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THE OMAHA DAILY KEE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1002.
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Omaha people will show their colors
during the president's visit.
Bryan democrats will readily credit
the reports of a killing frost 1n Iowa.
Revolutions seem to have no effect
toward repressing ambitious aspirants
for ths pre!'1enoy In Haytl.
It la not for hauling democratic pros
'perlty that the railroads are ordering
new locomotives by the hundred.
An expert advocates Are Insurance for
automobiles. Cyclone Insurance, we
think, would be more appropriate.
Maine went not 6nly republican but
also prohibition. There Is no necessary
connection, however, between the two.
By all means control evil-doing trusts
and combinations) but it Is not neces
sary or wise to smash universal Indus
try. No wonder President Roosevelt likens
the trusts to the Mississippi river. He
recalls the amount of water some of
them contain.
Iowa democracy refused to have a
silver resolution on the ground that It
is a dead Issue, and yet they put a Boer
plank Into their platform.
It Is worth noting that no sham battles
are fought on the political field. In
this country we have the real thing often
enough to keep in practice.
The Cuban legislature is going right
ahead to authorise that Issue of $35,
000,000 of bonds. But the little detail of
floating them may not be so easy.
Wisconsin democrats In their platform
pitch Into Governor La Follette just
the same as If they bad not been con
stantly showering bouquets upon him
the last two years.
The Iowa republican papers have
wisely concluded to quit wrangling
about the tariff at least till after a re
publican congress has been elected to
deal with the matter.
Everybody will approve of Colonel
Bryan going to Texas to hunt wildcats.
That is better than the political wildcat
schemes he has been exploiting in all the
other states for years.
If all the natural gag emitted by those
West Indian volcanoes bad only been
gated, to be served up for consumption
as needed for winter warmth, the pros
pective coal famine would not appear so
aUsconifortlng.
The democratic committee In the
Eleventh Iowa district, after sweating
over It for two weeks. Is still without
a candidate for cougress, aud the legal
time has nearly expired for filing nomi
nations. Nobody will consent to the
sacrifice.
Colonel Bryan thinks Tom Johnson
would be about right if he were ouly a
little more staunch on the questiou of
1U to 1 free coinage. If pressed for an
answer. Colonel Bryan would probably
admit that he knows but one other dem
ocrat who comes doner to his ideal than
Tom Johnson.
"Apples tnla season are of a finer
quality than for several years and the
price la within the range of every pock
ethook," so the well known apple
dealer la quoted. That offers a great
big hunk of consolation for those who
have been contemplating the sky
acrsper figures to which too many artl
cleg- of food have been marked up.
Alt A VVF.A L lit BRKAtt WISKER.
The pressure which the allied railroad
corporations are bringing to lear upon
wage workers, who are carried on their
payroll, aud the Influence they are ex
erting upon heavy shlpiers to bring
pressure upon their employes in support
of the renomination of f'niigrassiunn
Mercer warrants an apcui to republican
bread winners.
When a man hires out for so much a
day or so much a month his employer
receives full value for his wages in mus
cle and brain power. In other words,
the toller who works for wages barters
away his time and labor, but he does
not barter away his soul. The greatest
Insult that can be offered to the bread
winner by the employer Is a command
to do violence to his own conscience In
the exercise of the elective franchise.
In the dark ages when the tollers were
the vassals of the landlord they were
frequently asked the question, "Whose
man are you," but no American citizen
will allow such a question to be asked
without feeling Just resentment. Omaha
wage workers, whether they toll In the
factory, packing house, machine shop
or at headquarters are by rights entitled
to. exercise an untr.immeled elective
franchise in the Interest of the state and
In the Interest of the musses of which
they are an Integral part.
The man who would allow himself to
be coerced Into voting against bis own
conscientious convictions is no better
than a slave. No greater calamity could
befall the republic than the enslavement
of the tollers by their taskmasters. The
most precious heritage of American
trtcintn is the right to participate on
equal terms with the richest man In the
choice of public servants from constable
to congressman, and from assessor to
governor.
r We feel sure that Omaha worklngmen
will not ullow themselves to be driven
by corporate slave drivers Into voting
Into ofiice men who have nothing in
common with the common people. . The
crucial lest of the courage and patri
otism of Omaha wage workers will
come next Frlduy, when they are com
manded to fall into line for the renoml
natlou of David II. Mercer, who has
rendered Invaluable service to the cor
porations und may be depended upon to
represent them In the future as lu the
past regardless of the interests of the
bread winners.
NATURAL LAW AS A TRUST REMEDY.
Harper's Weekly, which Is Justly re
garded as an exponent of monopolistic
theories, joins issue with President
Roosevelt's notable pronouncement on
trusts. The essence of the president's
views, which he has pressed upon pub
lic attention with such cogency aud
vigor In recent speeches In New Eng
land and elsewhere, is the need of .na
tional supervision of overgrown and
transgressing trade combinations, by
act of congress, if that may lie suffi
cient, or by amendment of the consti
tution If necessary. And he therein em
phasizes with great lmpresslveness the
duty to coerce, by national power and
authority, such trusts and combinations
as violate the rights of individuals or
contravene the public good.
For this Harper's Weekly stigmatizes
the president as advocating "state -Interference
'with 'the laws of nature,
state opposition to a natural economic
development," and as endeavoring "to
Interfere with the laws of production
and distribution." It la always some
other kind of a law than the law of the
land that has charms for the champion
of lawless monopoly and the unre
strained power of wealth. Laws of na
ture are Invoked. What natural law
warrants or breathes life Into a cor
poration? For it is out of corporations or
combinations of corporations that arise
the evils which the president Is bravely
and seriously challenging effort to rem
edy. A corporation Is a purely artifi
cial body, the creature of legislation,
every faculty and power of which origi
nates In explicit grant from the state-
that is to say. In this country, at least,
from the sovereign people. What kind of
philosophy teaches that natural persons,
every Individual citizen, shall be hedged
about and rigorously subjected to the
rule of the state wherever his action
infringes the rights of his fellows, but
which would make a big corporation or
that more refined artificiality known as
the trust superior to or free from law
ful control, or, to use the language of
Harper's Weekly, -relegate it to "the
laws of nature?"
The argument is neither consistent nor
honest. It is not by natural law, but
by a specially conferred right of emi
nent domain, that a railway corporation
Is clothed with the power of taking the
property of citizens for right of way on
the plea that public interest requires it.
Why should not the public interest be
supreme over the same railway eotiora
tlou eltlier by itself or in combination
with other like corporations, if It puts
Itself iu position to abolish competition
and arbitrarily tax the whole commu
nity through the rate making power?
That point, Indeed, has. been settled,
although la the teeth of Identically the
same argument to which
Harper's J
Weekly now resorts against President
Roosevelt. The hard. Indisputable fact
that looms up and cannot be evaded Is
this: That gigantic corporations and
combinations, whose management Is
centralized in the hands of a few men.
have actually got Into position In
uiuuy cases to control arbitrarily trans
portation, natural resources and even
whole groups of Industries beyond relief
either by competition or by ordinary
process of law. It Is such combinations
and trusts as are themselves suspend
ing "the laws of production and distri
bution" that President Roosevelt pro
poses to subject to efficient restraint
and supervision under national author
ity as the only power big enough to deal
with them.
The power of taxatlou is a power as
dangerous as It Is Imperial. We do not
permit the agents of the government it
self to exercise that sovereign power,
save under most drastic constitutional
and legislative- limitations, enforcing
upon them supervision anil publicity and
always keeping them directly resonl
ble at short intervals to the coplc. The
very point and pith of the trust questiou
is the practical power of gigantic com
binations and trusts to put rough hauds
down into the pockets of the people a
thousand times more deeply than the
government Itself Is permitted to do.
To say that such combinations, repre
senting hundreds of millions or a billion
of capital, whose operations cover per
haps a dozen states, or even reach out
Into the International field, shall be left
to "natural law" Is to make them
supreme over all law. No one, not eveu
Harper's Weekly, pretends that they
are free from wrongs of grave and far
reaching effect, and Its contention, In
final analysis, is simply that they should
be left to right themselves without other
protection or remedy.
This Is not the American view. Presi
dent Roosevelt expresses the growing
national conviction when he declares
that "the first thing Is to give the na
tional government the power" to tna&e
big coiporatlous, as well as small ones,
obey the law.
!' MkUUHlAM.
One year ago today the nation
mourned In deepest sorrow the death
of William McKlnley. On this first
anniversary of that great bereavement
the American people render affectionate
tribute to the memory of the martyr
president From thousands of pulpits
will be delivered eulogies upon his Illus
trious life and character. From myriad
choirs will be chanted the solemnly im
pressive music of his favorite hymns.
Again the thoughts of the people will
be directed to the contemplation of the
great career, the splendid service to his
country, the beautiful domestic devo
tion, the blameless life aud the calm
Christian resignation in the face of
death of William McKlnley.
A people who cherish and honor the
memory of those who have given an
example of true citizenship, of lofty
Ideals, of fidelity to duty, of a constant
aim to elevate ther fellow men and of
patriotic self-sacrifice such a people
cannot wander far from their duty and
their obligations to their country and to
mankind. The American people more
than any other cherish and honor the
memory of their Illustrious countrymen.
Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lin
coln, (Jurfleld, Urant are revered by the
nation and their example as citizens and
statesmen and patriots is constantly
cited for the guidance of their country
men. The name of William McKlnley
is associated with those whose memory
the people most honor and in whose
lives they find the highest inspiration lo
dutiful citizenship, to earnest patriotism
and to upright conduct In all the rela
tions and affairs, of life. The character
of McKlnley merits the highest admira
tion. His career can be commended
to the youth of America as worthy
of emulation. lie was true and loyal
In every relation. He was faithful to
every trust, public and private. lie
had faith in the people and he never be
trayed the confidence they reposed in
him. His highest purpose as a public
man was to increase the power and pro
mote the welfare of bis country and
how well he succeeded in this our posi
tion among the nations of the earth at
tests. Of kindly and gentle nature and
never Intolerant, he was yet a man of
strong and earnest convictions, foj
which he contended firmly and per
sistently. Ills amiable and sincere way
of dealing with men won him the re
spect and esteem of political opponents
aud the affection and confidence of po
litical associates. The Christian side of
William McKinley's character was fully
shown In his last recorded words: "It
is God's way; His will, not ours, be
done."
The career of William McKlnley Is in
Imperishable part of American history.
His service to the country as a states
man was unsurpassed. To his wisdom
and foresight Is very largely due the
commanding position of the United
States among the powers of the earth.
It Is well, therefore, to pay loving
tribute to the memory of this Illustrious
man, to point to' his character as a
Christian and a citizen and to Invoke
his example for the emulation of Ameri
can youth.
AMERICAN ifiYASIOX OF CANADA.
Nearly 20,000 persona went from the
United States to Manitoba and other
northwestern Canadian territory In the
year ending with last June and this
American invasion of the Dominion still
coutiuues. A correspondent of the New
York Evening Post, writing from Winni
peg, says that in point of desirability,
If not Indeed In actual numbers, the
United States Immigrants Into the Ca
nadian west are now by far the most im
portant class. There can be no doubt of
this in view of the fact that they hare
taken a great deal of money Into that
country and most of them buy their
lands outright and proceed at once to
Improve them on a scale hitherto quite
unknown there. The natural effect has
been to materially increase the value of
the land, which has more than doubled
In price within the last two years,
although still relatively cheap In com
parison with productive land In the
uorthwest of this couutry.
The reasons for the Influx of settlers
from the United States are said by the
Post's, correspondent to be both senti
mental and practical. A considerable
number of those who have gone to Can
ada are Freuch Canadians who came te
the United States years ago and who
are Influenced to a certain degree by
sentimental considerations, but the prac
tical fact that laud is to be had so much
cheaper in northwestern Canada than In
this couutry Is of course the controlling
motive. What effect this America u in
vasion will ultimately have in a political
way is of course a question of some in
terest, but there are not likely to be any
very Important developments in this di
rection for some years. It is naturally
assumed that these American settlers
lu the Domlnlou will favor closer trade
relations with the United States. That
would obviously lie In their Interest and
they may be expected to Join those who
desire that the American market shall
be opened to the free admission of the
natural products of Canada. It Is very
Improbable, however, that this element
will exert much influence UHn the
reciprocity question, although they may
be backed by certain Interests here
which would be benefited by reciprocity.
It Is Impossible to say with any de
gree of certainty how long this emigra
tion from the United States to the Do
minion will continue. It is quite active
at present, but It seems a reasonable
conclusion that the movement must
come to an end within a few years. As
yet there is no indication that this loss
of population to our northwest Is seri
ously felt
RAiLWAY UATt. IXTIAM.
It Is an interesting fact that some of
the leading railroads of the country
have been Investigating rate cutting by
smaller roads, with the result that tralitc
ouiciuls of the Wisconsin Central aud
the Ann Arbor ruilroud compuuie Im.e
been indicted. It is stated that ever
since a number of the most prominent
roads had been enjoined from making
rebates their official have kept a watch
on the roads that had not been reached
by the courts aud succeeded in si'cin lng
enough inaterlul to have the officials of
the roads accused of mukiug rebates
brought before the courts.
A ulspatch says that as all the lending
roads are living up to their tariffs It Is
the intention of the officers to make all
fines, either east or west of Chicago, do
the same. It is the lirst Instance of
the railroads giving support to the In
terstate Commerce commlsslou in this
direction, the roads having done all the
investigating, and it Is to be hoped there
Is substantial foundation for the state
ment that it is the intention of the lead
lug companies to have the practice of
making out falso way bills and the grant
ing of rebates absolutely stopped. There
Is no doubt that they can accomplish this
if they earnestly desire to and It Is
manifestly In their Interest, as well as
in the Interest of the great majority of
shippers, that they should do so. The
announcement of such a policy on the
part of the leading railroads will of it
self go for to put a stop to the unlaw
ful practices. The action of the Inter
state Commerce commission against
some of the most prominent roads ap
pears to have bad a salutary effect aud
suggests that the course pursued is the
one which should have been employed
from the beginning to compel obedience
to the law.
HERMANS AAD AMERICANS.
Emperor William has treated his
American military visitors with marked
courtesy and cordiality. They have
been given every opportunity that could
properly be accorded to officers of a for
eign army to witness the maneuvers of
the German army and have in other
respects been treated with notable con
sideration. On taking leave of the em
peror he expressed himself as having
enjoyed their visit and spoke of his re
gard for President Roosevelt whose
versatility and courage the kaiser espe
cially admires.
It 1b not to be doubted that Emperor
William has a very friendly feeling to
ward the United States and this Is prob
ably more generally shared at present
by the German people than for many
years. There has recently been criti
cism of Americans in some of the Ger
man newspapers, with particular refer
ence to our "arrogance," but this is not
to be taken as Indicating a general sen
timent It must be admitted, however,
that the criticism Is not wholly unwar
ranted. A few American public men
have talked indiscreetly regarding the
possibility of a future disturbance of
friendly relations between this country
and Germany, growing out of designs
of the latter In this hemisphere, while
some of our naval officers and news
papers have encouraged this sort of talk.
Then it is charged, perhaps not unjustly,
that some of the Americans who visit
Germany talk too big and boast
too much. Ai lthls is naturally offensive
to a people who are Justly proud of their
country, their prowess and their attain
ments and it Is not surprising that they
manifest a little resentment Still there
is no doubt that the United States has
at least as large a measure of German
friendship as any other country and
there is good reason to think that this
will continue to be so as long as the
influence of Emperor William dominates
the German people.
national incorporation.
Mr. Roberts, director of the mint, dis
cussing the question of government con
trol of corporations, expressed the opin
ion that if there was a national Incor
poration act, under Which business en
terprises could voluntarily incorporate
and thus place themselves under na
tional supervision, the companies that
desire to place their stock on the market
would probably be compelled by public
sentiment to organise under it In
vestors, he thought would give a de
cided preference to the shares ot such
corporations. "The prestige of the na
tional banking system," said Mr. Rob
erts, "Is due to the fact that it is under
national supervision. Although every
state maintains a system of supervision
over banks Incorporated under its own
laws, it is well known that the general
public has a preference for banks on
the national system."
It Is the opinion of some of the ablest
and most experienced corporation law
yers that If there was a national cor
poration law the companies that desire
to place their stock on the market would
avail themselves of it They would do
so for self -protect Ion, as It Is quite neces
sary for sound corporations to create a
public distinction between themselves
and those who are following In then
wake and Attempting to imitate their
standing and position. In the next place
financial Interests would favor It Then
corporations would avail themselves of
the law as a protection against the
varied, divers and inconsistent laws of
various states. It Is urged In behalf
of such a law that no corporation en
gaged In Interstate commerce, no cor
poration desiring to do business through
out the length and breadth of the couu
try, could afford to be other than a na
tional organization.
President Roosevelt Is understood to
favor some such corporation law as that
of Massachusetts, which has worked
very well, though not entirely without
defects. Its chief merit appears to be
In the protection It gives the public
against fraudulent capitalization. The
question of national Incorporation Is cer
tainly an Interesting one lu connection
with the subject of governmental regu
lation and suihtvIsIou of the corpora
tions engaged lu Interstate business aud
It Is quite probable that It will receive
attention at the next session of couress. j
The elections iu Vermont aud Maine
having been held, democratic news
papers are engaged lu their usual pas
time of arguing (hat the returns have
no slguiiii ,iuce.
Why .ot Try Hobby lluramf
New York World.
The record of soldiers disabled by Presi
dent Roosevelt's rough ride at Chicks
mauga warrants the suxgisUon that future
escorts be mounted oo trolley cars.
ln ii Arc llurn, a I'm !!.
Kansas City Star.
The present season shows a record of
sixty-three fatalities among Alpine cliin'u-
ers. This Is not so many when one re
calls the old saying that a fool is born into
this world every minute.
Settling an Old Score.
Indianapolis Journal,
mr. bryan would put all who own sbarct
in manufacturing combinations In stripes.
By so doing Mr. Bryan doubtless thinks
he would get rid of a large number of
democrats who did not vote for him.
Don't Poraet Plnsj Pouit.
Brooklyn Eagle.
With war games In the sound, (amen of
politics In all the towns, shady games In
Saratoga, golf and tennis In Brooklyn and
progressive euchre at the sewing circle. It
must be confessed that we have become a
sporting nation.
l.ookK that Way.
Buffalo Express.
Five of the anthracite coal carrying rail
roads report net earnings of $898,494 for
July, as compared with 82.941,508 In July,
1901. Will the losses for the entire strike
season be Bhlfted to the coal consumers In
the form of higher prices for fuel In the
next few years?
Reversing the Invasion.
Boston Transcript.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of coal
have been bought from English mines to be
shipped to the United States. Heavy
orders for steel and Iron are also be lug
placed there by firms who want orders filled
at once. The American "invasion" Is not
without alleviations for the aggrieved
Briton.
Manhood and Cltlsenahlp.
Philadelphia Record.
President Roosevelt believes In labor or
ganizations and that men should stand to
gether, but he evidently thinks it more
Important that each man should stand for.
himself In order that there may be estab
lished "a higher average of Individual citi
zenship." To use his own phrase, he wants
a citizenship with no yellow streaks In it.
Object of Patrlotte Iaterest.
Boston Transcript.
The purchase of the ancestral "home of
the Washington family In England by a
wealthy American is an event which should
be regarded with approval by the people of
both natlcns. It ought to be fitted to be
come a center of patrlotlo interest for all
Americans who visit England and for all
Englishmen who regard with pride the
achievements of the children of her sturdy
civilization in other lands. ,
Warm Bertha la Reserve.
Baltimore American.
In that land of shadows where men are
supposed to repent the wrong deeds done In
this life some obscure corner will doubt
less be reserved for those who have been
worse than sinners In that they were blun
derers. There will meet the trolley man
who did not notice, the boy who left the
door of tte elevator open, the man who
rocked the boat and the Individual who did
not know It was loaded. Doubtless, too,
this will be one of the most unhappy groups
among the multitudes.
Swell Fronts Oat of Fashion.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The announcement that stomachs will not
ha in vogue In the smart circles this fall
and winter will be distressing news to those
ladles who have been carelessly permitting
nature to take its course In the matter ot
embonpoint. But this is the edict of the
autocrats of fashion, and ladies who per
sist In wearing stomachs cannot hop- to
pass muster In the smart set. "Straight
fronts or nothing" Is the decree of the Na
tional Dressmakers' association. The stom
ach Is no longer in style.
TO DANCE OR MOT TO DANCE,
Yoath Nods Assent Wall Flowers
Keed the Eserelse.
Boston Transcript.
Is It to be a dancing winter? From
various signs ot the times the natural
conclusion is that things In the dance line
will look up as they have not done for
several seasons. There are two or three
reasons which may be discovered for this
if one cares to know them, but the most
Interesting seems to be found In the gen
eral favor that la bestowed upon all exer
cises favorable to physical culture. That
dancing, if Indulged la temperately, sets
the blood to circulating healthfully there
Is no doubt, and sines every roan, woman
and child nowadays does dally perform
certain stunts recommended for that pur
pose, as a duty or as a pleasure, It is
quite to be expected that In the list ot
beneficial exercises dancing will have a
place.
Looking at the recreation In this way it
Is easy to ses how men and women who
have hesitated to Join la dancing because
of a certain maturity of years and of figure
will throw aside all fear of what young
persons may aay of their attempts to
renew their youth, and go on with the
dance on the plea that they need the exer
cise, and forget those troublesome re
minders of the passing of time called
"birthdays." This attitude, then, coming
to be generally accepted, we shall expect
to see all kinds of affairs ending with a
dance or two. Meetings of women's clubs
st which niea will be admitted will be
mors frequent; Indeed, the "annual gen
tleman's night" which all clubs observe
may be changed to read "the fortnightly
gentleman's night," and men's clubs will
Institute a more generous sprinkling of
ladles' nights" In order that dancing
may be a frequent Joy perhaps.
Oa every card that one receives then to J
"LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT."
President McKinley's Favorite Hymn.
By Cardinal Newman.
Lead, kindly Light! amid the encircling gloom.
Lead thou tne on;
The night Is dark, and I am far from Lome,
Lead thou me on;
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou
8houldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now
Lead thou me on;
I loved the garish day, and spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will Iteuieuiber not past ycai
i
So long thy power has blessed me sure It still
Will lead me on
O'er moor and feu, o'er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone;
And with the morn those angel faces smile
Vli!ch I have loved long since, and lost awhile!
a function or affair there will probably be
the legend "it Is to dance." To those who
would know something about the amount
of exercise included In an evening, or a
part of an evening, devoted to dancing It
may be said that four waltzes equal Just
about two miles of good brisk walking In
their ability to stir the blood and clear the
mind of worrying thoughts. Perhaps, if
dancing Is really taken up seriously as
a phase of physical culture we shall see
put down on every dance card the esti
mated equivalent of each dance in smart
walking on a smooth road.
TOO WAXY DOCTORS.
And Not a Few Medical Colleses Are
Worse Tli an Werthlraa.
Detroit Journal.
The decision of the faculty ot the Cincin
nati College of Medicine not to reopen the
doors of the college this fall marks the way
that a great number of medical colleges
will doubtless be forced to walk within the
next few years. The faculty gives as the
reason for its action that the attendance
has fallen oft so much since the enactment
of the state law requiring rigid antranoe
examinations that it no longer paid to run
the college.
It is estimated that ,000 doctors are
graduated each year in the United States.
Taking this as a basis, it is not a difficult
problem In arithmetic to discover that the
number of doctors is out of all proportion
te the number of possible patients. The
number, however, is not so great an evil
as the Ill-prepared condition In which
some of these young medics are turned out
to practice. Many colleges take men who
lack entirely the education necessary to (It
them for the study of medicine. These col
leges run their students through a two,
three or four years' course of study and
then let them loose on a long-suffering
public.
K !w, therefore, whirl; ptial prnvMe that
men graduated from a medical college must
be thoroughly qualified to practice medi
cine according to the most enlightened and
humane methods is a public benefaction.
A summary of the expression of the opinions
of many eminent doctors, as published In
a current medical Journal, shows that the
method most favored is that of rigid en
trance requirements.. New York has led the
way In establishing a uniform entrance ex
amination and In that state no one can
study to be a doctor without first passing
such an examination. Ohio followed last
year and It is in consequence of this act
that the Cincinnati college has closed Its
doors. Minnesota has fallen Into line and,
to a certain extent, Pennsylvania, also.
Illinois has passed a similar law, which
will come into force next January.
There Is a proposition to establish a simi
lar law In Michigan. There are six medical
colleges this state two in Ann Arbor,
one In P Tinaw and three in Detroit. Each
college as Its own standard of entrance.
With the competition that 'must exist in
the presence of so many unendowed colleges,
since they must pay expenses, too high- a
standard cannot be maintained. It Is also
obviously Impossible to provide all the new
and costly experimental apparatus for so
many laboratories or to find first-class
professors for so many positions.
A common sense view ot the situation
must make it clear that the day of the
many medical colleges bsa set; that the
day of the few choice ones has dawned.
With fewer colleges sad fewer and more
thoroughly prepared men studying medi
cine the- profession will at once reach a
higher level and will be able to exceed
greatly the large measure of good which
it is even now rendering to mankind.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
The Grand Island Independent sarcas
tically suggests that the Omaha base ball
team tackle ping pong. Oo tot
As the season and the prices advance the
coal question provokes considerable heat.
Unfortunately, the heat cannot be utilised.
A Missouri doctor pronounces a steady
diet of onions and whisky a sure cure for
malaria. He neglects to state what be
comes of the patient
Milwaukee has safely passed through a
week of "Jahrmarkt."- It should be ex
plained that a Jahrmarkt Is one of the
things that help to make Milwaukee famous.
The youngest bicycle rider In the world,
an Indiana product, is dead at the advanced
age of S years. Hs made a record when
only I years old and at once began to grow
wings.
' Tom Taggart of Indianapolis Is support
ing the revised democratic platform so cor
dially as to give rise to the suspicion that
he has gives Bryaa the melanoholy tip,
"Stop my paper."
New Tork Is about to Introduce perfume
concerts "to cultivate the olfactory nerves
by artistic manipulation of asatketle
scents." No doubt 'many New Yorkers
would be Improved by copious spraying.
Since the two-hat plan of assuaging a
thirst has been suppressed by Secretary
Shaw the tabloid high ball comes to ths re
lief of treasury clerks. After all, ths up-to-date
Inventor Is the genuine Johnny-on-the-spot
for suffering mankind.
Papers from Sheffield, England, announce
that Major Church Howe, chief consul, has
been given an assistant by the government
and at his suggestion one Colonel Hughes,
secretary of the Sheffield Chamber of Com
merce, was appointed to ths new post.
When ths Danish literary expedition
of Greenland reached the capital of that
country they found that Greenland for a
year had been without a physician, where
fore Dr. Berthelsea found himself ths
most welcome member of the expedition.
A Philadelphia man has been making a
fine living by falling off street cars and
collecting damages. But his presence of
mind failed blm oa the last fall and the
wheels gathered la two legs. As a conse
quence ths unfortunate Is not In politics to
kick hard.
A Chicago woman who baa had only one
pair of shoes In seven years, Instead of get
ting her picture In the papers at ths head
of a testimonial for the manufacturer, did
the unromantlc thing of suing for a di
vorce. Some women are as bard te please
as the average man.
BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN.
The bright preacher does not always make
the shining church.
The money-seeking church is not con
cerned with man-saving.
The worship of material success Is likely
to work the spiritual failure of America.
You may try to do many a day's worry,
but you can only do one day's work at a
time.
Ood did not design the church to be a
mere lylng-ln hospital, but a recruiting
office tor God's soldiers.
The Great Physician never lacks patience
sad He knows that the bitterest medicine
often cures the quickest
True education looks to the strengthen
ing of the hull of the ship rather than to
the gilding of the figurehead.
When we get so selfish that we want ths
earth we are not likely to give much
thought to the world to come.
Supposing God demanded His share of
the profits arising from your use of the lite
He has lent you, what would you have left?
Man cannot do without a creed! He must
have a backbone, but that Is only a part
of him. If be la all backbone, we should
call blm a post, with no backbone, a Jelly
Ash.
BECVLAR SHOTS AT THE PILP1T.
Baltimore American: In Ohio a preacher
is running for office, and his pulpit will be
occupied by politicians while he is on the
stump. This may make better men of the
politicians, but we fear the effect upon the
preacher.
Brooklyn Eagle: Father Mary, one of the
truly heroic souls of Martinique, is dead,
a futile sacrifice. He insisted on staying
at Morne Rouge to minister to a company
too lazy or too foolish to walk a couple ot
miles to a safe district.
Chic&sO Chronicle: "Zlcn," shouts Broth, r
Dowie, "will win by lovis," after which be
proceeds to address the ransomed sinner
as a swlae-eating leper, a tobacco-chewing
hyena and a monster of iniquity who ought
to be In Jail. Brother Dowie evidently be-
lieves that Zlon loveth whom It chasteneth.
Buffalo Express: Missionary Stone feels
that the public did not grow sufficiently
enthusiastic over her lecture tour. With
all the respect in the world for Miss Stone,
the American pointed out some months ago
that she did not possess the necessary
vaudeville accomplishments which would
have made her lectures popular.
New York Tribune: Traders' Point, a vlU
lage ten miles from Indianapolis, Is greatly
excited over the proposed bringing of aa
organ into the church at that place, and
the trouble has resulted In the destruction
of property, personal encounters and
various appeals to law which are destined
to keep the bitterness alive and perma
nently estrange many who have been life
long friends. Whltecap notices have been
freely distributed, and many farmers are
housing their stock at night and sleeping
with loaded guns within reach or are em
ploying men to stand guard over thel
property.
Boston Transcript: Surely the. world does
move and must move, but its progress
sometimes makes the head swim and the
tooting unsteady for honest believers In
what they have always been told, accord
ing to a New York telegram. Rev. Dr. R. B.
MacArther, pastor of Calvary Baptist
church In that city, declared that
"the dropping of water on an Infant
at birth was heathenism, and that the idea
that Ood would forever condemn an Inno
cent but unbaptized babe makes him a
tyrant, a monster and a demon." Very few
persons, perhaps, will disagree with Dr.
MacArthur In this declaration, hut the
time is not far away when Infant damna
tion was a doetrlne viewed with com
placency by hundreds ot thousands of ex
cellent and amiable Christians, and when
baptism was regarded not merely as a
symbol but as a sovereign remedy tor In
herlted sin. When a Baptist minister
openly asserts that "baptism never saved,
a human soul," the effect must be stagger
Ing to the few who still cling to the tradi
tions of a gloomy past, but to most persona
It will be received as an evangel of a
better and brighter future for Christianity.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. .
Chicago Newe: Mrs. Homer What do
you think of my new sown?
Mrs. WMluwir-vu, ' ' '
Only last week I bought our cook a dress
of tne same piec u
Boston Transcript: He Constance, can
you give me any hope? WIU you ever
smile upon my suit?
She Will I ever smile upon it? Why.
Horace, I never think of it but I'm on the
broad grin.
Philadelphia Press: "What la 'Platonlo
friendship,' anyway?"
"That's the feeling a young grass widow
and her admirer experience while they're
waiting for her divorce to be granted." ,
New Tork Weekly: Mr. Gumpss That
boy will never be good for anything until
he marries.
Mrs. Oumpss I suppose not.
Mr. Gumpss No. He's got to get over
the habit of hanging around the house.
Ohio State Journal: "Do you take this
woman for better or for worse" began
the clergyman, but before he could proceed
further he was interrupted.
"It's too early to tell yet," answered
the groom; "you'll have to give me a few
weeks' time, sir."
Baltimore News: "Miss RUhly," pleaded
the kneeling youth, "tell me. Is there any
hope for me?"
I can t say." replied the poetical girl;
"you might consult an Insanity expert,
however.
Puck: "Dat'a it, Mame! You kin see his
mother Is petlln' aud spolUn' blm, an' I
s'po.e he'll go along dat way till he gits
married 1"
"Yes, an' den be won't hardly know what
struck him!"
Chicago Post: - "Do you believe that
women should propose?
"Well, that depends."
"Impends on what?'
"Depends on whether the woman in ques
tion is attractive enough to make a man
propose."
Judge: Mother What do you want to
marry hlra for? lies poorer ttuui Job's
turkey!
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