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J A. THE OMAHA DAILY BEK FOUNDED BY FlfWARD ROB F. WATER. VICTOR BOBEWATER. KDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflce a econd clase mallei. ThHMS OK SUBSCRIPTION: Aunrlay He, on year Saturday He, nut year ' Imily be (without Sunday), oni yar.. "0 LJly Hee and Hundey. one year SOU LlKLlVEKKD BT CAUKIEK. Evening Bee (without Sunday!. Pr mo.. fc.enln net (with Sunday), per month.. 4.s lally be (Including Sunday), per month c laily re (without (Sunday), per month. .toe Address all complaints of in eguiai lues tn duvery to City Circulation Department. Otnaha-Th Itee Building. South Omaha mi N. Twenty-fourth 8L Cuunrll Bluff-It Hcott fit. IJncuIn-M Little Building. Itauago IMS Maruell Hulldlng. Kansas City Beltane Building. . New York J4 Weat Ihlrty-thlrd Bt. ' Washington":! kourleanth St., N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newa and ed itorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee, Editorial lpartmeni. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or poatal order. !aalle to 1 he Be Publishing Company. Only l-rent atampa re:etved In payment of mall account. Personal checka except on Omaha and eastern exchange out accepted. rKURUART CIRCULATION. 47,621 Stat of Nebraska' County of Douglas, : Dwtght Williams, circulation manager of The tie Publishing Company, being duly worn, nays that in average daily circu lation, leva apotled, unused and returned copies, tor the month of February 11)11. was uwiurii wilLiams, Circulation Manager. Subscribed tn my presence and sworn to before me this 1st uay nf March, 1 1 1. (Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. Sabarrlber leaviaaj ta city teaa ' porarllr .; ehoala have The Bee mailed to 4heaa. Address will ko Reno? 'Corral" ought to be able to close In oh those rebels. la It,. not about time for the Mullah to break out again? Mad The proposition to tax babies looks like a thrust at the poor man. Mr. Bryan's dollar dinner was dry, but not etalfi, thanks to Mr. Metcalfe. When doctors disagree it devolres for once on the legislature to decide. "What Does Llmantour JJean?" Headline The answer must be In a Mexican dictionary. Our precious (8,25Q.O00) Water board bas been saved again. Let all render up a prayer of thanks. An eastern contemporary sagely dis cusses how to educate domestic help. Better tell how to keep it first. Champ Clark t probably will plead as an excuse Ihat all the Missouri mules wen needed down in Texas. Hope it will not turn out that Texas put up this Job ou the president as a further means of advertising its land for sale. 8o far as luck, goes. President Taft probably has nothing to fear from his second extra session, aa compared with the first. It turns out that Mayor Love of Lin cola la likewise to be a one-termer. Can it be a case of being too good for the town? More and more those democratic bosses in New : Jersey are convinced that they do not like an "Impractical theorist" for governor. Thus far Colonel duffey of Pennsyl- international arbitration. Diaz chose vanla has not donated any stained Llmantour as his peace envoy, know window glasB to Champ Clark, D. : na;. that w hile he was an eminent Wllsu or Ouvernur Harmon. statesman and held the confidence of When Mr. Bryan declared that the editorial page had lust Its power and Influence he meant all the editorial pages except the Commoner's. The reward for the capture and con vie tf on, of the murderer of Herman Cohn caunot ha earned too soon to suit those who aie-ieuly to pay it. I While the file wardens are getting busy, the building Inspector's office might distinguish Itself by refusing permit's occasionally to tinder-box flre-traps. We hope, however, that congress does not happen to think of Oeneral (rant's famous utterance about tak ing all summer to 'fight It out "along this line." ' ' " ' Our Nebraska Jaw-uial-ers liave'evl- I deotly reconciled themselves to stay- Ing on .the' Job at least a week after their pay stops.' Such self-sacrificing patrlotlsm will deserve a hall of fame. llnherltence lax law " 400,000, uoo in Omaha spends practically twice ae!caplul ,nd a Iarge number of citizens much money for ftre protection as It :htve airady been lost to the state." does for police protection. It s doubt- jand tnerefore voices a demand for the rul if the same ratio prevails In any other American city of the same class. If those court houss dynamiters .,. , i, . i . . , will oniv writ tileuty cf tl,rientn , ,. ,., . c ..i.i. - . Into the came aud help e them wherever they uiy hav-m to be, whether Iu Nebraaka cr ana. The Chicago Evening 1'ont says that 100 n after the woman suffrage bill passed the Illinois house a store was robbed ot 1350 north ot false hair. Ten to one sowe nian did it to preju dice the bill's chances In the senate. A coojiulaslOBer's Job iu the city hall paying fs.CCO a year may be ex pected to attmuiate a fine long list of intrles In tbe race to land tbe prize, louth Dakota's aevn-foot ballot may let be In it with that used In Omaha's text mualclpal election., x- ' .' ' ' Fair and Unfair Criticism. In his recent tirade against the newspapers Mr. Ilryan made no dis tinction, but Included them all in his sweeping denunciation. If he had any exceptions In his mind he was not frank enough to name them. He im puted faults to the press, which, If universally true, would be culpable In the highest degree,, and which Mr. Bryan must know are not possessed by even a majority of papers. For In stance, when he declared that 'the newspapers are given watered stock by the Interests In order to protect the remainder of the stock," Mr. Bryan must know that this can apply rarely only to a small proportion of the great number of newspapers In this country. As a matter of fa,ct, he knows that there are thousands of newspapers, the vast majority, whose stock is as free from the water of the 'interests" aa Is the stock of hig own Immaculate Commoner. It is, Indeed, Important that news papers tell the truth and do not mis represent. But H is equally as im portant that Individuals do likewise, especially individuals of great nation wide renown and powerful oratorical abilities. Sometimes the libel laws seem one-sided, and the balance be tween the free press and free speech unequal, because any demagogue may proclaim from the rostrum what a reputable, reliable newspaper would not dare and would not care to print. Colonel Roosevelt la much more fair in his criticisms of the press. In his address at Berkeley be spoke char acteristically of the "Ananias muck rakers that misrepresent and discredit public servants." He reiterated what he had said on former occasions to the effect that. Important as is the position of a public man, it Is not nearly so im portant as the position of him who moulds public opinion. Colonel Roosevelt has the courage to discrimi nate between the good and evil forces in Journalism; to recognize that they are there. Just as they are present In every other realm of moral influence. Any man who has given serious thought to it knows that the menda cious paper Is as insidious a foe to the reputable paper as it can be to society at large. And Colonel Roosevelt is ready to admit the vital part the de cent press has bad in working out so many of the great movements that have been brought to useful fruition in this country of late. Money Side of Wax and Peace. The man selected to prosecute the cause of peace In Mexico is not the premier, not the foreign secretary, nor the war secretary, but the head of the portfolio of finance In the president's I cabinet, Senor Llmantour, of whom it is said: "The great Mexican financier, familiar alike with the Bourse of Paris, with Threadneedle street, Wall street and moneyed Vienna, and Ber lin.". .He was called from. Paris by President Diaz to so to New, York and begin negotiations for a settlement of the revolution and the progress at tained Is being credited to his efforts and influence. In the event of peace he will loom aa the largest figure iu the republic of Mexico. The money aide of war Is a vital side, perhaps more so today than ever it was. The fearful cost of destroying navies and forts and private property that represent millions of investment acts on the passions of inflamed na tions aa a powerful deterrent. That is a negative Influence. We see the positive, however, in Andrew Carne gie's contribution of $10,000,000 for !tbe contending factions In Mexico, he was above all a great financier, with Influence among the men who control the finances of the world. And here was an 1bbu in which the money ele ment was strong. it is a somewhat new aspect of the ways of war, but not necessarily a sordid one. Why should not capital be timid and sensitive in such crises? If-wars can be prevented or stopped easier and quicker from this side, then that is the side from which to make the approach. It Is Increasing the righteous influence of money. Al I ways, of course, in modem wars the I matter of financing has been a large : element of consideration, but it 1b I coming to be tbe element cf considera tionthe pivot on which '.he policies 'of natious turn. New York's Inheritance Tax. In lila special niessage to the legis- Mature Governor Uix accredits tbe the statement of "certain New York fi- i nanclera" that aa a direct result of the repeal of the law. The New York World is less credulous and suggests , K k V. mm, .,. v ''fin.! ,, - V . . . . iwu,uuu.uuu ana tne numner ana I 'names of the citizens New York bas lost" before the legislature takes final action. Whether the law be repealed or not. it should 'be worth while to run down this story. But. as tbe World observes, "political and eco nomic Information coming from 'cer tain New York financiers' who are Interested In having a law repealed iu subject to discount. " Inheritance tax lawa have not made a big bit with "certain financiers" in other states besides New York. : Ne braska haa such a Isw, which, while not considered as drastic as the New York law, has not proved to be exceptionally popular with certain people, although no organized effort Is being made to efface it The specially objectionable) feature of the New York law seems to be" its" progressive rste. Kstates are classified by amount in five classes, with increasing rate of tax: l'p to 123.000; from $25,000 to $100, 000; from $100,000 to $500,000; from $500,000 to $1,000,000; amounts in excess of $1,000,000. To Immedi ate relatives or lineal descendants the rates are respectively 1 to 5 per cent and to ail others 5 to 25 per cent. Opponents of the law In New York have taken the position that this pro gressive or cumulative rate is based on an unsound principle, suggestive of punitive Intent, carrying the Im plied idea that possession of property is a crime. This certainly Is a radical view, we believe. The inheritance tax law can find much more fair and equitable ground on which to stand than that. Those who fator such laws are not known to be people who view the possession of property as a crime calling for punitive action. If the scale of progression In the rate is too high, the thing to do is to reduce it. Cost of Government. Comparison discloses that not only the aggregate, but the per capita, cost of maintaining our national govern ment Is steadily increasing with tbe Increase in population. In 1860, with a population of 23,191,876, the ex penses of the national government were $60,407,019, or $2.60 per capita. In 18S0 the figures stood: 50,165, 783, $373,278,712 and $7.30; In 1900 they were. 75,994.575. $819,318,953 and $10.78; in 1910, 91,972,267, $1,121,858,321 and $12.10. The to tal appropriations of the last session of congress were less than those of the preceding session, yet well above the billion mark. Congressman McHenry of Pennsylvania declares that while It Is natural for the expenses of goveri; ment to rise with the rise in popula tion, the expenses per capita should not Increase, but the cost of govern ment should be less for a greater num ber of people than if the government were sustained by a few people. This theory may be accepted as or dinarily sound, and no one will dis pute the statement that economy in the maintenance of the government Is necessary. The fact, however, that the appropriatlona by congress for 1911-1912 are $96,368,660 less than the appropriations for 1910-1911, ought to encourage the belief that those in charge of the government re alize this and are working toward that end. The per capita expenses should not be as much for the year to come as they were for the last year and as the pension roll gradually diminishes, as It will from now on, the decline may be still greater next year and the year after. The fact Is, however, that in the last thirty years during wheh the total and per capita expenses have' risen so high, the country has been doing Its greatest-extension , work and partlcu- larly in the last decade has it reached out into new fields of improvement and development necessary to give it its place as the great leader of nations. Among the principal new sources of ex pense may be mentioned public build ings, battleships, the work , of irriga tion and drainage, the forestry and coal preservations and the Panama canal. Is there any that we could have done without .or that we did not I have to spend' money for? No one certainly would care to stop the move ment of empire building by shutting down on the reclamation and forestry service and no one would care to limit the nation's power and Influence at home or abroad, or check the roove- j ment of world peace and progress by J shutting down on the canal. Efforts seem to have been set to work to ef fect a better system of economy and efficiency and that Is the best that can be done. -. A Much Neglected Law. Up in Wisconsin the legislature has appointed a committee to look into infractions of tbe anti-lobby law, and tbe very announcement of this pur pose la said to have caused a sudden exodus from the state capital of nu merous gentlemen who were supKsed to be sojourning there as idle specta tors. Nebraska bas au anti-lobby law very much like that of Wisconsin, un der which people engaged profession ally iu working for or against the en actment of any legislative measure are supposed, to register themselves In a duly accredited list, and to con fine their operations to appearing be fore com ni It tecs or addressing formal communications to members of the two bouses, yet If the Wisconsin antl Uobby law is honored in the breach any more than is tbe Nebraska anti-lobby law it must be In a very bad way. It Is probably too late in the session in this state for our law-makers to im itate their Wisconsin colleagues by in stituting a aimilar inquiry into the whys and wherefores of tbe unbidden presence in close proximity to leglsla l live balls of so many gentlemen who w ant to be friendly and sociable, to say nothing of hospitable, and for whom someone must be peyiog the bills, but whose names do not appear autographically Inscribed anywhere on tbe official register kept according to tbe provisions of the anti-lobby law. But the information, if it could be had, would undoubtedly furnish inter esting reading for a leisure hour. Postmaster Thomas is gently re minded that something is yet to drop at Washington when the report of the investigators arrives. Tbe only ques tion is. Will It make an explosion like dynamite or merely puff like wet powder? The returns of passenger travel be tween Lincoln and different point In the state ought to make a good show ing on the railroad earnings sheet, particularly as compared with a few years ago, when everyone who had business calling for a visit to the leg islature got a free pass for the asklug. Two cents a mile is better than noth ing at all. A former employe of the Carnegie Steel company who completes a twenty-year penitentiary term la found to have been innocent of the charge against him. He emerges from prison penniless and Mr. Carnegie wires that he will be glad to help him. Doubt less the proffer will not be rejected, nor would have been twenty years ago. The saving of our precious ($8,250, 000) Water board Is something like the "Immediate and compulsory" pur chase of the water plant which began eight years ago. It is a continuous performance with many ajeta, and the end yet to come. " A Memphis man is trying to per suade Mr. Bryan to move to that city and the Houston Post seconds the mo tion. But the conspiracy to steal Ne braska's illustrious citizen will fall. for it bas nothing but green-eyed Jeal ousy back o( it. Wnaaers In tke Wind. Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Nebraska college professor proposes to photograph people's thoughts. He's going to get some awfully blurred negatives. Direction of tke Gale. Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat. The high wind, it will be noted. Is travel ing eastward. The special session of con gress begins at Washington next week. Hearlngr (eatlaan Good. Washington Post. A naval bombardment can't be so bad, after all., since all the reporters who re turned from the blowing up could hear an invitation to take a drink Just as well as ever. Discrediting; Rnmor Factory. Indianapolis News. There seems to be no reason, however, why more credence should be given to rumors emanating from San Antonio than to positive statements made by the pre Ident at Washington. I.abellna "Yellow Dope." Louisville. Courier-Journal. President Taft invites the Japanese Am bassador, Baron Uchide, to lunch, and the Baroness l chlda gives a dinner for Miss Taft, but Hobeon was not invited, and the Japanese war, scare still rears its horrid head over the horlson Just where the sun goes down. Penalties of Dishonest). Baltimore American. After Imprisonment and Its lasting dis graoe. Gaynor and Greene, of government swindling fame, have been released aa paupers. Another instance of the wages of sin, but hardly a terrible example, as the next get-rlch-qulck ' speculator In dis honesty will take the same chances, each hoping, with the gambler's trust In fate, to be the lucky one to escape paying those wages. Yet the sight of these men In their old age, dishonored and ruined, ougTTV to be a lasting and Impressive warning. In the Meat of tke Debate. - 1 Springfield Republican. Everybody knows that Champ .Clark has been an ardent Brynnlte. To embarrass his alleged presldentlaPcandldacy, it is re called that he once declared Mr. Cleve land's election .to the presidency "the great est calamity to the human race since the fall of Adam.'!, Mr. Clark, however, begins a new career -with his elect on as speaker and all democrats will be disposed to Judge him more by what he does In that office than by what' be said "In the distant days of his Clevelandphobla. .Nevada 'a Divorce Indastrr. New York Times. Th principle of the comity of the statea dos not apply to the "time lock" divorce act Just signed by Governor Oddle of Ne - vada. Nevada may. If It pleases, derlsre that plaintiffs In divorce suits need reside within Its confine not more than six months, and that, ,ln cases of emergency, absence from their fictitious domiciles be permitted, thus shutting off the Inquiries of Nevada's courts as to Intent, or good faith In establishing a residence No court oi the other forty-five states In the uhion. however, need recognise divorce decree Issued under this law. According to the pro cedure of Great Britain's courts, British citizens obtaining auch decrees and return ing home to remarry would speedily find themselves In jail for bigamy. People Talked About If gentle spring was a genuine lamb the wool would fly with the hide Possibly the March Hon Is preparing the country for the extra esnlon: Lloyd's of T.ondon offer odds of 5 to 1 that the coronation will be pulled off on time. Frederick H. Frlcke. democratic candi date for the St. I.ouis city council, has a plan for getting votes that beats the cam paign cigar, he says Since he was noml- nated he has given an ay i.OK pancake turner, and he 'ays he will give away as many more as the women will call for. Gardiner. Me. claims a (rap drummer prodigy In the prison of I'onald l.. i.Jrover, i year old. Th hoy has appeared at sev eral entertalnmeni. He plavs both trap and base drum and keeps perfect time. It Is as Id Almost anything he hear h can reproduce In greater part on some In strument. His father, l.inwoud IJ rover, i a member of the city baad. Henry M. Flagler, the Standaid Oil mil lionaire, 4 so nearly blind lie I unable to see his signature aa he Is wilting it. He Is II years old and for several years his eye sight has been falling, hut that wan at tributed chiefly to his age. Hut that he la la danger of losing hla sight entirely did not become known to any except his inoat Intlmat Mends until a few days ago The boss of th- "hello piifh In th: country Is ready to pax a iinerat rem am to the Individual who coins the most ac ceptable word that will express "telephone message." "Phonogram" Is the favorite so far, but a better one is sought. The New York office will receive on next Saturday the contributions of word coiners and th company's lines all over the t'nlted States will be open to all comers on that day. Ueorge N. Olldden, the oldest conductor on the Knox and Lincoln division of th Maine Central railroad and one of th oldest freight conductor In Main, whe retired from service last week, has been a freight conductor between Rockland and Brunswick for twenty-five years, and dur ing that tlm haa never received a black mark or been railed Into the offtc for reprimand, nor ha he evar met with an aucieeab Direct Primary as it Works Out I J. Abbott In Harper s Weekly. Tbs direct primary, like the Initiative snd referendum, the recall, or any other steps toward purs democracy. Is no civic cure-all. It works or fails to work, exactly as the convention works or falls to work, de pending entirely upon the men who work It So tar aa I know. It has bei a rejected by no state which has one adopted It. So the Judgment In the aggregate is de cidedly In lis fsvor. Tet the direct pri mary, as It has coma under my observa tion for a series of years, bas certain palpable defects that can In a large meas ure be remedied. The first question to be settled Is whether you shall have an "open" or a "closed" primary law. The open primary has th ilames of all the candidates arranged lit parallel columns upon a single ticket. This Is the law that prevails In Wisconsin and Nebraska. Vnder such a system the elector Is given a ballot with the candidates of every party upon It. In the booth he Is free to vote In any column, although In Nebraska no on la permitted to cross over from on column to another. In Wis consin, I believe, there Is no such limita tion. - It Is readily seen that the open primary party distinctions are quickly eradicated. This probably makes for good government. There Is no question that, had It not been for thousands of Wisconsin democrats for saking their own candldata and voting for Le Toilette, that bundle Of feSrlass energy would long ago have been relegated to private life. But on the other hand tbe open primary In Nebraaka, this very fall, permitted thousands of "whisky repub licans" to vote for the "wlda-open" dem ocratic mayor of Omaha, and thus nom inate him for governor over a conservative and earnest democrat who had mads a good record as governor and was un doubtedly the choice of a considerable majority of his psrty. Again, under the open primary It Is possible for one party to present but a sin gle candidate for each office; then upon primary day most of Its electors csn vote for the weak candidate of the opposition, and thus make him the choice of their op ponents. This Is an expedient much dis cussed where the open primary prevails, yet I must confess that I have never known the trick to succeed, except possibly In the case of the Omaha mayor mentioned above. It should be explained that there were two republican candidates In Nebraska last fall, so this It not exactly a case In point. The "closed" primary requires all elec tors to give their psrty preference when they enter the election booth. A ticket la then handed them In accordance with their previously declared party affiliation, in this way the electors of one party can not dictate the nominees of another. But on the other hand there are many cltl- sens who do not affiliate with any po lltlcal party, who are thus disfranchised at the primary. ..These Independent citi zens are often the best educated and moat thoughtful men In the community, yet under the closed primary they are tabooed from selecting men for office because they refuse to wear a party label. Again, many party men for reasons of their own, often prefer not to disclose their party prefer ence. They, too, are disfranchised by the closed primary, while the Wisconsin plan allows every one a chdlce. ' in this "re spect, as well as In the facility afforded men to shift from one party to another, the open primary Is far more democratic than the closed primary that prevails throughout the south. Having determined the kind of primary to be adopted, the next question to be con sidered, and by all odds the first In Impor tance, is tbe number of candidates to be suoject to tne primary law. This Is the chief defect of every primary enactment with which I am familiar. To Illustrate: In the Oklahoma primary election of Aug ust 2, 1910, the democrats were compelled to make choice among ninety-five candi- i dte" who wer 8P'rlng for no less than 1 thirty-seven offices. Th republicans had e'abty-nine candidate seeking thirty-eight I offices. ! ul ot th'8 fend hodgepodge of good, bad and indifferent, bow could the elector make any Intelligent choice? He was as sailed wUh countless letters, handbills, printed speeches, nswspaper articles and public addresses. In tbe hurlyburly of the primary It waa all but Impossible to get the truth regarding any aspirant for office one did not know personally. One attending a "candidate' barbecue" Just previously to the primary cannot but be nauseated by the fulsome praise candi date after candidate gives' himself. A man ot keen sensibilities revolts at the un seemly scramble, at th self-laudation, and the tacking up of bis halftone plctur at every crossroads, like advertisements for patent nostrums. Men of high Ideals will not enter such a race, and the field Is left clear to the calloused and the demagogue. Th man who wins Is the hand-shaker, th "Jollier," and the fellow with the Sunny Jim smile. Now this Is not tru of the men at th head of the ticket, in Oklahoma a blind nan, not burdened with wealth, defeated a millionaire banker for the L'nlted States senate merely because the people under- i ulnml 1 1. . I J. us mwtA n n , . . . t k . 1 . 1 1 a Z ""iiu man iu ici v mem. ineie hi b live or SIX offices that every elector Is Interested In. For these, men are put forward and nomin ated that the people really want. But a large number of very Important adminis trative office are almost totally over looked. It la true sometimes, for a par ticular reason, that some minor contest is brought prominently to the front, and then most of the voters will Inform themselves regarding the merits ot the respective can didates for this office, but this Is the ex ception, not th rule. 1 can vouch that 1 have heard a hun dred men of intelligence, ask Just previ ous to voting, regarding the qualifications of certain candidates tor offices of high est Importance. Quite as frequently the answer was, "I don't know any ot 'em, I just voted for the first fellow on the list." Ana in mat leiiow on th list got th mminatlon. This year an very Hon. L. T Uurnes, regarding a hopeless his candi dacy for state commissioner of Insurance of Oklahoma, gave up th canvass, with drew his name, and went off to Central America. But th ticket had been certified up to the printer, his nam went on the ballot, and, beginning with a "B." It hap pened to coin first in the list. Ho In spite of th fad that Mr. Burne was no longer a candidate and had left the country, he waa nominated by a handsome majority. mm earns tan Wisconsin outdid even this. In that stst a candidate for attor ney general was nominated who was dead The Oklahoma aspirant for civic honor hs finally located and brought back to run his race. Wisconsin could resort to no such expedient The remedy I not difficult to auggasi Nununat but a few of th most Important offlrlals. , l.t the executive appoint his executive helpers Then hold this execu tive to a strict accountability for his ap pointees. lias It not been shown that the direct primary, like every measure requiring the action of large bodice of people. Is In theory useful and effective, but In action often crude and unsatisfactory? SLAUGHTER OF THE UTOOCENTS. Kansas City Times: The life nets of the New York fire department were perfectly good until they were used. So were the Iron-weighted life preservers of the "Gen eral Slocum" excursion boat. Indianapolis News: The announcement that a vigorous Investigation Is to be made into that New Tork fire la which some 150 people tost their lives may remind you that you have heard of the beginning of more Investigations of that kind than you have heard the result of. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Building and Inspection laws abroad are carefully framed snd rigidly enforced. Why boast of an Onequaled Increase In population It decent provisions for Its safety are lack ing, and Why point to national wealth be yond example when It goes up In smoks at the present rate? Cleveland Plain Dealer: The crudest thought In the hour of sorrow over human Ufa Wasted Is that the waste might have been prevented, that death and Buffering have been unnecessary, that they are trace able directly to a carelessness that arise above the level of the ordinary criminal to that of the positively vicious. Springfield Republican: Responsibility for this horror rests upon those, whoever they may be, or upon that society of men. who have permitted the employment or assemblage of so many persons within so small a compass high up from the ground, and especlaly In the midst of greatly In flammable material. Here are the crimi nals and the criminal neglect for this par ticularly awful consequence. Philadelphia Ledger: IJfe appears to be aa Insecure In a modern city as in a Jungle. Only recently a terribly destructive ex plosion of gas took place In a subway at the new Grand Central station, and pedes trians at some distance from the scene were Injured and killed. Only a short time before that there was a terrlflo explosion hot dynamite across the river from New York City, leaving. In Us path of terror, destruction and lives lost. In nearly all of these and similar cases It appears that the simplest precautions had been neglected, and the law absolutely disregarded. Al most as shocking as the loss of life In these disasters Is the barbaric recklessness which makes thein possible. THIS PRIBB OF PIKE. Aa Aaeleat Vocal Jewel from Ike Wlalr Tonaea of Ckanap. 'ew York Bun. The Washington correspondent of the Indianapolis Star sees a John W. Kern boom "Imminent:" the adjective suggests panic or bubonic plague Instead of the promotion by the warrior statesman of Lincoln, Neb., of his dearest friend except four or flv thousand. Including the Hon. Meauchamp Clark; and doleful dumps now stir the bosom of th Pride ot Plk: "Somebody hss been fishing into the Congressional Record and has unearthed a pointed remark that Clark once made about Grovcr Cleveland in a speech on the floor of the house. Here Is what Mr. Clark ssld: " 'The election ot Orove'r Cleveland to the presldenoy was th greatest calamity that has happened to the human race sine the fall of Adam.' " W don't vouch for the quotation, but tbe seaHtnent la. It-are. congenial to Mr. Bryan and hi courtiers, and In their moderation and wisdom characteristic ot th Pride of Pike. . A champion anthology would be full ot such measured and pon dered utteranc. Now that new honors are coming upon Champ, cannot som little ense of responsibility b planted and ger minated In him? Everybody who wishes well to the democratic party hopes ao; there may even be souls of sugar that expect so. But ths Pride ot Plk I so Invaterat a hair trigger; whst 'Ms and our old friend ths late William Everett of Massachusetts would hsv called Incurably chalanostomatous. is br$ht J 7 wfienthellST yHj bright J Kyis Bring your friends to hear the new Victor Records for April .. . They'll thank you for bringing them and to -will we. We want everyone to know the delightful Victor music and we consider it a pleasure to play it for you. Here are fcome of the newest Victor Selections: 6S30 Day Dreams, Ttslea Of BUa ' ' ' sisi gtavanaou and Henry aarr litis Operatl MasWrple Fry or Baa Th Barflar Bnok ( Banjo i Free Taa lip ltJ2 fcaJlaii igystlaa latanaesso (Xylophone , I William . lt sated 'Koaad aa OU to (Cemla Moaelogwa) ' HIH Muri-ey X. Mill (Jolly Jlnglss Tws-IUp Vlotor Dvao Orbstra 60033 The Butterfly (Klutei J oka X.Hun.o . 7O03S Travel, Travel, little Star Matgomrr tou IT; O for th Wings f a Dev Oeraldia ftrtar Mill raaat kforte l Valentino (Death of alen tine, Act IVi Aatoale SaeiM A. HOSPE CO. 1513 Douglas Street. Omaha, Nebraaka. aassWfcslBaaSBasBBasaW L'sksa l!:inD C:U.r Essj r ! i n I 1!M , Lialid Absolutely Puro Tito only bakfn& pawt!ar mas9 front Royal Qrttpa Oraam of Tartar t;3ALL?:.u:3u:.:EF;:::n!A7i LINES TO A LAUGH. "If your wife I sut rook why don t eu est a terrloly no-d mnra dinner at home?" "Uee, how would I know how goo.l she could rook If I didn't est somewhere else?" Cleveland Plain Iealer. Hert 1 hear your halfback lust his head In esterrtay's foot bull game? Hob You heard wrong. It was two fin gers and an ear that he lout. Vonkei statesman ,. The IVisoner Judge, ter keep me down. The Judge All right. Toledo Plan. everybody's tryln .. . . t I'll send you up. "flasor hurt yon, sir?" ssked the ener getic barber. "Not a particle." replied the sarc.tatin victim in the rhaar. "but the blood running down my neck Is a little annoying." Chicago News. "I'm afraid that man I too energetic to succeed in local ' politic." laid Farmer Corntossel. "Hi Industry that counts." "Yes; but he too busy to devote two or three afternoon a week to having hie f Icture taken." WoHriina-ton Htar. The man who makes Ms wife get up In the morning to start the fires at last saved' enough money to buy an automobile. One day while go In Up hill th machine stopped. ' a ' "You'll have to get out and push, Fan nie." ha aald. ''because I've got to stay here and guide It." I.lpplncott's Msgazlns. i The Marketer Aren't you wasting a groi r oesi or that steak in trimming UT Th Butcher No, ma'am; I weighed t first. Toledo Blade. The trust magnate detained by a wash out, sought the vlilsge awtand. 1 "What have you got to read here?" he Inquired: "Well." said th proprietor, "we have the popular magarlnes snd" "Give m one of the unpopuler main lines, if you have any." Interrupted thu trust magnate, with a scowl. Chicago Tribune. FATHER LEADS THE WAY. John Talman., Years and years ago. when 1 Was just a little lad, ' An' after school hours used to. work Around the farm with dad,. I used to b so wearied out When eventide was come, v That I got kinder anxious-Ilk About th Journey home. . But dad. he used to lead the way. An" once in-si. while turn 'round an' say- Ho .cheerln'-llke, so tfndrr "cemai Com on, my son, you're nearly home!" That alters used to help me soma, An' so I tollered father home. I'm old an' gray an feeble now, An' trimbly at th knee, But life seems Just th same today As then It seemed to me. For I am atlli ao wearied out,, : . When eventide is come, .' An' still get kinder anxlous-IIke About the Journey home. auuui mo journey nome- J But still my father leads flie way. f An' once In a while I hear him say, J . So cheerln'-llke, so tender "come! Come on, my aon. you're nearly homejp 1 An' earn aa then, that helps, me soTe, V An' so I'm follerln' Father home. i i v i r V I