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Closed season now for lame ducks.
Champ Clark's favorite nuts chest
outs. The harem skirt has had the adver
tising, anyway.
The smooth grafter takes care not
to let too many in on his game.
The next congress may be extra, but
the last one was very ordinary In ;:iost
respects.
"Where the Trail Divides" was en
acted In real life yesterday at the na
tional capital. '
Nebraska, be It remembered, set the
example and leads In the race of the
Boys' Cora clubs.
Still, Mr. Shepard did not have to
do a great amount of withdrawing to
get out of, that raco
The senate at least did Illinois the
favor of taking the responsibility for
Lorimer off Its shoulders.
Like a good and obedient servant
who knows his master' voice, Mr.
Shechan stays in the race.
The moment any state attempts to
compel women to vote it will, have a
Dew lot of trouble on its hands.
Pipe this, will you: A German
plumber has become a member of the
Berlin Municipal House of Lords.
Do not expert a man of Senator
Beverldge's ability and honesty always
to wear an ex prefixed to his name.
An aviator's wife Is one woman who
has a right to worry about her hus
band's safe return every time he
leaves home. .
It Is certain that popular election of
senators, has many more advocates
now than when., the senate convened
last December.
"Boss" Murphy must expect to get
Into the humorist class by bis refer
ence to "majority rule" as applied to
senatorial contests.
From the way Congressman Tawney
pounded the anvil In this last session
he must be Intending to resume his
trade as a blacksmith.
The wife of Champ Clark says the
world will never know the sacrifices
made by wives of congressmen. It is
probably Just as well so.
Texas is a, great and growing state,
with varied and Interesting history
behind It, and Bhould, therefore, be
able 'o wlthstaud the shock.
' The railroads seem to be surviving
the refusal of the Interstate Com
merce commission to approve their In
creased freight tariffs tolerably well.
The English Bible is 300 years old
this month aud stronger in power and
influence than ever. It Is read by
millions of every race and land. It
still stands pre-eminent In. the 'library
of the world.
Associate Justice Holmes is said to
have declared -that he never reads
either newspapers or magazines. Then
h must depend entirely on heresay
evidence, which all courts say is not
the best evidence. -
Colonel Roosevelt does not see why
the Judiciary should be any 'more im
mune from legitimate criticism than
a president. We thought so, too, and
still think so, but It once cost The Bee
$500 to learn that the Judges di not
think so.
It is a pity that everyone who U
inflated with a large sense of his own
Importance could not have heard a
famous astronomer describe the other
eveniug bow he made photographs of
nebular star clusters whose light rays
had been traveling ten years before
they struck the negative of his rsmera.
The Sixty-Fi,rt Congress. ' " !
The congress which has Just ad
journed sine aie must acpena ror pop
ular vindication upon Its earlier
transactions. Its later ones do not
make a formidable appeal to public I
approval. The cloning session was
the lesst active of any. That proba
bly was to have been expected as a
consequence of the political upheaval
last fall, which sealed the doom of so
many members. These results served
to accentuate factional strife and cre
ate eccentric circles of discord, which
neither the power of the president nor
that of party leaders in congrecs was
able to counteract or allay. The seed
sown by events transpiring soon after
President Taft came Into office did not
die. but bore fruit, and this fruit has
been very bitter.
Two points of contrast In the ear
lier and later periods of this congress
are notable. At the beginning the
working harmony between the execu
tive and congress produced more con
structive legislation than had ever
been produced In a similar period. At
the last the utter lack of harmony be
tween these two forces resulted in lit
tle legislation of moment and the en
actment of the most important of all
proposed laws deferred to another ses
sion. Conflict and confusion In the
ranks of the majority, leading to one
flllibuster after another, prevented any
systematic fulfillment of ,the presi
dent's program. The Lorimer .case,
of course, was also provocative of 111
results.
The Sixty-first congress will be dis
tinguished for the epochal changes in
the rules in the house, which deprive
the speaker of much traditional power
and came near unseating Speaker Can
non entirely. It marks what undoubt
edly will become a new era In Ameri
can politics. The transition has cost the
republican party its working majority
in congress and may, unless heroic
wisdom Is brought to bear, be equally
costly In the national campaign next
year. It leaves the party that 'has
held sway for nearly fifteen years con
tinuously disorganized and chaotic,
making necessary complete realign
ment and cohesion of forces before the
great task of a national campaign may
be undertaken with any degree of
complacency. But, of course, this pre
liminary work can, and probably will,
be done In time. We must not forget
that the democratic party's victory is
not a vindication of its principles so
much as It Is a rebuke to republicans,
and that therefore all the democrats
can rightly claim Is that they have
been given a trial. How they dis
charge their commission these next
two years will largely determine the
Issue, and they, themselves, are feeling
none too sanguine of results. '
Social Over-Speeding-.
The advent of Lent, which used to
have only a religious aspect, miut be
particularly welcome in' these Twenti
eth century days when it has come to
serve less as a period of pep I Pence than
as a period of rest and recupera
tion from social over-Bpeeding. Com
petent observers have not failed to
note that the pace set by society in its
entertainments and dissipations has
been constantly and continuously
quickening, and the distance covered
under high-gear by the present-day so
cial butterfly during the season of pink
teas and bridge tournaments matches
up fairly well with that of the racing
auto car and the swift biplane. A
minutely kept diary by a popular de
butante in our fashionable circles
would be as much an eye-opener for
her great-grandmother as would a
view of a spiral glide. But the machin
ery, that propels me social speed
maniac has its limitations tho same as
the machinery of the automobile or pf
the airship and has to go to the re
pair shop periodically for a general
overhauling or preparation for either
the next race or display at tho r.ext
exhibition. It is JuBt as important to
qbBerve rules of social oer-speedins
as It is rules regulating revkles driv
ing closer to earth or at higher alti
tudes. New Laws for Friar Lands.
The house committee in the explr
Ing hours of congress reported a com
plete exoneration of the officials of the
Philippine government involved in
the sale of the friar lands, so far as
any wrongful motive or act was con
cerned. That makes a closed Incident
of the affair. It Is probably Just as
well, since it does not shut out the
Important fact that 56,000 acres of
this land was sold to the Sugar trust
through one E. L. Poole. This trans
action is a matter of record, having
been made bo largely through the
testimony under oath of Horace Have
meyer, the present head of the Sugar
trust.
While the house committee did not
seek to disprove the fact of this sale,
j It simply found that In making it the
! administration la the Philippines had
violated no moral or legal propriety,
The sale was made under the laws ex
isting, it is contended, and it Is the
laws, not the officials, tb'at are held
accountable. What our government
now should do Is to enact laws that
will not permit a monopoly of any
kind to get control of these lands.
They should not be left subject to
predatory exploitation, but held for
the benefit of the government and In
dividuals. ''Congress cannot make
haste too soon In remedying these con
ditions. It is a matter of much satisfaction
that, though' the house committee on
this investigation divided and submit
ted a majority and minority report,
both sides agreed that the situation
was unavoidable and should be held
up as a warning to subsequent entan
glements. Congress, Itself, will be to
blame If It does not see that a repeti
tion of this Is made Impossible.
Exit Burkett.
With the adjournment Of congress
Rimer J. Burkett steps down and out
from the position of United States sena
tor Into private life. When the returns
came In from the late election fore
shadowing the succession of a demo
crat to the place occupied by Senator
Burkett, The Bee reminded his suc
cessful competitor that Ills signal ma
jority was to be construed not so much
as a vote for hire as it wss a vote of
lack of confidence in Senator Burkett.
We say It with reluctance, but we
believe truthfully, that for nan who
has been in public life at Washington
twelve years, six years as a member of
the lower house and six years in the
senate, Mr. Burkett retires with less
to show for his presence there than
any other senator who has ever nerved
from Nebraska in recent years, and
with fewer people really regretting It.
The reason for this is not hard to
find in the fact that Senator Burkett's
studied efforts to please everybody
pleased nobody; that while by this
course he made few enemies, he made
no friends, and that he Is completely
wanting in consistent devotion to prin
ciple and absolutely devoid of any
sense of appreciation of what other
people do for him.
His standing in the senate rested on
a similar basis no side recognizing
him as a dependable member of any
side, and it Is safe to say that he will
be missed by his colleagues lens than
any of the outgoing senators who
have served there as long as he has.
The most creditable measure of his
legislative career which has been writ
ten on the statute books over his name
Is that for federal Inspection of loco
motive boilers which he championed
for one of the organizations of rail
way employes and secured its enact
ment a few weeks ago.
Senator Burkett's case is simply
another of unseized opportunity, which
has made lusterless the names of most
of the men sent by Nebraska to Wash
ington as United States senators.
Limiting Skyscrapers.
The tide of public opinion seems to
be setting in against the sky-scraper
In the larger cities. . This, sentiment
Is developing in both New York and
Chicago, where the demand for more
symmetry in architecture, has arisen,
particularly in Chicago, now preparing
for a new era In municipal landscap
ing. In New York, where structures
have shot up as high as forty stories,
the demand for limitation comes from
the City Commission on Congestion of
Population, which proposes that build
ings hereafter be limited to fourteen
stories; or 174 feet, and that within
certain prescribed districts factory
buildings go no . higher than . twelve
stories, and that tenements do not ex
ceed in height the width of the streets
on which they stand.
Such a recommendation represents
radical departure, for heretofore
New York's craze fpr the soaring
building has seemed to know no
bounds. It is not certain yet that the
proposal of the commission will carry,
but it seems to have considerable
backing.
In the smaller cities of the country
the same reasons that Impels this re
form in New York do not exist, but
nevertheless there is in them a de
mand for restriction in the height of
buildings. Most cities like to boast
of one or two skyscrapers and, as a
matter of pride, it is well enough; it
gives a sort of lofty air to commercial
Importance. But there Are reasons
for limiting the height of structures
In these cities. One Is the conserva
tion of property values and another Is
a decent regard for civic beaut, or
architectural symmetry. Both are Im
possible where no regard is paid to the
average, height of business blocks.
Some western cities, Denver among
them, have already placed a limit on
their buildings and others have dis
cussed it. Omaha, for instance. Den
ver allows no building to go Mgher
than twelve stories.
Limiting the height of buildings
must not be construed as limiting, or
circumscribing business eaergy or en
terprise. It is but begging the ques
tion to say that it Is. Growing cities
cannot affoVd' to be lax in their build
ing laws, for they He at the very
foundation of the superstructure of
their municipal life.
Protect Elk in Wyoming.
Out in Wyoming the federal govern
ment has an excellent opportunity to
do a great work of conservation. We
do not refer to soil resources, but to
vast herds of elk that are roaming the
country about Jackson's Hole, unkept
so far as the national government Is
concerned. It Is a good chance to hush
the Incessant cry about the extermina
tion of the last of our large game. At
tention has already been called to the
fact that at the beginning of the winter
there were 60,000 elk In that country.
The state of Wyoming will, by the end
of winter, have fed $5,000 worth of
hay to about half the number and, it
Is estimated, 5,000 will have perished
for want of food before the snow
leaves the ground.
Senator Curtis of Kansas has laid
the matter before congress where it
was referred to the senate committee
on forest reservations and protection
of game. Doubtless the government
will do what Is necessary to conserve
these herds, which should increase In
number rather than diminish. Cer
tainly it should. There Is no reason
why the elk should become extinct,' so
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH
long as we have such a good nucleus
left. Generally our people lament the
fact that the buffalo, moose and decl
are so nearly extinct. Here Is a chance
to forestall lamentation by simply pro
viding sustenance In the winter time
for the animals.
There ought to be enough pride, to
tay nothing of humanltarlanlsm, left
In us to make every effort necessary
to perpetuate for some time such a
noble race. We are not so desperately
In need, as yet, of the preserves It oc
cupies to Justify its extinction. The elk
roam a country which lies only a little
south of Yellowstone park and at pres
ent It Is not being overrun by human
settlers. But If It were, there would
still be no reason why the elk could
not be transferred and saved. It was
doubtless news to millions of people to
learn that there were that many elk
In one bunch In this country. Our na
tional interest will surely impel us to
protect them all we can.
Peary Gets His Prize.
Robert E. Peary will be entitled
rear admiral In the corps of civil engi
neers as soon as the president signs
the bill passed by both houses of con
gress, retiring him on full pay with
this distinction, dating from April 6,
1909, the day on which he reached the
North Pole. That Is the highest civic
honor his nation can pay him. It lifts
Captain Peary, officially, out of the
mire of controversy surrounding hia '
cluims of discovery and gives him an
unblemished title.
The one regrettable feature of the
whole transaction Is that circum
stances make it possible for any of his
countrymen, or other countrymen, to
question the validity of the explorer's
claims. What he says he achieved
was the goal he set for himself away
back In the years that have gone, and
It seems too bad, Indeed, that now,
when finally he has come into his own,
as he maintains, he should find a sin
gle shadow of doubt to mar his dis
tinction. But the government of the
United States, through its chief exec
utive aud congress, has recognized
Captain Peary's achievement and
recorded It in history as bona fide.
It would probably be asking too
much to expect that this recognition
be unanimous, either In or out of offi
cial circles, for no matter what a
man's accomplishments may be, every
one is free to doubt them and him.
But what makes it bad In Peary's case
Is the fact that Cook came In with his
absurd claims Just ahead of Peary. In
spite of everything, this served, and
will serve, to discredit Peary with
many people, though Cook, himself,
admits he was overstating the facts
when he declared with bland assur
ance that he discovered the North
Pole. And it is worth noting that
Cook baa never. . disputed , Peary's
claims.- But whether Peary actually
came to the exact spot supposed to be
the. North Pole or notr'he' probably
came so near it as to earn the credit
of discovery." He worked too long
and patiently, through years of priva
tion and hardship to be denied great
distinction.
Italians in America.
Last year 215,000 Italians came to
the United States. Of the 5,000,000
or 6,000,000 in this country only about
68,000 went back to Italy In 1910.
According to a native of Italy who is
now an American citizen actively en
gaged in doing mission work among
his people in the larger American cit
ies, Italians come over here mainly for
one purpose to get money. They
succeed, as a rule. But he begs Amer
icana to help them see that money Is
not the biggest thing In this free coun
try; that they are only getting a small
part of what America has to offer
when they confine their acquisition to
wealth. He wants them to have ad
vantage of religious and educational
opportunities and urges on Americans
the duty of seeing that these things
are' extended to them.
American schools and churches are
open to the people from every land.
American organic laws guarantee to
people, regardless of race, color or
country, the right of religious and
civil liberty and the alien coming to
our shores has the same opportunity
In this direction as th man born here.
Only, of course, he does not know
how to take advantage of these op
portunities. Very well. Our Instltu
tlons and moral forces have taken ac
count of that fact. They are ready
with their various organisations to
take the stranger by the hand and
show him the way. That Is the work
these missions, to which our Italian
friend belongs, are doing. ,
In the squalid quarters of larger
titles, where people from foreign lands
often congregate, these social and re
ligious workers are centering some
of their best efforts. Indeed, they have
not, nor has our national, state or
municipal government, overlooked
the Importance of this demand to
which our Italian-American directs at
tentlon. It Is a big work and Is being
done by big men and women with
such system as to show up excellent
results. The United States long ago
learned of the loss It would sustain by
not doing this kind of work. So that
year after year we are paying more
attention to it. This serves the good
purpose of helping to impress on the
newcomer's mind the fact that we are
interested in his physical and moral
welfare, as well as his financial, and
pavea the way to his becoming a use
ful American cltlien.
Dr. Lyman Abbott la trying to an
swer the question, "What Is the best
method for a minister to pursue to
promote spirituality among his church
5, 1911.
member?" " That's"" hafd one."' II
would be easy, however, to enumerate
many methods frequently pursued by
misguided ministers thinking they are
thus promoting spirituality, which are
either wasted effort or have precisely
the opposite effect.
Polite to Our Friends.
Some Americans are becoming sensi
tively cautious In their treatment of
the Chinese and Japanese. They would
not for all the world offend them. You
hear little now about the dread of the
"yellow peril." Races that once were
the object of scorn, now are exalted..
We bid them friendship at every turn.
We court China's patronage of our fi
nancial resources, we grant treaty con
cessions to Japan it could not have
asked before. Jealously we guard the
feelings of both under all conditions.
We exhaust our hospitality In enter
taining Japan's distinguished repre
sentatives and hasten to return the
favor by preparing to send a delega
tion of our own representative citizens
to the Flowery Kingdom. We send aid
to plague-ridden China and entreat
both countries to send their young
men to our educational institutions
and graciously grant . China's request
to educate two youths at West Point,
"r military school
All this Is well, for it makes for
peace and better commercial and
diplomatic relations. Furthermore it
tends to strengthen the arms and In-
fluence of our Christian missionaries
over there. But now we have come to
the acme of our amenities. We have
taken it on ourselves to see that jus
tice Is done to our eastern friends even
to the use of the proper term of racial
designation. When the Japanese visit
ors were over here, systematic pains
were taken to see that they , were not
referred to as Japs, but always as
Japanese, for It grossly offends one
of these proud little men to be put off
with the nickname Jap. So nw we
are engaged In a discussion of China
men and Chinese, as to which is
proper. We say Americans, Germans,
Englishmen and no one takes offense.
But the pedantic taste will not toler
ate Chinaman, any more than it will
Jap. It must be Chinese, Just as it is
Siamese and Japanese and it will hurt
the feelings of your cultured friend
frombat land If you do not use this
term. Far better say Chtnesemen, one
ultra-pedantic authority tells us, than
to say simply, Chinamen. And this
American scholar cites to us the fact
that our British friends always say
Chinese. So that must be proper.
The Lincoln Star takes sensitive ex
ception to The Bee's approval of one
of Its suggestions on campus transfer
as "the moat sensible emanation we
Jhave seen In this connection from that
source. ".The Star explains that What
we referred to ( was the "only eman
ation" in this connection from that
source that has ever emanated. Per
haps we should have been more ex
plicit and placed in' parenthesis the
word "Lincoln," aftef the . .word
source." We apologize.
Gilford Pinchdf says a repablican
can he progressive without swallowing
the whole program put. out by the Navr
tlonal Progressive Republican league,
providing only he believes in one or
more planks of the. platform. We
commend this declaration to those In
Nebraska who would monopolize to
themselves the patent right to be
called progressives.
Is It a Flarebaekt
Washington Post.
All this sudden talk about revising (he
Ten Commandments sounds suspiciously
like a tariff flareback.
A Crael Pnactore.
Houston Post.
A Cleveland Japaneae wishes to bet Rich
mond Pearson Hobsort $5,000 that there wilt
be no war between the. United States and
Japan. No one but an undiplomatic Jap
would be no cruel as to puncture Rich
mond's wind bag In so cruel a fashion.
Mora Time for Safety Devices.
Indianapolis News.
The railroads which, as we are occasion
ally Informed during the rate controversy,
were always eager to obey the laws provid
ing for additional safety. have again ob
tained an extension of .from one to five
years for the application of safety devices.
Penalties of Caltare.
Boston Transcript.
It's perfectly safe for you to commit lar
ceny and nee Massachusetts, put tor
Heaven's sake don't embezzle or you are
lost. Having mastered that principle, try
to understand that under our gracious state
law embezzlement and larceny are the
same thing.
Better Tasa Athletlea.
Washington Herald.
President Taft believes that military
training In our colleges would be of more
benefit than athletics. Military tralntng
make strong, vigorous men of a future
generation, and has aa advantage over
athletics In that it can be participated in
by all students.
Mere Hustle, ! KIrklusj.
Indianapolis News.
On second thought It would appear that
the railroad managers nave aooui con
cluded to accept the rate decision without
raising any unnecessary disturbance. This
would seem to Indicate that they are .ole
In an emergency to distinguish a 'iawk
from a handsaw and even from a buss
saw.
Black Er tor Vetlns Machlaes.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Those who are ever on the lookout for
new expedlenta whereby mankind may be
reformed by legislation rejoiced a few
years ago when voting machines were In
troduced. Here, they said. Is an Infallible
method for preventing election fraud. Un
fortunately for their eipectatlons the re
sults have not worked out right. Voters
were continually making mistakes and the
machines occasionally got out of order.
ven a New Jersey Judge, after being care
fully Instructed, voted the straight demo
cratic ticket when his Intentions were to
vote for the republicans. There la no
longer any widespread demand for voting
machines. As a fad they have run their
day.
People and Events
The natitral gas wells of congress are
taking the rest cure treatment.
Private assurance come from the gov
ernment's bureau of chemistry that Ir.
Harvey Wlle's honeymoon bears the pure
toy label.
The sporting editor of the Congressional
Record turned In a fine line of hoi stuff
on the Wlckersharii Mondell bout, but the
sobsguad monopolised the tpare and
cruelly shut him out.
A democratic official In New York state
dncapltated forty-seven office-holders wih
nut seriously shortening the bread line.
The hero of the deed earns a pedestal
In the party's haul of fame.
In sizing up the "Father of his Country"
at a birthday party, the socialist mayor
of Milwaukee admitted that while Ueorge
Washington was a fairly nodi man he
couldn't qualify for mayor of the Cream
city.
The prospective increase of British peers
promises a season of keen competition
among American heiresses outside the
millionaire class. A' reduction' In value!
of foreign tufts would send a thrill Of
life Into dough piles hitherto Immune.
A total lack of system1 or fixed price
marks the financial end 'of fnatrlmonlal
separations. While ah ' Omaha man
coughed up $100.0t0 to cheer his retiring
partner on the way. a New Tork man
pocketed ItCO.Ono for giving up tils wife.
Just as the "lame ducks'' are waddling
from Washington Into obscurity a Cleve
land magistrate rules that while It Is
lawful under certain circumstances to
knock down a man. It Is decidedly unlaw
ful to "hand him one" while he Is down.
Justice tempered with mercy of a rare
quality was dispensed by a California
court to a young man convicted of em
bezillng 15.000. The sentence of the court
was: "You shall stay at home nights;
jou shall remain within the limits of this
county; you shall not play billiards of
pool, frequet cafes or drink Intoxicating
liquor, and you shall go Immediately to
work and keep at It until you have paid
back every dollar you stole. Violate these
terms and you go to prison."
HERB'S TO YOU, DOCTOR!
Par La ate
of Editorial Henqeets
Headed I p.
Boston Transcript.
The lawyer we take Into our confidence
when we get good and ready; the clergy,
man we admit to parlor and dining-room;
but the doctor goes into bedrooms unan
nounced. He goes In at a time when the
house, temporal and spiritual, has not been
set to rights for his reception, but If what
he sees there surprises him, -he seldom lets
It be known. In the healing of bodies he
has opportunities for healing souls which
could never come to a priest, and with
which many a priest could not deal. He
Is the lay father, confessor, regardless of
creed. In cities his olubabiltty Is famous.
Vie always fits. And clubs are Justly full
of him. Any club member 1s always safe
in replying to any other a salutation, "Good
evening, doctor." He Is a safe man on
committees: he can turn his hand to any
public business, and, it left alone, discharge
It creditably. He knows more psychology
in five minutes than the philosopher In a
week, and he Is withal the least emotional
of men. For when the lawyer is in tears
before a jury, and the parson Is ladling out
pathos from his pulpit, the doctor, cold and
pale, is keeping his nerve. "The peculiar
thing about him Is that, while fighting his
grim and silent battle with death wthout
the applause of a crowd, often without pay.
and sometimes without even gratitude, he
seema superior to all these considerations.
He Is responding to a 'higher sor'f of no3
blesse oblige which Is almost unintelligible
to the average man, hot for the average
prises. Compared with the impetuosity of
military rtien, the ecstasies' of religious
leaders and the sflent fortitude of starving
artists, the frozen enthusiasm of the doctor
Is a very Curious 'manifestation. It rnay
be something In 'the training he gets, for,
no matter what' the youngster rhay have
been, If his practice as a physician does
not bring It out. And to him belongs the
final reward of service, which Is' the in
creased opportunity' for service. '
BOOSTING IMMIGRATION.
l"nlted Action In Behalf of Tea West
ern States. ,
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
' Omaha's Commercial club has originated
a project that promises well for the de
velopment of the west.
It consists of an association for Jointly
directing Immigration and Investment Into
California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Ne
braska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washing
ton and Wyoming. Oddly enough, . how
ever, New Mexico and Arlsona, Hawaii
and Alaska are not included, nor Is any
reason apparent why Nebraska should be
In and Oklahoma and Kansas -out.
Ex-Governor Brady, of Idaho has been
made president, and the members are to
consist, of five delegatea at large from
each state, and of one from each railroad
operating In the state. Huch promoters of
publicity and development as Riley Atkin
son of Idaho and' C; C. Ohapman of Port
land appear among' the vice presidents.
There certainly seems to be room for
such an organization aa this Western De
velopment association claims to be. It can,
for example, unify the efforts of ail the
chambers of commerce and commercial
clubs and bureaus of publicity in the vast
territory attempted to be covered. .The
strength and resources and Intelligence
of all can be put at the service of each.
If sectionalism, politics and class Interests
are kept out of the proposed organisa
tion. It should become capable of scouring
results pf lasting value for the real de
velopment of the west. .
KXAMI'LK WORTH IMITATING.
raltlas; Oat Lawyers' ft ! In ff-I'j)
Speeches to Jarles.
Philadelphia Record.
An unusual feature of the Oardner brib
ery trial In New York, which was brought
to an end last week with the acquittal of
the defendant, was the submission of the
case to the Jury, by agreement of the op
posing counsel, without the customary
long-winded .summing-up speeches of the
lawyers. The case was thereby expedited
by at least a couple of days, and there Is
no reason to believe that the suppression
of the oratory had the slightest effect upon
the finding of the Jury.
The example set in this New York trial
la an excellent one for the emulation of
the legal fraternity elsewhere In the coun
try. There has been mucn complaint or
the tedlouimena of procedure In criminal
as well as In civil cases under our system,
and any amendment of our practices that
would tend to facilitate the speedy admin
istration of JusUce should be welcome alike
to bench and bar. There are, of course,
caaes In which the recapitulation of evi
dence and the Interpretation of It by both
parties are essential to the cause of Jus
tice; but such ruses are. after all, excep
tional. The aim of the summing-up
speeches Is not usually to enlighten, but
to befog the Jury; not to al4 the Jurors to
a finding based on reason and fact, but to
lay .their minds open to tha sway of pas
slot) and BentlmeaL,'
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Chlrngo Record-Herald: Twenty-one
preachers In Itoston and Its s'iburhs have
broken dow n ow Ing to overworn. F.vldently
It Is going to be difficult to save Uoeton;
Cleveland Plain Iealer: It seems a pitr
thnt a noted preacher should glvp as a
reason for leaving New York thM he cln
do no cooil there. There's s susixrstlnn
of the discouraged prophets of old In hH
hopeless tone.
Washington Times: A Philadelphia m nl
tef.' while under th Influence of ether,
thought he went to heaven, where he
rccoanlar-d number of his parishioners.
The disappointment he felt on waking up
ought not to be kein, however, since he
sees how ens- It Is to make the trip.
Rrooklyn Kale: Rev. Charles Strlzle
says every church should have an expert
advertising manssrr. The prophets, nays
Mr. Stelzle. were vrnsntlmmllst.. Todav
the real advertiser Is not a sensationalist,
hut a prophet. The Rlhle Is full of com
mands to publish the jrlnd t clings the
word publish Is common In th mouths of
the prophets.
Springfield Republican: One of Rev. Ir.
Aked's deacons Intimates, rather cruelly.
It seems, that the doctor "fetls that he
would be placed at a disadvantage by the
coming of Ir Jowrtt to'the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian church, a block above us li.
Jowett Is one of the most brilliant pulpit
orstors In Knglimd." The 1'resbvtrrinns
will have a fine new chinch edifice on a
Fifth avenue corner, and that Is wlmt
lr. Ak?d feels art cularly sor.' about. aibM
the deiicon.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"If you want to inariv
see my rather."
Hie, oil .--holllcl
"I've seen nlm several times, hut I want
to marry you Just the same." Chlcano
Record-Herald.
Nan 1 rouldu I possibly bring mjself
down to your love!
Fan Oh. yes. you could; get two or
three Inches taken off those rench heels
of youra. Boston Transcript.
"I tl.lut I had better get a Job before we
marrv."
"Don't be so unromantlc, Fetdv. 1 won't
need any clothing for a Iour. long time.".
jui you may wain in rni ainioei imme
diately, my dear." Louisville Courler-Jour-
ii.
"This slim craze has Its disadvantages."
itowt"
"The narrower a girl Is. the less displaV
space she has for diamonds." Kansas i ily
Journal. ,
"Do you think I am really your affinity'.'"
Ssked Solomon's HW.th wife, coquettlshly.
"My dear," said the Wisest Ouy, "you tr
one In a thousand." . .
He got away with It, too. Toledo Blade.
"Uustave's letters to me are exceedingly
dull and commonplace." said one fair fe,n
"Don't you know why'.'" responded tun
t.ther.
"No."-
"Uustave once served on the Jury in
breach of promise case." Washington mmi,
After the sermon on Sunday morning th
rector welcomed and snook hands with
ytung German.
"And are you a regular communicant?"
cald the rector.
"Yes," said the German; "I take the 7:li
every morning." Llpplncott's Magazine. .
The fair damsel was surprised to see him
"Why, Mr. Bpangler," she said, "0u
called last night. "
"I know it, Miss Mildred.", brazenly an
swered the rising young politician; "tuis
u the re-call."
. An hour or two later, as he seemed im
pervious to hints that It was time for him
to go, she gave him the Imperative man
date. Chicago Tribune.
. A FRIEND TO MAN.
Sam Walter .,Fgs. .
' ; I- , -'.
'f'v.-N. tutrmtt Minis that live withdrawn
" In the peace of their self -content; '
There are souls, like Stars, thai' dwell
, apart, '
In a ielkywlesa firmament;
There are pioneer souls that blaze their
. paths '
Where highways never ran.1' '
But let me live by the side of. the road
And be a friend to man. (
II.
Let me live In a house by the side of the
road
Where the race of men go by
The men who are good and the men who
. are bad.
As good and as bad as I.
I would not sit In the scorner's seat,
Or hurl the cynic's ban.
Let me live In a house by the side of the
road
And be a friend to man.,
ill.
I
I see from my house by the side of the
road.
By the side of the highway of life.
The men who press with the ardor of hope.
The men who are faint with the strife.
But I turn not away from their smiles nor'
Both parts of an Infinite plan
Let me live In my house by the aide of the
road
And be a friend to man. ' . !
IV.
I know there are brook-gladdened meadows
ahead
Ant mniinlHjna nf wenrlfloma height:
That the road passes on through the long
afternoon
And stretches away to the night.
But still I rejoice when the travellers re
Joire, ' "
And weep with the strangers that moan.
Nor live in my house by the side of the
road
Like a man who dwells alone.
V.
Let me live In a house by the side of the
road
Where the race of men go by
They are good, they are bad. 'they are,
weak, they are utrong.
Wise, foolish so am I.
Then wny anouia I eu in me scornei e seat.
Or hurl the cynic's ban?
Let me live In my house by the aide of the
road
And be a friend to man.
Once More
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