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An odor of gas hag been detected
in Delaware politics again.
No one can blame aviators for tak
ing ethereal views of things.
Calling it the ship subsidy bill does
not mean that it ever subsides.
Mercy, they have already got to
calling him "Jack" Bourne of Oregon!
The next big piece of extra news
will be that Iowa senatorial primary.
- Wlty-not send ftev. "BUly"; Sanday
into Adams county, Ohio,, and Ver
million County, Illinois? ' 1
' As a matter of taBte, though, five-year-old
storage food Is not common,
nor would It be popular.
Congress seems to be up in the air
on the war question. It has appro
priated $125000 for aeroplanes.
It really is not a huge surprise to
learn that the wedding gown of Miss
Vivian Gould la rated a "costly affair."
Things seem to be conspiring to
crowd cut Congressman Sulzer once
more from I he democratic presidential
race.
We are pretty near ready to start
In on that short month. Still, Jan
uary was not much better; it had only
lour pay days.
The dust bath Is in vogue now. Is
that the kind the people get every
time a man higher up is given aji im
munity sponge?.'
The Mormons are progressing in
iCurope, anyway. Germany forced
them to move on and now England is
about to do the same.
"Could Ilobson have infantile paral
ysis?" asks the Charleston New and
Courier. Evidently not, from the way
he Is Bt til able to talk.
A bunch of political small-bores in
the legislature miss no opportunity to
rap Governor Aldrlrh. Sometimes a
Knock may become a boon.
"New Jersey Points the Way" and
"Boss" Smith noes out of the door.
Wonder If New York will find tho way
it ud put "Bobs" Murphy out.
'1 tie. Hornet seems to be messing up
things "instead of straightening them
out down In Honduras. If It Is not
undil.U may lose its stinger.
The mid-winter commencement ex
ercises of the Omaha High school
turned out thirteen gradutea. Trust
nil of them kept their fingers crossed.
Governor Harmon, of curse. can
not expect John IX. McLean to forget
in onf your and a half how very much
he wanted to be elected senator from
Ohio
1 ue Houston Post says of former
Gtn enrol' Patterson of Tennessee:
"His otllcial administration has been
clean." Even down to the pardon of
his friend who was convicted of mur
dering Patterson's political enemy.
Nat Goodwin is said to have
Hinubhcd $2,000,000 In hi fifty-three
cars and fascinated 2,000.000 women,
which is celling It tin u to $1 per
a I'll a." but he is not petting rid of
those J; v Ill's inn rr led for quit that
sum.
Cotton Trade in the Far Eait.
The United States a few years ago
exerted quite an effort to build up Its'
cotton trade with China and Japan.'
but It annot be doing much In that
direction now, for. while It exported
600,000 bales of cotton to China last
year, it lost In ltd exports of raw and
finished products alike to Japan,
which country is making tremendous
strides forward In the cotton Indus
try. Ten years ago Japan Imported
700.000 bales for manufacturing pur
poses and last year It Imported 1,02 8,
000 bales. Also In 1910 its Importa
tions of manufactured goods amounted
to $S, 883, 000. Of this enormous sum
only $25,000 went for American
goods.
It may be that our cotton producers
and manufacturers do not feel the
need of cultivating the oriental trade,
but that would be a strange view to
take, particularly since It was the
diplomacy of this nation that estab
llKhed the open-door policy In the east.
Of course our southern states are now
scarcely able to meet the demand for
the cotton they are raising, and so far
as the stability of the cotton Industry
itself is concerned It really may not
depend on eastern markets. Spindles
have multiplied in number so fast
down south that New England hat In
the last year or two gone begging for
raw material. This, added to the fact
that we supply a very considerable
part of the cotton used In British mills
and yet do not supply the demand
fully, shows that at far as present
production goes our decline in Japan
Is not a serious factor.
But the United States could and
should vastly Increase: Its cotton pro
duction and It should cultivate trade
with both Japan and China more
than it has done, not alone In cotton,
but In other lines of commerce. We
need the political inf f i-nee that would
go with commercial Lipremacy in the
east. The matter of intensive farm
ing as applied to cotton raising so as
to increase the yield per acre and also
the matter of opening up new land to
the culture of cotton must force
themselves onto the attention of our
planters. We are not producing
nearly the amount of cotton in this
country that we should. With a na
tion like Japan growing so steadily In
Importance as a cotton manufactur
ing country, our people should need
no special prodding to get them to see
the possibilities of thla Industry. Japan
today has 2,005,000 spindles running
night and day and the entire kingdom
only raised last year 5,000 haleB of
cotton, bo that it depends alpiost en
tirely for its supply upon other coun
tries, chiefly India and Chiha at
present.
Fie, Crust and All.
The "triumphant democracy" must
be stooping to rather small politics in
Its attempt to appease; its ravishing
hunger for spoils." ; Evidently It pro
poses to devour pie, crust and all, pos
sibly the plate, while It is yet day and
it has a chance at the counter. Not
withstanding Its reform professions, It
still proceeds on the theory that "To
the victors belong the spoils," and dis
tance has lent enchantment.
A colored man who 'for thirty-six
years has been messenger to the
speaker in the house la, It is under
stood, slated to give way to a young
white democrat from Maryland as
soon as Marse Champ Clark, takes the
gavel In hand next December. This
colored man has served under Speak
ers Kerr, Randall. Kelfer, Carlisle,
Reed, Crisp, Henderson and Cannon
and could not be expected to have any
partisan politics about him, though he
is reputed to be one of the most faith
ful and competent messengers about
Washington. He la known as an affa
ble, accommodating old fellow and has
hosts of warm friends and admirers
throughout the 'country, who have
known him in Washington.
This action only goes to show how
hungry It 1b possible for politicians
and a party to get by long, denial of
patronage. It may be a small matter
to raise a rumpus over, but it would
be worthy a large credit mark to the
democrat who should throw his influ
ence to prevent the ousting of a faith
ful employe for no better reason than
that the new speaker may have the
power and a friend to reward. If this
Is to be taken as a straw that shows
which way the wind Is blowlug. then
I we may well hope that democratic
I ascendency does not extend further
than the house next year.
Not Warproof.
Advocates of neutralization without
fortification are in danger of under
taking to prove too much when they
declare. that their plan would be war
proof and afford Inviolate protection
to the Panama canal. The history of
other treaties does not warrant such
an assumption. Congressman Ilobson
pointed out in a recent speech In the
house that "about the latest and most
binding general treaty In the world,"
the treaty of Berlin, which neutralizes
and guarantees the Integrity of the
Balkan states, was violated in Its most
solemn provisions by Austria, which
then proceeded to annex the Adriatic
states without even a protest from the
other signatory powers. Mr. Ilobson
goes further and declares:
No nation on earth liaa yet conaented to
arbitrate any uuesilon of vital lntereata.
How, then, can we confide the lntereata
moat vital and most sacred to the American
heart and the American nation to hand
wholly out of ampathy with American
Ideal and American aspirations?
Others besides the Alabama con
gressman have taken the view that the
principle of the Monroe doctrine en
ters into our right and duty of fortify
ing the Panama canal. They base tbetr
contention upon the fundamental prin
ciple that in gueations essentially
American, "the United State; ahuuld
not tolerate the Interference of Euro
pean nations." President Taft, himself,
goes so far as to declare that It Is not
only our right, but our duty to fortify
the canal and to the universal peace
advocates be offers the suggestion, thst
desirable as Is the culmination of their
plans snd purposes. It Is yet a long
way off. Until It comes within closer
vision, it Is not. In his opinion, safe for
this nation to proceed on the theory
that it has arrived.
In this, as In all other policies of
government, we must Judge the future
somewhat by the past. That being
true, it Is not so easy to Justify the
validity and effectiveness of the non
fortlflcatlon policy ' when no great
power with a vital territorial Inter
est at stake has yet undertaken to
safeguard It by neutralization.
Worse, and More of It.
The report of the committee of the
Water board on Its actlvltiea in con
nection with the proposed South
Onisha franchise for a separate water
plant to supply stock yards and pack
ing houses only Illustrates anew tha
helpless, and almost hopeless, muddle
in which Omaha taxpayers have been
involved by our brilliant Water board.
Taken in connection with the history
of the "Immediate and compulsory"
purchase of the water plant, which
has been In process for seven years,
and is still Incomplete, and other ebul
litions of the Water board, this report
la an eye-opener.
After fighting to dismember tha
water plant by cutting off tha pipe
systems that supplied South Omaha
and other suburbs, the board has been
forced to realise that tbeae adjuncts
are assets which could not be sacri
ficed except at great loss. The addi
tional $500,000 in the appraisement
for that part of the plant within South
Omaha would be cheap If It continued
to carry with It a monopoly of tha
business in South Omaha, but dear at
any price If the water consumers in
the stock yards district are to divorce
themselves and draw on their own In
dependent sources of supply.
Still another thing has developed,
and that is that the big water users at
South Omaha believe they can save
money, and get all the water they
need, by building their own water
works rather than by continuing to
pay present contract rates and be ex
posed to a shortage of water. And
yet, when the Water board was con
sidering the rate question, the great
legal lights and marine engineers di
recting Its movements Insisted that
the only thing to do was to relieve the
small consumers by raising the rate
to the stock yards and packing houses
to equalize them. It is probably this
threat of raised rates, together with
inability to secure a larger supply,
that haa prompted the movement for
an Independent water plant.
The crucial question which is sura
to come later will be, How ' is ' our
Water board, when it taken over the
water plant, going to stand the loss of
revenue from South Omaha and still
reduce rates for water exacted from
private consumers?
The consistency of Inconsistency Is
again beautifully exemplified by tha
appointment by the speaker of an In
vestigating committee to look Into te
alleged lawless conduct of Omaha
elections described in the governor's
special message. Only a week or two
ago the house turned over a new leaf
of reform by taking the appointment
of committees away from the speaker
In order to restore popular govern
ment to the membership of that body.
The expected thing would be for the
house, Itself, to name the members of
every special committee, as well as of
every standing committee, for If it is
dangerous to vest the appointing
power in the speaker In one caae It
must be equally dangeroua in the
other. It would appear that the
house members do not care to govern
themselves and prefer to have the
speaker play ctar to relieve them of
the duty.
According to a press dispatch from
Washington drastic changes in tha
water supply and sewerage system of
Des Moines are urged by tha public
health and marine hospital service In
a report on an Investigation of typhoid
fever there last November and Decem
ber. Then Omaha Is not the only city
that suffered from typhoid at that
time, nor is Missouri river water the
only suspect. Incidentally, too, Des
Moinet is under the commission form
of city government and widely adver
tised at the closest approximation to
municipal perfection.
The Washington Star denies that
Mr. Bryan defeated Judge Parker,
saying the candidate was so weak
Mr. Bryan could not elect him. True
enough, but then perhaps it would be
equally true to say that Mr. Bryan
did not exert any Titanic efforts to
overcome Parker's weakness with his
own strength.
Montana haa ratified the Income tax
amendment to the federal constitu
tion, thus slipping past Nebraska in
the list because of dilatory action of
our democratic legislature. And Gov
ernor Shallenberger once seriously
contemplated calling an extra session
so Nebraska could score first.
if it did not look ao much like a
grab-bag game as to whether the gas
company got part of the lighting fund
or the electric lighting company gob
bled It all, the taxpayers of Omaha
might become more excited about it.
Mayor "Jim" has adopted as bis
on the plsn for a permanent bureau
for registration of voters which The
Bco has outlined and has advocated
every time It has discussed the sub
ject. Welcome to our bandwagon.
Bradstreet's Trade Review says bus
iness tends to drag "except In supplies
for agricultural Interests." Weil, Ne
braska and Its Immediately surround
ing states constitute the heart of the
country's agriculture.
Perhaps It Is not Impertinent to re
mind the pulpit oratora who make np
the Omaha Ministerial association
that there la no Sunday base ball In
the winter time.
(ira-ltatlon Beaeat I.lhertlea.
Minneapolis Journal.
Few aviators are killed who merely fly
from point to point, but when they get to
Playing tag with the law of gravitation
and chucking It under the chin, then com
the "ad rites" and the "I told you so ."
New Style of Aetloa.
Baltimore American.
If Wood row Wllaon goes on aa he ha
begun aa governor r will cartainly do
the governing. Notwithstanding his col
lege experience and training, trier 1 nothing-
academic about hi style ot political
action.
A PrlTllegre Coaeeded.
Houston (Tex.) Fot.
Mr. Bell ot California told them at Balti
more that Mr. Bryan would not be a can
didate, but that he must have his say.
We are strictly In favor of Mr. Bryan
having his say. And every other democrat
Is entitled to the same privilege.
Hew Net t Be Cheated.
Collier's Weekly.
New Jersey, agitated over short weights,
1 eager that the legislature pasa an effec
tive law. Ohio is suffering from apathy
In the enforcement of the somewhat defec
tive law which was passed last winter.
New York ha recently exposed conditions
which show how widespread are short
weights and measure among certain
claaae of small merchant. The remedy 1
clear. First, pas effective laws. Then,
If public official fall to enforce them, let
some cltlaen refuse to pay hi grocery or
meat bill on the ground that the merohant
failed to teat hi scale. This ha been
held to be a good legal defense.
DEMOCRATS AND THkl TAHIIK.
Meaabere of the Cooaaatttee Booked
tap Jo of Revlsleai.
New Tork Sun.
The country will be Interested In the
fourteen democratic representatives se
lected, by the caucus In Washington on
Thursday night to frame the tariff bill
that will be Introduced In the Sixty-second
congress. Of the fourteen democrat who
ar to form the majority of th ways and
mean committee In the next congress,
four are minority member of the com
mute In thl congre: 0car W. Under
wood of Alabama, Francis Burton Har
rison of New York. Choice Boswell Ran
dell of Texa and William O. Brantley of
Oeorgla. Every one of the fourteen la a
lawyer; the oldest is 17 and th youngest
17. and moit of them are under 60; six of
them under 40. It I worthy of note that
only four ram from important manufac
turing cities; Mr. Underwood, who will
b chairman of the committee, from Bir
mingham, which ha blast furnace, roll
ing mills, steel works and railroad ma
chine shop; Mr. Harrlon, from New York;
Mr. Andrew Jame Peter of Massachu
setts, from , Boston, and , Mr.. ..William
Hughes ot New Jersey, from Paterson,
which has locomotive and bridge works
and manufacture of cotton, wool, silk,
linen and velvets.
Ten ot tha men who will frame the tariff
bills come from small towns or Insignifi
cant rural place. For Instance, Hon.
Cordell Hull of Tennessee, from Carthage,
which In 100 had a population of 00; Hon.
Ollle James of Kentucky, from Marlon
(1,064); Hon. Claud Kltchln of North Caro
lina, from Scotland Neck (1.S48; Hon. W-.
S. Hammond of Minnesota, from St. Jame
(2,007); Hon. Henry T. Ralney of Illinois,
from Carroll ton liM); Hon. Lincoln Dixon
of Indiana, from North. Vernon (1,823), and
Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania,
from Btroudaburg (1,450). Th remaining
three are claimed by more populous com
munities: Hon. Dorsey W. Bhackleford of
Missouri, by Jefferson City (9,664), which
has foundriea, shoe and carriage factories,
breweries and cigar manufactures; Hon. C.
B. Randall of Texas, by Sherman (10,243),
which boast machine shops, foundries,
cotton, cottonseed oil and flour mills, and
Hon. William a. Brantley of Georgia, by
Brunswick ,081), which has cotton mill
and canning and cotton compress fac
tories and I a phosphate port.
Th veteran ot the democratic tariff bill
framer la Mr. Underwood, who date from
the Fifty-fourth congress; Mr. Brantley
made hi bow in th Fifty-fifth, Mr.
Bhackleford made hi first appearance In
the Fifty-sixth, Mr. Randall in the Fifty
seventh, Mr. James, Mr. Hughes, Mr.
Kltchln and Mr. Ralney In the Fifty
eighth. Mr. Dixon In the Fifty-ninth, Mr.
Harrison, Mr. Hammond, Mr. Hull and
Mr. Peter In the Blxtleth and Mr. Palmer
in th Slxty-firat.
People Talked About
Herman Schmidt, 61 year of age, said
to have been the heaviest man In the
weit, was found dead at hi home In San
Francisco. Ills weight was more than
460 pounds. Me was active In spite of
hi avoirdupois.
The Boston Art commission, which ha
supreme control over th selection and
assignment of pictures and atatuea In
th city, has vetoed for a aecond time
the effort to have a portrait of the late
Mra. Julia Ward How hung In Faneull
hall.
Former Mayor Tom L. Johnson of
Cleveland seems not to hat derived per
manent result from excursion to
health resort at home or abroad. Ho la
at home' In X'ieveland and his condition
1 reported serious. Intimate friends
who are allowed to visit him are quoted
as saying, "there I little hope of re
covery." '
Uncle Bill Robinson of Eddy v Hie, K
has been a mall carrier for fifty-two
yeara. He entered tha service In 1164, be
fore there were any railroads In that sec
tion. At first he made one trip a week on
three routes from Princeton to Madinnn
v 1 1 let. Princeton to Cadis and Princeton
to Eddyvllle. At the present time his
duties are confined to carrying tha mail
from the Eddyvllle poatofflce lo th sta
tion. Displayed In the window or a Market
street cigar store In Harrlsburg, Fa., la a
copy of the Inaugural addresa of Qov
ernor Joseph lielater, who was Inaugu
rated in 1820 Tit address, which Is
printed on silk, waa taken down In short
hand by a lt-year-old girl, Miss Anna
Magdalena Ober, who waa born in Derby
township. At th time the taking of the
address in shorthand by a neraon so
young was considered iulte a feat, and
several copies were primed on silk from
her inanua rlpt, one of wnlch was pre
sented to her.
Insurgent Moves
Comment of the Press on Plaa
and rrtnclple of th Pro
gresalT mepohUoaa League.
t Alarmlna.
Baltimore American (rep ).
The republican party welcome any agita
tion for light, and when light I secured It
will walk In It. Bo that the so-called
progressive movement within the party
la not alarming In any sense. The party
Is bigger than any proposition, until the
proposition take on full party proportion.
MotMrrrlt and the l.eagne.
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
Colonel Roosevelt Is Retting wary. He
ha not allowed the use of his name as
one of the organisers of the Progressive
Republican league, apparently Intended to
block the way to the renomlnatlnn of
President Taft. The league has unques
tionably arrayed Itself after the rough
rider style, and Intends to make Its fight
on the Osowatomle platform.
' Orthodox Insarsenry.
Chicago Record-Herald (Ind.).
Most of th plank ar "orthodox" In
surgency, and even moderate men have
embraced them. The Idea of a popular
vote on presidential candidate I relatively
new, and wiy bear a aood deal of dis
cussion. Specific Idea will be considered
on their merits; differences will arise over
them: but the general purpose of con
serving or restoring popular government
and equal opportunity appeals to every
sincere and thoughtful citizen.
Meeting the ProgrraaWe View.
Boston Herald (ind ).
The republicans will have to nominate
Mr. Taft in spite of this mechanism In
insurgent state for pointing to aomebodr
else; but he may go far between now and
next year election date toward meeting
the progreeslve view. If Indeed he I not
already doing that In his anti-trust actlv
Itle. The democrat In the next congress
will have to show how far they are wllllns;
to go In the same competition, and on the
comparative results the next stage In the
evolution depend.
The "ew Nationalism."
Philadelphia Ledger (Ind ).
It represent, In effect, what I vaguely
understood a the "new nationalism,"
which wa loudly asserted but not favor,
ably received In the recent elections, and
which would seem to be especially Impose!,
ble of acceptance among those who pro
fess eveti the name of democrats. Party
name, however, now convey little precise
meaning. It may be that we are to have
a new alignment, on something like the
old constitutional lines that will cut
Ithrough both parties even mote com
pletely than they were cut through on
the money question In KM.
Peril In ftelf-eeklna.
Indianapolis News (Ind.).
One thing we think 1 clear, and that
Is that If there la the suspicion that the
new leader ar struggling merely for of
fice and power the cause of the progres
sives will be weakened. That J a real
danger. Pow er, of couree, must be had If
the new principles are to be put Into ef
fect. That 1 understood. Rut ir r.r.n.i
ambition Intervene the people will wonder
wnc-tner that or a deelre to serve them la
the controlling; motive. Bo w think that
a great deal depend on the attitude which
th organized progressives maintain toward
public questions. It may be found neces
sary to adopt a "self-denying ordinance."
We believe that the men back of the new
movement are, most of them, sincere and
deeply m earnest. But they have a big
Job ahead of them, a no doubt they
realise.
All Is) he Label.
New York Tribune (rep.).
It seems to be the Intention of the or
ganizers of th "Republican Progressive
League" to differential themselves from
the common run of progressive I repub
lican. They want to be progressives
with a capital P, leaving the great mass
of tha party. to pursue progress a It al
way ha done, without a brass h.nrt
a ten-Inch lettered transparency. The coun
try is Disposed to applaud any movement
which makes for cleaner politics and better
administration. It I in favor of reform.
which will atrengthen the principle of
majority rule and permit a freer expresalon
of th real will of the people. But It 1
not likely to be Impressed by a movement
which alma at capitalizing popular ten
dencies for personal advantage, monopoliz
ing the "upward and onward" label in
polities and appropriating credit for every
thing accomplished and yet to be accom
plished under the banner of progress.
la IHvlsloa Probable T
Washington Herald (Ind ).
Although the league haa the name of
the republican organisation coupled with
Its own. the fact I that Its declaration of
principles does not suggest the republican
party. ( For Instance, the last republican
national platform was absolutely silent on
the subject of electing senator by the
people. The Initiative, referendum, and
recall can .hardly be classed as a repub
lican party proposition, while the direct
primaries for the nomination of all elective
officers and the direct election of delegate
to national conventiona have certainly
never hern suggested In any formal utter
ance of th republican organisation. How
ever. If the mem hers of the league want
to carry the banner of their cause with a
republican label attached, no one will say
them nay. At the same time, if the party,
as a body, refuaea to follow where they
lead, what ar they going to do?
Merit System and Pie Counters.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Repreaentatlve Crumpacker of Indiana
who In the next house will be the lone re
publican in his atate delegation. In report
ing a bill for the apportionment ot repre
sentatives, suggests the propriety of
Placing all of the employes of the houae
In the classified service, with protection
against removal for political lessons. If
this should appeal favorably to the next
house, the victorious democracy would
probably begin with a clean sweep and
introduce this merit system later, follow
ing the precedent of President Harrison's
reorganization of the railway mail service.
Sena) In tour Name.
Brooklyn Kagie
The Rockefeller Institute estimate t ti M t
6..W Americans have the hookworm
disease. Kvery one of the remaining Sa.Ouo..
UW Americana ha something of equul im
potence to him. A Blue Book that would
be a book of th blues might be Issued
by the same high authority when !t heais
from the rest of the population.
Went Too Far from Home.
Chicago Record-Herald
An American who tried to force the offi
cers of the Bank of Kngland to open the
vaults and let him help himself to the !
money stored In them has he. n declared
to be hopelessly Insane. There arc plenty !
of Ain.-rli an atlil at large who have tiled i
to get ran in trailer wa man mat.
The Bee's Letter Box
OoatribatlOB oa Timely anbjeeta
Hot Exceeding Tare aadr4 Word
Are lavltea treat Oar Beaters.
iomtfrt' t'sslemst Case.
OMAHA. Jan. I7.-T0 th Editor of Th
Bee: On unfamiliar with th fact, and
reading only th publlhd dispatches
from Washington, may gain th lmprea
slon that the proceedings In the supreme
court of the United Ptates against Messrs.
Uompers, Mitchell and Morrlaon Involve
enly the question of boycott. Th truth Is
that the question wa passed long ago for
the consideration of the broader one of
the right of free speech and free preas.
The matter started over a suit brought by
the Bucks Stove and Range company, but
that element of th case waa decided when
an adjustment of the difficulty waa made
between the Bucks people and th labor
unions. The American Anti-Boycott asso
ciation then Intervened and said It would
not permit th case In th aupreme court
to be abandoned. Similar action waa taken
by th American Federation ot Labor, for
the labor union of thl country are vitally
Interested In having a final decision on
the point In question. Action was taken
at the Denver convention In 1908 to this
end, and was renewed at Toronto In 1008,
and again at St. Louis In 1910. for the pur
pose of securing a decision from th United
States supreme court.
It may also be of Interest to your read
era to know that th "contempt" for which
Mr. Gompers Is cited consists of writing
an article In criticism of the restraining
order Issued by th local court at Wash
ington. D. C; that Mr. Morrison Is held
for publishing the magasln that contained
that article, and that Mr. Mitchell Is held
for presiding over a convention of the
United Mln Workers of America, at w rtleh
a boycott resolution was adopted. Also
that the original order of Injunction has
been since modified to that degree that the
contempt complained ot Is not now con
tempt. So that the question to be deter
mined by the supreme court of the United
States does not deal with the right or
wrong of boycotts, but with the power of a
lower court to lsue an exparte order that
deprive th restrained of constitutional
rights and .privilege. WORKER.
The Salloway BUI.
DENVER, Jan. 17. To the Editor of The
Bee: 1 have Just been reading your edi
torial under the above caption. The first
Idea that strike me Is the fact that even the
son of a good old soldier doe not and can
not fully understand the ltuatlon. Speak
ing of "deserving" oldlers, as If ther
were any undeserving.
When a man enlisted he knew that he
must go where he was ordered If he wss
not ordered to the front It was not his
fault. Besides, there were more men. who
died or were disabled from exposure than
were killed or disabled from wounds. Time
had little to do with It.
There were five of our family In the
civil war. My oldest brother was color
bearer for his regiment. He waa ahot to
death In one of the earliest skirmishes
under McClellan. Another stood guard
one night In a drenching rain which turned
to sleet and his clothing froze fast to him.
That one night made him a confirmed In
valid and he died shortly after the close
of the war. Another fought on to the
close of the war and Is still alive but sadly
wrecked. Still another "veteraned" twice
and for seven yeara he lay paralysed until
death came to his relief, receiving only $17
per month.
We cannot depend on special pension bills
for relief. Ell Master was on his death
bed when Congressman Norris got him a
special pension. About all the good It did
was to help his family during dire distress.
Ell Masters was too far gone for help.
The "Bulloway" Is th least expensive
bill before the senate. There are only
about t per cent of the veterans over 75
year old. It Is calculated to reach all the
veterans Just when they need It most, and
they need not wait until they are "death
struck" ss Ell Masters did.
I hope I shall never again read in your
valuable paper of ."deserving" soldiers,
Intimating that there were some undeserv-
lng, because when a man enlists In the
United State army he know he places
himself under absolute control, and when
there Is an order to fight he must fight.
No old soldier ever begrudges another one
his pension. We sll need It;
JOSEPH SODERSTAD.
Coaduct of Orthopedic Hoapltal.
OMAHA. Jan. 28. To the Editor of The
Bee: In regard to the alleged Irregularities
at the orthopedlo hospital, I find myself
In the ioeltlon of the old farmer who was
prevailed upon to run for office. He finally
consented to do so provided he would not
be obliged to enter Into a publlo cam
paign. Thl was agreed to, but In the heat
of the campaign, the opposition hinted at
Irregularities In connection with an old
transaction that finally became exagger
ated Into a charge of hog stealing and
the modest farmer found It necessary to
take the stump to defend- hi character.
The orthopedic hospital was established
for the treatment of Indigent cripples of
the atate. Because ot my connection with
the slate Institution and having been
known also for many year as one giv
ing special attention to orthopedic cases,
my opinion Is sought by many people who
are not indigent, but who desire to avail
themselves of my opinion upon these cases.
I am frequently solicited by people who
are both able and willing to pay for con
sultation, treatment or operations.
The case of the child referred to by
Representative Kastman waa one who
sought my advice In Omaha. The case was
afterwards seen In Lincoln because It was
more convenient for the people to see me
there than to come to Omaha. The father
did not wUh to make application to the
state because he owned a good farm and
felt able to pay for her care and treatment.
At that time, which was about two yeara
ago, our Institution waa not crowded, and
by it.rmlsslon. which we had obtained
from the Board of Public Lands and Build
ings, we were allowed to take a limited
number of pay cases when these cases
would not keep out of the Institution the
IHior for whom It was established. This
parent preferred to pay the hospital charge
of $1 per day; agreed to pay me a moder
ate fee and have the case treated at Lin
coln rather than In Omaha. The caae was'
one of hip disease and required a longer
period of treatment than expected The
people after nearly two yeara' expense
last summer were persuaded to make ap
plication to the atate and the little girl
became a regular Inmate, since which time
nothing has been paid to anybody. When
Mr. Eastman wrote me that the expense
was a hardship to these people I cheerfully
reduced the bill.
This reflection upon the conduct of our
lnniltution la unfortuna'te, because it may
piejudlce the public and possibly hamper
the passage of adequate appropriation bills
for the maintenance of (his work. How
ever, if this agitation results in a better
knowledge and an Increased interest In
our Institution by the general public. I
shall feel that there has been some com
pensation tor this unenviable notoriety in
this eonnei (ion. J I'. LORl,
eufcrei iiiieiiuVul.
TllltOlt.H ft A TIC fOlt KIMKM.
rreaftaed RriirtlnM Affect Mlsni
Tart f Srhealale.
New Tork Journal of Commerce
Utile ha been done lo reaulst th
charge of express companies under tlx
amendment of the Interstate comment
law which Includes them among commor
rarrUrs subject to It provisions, but ens
effect of what may be done Is pern In t'i
voluntary arrangement which the com
panies ara making for through rates where
th same matter la handled by mote thun
on company between point of shipment
and destination. In the contracts witit
railroads to do their carrying the exprrs
companies have divided the field among
themselve o that each may have a prac
tical monopoly of It own territory. Then
when anything Is ent from the territon
of on company Into that of another where
no Joint rate has been made, the chars
Is made equal to the sum of the local
charges of the two companies. What is
proposed now Is to make Joint rates In ail
cases by agreement of the companies, so
that th charge from a place In the terri
tory of one to destination In another shall
bo th same aa If the entlte service were
performed by the company with which the
shipment Is made.
Thl will result In considerable lowering
ot rate In soma cases, chiefly from rela
tively email pmcea in one trnuoiy tc
place In another, for between the princi
pal points Joint rates are already In effect.
The concession Is not a very liberal one.
It leaves existing local rate and Joint
rates untouched, merely making Jvlni
rates where heretofore the through charge
has toeen equal to the combined local rates
of two or more companies. Ther Is a
common conviction that express rates are
generally exorbitant, that contracts with
railroads ar extravagant and that the
monopoly of areas by certain companies
results In costly service that la far from
what It should be In quality and In regard
for the rights of customers. This Is a mat
ter that has not been looked into much un
der th authority to regulate, though thete
I frequent complaint.
The feeling that express charge In gen
eral are too high and the profit of the
business are excessive finds support In
statements regarding the capital of express
companies, the cost of conducting; their
business, the relation of mutual profit
between thetn and the railroads that !
their hauling, and the dividends paid upon
their stock, regular and extra. Th kind
of monopoly they have established by mu
tual agreement and contracts with dif
ferent lines of railroad could hardly go on
for years without developing th abuse
that characterize all uncontrolled monop
oly, negligent service, high cost of opera
tion and excessive charges. Most people
have had experience of these things with
exnresa romnanles. anil little has been
done under the act of 1!06 to correct them.
HACK TO STARTING POINT.
Sherman I. aw Hits a Dock Strike In
w Orleana.
Philadelphia Reoord.
The Hherman law started out on lta ca
reer at New Orleans, nd It hs got bark
there. Th first application of the lew
against combinations occurred about
twenty yeara ago, when the dock laborers
were enjoined from obstructing foreign
commerce by a strike, .A Jury In the
United mates circuit court has Just re
turned a verdict agalnat th member of
tha New Orleans Dock and Cotton coun
cil for conspiracy to Interfere, with for
eign commerce. From the time a bale of
cotton, a load of. lumber pj any other
through freight reache .the port until It
has bean slowed on. a vessel It Is only
handled by members of ten or more
unions affiliated With the dock and col
ton council, and the charge against the
men was that when they conspired to
strike and tie tip the business of the port
they Interfered with Interstate or foreign
commerce.
TAPS ON THE FUNNYBONE.
"I notice." remarked the observant t
boarder, taking his Beat at the table, "that
the conversation stopped a soon as I can
In. 1 hope nobody wa saying anything
to my discredit."
Then they all hastened to assure him
that they had been talking about the
weather. Chicago Tribune.
Friend Ah, doctor, how did you make
out with that cranky patient of yours?
Doctor Oil, we're botli on the read lo
recovery. He's able to be about, aud 1
am suing lor my bill. Boston Transcript.
"I'll never ask that uncouth westerner
to another aoclal function with inc."
"Why, what's the matter?"
"When Mrs. He Htyle at the dinner the
other day asked him It he would have a
demi-tasse, he said If she didn't inlnu,
he'd rather have a demi-John." Baltimore
American.
He The president of our society never
will let me have the floor.
She Never mind, dear, you can have sll
you want of It tonight when the baby erica.
Baltimore American. ,
Agent I'm trying to sell some hook to
make a living. Won't you help me oulT
1-ady of House 1 will, if you won t Kl
out any other way. Columbia Jester.
"I never saw a more solemn face than
your friend, the lawyer, wears. And )4
you claim he has a sense of humor?''
"Sense of humor! hav, you ought to
hear him read a love letter In open court!'1
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"lo vou believe in all the views you
advocate?''
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum, after
some hesitation. "I do. But 1 doubt
whether a lesa skillful reaaoner than m -self
would be able to convince ino of the
ccrrectnesa of some of them.' W asuing
ton Star.
"Ve," said the elerk, aa he dipped lij
pen In the Ink and prepared lo fill out HiT"
blank. "Your name, pleaae."
"Amelia Whlppleton."
"Nationality ? '
"American.
"Married or unmarried?"
"Both twice." Chicago Record-Herald.
A New England mother had come upon
her k-year-ulu eon enjoying a feast whereof
the components were jam, butter and
bread.
ton," aald the mother, "don't you thlnl.
it a hit extravagant to eat butter with that
fine Jam?"
"No, ma'am," was the response. "It a
economical; the aam piece of I. read due
for both." Llppincutt'a Magazine.
THE HOUSE OF THE YEARS.
ITlSCIiia lNIIIHMJ 111 III lilliv-n.
Life room, In childhood, neetns a bound-
lit. A I U f,,.llr.i.L
iea piace.
Full of strange corners and adventurous
space;
Youth flnda it wider et, a home of
dreams
With shining casements lit by rainbow
gleams ;
While riper yeaia bring flieltght on th
hearth.
Content and welcome, love and work and
mirth.
Until the walls draw nearer and more
near ,
And age beholds them, suddenly and clear.
How small the room: and how each thing
lecalls
Borne memory that luesthes within the
walls
Here Joy stood smiling, garlanded with
flowers.
Here sorrow sat through long and Inti
mate hours.
Th mirror's depths glimpse with a shad
owy host
That wavei. melt and In th dusk ar v
The fire burn low and quivers on tli
noor -
Yet, as an unseen hsnd set wide (h
door.
l.or through In anil, as to Ihe child, ap-
lieul s
Th ie konlng tisioo wf liuiuui lal years.
