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The populists of . the Second district
have also called a congressional nomi
nating convention. What for?
The other local papers have already
put out their Ak-Sar-Ben editions, while
The Bee's Ak-Sar-Ben number will come
next Sunday. And the Inst will be best.
Judge Parker has concluded to spend
one day longer in New York than he
did when he Inst left Esopus. The
judge mrjfit beglofo realize that he Is
expected to run for office as well as to
accept the nomination.
Japan is not sending out many re
ports on the war, but the fact that It
has decided to revise Us military laws
and create an additional force of 200,
000 men shows that the fighting is not
all on one side In Manchuria.
A Russian newspaper declares "inter
national law", to be a myth through
which the strong nations of the world
prey upon the weak. The trouble Is to
know which Is strong and which weak.
The most self-satisfied are ofteu fooled.
The American Bar association is cast
ing about for a location for its next
annual meeting, the decision being left
to the general council. Here is where
Omaha should jump in with an offer of
entertainment Jh,at will prove irresisti
ble. "
The United States Steel corporation
should be on Its guard Charles M.
Schwab has just purchased 20,000
shares of Its stock even while engaged
In securing property of the late ship
building concern at bargain counter
prices.
The newly launched Connecticut Is
said to be designed to be the most pow
erful battleship of the-United States
navy. In the light of experience, how
ever, the most powerful today may not
be very powerful against the destroyers
of tomorrow, "
It la to be hoped no one will attempt
to explain the American system of ad
ministration of Justice to the foreign
lawyers at St. Louis. Their time Is
necessarily limited by the duration of
human life rirtrTthelr friends at home
may desire to see them again.
The strange part of this bribery talk
Is that, according to their own stories,
only the democratic members of the
Board of Public Works were hunted
out by the crooked contractors with
offer of cash to load them astray from
the path of rectitude and duty.
Kastern democratic newspapers object
to Jrtdge Parker't promise to attempt
to secure the passage of a service pen
sion law. The promise may ' be all
right In the end It seeks to accomplish,
but It is altogether Inconsistent with
the democratic objection to executive
Interference with the leglslatiye branch
of the' government.
No noticeable scramble has yet en
sued for the democratic nomination for
the Judicial vacancy In this district to
be filled at the coming election. Most
of our democratic lawyers prefer some
thing more substantial than the mere
privilege of having their names printed
on the ofUctnl ballot with a foregone
assurance of Ignominious defeat.
The plan to bring the Nebraska ex
Dibit t the ' St. Louis exposition to
Omaha and put it on public view here
la not a bad one. There are a great
many more people lo Omaha who have
not bevn to St. J-otils and will not get
there than there are who have taken
In the World's fair. The instructive
- Nebraska exhibit can be brought to
then a good deal easier than they can
be taken to the place where the exhibit
asow 1
TBK DKMOCHATTC tTILL HUXT.
The campaign for the restoration of
democracy to supreme power In national
affairs Is conceded to be a forlorn hope
by the ablest politicians of all parties.
The election of Thsodore Roosevelt by
the largest popular majority that has
ever been secured by any csndldate for
the presidency Is practically assured. All
that the demoerstlc leaders are now
aiming t aecompliali Is the election of a
democratic cnngrtani. . To this end all
their energies are bent. By a precon
certed understanding democratic man
agers are carrying on a still hnnt in
every debatable congressional district.
In this method of stealthy campaigning
they are only repeating the tactics by
which they succeeded in capturing the
lower house of congress In several pre
vious campaigns, notably In the cam
paign of lSW, when, through Indiffer
ence and lack of organisation, the dem
ocrats elected a decisive majority of the
members In the lower house of congress.
In view of the fact that the republic
ans controlled the last congress by a
comparatively narrow margin the demo
cratic managers are making desperate
efforts to gain control of the house In
order to handicap the Inevitable, the
Roosevelt administration. In spite of
all efforts to mask their movements. It
Is well known that the democratic still
hunt Is being carried on in New York,
New Jersey, Maryland. Illinois, Wiscon
sin. Minnesota and last, but not least, in
Nebraska. The warning soundtnl by
Speaker Cannon during his tour of Ne
braska Is by no means a false alarm,
and It behooves Nebraska republicans In
every congressional district to be wary
and keep a sharp lookout along the
picket line.
THE AMFRICAX If OH KlStlMA !f.
How does the American workingman
stand today in relation to his fellows
In any other land to which his condi
tion can properly be compared? The
question is 'one of the most vital In
terest and ought to command the in
terest of that great body of wage earn
ers who are the bone and sinew of the
Industrial system of the nation.
It la a question of the highest im
portance as to whether the greut labor
element of the nution shall be con
stantly employed , or not. Everybody
understands what Is meant by Idleness
for millions of people, such as we had
In the period from 1803 to 1807. Those
who remember that period of Industrial
depression and disaster will hardly be
In favor of a policy which would have
the effect of creating in the country an
other such experience. " Is it necessary
to go over that epoch in our history?
Can anybody need to have retold the
record of the most extraordinary chap
ter in the "devastation of our Industrial
and commercial experience? No, it is
too familiar. Everybody who has at
tained to manhood In the meantime is
familiar . with all the facts and does
not need any further Information. Tho
recollection of the soup house and -of
other means of caring for the indigent,
which was everywhere In evidence In
the country. Is still In the public mind.
That American worklngmen will heed
the lesson of the four years that , pre
ceded the election of McKlnley Is al
most a foregone conclusion.
AS TO SYNDICATES PARK.
In commenting upon the proposed
issue of park bonds by South Omaha
reference was made by The Bee to Syn
dicate park under misapprehension of
the facts. An examination of the rec
ords shows that Syndicate park has
never been dedicated to the public, al
though the lands surrounding the park
were sold with the distinct understand
ing that the park would be maintained
as platted on the original chart of Syn
dicate addition to South Omaha.
It appears also that Syndicate park
has been treated as a private park from
the, outset and taxes have been levied
and collected from the owners for each
year since 1889. These taxes we find
aggregate fur fifteen years the sum of
f 13,007.55, of which $0,510.08 represents
state and county taxes and $7,097.47
municipal taxes of South Omaha. Under
these conditions the proposed purchase
of the lnnds would be perfectly legiti
mate If the people of South Omaha de
sired to have the park thrown open to
the public and maintained as a pubTic
park.
Incidentally It may be appropriate for
The Bee to make Its position clear with
regard to the proposed South Omaha
bond Issues. The Bee has always re
garded South Omaha as a part of Omaha
and will continue to do so whether the
governments of the two cities are con
solidated or not. The Bee has always
been in favor of public Improvements
and all enterprises that lend to promote
the growth and prosperity of South
Omaha Just the same as If these enter
prises and improvements were made In
Omaha. It has never Interposed objec
tions to the issue of bonds for the erec
tion of viaducts, public school buildings,
the construction of sewers or the paving
and grading of streets In South Omaha,
dor has It any desire to interpose any
Obstruction or objection to any other
Improvements proposed for South
Omaha, If convinced that they are
needed by that community and will be
carried out in good faith.
The Bee opposed the scheme to bridge
the Missouri river between South Omaha
and Lake Manawa because it regarded
the project as a fake gotten up to make
political capital for Dave Mercer. Al
though the bill chartering this bridge
passed through congress aud was signed
by the president the sequel proved the
enterprise to be just what The Bee had
represented It. The Bee has taken po
sition against the proposed Issue of
$100,000 of city hall bonds because It
believes that It will needlessly Increase
the tax burdens of South Omaha, al
though it may prove profitable to pro
moters, land Speculators and real estate
dealers. And this would t Its position
whether the governments of Omaha and
South Omaha are ever consolidated or
not.
If the Bell Telephone company suc
ceeds In securing 4,000 additional resi
dence telephone subscribers at an aver
age of $2.50 per month, or $30 a year,
the proposed reduction of $1 on resi
dence telephones will be a very profita
ble investment. On the one side the
Income of the telephone company would
shrink $20,772 a year on the 2,481 sub
scribers on their list and on the other
side the new subscribers would add
$120,000 a year to the revenue of the
company, which would be about $90,000
more than the company earns under
the present rates. That will more than
pay the cost of Installation, royalty and
service the first year and give an addi
tion to its regular income of more than
$75,000 a year thereafter. In that case
the $1 reduction on residence telephones
would not be a losing venture after all.
The New York Post says the letter
purporting to have been written by
President Roosevelt to President Don
nelly of the butchers' union was first
published In Its columns as an editorial,
as a letter which. In its Judgment, the
president of the United States should
have written. The Post is one of the
foremost champions of Judge Parker
and one can but wonder how nearly
the sentiments expressed In the alleged
letter meet the views of the democratic
candidate.
It Is not generally known, but It is.
nevertheless a fact, that the democrats
will hold a convention Saturday to nom
inate a congressman from the Second
congressional district. The work of the
convention will not be very arduous.
Nobody but G. M. Hitchcock would
venture to accept a nomination for con
gress on the democratic ticket in this
district against John L. Kennedy In this
presidential year.
The American Board of Mission re
port a decrease in the number of be
quests and an Increase In the value of
gifts, which would indicate that the
American people are gradually becom
ing educated to the point where they
prefer to dispose of their money before
they die rather than leave It to be con
sumed In lawyers' fees.
Since the lieutenants ho served un
der Minister von Plevhe have indicated
their intention of resigning, now that a
new minister has come into power, the
exact measure of Plevhe's policies may
be taken, because SvlatopoIk-MIrsky
will be as free from old environments
as possible for a Russian minister.
Closing the public schools to let the
school children attend the horse show
Is a very questionable proceeding. If
the schools are to be shut down for
every animal exhibition and parade that
strikes the town, their work will be
sadly demoralized without any adequate
advantage gained.
Instead of shutting up the city market
bouse on the showing it has made, the
council should make one earnest effort
to make it a success. Market houses
in other cities not only pay expenses,
but bring in surpluses, and the Omaha
market house can be made self-supporting
If those In charge of It only half try.
I
Political Doctors Disagree.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
As could have been foreseen the demo
cratic organs regard Parker's letter as a
production of masterly statesmanship, and
the republican organs consider It empty
trash. Singular how deliberate Judgments
can differ!
Where Reform Is Needed.
Washington Post.
The scientists In convention at St. Louis
have declared that the flat wheel on the
street cars Is a menace to health. It will
probably be removed when street car com
panies begin operating their lines for the
benefit of the health of their patrons.
A Critical Situation.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The attention of Messrs. Taggart and
Cortelyou has been called to the fact that
an Indiana man has been asleep several
weeks, and is not likely to wake in time
for the election. While he Is slumbering
there Is no way to tell how he will vote,
and each is afraid to arouse him. Anyhow,
there Is plenty to do in keeping "voters"
from Kentucky under chloroform.
Drawing the Ion( Bow.
San Francisco Chronicle.
It is evident that the Parker bureau does
not consult the trade papers. The bureau
aays the country is in the throes of a busi
ness depression worse than that of 1R93,
but R. G. Dun & Co.'s Review says: "Trade
expands as confidence increases.
There Is less Idle machinery than at any
recent date. Settlement of labor disputes
has. helped the development of these fa
vorable conditions."
Distinguished Ally of Bears.
Philadelphia Press.
Since his Northern Securities corporation
attempt to effect a monopoly was upset by
the government, James J. Hill, Its presi
dent, has been a pronounoed bear on al
most everything. He always was a demo
crat, but his democracy has been Increased
in Intensity this year. He gave lout a state
ment concerning the yield of wheat, put
ting It way below the government estimate,
and he. has now done the same thing with
corn. It helps the "bears" ip Wall streol,
and that Is about all the value there Is In
such a "guese," even when It cornea from
a prominent railroad man.
Another Trlainph for Arbitration.
Springfield Republican.
It was not from choice that the anthra
cite coal operators ever submitted to an
arbitration of disputes with the miner's,
and the reason has been growing more ap
parent ever since their causes seldom
stand the test of an Impartial Judgment.
This proves to be true of the latest case
which arose through the refusal of the
operators to permit the employment of
check welghmeii and check-docking bosses
on behalf of the miners at the latter'a ex
pense. When a majority at any colliery had
voted In favor of having them. The opera
tors took the position that all the miners
must agree to the plan if it was to be given
affect, aad et one time another strike
nearly resulted from the dlapute, which has
Just been decided by Judge' Gray , In the
miners' favor. lie agrees' wlh the view
previously given by Carroll D. Wright
bit or wASHiiaTos Line.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
an the Spot. -
Society gossip In Washington. Philadel
phia, and New York has settled on the
engagement of Mis Alice Roosevelt, daugh
ter of the president, to Nloholas Long
worth, representative In congress from the
First Ohio district. No announcement of
the engagement has appeared, but gossip
Insinuates that It cannot be delayed very
long. A dispatch to the Chicago Tribune
states that the expectant "happy couple"
were guests of honor at a dinner given by
Mrs. Ogden Mills at her country home on
the Hudson last Monday night. They sat
side by aide. la the course of the meal
Long worth showed the daughter of the
president a newspaper clipping reporting
that they were engaged.
Miss Roosevelt laughed and Longworth
laughed, too. The other guests, discover
ing the cause of their amusement and the
purport of the clipping, proceeded to chaff
them.
Both Miss Roosevelt and Longworth,
pressed for a confirmation or a denial of
the report, evaded alt questions with such
skill that at the close of the dinner it was
agreed by the other guests that neither
Miss Roosevelt nor the congressman had
expressly admitted that they were engaged
nor had they expressly denied IL
Nicholas Longworth Is . millionaire, V
years old, and old Harvard man, handsome
and witty. He is descended from revolu
tionary stock and is a member of the
cream of the aristocracy of the Ohio me
tropolis. From his grandfather and his
father he Inherited great blocks of valuable
real estate In the congressional district he
represents.
From the time of his arrival in Washing
ton he haa been moat attentive to Miss
Roosevelt. He -was her devoted attendant
at receptions, and he accompanied her to
places of amusement. During the last
summer, when Miss Roosevelt was travel
ing from place to place as the guest of her
friends, Longworth was never far away.
He frequently was seen with her and other
young women of the Washington adminis
tration set at the house restaurant at the
luncheon hour during the last session.
There are thirty-seven vacancies in the
grade of second lieutenant In tJe United
.States marine corps, and Secretary Mor
ton will have to fill them by November IS.
He will give preference to boys from the
weat Applicants must be between 21 and
J7, and as for the examinations there will
be a physical examination and then a pro
fessional test. The Utter will cover such
subjects as English grammar, arithmetic,
simple equations In algebra, geometry,
surveying, geography, history and the con.
stltutlon. The candidate's personal apti
tude and fitness for the service will go a
long way toward determining whether or
not he is to pass. On parsing the examina
tion the lucky ones will be commissioned
as second lieutenants st a salary of $1,400
a year and sent to Annapolis for a course
of instruction at the school of application.
As a further Incentive it is promised that
"promotions in the marine corps will be
rapid for some years to come."
The government of the Republic of Pan
ama has applied to the government mint
for a stock of money of various denomina
tions. It wants $1,500,000 In native currency,
as follows: 1,800,000 pieces equivalent to
our half dollar, 1.600,000 pieces equivalent
to our quarter. 0.125,000 pieces equivalent to
our dime, 1.500.000 Dleces ennl vnl.nf tn nr
8-cent piece and an equal number of IH-cent
pieces.
Director Roberts gave- Instructions that
the Panama government be notified that
the United States mints would nnutm
these coins, as welK ss prepare the dies for
tnem, ir suttablepeatgns were submitted.
The work will be done at cost. Practically
all the South and Central American re
publics take advantage of the mint facili
ties of thla government in iaaulnr Hrnnia.
tion. They find It. far cheaper to get the
worn aone at cost here than to establish
expensive mints of their own.
OfBeers of the navy who have charge of
the recruiting for that service have devisor
a meana of a f rm f Iti m nr. n.i ewnm
J I . "Ill iiiv icu- I
eral- treasury. According to a decision re- !
cenny made by Comptroller Tracewell It is
unlawful to pay the expenses Incurred by
officers detailed for recruiting duty. He
holds that all they are entitled to .receive
is their mileage,' amounting to 8 cents for
each mile actually traveled. Mileage will
not cover the expenses, because moat nt th
Journeys are short and the stays In a par
ticular city rather long.
The plan Is to send the officers around
Robin Hood's barn. When it is desired that
an officer shall open a recruiting office in
Baltimore for a week or ten days he Is to
be ordered to St. Louis and then to Balti
more. His stay in St Louis Is to be limited
to about five minutes. Then he Is to go on
to Baltimore. By- the ODeratlon the nOWr
comes Into possession of about $1), out of
wnicn ne naa to pay about $60 for railroad
fare. The remainder will nav hi ,..n..
for a two weeks' stay In Baltimore.
After he haa "done" Baltimore, Pittsburg
may be his next stODDlnsr nlaca. I
going there from Baltimore and getting
BDout ji ne, under the new plan, will Jour
ney to Denver and return before huinnin.
operations In Pittsburg, and so on to the
ena or me recruiting Itinerary.
It Is believed that the comntrnller win nni
dare queatloft the discretion of the secretary
in me navy to send an officer wheresoever
he thinks his services r reaulred flnrl that
the scheme will work. If It will not, then
recruiting will have to come to an end until
congress can act. That would be a rim.
Ity, aa the navy needs l.BOO men to man the
snips in commission. The seaboard citlea
are not good recruiting grounds, because
there the satisfactory men know too much
about the life of an enlisted man in the
navy to be persuaded to enlist, except aa a
last resort or aa a means of bracing up.
As there Is no way for an enlisted man to
get a commission so he can become a "gen
tleman," there Is no such Incentive for an
ambitious boy to enlist In the navy aa there
is in the army, where, after two years'
service, he is eligible to be ordered up for
an examination, which, if successfully
passed, means a commission and a life Job
at good pay and a Denalon for hii i
and minor children.
A novel proposition has been laid before
the postmaster general, involving an en
tirely new scheme for transporting the
United States mails. The element of nov
elty la almost too great to make the plan
feasible, and It ia doubtful If the matter
will be given serious consideration. The
scheme wsa concocted by a New York man,
who proposes to utilise the trolley for
trsnsportlng mall bags over the prairies of
the west and In the cities of the east. He
wants to construct a string of poles over a
proposed post route, connect them with
wires from wMch mail bags will be sus
pended. Electricity will be furnished as
the motive power. The schema Is modeled
after the plan of sending money to the
cashier's desk in some of ths big depart
ment storea. The Inventor claims that It
can be used In the cities as well as In the
open country.
Dsa'l Bank an the Bntton.
Chicago News.
Not every man's political conviction can
be aafely Judged by the button he wears.
Men who have the button habit are more
likely lo consider decorative effect than
political principle
DIRRCT PRIMARIES.
Objection of Wlaroniln Stalwarts ta
the note f the Many.
Chlosgo Tribune.
The Milwaukee Sentinel, the main organ
of the Wisconsin stalwarts, thinks that the
Tribune underestimated the stalwarts
when It said that their way of arguing
against a direct primary Isw was to accuse
La Follette of ambition. The stalwarts. It
appears, would be against a direct primary
law even If La Follette had never been
born, and they would know why they wers
against It. Their reasons would sniount
In number to at least fifteen. Here follow
those reasons with comment:
1. Because the voters cannot have per
sonal knowledge of the comparative fitness
of the candidates with whom they are not
acquainted and are In danger of voting
for persons unworthy of trust snd who
would not, If known, command their con
fidence and support.
Under the convention system the voters
have to elect delegates to the convention.
In cnsn the delegates are pledged to certain
candidates the voters have to choose be
tween thoee candidates. So even under
the convention system the voters may
have to make the tremendous Intellectual
effort of which the Sentinel believes them
Incapable. But In most cases, It Is true,
the delegates ere not pledged. Then the
voters have t3 form an opinion with regard
to the personal quallfleatlona of each dele
gate. This process Is ss much more dif
ficult than the other In proportion as there
are more delegates than offices. Under
the direct primary system the voters nom
inate one man for each office. Under
the convention system the voters elect
many men to nominate the one man.
Which system demands more of the voters?
2. Because the direct primary system
necessarily keeps out of office everybody
but office seekers and tends to swell the
number of that class.
Pretense aside, the office doesn't seek
the man once in 1,000 times. The man
seeks the office. Is It better that he should
seek It from a boss or from the people?
3. Because the expense of making a can
vass to secure a nomination Is a practical
bar to a poor man.
On the contrary, money will buy a boss
far quicker than a whole electorate.
4. Because It gives the rich an ad
vantage over the poor.
See No. 3.
6. Because It authorises nominations by
minorities which, In case of a large num
ber of candidates for one office, might be
only a small fraction of the people.
Is It seriously contended that boss nomi
nations are made by majorities? In Chi
cago the boss nominations in the senatorial
districts are often so made that not a hun
dred people in the district have ever before
heard the candidate's name.
6. Because It subjects the people to the
annoyance and burden of two campaigns
Instead of one.
The bosses who at present relieve the
people of the annoyance and burden of
going to the primaries hive charged such
an excessive price for their time that the
people are driven now to doing their work
themselves.
7. Because It secures to men In office a
manifest advantage over new men and
prevents rotation.
In other words, If a man proves his fit
ne5s the people will keep him In office.
The politicians will not be able to throw
him out because he would not play with
them.
8. Because It takes from the people the
right to draft their own platforms and
confers that power on candidate which Is
putting the cart before the horse. The
people should never surrender the authority
to malte their own platforms and require
the candidates to stand on them and carry
them out.
If the people now made their own plat
forms and If the stalwarts of Wisconsin
had not repudiated several platforms thla
argument would mean something. Under
a direct primary system the candidates
would have to announce their opinions and
if they failed to live up to thore opinions
their next appeal to. the people would have
Its inconvenience and embarrassments.
9. Because the abrogation of the state
convention would mean the disintegration
and disruption of party organization.
It would. Of the present kind of organ
isation. Of the slush-fund, padded payroll
organisation. But there would be a differ
ent and1 better kind of organisation. Peo
pie with identical opinions will always or
ganize. 10. Because It enables men who could not
fet a home endorsement to seek office with
he same prospect of success as men In
good standing. If they have the money to
place their workers In the field.
A man Is far more In need of a "home
endorsement" when his neighbors vote on
him than when he is picked by the boss.
11. Because It legalizes and sanctions of-flce-seking
and tends to Increase the army
of candidates, already too large.
Is office-seeking now Illegal? And are
there too many candidates In Cook county
for the legislature? Sixty for fifty-seven
places.
12. Because It practically shuts out busy
men who cannot end will not spend the
time and money required to secure nom
inations. Those busy men who have time to consult
the hosses but haven't time to consult
the electorate will not he missed.
13. Because a system which makes nom
inations expensive tends directly to de
moralize action and graft.
See 8 and 4.
14. Because It lowers the standards of
citizenship when nominations can be se
cured by the free use of money In hiring
worke.rs to circulate petitions snd In sub
sidizing mercenary newspapers.
See I, 4 and 13. To say that money
would count for more In appealing to the
people than it now does in appealing to
bosses shows more valor than discretion.
If. Because It Is the absurd and fanatical
use of an agency which has undoubted
merit, on the same principle as giving
the ballot to men. women and children be
cause It Is a good thing.
If the people are wise enough to elect,
why Is It absurd or fanatical to suppose
that they are wise enough to nominate?
The fact Is, ss the Sentinel clearly shows,
that the direct primary system cannot be
assailed without Invoking and revealing a
distrust of democracy. The object of the
direct primary system Is simply to give the
voters what they are supposed even by ths
present primary system to have the op
portunity to make their will felt In the
selection of the candidates who shall rep
resent their respective parties.
PERSONAL, NOTES.
Judge Parker resembles Oeorge Wash
ington in at least one respect he objects
to being slapped upon the back by a newly
made acquaintance.
There Is at least one license law which
the state of Maine highly approves. The
tax on huntsmen last year netted nearly
$2S.00O and permitted the employment of
fifteen extra game wardens.
Colonel John 8. Mosby's hat, taken from
him when he was seriously wounded In
Virginia, December, 1864, which ever since
has been in the possession of a woman at
Orange, N. J., hua Just been sent back to
Its famous owner.
Mrs. W. B. Dinwiddle, a prominent resi
dent of Washington, haa Just returned
from an eight months' trip to Japan and
the Philippines. William Dinwiddle, the
well known war correspondent, now In
Manchuria, Is her son.
In the form of a suggestion from Dr.
Robert C. Atkinson, representing the Vir
ginia Society of St. Ioula, a movement was
Inaugurated at the Virginia day exercises
at the World's fair last week to build a
monument In St. Louis to Thomas Jeffer
son. Prof. (Jay A. Tawney, Ph. D, head of
the psychological department of the Be.
luit college, and cousin of Congressman
Tawney of Minnesota, has returned to the
college from HI. Louis, where he pushed
a wheel chair two months studying human
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APHORISMS OF ROOSEVELT.
When tasks sre all Important, the most
Important factor In doing them right is
the choice of agents.
It Is difficult to make our material con
dition better by the best laws, but it Is
easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.
Down at the bottom we sre the same peo
ple all through. That Is not merely a
unity of section. It Is a unity of class.
Stability of economic policy must always
be the prime economic need of this coun
try. This stability should not be fos
slllsatlon. There Is no worse enemy of the wage
worker than the man who condones mob
violence " In any shape, or who preaches
class hatred.
The woman who has borne, and who haa
reared s they should be reared, a family
of children, has In the most emphatic man
ner deserved well of the republic.
There Is no room In our healthy American
life for the mere Idler, for the man or the
woman whose object It Is throughout life
to shirk the duties which life, ought to
bring.
In the employment snd dismissal of men
In the government service I can . no more
recognize the fact that a man does or does
not belong to a union ss being for or
against him than I can recognize the fact
that he Is a protestant, or a Catholic, a
Jew or a Gentile, as being for or against
him.
The man or woman who, as a bread
winner and home maker, or as wife snd
mother, has done all that he or she can
do, patiently and uncomplainingly, Is to
be honored, and Is to be envied by all those
who have never had the good fortune
to feel the need and duty of doing eucj)
work. .
It seems to me that It Is a good thing
from every standpoint to let the colored
man know that If he shows In marked
degree the qualities of good citizenship
the qualities which In a white man we
feel are entitled to reward then he will
not be cut off from all hope of similar re
ward. We need every honest and efficient Im
migrant fitted to become an American
citizen, every immigrant who comes here
to stay, who brings here a strong body,
a stout heart, a good head, and a resolute
purpose to do his duty In every way, and
to bring up his children as law abiding
and Ood fearing members of the com
munity. CORBIM VERBIS CT'Pin.
Former Talks Ont Load, the Latter
Winks and Wins.
Chicago Post.
General Corbln has taken the field
against General Cupid and Is likely to get
licked. Cupid always has ranked Mars.
General Corbln recommends that no army
officer be allowed to marry until he has
shown the secretary of war that he Is
able to support a wife. The secretary
knows, or ought to know, the pay roll by
heart. If he says that a seoond lieutenant
on $1,400 a year and allowances has no bua
Iness with a wife, he Is saying what Is
tantamount to a declaration that the vast
majority of male American citlsens ought
to be keeping bachelor's hall
If the War department adopt General
Cor bin's recommendation It will have to
Issue an order that no young woman, vis
itors be allowed at West Point during the
summer season. If this Isn't dona the
young graduate officers being wifeless may
not get Into the debtors' court, but there
will be shoulder knots In every breach of
promise court in the land.
The married man ordinarily is tho steady
man. Why shouldn't a second lieutenant
get married? His pay Is $1,409 a year. After
he has been out of the acudemy a year be
gets 10 per rent additional. Medical attend
ance for himself and wife and children If
he has any, costs him not a cent. He gets
house rent free. He can buy food at coat
price at the commissary. All this puts him
on a pecuniary par with the civilian whnse
salary Is $7,000 a year. Most of our fathers
and grandfathers married our mothers and
grandmothers on hslf this amount. If there
had been a civilian Corbln with power In
those days the vote would not be large at
the coming election.
Some of the banks have made a rule that
employes shall not marry until they are
earning $1,400 a year. The directors think
this amount should meet household ex
penses snd thst the clerk would not be
tempted to lncresse his pay dishonestly.
No army officer receives ah amount as
small as this. Let blm get married and be
happy. The Secretary of War may sanc
tion the Corbln recommendation, but love
and woman will find a way.
Loved by All
who appreciate
appeals to the fastidious because of its delightful flavor
and sparkling purity.
THE RICHARDSON DRU8 CO..
- K JACKSON STREET.
OlITHlBl'Tl SJQ AGENTS
A DIVIDED HOt'SEHOLD.
Parker and Davis Dlsegree am the
Policy of Protection. j
Baltimore American. ' j
For the first time In the history of repub- j
llcan America a candidate for the vice !
presidency is found to be In direct antago- (
nism on a vital question to the candidate j
for the presidency. Judge Parker weakly
trims his sails on the Issue of the tariff.
Ex-Senator Davis declares himself a pro
tectionist, and plainly says that the tariff
on coal at this time la not sufficient to stop
Injurious importation, which has assisted
toward the lamentable result of closing
mines in his state and throwing hundred
of miners out of employment.
Ex-Senator Davis Is a plain-spoken man,
who deals plainly with plain facts which
stare him in the face nt his own door. If
he were a student of natlonnl industries, as
he Is of those of his own region, he would
realize that the condition which applies to
coal applies In larger or lesser degree to
every other Industry which Is affected by
the policy which Mr. Davis admits Is wise,
and which in his own case does not reach
far enough to meet the situation. Judge
Parker is not a business man. For long!
years he haa merely been a factor to decide
which of two alleged wrongs more nearly
approaches the right. He has not had the
benefit of that vast advantage of actual
contact which has given Mr. Davis his
practical view of affairs, nor the even f
vaster advantage which has given Presl- i
dent Roosevelt a statesman's analytical
mind, with power to employ his analysis In '
a plain and common-sense method. - i
At the very outset of the battle, there- 1
fore, the spectacle Is seen of the democratlo i
candidate for vice president unwittingly
flinging down the gauntlet on the tariff
question to the candidate for the presiden
tial office. Judire Parker ' would, have the.
duties cm Importations modified to some' ex
treme which he is . unable to define. . Ex
Senator Dnvls would have "Incidental pro
tection" which would be sufficient to inhibit
an Invasion of foreign products of any char,
acter which can Interfere with Ajnerloan
Industries.
MIRTHFIX REMARKS.
She It must be awful to owe money ana
not be able to pay It.
He Yes, almost as bad as lending it and
not being able to get It back. Detroit Free
Press.
"Doesn't Miss Gradwate look odd with her
. ii'rnn I'miiiTU I U BIIU Kit! TCfll Ul ntr IHCQ
so whiter
"Yea."
"Don't you suppose she knows that people
notice It?"
"Of couie she does. Those are her col
lege colors." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"What's the matter? You look as If
something disagreeable had happened."
"I fell asleep," the rlslns: younir lawyer
answered, "and dreamed that everybody
In the world had become honest. Never In
my life have I had a drenm that seemed
more renl or was more vlvld. I woke Up
In a cold sweat." Record-Herald.
"An overdressed man," said Uncle Eben,
"Is like one o' dese yere fancy Invitations
dey send out; a heap o' envelope an'
nothln' special Inside." Washington Star.
"H said he couldn't live without her."
"Did she accept him?"
"Oh. yes: after looklnar him un In Rrsrt.
street's and finding that he could." Puck.
"Don't you think that you ought to do
something to make posterity remember
you ?"
"My dear sir." answered Senator Bor.
ghum, "the opinions of posterity are largely
made bv the historians. And as I cannot
locate the historians and re-rh them by my
ordinary arguments, I prefer to keen out
of their way as far as possible." Wash
ington istar.
THE DIMPLES OF AX1ABEL,
F. A. Daly In Philadelphia Standard.
I have banished young Cupid from out ot
my den,
And have bolted both windows snd door;
I have cleaned all the old clots of Ink
from my pen;
It shall scribble of passion no more.
In explaining this move there Is much t
mtgnt say
Of my worst dlsiinpolntment and cares,
But I hold him of all men the meanest
toduy
Who would gabble of private affairs.
Now s fellow may write with the beat of
Intent
And may put his whole heart In his
rhymes,
But to pen a love lyric and have what yon
meant
Printed wrong is disastrous at times.
A plague on the typo who set up my lay
On 'The Dlmplt-M of Annnbel jer"
Plague tnke the proofreader, the feather
brained Jay,
Who can't tell a "d" from a "p!"
Though I've written to Annabel note after
note,
Bhe's never at home when I call.
She surely munt know It was "dimples" I
wrote;
I didn't writs "pimples" st all.
real luxjries.
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