex
pressed In Wall street, the deelslun of the
Interstate Commerce commission will favor
the railroads, and the l ulled Htates su
preme court will l lenient with the Stand
ard Oil and American Tobui -co companies.
At cording to Wall street the court w ill
show the trusts Just how to hange their
methods to come within the requirements
of the Hiirinan antl trust law. possibly
Wail street Is talking this way not be
cause It KSlly believes What It SUSS, but
because It wants the people to accept it
publicly announced opinion
Wall street, from a feeling of d'hpon
dency, has tinned Pi one of confidence
There is. however, nothing tangible to
Jubtify this feeing of hopefulness. Noth
ing Is knoun upon hlr h to b is u belief
that I uf impending decision mi! umr the
railroads or hig trusts. Wut street is
simply guessing
NEBRASKA POLITICAL r0 INTERS
Hastins UcpuHlcsn uteni The Itcpuli
llcsn lis lung contended tlicte ahould lc
a state pardoning hoard With such a
hoard the chief executive could not abuse
the pardoning power b turning a number
of criminals loose who do not diserxe free
dom
Wlnslde Tribune It will be something of
s ellef to see that brilliant young Irish
man. Mullen, rrlegated to private life for
awhile. Arthur P. may be all right-probably
Is nut one gets tired of hating him
positively the whole thing and then some
In state politics for a series of years.
Htromsburg News: There are probably a
good many editors ho appreciated the
Hitchcock recital of the financial straits
to which he was at times reduced In order
to keep the World-Herald floating. How
ever, all editors In that shape should not
be too quick to get senatorial visions.
I'lattsmouth Journal: With ex-Governor
.hallcnbrrger. Governor Aldrlch, and Mayor
Jim Duhlman clamoring for home rule In
all cities of 6.il and over. It ought to win
out. Heme rule will stilt the people be
cause they will have the right to govern
thctr own towns and say st the polls what
they want and what they don't want. The
outside people have not a word to say how
the city shall be run.
Sutherland Free Lance: The fad of re
tiring governors marking the last hours of
tl'tlr Incumbency by setting free various
lawbreakers may appeal to those people ot
lachrvnMse temperament, but not to the
rank and file who favor law and older and
Its enforcement. Of course, there are cases
wherein there Is room for a reasonable
amount of clemency, but the dignity and
effectiveness of the law should not be lost
sight of.
I'lattsmouth Journal: Congressman Noi-
rls of Nebraska has suggested a more
pungent congressional reform than has been
brought forth for many years. He wants
It made the law that the vote of every con
gnssman cast upon a measure in the com
mittee room be made a matter of public.
record. In tho committee room Is where
the best laws are smothered to death, their
assassins escaping because their crime Is
concealed by secret collusion of their asso
ciates In the committee room.
Rushvllle Recorder: Some ot our demo
cratic friends are great on coining phrases,
but sometimes short on living up to them.
The latest Illustration of this Is "Let tho
reople Rule." and they proceed to show
their sincerity In this matter by trying to
turn down Mortensen. the elected candidate
for stale railway commissioner by the
votes of the people. The democrats In the
last legislature denied the republican state
officers the dispensing uf their regular
patronage, notwithstanding the fact that
they were chosen by the people. With this
kind of Interpretation of letting the people
rule it would be well for the democrats to
Insert a proviso to read, "Let the people
rule when they vote democratic."
Aim-' V . i .-. i " s ' '
WinferlvSorfflofels
make it the ideal vacation land.
They are luxurious, perfectly managed, beau
tiful in design and fit the requirement! of every
traveler. Superb facilities for tennis, golf, sea fish-
Simuel Urlmer. Gen. Agt., Sailing, ITlOtOring
l7thltt;,ta.ll.iM,Uwa. ,n(J , out.of.door
r -e J-v sports.
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dull eyes, bad skin, fagged face, etc.)"
Malted Milk JJread Is pre-digeated and full of healthful,
strength-giving ingredients and Is carefully baked and within
reach of all.
5 and 10 cents per loaf.
Phone lour grocer. If he can't supply let
ua know.
Bare the Labels.
SUNDGREN'S BAKERY
720 South 28th Street
Phones Barney 3637; Znd., A-3817.
OUTSIDE OlDEBS FaOH?TLT TlUiKD.
i
Saitnrt Your
tetanic Account
It is not necessary to wait until you can make a large
deposit. Make u beginning with
ANY AMOUNT
Once started you will want to make it grow. F.qual
care and attention is given to every account, whether
large or small.
Come in and lot us talk it over.
raylag by Cbsck la the Safe Way to fettle All Bills.
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LAUGHING REMARKS.
I he Collector--Von Hie I.swvrr Mnsgs?
'I I'f ljia t r Vc
I he Coll. i tor -t nnnt to Nn" when you
will pn t Ins bill '
The l.aw er - Ne rr' w. H. 'lints for the
Hihice. please Clr eijin l Pl.iln Dealer.
Itlobbs - Socin women are titl c-eng on
the stiiac
Slohhs - Put the Haiti' I overcrowded
now
r.lobbs- So Is soclel .- Philadelphia Uec-
Salvation Aimv l.adv-Vhat do vmi hoys
do with our old clothes"
1 1. Hrooue We'l. pri son. i l. for the lst
couple of years I've been wearing mine "
Cornell Widow.
l'nlr Southron irradlngi "Uor holding
snd Illegal use nf hands, penally flft-rn
yards." Of course mother never allowed
hie to hold hands, but 1 never heard of a
fifteen-yard penally. Yale Record.
Going to exhibit at the horse show this
year?''
"Yes; I've entered a couple of gowns."-
Wi'shlngton Herald.
"Do you think a woman should get the
waves of n man?''
"It depends on whether she Is msrrled
to lilm or not." Princeton Tliicr.
ULTIMATE CONSUMER SPEAKS.
W. D. Neshlt In Chicago Post.
So. Mr. Msrkeiman. you sought my eager,
trusting heart.
And yet with all your burning sighs, you
only plated a part
Yon told me butter was so scarce because
the cows weiV toad
Because tliev did not aet the kind of grass
thev nlways had.
And (hen nualn the price was up that
time to me you ssd
The cows were holding bark the milk, front
being overfed.
And 1 believed you. Oh. I harked to you
with perfect trust.
But now I rend of "corners'" that are all
about to bust.
You looked at me wt lit earnest eyes, you
said the price of eggs
Was high because the early frost bad
nipped the chickens' legs;
And furthermore you pointed out how war
scares had produced
A feeling of timidity wherever chickens
roost.
You took me to one side and talked In
whispers soft and low
And told me things which you declsred no
other one should know.
You said that eggs were going up and but
ter still would rise
Because the Japanese had learned to fash
Ion custard pies;
You vowed to me all solemnly that earth
quakes here and there
Had broken all the eggs that were assem
bled everywhere.
I don't recall all that you said, nor think
of each excuse
I only know your fancy Is a marvel when
turned loose.
The hens were on vacation, and the Cdw
had all caught cold,
Were but the feeblest efforts of the won
drous things you told.
Yet. still, 1 must admire you, Mr. Market
man, and say
Munchausen never had the least thing ore
you, any day.
it anor ma.
n th w,y fo California
meat mnA maw ii1 k
Grand Canyon of Ari-
sona.
Ask for illustrated books
describing the trip, the
Canyon and America's
most luxurious train
(exclusively for first
class travel).
brnia.limif oA
G. II. Brinkler,
The Washington, D. C Food Expert, lays:
"Indigestible, irritating foods and the
retention of their waste matter stultify the
mind and cause homeliness: (double thin.
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Karnam streets