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Jack Johnson is In jail at San Fran
cisco. Probably occuplea the dark cell.
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Wonder If Mr. Bryan will Join In
the New York refrain, "Ta-ma-nee,
Ta-ma-nee."
It Is a 100 to 1 shot that Champ
Clark will never be speaker as long as
Uncle Joe was.
But suppose peace la declared in
Mexico, what will the professional ln
urrecto do then?'
Spokane college boys raid girls'
rooms. A new form of hazing that
really exceeds the limit.
The kaiser prudently took a fresh
grip on his throne when Mr. Morgan
came to visit him, no doubt
Only one woman In Omaha has ven
tured, out with a harem skirt and she
belonged to a variety theater troupe.
Those young women of Washington
society who want to become avlatora
would .object,, probably, to being called
high-flyers.
If those New York democrats can
break their deadlock our republican
friends over In Iowa ought to be able
to get together.
China has three times acceded to
Russia s demands and now what
. puxzlea the czar la, what concessions
has China made?
Now lg the time to come in with
that Information and carry off the re
ward money offered for the conviction
of the murderer.
Uncle Joe may now begin life all
over again. Just aa he lived It when he
was nothing but an ordinary congress
man down on the floor.
Friends of Lorimer say it is perse
cution to continue the Investigation.
Persecution of the people to continue
Lorimer, too,' perhaps.
It will be necessary, however, for
the Sons of Mexico to attach the col
lege alumni figure, as for instance '11,
to designate their year.
It seems a great oversight oh some
one's part that our old friend, Agul
naldo, waa not given a place some
where In this Mexican revolution.
"Whom does Mr. Bryan, favor for
the presidency?" lg asked. Mr. Bryan
la far too cute a politician to disclose
that secret this early In the game.
For an object lesson of what the
open primary can do when It goes the
limit no one need seek further than
the recent municipal primary In Lin
coln. General John Barleycorn has
achieved distinction as a soldier.
Liquor provoked a riot in the lion-
duran army and forty-five deaths en
sued.
Senator Kern of the Hoosler stat says
thst Bryan is good enough fur him. Tom
Taggart says Kern la good enough for
him. Knoxvllle Journal and Tribune.
Roger Sullivan says Tom Taggart
suits him.
It has just been discovered that our
American women are away behind in
their styles. The belles of Borneo,
for Instance, have been wearing hobble
skirts for ages.
"Charles W. Morse la going insane
in hla cell at the federal penitentiary
at Atlanta." News Item. A terrible
reminder to men that obedience of law
Is the bt policy.
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For the law putting a atop to double
taxation of mortgaged real estate here
In Nebraska special credit should be
given State Senator Aubrey Smith,
who sponsored the bill and steered It
through the legislature, a reform
which has beeu urged for years, but
without suceeea until now.
Lorimer Case Again?
A senator who led In the flght to
oust Lorimer Is quoted as saying that
the cane of the Illinois man will be
reopened soon after the Sixty-second
congress convenes. In fact, according
to this quotation, this senator, whose
name Is withheld, will Introduce a
resolution immediately after conven-!
lng calling for the investigation over
again.
This is not at all surprising, In view
of the developments In the Investiga
tion conducted by the Illinois legisla
ture since the adjournment of the
congress that whitewashed Lorimer.
Nor is it surprising to hear that new
evidence will be submitted. The dis
closures at Springfield, througn the
testimony of H. II. Kohlssat and
others, confirm the belief expressed
before the Washington verdict was
rendered, that not all tlio essential
facts were brought out In the United
States senate. Mr. Kohlsaat's state
ment that he knew of $100,000 beint;
raised for Lorlmer's election and bis
refusal upon threat of imprisonment
to divulge the name of his Informant.
Indicates what was generally under
stood at the time, that those in charge
of the Lorimer case at Washington
were handicapped in the Dreuentatlon
of their evidence. It remains to be
seen whether they will try to get "Jl
of this inside Information neit time.
If Lorimer is again placed on trial
before the senate he la move likely to
lone, because of the change In the per
sonnel of the senate.
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Bellwethen and Leaders.
Discussion ia naturally rife on the
eve of the convening of the new con
gress aa to the new leaders. In the
house the democrats, of course, have
their floor leader selected before
hand in the person of Congressman
Underwood of Alabama, by virtue of
bis position as chairman of the ways
and meana committee, and In the sen
ate it looks as if Senator Penrose,
as chairman of the finance committee,
would become at least the nominal
republican leader, though under the
new order of things he nor any other
man can hope for such power of lead
ership as has been held and exercised
by predecessors. But who will be the
republican leader In the house and the
democratic leader in the senate these
are the Interesting questions Just now.
In the months and the year Just
past there has been a great deal of
talk about bellwethers, particularly
In the senate. That invidious term was
applied to Senator Aldrlch by Senator
Lorimer and also to others. Webster
defines a bellwether as a Sheep with
a bell that the othera follow. There
Is no denying the fact that there has
been a good deal of this sort of thing
in congress, perhaps in all congresses
and particularly in the last, two, where
the Aldrlch Influence became so dom
lnant. But no bellwethers are needed
now. The day for them, It is to be
hoped, has gone by. For the expeditious
and systematic transaction of business,
to say nothing of party organization,
honest, courageous leadership will al
ways be necessary and both parties
should keep this fact clearly In mind
In naming the men who are to lead In
the new congress.
Issues have been fought of late,
which tend to make a continuation of
the old system highly Improbable, if
not Impossible. Senator Bailey felt
the force of that when he was spurned
In his aspiration to become the demo
cratic bellwether of the senate. It
waa his partisans' repudiation, and
nothing else, that moved him In a fit
of anger, to offer his resignation.
The democrats seem to be now pre
paring to complete that repudiation
by selecting Bailey's colleague, Sena
tor Culberson of Texas, for the lead
ership which the former so enviously
covets. Culberson probably could
unite the democrats In the senate
as well aa any other man, much better
than Penrose could ever hope to unite
the republicans, because of his former
sharp conflicts with the Insurgent
members. Congressman Mann of Illi
nois may become the minority floor
leader In the house, though Mr. Can
non Is bound to be a conspicuous fig
ure, even though not to be considered
for the formal leadership.
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Gambling with Bank Deposits.
Nearly all, if not all, the great
bank failures of late years have been
caused by bankers gambling on the
stock market with the depositors'
money. The gigantic wreckage pre
cipitated by Robin in New York is
attributed directly to this criminal
practice, as Is the failure of the Car
negie Trust company. It la such ex
periences as these that restrain some
people from giving way to the emo
tional attempts being made to secure
the freedom of two former batik ers
now serving sentences in federal pris
ons. Both of them were guilty of this
very thing. Both of them plunged
recklessly into stock speculations on
the money of their depositors. Both
of them knew when they were doing
it that it was wrong, measured either
bythe demands of the law or of good
banking. Neither of them had to do
it to get enougn money to live on!
or to become a rich man. They simply
did It to satisfy an overween
ing desire for more money and thus
violated the confidence their depos
itors had reposed In them aa well as
the laws of their land.
If the banking business Is to remain
upon a aound baala, using deposits for
stock gambling must stop. The peo
ple must see to it that laws are made
more atringent upon the subject. And
the conservative bankers of the coun
try should take the lead in every ef
fort to punish those who squander
their Investments. It seems passing
strange that so many of them are
now lending support and sympathy to
the efforts exerted In behalf of de
faulters in prison.
Who Killed Cock Robin!
The prospect that we might here
in Omaha, under our proposed corn-
InlMlon form of government, try an
experiment In reform that would be
absolutely unique seems to have gone
a-gllmmerlng. In the bill as orig
inally drawn and Introduced this novel
provision was Incorporated :
No offioer or employe of such city who.
by solicitation or otherwise, shall exert his
Influence directly or Indirectly to Influence
any other officers or smployes of such city
to adopt his political views, or to favor sny
particular person or candidate for office,
or who shall In any manner contribute
money, labor or other valuable thing to
any person or to any party for election
purposes, or to aid In th election of any
person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding 1100 or be Imprisoned In
the county jail not exceeding thirty days.
The adoption of a charter contain
ing this prohibition would clearly
have been the most advanced step yet
recorded In the direction of divorcing
the city government from partisan
politics. If no city officer or employe
could contribute money, labor or In
fluence for or against any political
party or candidate except under pen
alty of fine or imprisonment there
certainly would be no politics in the
city hall. We confess that we would
have been interested to see how such
a scheme would work out.
But evidently our own reformers
have repented, or been overpowered,
for they have consented to the emas
culation of this provision by striking
out the most vital part so that In the
bill as passed by the senate It reads
tamely as follows:
Any officer or employ of such city who,
by solicitation or otherwise, shall exert his
Influence directly or Indirectly to Influence
any other offlcera or employes of such olty
to adopt his political views shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be puniahed by a fine not exceeding
$100 or be Imprisoned In th county Jail not
seeding thirty daya.
No one needs to read this twice to
see that it Is a horse of an entirely
different color. To vary the metaphor.
It suggests the question, Who killed
Cock Robin? If the commission form
of government meant taking city af
fairs out of politics, as Its champions
Claimed It would, it would appeal to
many who otherwise would not care
much whether the city hall machine
were dominated by commissioners or
councilman. 8ome folks would like
to know whether this section was
Jokered by the reformers or by the
politicians.
The Indians' False Friends. .
The executive committee of the In
dian Rights' association In Its twenty
eighth annual report, says:
Th present is a moat critical period In
the Indian'e progress and calls for the
best effort his friends can put forth." Aa
a matter of fact, th Indian nvr needed
help and guidance more than he does now.
Th sea of civilisation is completely sur
rounding him, and the time is not far dis
tant when ha must alnk or swim. It must
not be overlooked, that we ax seeking to
bring him to a plane. In a generation or
two, that required centuries for the Angln
Saxon to reach.
It la significant to observe that of
all the dangers besetting the Indian,
the most momentous comes, according
to the association, from the very
source from which he should be ex
pected to derive his chief support and
help. The association flatly declares
that "not the least of these dangers
Is from congress." That is putting it
rather strongly, but when the report
goes Into detail on the Crow situation
In particular and shows, not how con
gress Imposed upon the Indians, but
how unscrupulous men appointed to
positions of supervision on reserva-
tlons mercilessly swindled them and
the government, it strikes true to the
facts.
The government at Washington has
undoubtedly sought to help the Indian,
but It has been so handicapped by
rascals In or out of Its employ closer
to the Indians than the capitol that
much of what It has undertaken to do
has been thwarted. The Bee for
years exerted Its Influence to break
up gangs of these crooks on nearby
Indian reservations and not without
effective results, so that our readers
are prepared to appreciate some of
the disclosures made in this report.
The Crow case and those of the Choc-
taws and Cblcaaaws, which came up
from Oklahoma only laBt year, are
enough of themselves to prove how
outrageously white men have robbed
the government and plundered the
Indian. It Is this sort of thing, more
than the Indian's trdy assimilation of
the white man s education and re
ligion that is hindering those who are
trying to help Poor Lo.
The association pays deserved trib
ute in its report to the work of Com
mUsioner Valentine, In promoting the
welfare of the redman, but it divulges
some facts and flgurea to show that
only in recent years have the Indiana
been the victims of the worst sort of
fraud, and the government, too, aa In
the case of one lease made on the
recommendation of a reservation su
perintendent at 7,000, which is now
bringing $30,000 a year. Both Uncle
I oaui auu u im ueiug lueaieu
to the enrichment of somebody sup
posed to guard the interests of both.
We protest that this Medical acbool
fight is not being carried on la strict
accord with the medical code of pro
fessional ethics. It may be all right
to throw disinfect anta, or even chloro
form, at one another, but the knife
and the scalpel should be barred.
Mayor "Jim" la in receipt of an
offer of a bloodhound as a gift free
gratis for nothing. We presume that
there is nothing In the constitution
or the city charter to prevent accept-1
ance If the mayor has the price of a
dog tag.
Kind of a back-hand compliment
that when the Washington Times Inti
mates that Congressman Lobeck might
be of service to the national capital
as a member of the District commit
tee, and won't he of any use to Omaha,
anyway.
The king of France marched up the
hill and then marched down again.
Did the New York anti-Tammany dem
ocrats, also, in accepting one Tam
many man for senator after resisting
another one for two months?
Light, scientists say, travela at the
rate of 186.000 miles per Becond. Still
It has not dawned on Boss Murphy
that saddling another Tammany pawn
on the state weakens the democratic
party's chances of success.
It Is said that H. H. Kohlsaat's
declaration that he knew of $100,000
being spent to elect Lorimer will not
be news to several of the senators who
voted to retain Lorimer in his seat.
That shake-up In the railway mail
service would indicate that the Post-
office department Is ready to Jar them
loose for less cause than Postmaster
Thomas has given.
Working for Glory.
Sioux City Journal.
The Nebraska legislature la now working
without pay. It Is confidently predicted
the Nebraska legislature will soon adjourn.
Every Hay May Be Sundae.
Minneapolis Journal.
Poda fountains are to be Introduced on
Union Pacific trains this summer. It Is
found that the Great American desert
thirst can be more simply assuaged than it
could In 1S7.
Youthful Spirit of the West.
Baltimore American.
An Omaha bride was married In the
presence of her three great-grandchildren.
There Is nothing alow about the west, nor
does It seem to Impair the youthful spirit
to grow up with the country.
Safety Before Beantr.
Brooklyn - Eagle.
Will the architect's who love beauty not
concede a point In Its favor and tolerate
the fire escape because of Its utility for
time say, until the arrival of the
sbeatos or some form of vitrified man?
Charity for Klrkera.
Western Laborer.
A few men In the south part of town
(and we are ashamed to aay some of them
are working men) are objecting to Edward
Rosewater'a memory being honored by hla
name being placed on a school house. Well,
Isn't that the limit? These men never
knew Edward Rosewater. That is perhaps
th moat charitable view to take of their
actions. . -. ,,
A Distinction Worth Noting;.
New York Tribune.
Th only thing that Is more fireproof
than a first class fireproof building Is a
furnace. Both -are constructed to with
stand the consuming effects of a fire
raging within thesn. If the public would
only bear It In mind the false sdnae of
security that -the Word "fireproof ' Imparts,
without regard t the Inflammable nature
of a bluldlng'a contents, would perhapa
be destroyed and a gain would result In
sensible regulations. Inspections and
methods for preventing fires and for pr.
tcctlng human beings from them.
LESSONS IPT BANKING.
Itraalts of the Oklahoma System
of
Deposit Guaranty.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Sometimes experleno la the heat teacher
as well as th most expenslv. When the
guaranteed deposit scheme waa urged In
Oklahoma, no amount of logical argument,
even though based on admitted facts,
served to check th "popularity" of thia
cure-all for dishonest banking. The Idea
spread into other states, and when th
supreme court of th United States de
elded that It waa powerless to Interfere
with such state legislation ther were feara
that th disintegration of th national
banking system waa threatened, so many
national banks surrendered their charters
and reorganised under the stat law.
Originally a 1 iper cent assessment was
sufficient to maintain th guarantee fund.
But a year's experience proved that this
waa not sufficient to offset th encourage,
ment given to reckless banking and th
assessment was raised to S per cent. Now
the stat banks are crowding In their ruah
for national churtera. and th stat guar
antee law seems destined to become a
dead letter because there will not be left
a sufficient number of substantial stat
banks to maintain th fund.
It la not unlikely that aome other mani
festations of the prevalent hobby for stat
Interference which even the enterprise,
against which even the constitutional
limitations do not prove a bar, may find
their most effectual correction In a few
years of actual experience.
People Talked About
Mrs. Sarah Jackson of Forty Fort, near
Wllkeaharre, Pa., who advertised for a
husband and received proposals from 150
men, has decided to reject them all.
A tablet haa Just been unveiled In Rich
mond to Patrick Henry. Republics are not
necessarily ungrateful merely because they
take a little time to think things over.
Prof. Henry Mitchell Whitney, on of
four brother who had attained distinc
tion aa scholar and educator, died sud-
denly at New Haven, Conn. His brother
were William Dwlght Whitney, th Yale
Dhlloloalst: Joalah Dwlght Whitney, th
Harvard geologist, and Jamea Lyman
Whitney, librarian of the . Boaton public
library from 1W9 to 18.
Mme. Lawrence Fiedler haa been sent to
the United States by the French govern
ment to study th school system, the fight
against tuberculosis, the relations of labor
and capital, our Industrial training schools
and the orgsnlsatlons of our army and
navy. Mme. Fiedler things that she will
require at least ten years to complete her
task and Is sur she will not be homesick
during that time.
Th love letters of Dan B. Haydea of
Chicago to Miss Mary Incrgan, also of
Chicago, show him to be an exponent
of absent treatment ss a solar for heart
troubles. H sent her oodles of klases and
honeyed words by mail. Keeping th con
riding maid In a state of delicious ex
pactanry. "P a nlc girl." he whisper!
than fled to anothar bunch of sweetness
and married her. lllaa Lonergan tbtnks
ths documents are worth 110, as evidence
of shameieas trifling, and aska that Mr.
Haydon cam Into tourt and tak direct
UlueiH fur tu nious.
Washington Life
Inni tatratlng Fhases
aad Conditions Observed
at th Nation's Capital.
"Jeffersanlau simplicity" Is the first ar
ticle of democratic faith, it Is mouth-filling
and vibrant with thrills when turned loose
on the hustings. Just What It means in
practice Is a detail leaders haven't time to
bother with. So long aa the sound warms
h cocklea of bourbon hearts, definitions
are a needless strain on vocal chords. For
tunately the country Is about to have an
exhibit In Washington of genuine Jeffer
sonlan simplicity, all wool, homespun and
carrying the label of purity. Ppeake r-to-Be
Clark, the "gentleman from Pike" Is going
to show th famished old guard how well
th traditions of T. J. survive the bumps
and bats of fleeting years. The Mlssourlan
will "show 'em." He has ordered the fa
mous thistle-marked Henderson china, rut
glass, linen and silverware and solid ma
hogany furniture resurrected from the capi
tol storerooms and used to furnish a pri
vate dlnlngroom In the house wing for
his own use.
"All of these dining room fixings were
mad especially for th late David B.
Henderson and paid for out of the house
contingent fund," reports a correspondent
of the New York Sun. "They have been In
storage ever sine Henderson surrendered
his speaker's gavel to Mr. Cannon, nearly
nine years ago. Mr. Cannon never used
them nor had he a private dining room.
Ha took his luncheon of crackers and milk
and mince pi or something of that sort
In the main dining room of the house res
taurant. "Perhaps Mr. Clark might have done the
same had It not been for the thistle mono
gram on the Henderson linen, china and
silver. Mr. Henderson waa Scotch; ao la
Mrs. Clark. When ahe heard of the thistle
china, a aet of several hundred pieces, she
suggested to Mr. Clark that he use It. He
looked It over and found it good.
"Mr. Clark's dally luncheon Is simple,
although he probably will serve more sub
stantial meals to his frtends. Appreciating
that five-eighths of the human body Is
water, Mr. Clark consistently orders each
day for his luncheon a glass of water, a
glass of milk, a cup of tea and a piece of
pie. First he drinks the water, then the
milk and then the tea. Sometimes after
that he even eats the pie."
Speaker Champ Clark' expects to walk to
ths capitol every day when congress be
gins work and. walk back again. Thus he
will practice jeffersonian simplicity and
get exercise at the same time. Mr. Clark
haa the right, If he chooses, to ride around
In a 16,000 automobile at the expense of
tho government. But he haa announced
that he Is going to walk.
The automobile has been lying Idle in a
garage ever since Uncle Joe Cannon ceased
to preside over the house. It Is of the li
mousine type and Is considered to be a
beauty. At least. Uncle Joe never found
any fault with It, and he used It a good
deal. It was about two years ago that con
gress decided that the speaker and the
vice president ought to have automobiles.
It appropriated the money and the cara
were purchaaed. All thla waa done In spit
of vigorous proteata on the part of th
democrats, who thought It waa highly Im
proper to provide free automobile service
for the officials of a republic.
Mr. Cannon's secretary, I Whit Busbey,
while gathering up the effects of th for
mer speaker preparatory to moving to
more humble quarters In the capitol, found
a box of cigars that waa presented to th
speaker years ago by a manufacturer In
Georgia. They are probably th only
cigars never used by Mr. Cannon, mainly
for the reason that they were not mad
to smoke, but to chaw, the giver evidently
not knowing that Mr. Cannon, while chaw
ing on one end of a cigar, smokes from th
other. They were - rolled aa solidly aa a
curl of "chewing twist," and after th four
years In which they wer drying out In an
unused drawer they had become about as
poroua'as steel bolt.
Tr.ey were to b consigned to th wast
basket when Mr. Cannon Intervened. "Tak
'em down to Champ," he said. "I don't
know about these democratic offloescekers,
but If they ar no worse than th repub
lican kind these ought to finish them."
In a short Urn the cigars came back
with a message. "Dear Unci Joe," it
aaid, "I wouldn't glv thee to my worst
enemy not even a republican."
Samuel W. Stratton may become aa muoh
of a household nam aa Harvey W. Wiley.
Vp. Stratton Is director of th United
States bureau of standards, and la about
to apend lai.OOO Investigating short weights
and measures used In connection with arti
cles which enter Into interstate commerce.
According to Investigations made by th
bureau, from 25 to 75 per cent of th scales
used by retailers and wholesalers in vari
ous states are incorrect. Soma 85 per cent
of th defective scales discriminate against
th consumer, while only IS per cent favor
him. Th discrimination In favor of th
consumer Is alight, or leaa than an ounce,
and the dealer la found, aa a rule, to take
to himself more than an ounce.
Print butter la said by the bureau to be
almost commonly short In weight In fact,
bouts A. Fletcher, chief of the weights and
.... - . . .
measures division or in oureau, state
that th bureau never has obtained a sam
ple of print butter which showed a full
sixteen ounce to th pound.
The berry basket la said by bureau offi
cials to be on of the most consistent of
fenders against th lawa of square deal
ing. Rarely Is a "quart" found to be a
full quart, and often a berry measure,
which la Innocent In on stat is a criminal
In another. Tricks of various kinds ar
continually practiced on th purchasing
public. A recent Investigation by th bu
reau of standards disclosed that a spool
of thread supposed to contain 700 yards
waa 26 Pr cant abort. Shoe laces sold as
twenty-six tnchea long measured only
twenty-four Inches.
In a recent cas which came to the no
tice of th bureau of standards a woman
bought a five-pound can of lard and, after
ah had used th contents, had the can re
filled from bulk lard at a cost of less than
one-half that of the original can.
Th bureau of standards Is doing Its
work quietly and Is accomplishing a great
deal without stirring up trade animosity
that might seriously embarrass It If It
ahould enter on a loudly advertiked cru
sade. I alierenlBS C elebration Mqnrlched.
Philadelphia Record.
Governor Foss of Massachusetts has don
a Judicious thing In vetoing a bill to appro
priate I-.6O0 for a celebration of the at
tack on Fort Sumter. He says that If
any anniversary connected with th civil
war la to be celebrated at the expense of
the state. It should be the end of It, rather
than the beginning; peace rather than war
should be celebrated. Th attack on Fort
Sumter la to be deplored and a celebration
of a calamity would be In the worst pos
sible taste.
Aatonlahlnar Bravery.
Cleveland Leader.
Admiral Togo la again about to demon
strata his utter fearlessness. He Is coming
to America on a visit, with Captain llobson
still at large.
THH TWKI.FTII UTtTK.
Irnnhl Pa 1 1 are of the Ineni
Tax
niemlnient.
New York Tribune.
Maine Is the twelfth state to withhold
approval rf the Income tax amendment
to the federal constitution. The lower
branch of the legislature defeated a ratifi
cation resolution on Tuesday by n vote of
KJ to H That decisive action classifies
Maine with the states whose legislatures
have either rejected the amendment out
right or have become deadlocked over It.
one house favoring and the other opposing
It. There are now twelve of these enough
to Insure the failure of the amendment
unless all the other states ratify and both
New Mexico and Arlxona, when they have
been admitted to the union, ratify also.
In that case thirteen negative votes would
be needed to prevent ratification.
Of course, the states which have ex
hibited an unwillingness to accept the
amendment must persevere In that atti
tude In order to bring about Its defeat.
Obviously legislatures which have been
unable to agree are entitled to take th
question up again at a future session. In
that claaa ar the legislatures of New
Hampshire, New Tork, Virginia. West Vir
ginia, Louisiana, Arkansas and Utah. One
house In each of these stntes favored ratifi
cation and the other opposed It. Massnchu
aetts, Rhode Island and Vermont rejected
the amendment by the concurrent action
of the two houses. In Maine and New
Jersey only one branch haa so far voted.
In nine of the twelve dissenting states,
therefore, the way remains open to further
consideration and possible approval. The
Massachusetts legislature will probably
take another vote thla year In spite of last
year's complete and positive disapproval.
Vermont and Rhode Island, however, are
likely to regard their action as final.
The Associated Tress Is authority for the
statement that Wisconsin has ratified 'the
amendment. If that be th case the vote
now atands twenty-seven states for to
twelve against. The consent of eight more
states Is necessary to make the amend
ment a part of the constitution. The aeven
states which have taken no action of any
sort are Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsyl
vania, Florida, Tennessee, Minnesota and
Wyoming. The Minnesota house of repre
sentatives passed a ratification resolution
on Tuesday by a vote of 96 to 0. Th sen
ate will probably concur. Florida, Tennes
see and Wyoming may be counted aa more
likely to ratify than to reject (though
Wyoming cannot vote until 1918)). while
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Connecticut
are likely to disapprove or take no action.
With Minnesota, Tennessee, Florida and
Wyoming the total for ratification would
be thirty-one four short of a three-fourths
majority. Four of the deadlocked states
would then have to be won over. Every
thing now points to a protracted struggle;
for, besides Wyoming, Maine, New Hamp
shire, West Virginia and Arkansas will
have no chance to vote again until 1913.
The fate of the amendment may, not. In
fact, be decided before 1914.
NEW YOBK'S CAPITOL.
Cincinnati Enquirer: The destruction and
damaging of the magnificent state capitol
that stood on one of the hills of Albany
disclosed the fact, according to press dis
patches, that much of the supposed splen
did hardwood ornamentation of that mag
nificent structure waa nothing more or less
than highly Inflammable papier mache.
New' York Tribune: Th crowning glory
of Albany's hilltop Is battered, but still In
exlstenc. .Let us. cherish It In its monu
mental character as a unique cash Invest
ment and cheerfully put out any money
necessary to restor It to Its normal es
tate. But let It be stipulated that a few
thousand dollars of the 16,000,000 repair
fund - go Into water buckets and hand
grenades.
St Louis Republic: So long aa It stood
It would have been a monument to public
plunder, treachery to sacred trusts, unbe
lievable perversion of all the functions for
which governments are Instituted. Graft
has no closer synonym than the name of
this publlo edlfloe. Whenever It was
spoken of the first thought was not of Its
domes and Imposing facade and carved red
stone staircase, hut of a shameless period
of which even reminders were painful.
New York Sun: There must come to
every citizen of New York who has reached
middle life a panorama, a sort of moving
picture of the generation and mora of state
hlatory whloh has left Ita most accurate
and Ita most depressing evidence In that
hug and hideous building on the Albany
hilt, every stone, every chamber, every
hall of which has an Intlmat association
with Bom scandal that once shook the
state. The mer catalogue of th rooms
reached by the fir In Ita march must
awaken the recollection of some half-forgotten
disgrace.
New York World: A pall of water might
have put out th fire In the Albany capitol
when It was discovered. There was no
water. Hand grenades or a small extin
guisher would have checked it. Ther was
none near. With a hos it could have been
drenched. There waa none. A prompt
alarm would have enabled the firemen
sooner to control th flames. There waa
no alarm box. A complaint has been filed
that an electric switch waa out of order;
prompt attention might have prevented the
fire altogether. It was not attended to. A
loss past th power of computation to
measure Is the result.
Jingoes Silence.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Soma people evidently think that when
President Taft and the mikado aay there
Is no danger of war between their two
countries thy ought to know what they
are talking about. Rut the Inventora of
war newa, after a period of dlacreet alienee,
will undertake to prove that th heads
of th two nationa are Ignorant and mis
Informed persons.
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Brooklyn Facie trtiMtl. .
There are members of the United State
senate who are old-fashioned enough te b
Meve that this legislative body would havt
been entirely capable of organlilng Itaell
without counsel or Instruction from th
Suit creek section .of Nebraska. Such
members would not have asked for sue
counsel or Instruction. There la no evi
dence that any member did aak tor sues
advice. It Is given without urging, freely
and generously. Mr. Bryan notes fhat th
best committee assignments ar now en
joyed by "stand pat democrats and etantJ
pat republicans." Ha doea not wish K
have this advsntaae retained by the con ,
servatlve element. He also not, with
hii element of enthusiasm, that ther art)
not so many stand pat demoerata in th
senate, since March 4. He wanta to havt
the democrat as a body co-operate with
the progressive republicans to reorganise
the senate. In a nutshell, "committees
should be made up, not merely t pay
personal compliments, but to carry out th
people's will."
Unhappily, there la no reason to doubt
that Mr. Bryan haa aom Influence with
democratic senators; and It la not Unlikely
that his general policy will !-eoelv friendly
consideration. The party advantage. In
our Judgment, does not demand such ac
tion. Clearly, the progressive republicans,
with their Initiative, referendum and recall
Ideals, ar going far beyond any stand th
democracy la able dr willing to tak I
the matter of radicalism. On th other
hand, the republican stand patters hold a
position so conservative that It Is bound
to be opposed by all democrats. To Iden
tify the democracy In the public mind
with the "recall" republicans whose views
they do not hold would he an Irjury not
to be counterbalanced by any . crum of
patronage that might be securcl in the
reorganisation of the senate, it vvjuWl be
far wiser to reject any patronage alliance
with either wing of the republicans and
let division do Its deadly . work In th
enemy's camp. ,,,
Developments yet tb come will determine
the course of all factions . In the senate.
Speculation as to organization Is prema
ture. Mr. Bryan's part In Such speculation
Is premature. But prematurity is one of
the moat striking feature of Ills states
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Meekton Before I was marrlod I said I
would never go shopping wl.h a Woman.
Mudge You changed vour mind, eh!
Mekton Not at all; my wlfa did It.
Boston Transcript.
"What's the matter with your wife? She
seems to be very Irascible lately."
"Why, she was assisting at a rummar
sale, and somebody sold her new- hat tor
centa" Washington lleiald.
"Here, Willie, you come right Sway from
that bad boy!"
"He ain't a bad boy. mamma. He's a
nice boy. He gave roe half his orange an'
a big bite of his candy."
"Mercy, the chjld Is a socialist! Come
away from him thia Instant! 'Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"What made that 'railroad official turn
pale and shudder when I spoke to him at
the fishing party thla afternoon?'
"Didn't you know he had Just had to pay
a larg fine for his road In a stilt'.'"
"What did I say which had anything to
do with thatT"
"You asked him to re-bait your hook."
Baltimore American.
"That girl may b a, capillar favorite, but
she is entirely too prominent, not lo say
spectacular."
"That's all right. Isn't It right and
proper for a belle to have a striking
record T" Buffalo Tlmea
First Lawyer What shall we do? Each
witness for our client gives a different ac
count of the accident.
His Partner Put tbem all ca the atand;
the Jury may think he met with three or
four accidents and find accordingly To
ledo Blade.
"Lobelia," demanded Mr. McjSwat.
"where la my pipe?" ;
"It was Bailing out through the kitchen
window the last tlm 1 saw it," anawered
hla wife. ...
"It was, hey? You promised me whin
I got those tickets to the opera you never
would touch my pl again I Have you for
gotten that?"
"I dldn t touch It, Blinder; I took the
tongs to It." Chicago Tribune.
IRISH NAMES IN MEXICO.
Kansas City Star. .
Said Patrolman O'Shay at the Station one
day:
"I've been readln" a lot on thla Mexican
muaa; '
And I'm greatly Impreaaed, I am bound to
confess.
By the nam cat of the men that are mixed
in the tugs.
"Just a look In will show all the names'
end In O;
Francisco Madero, now Just look at that,
And UeneraJ Blanco, who's going to spank o
The mighty porflro; O, what a spat!
"A big Mexlcano la Prlaclllano,
A rebel sub-leader that carrlea the U;
Rlcardo, Oablno, Novarro, Jacino,
Julnlto, Orosco and that's how tbey go.
"For, In Mexico, O seems th signal to
ahow
There a grudg they all owe and th
dlvll to pay."
And thy laughed Ilk tarnation, th men,
In th station, ,
They laughed at th Joke of Patrolman
O'tthay.
"Thos fallows down there, they ar Irlh,
I swear.
But the o In their names has got
staunched to th rear;
Could they switch It around to th front,
I'll b bound.
They could lick any army on earth, nevor
fear.
i
"The O In a nam shouldn't feel any
sham
To atand up big as life In th front with
out fear;
That's th good Irish plan, and I can't
understand
Why th Mexican Os want to snra!: to
th rear."