r
IIATIOII WILL EXTEND
I
Meeting to Be Held In Albuquerque,
N. M Will tjlve Impetus
to Great Work.
WILL HELP FORESTRY TOO.
Projects to Be Undertaken May In
toIto Total Expenditure of Hun
dred Million Dollars.
. Following by only a few months the
meeting of the Governors to consider
the conservation of the nation's re
sources the sixteenth annual irrigation
congress, to be held In Albuquerque,
N. M., from Sept 20 to Oct. 10, will
be a gathering of unusual significance.
Within the next few years the work
of the government for reclaiming the
unfruitful lands of the continent will
almost certainly, it Is asserted, under
go a big expansion, and where now mil
lions of dollars are lclng extended In
utilizing wasted water supplies and di
verting them to fertile arid regions, the ,
draining of swamp lands and the prob
lem of reforestation are likely to be big
juestlons that in the near future will
receive the attention of the scientists
and engineers of the reclamation ser
vice. In the work at present undertaken
the next three years will witness an
expenditure of f39,000,000,neeordlng to
the broad program that is being carried
out, and this, added to $.11,000,000 that
already has gone into the irrigation
works concerned, will bring to comple
tion twenty-eight Irrigation projects In
sixteen States, making productive
1,010,000 acres of formerly desert
waste.
From this time on, also, the govern
ment engineers plan tq begin operation
on fet least one big reclamation project
each year until the whole scheme, in
volving an outlay of $100,000,000, shall
have been completed. Ffcns will be
fliscusaed for those to be begun, includ
ing big works in the valley nt the Col
orado River and in the Sacramento Val
ley in California. All of which lends
magnitude and Imiiortnnce to the com
ing con grew.
' Will Consider Forestry Also.
The subject of forestry is sluted for
extended discussion at this gathering,
Its relation to irrigation being the most
Intimate, It Is said.- Rivers rising in
devastated countries are subject to an
nual floods that cannot be controlled
and work only further devastation each
year, while the flow can be turned to
no useful purpose.
In the country surrounding Albu
querque, where the modern wonders of
irrigation are to be discussed, there
are traces of ancient works fully as
wonderful in their way because created
by primitive peoples ages ago who were
the first Irrigators of the West.
The moBt remarkable part of it, ac
cording to the government engineer
who are surveying new canals for these
same regions, is that the ancients, with
their crude Instruments, hit upon the
most advantageous routes for carrying
out, these big engineering works, and
In many sections to-day, it Is said, the
surveys are plotting out the new works
right along the lines of those In use
centuries ago.
Pretty soon steak will be a sign of
wealth.
The American navy is stin the nnfeated
, wonder of the world. . 1
The Japs realise that peace has its dis
asters no less than war.
The desire to take Harry Thaw to Eu
rope ought to be encouraged.
Congress has been just as busy as
though It bad been doing something.
Prince Helle refuses to plunge at Monte
Carlo. He prefers to plsy a sure thing.
It takes a strong-minded woman to sup
port the weight of a Merry Widow bon
net. Evelyn Thaw suys she wishes the pub
,. lie to forget her. The public wishes it
could.
An authority says "diamonds are hard
er than steel." They are certainly harder
to get.
Now let us hear from the delegate on
Merry Widow bats as one of our national
Some are born to trouble, some huut tor
trouble and some marry Into the Gould
family.
Mrs. Hetty Green deules that her
daughter Is aoinz to ret marriaH nnu
Husband will probably be cheaper before
i ne year is out.
The House of Representatives costs us
$100 a minute. Yet people still se.y that
"taut is cheap."
The fact that the JniinnHu inv.nt.
limericks a thousand years ago is enough
to make some toot-headed people want to
. go to war wan t&em.
Every young naval officer knows ex
actly bow to build a battleship, just ai
every man knows bow to run a farm, t
hotel or a newspaper.
Down in (JHorir a. tkev t irt
campaign a year or two In advance, so
as to nna time to say all tbe hard thin
3
tney turns about each other.
When Mrs. Hcttv Green K.-.ir,- ,,.,
ing $30 a day at a hotel it's a sign that
the Ttanlc Is over.
The price of foreign noblemen has been
reoueeo, out tns netter ones are still
care and uxuenalve.
The man who swallowed a check for
fl.J must Jiave some persoual knowledz
' a k . ...
vi uuuigewea securities.
Gov. Swanson suys "a clear conscience
is to i be preferred to gold.' Hut some
people have neither one.
- If Russia and Japan do not maintain
the 'Open . door" in Manchuria, Uncle
Sam is prepared to smash a window or
two.
ALLISON WINS ITS IOWA.
Returns Indicatt Nomination of tlie
Hawkeys Senator.
Returns from mor than 800 pre
cincts Wednesday Indicated that Sena
tor Allison hnd defeated Governor
Cummins In the fight for the Repub
lican Senatorial nomination, as a re
sult of the State primaries. The AJ11
son men claimed at least 10,000, but the
Cummins leaders would not concede
this.
Counties which two years ago went
for Governor Cummins this year re
turned a majority for Allison. Seven
Congressional districts give Allison his
majority. He carried practically every
SENATOR AIXISOX.
county in the First and Second Dis
tricts. In the Third District he lost
Hardin County and In the Fifth Cum
mins secured a majorty In three of the
counties.
One of the surprises of the prima
ries was the election of Judge 8. F.
Prouty over Congressman Hull at an
estimated plurality of 1,200. Judge
Prouty carried Polk, Story, Marlon and
Dallas Counties. He carried nearly ev
ery precinct In Des Moines and Poflk
County.
Senator Allison has been In the Unit
ed States Senate since 1S7.1 and be
served four terms In the lower bouse
before winning the toga. This gives
him a record of forty-three years In
Congress. Mr. Allison was born at
Porry, Ohio, March 2, 1820.
-KBSHHBW
The startling assertion that In tht
schools of 810 cities and towns of the
United States conditions are ripe for a
reiM'tition of tbe Collinwood, Ohio, fire
disaster appears in a current issue of a
fire insurance publication, the Insurant's
Press. A list of the dancer snots is pub
lished, and it Includes Chicago, New York.
Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Boston
and numerous other large cities, as well
as smaller centers of population.
tire statistics show that, during Ihc
first quarter of 1908, fifty-eight fires oc
curred in educational institutions of the
United States and Canada, resulting In
death to many students, endangering th
lives ot thousands of others, and causing
a projiefcy loss of about $1,000,000. In
many instances dormitories were burned,
some while the students were asleep at
night. Such dangerous blazes occurred
In nineteen States and one territory. Pub
lic school fires caused damage In eighteen
States. I'anica among pupils and teach
ers invariably resulted. Safety was often
found to be sought, not in tbe protection
n (forded by fireproof building material.
Iron escapes or other structural improve
ments, but in fire drills, which depended
upon discipline tbst could be maintained
only when danger was remote.
The statement is made that at 322 col
leges and universities the question of the
safety of the lives of students has scarce
ly been considered. By far ths greater
danger, however, is said to exist in the
public schools of the country. Public
school boards are said to appreciate their
reHK)nsibility by providing fireproof ma
terials in new buildings, but little or noth
ing is done to Improve conditions In old
school houses which were erected before
the modern building era.
This is declared to be a matter worthy
immediate and widespread action on tbe
part of public officials. If theaters,
churches, balls and otlier public gather
ing places are by law equipped with
sprinkler systems, fire escapea and other
safety devices, how important it is that
school houses, where children spend as
much as thirty hours a week, be pro
tected. The Fort Wayne, Ind., hotsl
fire, which found helpless, sleeping vic
tims lu unprotected rooms, is Hie eighty
fifth blase of its kind In the United States
snd Canada aiuee the first of the year.
Not all of these resulted In loss ot life,
but hotels, 'like schools, are shown to be
In need of special protective apparatus.
World's Rliml Clock Starts.
At 3 p. ni. on a recent day a clock was
started on top of the factory building of
Colgate A Co. In Jersey City, which is be
lieved to be the largest clock in ths
world. It is 38 feet serous its dial and
the mechanism weighs 2,000 pounds. Ths
minute hand Is 20 feet long snd its end
travels 24 inches every minute. At night
the hands are outlined with incandescent
lights, a red light marking each numeral
tnd a white light for each minute.
FROM FAB, AND NEAR.
A federal grund jury litis begun sn In
vestigation of alleged land frauds said
to have been committed In U mat ilia coun
ty, Oregon.
Lieut. Archibald Tagsart, biggest pa
llcemnn in New York, l feet 0 inches tall
and IKS) pounds In weight, 4iaa retired af
ter twenty years to become a butcher.
. Three men, John Sharpies, John Miles
and a young F.iiglishman, named Rich-
Diond, all or .Nelson. It. ('., were swept
over the falls In Kootauia river and
drowned.
Fire at Childress, Texas, destroyed the
nstcbliie, blacksmith and boiler shops o
the Fort Worth and Denver road. The
loss will reach $200,000.
At the meeting of the Yale corpora
tion In New Haven, Conn., announcement
was made of the election of Prof. Jones,
dean of the School of Kneineerinir nt tha
University of Mimiewota, ss desn of Yale
XMiege.
Faillur a nilorum. the member .f tha
irkaiuas I'giklature, tailed in special sea
ion by Speaker A. II. Handler, gave up
he attempt to transact business anj ad-
ourneu sine die. TUere will be sxt ex
raordiusry session
V7LIC
DEATH TAKES BULLER. j 1 lia
British General Who Lost Fine Mili
tary Reputation in Africa.
General Sir Redvers Henry Duller
Sled In London after au Illness f . sev
eral weeks. He was born in 18.'!!). Gen.
Ruller, for many years a famous sol
dier, was obliged to retire from the
army with a discreditable record be
cause of the successive defeats sufT'r
ed during the Doer wor. He was n
reteran soldier and had won the Vic
toria cross for gallant deeds In India.
Egypt, and other parts of the world
where Great Britain bad bad lighting
to do.
The action which finally led to bis
undoing was connected with the siege
of Lndysmlth In the autumn of 1S00.
Buller was commander in chief of the
forces sent against the Doers and
GENERAL nt'M.ER.
served through the first ierlod of suc
cessive disasters, when his iiecounts
usually begun "I regret to report." (Jen.
Buller succeeded In relieving Lndy
smlth, Which was Invested for 118
days, lie wos succeeded in command
by Gen. Lord Roberts. In 1882 Gen.
Buller married Lady Audrey June
Charlotte, a daughter of the murtjuis
of Townsend.
Mri. Eddy's Latest t'nril.
In the current number of the Christian
Science Sentinel of Boston. Mrs. Mnrv
Baker G. .Eddy, head of tlie Christian
Science church, notices the curreut ru
mors about her failing health with a for
mal statement to the public, saying that
since she is watched "as one watches a
criminal or a sick person, she begs to
say in her own behalf thqt she is neither,"
and that to be criticised by a daily drive
or a stay at home "is superfluous.'' It
further recommends that when she does
the latter the curious should Is? 'resigned
to the fart that she is minding her own
business, and recommends this surprising
privilege to all her dear friends and ene
mies." To her "beloved students" she
gives assurnnce that she is "living, lov
ing, acting, enjoying." and adds that the
"Christian Scientist thrives on adversity,"
and concluding: "Justice, honesty, can
not be abjured: their vitality involve life,
calm, Irresistible, eternal."
Slate IttKhta In Court.
The extent to which the State courts
sflie.ll give "due fniih nnd credit" to the
decisions of other State courts, as requir
ed by the constitution, is defined in a
decision of the Supreme Court, J to 4. in
the case of a cotton future deal at Vicks
burg. The dealer was wiped out by a
decline and the broker sued him for the
iuiii due over margin deposited. In Mis
sissippi the Inws against stock gambling
prevented a collection.' but a judgment
wa got In Missouri. This, however, was
not recogiyred by the Mississippi courts,
but in this course the Supreme Court
takes the opposite view, at least a major
ity of It holding that, the Missouri Judg
ment should be given full force in Mis
sissippi. Wrights Make Heeuril Flight.
After a series of exiriinetital so.tritics
in their latest model iieiMplune over the
saim mines near .Mam, hi, .. '., t'.ie
Wright brothers broke all resrds Monday
id a uigm exceeding two miles, during
which they turned two corners oud nt all
times had the machine under complete
control. In their aerodrome ou Kill levi
Hill they sre working ou a new motor,
with which they now expect to make a
hfty-imle flight, hut all details of their
plans and improvements are kept closely
guarded from the newspaH?r men, who
have flocked to the pluce from all over the
world.
CE WOMEN WILL BE ft EXT MISTRESS OF
K Tl ,Y
SENATOR JONES DEAD.
Noted Arkansas Politician Passes
Away in Washington.
Former United States Senator James
K Junes of Arkansas died at his home
In Washington nt the age of sixty
nine. Heart failure was the immediate
cause of death, which came within a
day after the ex-Senator was stricken.
At the time of his death Senator Jones
wus piu'ticlng law In partnership with
his son, James K. Jones,jr.
Senator Jones was born in Marshall
County, Miss.. Sept. 20, 1S39, received
a classical educnton, was a private
soldier during the Civil War on the
losing side, lived on his plantation
after the close of the war until 1873,
when he commenced the practice of
law, and the same year was elected to
the Senate of the State of Arkansas.
The next step In the political ladder
came In 1880, when he was elected in
the Garfield-Hancock year as a Repre
sentative to Congress. It was not until
Carlisle of Kentucky was elected
Speaker that Jones came forth from ob
scurity ond was made a member of the
Wa.vs and Means Committee of the
House. In 1880 he was elected to the
Senate and took his seat In 1887.
For eighteen yenrs thereafter Sena
tor Jones was a national character and
a power In the councils of the Demo-
JAMES K. JONES.
cratic party. He liecanie a member of
the National Committee in l.VSil; was
dial rum n of the Committee on Reso
lutions in the convention that nomin
ated William J -Bryan; named ns No
tional Committeeman by his State, he
became chairman ami mnunged the
campaign. Senator Jones was chair
man of the. Democratic National Com
mittee in the 1!HK) campaign and gave
way to Tom Taggart in the Parker
campaign 'f HK(4.
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.
Gaston Foivtv has been convicted in
New York City of selling Easter chicks on
tlie groumf that tlie act was cruelty lo
nniniiiN.
President Roosevelt is left $lO,Oihy a
will just recovered which purports to have
been made by tlie late Benjamin F. Hud
ley, an eccentric recluse of Somerville,
Mass.
The Postmaster General has ordered
that pcstolticcs now existing outside the
corporate limits of large cities shall here
after be hraii"'i isstollices, under jurisdic
tion of the main o!?ice.
That s:ke. a Japanese liipior, should Is?
clashed ns a w'.ne anil taxed as ;l -h, was
the decision uf the United States Circuit
Court of Ap;ieals in S;ui Francisco iu a
suit invo'vitz the ps.vmeut of $.t0,0(RJ iu
duty to the government.
THE WHITE HOUSE?
WHO'S TO RULE WHITE HOUSE?
Washington Society Speculates on
the Next President's Wife.
Washington correspondence:
While the presidential election Is ngl
tutii g the pollcltiuns and speculation
Is rile ns to who will be the Republi
can ar Democratic nominees for the
Presidency und ultimate victor, society
circles lu Washington are far more In
terested in trying to guess who will be
the first lady of the land after March
4th.
While' admitting that Mrs. W J.
Bryan and Mrs. W. II. Taft have the
best chances, society nevertheless dis
cusses the posslbllty of the white
bouse being presided over by Mrs. John
A. Johnson, Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks
or Mrs. Charles E. Hughes.
Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Fairbanks may
be said to be equally well known in
Washington society circles. Of Mrs.
Hughes und Mrs. Johnson little 1b
known in the capital.
Mrs. Falrbauhe may be said to be
the most prominent of the possibilities.
Mrs. Fairbanks was born in Mdrys
ville, Ohio, nnd lived there until she
went to Delaware nud to the Ohio Wes
leyan University. Her maiden name
was Cornelia Cole. She was a gen
eral leader among her friends and grad
uated In 1872 In the same class with
her husband. In 1874 Mr. and Mrs,
Fairbanks were married nnd went to
live In Indianapolis, where they were
soon Identified with the life of the
city.
In appearance Mrs. Fairbanks Is un
usually prepossessing, having that in
definable stamp of a gracious and re
fined woman.
Mrs. Tuft, unlike Mrs. Fairbanks,
hus never been prominent in club af
fairs. She is a home-loving woman, her
husbund's chum and confidant, and the
idol of young Charlie Taft, the Qucn
tin Roosevelt of the Taft family. Mrs.
Taft was Helen Herron, of Cincin
nati. , 1
Mrs.1 Johnson, all who have met her
declare, is a sweet, syuiiwthetlc wom
an, ever reudj to lend a hand In the
cause of charity. Her early experi
ences have taught Mrs. Johnson the
uses of adversity and most of her time,
when not helping her husband, is spent
in aiding the poor of St. roul and
Minneapolis. Mrs. Johnson's maiden
name was Elinore Preston, and her
home St. Peter, Minn.
Mrs. Bryan is never happier than
when on the family farm near Lincoln,
nid boasts that she Is a better farmer
than most men. Nevertheless, Mrs.
Bryan is nil accomplished woman,
widely read and possesses that inde
finable art of Impressing every one
with her ability ns a society leader,
knnwij ns "savolr falre." Mrs. Bryan
before her marriage was Miss Mary
EllzalH'th Buird, of Perry, 111.
Mrs. Charles E. Hughes, wife of the
governor of New York State, is a bril
liant and accomplished woiuun. but has
preferred to devote herself to home life
rather than society. Mrs. Hughes num
bers a great many New York society
women among her friends. Mrs.
Hughes was formerly Miss Antoinette
Carter, of New York. Miss Helen Can
non is Speaker Joseph G. Cannon's
younger daughter and would figure
prominently In white house social af
fairs should Mr. Cannon win the presi
dency. TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
TIip international convention of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
voted to admit to ineuiliorsliip the engi
neers of nil electrically drawn trains on
s'eam rtjjlroud.
Interurban connections soou will be
nnde between River View und Stanley,
Wis., and neighboring towns. A dam is
l ee. c const meted across the Eau Claire
river at River View, and it is the purpose
of tliciNc back of the structure to develop
enou:;h power In enahie the running at
J the trolley system.
n.t.'i? i n i
I,1 nn.
rirran' Chaotic Flaanc.
M'ist of the Democrats In the House
lodged when the vote was taken to
substitute the currency bill introduced
by their leader, Mr. Williams, for tbe
Vreeland bill. The Williams bill was
understood to be tbe embodiment of
Mr. Bryun's views on currency reform,
yot ninety-three Democratic members
simply voted "present" when the ayes
and noes were called for. Naturally,
the Republicans bad a prolonged laugh
over this sort uf party faith and har
mony. With Tew exceptions the Dem
ocratic members declined to go on rec
ord In favor of a currency bill fathered
by Mr. Bryan. He has put forward
so many Issues that broke down under
Investigation, and when tested by the
public Judgment, that bis fellow Dem
ocrats have grown circumspect in back
ing his fresh propositions.
Mr. Bryan is a greenbacker nnd un
reconstructed. He has always held that
the best plan to issue paper money Is
directly by the national government,
and that Its redemption lu any metal
is not a fundamental necessity. Any
flnirtielul policy that be might be
charged with conducting would lead
along that road. He voted for General
Weaver In 1802 nnd was fused with
the Popujists In lMisi, accepting with
out a word of dissent their outspoken
green buck principles. His party In
Nebraska to-day is comiKised chiefly
of Populists nud greenbaekers. The
Democrats In Congress know his finan
cial position too well to vote for a
currency bill shaped by him without
looking out for perilous stuff. There
fore they voted "present" instead of
"aye" when the Bryan-Williams bill
came before the House.
Sunshine and Prosperity Platform.
To keep the dinner pall full.
To keep the pay car going.
To keep the fuctory busy.
To keep the- workmen employed. "
To keep the present wages up.
This Is the platform suggested by the
Business Men's League of St Ixmls for
adoption, by. the National Prosperity
Association recently organized in that
city. It could not bo Improved upon.
In the next five weeks this platform
should lie circulated by tens of millions
In every city, town and farming com
munity In the United States. Other
millions of leaflets bearing this legend
should HKd Chicago in the week of
June 10. Let no delegate escape the
deluge. Let the national Republican
convention pronounce for
The full dinner pail.
The perambulating pay car.
The busy factory.
The busy workmen.
The unreduced wage rate.
Ou such a platform the Republican
party can win. Long live Sunshine and
Prosperity !
Something to Think About.
Those who will persist in croaking
about "hard times" should study the
official statements issued from Wash
ington, showing that In all probability
the export trade of the United States
would reach $2,000,000,000 In. the llscal
year which will end June 30. If these
phenomenal figures are reached it will
have more than doubled In the years
that have elapsed since the beginning
of the first McKlnley administration.
There seemed little doubt n month ogo
that the export commerce of the coun
try would reach the $2,000,000,000
mark the fiscal year, but there was
an unexpected decrease in outgoing
cargcH8 in March. The export trade
In that month was valued at f 141,307,
578, as against $1G1,0S5,22S in the same
memth of last year.
Tbe grand total of- foreign bound
commerce for the first nine months of
the flscnl year stands nt $1.407,0O3,r35,
but if the Increase in shipments dur
ing the next three months should be as
large as It was In the same months of
last year, In comparison with those of
BMXl, the grand total for tbe year would
be close to $2,000,000,000.
Will Bear the Brnnt of Revision.
Our tariff schedules are constructed
on the plnn of preserving the market
for manufacturers to domestic indus
tries, not only by a tarlflf on comiietlng
Imports but also by the absence of the
tariff on one of the most ImiKirtant ele
ments of expense entering Into manu
facturing in the form of raw" materials.
For this reason the schedule of manu
factured articles will bear the brunt of
revision, not only because It affects In
vestments amounting to fully $15,(HV
000,000 In manufactures, but also be
cause it bears directly uion the Income
of employes, Including officers and wage
earnings, amounting to fully $4.noo,
000,000 a year. Wall Street Journal.
Sot Faat Colors.
Sh,. Don't you thiuk she has n
beautiful, complexion?
He Why, 1 supiMise so.
"It runs In lier family, you know."
"Oh, Is It the kind of complexion
that runs?" Yonkers Statesman.
Itoom lor tine More.
He was on trial for bigamy.
"What," queried the judge, "ever 111
duvd you to marry fourteen wives?"
"Superstition, your honor," replied
the prisoner. "I consider thirteen nu
unlucky number." .
Explained.
"Everyone sis-aks of your benevo
lence, madam, i:i:d that you provide so
many needy ones with food.
"Yes, yes; k when one lias three
daughters learning to ccsk at the
same time." Flicgcnde Blatrer.
Eutliarrasaed.
The Manager I'm sorry you've do
elded to quit tlie show. What's the
matter?
Tbe Actor I cuu't afford to live
up to tbe salary your press agent savs
I get.
I'itarlli .
"Dar's enough charity In dls worl
ter klver a multitude er sinners," said
Brother Williams, "but ter do 'uni any
good hereafter de ktverlu' should be
Crecroof." Altauta Constitution.
The Pt.rtr hat Deliberate.
For more than fen years the Repub
lican party has been trusted by the
people with authority lu all depart
ments of the government By virtue
of the popular Judgment -It still re
tains this control, but the time Is draw
ing near when more than 13,000,000
voters will decide whether this respon
sibility shall continue for another pe
riod of years, or be curbed after March
4 next, when a new president will be
Inaugurated and a new Congress will
come Into existence. In a certain
sense it is unfortunate that the defec
tion In the Democratic party four years
ago was so great as to give the im
pression that the Republican party had
become 2,SOO,ooo stronger thau the op
position. Such nn Idea Is calculated
to engender a false view of personal
popularity and to lead tbe weak or de
signing to lower the tone of the party
by the adulation of Individuals. The
Republican party is not millions strong
er thau the forces arrayed against it
unless tliey are divided to nil unusual
extent. No Republican Is as great as
the party, or ever can be until its char
acter and purposes are materially Im
paired. The convention about to meet
at Chicago, like Its preceding national
gatherings, has occasion to think care
fully and deeply uion the welfare of
the country. It has vital duties to ier
fonn In connection with the best Inter
ests of the people nnd a record to pre
serve lu this respect that Is Immeasur
ably more Important than any person
al vanities.
A little less than four years ago, on
July C, 1004, a notable meeting was
held at Jackson, Mich., to celebrate tbe
fiftieth anulversnry of the birth of tbe
Republican party, for it was there that
tbe first State convention acting under
tbe name was held. The leading speak
er was Secretary of State John
Hay, and it was a powerful address
he gave the country. Its breadth, ele
vation and calmness were never more
striking than now, when so much that
Is merely fretful is trying to pass for
revelutiou. "Tbe Republican party, in
the mass and in detail," said Mr. Hay,
"has shown the capacity to govern."
It has been the party of deliberate
action. Iu President Lincoln Mr. Hay
saw a man who "never for a moment
was tempted by the vast power he
wielded to any uctiou not Justified by
the niornl and the organic law." Fa
miliar with the history of the Repub
lican party from the start, Mr. Hay
could spelt k of Its great achievements
In every branch of national advance
ment and statesmanship, and "Yet It
has not abated one jot or tittle of the
ancient law Imposed upon us by our
God-fearing ancestors. We have fought
a good fight; but also we have kept the
faith. The constitution of our fathers
has been the light to our feet; out
path is, nnd will ever remain, that of
ordered progress, of liberty under the
law."
Anything nt Chicago that could re
duce the horizon of the Republican
party from that of the highest nation
al advantage to that of personal ag
grandizement would be a falling off tc
be profoundly deplored. To cheapen
the party in any wny, or degrade its
standard, would be a blow to Its pow
er of usefulness from which recovvy
would not be easy. The supreme ptuty
obligation is to the government of the
United States nud its 80.000,000 people.
Infinitely wiser is the party than any
or Its members. Men come and go, but,
a party moves onward to new fields of
effort and new obligations, If it is wor
thy to survive. It Is a pleasure to hear
that the convention hall at Chicago Is
not to be o picture gallery of aspirants .
or supposed favorites. Presidents and
candidates may be conspicuous in nn - f
era, but the mission or tne ,pnrty is
not to be subservient to them. A na
tional party worthy of respect towers
above any individualities. Its business
is momentous to the nation, and n wor
ship of persons is a sorry show of po
litical demoralization. St. Louli
Globe-Democrat.
'Sot at One Stroke.
Representative Leake of New Jersej
has kindly outlined a plan for tariff
revision. He says: "The Democratic
party will not wipe out the tariff wlttg k
one stroke of legislation." Which cer
taiuly is very consldete of Congress
man Leake. But it has a suspicious
sound, as suggesting the Democratic
scheme of horizontal reduction propos
ed n generation ugo, and which seemed i
based on the principle that cutting off '
a dog's tall a little at a time would not
hurt as much ns though the amputation
of the member were performed at one
fell swoop. That motion was never
carried out, although It did conduce tc
national hilarity. Congressman Lenke
should have more originality or a keen
er sense of humor. Troy Times.
Holly Idea.
Put (planning a burglary) Sure,
now, Mick, an' how shall we know 11
we're lstth there at the right tolme?
Mick Be ulsy, Pat; Oi've the vlry
Jewel a v an Idea. If you git there first,
put u chalk mark on the gate; and if
i git there first Oi'll rub It out. Tht
Sketch.
(oaslp Set to Music.
"I went to the opera last night."
"What did you hear?"
."That Mrs. Browning is going to g"t
a divorce, Mrs. Biggs has the dearest
dog and a new baby, and the Iluttons
are g.ilng to live in India."
Sot 'Worth Much.
"Oh! you've heard of her, then? Sht
certainly has the gift of song."
"Well', I hope that's what It is. I
should hate to think she paid anything
for It." Philadelphia Press.
Luxuries vs. Xeoeaaltlea.
"Mrs. Brown's husband has bougln
tie ., I.tl'.itv niit..n...l.ll.. ' B..t.l I j
... .. ....wj u . ... ii n-, BUM, .lh, ,
"Huh! That's no sbn that he won't
1 over here to borrow my'lawn mowei
as usual." Detroit Free Press.
They Do.
"What do you do In euso of fire?"
"Call up the village tire department
n', (."it,,, in. in,- inn,- ii, in uiiii:,-'
ilou-ll ThcV fill Sli lilllriv nliitrl ii iv n .
- " "J'- J''.ji' "v
ruins. i.tie.
The uan without a purpose Uvea, bu
enjoys not life. Hubert.
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