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BUte of Nebraska. Douglas County, as:
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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be bad not withdrawn his letter of with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.
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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.
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