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DECEMBER 16. 1004.
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Sabacrlbed In my preaence and worn to
before me tbia Mh day of November. 1904.
(Seal) M. B. HUNOATE,
. Notary Public
Premier Tint ahould be thankful that
lie la In Hungary and not la Colorado.
(orernur Mickey ia at work on bis
' message to the legislature. Make It pert
and pointed.!. i .'
Th vtoxt question: "Will tle work of
the Board f Review- run the gauntlet
of the Board of Equalisation t
III the light .of the charges against
Jt:!ge Swojne, other federal J ud fro may
ask perrriiRnion to amend their expense
u (counts.
Colonel Bryan's assurance that all
democrats favor municipal ownership
and operation f electric lighting plants,
needs amendment.
Tito newpresldeut of Switzerland Is
suJd to be a man with a record for "doing
things." America's example Is not lout
upon the vwld.-J
Tolstoi bus opened book stores of IiIm
own In Russia'. YhuSjtettlng an Maniple
to a number '.of ' American nu thorn who
ur- more verbose than popular.
A Texut newspaper announces that the
Lone Star state baa "yassed the six
shooter period In lu career." Have the
citizens begun to Import gatllug guns'
President Smith's remarks regarding
the mother-in-law would be more Inter
esting If he would explain whether he
waa speaking in the concrete or in the
attstract.
Aa the time for the formal retirement
of. Da rid Bennett Hill approaches one Is
caused to wonder just hotTmuch he has
believed himself to be in politics since
the "first battle."
Oue day's marriage license ' list In
Omaha shows applicants from Are dif
ferent states. As a matrimonial mar
ket Omaha may get ahead of Its posi
tion aa a grain market.
The New Tork World has reached the
state of mind where It refers to the late
election as "the democratic Sedan."
From the standpoint of a Missouri dem
ocrat it must appear ino.-e like the siege
of Paris.
The Tammany leader says that organ
ization maile no application for poaitUtt
in the - inaugural parade. Tammany
bra res cannot be expected to be good In
dians as long as they control New York
City's affairs
eu j lj
An Iowa official has discovered that
there Is more Immorality in the small
towns of the state than in the cities. If.
this Idea gains general belief the sensa
tional preachers will bare to revlaw their
stock sermons.
Omaha's banking institutions were
never In better flnanciul condition nor
kmuder In point of available assets. No
wonder the bankers are not dlspoaed to
lear their own stocks in order to keep
down their tax assessments.
New York seems to have contracted
the exposition habit. Just as the Empire
state commissioners are winding up their
Pt. Louis work they announce that they
will ask the legislature to Increase the
appropriation for the Portland allow.
Taking advantage of the recent state
ment of Senator New lauds, the Cincin
nati Enquirer announces Its freedom
from the sway of Bryan. Aa this paper
Is prtnttMl In Ohio its defection will hare
little e,ffect upon the electoral college
four years from now.
The Union Pacific is again paying Its
t liy tsxes in Lincoln under protest. Yet
the railroad tax bureaucrat keep con
stantly prating about the railroads being
the only property owners who always
My their taxes promptly and lu full,. It
secius U be a growing habit for them te
pay no Uxe In this state except by
suvae of tluaj process of compulsion. '
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TRUST COHPAST SCFKRTISIOX
Trnst, companies haTe bad a remark
able growth in recent years and the re
source) of tneee Institution nave
reached such a volume and are so widely
employed' as to snggest the question
whether it will not be found expedient
to subject them to some form of federal
supervision. In bis annual rcixirt the
secretary of the treasury says It Is mani
fest that unless ooneerratlrely managed
the trust companies tnsy become an ele
ment of danger to our financial system.
They are already, he points out. national
In character and some of tbem of inter
national Influence. He therefore sug
gests the propriety of a law giving these
Institutions of large capitalisation the
privilege of Incorporating under federal
law. with corresponding supervision.
Secretary Shaw expresses the opinion
that It would be necessary to extend to
them the distinctlre pre rog stives of na
tional banks beyond the capacity of be
ing designated financial agents of the
government, thereby justifying federal
jurisdiction. He would not have tbem
brohght into coniietltlon with commer
cial banks, but they "should be required
to keep an appropriate, though relatively
small, reserve within their own vaults,
lest In times of financial distress tbelr
large deKmits in national banks Increase
rather than diminish the evils of finan
cial panics."
This suggestion of the secretary of the
treasury Is certainly worthy of consider
ation, but there Is doubt as to its prac
ticability. A leading financial paper. In
referring to it, remarks tlist trust com
panies are stste Institution niid no more
subject to federal jurisdiction than any
other local agency of business. "They
are national In cbarscter and of inter
national influence only in the emc that
many a great commercial or industrial cs
tabllshnient is no, because its dealings
are not confined to the limits of a state
or necessarily of the country, t'nless
there Is to be a great extension of the
definition of interstate commerce, con
gresH can assume no owcr over them
and It is only on account of their cur
rency function that national banks could
be brought under Its jurisdiction." This
probably reflects the view of the, men
connected with the trust companies, but
it Is by no'meana conclusive. If these
powerful financial institutions continue
to grow, which undoubtedly they will,
and to exert an Increasing influence upon
the financial and commercial affairs of
the entire country, it is by no means un
likely that In time state Jurisdiction will
be found Inadequate to their proper regu
lation and supervision. If it should 1m
found practicable for the federal govern
ment to assume supervision of the insur
ance business, on the, ground that it is
"national and not local In Its applica
tion," it would seem that the same rea
son applies to trust companies which do
a general buslnens.
Secretary Shaw has simply suggested
legislation to 'give trust . companies of
large capitalisation the Kivilir of In
corporating under Jederal lnv jyitli con
responding, supervision. Why should
there le any objection to this? It would
in no wine lcseu the opiortuultles or Im
pair the uscfulnct4H of these companies.
No restriction would le placed upon
their field of operations. The eff eel would
rather he to strengthen the'tu In 'public
confidence, necessarily to their advan
tage. The secretary of the treasury Is
not alone In the view that these com
panies, unless conservatively managed,
may become an element of danger to our
financial system.
THE A'Etr ri'RRHSCY BILL.
The currency bill Introduced by Repre
sentative Hill of Connecticut and re
ported favorably by the committee on
banking and currency, proposes nothing
radical. As stated by the committee tho
purpose Is to give the secretary of the
treasury authority to meet the' shortage
of 10 denominations by the iHxue of $10
gold certificates, to permit national banks
to Issue notes of $" and upward as public
convenience may require, and thus to al
low the silver certificates to be Issued in
$1 and (2 denominations, ns may fie
necessary to meet the public demand.
The measure permits the deposit of cus
toms receipts lu banks which arj govern
ment depositories and repeats the .1,(S0.
(XX) limit on bank note retirement. It
also provides for the recolnage of silver
dollars lnt.i subsidiary silver coin.
It will le seen that th bill cai hardly
be regnrded as a currency reform meas
ure and we do not see that there can
be any reasonable' objection to it provi
sions. Of course there .Is democratic op
position to It, from those chiefly who are
hostile to the national Ivanks and would
have them Ignored in any currency legis
lation, but such opposition will make no
impression upon congress or the country.
The bill is Intended to Iwneflt the public
and would doubtless have such result.'
The promptness of the banking and cur
rency committee In favorably reporting
the measure is an Indication that It may
Im passed at the present session.
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DISTRIBUTION OF IMUlOriAXTS-
The question of making some provision
for the distribution of immigrants, so
that fewer of them shall congregate in
the large cities and create alien colonies,
Is receiving earnest consideration at
Washington. We have heretofore called
attention to the proportion of the com
missioner general of immigration for the
establishment of a bureau of Information
from which Immlgraut could learn on
their arrival all that they should want
to kuow about the country and especially
regarding labor conditions. It is further
proposed that the government shall to a
considerable extent control the move
ment of aliens after their arrival lu
American ports, not by any compulsory
meaua, of course, but by showing them
where they are likely to find the best
opportunities for employment.
There Is a movement to divert the tide
of Immigration toward - the southern
states, wnere there is said to be an active
demand for white labor, and the south
ern railroads are giving the movement
hearty support. It has teen found very
difficult to Induce Immigrants to go to
the south and In view of past experiem-e
there is not mm h encouragement for the
present movement. Even people from
southern Europe, who It might le sup
posed would naturally prefer our south
ern climate, do not to any considerable
extent go to the south.
It is the opinion of the commissioner
general of Immigration that only by a
profer distribution of Immigrants tan
the evil of alien colonies in the large
cities be corrected and there Is no doubt
as to the soundness of this view. The
matter Is manifestly important nd
should recelre the early consideration of
congress.
ABOLISH THE MUS1CIPAL DVMP.
One of the features of the rerlsed
charter for metropolitan cities should
be the abolition of the general fnnd
and the snbstltution of specific amounts
which the mayor and council sbsll be
empowered to lery, collect and disburse
for salaries of officers and employes,
street repairs, removal of gsrbsge, main
tenance of public buildings and other
purposes.
Under the old charters and existiug
charter the general fund has really leen
a municipal dump. Into which have Iteen
thrown not only the amounts levied and
collected for general purposes, bnt also
premiums from bond sales, surplus re
ceipts from back taxes, and monies re
maining in other funds that had not
leen drawn ,out. This practice has be
gotteu most of the extravagance and
waste with which our city has been
afflicted. Nearly all the overlaps created
by succeeding councils are to be traced
to abuses generated by the general fund.
The remedy lies in the extension of
the present system of specific approprifi
tions to all branches of municipal ex
penditure, including also the (Teation of
an emergenry fund upon which the
mayor and council may le authorized
to drsw only In case of some public
calamity, such as great fires and floods.
The alxilition of the general fund would
by no means be n radical innovation. The
present charter already fixes the amounts
which the mayor and council may lery
for the fire department, the police de
partment, wate. hydrant rental, public
lighting, public library and public parks,
but It leaves the door wide open for ex
travagance by not fixing the amount to
le expended for salaries of city officials
and employes, for the malntennm-e of
the city hall and city Jail, for street re
pairs and for other purposes that could
readily Ik? designated under .specific
heads.
In opposition to this proposition It will
be argued that the legislature cannot
possibly know bow tnnch in dollars and
cents it will require to supply the va
rious unknown and unknowable munici
pal demands. This is a delusion that
can be easily dispelled by an Inspection
of the municipal payroll and the ap
propriation sheets for each year. These
will disclose not merely the municipal
payroll, but also the amounts disbursed
out of th( general' fnnd for various pur
poses and Incidentals. . By averaging the
amounts expended out of the general
fund during the past three years and
classifying the expenditures under sepa
rate heads, a general average can be
arrrived at that will enable the legis
lature to make liberal provision for all
the wants of the city and effectively
plug up the holes through which the
city treasury has been drained under
rat-Ions pretexts.
At the meeting of the Southwest Im
provement club the councilman from the
Ninth ward offered to look after the in
terests of the Seventh ward while the
councilman from the latter ward remains
sick. This offer, while doubtless made
with the best of Intentions, entirely mis
conceives the idea of conncilmanlc duty
under our scheme of municipal govern
ment. All the counciluien from all the
wards are supposed to hare equal
responsibility for matters requiring pub
lic attention all over the city. To prevent
councilmen from regarding themselves
as representing only a ward constit
uency, they have been made to look to
the whole city for their election, the
ward boundaries being respected in order
to secure a geographical distribution of
the places. Previous to the enactment
of the present, charter we had ward
councilmen elected by and responsible
to their particular wards, as well as
councllmen-at-large but our present
councilmen combine both sets of offices
in themselves.
The official announcement that the
fund has been completed to make the
Rockefeller donation to the state uni
versity effective will doubtless cause the
local demo-pop organ to throw another
spasm of inflamed indignation. To think
that any money that has passed through
the bauds of the Standard OH magnate
should defile the temple of learning sup
ported by the taxpayers of this state Is
enough to elicit a piercing protest of
permanent irreconcilability. All those
good words that have been said attout
the superiority of western universities
as compared with eastern Institutions of
higher education, will now be with
drawn so far as the I'nlverslty of Ne
braska is concerned, and boys and girls
who wish to drink in the oil of learning
will be advised to go to the fountain
head at Chicago Instead of to the side
stream at Lincoln.
' After New Year's big, shiny wagons
delivering meat from the packers' dcot
to retail dealers, will 1m- seen again on
Omaha streets but that doea not signify
that the retail butchers will supply their
customers with irk cIioimi, real cutlets,
sirloin slices and sausages at cut-rate
prices.
Statistics show that, lu Ihe WIscoumIu
wood this fall, one hunter was shot for
every deer killed and the newspapers of
that state are using this as evidence of
1he couiarative harmlesaueMS of the
sMrt. They doubtless compare It with
football.
(iaad relley gtlek Tm.
New York Tribune. '
Kconunii; I ( ,,.be hs watch word of
emigres. CuttU g thtvwat sccurdlng to th
financial eloth Is unflrr sll clrrumtm-e
a wise policy.
Sobered by the Betairaa.
Indiana noil News.
It mut he a little trying Tor thoft mem
bers who can see thftr rongresslonsl finish
lees than three months away to keep up
their enthusiasm Just now.
Hellaaee ml the Traata.
Washington Post.
After reading the president' message
the trust hare a wonderful appreciation
of the wlrdom of the men who plared
that "by and with the advice and consent
of the eenate" clause In the nation's or
tanlo law.
Sow
Hatch the Far
ri.
Chicago Tribune.
Now tht the cattle raisers have formed
a combination In opposition to the Beef
trust, there Is nothing for the plain peepul
to do but to get out of the way a quickly
ss porrtble and 1ft the two fight It out.
The Greatest Rver.
Indianapolis Nws.
The magnitude of the Roosevelt maiurity
of considerably over 2,U,one In better J
prectted when we recall that both Hayes
and Harrison were elected without even
a plurality of the popular vote over their
principal opponnt.
Prospective ( hane of Diet.
Pittsburg lilxpatcri.
Report from the west that cattle raisnrs
re getting up a combination would. If
such a combination were possible, cause
the consumer to ponder gloomily on the
prosperity that goes to the other fellows.
With a cattle raiser' combination work
ing In harmony with the Packers' trust
the ordinary man wojld be drivrn to In
vestigate closely the nutritive qualities of
the Japanese army ration.
Halting; the Baltic Fleet.
Philadelphia Record.
If it be true that the orders of the Baltic
fleet to proceed to the far east have been
countermanded by the cxar, and that Ad
miral Rojestventky has been directed to
loaf around at a aafe distance from the
danger sone during the continuance of the
war, then the autocrat of Russia ahould be
credited with the possession of more com
mon sense than his kitchen cabinet of
grand ducal uncle and cousin. A fleet
that stampeded at the sight of Innocent
Ashing vessels In the North sea would cut
a sorry figure when opposed by Togo's ex
pert gunners and torpedolfts. particularly
since the Japanese admiral has been' re
lieved of anxiety from the Port Arthur fleet
and could throw his whole power against
the landlubbers and horse marines under
the command of- Rojestveneky.
BOOSTIXU A ODD MM..
Iowa Coaareasanaa Sprlaca aa Inno
vation la Legislative Meaanre.
. New York Sun. '
Hon. John A.. T. Hull of Iowa, one of
the most experienced members of the House
of Representatives, is the sponsor for the
oddest bill that has been Introduced at the
present session of the Fifty-eight congress.
The purpose of the measure la commend
able, for It Is designed to provide means
for the training of cltliens , liable to
military duty In the use of firearms. The
first fifty-one line of the bill aa printed
are devoted to sefrlng forth a scheme for
the organtiatlon.pf target clubs under
government auspices, and making provision
for their support by the government.
Tacked to this part of the bill, however,
sre 180 lines of explanation, argument and
assertion which, might properly belong to
a report of. a comml.tte on the bill, but
have no proper place. In the measure Itatlf.
Hera .are a few aamples:
"Our permahehr military establishment
or regular sHmy must from the nature of
circumstance be Vmall, and in the event
of a war with one or more of the flrst
clas power of trie world we must depend
very largely Upon the militia and the
volnnteers for our fighting forces."
"We believe for practical purposes in
battle tht the Individual behind the rifle
Is the military unit."
"Great Brltlan, now that she has many
rifle range established throughout th
country, appropriates 10,C0f; a year fur
encouragement of rifle practice In England.
Thl is augmented by many private
donation, the king giving i,00rt, and Mr.
W. W. Astor, formerty a cltlaen of the
I'nlted States, recently donated X10.00C for
this purpose."
Approximately 1,360 words of this sort
of stuff are In the bill which congress Is
asked to enact. It was referred to the
committee on military affair and ordered
to be printed. Mr. Hull is the chairman
of this Important committee.
The presence of this mass of incongruous
matter leads to' the suspicion that Mr.
Hull did not draft the measure himself or
even read It over before he Introduced It.
When It emerges from the committee room
It la likely to be a glaring example of the
pitfall that beset the way of a gonial
lawmaker.
IERSOAI. NOTES.
The Increase In the number of republican
state legislators this year In Texaa Is just
100 per cent, bringing the total number up
to two.
Henry Watterson I In Pari to place his
grandson In school in that city. Ill three
aona were educated In the French capital
and his daughter In Switzerland.
"All th crooked ones in't In jail yet,"
say Hetty Green, making- Word with her
mouth aa to bankers. The only thing off
that color about Hetty fa her name.
The recent death of James N. Tyoer, at
Washington, leaves only , three of the
thirteen men living who cast the electoral
vote of Indiana for Abraham Lincoln.
It seems to be pretty certain that Sec
retary Wilson of the Department of Agri
culture will retain hi place. It la ap
parently easier to get good lawyer than
good farmer.
A careful perusal of the Hat of con
fidence game that work successfully In
New Tork City for year without discov
ery lead one to believe that the man
with a job lot of gold brick on hand
ihou'.d loao no time in getting to the
metropolis and setting up shop.
Therese Humbert, the notorious French
swindler, who is confined In the prison at
Rennet, ha developed such a mania for
writing abusive. Incoherent letters to offi
cials concerning the supposed dissipation
of th Crawford millions that the authori
ties are considering her transfer to an
asylum for the Insane.
Newton L. Penn. ald to be the last lineal
descendant of William Penn. has juat died
In Hartford, Conn. HI body will be in
terred In the Penn burial ground. He wa
a deep student and translated Into Eng-llxh
a great quantity of French play and
poem, beside doing considerable wprk.
Rev. r. Augustus L Uarebner, professor
of church history and dogmatics n the
Evangelical Lutheran Concordia seminary
at St. Ixmls, who has Just died in that city,
gave Instructions that after his death a
post-mortem should be held In the luterent
of science, aa lis believed bis dlaeaae wa
not understood by Ihe specialists who at
tended liim
Among the articles of "movable property"
left by President Kruger when ha died
were Inventoried:' On bottle of snuff, on
tall ailk hat, on black ear tube, various
psalro books, a large bible, six smaller
Bible, eight button decorations, a purse
containing one Tranfvaal sovereign, on
Transvaal half sovereign, in, Tiaitavael '
hilling and on straw hal !
ITS OF WSltlOTO( t,IFK.
Mlanr Sreaea mm Incidents Sketehe
a the Sa-el.
One of the Hoosler congressmen-elect
answers to the name of Ananl Baker.
He is tlng Initiated Into the mysteries of
official life In Washington, chaperoned, by
Senator Bevertdge.v Every person to whom
he Is introduced hoists an Interrogation
point when the name Ananias Is menttmfd.
silet.tly and sometimes vocally Inquiring
If the Hooeler lives up to his name. One
man frankly said:
"That Is an odd front name of yours.
Mr. Baker. Nothing personal In It. I hope."
"I've been a good many years explain
ing about that name," Mr. Raker replied,
"and I guess I can make a few more ex
planation for the benefit of the peorle
like you who live in Washington. My
name I Ananias, all right, but I am not
named after the Anania ynn are thinking
of. The nikti who was struck dead for
lying did not rurnlsh me with my name.
There Is another Anai las In the Bible. He
Is the holy man who baptised Saul. I wa
named In his honor. I trust you hnvt
not only learned some Bible history by this
explanation, but some manner ss well."
Mls Margaret Wade, society editor of the
Washington Post, has been selected a
social secretary by Mr. Fairbanks, wife of
the vice president elect. The appointment
has caused much comment, because Mis
Wade was barred about a year ago from
th White House In her professional
capacity by order of Secretary Loeb, which,
presumably, was suggested either by the
president or Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss Wade
refused to comply with certain regulation
set down by Secretary Locb because she
considered the treatment prescribed by
thoe regulation Ignominious. The aoclety
reporters were placed in one part of tho
White limine and ordered not to go any
where else. Miss Wade contended that she
was there on invitation of the president and
Mrs. Rooitevelt and refused to remain In
the position designated by the ushers.
Rally not much Importance can lie at
tached to the matter because until March
Mrs. Fairbanks' social dutfrs will be only
those of a senator's wife, but the private
secretaries of Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs.
Fairbanks must necessarily negotiate ail
the exchanges of social courtesy between
the president's family and that of Senator
Fairbanks.
The salary of a I'nlted States senator,
like that of a member of the house of
representatives, I tS.OOO, and he Is allowed,
in addition, mileage at the rate of 10
cents per mile each way between his home
and the capltol for each session of con
gress, a private secretary at I1.M0 (If he Is
not chairman of a committee, In which
cae be has the appointment of a higher
salaried clerk) and $125 for stationery. That
eem modest, say Pearson's Magaxine,
but th perquisites and emoluments not
set down In the law sre numerous and at
tractive and account In no small measure
for the tenacity with which a email caliber
senator holds on when once he has been
elected.
The senate Is a small body, but It takes
a big amount of money to run it, as the
following extracts from the last annual ap
propriation bill will show:
For compensation of senators t 4W,nnn
For mileage or senators
For expenses of the office of vice
president (there Is none by the
way, but Mr. Frye occuplea this
room! y
Chaplain
Office of secretary of senate
Document room
Clerk and messengers to commit
tees Office of sergeant-at-arms and door
keeper
Postofflce
Folding rornn
Engineers,, elevator service, etc
Senators' secretaries ..
Stenographer of Investigation and
Inquiries
Reporting debates
MisceMatieous, not Including the ex
pense of the capltol police force,
one-half of the total 75.O0O be
ing paid by each house
45.0HO
'.7ti0
l.OHO
Tl.BM
10.120
lt7,30
1M.SM
J 7.68
27,520
27.45
lo.rt
;n,ou)
M.ouo
169.600
Grand total $1,287,873
The total of $1,227,873 tell In a general
way the story of how expensive It 1 to
record the doing of ninety lawmakers.
nd to keep them comfortable and happy
for a period of twelve months, but It Is
the details that are most Interesting.
.In 1878 a senator of the lnlted State
provided himself out of the public treasury,
In addition to hi salary, with his mileage,
hi $126 for stationery and one clerk, If he
happened to be the chairman of a commit
tee. That wa practically all.
In 1904 a I'nlted Statea senator would
sniff at one clerk, and declare It Impossi
ble to attend to his work without two or
three. Such a thing a paying for a clerk
out of hi pocket, as hi predeceasor. up
to a comparatively few year ago, were
accustomed to do, would be regarded by
the senator of today as a crime.
"The senate's youngest man after next
March," say the Washington Post, "prom
ise to be Representative Burkett of Ne
braska, who has thirty-seven year to his
credit. Hi prospective honor may be
taken away, should the tate legislature
that elect next month pick ome young
colt not now In the public eye.
"Although the senate Is supposed to be
cnmnoae.l laraely of old men, and al
though the oldsters are still very numer
ous there, thre score and ten being no
distinction whatever there, young mn r
rapidly gaining the eats. Mr. Hemenwey,
who will be the new senator from Indiana,
I 44. He and hi colleague, Senator Bv
erldge, who i 42, will be among the young
est men In the senate. But Senator Dick
of Ohio, who succeed Senator Hanna, an
old man, I only 4. Benator Knox, after
several years aa attorney general, i young
a men are accounted nowadays, being
51, which happen also to be the age of
Benator Crane of Massachusetts, who en
tered the senate with him. There re only
thirteen days' difference In their age, the
Massachusetts man being the senior."
The statues in the old hall of representa
tives never cease to be object of Interest
to the tourist throng. The latest accession
la that of ex-Senator John J. Ingalla of
Kansas, who, a an Incisive speaker, wa
never urpaaed among the multitude of
men who hav come and gone In th rota
'tlon of national legislation.
While the sculptor was chiseling away a
big' hump on the Ingall overcoat collar
th other day, a tourist of prpnounced Ger
man accent approached and gnsed rev
erently. "Isn't that he great newspaper reporter
who died a few years sgo In Kana?" he
nnHy Inquired.
To him the man I tig lis. whose classic
sentences and poetic sentences entranced
the senate, wa unknown, but the man
Ingall. who stood at the ringside In th
far west and reported a champion prise
fight for a New York newspaper, wa Im
mediately recognisable.
Speaker Cannon 1 now wielding a gavel
made from a piece of dogwood which grew
on the farm where he waa born near
Guilford. N. C. John C. Fox of that plac
presented it to Mr. Cannon. "I'ncle Joe"
was delighted to gel the relic and ssaured
Mr. Fox that h would take th best rsra
f p. "But you know," he added, "the
life of a gavel In th house of represent,
lives Is a short, merry and difficult one.
It has a rough road to travel and ia sub
jected to great many hard knocks. t
doesu t lad th atiiipl !if by s consid
erable sight," (
ftII.ROn RF.Gt LTIO
Demands I anSnt Be lsre.
Kansaa City Star.
The svr.atnrs sn1 i rpresentstlvrs know
that the people sr- with the president -in
this railroad Issue. There are some popu
lar demands that cannot be Ignored.
Mr. Hill's Fine Scorn.
Philadelphia Noith American.
James J. Hill, soul of the late great
Northern Securities company, looks with
unspeakable scorn upon the proposition to
authorise the Interstate Commerce com
mission to fix railroad rates. Mr. Hill. !t
will be remembered, looked from an equal
altitude of scorn upon the federal suit la
break the merger of the northwestern rail
roads. Yet the merger Was broken much
to the ntirprlse and disgust of Mr. H'li.
Aaather Mistaken Magnate.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
President Ramsey of the Wabash rail
road Is quited in an Interview as declartnS
that the railroads of the country mill be
united In opposition to the arrendment of
the Interstate commerce law to give the
commission the rsht to "fix freight rates."
As this phrsse I accompanied by an asser
tion that the change would put Into the
hands of the commission "one of the most
Important departments of railroad work'
It I charitable to suppose that Mr. Ram
sey has been misinformed as to the charac-
' ter of the proposed amendment. It doe
not put Into the commission's hands tho
power of general rate making. No one has
proposed to take that department of rail
road work from the hands of the proper
railroad offtclala. The proposition Is that
when a rate Is proved to be unjust by
actual hearing and Investigation the com
mission shall hava the power to fix the
proper rate to take Its place.
The HalU for His Life.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The president !s determined that the
present corporation shall serve the public
properly and It will be the fight of his life.
In our opinion he will enjoy It. And the
public will enjoy It also. The flrct step
Is to know exactly what is now going on.
That Is now posslhlr through the Bureau of
Corporations, or will be when Its powers
sre enlarged to include the Investigation of
transportation problems. The next step
Is not only to prohibit but' prevent what
ever Is found wrong At various steps it
will be found that new legislation will be
required. It Is not Impossible that this
may Involve a contest with congress, or
at least with the senate. We do not know
that they will occur, but If it should th
outcome Is not uncertain. Willi the people
Iwhlnd him In, the force which has Just
been exhibited the president will secure
any legislation which he may ack which Is
reasonable, and he will never ask for that
which ia unreasonable. If reason consists In
Just laws Inflexibly administered. The hour
Is come and we believe that President
Roosevelt Is the man for the hour. And
If he solves this most momentous of econo
mic and social problems he will deserve a
monument which will overshadow the dome
of the Capltol
MILI l.IKS.
Brlggs Hello. Dlggs! How are vou?
Dfggs Brigge! Well, I declare! Then
there's really nothing serious the matter
with your eyes?
Brigs My eyes? Of course not. Who
said there was?
Dlggs No one. but when I was passing
the collection pla'e In church last Sunday
your sight seemed to be very bad. Phila
delphia Catholic Standard.
Treat That little boy of yours was over
at our houae yesterday.
Spawnger Ye. Do you think he s like
me?
Treat Well, he Is and he Isn't. He asked
me for ft drink, but he meant water.
Cleveland Leader.
"Mr. Grtbberley doeen't seem to have any
nativ pride," said Mrs. Oldeastle.
"Oh. no!" her honleas replied, "but you
can't expect any from him. being that he
Morning, Noon or Night,
between, or with meals,
JLaTB1.fi
goes well. Always the same Pure, Sparkling,
Health promoting, and Delicious.
IHE RICHARDSON DRU6 CO., SHERMAN & McCOMMELL DRU: CO.,
M JACKSON STREET,
DisTRiaiTiitQ Aamnn.
SOMEBODY said.
"Keep your knees
warm ana you're ALL
warm. That's the
whole secret of ulster
popularity for the bend
of the knee carries more
nerves than any other
part of the body.
This ulster a com
promise between an auto
mobile coat and a long
sacque is as good to
look at as it is comfort'
able to wear.
Made of broadcloth
it is iined with fur, and
has broad fur collar and
ciiffs. For driving call
ing, and for evening wear it stands alone.
Thn price it governed by the lining and trimming, and ranges
from $65.00 to $150.00.
Ask the dealer to show you this Gordon Coat even if you
don't want it It is a splendid specimen of tailoring outside and of
fur fitting within.
GORDON & FERGUSON, St. Paul, Minn.
EstabUwd 1871
rnrai fv jeveler
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mm aV ss mmT
IfiixtonliTXy
tirr
Vr,riTnTinmnviVinnnK.
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Fifty Years th9 Standard
MB
MM1
Uada from pure cream of
tartar derived from grapes.
was born in Canada." Chicago Itecord
llerahl. "They say that the American tieople drink
only half a gallon of wine npiete dorii g
the ycr."
"Is that I wondr wb drank my ten
gallons dining the Inst twenty yenrs?'
Cleveland I'lHln Dealer.
The members of Rev. Dr. Fourthly' con
gregation nettled themselves resignedly in
their seats.
ll. hud J.ist said: "One word more and I
have done."
The diH-tur looked k-enly at them over his
glasses for a moment.
Then he closed the book In front of him
"Amen!" he sold Chicagu Tribune.
"Well." said Kwoter. "it Is very true that
"no news Is Rood news.' Therefore"
"Kxt use mi ," Intel rnpted Hitrr. "nit
you'd never make an editor, believe that."
Philadelphia I'rers.
The bargain counter rush is here
And folks. In areents si.ler.
Are vowing that another year
Thev'll tart out in October.
Washington Star.
SMIinu MKS.
Janice Barton Adams in Denver Post.
O! we've s.irely got them guessing, tho
beloved friends of ours.
Wond'ring what they're going to get for
Christmas:
Thev are working to the limit all their
shrewdest guessing powers.
Wond'ring what they're going to get fur
Christmas.
In the iiulet of their chambers In the gath
ering twilight gloom.
In the church und in the office and the
family living room
They will oft sit In a study brown as Kate s
burnt onion plume
Wond'ring what they're going (to get for
Christmas.
Within their beds the wee one talk In
whispers soft and low.
Wond'ring what they're going to get for
Christmas;
They wake from pleasant dreaming of the
' dav with eyea aglow,
'Wond'ring what they're going to get for
Christ mas.
They'll tell each other of their hopes an
Oft repeated tale
And talk of Santa visit, that they never
knew to fall.
And wish their sparkling eyes could only
pierce the future veil,
Wond rlng what they're going to get for
Christmas.
And we old fellow, tell the truth, are Just
as bad as they.
Wond'ring what we re going to get for
Christmas;
We ofttn sit while resting from our lahnrs
of the day
Wond'ring what we're going to get for
Christmas.
And ia It not a njeasur. too,. au .old, bald
headed boy.
A pleajre that upon your sense of pleas
ure never cloy.
To often sit and revel in antlelpatlve Jova
Wood ring what you're going to get for
Chrlntmas.
A. WATER 3
lfTH AND DOOaV
RETAIL AOIVTh
IIS A i JC
Mnfcnif. m ww ananM
If your ChrMuis jifi are in boies bearing
lbs earns
COPLEY
thy will be pi resisted. Tbis nams I a guarantee
cf vjuallty As U rle. sp in and be shown.
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