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THK HKK: OMAHA. MONDAY. MAKCII 'JO. 1911. The Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROBE WATER. VICTOR ROPKWATKR. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflce second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Sunday Bee, one year '2 Saturday lire one year Dally Bee (without Sunday, one year. 4 W Dally Bee and Sunday, one year DELIVERED B Y CARRIER. Evening Re (without Sunday). pr mo. .26c Evening Bee wlth Sunday) per month.. M Dally Bee (Including nunday). per month. &c Dally bee twlthout Sundayt. per month.. 46c Address all romplalnta of Irregularities In delivery to City circulation Department. OFFICES Omaha The Be Building. ' South Omaha (0 N. Twenty-fourth 8t Counrll l)luffs-15 Scott St. Lincoln M l.lttle Building. Chicago Marquette Building. Kanui City fWilanoe Building. New York 24 West Thirty-third St. Washington 725 Fourteenth St., N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relating to newt and ed itorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Dnlv 2-cent stamps received in payment of mall account, personal checka except on Omaha and eaatern exchange not accepted. FEBRUARY CIRCULATION. 47,621 . Stat of Nebraska, County of Douglaa. ee: Dwlglit Williams, circulation manager of The Be Publishing company, being duly worn, aaya that the average dally cir culation, leea apolled, nnusued and returned copies, for the month of February, nil, wu .a. DVVlaliT WILLI A MA Circulation Manager. flubaw-rlWed In my preaence and aworn to before ma tbla Xsl day of March, 1SU. (Heal.) ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. Subscribers leaving the elty lta perarllr aboald hay The ailed to then. Addreaa will fee "Mexican Situation Headline. Where? Clearing." If Colonel Cody must have a seat In the senate, we 'suggest lie lasso Joo Bailey's. It Is to be hoped that no embalmed beef row grows out of conditions on the border. This little affair down In Texas Is likely to revive the gun-toting habit there again. One thing the sending of troops did It made President Diaz admit he "Was not dead. "Eat less and live long," says the philosopher. Also have more money to pay the bills. ., Now lit here. somewhere, Congress man Hobson Ought to be able to work his "I told yot so." Funny bow those mistakes in the legislative engrossing rooms always happen just, by themselves. "You, can't keep a good man down," exclaims one of Joe Bailey's admirers. But where Is the application? There Is one way for some of these lame ducks to get even and that is to get appointed weather forecasters. And now J. Warren Keifer has of fered to go to the front, if needed. Oh, let's settle the. thing peaceably. A Poughkeepsle man willed $100, 000 to a woman who refused to marry him years ago. Grateful unto death. In Los Angeles, the pride of the new civic era, a prize fight occurred last week. Exceptions again prove the rule. Would those little Mexicans like to come up and take a few lessons in how to be a republic from their big Uncle Sam? But suppose they call it a draw, do those American soldiers of fortune then get that section of fine land In northwest Mexico. Here's hoping the troops will be back from the Mexican border in time to furnish the usual military escort for King Ak-Sar-BenJ President Taft, who sent ex-Congressman Boutell to Portugal as min ister, cannot be accused of taking sides with insurgents over there. Governor Dlx said he was anxious that the senatorial contest be settled and with that end In view he visited Mr. Murphy. Does the governor as pire to humor? It might be mentioned In passing that the Honorable Hinky Dink, who Joined In celebrating the Lorimer "tri umph," is also supporting Carter Har rison for mayor. Abe Reut says they may imprison his body, but not his soul. ' lit the search of the last four and one fourths years no one jopt.-arg to have run across his soul. Rural Nebraska towns are prepar ing for the annual tug-of-war between the wets and thf drys. The profes sional Anti-Saloon leaguers should be gin to make a noise. As was to have been expected, the World-Herald haa concluded now that the measure has run the gauntlet of the legislature that the "criminal Joker" is not so objectionable, after all. Still, Governor Woodrow Wilson's presidential boom might have been launched more wisely if It had been set off at the Bryan birthday banquet tuslead of at a St. Patrick's day feast especially in view of the fact that It would only have bad to have ben kept in. cold storage two days longer, David H. Moffatt. David H. Moffatt, the Denver capi talist who died In New York, was typical of the rugged characters that have mildfl and developed the west.. He wag distinctly a western man, though like many of our pioneers, horn In'an eastern gtate. His business enterprises were In and of the west and his great fortune, running up Into the millions, i was carved out of the west's prodig- lous resources. He helped to develop j those resources. He was a builder, I a man of great constructive force and enterprise. The Moffatt railroad that i traverses some of the most rugged mountains of Colorado will stand as a typical monument to the man's character and works. For yearB he had been one of the vital forces In the life of Colorado. - But Omaha and Nebraska may feel ! personal Interest In Mr. Moffatt and his achievements, for he was one of the early settlers of this city and state. Bavage's History of Omaha Includes him In the list of "pioneers who gave tone and character to the new settle ment (Omaha)." Young Moffatt was one of the early agents of the United States Express company In Omaha, succeeding C. C. Woolworth, brother of the late J. M. Woolworth, In that position and then he became a bank cashier and finally moved to Denver, where his business ventures, chiefly mining and railroads, steadily suc ceeded, bringing him- Anally Into the position of president Of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad. Not so many years ago he built the line that bears his name. Chicago Electors ' Awake. The single day for registration In Chicago, preparatory to the city elec tion this spring, brought out nearly 76,000 new voters In that city. Evi dently the people are interested In the race for mayor between Charles E. Merrlam and Carter H. Harrison, who already has served as mayor four terms They are evidently preparing to vote, which 1b a good sign. It is always a good sign of tha civic health fulness of a community to find voters going to the polls. Apathy Is one of the worst elements in American poli tics. The stay-at-home vote, has worked mischief often as c. eat as downright fraud and corruption. No Indications are at hand in point unfailingly to the victor in thin cam paign. Both sides claim the victory Republicans profess to believe that Prof. Merriam will have an easy time defeating bis democratic rival, while democrats are equally insistent in their claims. The fact Is, however, that both parties are likely to be torn widely on various lines. Merrlam, as a member of the faculty of the Uni versity of Chicago is a deep student of municipal government, ancj. has ac complished some wholesome reforms in Chicago. He stands for civic vir tue and will get the support of the majority of people who. stand for clean, progressive government whether they are democrats or republicans. At least, that is the theory. Harrison will undoubtedly poll a large vote among republicans opposed to Mer rlara's reforms and favorable to the corporation interests in politics. On the other band,. Harrison has to con tend with a disaffection among the Dunne democrats, who have not been entirely pacified by Dunne's surrender. But whatever way the contest re sults, it should be a popular verdict. With the full vote out, counting that all or most of those who registered will vote, it should be possible to elect the man and the remainder of the ticket preferred by the majority of the people and when that is done it is something worth while. In Its pres ent mood for substantial reform and civic betterment, It would em Chi cago could not afford to reject Prof. Merrlam for Carter Harrison, who has proved himself little more than a prac tical politician In office. Electing him would look like turning back, while electing Prof. Merrlam would be go ing forward. Alaska's Development. The cry continues for early develop ment in Alaska and In the northwest popular sentiment against unnecessary delay Is strong. The administration has shown some disposition to pro ceed with plans for properly exploit ing these prodigious natural resources', which undoubtedly will be needed there and here before they are avail able if greater haste la not made. Perhaps in the present Investiga tion of fraud in the exploitation of Alaska by get-rlch-qulck promoters, Is to be found a prelude to real de velopment. Last week six men were indicted by a federal gran J Jury in Detroit and nine in Chic.tKO. These nine men are, charred w'tli perpetrat ing a scheme to get control ;;f 10.000 acres of rich coal land, valued at $10,- 000,000, as a means of Turu'ln a comb'ne that would eoutiol the coal trade of the Pacific co.at. The gov ernment regards the indictment as one of the most important achieve ments In Its crusade agalntt the "land grabbers" of Alaska. It would cer tainly seem to be important. If now a few convictions can be secured tud a lew lenaltlts Inflicted so as to make the example effective, It might be come Instrumental In pa. in- the way to actual development This government is fact to face with one of the most glgautlc tasks in the problem of Alaska its protection from the money plra.ti without Im pending its development. To safe ruard Its phenomenal resources from the avaricious bands rearhel cut to fc-rlwe thera and to exploit, tneui widely and legitimately will tax our states- tuanahlp quite vr:y, But that fKulo. make the government all the more eager to ,vldrfs itself to Hie task. It cannot afford to retard the ii'ioprrsa one day longer ll.nn Is o-i livt'ly necessary. The Question of Taxes. It is axiomatic that the temptation for public authorities to levy'taxes up to the very limit permitted by law is almost Irresistible. That Is , the reason limitations are fixed by law, for If all the various taxing authorities could raise all the money they wanted to spend the tan burdens would closely approach confiscation. The main purpose of the amend ments to the Omaha charter pending at Lincoln Is to raise the limit of the amount of money which the mayor land city council may levy for city pur- poses. If the bill Is enacted as orlg ray will be opened ! linally drawn the w to boost city taxes on Omaha property up to a 40 per cent addition to what they now are. To the average tax payer. Including those who realize that the growing needs of a growing city must be met by growing revenues, this looks pretty strong. The taxpayer may be slow to see the prospect of increased taxes, but he will not be slow to complain when the in flated tax bill comes in. It should be remembered, too, If this char ter amendment becomes a law un changed, no relief may be expected from a commission form of govern ment, because the commission form bill simply substitutes seen council men at large for the present mayor and twelve councllmen, without in any way touching the subject of taxation. A tax rate calculated to frighten in vestors would be an ad counteracting the best that Is hoped for from the advertising embraced in the commis sion form. Cutting Up the Farms. Not in the Immediate future will the United States have to go abroad for Its supplies of farm products, for it has too much fertile soil of its own that has never been scratched by cultivation. It has room for mil lions and millions of population out in Its vast western states, which have only begun the work of colonization. Census figures, as they are gradually working out, show encouraging prog ress in this direction. They show a larger number of farms in most of the Bin ten although In Iowa there are fewer farms than there were ten years ago. Indicating that the Iowa farms are larger. Montana presents an Interesting sit uation, however, and it is probably typical of most other western states, with which, of course, Iowa is not to be classed. Ten years ago Montana had 13,370 farms, while now it has 25,946. That is not a great many farms for a state of Montana's dimen sions. It Is 580 miles in width and 315 miles deep, giving it an area of 146,080 square miles. It is the third state In the union In point of size, Texas and California surpassing It. We find, therefore, that this great state has scarcely begun to develop. What a kingdom of wealth and population It, like Nebraska, Texas and other huge western states, will become when somewhere near fully developed may be only approximated from what they now are. In 1900 the average size of Mon tana's farms was 624 acres. In 1910 It was 250 acres. There is the process of colonization that Is going on more or less all over the west and will go on steadily for years to come. It means the opening up of the most fer tile soil, the establishment of new homes, new sources of food supply and the production of new wealth. Whipping-Post Ethics Revival of the whlpplng-post as a punishment for wlfe-beaters in Mary land has brought some new-idea women to the front with loud pro tests in the name of humanltarianlsm. They want the whlpplng-post done away with, even though admittedly It serves as a most efficacious rem edy of the 111 for which It is applied. Recently a Baltimore man, convicted of beating his wife, was sentenced to pay a fine, serve a term In prison and take a specified number of welts of the cat-tails on his bare back. He lis tened to the reading of the forepart of hla sentence without wincing; he complacently faced the fine and the prison, but wept as he pleaded with the court to spare blm from the whlp plng-post. Evidently it is a telling remedy. Why not keep it on the statute books merely as a warning, sort of absent treatment specific? It might serve every need and yet never have to be applied. True, It does not seem to comport with the finest notions on hu manltarianlsm, but then neither does wife-beating. And wife-beating is so fatal to domestic felicity. If dread of the whipping post will prevent men from beating their wives, society might afford to risk the damage It might do to the sublime cause of hu manltarianlsm. In the meantime. It Is to be hoped, for the sake of the consistency of tbese good women who bave rushed to the front In behalf of the wife-beater, that their husbands never acquire the habit. Down In Lincoln a great hue and cry has been raised agalnat the intru sion of advice from outsiders as to bow the city government should be run at the state capital. Why kick against the pricks? Omaha is gotten so accustomed to having folks from Lincoln, Houth Omaha, Plattsmouth, Fremont and I'ea Molues tell us how to reform oursolvte that we would jsadly miss these unsolicited guardians i if they should cease showering us with attentions. But wouM the democrats have been so severe on Superintendent Manuel j of the Kearney Reform s hool if he had gone out of office with Governor Shallenberger and had not been re- 'appointed by Governor Aiaricn; we pause for reply. The Iowa legislature is still wrestling with the question of permit ting cities to tax terminals for mu nicipal purposes. Iowa boasts being a progressive state, but this Is where Nebraska got ahead of Its neighbor four years ago. After Judge Walter 1. Smith is ban queted a few more times In honor of elevation to the bench of the united mates circuit ivuii ui aiiiJttia he will have acquired the judicial tem perament beyond the possibility of a doubt. It Is quite possible that the Water board Is not in such a hurry to build that second Florence main as it thought it was not so anxious to do something as it is to continue to do nothing. Why all this hub-bub over John Hays Hammond as our representative at the coronation? He has the price and caii look the part. What else is there to it? A Sinn of Something;, Wall Street Journal. ,Aa President Taft and JohYi D. Rocke feller merely said "good morning" to each other on the AuguBta, Ga., golf links, tipsters will now hasten to return an ad verse Standard Oil decision. Roosevelt's 'TromUe of Snmhlnr." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Many men dread the day of being called "grandpa." but who, In the light of Mr. Roosevelt's outcry against race suicide, can doubt that the approaching shadow of the name ia to him a promise of sun shine? ) I tomldrr Hon We Move. Pittsburg Dispatch. Twelve million a year for the traveling expenses of officers of the government sounds big by Itself. But compared with some six or seven hundred millions for wars pact or prospective It shrinks Into moderation. Patrolling; the Ilia Urandr. Philadelphia Record. The difficulty of patrolling the 1.500 miles of the Mexican border with United States cavalry to prevent the violation of our laws by Insurgents demonstrates how futile are the means of the custom house to restrain the smugglers' trade across -the Rio Orande. Reciprocity with Mexico, sup plementing reciprocity with Canada, would go far toward putting an end to the smuggling traffic on the southern as well as the northern border. Large Opening; for Doctors. Boston Transcript. One of the wmen doctors at the mis sionary meeting. In Tremont Temple, matlo the cruel assertion that if three-fourths of the Boston doctors should suddenly van ish the city would get along Just as well! And then In order to make the pill easier to swallow, she called upon Boston doctors to go back with her to India, where at the present time every doctor is sure of a million patents. That ought to keep a saw-bones busy several hours of the day. The I.lnilt of Nerve. Plttsurg Dispatch. The plea on behalf of the Sugar trust that It has paid the United States treasury $33fi,0O0.O00 In the last fourteen years, and stolen one 1 per rent or so of that sum seems to be the twentieth century repro duction of Warren Hastings' amazement at his own moderation. It may be pertinent to recall that In the same time the rest of the country has paid' Into the same re ceptacle something like 112,000.000,000. Tet that does not justify the others in stealing even 1 per cent of It back. Modesty strike a. Note. New York Sun. When the lion. Champ Clark was asked If he was a candidate for the democratic nomination for president he answered: "Well, the democratic party might go further and fare worse and I think It will." On the last previous appearance that we recall of this venerable and always useful Jest It was credited to the Hon. Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois. When he utilized It for the expression of his sentiments It had the merit of conveying to his listeners a certain amount of truth. BRYAN AND BANK GUARANTY. Gnthailsim Frosted y Oklahoma Eiperleier, Boston Transcript. Colonel William Jennings Bryan ex pressed his warm approval Tuesday night of the decision of the supreme court vali dating the law guaranteeing bank deposits, which he had made one of his many Issues. It Is doubtful whether that tribunal had Coltfnel Bryan In mind when It made that decision, and It expressed no opinion of the merits of the law, but only performed what It regarded as Its duty with respect to Its Interpretation. There ettem to be rocks ahead fur the successful operation of the statute. In Oklahoma the situation Is said to be In a very ticklish condition as the result of- the action of the Stat Banking board In levying an asaessment of 1 per cent on the depoelta of atate banks to re plenish the state guaranty fund. An audit ing company Is preparing a report on the administration of thla fund undor the Has kell regime, and It Is stated that matters are found In a very unsatisfactory condi tion. The failure of the Columbia bank seriously complicated the situation, and a partisan banking board, fearing to arouae protest, guaranteed the paper of weak banks, which should have been closed In stead. Since Governor Cruce took office a new banking board has been appointed, and this assessment is one of Its first acts. The 1 ier cent will Juat about square ae- 'counts, but any further trouble will neceasl. tat additional demands. The first result of this action ha been the scuttling of a number of state banks to cover with ap plications for national charters and with drawal from participation In the fund. Even should they receive them It la too late to escape the present assessment. Governor Haskell ia being blamed for this condition of thing. It Is said that he used the law as a party measure and a campaign asset, when It should have been employed solely for buslnea purposes. Very likely the charge 1 true, but a law that Invite such manipulation 1a a weak law. Thar Is a good prospect of Its col la.pao la Oklahoma, where It haj received tb moat crucial test yet applied. Washington Life Soma interesting Vhaeea and Conditions Obaerved at tb nation's Capital. The legal profession Is not likely to suf fer for want of adequate representation among the new members of the aenate of the Slxt -second congress. A goodly ma jority of the holdovers practice law when h,, i n,iii,itiv rt.iini in nnlltlcs. hut the i an proportion Is far short of the newly-elect, j Of sixteen new senators, picked at random, from the states of Nebraska, Missouri, Tennessee, Maine. Rhode Island, Connecti cut, California. Ohio, Washington, Missis sippi, Indiana. New Jersey, North Dakota, Montana and two from Weft Virginia, thirteen are lawyers, and the rest of the mighty crowd la represented by one editor, one farmer and one manufacturer. The baby of the bunch Is Luke Lea of Tennes see, Just .11, beardless and a democratic in surgent. The patriarch of the sixteen Is Judge Works of California. 61. with John W. Kern of Indiana' only three years his Junior. The remainder range in age from 41 to M. James E. Martlne of New Jersey Is rated as a farmer, though he has divided his energies for yeara past In farming town lots and cultivating political dope around the New Jersey stump. He has been the party's "forlorn hope" leader for year past, and Is capable of pulling off as fine a line of energetic talk as any filibuster on record. Senator Martlne requires consider able floor space when he gets busy vocally, for he walks when he talks. "Are you walking or talking?" Inquired a Jerseyman who was listening to one of Marline's greatest efforts on the stump. "If you're walking, stop talking; If you're talking, stop walking." Senator Martlne's opposite la Clarence W. Watson of West Virginia, successor of Senator Elklns, who strives to obey the impressive words of his father, "Talk less." No doubt the lawyers can easily smother the farmer vocalist. Indeed, he will be a gentle breeze in contrast with the new cyclone from Missouri, James A. Heed, who Is rated as a sixty-lung power long-distance orator, with vocal flowers to throw at the birds. William P. Frye, the senior senator from Maine, rounded out thirty years as a mem ber of the United States senate on March 8. That record has only been surpassed by three senators and equaled by six In the entire history of the nation. Senator Frye came to the senate on March 15. 18S1, after ten years of service in- the house, which gives him a record as a national legislator covering a period of forty years. That record has been sur passed by only two senators. The late Senator Allison of Iowa held the record for continuous service In the senate. He' had been a member of that body for thirty-five years, and was serving his sixth term when he died. John Sher man of Ohio and Justin Morrill of Vermont, who died a few years ago, served each In the senate thirty-three years. If he com pletes his present term, which expires March 4, 1913, Senator Frye will have equaled the record of Senators Morrill and Sherman. President Taft turned the tables on Sen ator Depew at a dinner In Washington be fore congress adjourned. Both were guests of a local organization, so the story goes, and the senator spoke first. During his speech he aald that the news papers had threatened to Ignore him for ever if he voted for reciprocity. This, he said, was a serious matter. A little later the . president spoke. He had heard the New Yorker's remark. Turning to the banqueters he is reported to have said: "I was terrified by the remark of the senator. I had always counted on him for reciprocity, but If he gets the Idea that the newspapers are going to allow him to sink into obscurity If he votes with us, then I know he Is lost to the cause." The Postofflce department Is now work ing out a plan for extending the postal bank system Into a great many more citlea and towns. The question as to whether this extension shall continue to apply only to second class offices Is being considered. It is possible that some third and fourth class offices may be Included but there Is little likelihood that any first class office will be designated for some time to come. Before the end of the fiscal year It Is hoped to have 500 or 000 postal savings banks In operation. The new law contemplates the establishment In Wash ington of a central savings system office. It has been decided by the Treasury de partment that national banks which may be designated as depositories for postal savings shall not be required to keep a reserve against the postal savings de posited therein by the government. Hon. Solomon F. Prouty of Vet Molnea ha arrived In Washington after one of the longest trips on record, reports the Wash ington Times. He started for this town twelve years ago and has been coming ever since, but never before arrived. Prouty la the man who makes money out of walnut logs and spends It beating John A. T. Hull out of a seat In congress. That last has been his real business in life for twelve years. Mostly,' he hasn't done It when he tried. He wasn't much of a politician whom he started at his Job, but he haa learned fast. He made the ftght three times for the nomination and three times he was beaten. ; Kach time "they said" it was the end of Prouty and each time Prouty locked his square Jaw together and announced that be would come again. Now he has come all the way. He thinks he'll like Washington. He has been a Cummins man all through the years. 'We used to fight, bleed and die to get her," he aald the other day. "we still fight and bleed, but wv cut out the dy ing lately. The other fellows are looking after that end, for a change." Fake C'olleslaa at tho Front. Springfield Republican. The nam of Oscar G. Creighton, Amerl ran, aald to be leading a band of Mexican revolutionists and called a Harvard grad uate, does not appear in the catalogue of the University ut Cambridge. This person may be a Harvard graduate figuring under an alias, but Is more likely to be a fake collegian. Newspaper writers dealing with northern Mexico are charged to produce readable stories, and the consequences thereof are various. Aa Appalling) 4 hare. Kansas City Star. Mr. Weaver, the commissioner of street cleaning, has been sued for SJS.000 for say ing that many citizen wer being "gouged" by the plumbers. IV a an appalling charge to make, and the fair name and fame of the plumbing profession seems to be at atake. A Mere Overalakt. Indianapolis News. Rebating exists no longer, of course, but the unpleasant after effects of It are still adding to the railroads' expenses, aa is evident from the fine of tl&.OuO Imposed on the New York Central and t'JO.uOO on the Pennsylvania at Buffalo. The Bee's Letter Box Contributions oa Timely Brbtecte Hot Exceeding Two Hundred Words Are Xarlted from Our Beadars. n Ohio street . Oater . OMAHA. March 18 -To the Kdltor ct The Hee: A movement Is on foot to grade Lake slreet. the city to pay half. Is It not a fact that the Smith Brick company have agreement with the city to do the grading from Thirtieth to Thirty-third street. The consideration for doing the grading Is the use of the dirt and l. The scheme Is to have the city pay halt to benefit the Smith Prick company and the property owners of the vacant ground west of Thirty-third street, so they can throw it on the markket anj profit finan cially. There Is but one small house on Lake street from Thirtieth to west of Thirty third street; whereas, we, the home own ers. In Ohio street, have made efforta for the last six years to get Ohio strret graded so we can put down permanent walks. Why is it we can not get Ohio street graded? Will the city council answer that question? Is It because the water com pany has to lower tho water mains, or why? Many homes are occupied by their respective owners In Ohio street, there fore, why can't Ohio street be graded and put in passable shae so we can build our sidewalks and Improve our homes, and thereby Improve their value and appear ance. Instead of aiding the brick yard nuisance and the wealthy real estate own. ers who have held this ground for years for speculation? J. J. BONNER. 314 Ohio Street. "SENATOR" BUFFALO BILL Philadelphia Record: "Buffalo Bill," Is a resident of Arizona and Is credited with an ambition to be the first senator from the new state. That would more than make up for the national loss In tha de feat of Baseball Spalding, who under took to get Into the senate by way of California. New York Post: The effect of Colonel Cody's presence upon the senate Itself could not help being of the very best. The Insurgents have done something to agitata the rather torpid atmosphere of that solemn chamber, but Buffalo Bill's arrival would be like a veritable Seabreeze In the top-floor bedroom of a board-walk hotel on a night In August. Washington Post: With a senator on the floor able to snuff a candle at forty paces, decorum could be preserved oiT the floor as well as In the galleries, without the services of a presiding officer. With his trusty 44 on the table lid In front of him, who would be but what's the use? There Isn't a man, woman, or child In the United States who did not. at the first mention of the Cody ambition, comprehend at one thought the full possi bilities of its attainment Cleveland Leader: It la even probable that the Cody election would be popular. The bristling goatee and spangled belt and spurred heelB of the famous old scout might add a refreshing new tint to the 11 too somber and all too dull gold color scheme of the senate chamber. There Isn't any doubt at all that the country would welcome a change In the general complex Ion of the national aenate, and tha some what hectic flush which Buffalo BUI would add might meet the entire approval ttt a long suffering and Impatient people. At any rate, worse things than Colonel Cody have happned to the upper house of congress. Now, Let' Saopoae. Springfield Republican. The corporation Income tax, decides the supreme court, Is not a tax on the Income but an excise tax on the corporate doing of business as measured by Income. Suppose, now, congress should enact a general in come tax like unto that of 1804, but should entitle it an excise tax on the living of citizens of the United States a measured by their Income. No more evidently could the court call that a tax on Income and therefore on property and therefor to be apportioned according to population. And such a tax would not be open t the on great objection to the corporation Income tax, that It discriminates against and bur dens an agency or Instrumentality of the state governments. The present decision would seem to make the pending Income tax amendment to the constitution quite unnecessary. Postal Don Skat Oat. Nw York World. The order of the postmaster general pro hibiting the transmission through the mails of postal cards containing duns or threats is one which others besides Im pecunious debtors have reason to approve. A postal card before reaching its destina tion Is certain to be seen by other eyes than those for which It Is Intended, and to use this means to advertise a man'a In debtedness Is to give unwarrantable pub llclty to his affairs. It Is an Invasion of personal privacy, and surprise may be felt that the postofflce authorities have tol erated it. People Talked About After a world-wide hunt, which haa been under way since tail, Burdett Wolf, who Bho and" killed his sweetheart, Bertha Nor ton, haa been located In Calcutta, India, and will be brought to Portland, Ore., for trial for murder. Mrs. Irene C. Buell is the thirty-sixth woman admitted to practice In the supreme court of the United States. "Mrs. Buell's home Is In St. Paul, Minn. She Is a grad uate of the St. Paul College of Law and was employed for a while in the office of the attorney general of that state. Proctor Knott, the noted Kentucky orator, I reported sinking "Into the valley of the hadows" at his horn In Lebanon. H ia now In his slat year. While a mem ber of congreaa away back In the Cleve land dayo he aotiieved fame by a speech which put Duluth on the map with a amll around it. Orrln Wentworth, a well-to-do farmer of Baldwin, Me., who Is 80 years old, took his first ride on a railroad train last week when he visited Portlsnd. Incidentally It waa his first visit to Portland In forty years. Mr. Wentworth ship hundreds ef dollars' worjh of produce over the railroad every year. Nina TuiaiavUoff, a peasant woman at Telev, In the Caucaaua, 1 probably th oldest person In the world. Last week, according to a Russian correspondent, she celebrated her 166th birthday. Though she Is now quite Incapable of ualng her limbs, she Is still In possession of her mental faculties. Frank Clemens of Sandpolnt, Idaho, Is the owner of what Is said to be th only team of trained deer In the United State. The deer were captured In the northern part of the county when small and are now I months old. They are well broken to 'drive and when hitched to a sleigh will travel as fast as horses. It Is said. BROWN. TAYLOR. THOMAS, Kearney I'emocial: "fan Hire.- At icrats aarre on anything'."' the nmuha J Itee. Why. about its cl as some reptihll .cans can when it comes to Cadet Ta.lor. j Kails City Journal: All rosfls will lead to ' Lincoln when S. nator Nnrrls Hrown talks on the reciprocity agreement. Ten or mora will go up from Falls City, nearly all of whom have been Mtten by the postoffbe hug. Ni.thlnr like getting close to the sena tor early In the content. Ord Quiz: For telling some Unidensant truths about t'adet Taylor, the new sur veyor of cutoms of the ort of Omaha. The Bee Is defendant In a suit for M.CW clam ages' instituted by the said Cadet Taylor. You observe thtt It is the guilty who usually commence libel suits against news papers who tell the truth about them. Plattsmouth Journal: If a postmaster lit allowed to get out and work for the suc cess of his favorite candidates, and mak his assistants do the same, the people want to know where such authority comes from. That Is the reaeon why the result of the Investigation of the Omaha post master Is awaited with so much Interest. O'Neill Frontier: Tho Omaha postofflce is getting a pretty severe shaking up and evidence haa come out to show that Post master Thomas has made the clerks come at rnss with contributions for political cay paign funds. There Is nothing so very strange about that as there is probably not a postmaster In the country, but what, has done something toward raising cam pnlgn funds. St. Paul Republican: Tha Investigation of the postmaster at Omaha goes on, anel it begins to look as though the citizens of the metropolis would be compelled to look fo ra new Nasby soon. A letter carrier Ihere entered charges that the postmaster had used his office to raise money for" campaign purposes, and the evidence points pretty conclusively to the truth of the charge. The civil Service commission has the investigation In charge, and, Omaha Is all agog with it. Papllllon Times: It begins to appear a though Postmaster Thomas of Omaha was due to receive a jolt of some sort. The evidence concerning his violations of the rules of the Postofflce department Is so strong and convincing that a coat of white wash can not be applied. Thomaa was head man in the Burkett campaign committee of postmasters and used his office as a means of raising funds to retain Burkett In offloe. An Impartial hearing will uncover facts that will have the effect of weaning the Postofflce department from taking art active part In politics In the future. It does look as though the machinery of the G. O. P. was going to smash in those piping days days of democratic success. HRYAN AND WILSON. Meetlna- of the Peerless Defeated andV. A year. smi before the candidate political events have shaped the result. Even now the. history of the two bis; conventions to be held In 1M2 Is being manufactured. It Is from little acorns that big oal grow. William Jennings Bryan, thrice de feated for th presidency, but still reckoned as a political factor, met Governor Wil son at Princeton last night. Wilson ho.t not been ono of the most loyal supporters) of Bryan, and while the latter Is not the originator of the beautiful quality of mag nanimity, he has been free of late In ( -c pressing the approval 'of certain views the New Jersey men. Perhaps It Is not that he loves Wilson more, but that he loves Harmon less. Few can gainsay the fact thai while' Bryan cannot. If he would, obtain the nonil nation for himself, his Influence throwrt one way or another, will have a consider able effect. There Is still a good kick lit the peerless leader. He has not been very successful In his fights In Nebraska, but he has his adherents. And they may b nActert at tti convention wnn rneir lunEra full of noise. The question now is whether Bryan JST seeking Woodrow Wilson or Woodrow Wil son Is seeking Bryan. They are both radl cals among the radicals. They both want, the Initiative, referendum, recall, and all the other modern stars In the sky. Per haps Bryan wanted to talk over the situ ation with Wilson; perhaps Wilson wanted to talk over the situation with Bryan. Eelther way. It can be Imagined that at least a few brief notes were made on the present pag of political history. PASSING PLEASANTRIES. Polite Neighbor Everybody aaya youf husband is such a wide-awake man. Mrs. Jobbles. Mrs. Jobbles (with a sigh) Ye, and the baby takes after hlin. Baltimore Ameri can. The great road builder had bis mind on his work that morning, as the following dialogue between him and his wife will ahow : "How do I look, dear?" "Fairly well, but 1 should say that your face needed ' resurfacing." Llpplncott's Magazine. "I haven't seen Glmley for a long time. He used to be a dickens of a fellow among th girls " He hns been cured of all that. "What cured him?" "Marriage." Cleveland Plain-Healer. "What has become of that almpllfied spelling movement?" "It was held up by tne xaci mat nmie.-t ! writers couldn't get into the habit of leav I Ini! i, hi ih anostronhea for omitted let ters." Washington Star. "Do thev teach domestic science at yonrv .-it tii i ... i . ,1 . uiaiirt, nf lha frMatl- m college; iiiiuiiu , , . , , -- - man. "Only sewing," replied the freshman. "Good Idea," said the visitor. "And what do you sew. chlflv?" "Wild oats," replied the freshman. Harp er's Weekly. "Perhaps," dolefully suggested the re jected suitor, "your refusal of me was prompted merely by the fact that I am a vesetarlan." Your Inference Is quite erroneous," re plied the Boston girl. "Aa a matter of fact, I Invariably prefer herbivorous to carnivorous enlmala." Cathollo Standard and Times. "I -hear that your daughter's huband, th Prince de Hrut.,i never at home, even for lit meals," sys the friend. "That Is perfectly true," acknowledge the proud mother-in-law of the title, "but he leaves all hla uniforms and decorations and coronet and swords and the like in the house all the lime. My daughter is. perfoclly happy." Chicago Poet. WHAT TO DO. Chicago News. I knew an able, brawny wight W ho won success with ea; He did not strive from worn till night He had rare qualities. But when he won the goodly prize, Thla luckiest of men, He rested 'neath auiuliing eyes nil I oct It all again. Another strove from day to day To conquer adveme luck. He wa not biawny, able nay. He only had hla pluck. But when he'd gain In warfare rough A prize for which he'd tried. He knew lis value well enough To keep It by his side. So goes the world to working folk Some strive till lite is done. Some seem to think that life's a Joke And loe the prise they've won; But If you wlkh suocena to win That profits much a man. It pays to do, through thick and thin. The very beat yoy can. jpwy m i.m rrngr, "ashlngton Post, leal proverb that president at the national conventions, mes two, three or four years, legates meet to name their