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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County ss:
George B. Tsuchuck, secretary of The Bee
rublishlng Company, being duly sworn,
says that tho actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
tha month of August, lwi, was as follows:
1 ,.H,TJM
1 ItM.OOO
17 28,820
18 20,380
19 20,770
20 RO,30
21 80,120
22 2IMIUO
13 80.B1O
24... 28,7:13
26 3o,a;o
26 20MH)
27 20.H3O
28 29.IMH
21) 30,070
30 30,110
II 20,120
2 ;.SH,770
3 SN,4J.-t3
4 SS, (1 10
6 K,0O
t 8S,70
7 28,700
H St,7SO
t 28, 0IO
10 JSN.T&O
11 88,750
12 l.8,730
13 a,sao
14 38,020
16 38,730
Total 06,440
Less unsold and returned copies.... 0377
Net total sales 800.B03
Net dally average 28,021
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1W2. M. B. HUNGATE,
(Seal.) Notary Publlo.
That packers' combine bad better not
bo too hoggish.
The corn crop sometimes has a nine
lived career, too.
Mercer may be able to buy off some
candidates, but ho cannot buy off all the
lepubiiouu voters.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson takes
It all back, and admits that Nebraska
Is In the corn belt.
Mercer has worked the business Inter
CHt racket for five terms In congress, but
It won't work any more.
The annual by-play over the proposal
to purchase guns for the High school
cadet battalion is about due.
The advance agent of the meat-pack
ers' combine seems to have gotten quite
a distance ahead of the show.
If many more democratic state con
ventions "stake down silver," Colonel
llryan will begin referring to "the crime
of 1002."
Prices of bottles have been put up 10
per cent by tho Indiana factories. Prices
of bottled goods, however, remain as
yet unchanged.
Those business men's juries are still
on the tapis, but the business man with'
out an excuse to offer to get out of serv
lug will be a rarity.
Wonder If a member of the Commoner
staff was put on the democratic ticket
In Lancaster county to hold that paper
In line for the nominees.
Unless a brake is put on the deadly
automobile we are likely to be disap
pointed over the figures of population
growth disclosed by the next census,
It Is announced that Prince Henry
may return to the United States next
spring. Speak early, for front places at
the free distribution of decorative souve
nirs. .'. y , j
"Oolonlst excursions' is now the polite
term for what were ' formerly called
homescekers' tours. The name makes
no difference so long ajs they bring set
tleri to the west '
A Chicago woman proclaims her abil
lty to cure dogs by .Christian science
treatment. If the system can be extend
ed to quieting cats on their midnight
peregrinations, Its efficacy will be be
yond dispute.
Pennsylvania people appear to be un
able to make up their minds whether
convening their legislatures In extra ses
sion to tackle the coal strike problem
would relieve them of their troubles or
simply add to them.
Music has charms to soothe the savage
breast, but It takes something more sub
stantial to soothe the civilized man. That
explain why the auditorium directory
proposes to merge a dinner with their
meetings to make sure of the attendance
of a quorum.
Council Bluffs is doubtless disappoint
ed over Its failure to prevail on Presi
dent Roosevelt to stop off In that city
but there is nothing to prevent Council
Bluffs people coming over to Omaha and
Joining In the reception to the preslden
on this lde of the river.
Paving work that should hav been
competed, much less started, by this
time Is still engaging the attention of
the council. One of the crying needs of
Omaha, which the coming legislature
should heed la the demand for a revision
of the laws relating to paviug petitions,
Msesemcuts and contract.
TIMK FOR PLAty TALK. j
Labor strikes are nothing more nor i
less thnn Industrial wars, which carry
in tliclr train nil the horror of a des-
perate life and denth struggle. In this
I'sppvt the strike of the Union Pacific
hop men does not differ materially from
II similar conflicts between working
icii and their employers. Nearly every
trlke in which large number of work-
Inpmen are engaged is accompanied by
turbulence and bloody encounters be-
neen the strikers and the men who
have taken their places, and frequently
between sympathizing union workmen
nd nonunion workmen. The fray In
hlch a nonunion machinist Imported
by the Union Pacific from Chi
cago lost his life in a shocking and de
plorable but by no means an exceptional
Incident.
Up to thl time The I'.ee has re-
f rained from discussing the merits of
the Union Pacific strike, but the time
has now arrived for a little plain talk.
With the Internal management of the
(Talis of the Union Pacific the publlo
has no concern, and nobody lu the com
munity has a right to Interfere. It Is
only when the ponce and public safety
re menaced, or endangered, or when
the lives and property of the patrons of
he great railroad are put In jeopardy
that the state and the community would
be justified In entering a remonstrance,
or calling a halt.
Ordinarily, strikes are precipitated by
demand for higher wages, resistance
to wage reduction or a demand for re'
dress of grievances, real or Imaginary,
but lu this instance no such condi
tion existed. In reality, the so-called
strike of the Union Pacific machinists
nd boiler makers is not a strike, but
lockout. Up to the time when Presi
dent Burt Issued his mandate, substi
tuting piece work for day work, there
was not the slightest disposition on the
part of the men to quit their Jobs. Mr.
Burt's piece work edict was practically
an order for every member of the ma-
hinlsts' and boiler makers' union to cut
loose from the union or leave the com
pany's employ. In other words, It was
a declaration of war against the ma
chinists' and blacksmiths' union. , .
Mr. Burt knew that under the rules
of the international union its members
are prohibited from doing piece work,
and his order was nothing more nor less
than a deliberate effort to break up
the machinists' and boiler makers' union.
Mr. Burt certainly must have known
that the motto of trades unions Is "An
Injury to one is an injury to all." ' In
attempting to destroy the blacksmiths
and machinists' unions at one blow Mr.
Burt also struck a blow at every trades
union In the land and assumed respon
sibility for all the natural consequences,
including destitution by starvation, as
saults and bloody riots just the same
as the ruler of any country who de
clares war against another country as
sumes the responsibilities of all its ter
rible consequences.
Whether Mr. Burt is acting on his
own motion or under orders from higher
authority is problematic, as Is also the
generally accepted opinion that the lock
out of the machinists and boiler mak
ers was part of a plan to get rid of all
the old men In the shops without any
apparent design for such cruelty. Pub
lic opinion in this regard may be ground
less, but It is nevertheless supported by
the fact that the men locked out by Mr.
Burt's edict were paid off with checks
that canceled all obligations of every
nature the company may have assumed
to each Individual. Men who had been
maimed in the company's service, men
who had lost an eye, a foot, or part of
their hand, were compelled to sign away
all the privileges that had been granted
them or claims they might have had
by reason of Injuries, and all the obli
gations the company may have assumed
toward them.
Mr. Burt insists that the change from
day's work to piece woric is in the inter
est of the worklngmen, but It Is pass
lng strange that he has not been able
to convince the worklngmen that It is
their Interest rather than the company's
interest. People who are not familiar
with the intricate questions Involved
would naturally ask themselves how me
chanics who have had an experience of
more than thirty yeara with day work
should be so oblivious to their own In
terests If by changing to piece work
they could better their condition.
To the community at large the priva
tlon to which several hundred old cltl
sens, who have erected homes In this
city, who have raised families In this
city, and who have contributed to the
upbuilding of this city, have been sub
jected without provocation, Mr. Burt's
policy certainly cannot commend Itself.
It is equivalent almost to an order of
expulsion and extermination since Mr,
Burt has declared positively that he will
not recede nor arbitrate, not accept any
suggestions that would lead to a bar
monlous settlement of the difficulty be
tweeu himself and the company's em
ployes who are locked out. '
PLtDUCD TO ItWSKVtLT.'
Not only has every republican state
convention endorsed the administration
in stroug and unqualified terms, but
number of them have declared in favor
of the nomination of President Roose
velt In 1904. The conventions that have
done this are those of Kansas, Iowa.
Minnesota, Missouri. Pennsylvania, Del
aware, California, Idaho, Washington
Colorado and Utah.
The latest of these conventions, that
of Utah, thus refers to the president In
Its platform: "In Theodore Roosevelt
we recognize his worthy successor. We
do declare our loyalty tt him and our
unqualified approval of tils adiululstra
tlon. He has met the many problems
that have confronted the country with
splendid courage and statesmanship. He
has, by his generous and fearless advo
cacy and support of western Interests
and measures, justly earned the gratl
tune or toe great west, lie possesses
that rare combination of qualities, cour
age, tact, scholarship, loyalty to princl
pie, civic and personal honesty, uulted
with profound statesmanship, thst
inakca hint tha ideal American president
THE OMAHA DAILY 1IEK: MONDAY, KEt'TEMItEU 15, 1M)2.
We pledge him our personal devotion."
This voices the general sentiment of
western republicans toward Mr. Roose
velt. At a conference of leading New York
republicans on Saturday It was decided
unanimously that it was not only wise
to endorse the administration, but to en
dorse Mr. Roosevelt for l'MU. While
there is en Id to 1)0 no precedent for such
course In that state, It Is yet highly
probable thnt the convention will nccept
the decision of the leaders who were
present at the conference and declare
In favor of tho nomination of the presi
dent two years hence. In that event
there will be vey little doubt as to who
will be the republican candidate for
president two years hence, If Indeed
there Is any at present. Nothing ap
pears to be more certain than that the
west will be solid for Roosevelt In the
next national convention, and It is not
apparent that he is likely to meet with
opposition anywhere. He is at this time
xceedingly strong with the republicans
of the entire country, who not only ad
mire his sterling qualities and great abil
ities, but regard him as the logical can
didate for 1004.
LfTKRXA TIONA U CUMB1XA TluX.
In his speech before the Utah repub
lican convention, Senator Beveridge of
Indiana urged that removal of the tariff
would ndt destroy trusts, but would
merely create International trusts. He
held that American, English and Ger
man trusts would combine instead of
compete, and said that "until American
Industries shall dominate the Industries
of the rest of the world; until the Uni
ted Stutes becomes the permanent bank
ing house of nations; until we have
grown so great that we are the con
trolling Influence In International com
mercial policy, American trusts are bet
ter for us than International trusts."
It should be borne in mind that there
are industrial combinations In Germany
and England and that the tendency
abroad In this direction Is very strong.
Recently there has been organized In
Germany a trust which includes all of
the coal, iron, steel, wire, sheet metal,
girders and structural iron manufactur
ers and interests In the empire a trust
compared with which the United States
steel corporation is a cheap affair. This
German combination Is based upon an
agreement that its members shall con
tribute to, pay to such members as ex
port their products a bonus equal to the
difference between the current price of
the merchandise in the German mar
kets and the price actually obtained for
It abroad. The organization of this trust
was largely with a view of meeting the
encroachments of American manufactur
ers. In England the tendency toward
combination was never so strong as at
present. The report of Mr. Bell, a Brit
ish commercial agent, on industrial con
ditions In this country, has aroused the
Interest of English manufacturers to an
extraordinary degree. British newspa
pers urge that England must completely
modernize, upon American models so
far as these are applicable, her whole
Industrial system, so that she can be In
position to meet the tremendous com
petition which is surely to come from
America for the command of the for
eign markets. This means that there
must be industrial combination there as
here and In spite of the conservative
character of British manufacturers they
will undoubtedly come to this.
The removal of the tariff would open
our market to the foreign combinations,
with certain disaster to Individual manu
facturers, and there would come a bat
tle between the American and thevfor
eign trusts. There cannot be a reason
able doubt that this would result, at
least in many cases, in international
combinations and the creation of abso
lute monopolies. We should then have
presented a far more difficult problem
than at present, for not only would com
petition be completely throttled and ren
dered practically impossible, but we
could not deal with international trusts
as we may do with those exclusively
domestic. Under existing conditions
there Is competition, and It Is largely
successful. Nearly 00 per cent of the
Iron and steel manufactures of the coun
try, for example, are by individual or
independent companies. The democratic
proposition would destroy most or all of
these companies and open the way to
International combinations and world
wide monopoly.
UERCMRAND Hit WUKKiyUidtK.
David II. Mercer pretends to be a
friend of the worklngmen and looks to
them for assistance in his quest for a
sixth term in congress. But how has
Mercer ever shown his friendship for
the worklngman? As chairman of the
public buildings committee, our nou
resident congressman claims special
ownership in all measures appropriat
lng money for the erection of public
buildings. He poses as the inventor of
the omnibus bill, as applied to the dls
tributlon of public building pork, and
boasts that his position as chief dis
tributer of this patronage enables him
to get anything in congress that he
chooses to go after. When has he used
this powerful lever to go after anything
for the worklngman? Has be not, on
the contrary, ignored the Interests of
labor where he might have promoted
them most? ,
The principal point In the labor pro
gram in this country Is the adoption of
a uniform eight-hour working day. Mr.
Mercer's omnibus bill carried appro
prlatlons of $17,000,000, of which two
thirds, or nearly $12,000,000, is to be
spent in the erection of public buildings.
How easy It would have been for con
gress, if Mr. Mercer had insisted upon
it, to have inserted a provision In this
bill stipulating fur the eight-hour work
lng day in all public building contracts
A few Hues added would have done, but
the worklngman will sack in vain for
anything in Mercer's omnibus bill re
quiring an eight hour day, or, for thut
matter, safeguarding the interests of
labor in any manner.
It is true that a separate bill is pond
ing In congress establishing the eight
i Lvur da Xvr all .woik vn fuvtuiuueut
contracts, but there has been opposition
to it, particularly from the shipyards.
who argue that they must compete with
foreign shipyards and would be at a
disadvantage If limited to eight hours a
day. But there Is no foreign competi
tion in the construction of public build
ings and no reason whatever to prevent
the enforcement of the eight-hour day
on public building contractors.
Inspection of Mr. Mercer's omnibus
till discloses the fact, however, that he
has carefully safeguarded the real es
tate dealers and agents of public build
ing sites In their real estate deals with
the government; that he has carefully
stipulated for the remission of liqui
dated damages for delay when the con
tractors full to come under their time
limits, but not a word for the benefit of
the workinguian. With Mr. Mercer It
Is everything for the real estate specu
lator and the building contractor, but
nothing for the worklngman.
Is this the kind of friend worklngmen
of this district want to keep In congress?
What good can come to them in holding
him iu a committee chairmanship to be
used In logrolling railroad rights-of-way,
fat mall contracts and big bills for
transporting troops for the railroad cor
porations, but nothing for the working-
man? Why should the worklngmen of
this district send a man to congress to
pull chestnuts out of the fire for District
of Columbia real estate speculators and
turn a deaf ear to their just demands?
Does Mercer take the worklngmen for
chumps, or does he think he can keep
on buncoing them forever?
An attempt will be made by the police
to repress all sorts of uncouth behavior
at the coming Ak-Sar-Ben carnival. The
chief Incentive to ruffianism unquestion
ably lies In the throwing of confetti,
against which The Bee has repeatedly
entered protest as a dangerous and un
necessary form of hilarity. It Is given
out that confetti-throwing will be per
mitted only inside the street air
grounds, but it is just as dangerous and
objectionable there as it would be out
side of those limits. A year ago the plea
for just once more was made on the
ground that money had already been In
vested in a supply of colored paper and
that to forbid Its sale would entail hard
ship on the dealers and the burs were let
down with the express promise that that
should be the last of it. It ought to be
the last of it.
Now that there is a somewhat pan
icky feeling in financial circles, the value
of a treasury surplus can be appreciated.
The secretary of the treasury has am
ple currency resources which can be
used In a variety of ways to relieve the
situation. If there were now a deficit
instead of a surplus, and if the treasury
were hard put to it to meet its own
obligations, as It was in Cleveland's
days, there would be real peril. An ex
cessive treasury surplus is of course an
evil, but It is not so great an evil as a
treasury deficit
Only a little more- than half of the leg
islative candidates nave been nominated
In Nebraska by the respective political
parties, leaving the others to be named
within the next three weeks. The Bee
wants to reiterate its words of caution
to republicans throughout the state
to look well to the qualifications of their
legislative nominees. The coming legis
lature will be expected to grapple with
measures of vital concern to Nebraska's
future welfare and progress and safe,
honest and far-seeing law-makers will
be in demand.
Do the republicans of the Second Ne
braska district want to be represented
in congress by a paid commercial agent
who is Identified by residence and by
property interests with the district of Co
lumbia, or do they want to be repre
sented in congress by a man who makes
his home in Omaha and intends to live
In Omaha and share its fortunes, come
what may?
If the value of that chairmanship were
so great and Mercer so indispensable in
It as Mercer's champions would have us
believe,, how is It Mercer was so anxious
to throw it aside when he Imagined two
years ago that he saw a chance to jump
into the United States senate? V.'aa the
chairmanship less valuable then or Is
Mercer more Indispensable now?
No danger that we will not have our
full quota of foreign prodigies tour
ing the United States this winter on
concert stage and lecture platform. Our
reputation for being easy money is too
well established abroad.
There'll Be at Hot Time.
Philadelphia Record.
There will be some tun in the Orient soon.
Fighting Bob Evans will assume command
of the Asiatic squadron soma tlma In Oc
tober.
Sos
Effort in that Line.
Baltimore American.
Mr. Bryan wants to know if It would not
stop horse stealing to Imprison all the
borsatblcves. Wa believe sucb an effort is
constantly being mad.
Sure Roonuh Ken.
Atlanta Conatltutton.
There is something sure enough new un
der the aun. Senator Teller now says he al
ways has been a democrat, except on the
slavery Usue and, perhaps, tha Jonah and
whale puzzle.
Hard Coal Substitute.
Chicago Chronicle.
It is to bo hoped that soma of the ex
periments upon substitutes for hard coal-
soft coal and coke, Texaa oil. Admiral Some
body's coal dust bricks or something else
will prove successful. If the anthracite
output should be reduced 60 per cent or
more In consequence no great harm would
be dona except to monopolists upon whom
wa need not squander sympathy.
t'radljaa; Infaat Movement.
Boston Tranacrlpt.
Faneutl bait was the cradle of liberty
some century and a quarter ago and it
has been the cradle of a good many Infant
movements since. Fortunately for the
country, most of thesa children have not
aurvlved long after being forced Into the
protecting walls of the cradle. It takes
more than bigh-soundtog rhetoric and a
biatorle ball to make a proposition practical.
V AOF9 LAST KICK.
Hll'ireth Telescope: Rosewater and Sav
age should be suppressed. There is work
enough ahead fighting the common enemy
without scrapping within our own ranks.
Fremont Tribune: Mr. Rosewater prom
ises another reply to Governor Bavage's
latest. Isn't it about time for the Humane
society to butt In and put an end to this
brutal business?
Hardy Herald: Governor Savage and the
wily editor of The Omaha Bee are hav
ing a war of words that will hardly repay
the effort. People over tha atate expect
The Bee's apology In campaigns and pay
little or do heed to It.
Calaway Tribune: Governor Savage calls
Roiwy a d n fool, Roaey rails Savage a
liar, thief and a general all around scoun
drel. Wa for one would like to know
how Ezra got possession of that treas
urer's note. Who stole It?
Beatrice Run: In closing his letter to Mr.
Rosewater Governor Savage says that he Is
dona with letter-writing, and that if Roney
bothers him any more he will almply take It
out of bis hide. There la nothing diplomatic
about that sort of language.
Norfolk New: Governor Savage has
taken another slash at hla antagonlat and
the return maneuver from the editor of
The nee in anxiously awaited by a reading
publlo that delighta in the polite billings
gate being employed on both aides.
North Dntte Tribune: Governor Savage
has Indicted another letter to Editor Rose
water, and tha latter promises to make
one of hia characteristic replies. The gov
ernor and the editor have evidently a
long letter-writing campaign ahead of
them.
Dakota City Eagle: Governor Savage has
told how he was offered money to name
certain men to the Omaha police commis
sion. He says the bid was Jv.bOO, but that
$20 gold pieces could not be piled up high
enough to do the business. Strange, but
how high was the pile offered on the Bart-
ley pardon?
York Times: Governor Savage intimates
that when he Is out of office he will adjust
hla differences with Editor Rosewater. It
would have been just as well if he had
thought of that before be entered the arena
with the elusive bull of Bashan. A governor
must necessarily forego some of his dignity
when he goes Into a bullfight.
Dakota City Eagle: Strange as It may
appear that every time Governor Savage
opens his mouth he gets his foot In It. Hia
reign In office baa been one continuous
blunder. By the time his term expires
and The Omaha Bee gets through showing
him up In hia true light there will not
be enough left of his political corpse to
skin.
South Omaha Independent: Governor Sav
age has partly opened that "mysterious"
cigar box formerly owned by Defaulter Bart-
ley. Judging from the artistic manner in
which Editor Rosewater handled the exposed
portion of that cigar box In The Bee laat
Sunday leads us to believe that the governor
will withhold what other "myaterious" con
tents that wonderful box may contain.
North Platte Tribune: If the hiatorlc
and frequwui.lv referred io "cigar box'' at
Lincoln contains such great secrets that It
can be used to huBh up the mouths of
certain ones, it Is time that Governor Sav
age turn the box open to the public gazo,
let tbe result be what it may. If there
is a skeleton in the closet It might be
beat for tbe party and the state that It
be exposed.
Blue Springs Sentinel: That was a bril
liant closing sentence of the governor's in
his Sunday's letter Informing Mr. Rosewater
that it there was any mrrs of It he would
settle with him after stepping out of tbe
governor's chair. Say, Savage. Draw a
mental picture of how your long, bony, six
feet ot stature will loo It when you go after
RoBewater. People once in a while make
mighty big mistakes.
Sidney Republican: Governor Savage has
busied himself recently making some in
sinuations about Rosewater's connection
with some shady deals, and now the little
editor of Tbe Bee gets after his excellency
in real style. He has no terrors for Mr.
Rosewater and every time he monkeys with
the buzzsaw he will get worsted. The gov
ernor is small potatoes, few In a hill, and
has got discounted by hia party and the
people In general. Nobody pays any atten
tion to what he says and cares less.
Scotts Bluff Republican: As we predicted
a couple of weeks ago, Savage has let his
mouth run around loose, until Rosewater
has him just where he wanta him. Laat
Sunday's Bee went after Savage In a man
ner that must make him feel like 30 cents
on circus day. If the, governor has any
thing to prove that Rosewater has In any
way defrauded tbe state, he la guilty of
gross negligence In office In not having
him prosecuted. On the other band if ha
has not got the evidence, be has made a
"damfool" of himself.
Columbus Telegram: After the threats
made by Governor Savage as to what he
would do in the matter of exposing Edward
Rosewater, the publlo bad a right to believe
that Ezra would fish up something astound
ing out of that famous cigar box. But he
didn't. Hla promised sensation was no sen
sation at all. He simply made an asa of
himself and gave Rosewater new opportun
ity to hurl his harpoon Into the Savage
belly. The result of tho Savage-Rosewater
controversy, summed up, does no harm to
Rosewater, but firmly establishes Savage In
the ranks of the nincompoops. '
Syracuse Journal: The Rosewater-Savage
controversy continues. Governor Savage
cloaea his last loving epistle with the state
ment that when be retiree from official
life he will "balance differences fully" with
Mr. Roaewater. Tha Bee still lnsista that
the governor should open that cigar box
ltd and expose the contenta to the public
gaze. "Lay on, McDuff, and damned be be
who nrat cries hold: enough," about voices
the sentiment of the people of the state.
There la a large-sized nigger In some
body's wood pile, and whether Rosey'a or
the governor's, the people want him routed
out.
Kearney Hub: Governor Savage has re
plied to Edward Rosewater's open letter
and baa produced a very warm roaat, but
that Is all that cn be said of It. Ha re
Iterates some charges against tha Omaha
editor and makes some new ones, but does
not offer any of the proof that he was
going to produce, or In other words to
flash those cards that be had "up his
sleeve." The letter concludes with the
statement that he will pay no further at
tention to Rosewater, but will attend
strictly to' tbe business of hla office, but
If further attacked he will find a way to
settle all scores after his term as a public
official has expired. This may be con
strued as a threat, but threats don't go, or
It may be a bluff, or It may not mean any
thing at all.
Grand Island Independent: A week ago
yesterday Editor Rosewater made a stren
uous denial, and supported It by the evi
dence of General McBrlds that be had
naver borrowed a dollar of the stats fuuds,
aa Governor Ravage had charged. Yester
day Governor Savage, through the State
Journal Issued another letter, in which be
fails to disprove that evidence, but cbarges
that Rosewater borrowed from a bank years
ago and has failed to pay. Mr. Rosewater
announces that he will answer this charge
In due time. Governor Savage has so far
failed to make any ahowing whatever as
to tha man who attempted to bribe bim
In the matter of the Omaha Kir and Po
lice commissioners, and likewtae as te tb i
great sacrsts Us hiaUrlO clr but U said
to contain and which ha said he would ex
pose. It would perhaps be well for the
future of the republican party, were Sav
age te close his administration with a
cleansing up ot the whole stink, so that
It coold be permanently disposed ot and
burled beyond reach.
St Paul Republican: Whether (he note
which Governor Savage holds Is genuine or
not, Ita hlatory certainly la not such as to
make it a very reliable plero of evidence.
It seems that It has been held for years by
men who feared an attack from Roaewater
as a club to be used in self-defense. It has
not been presented for payment and one of
the men who held It stated that he would
not part with It for several times Ita fare
value. It la for a small sum, only ir0, and
It does not appear probable tbnt such a debt
could have been outstanding against a man
of Rosewater's prominence for twenty-five
years without some effort being made to col
lect It. Savage stands self-convicted of an
attempt to alienee criticism by threats that
this note would be produced, until Roae
water gamely called the bluff. Hence the
governor Is In a bad hole to start with, hav
ing forfeited publlo respect by attempting
to bribe a newspaper. He adds no dignity
to his position by bringing several foreign
matters into the discussion, such aa loans
Rosewater negotiated with banks and liti
gation in which he has been Involved over
their payment. He fails dismally to redeem
bis promise of taking the lid off the Bart
ley cigar bex, although defied by Rosewater
to do so, thus confessing himself to be a
bluffer as well aa a bully. Savage has gone
the full length In disgracing the office to
which he was elevated by a political acci
dent. No matter how irregular any of Rose
water's transactions may have been, the
manner In which this little McBrlde note
has been suppressed for years only to be ex
posed now as a punishment for legitimate
newspaper criticism of official proceedings is
contemptible, cowardly and reprehensible.
If It Is the most conclusive evidence that
can be produced against the man It were
better to file it away carefully once more In
that "mooted" cigar box, along with the
other skeletons of former days. Roscy has
shown himself able to take care of himself
In a set-to of this nature on former occa
sions and we lock for him to come out on
top this time. If he neglects not only to
clear himself of any wrong doing but falls
to reach a vulnerable point In Ezra's ele
phantine hide we stall be convinced that the
old man's hand has lost its cunning and
that hla brain no longer perforata Its ac
customed work.
ROI'ND ABOUT NEW YOBK.
Hippies on the Current of Life la
the Metropolis.
A great many boys are fairly happy and
manage to thrive If, they are favored with
pocket money for Fourth of July and Chrlst
nas time. Still others require and secure all
kinds of money at any old time. It all de
pends on the size of the family purse or
whether tho youth was born with a golden
spoon or none at all. Francis Marlon
Whaley la a New York kid of 14, unusually
advanced, physically and mentally, for hla
years, being six feet toll "d In HrrM'
preparatory school. A fortune of $500,000
is held in trust for him. For some time
past his allowance has been $7,000 a year,
but It was Insufficient to meet his wanta
and the courts advanced hia stipend to $10,
000 a year. Beside he was allowed to blow
$100 for a watch and $350 for a horse. Mr.
Whaley knows a good thing and is not
slow In pushing It.
The real estate men of New York an
nounce a surprising state of things, and
that Is a scarcity of tbe very best apart
ments for families of large means. Nothing
could more thoroughly show the recent In
creaae In a certain class of population than
this statement of fact.
The formation of so many great combina
tions with their headquarters In New York
has called here a large number ot rich men
and others who are ,ln possession of big
salaries. Many of these men are not ready
to buy homes, while some, like Mr. Schwab,
must wait to build. As a result, apart
ments that rent up into the thousands are
in demand.
One Immense building on the upper West
Side, containing over fifty apartments and
occupying one frontage of an entire block,
disposed of three-quarters of Its space on
lease long before the building was com
pleted. It has, you may be sure, all the
usual modern luxuries and has also in addi
tion a large automobile storage and charg
ing room In the basement - Tbe landlord
does his share ot charging on the rent.
When one enters the station at Oyster
Bay, relates the New York Sun, he always
notices the old hack and Ita veteran
driver, "Jake White."
The rig la an old, dilapidated surrey
which even J. Plerpont Morgan or any
other great man couldn't buy.
The owner of the ancient vehicle has con
stituted himself President Roosevelt's
"backman."
For the past forty years Oyster Bay haa
known these two almost Inseparable fig
ures. They are the first objects that meet the
eye of the visitor upon arriving at the bay
and the laat things aeen on departing.
And this veteran jehu's vehicle la the one
always chosen by the president to take
him to Sagamore Hill when bta own pri
vate carriage falls to meet him.
A story is now going tbe rounds of how
a self-sufficient city chap, Ignorant of
"Jake's" local Importance, ventured to
criticise bis rig and as it turned out to bis
ultimate discomfort.
When ' he entered the carriage and was
about to be seated, he jumped up and ex
claimed in a dleguated tone:
"Say, old man, do you ever dust this
ark?"
Jake grew very angry, jumped up and
pointed Impressively to the dusty seat.
"Do you see that air seat?" he asked.
"Well, you feller, the president of these
United States haa sot dah time and time
again.
"Seems to me If It's good enough for
him It might be good enough for sich as
you.
"Then be jumps in back there an' aays to
me:
" 'Jake, day ain't no one ran drive a
back like you. Just take roe up the hill.'
"An' be don't call It an ark, neither, but
whan he gets up dah he says to me: ,
"'How much Is It, Jake?"'
"Of course I allers say 'one and a half,
Mr. President.'
" 'That's not near enough,' saya ha.
'You'll never get rich, Jake,' and be allers
gives me a $1 bill.
"By the wa7 It'll cost you $' to ride
around tbe corner in the president's back."
Miranda, a timorous splnsier. who has
reached a "certain age," has neither broth
ers nor beaus, reports the Evening Post.
In lieu of more capable and competent
protection, when she goes abroad In
the evening it is under tbe convoy of n
messenger boy. She has complained that
by some inexplicable law or chance, when
ever the haa flowers or notes to be de
livered, her call la invariably answered by
husky youths strong enough !o handle a
trunk, but when she desire an escort or
some one to carry a heavy bag to the rail
road station a tiny scrap of an nrchia pre
sents himself at her door.
Returning from a theater one algbt ula
week with a diminutive specimen, the was
compelled to stand no a street corner wait
ing for a rar. The hour waa Ule, and
Miranda ass aervwus aud bail afraid. Sou
said as much. Her hired champion rM
sured her:
"It's all right, lady. Nobody over speaks
to anybody when anybody sees anybody Is
with a messenger boy."
Official statistics of school registration et
Greater New York, given out by the Board
of Education, ahow $.14,000 pupils in Man
hattan, 162,000 in Rrooklyn and $0,000 Is
Bronx, a total of 432.000 In three of thi
five boroughs of the city. Thla Is an In
crease of 3,000 over laat year. The num
ber of children on part time, a coadltloa
dun to overcrowding, la g'ven as $0,000. as
Increase of 16,000 over last year. Th
number actually refused admission Is,
however, very small. The number ad
mitted to halt day classes is, however, M
Urge aa to constitute a very grave cause ol
public distress.
rEltSOSAI. NOTK9.
General Coxey of ragged army fame Is no
longer chasing the octopus; he la busy
tratntng one,
A Massachusetts man sent the king ot
England some verses on appendicitis, and
the king has sent him a letter of thanks
for them. That Is carrying kindness too far.
Hon. John D Henderson of New York
will deliver the address at tho dedication of
tbe Thirty-fourth New York regiment mon
ument on the Antletam battlefield on Sep
tember 1".
Captain James R. Mulllns of Detroit
makes a good living capturing sea lions.
He gets most of thern on the coast ot Mex
ico and Southern California. He haa just
returned from Europe, where be disposed ot
forty.
A recently published pamphlet recalls the
old dispute of two friends as to whether the
word "news" was singular or plural. They
telegraphed to Mr. Greeley the question:
"Are there any news?" and he promptly
flashed back the answer: "Not a new."
Captain John R. M. Taylor, Fourteenth In
fantry, now attached to the bureau of In
sular affairs of the War department, baa
been detailed to writ the military history
of the United Statea for the last six yeara.
Including an account of the Cuban insurrec
tion ot 189$.
A man In public lite noted for his brusque
ness of speech waa under informal discus
sion in cabinet circles. "There's one thing
to be said in his favor, however," said Sec
retary Wilson, "and that is he never Im
portunes the department to get promotlona
or positions for hU friends." "That's read
ily explained," commented Secretary Root,
"He hasn't any."
After his retirement from tbe post of am
bassador at Berlin Andrew D. White will
settle in Ithaca, N. Y. He is now at work
on a book of reminiscences at Berlin In
1879-81, as minister at St. Petersburg In
1892-94 and as ambassador to Germany from
1897 to his retirement in November next.
He Is also at work on a volume describing
the new Germany of the last decade, which
has grown from an agricultural to a big
industrial power. His personal remin
iscences will also contain much interesting
biographical and anecdotal material relat
ing to Mr. White's pereone! relation w!
Emporor William.
Hlackbnrn'a finld Brick.
South Omaha Independent.
Tho mercerized goode so popular with
the fastidious woman of today should not
be confounded with the Imitation that Tout
Blackburn Is trying to make popular with
tho voters of the Second congressional dis
trict. I.AI'GHING OA.
Detroit Free Press: "You. said he. was
professional musician?' ,, .h.f
"Oh, no! 1 endeavored to Intimate that
he prolessea to oe a mumcmn.
Yonkere Herald: Brown-I understand the
German emperor says he will nevet cor,,
eent to hi son entering into a morganatlo
"jaoneaslreat Scott, man! Has Morgan
got a corner on royal engagements, too;
Philadelphia Press: "These shoes," she
said, with unusual candor for a woman,
"lire Rwfully tight."
No woncler, p he replied gallantly. ' If I
were in their place I'd be intoxicated, too.
Chicago Tribune: "The kind of work you
have been doing lately." said the doctor,
severely, "threatens to overtax your heart.
To overtax it?" grinned the professor.
"Well, I suppose you II 'tlx It for me lor a
little money, won't you?"
Washington Star: "So you regard trusds
as positively beneficial?" ,
"1 do," answered Senator Sorghum, ' I
speak with positive knowledge on the sub
ject. They have benefited me Immensely.
Baltimore American; "Have you any
articles of value with you?" asked the cus
toms Inspector.
"Nothing," answered the returning
traveler, "except a wealthy grass widow,
whom I expect to marry as soon aa I land.
"Well," mused the Inspector, rubbing his
chin thoughtfully, "I guess you can taka
her through. Seems to me she will coma
under the classification of baled hay, and
that Is free."
Detroit Free Press: "You believe in rhort
engagements, don't you. ilearV" aaked the
happy and accepted lover.
"Short engagements have always been,
my rule, darling," replied she.
And even then he did not seem nappy.
Chicago Posti "Alas, alas," he cried, "it
only my three girls had been boys."
In truth, he was in sore trouble, with
three young men thrumming three banjoa
and sinking three different love songs
under three windows at one and the same
''Trnlght as well be a victim of Insomnia,"
he wailed.
Pl.OWBOY OK THE WESI.
Charles M. Harger in Leslie s Weekly.
Across far-reaching, level fields
'Neuil: early autumn s sun.
Changing a stubble of gold to brown.
The plow boy's course Is run.
Chocolate ribbons of earth behind,
Long miles of lull before;
WhtstlliiK to rival the morn's clear call
Of larks that skyward soar;
Panting lit noontide's fervid heat)
Facing the evening freeze
Every round of his shining share
Means more than the plowboy aces.
Beyond the greening days to come,
Heynnd the rippling wheat.
Fair harvi s of a world's delight .
Walt on n sturdy faut.
Bread and rest and happiness,
Fond aspirations guinea,
Comforts sweet ana trranres dear
By longing hands attained
AH these, and more, are the wendreu gifts
That roll from the shining share '
In ribbons brown where the plowboy toll
O'er the reaching acres bare.
RepairsHair
Nature always tries to
repair damaged hair. Some
times she succeeds, very
often she doesn't. She needs
a little help AyerV Hair
Vigor. It repairs the hair,
touches it up, gives it new
life, brings back the old dark,
color, and makes It soft and
glossy. Cures dandruff, too.
"I used only one sortie- of AVer's
Hiir Vigor and ii complete ly stopped
rtiv hair from f.1i:iif out."-- Mrs. C.
l.easenfe'd, Nc- Vo"t City.
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