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At least we know that the
have safely escaped the froit.
crops
It wili probably take several crowns
to ,?ajr Quoon Mary's dressmakers'
bills. .
Aa xchane says there are seven
teen recorded accents of Ararat. An
ark fvilL
In other words. Justice Harlan says
to the supreme court, "I dare you to
adjudge me In contempt."
"Why are flies so scarce this
spring?" asks an exchange. Keep
still, or you may wake them up.
Bryan denies that he took his cue
from ' Champ Clark. You bet. The
tall la not wagging the dog there.
And, peeping his little yellow head
again "above the ground, the dande
lion exclaims, "Never touched me."
If you do not believe times are
bard,' Just look up the ' steamship
reservations for the summer abroad.
One senator developed enough cour
age to walk out- of the daroooratlo
caucus but not the senator from Ne
braska. I' ' ' 1 " ,' 1 -' I
The New York gun says Mr. Bryan
Is the Chantecler. We have all known
' for a long time that he ' was cock of
the walk.
A New York magistrate killed him
self when he failed of reappointment.
The appointing powers must have
known him.
A university professor died leaving
a fortune of 18,000,000. Who says
school teaching does not payT Or did
he marry it? ;
;
The. latest Enoch Arden has, with
the mutual consent of his wives, de
cided to live with both. Still, he Is
83 years old.
The new provisional president of
Mexico took the oath of office In the
yellow room. Just so It was not the
yellow spirit.. .
California threatens to build a dam
bigger than the Roosevelt dam. That
state Is always out for the biggest
thing, even to rough talk.
Note how Omaha and Nebraska
boys and girls are taking high college
honors In all parts of the country.
They may be matched, but they can't
be beat.
Bven-those who criticised Colonel
Roosevelt's latest speech on peace had
to admit, at the Mohonk Lake council,
that he has done more than anyone
else: for peace.
On his visit to Lincoln Governor
Wood row Wilson finds Mr. Bryan con
spicuous 07 nis aosence from home
That ahould help the political prophets
to keep a-ffuesslng.
Omaha wins again In the interstate
commerce ruling against the rail
road's attempt to Increase grain rates
from South . Dakota to this market
Small favors thankfully received.
"Once and for all, I' have nothing
to say," said J. P. Morgan to the re
porters asking him about that Stand
ard Oil derision. Mr. Morgan can al
ways show us better than he can tell
us.
The Omaha Ad club does not want
It name to be connected with the
questionable advertising of Omaha by
the vigilance committee promoter.
The Ad club folks know the difference
between publicity that Is a knock and
publicity that is a boost.
Up to the Black Hi Us a postmaster
has bea Indicted oa the charge of
making '. falsa returns on amount of
buatneM In order to secure an Increase
of salary. How foolish, when he
could have shaken down the employes
under soi of political oampalgn eon
trt button so naott move easily and
afaly. J)
Recomtniction.
The impassioued member of the
Mexican Chamber of Deputies who
thrilled his audlencf with an oration
'on the resignation of President Diaz
observed that General Diaz "bad been
called to account for his errors by a
people who bad progressed faster than
the author of tbelr progress had re
alized." If that be true, Dlax has
builded better than be knew. Justly,
he added that the good General Diaz
had done bis country would live for
ever, and outweigh his mistakes.
Now, as the Mexican people under
a new regime, face the grave work of
reconstruction It remains to be seen
whether they can meet the Issue bet
ter than they met It under Diaz for
thirty years and more. The remark
has been made that for the first time
In thirty years the populace was per
mitted to shout with Impunity the
name of its choice for the presidency,
and It shouted the name of Madero.
Likewise, It remains to be seen how
well these people will Improve the op
portunity involved in this political
liberty. Even Madero by now realizes
that the work of destroying the Diaz
government was a simple task as com
pared with that of rebuilding a stable
republic, and the revolution's ultimate
success is entirely contingent upon
this latter achievement. Americans
will watch with keen interest the re
construction process, hoping that the
revolutionary leaders are not mis
taken in believing that the people of
Mexico are capable of as large a meas
ure of popular government as they
have demanded.
One impression stands out boldly
from all that has transpired in this
crisis, and that is General Diaz's un
yielding conviction In the integrity of
his own official life. His letter of
resignation must make this plain to
all, and most people will believe in his
sincerity as expressed in this closing
sentence of that letter, which is itself
a strikingly illuminating flash of the
forceful character whose official ca
reer is at an end.
Disproportion of Omaha's Wards.
The detailed census of Omaha by
wards shows how far the redistribu
tion of population has destroyed the
equality of the wards, if there ever
was any equality. The Third ward 4s
now the smallest in number of Inhabi
tants, reporting 7,768, while the
Twelfth ward Is the largest, reporting
14,495, or nearly twice as many. On
strictly proportional basis twelve
wards, aggregating a population of
124,096, should nave each 10,340, so
that the Fourth and Sixth wards, with
10,191 and 10,267, respectively, are
the only ones that are reasonably ap
proximate to the figure. If we were
to continue the ward representation
in our city government a redisricting
would be almost Imperative, but If we
are to go to the commission plan of
government the wards will lose their
significance altogether, except possibly
for school board membership.
A Basio Difference.
The basic difference between demo
crats and republicans Is emphasized
by the withdrawal of Senator Martlne
from the democratic caucus as con
trasted with the refusal of Senator La
Follette and his associates to partici
pate in the republican caucus. When
the vote was taken the other day on
the choice of a president of the Benate
Mr. La Follette boldly declined to rec
ognize the caucus decree, declaring:
I deny the light of any secret caucus
held outside of the senate chamber behind
closed doors with no reporter present to
dispose of the publto, business, or anything
which may exercise an Important or con
trolling Influence upon the public business,
and I regard the election of a pro tempore
president of this great body as of great
Importance In the oonduot of Its business,
Republican Insurgents, so far as
Senator La Follette speaks for them,
recognize no obligation whatever to
aocept caucus decisions. -
When, however, the democrats came
to caucus on the manner of conduct
ing the Lorlmer Investigation, Senator
Martlne finds himself alone In reject
Ing the caucus yoke, and even In that
makes his refusal conditional on the
ground that a moral question is In
volved, the Intimation being that In
matters of policy, politics and patron
age the action of the caucus would be
supreme and govern him too.
Corporations and Publio Control.
President Delano of the Wabash
railroad is not the only utility corpora
tion man who advocates subjection of
these Industries to public control,
though he takes a very advanced posi
tion on it. Theodore N. Vail, presl
dent of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company. In bis last annual
report declares:
PubUo control or regulation of publio
service corporations by permanent , com.
missions, has come and come to stay.
Mr. Vail makes the distinction, bow-
ever, In favor of regulation by com
mission as preferable to that of legis
lative enactment, and Insists, of
course, with propriety, that "such
control or regulation can and should
stop all abuses of capitalization, of
extortion or of overcharges or un
reasonable division of profits." He
will find the majority of people with
him, too. In the theory that govern
ment control should protect the laves
tor aa well as the public.
Addressing other railroad execu'
tlvea at Chicago, President Delano
spoke favorably not only of this con
trol of corporations, but went further
and pronounced the recent rate de
cision aa a blessing to them in dis
guise. As Mr. Vail declares, public
control has come to stay, and this
kind of influence on the part of men
like himself and Mr. Delano will help
to make that control fair and equlta-
ble, as it should be to effect Its real
purpose. A control that throws all
Its benefits on one side, no matter
which side that may be, Is not the
control that Is needed. Like organ
ized labor, organized capital and cor
porations are as essential to modern
business systems as Is their restric
tion within proper boundsj and that
fact has to be kept clearly in mind
in all plans looking to the regulation
of these Industries.
Speed Limits.
In Massachusetts the matter of
speed limits for automobiles Is left
entirely to the Jury in each case that
conies up for trial. It Is a sort of
'rule of reason" law they go by, with
out having any fixed statute on the
subject, and they claim to get satis
factory results. For instance, when
a motorist 1b brought up for trial he
s judged by the court and jury, all
the circumstances of his speeding
the street, the condition of traffic and
the possibility of danger are taken
into account and the judgment is fixed
accordingly. If he was running his
machine at an excessive rate of speed
on a street densely traveled, where It
Is easily possible to do damage, he is
dealt with rather severely, but he may
have made the same, or even greater,
speed on another street, where traffic
is light, without incurring any
penalty.
This distinction is not without
foundation. At any rate, it does seem
that greater restrictions should sur
round the running of a machine on a
busy downtown thoroughfare than on
one out In the residence districts,
where there Is little or no traffic. That
is exactly the theory of the law which
distinguishes between the limits fixed
for country and urban thoroughfares.
It is far easier to determine on what
Btreet a machine was running than It
is to decide at what speed It was mov
ing. Yet, to be sure, in most cities
where automobile accidents have hap
pened some of them have happened
on outside streets, where business
traffic Is not heavy. Children in cities
play on the streets. Sometimes they
have to, and this has to be taken into
consideration. Nevertheless, autos
should not be allowed to run as fast
in danger spots as in other parts.
Straight From the Shoulder.
Governor Aldrlch's letter telling
County Attorney EngliBh what he ex
pects him to do toward the enforce
ment of the Albert law Is straight
from the shoulder. It is this charac
teristic plaln-spoken&ess that com
mands admiration for the governor.
He Informs tha county attorney In
language that cannot be misunder
stood that it is up to him to do some
thing to prove his good faith, and that
no attempt to shift responsibility to
the chief of police In Omaha, or to
anyone else, will be accepted as a
valid excuse for Inaction. If the
county attorney does not promptly
make a conscientious attempt to en
force the Albert law, Governor Al
drloh announces bis Intention to take
steps to secure a county attorney who
will.
Everybody knows that the county
attorney Is the prosecuting officer
charged with enforcement of the crim
inal statutes. But here In Douglas
county the oounty attorney has so far
succeeded In having the chief of police
bear the brunt of every law-enforcing
movement, while he has slipped along
unnoticed. If the Sackett law has
any virtue In It, it can be Invoked
against a county attorney wilfully
falling or refusing to enforce the law,
and particularly In the case of this
Albert law, which speclfloally imposes
on the county attorney the duty to
close disorderly places on the strength
of common report, plaolng the burden
of proof, or rather disproof, on the
other side.
Governor Aldrlch has given County
Attorney English an ultimatum, and
it Is reasonable to expect that It will
produce results.
In appointing the president of the
Omaha Woman's club to membership
on the state board in control of the
School for the Deaf and the School for
the Blind, Oovernor Aldrlch has
struck a new departure that is not
only a fine compliment to the women,
but should also bring to the manage
ment of those institutions a valuable
service. It is the good fortune of the
Woman's club that It has as its presi
dent a woman possessing the neces
sary qualifications that make It de
sirable to draft her for this Important
work.
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The law making the county sur
veyor highway commissioner has been
put up to the courts. We might as
well know now as later whether this
law, wblch was part of the legislation
demanded by the good roads move
ment, means anything. It Is certainly
a fine spectacle to see a democratic
county board trying to knock out a
law pointed to with pride as one of
the great achievements of the demo
cratic legislature.
For a starter Omaha's municipal
parade Is entitled to a passing mark.
It Is a pity, though, that more people
could not have witnessed it, especially
more people from out of town. A
municipal parade pulled off during
Ak-Bar-Ben week might open the eyes
of thousands of strangers from other
parts of the state who have no ade
quate conception of the varied extent
and ramifications of city government
in the metropolis.
Senator Jonathan Bourne, jr. Is
quoted as saying that he would rather
be defeated for re-election In Oregon
than see Senator Nocria Brown retired
In Nebraska. If that Is the case, why
not elect Senator Brown from Oregon?
If most of our Americans who go j
abroad every summer would first take 1
a run over their own country they 1
might be able to tell their European
friends something about the land they
live In.
The latest donations to colleges by
the general educational board Involves
a gift of $400,000, conditioned on the
colleges raising f 1,226,000. The con
dition, no doubt, is to keep all taint
out.
Itril for the Reward.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The chief difficulty In reconstruction In
Mexico seems to be In finding civil jobs
for all the generals who have been drawing
much glory and less pay In the army.
Damaices at Fare Valae.
Baltimore American.
The supreme court has Just derided that
woman has a sole right to her own
beauty for exhibition purposes. Conse
quently, anybody or concern that exhibits
her picture without her consent must pay
damages at her face value.
A Matter of Comparison.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Tom Johnson, the street railway mag
nate, who "died poor, left an estate
valued at H36.O0O. Wealth Is, after all, a
mere matter of comparison. If Tom John
eon had been a poet and had left an estate
worth $136,000 he would have died rich.
Looks Like a Cinch.
Minneapolis Journal.
Fortunately for those who are looking
for ways around the letter of the law,
Justice Harlan Is In the minority. The
Justice said recently: "Now, it Is laid
down In some of the cases, and It Is com
mon sense, that this oourt Is bound to
know what everybody else In the commu
nity knows."
Chicago File, a Kick.
Chicago News.
Cheerful real estate boomers are offering-
the president summer homes in various
places. When this nation needs a summer
capital it will plok one out on Its merits
and pay for the accomodations required.
It is the political national convention, not
the government of the United States, that
moves around at the call of the highest
bidder.
Profitable, If Not Popular.
Springfield Republican.
"Dollar diplomacy" In the last three
years, according to the assertion of the
State department, has won 1200,000,000 worth
of foreign business, loans and concessions
for American Interests. But that sort of
thing will never make an administration
truly popular. It's the "Perdlcarls alive
or Ratsull dead" diplomacy that starts
the cheering.
This Looks Like the Limit.
Boston Transcript.
60 the high price of beef Is due to the
growth of women's clubs In the view of
the president of the International Live
Stock association, his theory being that,
detained late In the afternoon at their
clubs and anxious to have dinner ready on
time, women choose "the meat of least
resistance." And yet we have not re
marked any startling advance in the coat
of hamburger steak. . . .
. The Bread that Mother Mad.
St. Louis 'Republic.
When the machinery of a steam-power
bakery can mix a tender devotion with the
yeast and can knead the dough with un
selfish thoughts of dependent ones and oan
watch the browning loavea with a clear
vision that sees little white teeth taking
big bites out of siloes of them, ona of the
trade secrets of mother's bakery will have
been discovered. But it Is to be feared that
discovery will be a long time tn coming.
People Talked About
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DUNNE
This is the "broth of a b'y" who raised
"Philosopher Dooley" to his pedestal,
talked Hannessy to sleep and Stretched a
smile from Cape Cod to Ban Pedro, from
Manitoba to the gulf. Mr. Dunne still ex
tracts the ooin from Mr. Dooley and gets
his pleasure among the base ball "fans"
of Mew York. 1
Washington puts up a strong defense
against the charge of being more sinful
on Sunday than on week days. Congress
does not meet on Sunday. 1
Oovernor Harmon of Ohio, during his
recent visit to Washington, was pronounoed
by statesmen to be a striking "double" for
ex-Senator Aldrlch of Rhode Island. '
John S. Runnels of Chicago, who suc
ceeds Robert T. Lincoln, Is a native of
Effingham, N. H., and graduate of Am.
herst In the class of '66. He was of some
promlence In politics and law practice In
Iowa before becoming general counsel for
the Pullman company in 1887.
When the oharge of beating the custom
house was preferred last whiter against
Duveen tiros.. Importers of art goods In
New Tork, loud protestations of Innocence
were heard and much Indignation let loose.
Since then the firm paid Into the publio
treasury 1,300,000 In settlement of past un
dervaluations, and on Wednesday last the
senior member of the firm entered a plea
of guilty and was fined 15,M).
The organisation controlling the political
destinies of Philadelphia has produced
such a high grads of discipline among the
voters of the city that the heart of every
patriot on the Inside glows with conscious
pride at the smoothness of the machine.
Last Tuesday the young son of Mayor
Heyburn was aleoted to a vacant seat in
congress and a loan of $11,500,000 was au
thortsed. Father and son are doing quite
well.
Miss Phoebe Con sen , for fifty years a
leader In the uplift of women, is reported
stranded In a Bt. Louis hotel, owing to
her Inability to collect aa annuity of M
a month. Miss Cousens has been beard
on the rostrum in Omaha several times
and has lectured throughout the country
on the various phases of woman rights In
past years. She served the unexpired term
of bar fathar as United Mates marshal of
MlasourJ
LU Oft PC
In Other Lands
Bide Lights oa What Is Trans
, plrlng Among the Hear and
Tm iratlons of the Berth
Rival religious denominations In Europe
which showed more Joy than sympathy
when Catholicism was stricken In France
are beginning to realise that "an Injury
to one la an Injury to all." Separation and
confiscation In France, Instead of Increas
ing opportunities for Protestant sects, has
restricted their operations as well as the
activities of the 1 Catholic church and
swelled the multitude of unbelievers. Sim
liar conditions are developing In the young
"republic" of Portugal. The new law for
the separation of church and state Is
shaped to fulfill Kenor Costa's boast of
"no Qod and no religion In Portugal." The
law strikes at all denomination and makes
the atate both master and manager of re
ligious methods and property. All present
possessions are appropriated by the state,
and all future acquisitions go Into pos
session of the stale In ninety-nine years.
All gifts to churches are to be handled by
parish commissioner about one-tenth
going to the church, the balance to be dis
bursed as the state directs. Many Catholic
orders are to be abolished and others re
duced. Priests and bishops are Invited to
marry, the state offering pensions to their
wives and children. In dealing a dt atli
blow to the native Roman Catholic church
It strikes the English mission churches
with equal force by making services after
sundown unlawful, expropriating their
property and requiring one-third of their
revenue to be paid to the state. The French
separation law Is a measure of extreme
mildness compared with the destructive
anarchism of Portugal's ruling coterie,
whose policies and professions constitute a
libel on republicanism.
Preaohlng economy for others to practice
Is a perilous policy for politicians seeking
promotion. The lord mayor of Dublin, the
Hon. John J. Farrell, can give expert Tes
timony on the folly of publio economy ap
plied to the preacher. When a mere alder
man of the city a few years ago, he leaped
Into the spotlight by advocating a reduc
tion of the mayor's salary from $13,000 to
$8,000 a year. He Insisted that the salary
was too large and that the municipality
had no right to squander In this extrava
gant fashion the money that ought to go
to the poor and the needy. His seal for the
poor and plain people catapulted htm Into
a seat In Parliament and a year later he
was ohoaen lord mayor of Dublin, being
Inaugurated March 17, last. The lories and
Sinn Felners among the aldermen remem
bered Mr. Farrell's preachments for econ
omy and screamed with Joy. When torlea
and Sinn Felners go into cahoots in a
political deal trouble In the nationalist
camp Is a dead certainty. Mr. Farrell, rea
lised it when the combine quoted his
speeches In favor of reducing the mayor's
salary. He could not protest against his
own words nor ask his supporters to spare
him the pain of putting Into practice what
he preached. There was nothing to do but
silently watch the slashing of the salary
to $8,000 per. As a result of economy sent
home to roost. Lord Mayor Farrell ' an
nounces that he cannot afford to ootSupy
the mansion house, and will strive to live
In his own modest home on the "ploayune
salary" Intended for the other fellow.
Captain Montague Porkery leader of the
syndicate of excavators recently operating
in tne vicinity of the Mosque of Omar.
near Jerusalem, discredits the reports of
looting the sacred Institution, According
to bis statement in the London Times the
object of the expedition was to find the
tomb of David and Solomon and any He
brew writing that existed of that period.
Nothing of value was found. The excava
tors cleaned the tunnel of Blloam aa tar as
the Pool of Blloam, a dlstanoe of 1,670 feet.
Increasing the flow of water 50 per cent.
The tunnel was found to be four and one
half feet In diameter, and all but a foot
of it was filled with mud. The spot where
stood the city of David was definitely lo
cated, and from the pottery there dis
covered the conclusiveness Is drawn that
Jebuslta city existed ' 2,000 years before
David captured It. Mr. ' Parker asserts
that the work of excavating will be re
sumed in August. This is not likely if
reports from Jerusalem are to be credited.
A British correspondent at that point
states that the religious fanaticism
aroused by the reports of alleged looting
of the Omar mosque served the doube pur
pose of discrediting the present govern
ment of Turkey which permitted the exca
vation, and aroused Mohammedanism to a
pitch dangerous to the presence of Chris
tiana. A renewal of the syndicate's opera
tions would be a signal for an outburst
of fanatlo fury' which the government
would not risk,
At the rate the British budget is growing
annually it is predicted that it will reach
the $1,000,000,000 mark In three years. The
Lloyd George budget tor the present year
calls for $906,176,000, an Increase of $38,760,000
over last year. In 1880 the actual expendi
tures of the United Kingdom was $111,000,
000. In 1880 it had risen but slightly, the
total being $480,000,000. Ten years later the
Boer war carried the total up to $660,dl0.0u0.
Blnoe then each succeeding year swelled
the figures, and there is no prospect of a
check. Social reform, militarism and the
dreadnought fever promises to Increase the
load Indefinitely, unless the productive
power of the country breaks under the
strain. The ministerial program of social
reform, beginning with old age pensions
and now about to embrace unemployed and
invalid Insurance, is costly. The imperial
government aids directly In education and
the grants in that direction must Increase
from time to time, as the educational sys
tem develops. All the modern reform
projects for town planning, housing, and
the Uke, require money, and In Great Brit
ain the Imperial government usually shares
in the expense. It possesses the main
souroea of revenue; it must, therefore,
help to pay the bills. If Ireland should get
home rule, the Irish would want generous
financial assistance in beglmilug their experiment-
The army, meanwhile, Is costing
more and more, while the ever-growing
navy can have the kingdom's last dollar
whenever the need arises. If the budget
ten years from now does not show an an
nual expendtluro of $1,600,000,000 It will be
because some disaster had struck the
country.
The American .municipal policy of annex
ing suburbs to the parent city leoka good
to Berlin. The Prussian Diet has recently
passed the Greater Berlin bill by wblch the
capital of the German empire leaps into
the third rank among the cities of the
world. Before consolidation with the sub
urbs It stood sixth. London and New Tork
are still far ahead of it, but It has passed
Paris. Tokio and Chicago. The newer
Berlin will have a population of about
$,600,000 an Increase of nearly 60 per cent
over the population of the older city.
Paris has now about $,000,000 Inhabitants,
while Toklo, Chicago and Vienna are a
little over the 1.000,000 mark. The figures
of the London census of laU are not yet
out, but trustworthy estimates Indicate
that the total for the British capital is
ever T.luO.000.
Tarn Uawa taa Llgsit.
Cleveland Plain Dealer. ...
A number of gentlemen object to having
tha Sherman anti-trust law construed "In
tha light of reason. Tbey want soma other
as4 eas trjanc Ugat ax&piev
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
Washington Post: The follow who In
vented the lawn mower tiled the other dsy.
and may the Ixird help him If he should
run serosa sny of his victims on the other
Side!
Cleveland Plain Dealer: That captain of
the Celtic who reports seeing the wreck
of Water Wellman's dirigible lost the
chance of his life. What a sea serpent
tale that famous equllibrator would have
furnished!
Bt. Paul Pioneer Press: Just as a hint of
the chanres that have taken place In po
litical conditions, here It la almost June 1
and no one has thought to inquire about
the whereabouts of Alton B. Parker or
the condition of the swimming hole at
Bsopus.
Ixiulwllle Courier-Journal: Strangely
enough, the promoters of that movement
In Chicago to offer a prise of (VX).OiO for a
national anthem are not convinced t hat
our national spirit Is fittingly set forth In
"If You Ain't Got No Money Tou Needn't
Come Around."
Wall Street Journal: Wonderful mental
grasp of our statesmen Is shown by the
fact that the steel men to testify at Wash
ington hove devoted their lives to the in
dustry, while the congressmen who will
conduct the examination need only ten
days' preparation for the task.
ARMY It KSKKVR CORPS.
General Wood's Plan and the Terms
of Knllatinent.
t New York Sun.
General Leonard Wood's opinion that It
would be a mistake to Increase the term
of enlistment In the army from three to
five years, as proposed in the Hay bill.
Is shared by many officers in close touch
with the enlisted man.
A long term works well In England, where
a career Is made of service In the army,
for the reason chiefly that civil life offers
few better opportunities to the private
soldier. If a five year term were substituted
for the present term of enlistment In the
United States there would De a marked'
and alarming Increase in desertions. Not
even the rigorous methods adopted by the
adjutant general would keep the discon
tented ones In the army.- The service
would naturally fall into discredit when
the authorities would even reduoe the
present three year term to two, and the
argument in, its favor is by no mesne con
temptible. Whether General Wood's plan to form
a reserve corps by persuading soldiers at
the expirations of the three years term of
enlistment to hold themselves In readiness
to be called to the colors for the considers,
tlon of two dollars a month is practicable
or desirable may be doubted. If we under
stand him he would not encourage re-enllst-ment,
deeming It of more importance to
create gradually a reserve corps. But It
Is the experienced soldiers In the army who
are of the most value, men of at least
two enlistments. The long term In England
makes excellent fighting men and capable
noncommissioned officers. Re-enlistments
should be encouraged. Let the reserve corps
consist of men who do not want to stay
In the army. Moreover, the difficulty of
obtaining recruits Is to be considered. There
are slack seasons when it is Impossible
to fill the ranks.
Three years soldiering In time of peace
does not make a lasting impression upon
a man. An ex-soldler before long would
rate below a National Guardsman in effec
tiveness. It may be doubted, too, whether
for two dollars a month most of the re
servlsts, 'wojJd appear orths biennial drill
wVcii'". General iood'.ecommends. Unless
the country is prepared, to spend a con
siderable sum of money on a reserve corps
upon a more ambitious plan than that pro
posed, it is submitted that It would be bet
ter to place entire dependence upon the
national guard. With closer contact with
the regular army it Is Increasing steadily
in soldierly value. -
"GRANDFATHER" LAW..
Ruling- of Lower Court Opens Way
for aa Appeal.
St. Paul Pioneer Press..
The decision of the federal district court
declaring . the "grandfather clause" of the
Oklahoma constitution invalid Is Important
In that it paves tha way for a final deci
sion by tha supreme court of the United
States on the form of laws and constitu
tional provisions that are very, generally
used in the south for the purpose of dis
franchising the negro. While most of thu
southern states have such laws, the ques
tion has never been brought squarely to
Issue before the supreme court of the
United States. The highest Judicial trib
unal has had the question before It several
times, but not tn a form that brought the
question fairly te teat and, as a result, no
direct decision has been rendered on the
right of states to pass such enactments, in
evasion, if not in direct violation of the
fifteenth amendment.
Under the provision of the Oklahoma
constitution, the educational test was ap
plied only to voters whose ancestors were
not entitled to vote on January 1, 1866. Tee
cause worked to the direct disfranchise
ment of the negroes. The federal court,
before which a test rase was brought, de
cided that the provision was a discrimina
tion against the negro and in violation of
the fifteenth amendment, which declared
that the right of franchise shall not be de
nied to any person because of "race, color
or previous condition of servitude."
The equivalent of the "grandfather
clause" is embodied In the laws of Ala
bama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina,
Florida, Louisiana and other southern
states. The effect of these laws It to pre
vent the negro from voting. As the Okla
homa case will be taken to the supreme
court of the United States, the final de
cision of that body will be awaited with
Interest because of Its ultimate effect upon
the political conditions throughout the
south.
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"If a man can ent well and sleep well
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"Is that so? I used to be turnkey In a
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kins. "I haven't decided whether to stay
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Do you recollect how the world went
wrong , i .
Way back in the years gone by,
How the toll was rough nnd the day was)
long . -
And fortune went oft awry? ' -
It all comes back as a first-rate Joke,
And you laugh as. you wouldn't havs)
dared
To laugh on that day when you went dea4
broke '
And you. were hungry a bit and scored.
Do you recollect: how we used to scold
At the summons in sultry lands?
And the tilings we said of the winters
cold
Were enough to shock all hands.
Now we laugh again at our futile fret.
O'er the troubles we thought Immense,
And we call them "larks," and we'd hall
regret
To lack the experience. '
We are fretful still as we onward strive
And we think that the present grief
Is one of the sort that must surely thrlva,
Secure against time's relief.
But the years go on In their ceaseless
grind,
With hours that are gay or glum.
And the plaint of today you will, often
find
Is the laugh of the days to come.
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