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G THTJ OMAHA DAILY BEK: - I'll ID AY, NOVEMBER 7, 1002. Tiie omajia Daily Bee. E. IIOSEWATKR, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORN1NQ. TERMS OP BUBSCRIPTION. fiatly Pre (without Rinidny). One Year.$4. Jsjy hp and riundny. One tear Iluatrateri Hee. une Year flundwy Bee. One Year HRlurciHv Hee, une Yesr '.Twentieth Onturv Farmer, One Year. DELIVERED BT CAP.RIEH. pally pee (without Sunday), per ropy lmllv Hp (without Bunriavl. cer week (too 2 f 2) l.W 1.00 .. ia ..12c Dally Hee (Including Hunilay), per week. 17c Hunoay Wee, per copy 60 Kvenlng Hee (without Sunday), per week 6c Evening Bee (Including Bunday). per week 10e Complaints of Irregularities In delivery Should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICER. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Street. Council Bluff, 10 Pearl Street Chicago 1840 Unity Building. New York ZEX Park Row Building. Washington SOI Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and edi torial matter ehould he addressed; Omaha lice. Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERB. " Business letter and remlttancei should ts addressed: The Bee Publishing Com ny. Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expreaa or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Imly 2-cent stamps accented In payment of mall account. Personal checks, except on maha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISH! NO COMPANY. V STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. BUte of Nebraska. Douglas County, as: George B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, aays that the actual number of full, and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during .ha month of October, 14, was as follws: .3... 30.T00 17 Sl,82 2...' 3O.0.TO 18 31,430 1... 31,100 19 30,400 .., BO.UTO 20 32,24(1 ... 2tt,3SO 21 82,33(1 6...' ,...81,iilM 22 81,670 1 SO.Mft 23 81,740 ' S 81,OTO 24 32,1 BO t 81,000 25 81,140 JO... fll.ieo 26 80,235 11 32,0O 27 81,070 12 20,1)20 28 3I,8IM 11 81,330 29 81.H30 14 81,230 30 82,800 16 81,040 SI 81,830 16 32,70O Total 9419,018 Less unsold and returned copies 0,872 Net total sales... 089,743 Net average sales 8O,059 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st 'day of October, A. D. 1802. M. B. HUNOATB. (Seal.) . Notary Public. Congressman Stark doubtless wishes be bad not withdrawn his letter of with drawal. Dr. Grover Cleveland will probably diagnose the case as "Not enough tariff revision." Who wants to be speaker of the bouse when It convenes In Lincoln In January? Don't all speak at once. On reflection, ex-Governor Boles win pot be a candidate before the next demo cratic national convention. All earthly things come to an end some time. The election guessing contests for 1002 are a thing of the past, x : ' '.' " .- , - f Twelve persons killed and seventh-four Injured by exploding fireworks at. this season of the year Is anticipating the glorious Fourth altogether too early. It turns out that David B. Hill showed bis wisdom once more in having Coler given the nomination for governor of New York on the democratic ticket In stead of taking It himself. - Lengthy disquisitions of the future of fusion will now be lu order in all the democratic and populist newspapers of Nebraska as soon as they get the cue from Mr. Bryan's Commouer. yncle Sam Is not bothering about Den mark's action of taking Its West Indian Islands off the bargain counter. Uncle Sam Is fairly well supplied with island possessions, so that one or two more or less makes little difference. The English and the Boers fought so hard against each other that they now want to fight together against the Mad Mullah. It Is the best thing that could happen for the new order of thlugs in tSouth Africa. The Iowa State Board of Control must bave reached the economic minimum rhen the cost of feeding the inmates, officers and employes of live state insti tutions during September was at an average of 10 cents a day, and there waa no complaint that they were not well fed. Carrie - Nation has just gone through a. railroad wreck, emerug with several fractures to her person and clothing. She ought to appreciate better now the frame of mind of the victims of her batcheting crusade after she has finished bar work of wrecking their establish ments. Tax reform and home rule are not dead Issues. In nearly every large city except Omaha charter amendments, or entirely new charters, have been formu latcd and local representatives have been elected pledged to cast their votes and exert their Influence in favor of such amendments. It will hardly be worth while organiz Ing the Nebraska legislature on party lines this winter, so overwhelming will the republican majority be. The organ Isatlon will have to be on lines dividing the members earnestly and honestly en deavoring to make laws in the interest of the people and those enlisted behtud the questionable Jobs and schemes. .Denver has secured a constitutional amendment that will authorize the con kolldatlon of the city government of Den ver with the government of Arapahoe county, ' which will effect a saving of many thousands -of dollars to the tax payers and materially Improve local gov ernment. Omaha would Jiave bad this privilege five years ago bad It not been for the Interference of franchise! cor i poratlona wltb the Douglas county rtp- TBK KtXT SPEAKER. The flection of a new boose of rep resentatives and the retirement ' of Speaker Henderson makes pertinent consideration of the speakership for which tfecre are already several avowed aspirants. New York has one In Repre sentative Payne, who Is chairman of the ways and means committee. He is dean of the New York delegation and. It Is believed, will have the support of all the republican representatives from that state if be enters tb field ac tively. Mr. Tayne attained prominence as a floor leader and would undoubtedly make a good presiding officer. Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania will, it Is said, have the support of- all the republicans from that state. He nas bad long ex perience in congress. Is a man of marked ability and unquestionably Is well equipped for the duties of the speaker ship. There has been some talk of Mr. Llttlefleld of . Maine, but It is now un derstood that be Is not a candidate, although he may have some votes should he seek the position. The speakership, however, by rights belongs to the west It Is In the west that the significant results bave been obtained In the election just held. The republican gains have been made for the most part in the western states, while the republlean losses bave been suffered In the east The outgoing speaker Is a western man, elected as a concession of the valid claims of the west to the position and his succession should also be accorded to one of the western represcntatlves t Vhile several western men have been suggested for the place, among them Mr. Babcock of Wisconsin, who Is chairman of the republican national con gressional committee, Mr. Tawney of Minnesota, a forceful and experienced member, and Mr. Cannon of Illinois, chairman of the. committee on appro priations and one of the veterans of the house in length of service, uny one of whom would be a credit to the house In the speaker's chair. But Mr. Can non is the logical and most deserving candidate and ought to have the united support of all western members. No one familiar with public men needs to be told that Mr. Cannon Is fully qualified for the speakership. He is thoroughly equipped with a knowledge of parlia mentary practices. ' He Is blunt, plain spoken and characteristic of western push and energy. We believe the republican members- elect from Nebraska to the Fifty-eighth congress should take the initiative in tendering their support to Hon. Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois as the preferred candidate of the west in recognition of his interest in this state, with which he has Identified himself by many property investments, as well as In acknowl edgment of the sterling qualities that make him the natural leader of the house. Such action by the Nebraska delegation at this time would do much to. solidify the. western representatives behind the candidacy of , Mr. Cannon. By his election as speaker the proper recognition of the interests and claims of the great western commonwealths from the Mississippi ' valley to the Paciflu coast would be Insured. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. It Is certainly Important that the sta tistics of agricultural production should be as nearly accurate as possible. Every body Interested in the matter Is aware of the fact that these statistics are as a rule very far from being accurate aSd this fact has been conspicuously brought out by the wide discrepancy between the figures of the Department of Agriculture and those of the census office. The difference Is so marked as to have led to a controversy respecting the trustworthiness of the statistics of both, the general Inclination apparently being to regard the census figures as being the more nearly accurate. This view Is of course stoutly combated by the statistician of the department. This controversy will not be altogether futile If. it shall lead to devising some better and surer method, of obtaining agricultural statistics than is now in practice. This is certainly possible and should be done even If It require double the 'expense at wh'.h those statistics are now obtained- They do this work better In European countries than It Is done here and . we might learn some thing from foreigners In this matter. Better no statistics than such as ar misleading. DISCREDIT tO .LEADERS. There are several democratic leaders whom Tuesday's elections have pretty thoroughly discredited. Perhaps most conspicuous among them is Tom L. Johnson of Ohio, whose circus cam paign was characteristic of the man. He showed himself a veritable dem agogue throughout the contest and the result is the 'most overwhelming defeat the democracy of the Buckeye state ever experienced, at least in an off year. Johnson is not the sort of politician to be disheartened by a single defeat and there Is no doubt he will be heard from agalu, but be has been shorn of much of bis prestige and it Is very doubtful If the party will be disposed to again place Itself so completely under bis leadership as It did In the late cam palgn. At all events It seems safe to say that Johnson will not have bis am bltlon to be governor of Ohio, as a stepping stone to a nomination for the presidency, gratified. . David B. Hill of New York is an other whose political prestige bas been very greatly Impaired.. His demagogic tendencies, as well as his unscrupulous methods, bave loug been familiar, but these bave never been more fully and boldly exhibited than In the late cam palgn. It was very strongly shown that Mr. Hill would be an exceedingly unsafe man In the presidency of the United States and It Is questionable if he Is likely ever again to be seriously thought of as a possible presidential candidate Adroit politician aa be admittedly Is, he bas played the part of the demagogue once too often. It Is probable that former Governor Fattlsou of Pennsylvania has had his last opjKrt unity as a csndidiite for po litical office. The trouble with htm in re cent years bas been that he did not pursue that straightforward, open and candid course which Is necessary to win popular respect and confidence and his defeat Tuesday places him In the list of discredited leaders. There are some others, but of less prominence, though perhaps "Uncle" Horace Boles should not be overlooked, since his nomination for congress restored him for a brief time to a conspicuous place in the po litical arena. SEW RULE tUR IOWA 8AVISQ8 BAVKS. As a result of the recently published opinion of the attorney general of Iowa a marked Increase In the number of sav ings banks In the Hawkeye state may be looked for In the near future. Under the attorney general's Interpre tation of the law any bank, national, state or private, or any Individual, part nership or private corporation may carry on a savings bank business. Almost the only restriction Is that the words "sav ings bank" or "savings Institution" can not be used In describing or advertising the business. Practically tbia comes very near to free banking. In the cities and large towns arrange ments are being made for opening sav ings batiks, not only by the old banking establishments, but also by large mer cantile and other enterprises. In no western state have savings grown with such rapidity in recent years as In Iowa. This is not due merely to the Increase of number and prosperity of the wage earning class, which has been great It Is a suggestive fact that numerous sav ings banks bave beeu springing up and prospering in purely agricultural com munities. . . The Impetus which has now been given to the business will undoubtedly make it necessary for the legislature to enact a code of regulations for savings banks conducted under the guise of depig ments of other enterprises. BEFORE AtuD AFTER, No Issue has ever been settled tinless It has been settled right The Bee does not belong to that class of weathercock newspapers that advocate reforms be fore election and drop them immediately after election. Hereafter, as heretofore. It will con tinue to battle for tax reform through a revision of the revenue laws that will make It Impossible for railroad r. rpora tlons or any other class of property owners to evade their Just share of the burden of local and state taxation. It will continue to advocate home rule In Its broadest sense through a revision of the charter and constitution that will permit a consolidation of the city and county governments, in part or as a whole, in the near future-. Tbf re. Is , no more, reason why Omaha' and Douglas county should have separate tax gather ers for city and county any more than there is for separate treasurers for the Board of Education and the city of Omaha. There Is no good reason why there should be any discrimination In the gov ernments of the police and fire depart ments of Omaha from those of South Omaha, Lincoln and other towns in the state of Nebraska. Conceding that the city of Omaha requires a special board or commission to manage the fire and police departments and exercise the power of licensing the liquor traffic. there is no good reason why such boards should be appointed by the governor and responsible to and removable by only the governor, while all other municipal officers are subject either to the people directly, to the mayor and council or to the courts. It was charged recently by Governor Savage that $7,500 was offered to him as a consideration If be would allow cer tain parties to name the members of the fire and police commission of Omaha. Whether this assertion Is based on fact or not, It is suggestive of what might be done under the preseut system. An elective Board of Fire and Police Com missioners could not be secured by sucfi means. . The recent primary scandals have em phasized the Imperative necessity of ma terial changes In the primary election law that will prevent promiscuous vot ing on perjured affidavits and other practices that tend to destroy the un- trammeled expression of majorities at primary elections, either by the coercion of wage workers or the disfranchise ment of voters through arbitrary appor tionments of delegates to .conventions. Reform Is Imperatively demanded In the handling and disbursement of trust funds in the hands of public officers. The farming out of public money for private gain, or the speculation in trust funds for private gain, should be made a crime and every safeguard should be provided to preveut such practices on the part of custodians of public moneys, whether state, county or city treasurers or court officers. In urging these reforms The Bee feels sure that It voices the overwhelming sentiment of the tax-paying citizens of Nebraska, and especially of the citizens of Omaha and Douglas county, regard less of party. It takes decided nerve on the part of the Lincoln Journal to complain of difficulty in getting reliable election newt out of Omaha wheu It does not Itself two days after election give any accurate Idea of what the returns from taacaster county are, when Omaha pa pera'glve complete figures for Douglas county the morning after the polls close. It Is, moreover, a fact that notwlthstand Ing the location of the state headquar ters at Lincoln, the only reliable source of election news for Nebraska is right In The Bee office at Omaha, which la flooded with Inquiries from all over the country from public men and newspa per that can get so aatUfactloa ala- where. We mervly suggest to any un prejudiced observer that a comparison of election Dews service between Tb Bee and any and all of Its pretended competitors would show the superior fa cilities which readers ' of this paper enjoy. It Is Indeed sad to read In the Lincoln Journal the following doleful item: Governor lavage returned yesterday from his borne at Sargent, where he voted on election day and put in his time trying to swell the republican majority for the state ticket. He returned well pleased with the result In the state, but the defeat of Con gressman Mercer and the victory of Rose water over the republican nominee welgbed heavily upon him. The governor waa es pecially friendly to Congressman Mercer and It grieved him to think that the Second district, that was formerly the only repub lican district In the state, should now be the only one that Is not republican. This Is indeed sad. But perhaps Our Dave can furnish balm in sympathizing with Ezra P. as the only republican who has occupied the governor's office In Ne braska In twenty-five years who was re fused a renomination by his party. Perhaps the terrible calamities that we were told ' by democratic spellbinders were threatening the country and sure to break loose unless the people put a brake on them ' by' returning a demo cratic majority to the lower bouse of congress may yet be averted. At any rate, there is no use-losing any sleep for the present because of their Im minence. ' The journalistic mercenaries who hire themselves out periodically to beslobler pothouse politicians and tatooed candi dates and pour envenomed slime upon the heads of men of standing and char acter will have another respite from their efforts to befog and mislead gulli ble voters of this city. Opening; the Safety Valve. Baltimore American. Stripped ot Its finer and significant char acteristics, aa election remains but a safety valve to ease the pulsing, throbbing public conscience. Consolation for the Left. New York World. Oranges, the golden apples of Hesperidcs, are now coming from California and Mexico in carloads and the Thanksgiving turkey is ripening. These are facts that may help to console the candidates who were not elected. Bualneas Methods la Politic. Washington Star. Hon. William' Randolph Hearst had enough political wisdom to select a strong democratic district in which to make his race for congress. Mr.' Hearst may be new ia politics, but he knows a thing or two about the business.' Common Penalties Inadequate. Minneapolis Times. '" Hanging will be 4 luxury compared wltb what that Kentucklatr' deserves who kicked his boy to death becluse the little fellow had stripped- some' of the. bark from a wil low tree. Somet'lmcSvwe are convinced that if there la hot W' real bell, there bas been an oversight.11 ! Tyranny and,, rr population. , Philadelphia Record. The returns ot the Irish census are dis couraging. They show a decrease In pop ulation and a decrease In the area of land under cultivation; .These things go farther than oratory to establish the fact of bad government. . No .people love the land of their nativity with -a more abiding and loyal affection than Irishmen. Jt is a hard necessity that drives them forth to seek for fairer opportunity aad fortune ta other lands. i Apostrophe to Pampkls Pie. New York Judge. The salvia ia flashing, the honeysuckle's not; the woodman round Is dashing to sell you on the spot the sycamore and maple to make the ruddy blase that cooks the whole some staple, though buckwheat, rice or maize. The epicure fa grappling with quail and sausage meat; the squirrel on the sap ling Is laughing at defeat. The leaf Is gently falling and drifting from the vine; the foot ball player's sprawling and sliding cn his spine. The butternut 1b dancing athwart the lilac hale; the rabbit's wildly prancing across the chryophrase and purple dingly gayly, a meteor of joy, that glads the hunter daily, as If It were a toy. And for this very reason We bang upon the lute that at this merry season is very seldom mute, but ready all the praises of autumn tide to sound, until the music dazes and makes the poet bound and bound rn bound less rapture until he bas to sigh In eight- een-karat rapture, "Long wave the pumpkin pie!" "THE UXITKD STATES A HE." President Roosevelt Lend Ilia Weight to the Plaral Verb. Detroit Free Press. President Roosevelt's use of the "United States" In. the plural has reopened the an cient discussion as to whether "the United States are" or "the United States ts." The house committee on the revision of the lawa has decided that "the United States is," but the gentlemen that framed the con stitution thought "the United States are," and previous to the civil war the United Statea were seldom referred to In state papers except with a plural verb. Many ot the industrious polemics who insist on the use ot the singular verb have endeavored to base their case on the results of the war. Previous to the war, they argue, the nation was a league of sovereign states. The war determined that the nation was in divisible, and hence "the United States is." Perhaps it is largely a matti r of taste, but we think the old form Is the better form. "These United Stales are," The su preme court has affirmed it la the Insular cases by declaring that the constitution does not extend of its own vigor over ter ritory owned by the United Statea. The constitution is still a compact among the states, but a. compact that cannot be broken except by force of arms. For all that, there are plenty of state rlghta left. Some political demagogues made this highly interesting discovery only recently, when they purposed to have congress take pos session ot the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania. They ascertained that con gress bas no authority to purchaae land within the limits of a sovereign state ex cept "by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be." The government of the United States Is still a government ot enumerated powers. The powers not expressly delegated to the federal government are still reserved to the statea. After all, state rights is only a synonym for home rule, and home rule is a fundamental principle In American gov ernment. If President Roosevelt wlshea to say "the United States are" be bas on bis side the constitution of the United States. the genius of American Institutions, the history ot the nation aad as good logic as anybody needs. ROiai) ABOIT MSW IOKK. Ripples oa the Current of Life In the Metropolis. It takes a large roll of money to keep the municipal machinery of New York going day and night. When the project of a greater New York was under discus sion champions of consolidation argued that It would uproot Tammany and give economy an Inning. But Tammany took the reins as soon as consolidation was effected and the cost of city government went sky ward far exceeding the total of the sep arate boroughs. One hundred millions of dollars annually was touched In 1W0, but not exceeded. The expenses for 1D02, totals $7,119.031.10, or $.110,287.64 a day. This total ia about 11.600,000 leas than that of 1901, which decrease was made possible by a decrease in the state tax of $3.9fid,3r2. The city controller says that a reform Is to be Inaugurated In the financial de partment so that hereafter every expendi ture on the part of tho city which ex ceeds the Increase in the city's revenues and the tax returns from new properly will be a change which must show in the tax rate and which cannot be covered up by changes in assessed values. Every morning a dark, thick-set man may be seen walking up and down Broadway, between Twenty-third and Thirty-third streets, reports the Evening Post. Often he pauses several times to accost some of his fellow pedestrians, but sometimes he walks his beat without giving more than a glance to the passersby. This man is a dealer In old clothes, and for the last fif teen years he has done most of bis business in this particular part of the city. A great many of the men he meets are hie regular customers, and ho never worries them by look or word, knowing that they will always come to him whenever they bave cast-off garments to sell. Hut If the dealer sees a at rancor and he has a faculty for picking strangers out of a rrowd he Immediately selects that man for his victim. The "old-clo' " man says that In addition to bis regular customers he catches many strangers, and altogether the business is profitable." A Brooklyn churchman ad'Trtises for a minister to fill a vacant Episcopal parish In that borough. The salary Is $1,500 a year, and these are the modest qualifica tions the succeseful candidate must pos- j sess: "1. He must be a man who bas a deep and permanently settled conviction of the truth of Christianity. My friends feel that this la Indispensable, as thry are terribly afraid of getting a man that might be tainted with Orientalism. "2. He must be a man who thoroughly understands Jesus Christ and can Inter pret Him Infallibly. "3. He must have a vision of the condi tions of today and be able to apply to them the teachings of the Master. "4. Ho must be, if not an orator, at least a forcible convincing and, by all means, an extemporaneous speaker. "5. He must have the gifts of sociability and of sympathy, so as to be able to 're joice with those that do rejoice and weep with those that weep.' "6. He must have good Judgment, great tact, a patience that endurrth all things; he must bo an active worker, one of those men who never let the grass grow under their feet." She was a fashionably gowned young woman who boarded a Broadway car at Thirty-fourth street yeBterday, relates the New York Herald. After carefully arrang ing her silken skirts, she ensconced herself comfortably In a corner seat and began to read a paper covered novel. . "There's a spotter," whispered the con ductor to me. "Where?" said I. "Why, that woman who Just got In fhe car and Is .now reading that book." "Impossible!" "Not at all. She is in the employ of the company to keep an eye on the conductors, but we are all on to her. She caught quite a few of us napping, because no one would suspect such a pretty woman to be In that line of business, but she has been1 pointed out to us and we all know her now." I watched her for a time, and noticed that eh 3 was not reading the book at all, but kept a close watch on the conductor from the corner of her eyes. She did it so cleverly, however, that no one would ever suspect It. "Yea," said the conductor, "the company got tired ot employing men for this kind of work and are now trying women. It's not a bad idea, because women are more clever and not so easily detected by the men on the line, but this woman Is known now, and If she catches any more of us sho ts a good one." In the library of a New Yorker, whose books are a hobby, ia one volume greatly prized. It occupies an Inconspicuous place, however, and la never read; its pages are never so much as opened, yet It is eloquent to its owner. It ts a work on English liter ature, a standard text .book, and more or leas worn. To Intimate friends who ap preciate- souvenirs the volume is some times shown, and even they do not open its pages. The reason the pages are never opened Is adequate, they have been pasted together In a rectangular block. This Is what the owner prefatorlly tells those to whom be shows the book: 'A long time ago I waa a cadet at the United States academy. Smoking waa forbidden, but indulged in, and cigarettes had to be secreted past finding. Therefore the pages ot this innocent looking volume were pasted together, and the resultant solid waa cut out close to the page margin, making a very neat box In which to hide the smoking paraphernalia. And the book on shelf gave no Indication whatever of Its contents." STILL ROOM . FOR MORI!, Plenty of Land Yet to Be .Had on the Homestead Plan. Chicago Record-Herald. During the last fiscal year the United States disposed of public lands which amounted in the aggregate to 19,488.535 acres, or 30,450 square miles. This Is Just about equal to the area of Indian Territory and to that of the atate of South Carolina. It exceeds the area of each of nine states and the combined area of several of tbem. It Is greater than the area of any German state, except Prussia, la slightly greater than the area of Scotland, but little less than the area 4t Ireland and much in excess of the area ot Greece, Switzerland, Denmark or Belgium. But there la still plenty of land to spare The total vacant and subject to entry comes to about 900.000,000 acres, and, though this Includes 368.000,000 in Alaska and a con siderable percentage of valueless territory there Is a large margin to the good. And so long aa the government continues to have millions of acres to dispose of, and millions under private ownership in the thiuly inhabited regions plead for a larger population, we shall be able to absorb Im migrants by the thousands and hundreds of thousands. If all the people of Switzerland ahould come here In a single year they might be so distributed that no pressure would be felt from them. Furthermore, al though we have no rontrol over the dis tributlon, there Is not the slightest danger In Immigration provided it be of the right kind, which will add to the strength and WHY AM) WIIERKFORH, Detroit Free Press (dem): The country Is saved again. This Is official. Chicago Chronicle (dem.): On the ahole, there Is evidence In the returns ot a dis position on the part of the people to ad monish the republicans and to extend to tbe democrats a measure of confidence which bas been withheld for some years past. Cincinnati Tribune (rep.): Ohio Is in the van as It always has been and always will be, with the administration ot Theodore Roosevelt emphatically endorsed, and con tinuance of republican policy, republican principles and republican administration as sured. Chicago Post (ind.): Mr. Roosevelt's prestige has been a valuable asset to all republican candidates and the voters have "stood by the administration" and elected men In sympathy and accord with Its policies. But some discrimination has been exercised and the general party appeal has not saved men notoriously unfit or per sonally objectionable and unpopular. Minneapolis Tribune, (rep.): It Is a re markable result for an off year and must be considered a personal triumph for the president and an expression of the abiding confidence ot tbe people In his purpose and policies. The house of representatives will undoubtedly be republican. But it Is a distinct and unusual triumph for a party to carry a house of representatives In the middle of the presidential term. This hap pened to President McKInley after tbe war with Spain, but with that exception It has been a rare occurrence in recent American history. Kansas City Star (Ind.): If the repub lican leaders are grateful today for tbe reduced victories won In yesterday's elec tion, they should return thanks to Presi dent Roosevelt. It Is due to the president's personal popularity and his official poli cies that the party has achieved its slender majority In the house of representatives and sustained so few disastrous losses In various parts of the country in spite ot the general reductions made In pluralities. It might seem paradoxical to say that tbe party has been rebuked while Its official head has been sustained, but this Is true in a certain sense. The verdict of the country shows that but for the influence of Mr. Roosevelt the returns of yesterday's elec tion would have told a very different story. Chicago News (Ind.): Viewed In the light of other off-year elections wherein the ad ministration party bas usually lost con trol of the lower branch of congress, this is a substantial republican victory. Neither the threatening growth of trusts of a cer tain kind nor the Increasing sentiment for tariff revision could overcome the confi dence inspired by prosperity. Much of the sentiment against the change must be attributed to confidence In the president himself and In his policies which are not the policies of many of his party leaders. Tbe latter will do well If they ponder on the fact that they owe a large part of their victory to the resolute action of Mr. Roosevelt In various crises and to the standards which he has kept before the public. It was Roosevelt's initiative which deprived the democrats of their opportunity to monopo lize the trust and tariff Issues. PERSONAL NOTES. Hobson cannot get over his Itch for poll- tics and when congress meets ho will press his bill for retirement once more. To the needy Italians, the most pictur esque thing in their country Is Charles M. Schwab, "burning" money recklessly. The chewing gum trust now pays 1 per cent per month on Its common stock, and there Is much rejoicing among Its stock holders Great Is the industry snd fertile Is the Imagination of Guy Boothby, the English novelist. In loss than eight years he has published some twenty-six books, the ma jority of which have achieved more than ordinary success. Mr. Boothby la a South Australian by birth and is 35 years ot age. Emerson Etherldge, who died at Dresden, Tenn., last week, was one of the last, if not the Inst, of the whlgs who sat in congress. He was one of Tennessee's most powerful orators fifty years ago. He fought "Old Hickory" long and well and stumped the Btate for Clay In 1844. He fought for Gen eral Taylor In 1848 and for General Scott In 1852. He was in the Thirty-third con gress as a whig leader, When he died be was a republican.' It Is doubtful If the repairs on the White House would have been completed so soon had not President RooBevelt practically forced his way into the mansion and driven out the workmen. Tbe very day he was able to discard his crutches be went over there and easily discovered that a large amount of unnecessary pulling down and building up was going on. There and then he announced that be proposed to eat bis dinner and sleep In the White House on October 30. In vain the contractors pro tested. The president stuck to It, and in the end had bis way. With the death of George Hull, its orig inator and exploiter. Bays the New York Tribune, the Cardiff Giant most likely passes off the historic stage altogether. It was the cleverest humbug of its time. Bar num. the next cleverest, offered $50,000 for an eighth Interest in It, and so many doc tors of divinity were taken In by It and led into fantastic biblical theories about It that the church at large and all its ministers, and everybody else for that matter, ought to rejoice In its final disappearance. Of Hull It need not be said that he bullded better than he knew, but bis absurd effigy, no doubt, made ten or a hundred times more noise than he expected of it. i Ssst I Caught II I rlnthpc. wet .w. the croup And It life to keep on hand a bottle Just one dose at bedtime, when the cold is threatened, will stop all future trouble. We wish you would ask your doctor if he knows anything better for colds, coughs, bronchitis, weak throats and lungs, tsihsims: i$c.m.v.M. j.cav8co.,u.u.ium. " I have used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral In my family for eight years, and I know ootblnc could be better for tbe coughs and colds of children." Mrs. W. H. Brymer, Shelby, Ala. MORR THA HIS DIR. Chaaretlor Andrews' Award of redlt Proaoaneed t nfalr. Tortlnnd Oregonlnn. Chancellor E. nenjnmln Andrews of th University of Nebraska hit resurrected the devil and cast upon his satanlc majesty the odium of hoodlum eollego foot ball. One can Imagine the straits to which a man of scholarly attainments and enlight ened mind baa been reduced by the un seemly hilarity, bordering upon ruffianism, of the foot ball team cf his college, cele brating a victory over a rival team. He could find no excuse in legitimate en thuslasm for the rowdyism that found vent In wrecking a street car upon this occasion, and remem bering the days when be was young and the terms "collegian" and "sjentleman" were Interchangeable, be fell back upon th Idea of a personal devil as the only elucl datlon of the problem presented by th.i outrageous actions of presumably well bred young men laboring under foot ball mania. While most people will be willing, no doubt, to characterize the acts of thetio victorious foot bnll players as deviltry, few will Indorse Chancellor Andrews' view that these acts were specifically the "devil's work." The truth of the matter Is that the virtue of lelf-control Is not sufficiently Impressed upon and Instilled Into the minds of young people. If the youth wants to do anything, that fart is too often considered a good and sufficient reason for doing it. Th wishes, the rlghta and the foellngs of others are not taken into account In the matter. In the case referred to by Chan cellor Andrews, the victors were simply wild with exultation, and gave full rein to the mania that possessed them. They did not want to curb themselves. That was to them sufficient reason for the excesses In which they Indulged. Their censor was right In estimating that It would have been far better had the Nebraska team been defeated than to have made such an exhibi tion of itself in victory. Better still, bow ever, would have been a gentlemanly, even though an exultant, bearing In the face of victory. The test of character cornea not In lack of opportunity, but in meeting the occasion as It arises with manly spirit, the leading element of which is decent eelf control. Foot ball is rough game. It la not, however, necessarily a ruffianly game. That It begets at times a ruffianly spirit Is too true. Tbe acts of a victorious team dominated by this spirit may for conven ience sake, or to relieve tbe overcharged feelings of a man who ia In a sense re sponsible for the . players, without being able to control them, be called the "devil's work." But tbe causes that lead up to rowdyism, whatever the occasion, may read ily be fixed without giving the devil more than his due in the premises. 8M1LIMG LINES. New York Times: Hewitt Gruet hasn't any confidence in anybody. Jewett No; I don't believe he'd cash his own check. Chicago Tribune: "When people begin to tell you," said Uncle Allen Sparks, how spry you are, and that It's astonishing how young you look, you may make up your mind you're getting old." Harvard Lampoon: I.lttle Rollo Father, dear, why Is the diamond so precious? Father For shame, Rollo! Did you not know that It waa a prehistoric product of haxd coal? Now, run along, my child. Detroit Free Press: Patient (after giving the doctor $3 and receiving a prescription) But suppose, doctor this doesn't cure me?" Doctor In that case come back and I'll relieve you again. Washington 8tar: "You can't ret some- tnffnir fn, nnthin. In 1 1 1 . , m . .mi nir, iririfUHfla the wheezy and platitudinous philosopher. "And yet," said Senator Sorgliun). In a tone of gentle reproof, "you blame me for Delnff willinir n viva mrtn.u fn, Philadelphia Record: Spunger The best after-dinner speech I ever heard waa once When I 7.aa out with Goodley. Winks And who made the speech? Spunger Goodley. He stilrt: "Lot me have the check, please, waiter." Chicago Tribune: "Old Hgnks Is tho most extravagant man I ever eaw. He always wipes his oectacles with a new $10 bill." v.. n. i.imuM, a: b inw muni penuri ous. It saves his handkerchiefs and doesn't iccsrn me vaiue vi ine out a particle. Philadelphia Press: "What? Fifty conta a box for thoee pills!" cried the customer, "why, it's robbery!" "I wouldn't say that," returned the drug gist, coolly. "No?" "No. Since pills are under discussion I'd try to be humorous and call It 'pillage.' " TO A FOOTLIGHT CHARMER. Brooklyn Eagle. 1 aat last night In an orchestra chair, And studied your features ao wondrously fair A pleasure It was, I confess. Although you epoke naught but the lines of the play. Tour voire o'er my heart exerted a sway I cannot find words to express. And yet, as I sat in that. orchestra chair. Some troublesome thoughts occurred to me there. Now, Julio DeVere Is a beautiful name. And truly I hope you were christened the same, And not a plain Maggie O'Toole. The newspapers tell m that twenty's your age. But many are that for years on the stag I hope you have broken that rule. And yet, as 1 wit In thut orcheetra chair, Such troublesome questions occurred to me there. The program Informs me that you are a 'Miss," Yet some programs err In matters like this, For bllls-of-the-play will deceive; The man who was playing the monster bazoo For all that I know may be married to you. Although It Is hard to believe. And yet, as I sat in that orcheetra chair, Annoying surmises would come to me there. in the shower! Damp feet, colds, nioht enuo-hs. o o a part of school life. should be a part of home of Ayers Cherry Pectoral. t reaeutaUves la the legislature. I wealth of the nation. r
