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WHUN OLT OK TOWN.
Subscribers leavlns tbe city tern,
porarllr should bavva Tl B
walled to tbem. It la better than
u dally letter from borne. Ad
dress mill be chunked often aa
requested.
Teamsters und employer of Chicago
might leurn a lesson from the czar uud
tho uilkado.
Omaha retains the Supremo Oracle of
the Itoynl Neighbor! of America. Whut
more cnu It wnut?
Natlong which fear "the yellow peril"
will now be asking why Jnpau la launch
ing three new torpedo boats.
Thut railroad tax case lu the federal
court in at least au official recognition
of tbe influence of the press.
While China may not be disturbed, It
might save future worry by preparing
for an International surgical operation
A little cattle baronet has been con
victed for fencing Uncle Sam's domain,
but the big cattle barons are yet to be
tried.
MOORES TO AUD PEACE-
Step by step, albeit slow and aoinewhnt
uncertain, the progress toward peace In
tbe far east seems assured. No one can
confidently say what tbe outcome of tbe
efforts that have had their beginning at
Washlugtou will be, but every reason
able supposition is that they will not be
without good results. The evidence Is
already sufficient to show thnt the ex
pressions of lTesldent Hoosevelt have
produced a feeling abroad that la pretty
certain to grow in force aud lutluence
tbe longer It la considered. Tbe unmis
takable fact Is that the position taken by
tbe president of the United States has
xerted an influence upon the public mind
of Europe which la more potent than
could have been exercised by that of any
other head of a nation in the world, nnd
that the chief executive of the American
republic Is being relied upon to a greater
extent than the head of any other of tbe
great powers to promote the cause of
peace between Russia and Japan.
In tbe uote to the belligerent powers
President Hoosevelt does not commit tbe
government of the United States to any
thing more tban a desire to promote the
cnuse of peace. It Is a purely tentative
proposition that be makes, meaning lm-
ily the willingness of this government
to exert Its good offices, but to take no
action before the nations Involved shall
have expressed themselves In regard to
what they are willing to consider as
proper terms of peace. A very Important
feature of the note addressed by Presi
dent Roosevelt to Russia and Japan Is
the suggestion that peace negotiations
should be carried on between the bellig
erents themselves, without any In
termediary. It Is easy to under
stand the meaning of this. In tbe
first place If the two powers at
war were subjected to the dictation of
outside powers In arranging tbe terms of
peace there would he every probability
f serious complications. So far as Japan
s concerned she has already had a very
unfortunate experience In this respect
nnd is not likely to invite another. Then
it is most natural that Russia will desire
to treat Individually with the power with
which she is at war, believing thnt in
doing so she can probably secure more
favorable conditions than if she allowed
third party to come Into the peace
making negotiations.
Prom this point ofvlew the suggestion
lu the note of President Roosevelt, Hint
'peace negotiations bo conducted di
rectly and exclusively between the bel
ligerents; In other words, thnt there may
be n meeting of Russian and Japanese
plenipotentiaries or delegates, without
any Intermediary, in order to see If It is
not possible for these representatives of
the two powers to agree to terms of
pence," Is eminently wise nnd proper and
there Is every reason to believe will meet
with universal approval.
According to the latest advices, which
appear to be authentic, the suggestion of
the Washington government Is accept
able both at St. Petersburg and at Toklo
and if this shall prove to be true a set
tlement of the conflict In the far east la
not far off. At all events negotiations
looking to peace seem assured nnd the
probability Is that these will take place
In Washington city, as being tbe capital
where negotiations nre most likely to be
conducted with absolute Justice and ini
partiality.
l a grent denl of Contldence lu the abil
ity of Mr. Morton to make It so it will
require only a brief time lu which to re
store tills grent corporation to tbe jxtpu
lar confidence it enjoyed lx-fore the un
fortunate disclosures thnt have subjected
It to widespread criticism.
Is tat for the railroads they would or
der home their tax agents and attorneys.
nless they do so they will discover
xner or later thnt they are standing
i their own light.
Expert Dalryraple shows the usual
Scotch caution by returning to Glasgow
before he writes his report on the Chi
cago street railway situation.
British physicians are told to feel
hopeful because the plague dies out In
eight years. Thus does science admit
Its Umltutlons In the face of fate.
If the king of Spain -goes back borne
without getting tripped up by some of
cupld's darts the Spanish beauties may
consider themselves doubly fortunate.
'The Philadelphia city council will have
to do something right devilish If It hopes
over to get as much free advertising out
of It as It did out of its gas fraucbiae
denl.
Dispatches from Shanghai and other
points along tbe China sen would lndl
cate that Russia after all hnd more ad
nil ml In the fight than Japan could cap
ture.
Norwegians nre happy In that they
have few rich men when they come to
the parting of the ways with royalty,
They can be "radical' without being de
atnictlve.
To judge from ono report while the
liarnmiin ana uowa interests were
struggling for the control of the Equita
ble funds, the New York subway pro
moter cnrrlcd off the pot.
The Portland exposition has been open
to the public now for more tlmu a week
without auy show on tbe Midway going
Into the hands of n receiver. Something
must be radically wrong out there.
Admiral Togo has the honor of win
nlng tbe llrst and last victories in tbe
eastern war, but Oyama Is not to Imj
blamed because Russian nnvnl officers
were not as "retiring" as the soldiers.
U
Word" conies from New York that
Will contest Involving $3,000,000
"among the possibilities" before the i
tate In miestion Is settled. Under or
unry circumstances an estate of fS.OOo,
1)00 may 'be set down as putting a w
contckt not only "among the possiblli
ties." bu "umong the ubsolute certniu
ties."
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111
A casualty list of two men seriously
Injured by shotguu wounds Is the result
of a fracas In Indiana lu which an old
man aged t0 wus culled "Old Whiskers
Wo shudder to think what would have
happened If modern firearms and highly
charged cartridges had Iktu Invented In
the days when Kllshtt encountered the
eulUiet ot "lluld houd."
THE tbUITABLK REORGANIZATION.
For hundreds of thousands of the
American people, scattered all over the
country, there is no more interesting fact
thau the settlement of the difficulties of
the Equitable Life Assurance society and
the practical certainty that under its re
organization this great corporation,
whose prestige has been somewhat lm
paired, will resume the place It has long
occupied as one of the strongest and
most popular of the life Insurance com
panles of the country. The appointment
of Mr. Paul Morton, now secretary of tbe
navy, as chairman of the board of direc
tors of the Equitable society, with un
derstood powers that are practically un
restricted, is calculated to restore confi
dence In the society. It is true thnt Mr.
Morton Is without experience In lnsur
nnce affairs, but he has demonstrated
ability in an executive capacity, aud It la
not to be doubted that be will speedily
acquaint himself with the new business
which he has taken up. When Mr. Mor
ton was appointed secretary of. the navy
he knew nothing about the duties of that
position. He had shown more than ordl-
nary ability as a railroad man, In an ex
ecutlve capacity, but there was a good
deal of doubt aa to whether he would
prove equal to the demuuds of the secre
tary of the navy. Yet he has filled that
position creditably and so as to quite
Justify tho confidence which President
Roosevelt reposed In him.
As the directing mind of the Equitable
Life Assurance society, charged with the
duty of Its reorganization and restoring
it to its position among the most respon
sible nnd popular compnnles In the
world. Mr. Morton will find employ
nient for all the administrative ability
he possesses. It is a large and a very
Important task that he has assumed and
the many thousands of policy holders
who are concerned will watch with very
grent Interest tbe policy that he mny in
augurate and carry out. A complete ref
ormation of the policy thut for some time
pntst has been pursued by the Equitable
has already been pointed out ns abso
lutely necessary nnd Its adoption mny be
regarded as assured. Indeed It Is al
ready tbe announced determination to
reduce salaries, which hnd been exteuded
beyond all reasonable limitations, nnd to
cut down other extravagancies. The re
organization will undoubtedly also bring
about Importunt changes In the character
of investments, hitherto somewhat care
less, not to aay reckless, and conse
quently Hot always profitable or safe.
In short, the promise Is that the Equit
able Life Assurance society Is to be made
a practically new organisation, with all
the old defects eliminated and only those
policies and principles of administration
preserved which bave in the past proved
advantageous and beneficial. If this
Dro raise shall be realised aud there will
THE BEXSOXIAX CAMPAIGN-
Mr, Ernstus A. Rensou Is n very ami
able gentleman who hns lecii cultivating
a swarm of mnyorulty lees in his bonnet
for lo these many years. This Is a lauda
ble ambition auy citizen may harbor.
Mr. Reuson's mayoralty campaign took
shape aud form lu a modest boouilet that
blossomed out in the mouth of May, 1003,
and spread Its little wings in the mem
orable convention that nominated Frank
E. Moores for a third term.
In the preliminaries of that municipal
upheaval Mr. Renson was a dark horse,
so dark that only ten out of the ninety
delegates were elected to vote for him.
The residue of the self-styled "best ele
ment" of Omaha republicanism were not
attracted to the Reusoulau boomlet, but
cast their votes for W. W. Bingham.
To be historically correct the ruction
thnt caused the self-styled "best ele
ment" to bolt the convention hnd Its
origin lu a midnight carriage ride Into
the Eighth ward, when political grnve
yards yawn nnd spooks have their full
swing. The carriage In question con
tained three eminent reformers who suc
ceeded In converting one Moores delegate
for the insignificant sum of $50 in ensh
down, wlfh the promise of further re
ward. Only one more vote was needed
to turn tbe fecnle, but a tender of $300
failed to convert the other member of
the Eighth ward delegation to disregard
the expressed will of the majority of his
ward. Foiled In this moral movement
for political purification the "better ele
ment" declined to be governed by the
untaught and unpurchasable majority
and walked out.
UndlRinnyed by the cntnstrophe that
hnd overtaken his boomlet the Irrepres
sible candidate wnllted out of the repub
lican iuto the populist convention, and
after being nominated nnd mounted on
a populist platform had himself pro
jected into the race ns a populist candi
date. Taking advantage of the munici
pal ownership Sentiment he proclnlmed
himself Its champion nnd scored mnny
votes that would otherwise have been
cast ngnlnst htm.
While Mr. Benson did not lnnd In the
coveted Job he received a much larger
vote thnn hnd been even clnlmed for blm.
Thnt swelled his hat several Inches and
from that dny to this the beehive In Ben
son's upper story has been buzzing. Like
Mary's little lamb, Mr. Benson's little
boomlet has been tinkling Its bells nnd
bleating lustily wherever he would go.
It hns made Itself heard In the Real Es
tate exchange, before Improvement clubs,
before the Commercial club, the Woman's
club, on Decoration day nnd Fourth of
July, on Christmas, blrthdnys nnd funer
als nnd nnnlversnrles, at public celebra
tions, prayer meetings and indignation
meetings, and last, but not least. It be
came the mainspring of thq Civic Feder
ation campaign that has Just closed at
Red Oak.
So fur so good. All these fantastic
phases of Mr. Benson's premnture mny
ornlty enmpnlgn would scarcely call for
comment at this time were It not for Its
disintegrating Influence upon the com
mercial bodies that nre orgnnlzed regnrd
less of polities nnd expressly designed
for the commercial and Industrial up
building1 of this city and state. The In
trusion of the Bensonlnn campaign Into
the Commercial club nnd Renl Estnte ex
change bodes no good to either of these
nonpnrtlsnn associations. Legitimately
the Bensonlan mayoralty movement be
longs to the Fontnnelle club nnd its su
perb board of political strategy, and to
the Jncksonlnn club that will nlwnys
give old nnd encouragement to nny move
ment calculated to give the democrats
control of the city government.
Tilt HIXNKBAUUKS
Commissioner of Indian Aftnlrs Leupp
hns given the Wlnnebngoes some sound
nnd wholesome advice. First and fore
most, he wants them to keep away from
bootleggers and whisky Joints and take
more kindly to water inside nnd out lu
the next place, he wants them to work
out their own salvation as far as possi
ble by lnlor, frugality and thrift. Idle
ness is not only the white man's greatest
enemy, but also the red man's.
Unfortunately for tbe Indian, nnd par
ticularly for tbe Winnebago, be has been
taught to look to tho Great Father for
everything he eats and wears, and his
annuities from the rental aud snle of
trlbnl Innds have mnde hlin shiftless and
tirlftless. With his Income pawned lu
advance to traders and liquor denlers,
ho Is worse off tiinn a trntnp. His only
hope to become self-sustaining Is to
throw away Uncle Sam's crutches nnd
try to walk on his own legs.
All the government can do for tho
Wluuebngoes is to protect tbeiu from
the land sharks nnd grafters that seek
to despoil them. The only help Com
missioner Leupp Is disposed to render
the Wlnnebagoes at tills time is to ad
vance them monoy for building brick
and stone Houses, for which they are to
pay out of their income on the install
ment plan. This offer should by all
means be accepted by the Wlnnebagoes.
Living In shacks and hovels, with the
attending filth and lack of sanitation has
a brutalizing tendency, while substantial
nnd comfortable h'omes will go far to
wards elevating tho red man and im
proving his habits. When the Winne
bago shall have adapted himself to these
civilizing conditions he will make a more
useful and respected citizen.
STANDING IN THEIR OWN LIGHT
"The railroads are the greatest barrier to
the enforcement ot the new revenue law
In the state. I am ashamed of you. Why
don't you pay your taxes. Thousands of
Individuals had tin ir taxes increased by
the new revenue law and they paid their
taxes. If this thing keeps up there will be
a revolt as sure as you live. You railroad
men are cutting your own throat." This
woe among the things Governor Mickey
remarked to Tax Commissioner Pollard of
the Burlington at a meeting of the Htate
liourd of Assessment. Lincoln Correspond
ence of The Hoe.
In my Judgment the railroad managers
are making a mistake in kicking up a dust
to excite the stockholders and do not seem
to understand that their wisest course
would be to secure a really conservative
measure. Extract from a recent letter from
Wllllum H. Taft, secretary ot war, to the
editor of Tho Bee.
Governor Mickey and Secretary Taft
are both eminently correct In their con
elusions relative to the attitude of tho
railroad muuugers.
Tho railroads of Nebraska surely have
no ground to complulu of over taxation.
For more thun ten years, ut least, they
have had their own way with railroad
assessment boards uud have dictated to
these boards whut their assessment
should be. When the rank favoritism
exhibited towurds them became unLenra
ble uud Indefensible the boards endeuv
ored to discharge their constitutional ob
ligation by materially raising the rail
road assessment, but the Increase wus
by no means In Just proiortlon to tbe as
sessnieut of other classes of property.
Instead of letting well enough alone
tho railroad tax agents and attorneys
are provoking a popular uprising against
railway tux shirking. Not only are they
attempting to repudiate a part of their
taxes, but they actuully have the auda
city to demand material reductions of
the assessment for llMCi over that of
1004, when it Is patent to every unpreju
diced person that the uggregate assess
ment of 10O4 wus ut least $10,000,000
below what It should have been, und tbe
assessment. of VKOtt should be materially
higher than thut of HxH, because tho
value of the railroads as gauged by their
earnings aud market value, is considera
bly greater thun it wus a year ago.
U the rtilU-oad managers know whut
Lieutenant Governor Sherman of Illi
nois hns been insulted by the suggestion
that he should run for congress to fill a
vacancy lu his district. "Washington,"
be is quoted with saying, "Is the most
aristocratic, plutocratic, money-ridden,
fUibstoeratic place In Christendom. It
hns not an equal that I know of on tbe
face of the earth. On the other hand,
tbe congressman Is nothing but a pen
sion agent nnd postofflce plnce solicitor.
A congressman in Woshtngton Is In the
nosltlon of a small bov with half a nalr
of suspenders and a torn shirt, lookfng
through a small knothole at a ball game.
You might say that the Illinois congress
men are like frogs In a large pond. They
kick around a good deal, but you can't
see the disturbance they make." It
would be Interesting, we feel sure, to
have Mr. Sherman give us a definition
nnd graphic description of a lieutenant
governor.
FACTS VERSUS FABRICATIONS
(Lincoln Journal.)
OMAHA, June I. To the Editor of The
Etate Journal: I have no disposition to
burden The Omaha Bee with an editorial
controversy over the trial and acquittal
of Tom Dvnnlson by an Iowa Jury of tho
charge of complicity In the famous Pol
lock diamond robbery of 1892. Your per
sistent effort to stlgmatlzo ine ns a sym
pathiser with gamblers In general and a
booster for Tom Dennlson In particular
Impels me, however, to endeavor to correct
the false Impression conveyed by your ar
ticles to your readers.
In a recent editorial commenting upon
tho Dennlson trial, The Journal takes me
to task personally and after directing my
attention to the statuto which makes gam
bling a felony pones the question, "Why
The Beo, which has taken the railroads
to task for charging $30 a car for hauling
a farmer's hogs from Genoa to Omaha has
not said a word against the Institutions
which run In the night and take from
the unsophisticated farmer the residue
after he has paid the freight rate and set
tled with the commission men." This posor
would be very perplexing were It even but
half true.
As a matter of fact, according to my
beat Information, there are no Institutions
In Omaha which run In the night, or in the
day, that filch from tho farmer or any
body else any ot his surplus, barring pos
sibly the concerns that operate In grain
options and futures. There are no public
gambling houses In Omaha and there has
been no public gambling in this city for
nearly five years, and for more than two
years there has been no policy ticket soil
ing In Omaha, public or secret. From the
best sources within roy reach I am In
formed that there Is more clandestine
gambling In Lincoln all the year round
than In Omaha, and you cannot be Ignor
ant of the fact that there was ten times
as much private gambling In Lincoln dur
ing the recent session of the legislature
than there had been in the whole state
outside of Lincoln during the entire pre
ceding year.
While The Journal charges me with be
ing a prop and pillar of Dvnnlson during
his preliminary prosecution and final trial,
the intimate friends of Dennlson complain
loudly that I have failed to give htm ac
tive sympathy or support. As a matter of
fact, the only Instruction given the repre
sentative of The Uee at the Dennlson trial,
who, by the way. Is Its, regular Lincoln
correspondent, was to report the proceed
ings with absolute impartiality, while the
correspondents of the Omaha yellow sheets
framed their reports from the outset with
an undisguised determination to convict
whether the proors Justified tho Jury In
bringing In a verdict of guilty or not guilty,
and The Journal was simply a phonograph
for the Omaha fakerles.
I am neither a champion nor apologist
for Dennlson as a gambler, but under our
system of government a gambler Is en
titled to all the Immunities accorded to
any other class of persons charged with
crime. I do not hesitate to say that I de
precate the methods that have boon pur
sued by his prosecutors, and above all
things detest the rank hypocrisy of the
spurious reformers who have been raising
such a great hue and cry about Dennl
Bon's pernicious activity In politics, while
Prof. Elihu Thompson In an experi
ment to demonstrate his claims thnt
there is no danger In electrical force
when properly handled Is said to have
permitted a current measuring over half
a million volts to pnss through Is body
without experiencing the slightest physi
cal discomfort. Prof. Thompson's serv
ices ought to be In great demand by gen
tlemen about to undergo compulsory
tests with high voltage currents trans
mitted through electric chairs.
The great sen fight between the fleets
under Admirals Rojestvensky and Togo
has figured In a number of official re
ports, to say nothing of the various
newspaper accounts, but as yet we are
unable to lenrn by Just what name t
will be known when Inscribed on the
pages of history. Won't the historians
please get together and come to an
agreement before they get In too wide
divergence?
Secretary Morton has demonstrated
his conversion to the idea of tbe strenu
ous life by assuming the chairmanship
of the Equitable Ufe society nnd the ac
ceptance by Grover Cleveland of the po
sition of trustee shows that the former
president Is hardly In sympathy with
the Dr. Osier Idea.
Tbe Norwegian secession has demon
strated that few people, regardless of
their traditions, believe In the "divine
right of kings." Loyalty to a royal fam
ily Is probably stronger in England to
day than in any other monarchy chiefly
because the ruler does not appear to
count upon It.
It now transpires that Juines Dalrym
ple, the Scotch municipal railway expert.
Is not a lineal descendant, or even a rela
tive, of Dr. Dalrymple who figured 60
conspicuously in Casa Bracclo and two
oilier Scotch-Italian novels written by
the famous romanclst, Marlon Crawford.
Since tbe acceptance of Ills suggestion
by Japan and Russia it will be Impossi
ble to find a civilized notion which was
not In full accord with President Roose
velt on the subject of pence all the time,
Fullare ot Absent Treatment-
Chicago Tribune.
King Oscar bus found out that the ab
sent treatment Is not good for whatever
It Is that has been ailing Norway.
Elnohcr of Prayer.
Philadelphia Kecord.
Who now contends that prayer Is of no
avail? Prayer bus had signal answer In
Philadelphia. What was It that set aflame
the Are ot civic rlghtoousness and turned
the face of John Weaver toward the light f
they have solicited and accepted campaign
contributions from him, and bave not dis
dained to consort with hlin whenever they
have been able to induce him to give them
political aid, either covertly or publicly.
The same people who pretend to be
shocked at tho depravity of city nnd county
officials who testified to Dennlson's repu
tation for fair dealing aa goos) had no com
punction about accepting his tainted money
and assistance In the Mercer campaign, and
were not displeased with Dennlson's de
livery of tho Third wurd to their candi
date for congress last year. It Is simply
amurlng thnt men who worked cheek by
Jowl with Dennlson last fall to defeat mu
nicipal ownership of electric lightning and
did not dlsdnln to handle a large part of
the boodle fund ladled out by tho electric
light monopoly would now have the temer
ity to denounce the manager of that cor
!orntlnn for testifying at Rod Oak that
Dennlson's reputation for honesty was good.
People who know nothing of my an
tecedents and personal associations, or my
record In connection with gambling would
naturally draw tho inference from your
screed thnt I have established a general
protectorate for gamblers and gambling In
Omaha. You may be very much surprised,
however, to learn that I have never played
a game of cards In my life; havo never
entered a gambling house even to wit
ness public or private gambling: have
never seen a game of faro or roulette, ex
cept In some play upon the stage, and havo
never staked a penny on any gamo of
chance, horse race or athletic contest.
Perhnps you are not aware of tho fact
that the law which mukes gambling a
felony was enacted at my Instance after
a fight that scandalised a legislature and
literally drove from the field the gamblers'
lobby that hud raised a pot of $7,X) to en
compass thr defeat of tho mensuies. Per
haps you are not aware also that several
desperate attempts to repeal the anti-gam-bllng
law were foiled by exposures made
by Tho Beo.
Perhaps you are not aware that The Hoc
vigorously opposed nnd denounced the li
censing of public gambling In the city of
Omaha, and possibly you do not remember
the exponure made by The Hee of tho affili
ation between gamblers nnd the sheriff
of Douglns county when Charley Mosber
was an Inmate of our county Jail. Pos
sibly you are not aware of the fact thnt
as one of Its managers I opposed the grnnt
Ing of gambling privileges and the Intro
duction of gambling devices Into the Trans
mlsslsslppl exposition, and you huvo doubt
less forgotten that the only paper In
Omaha thnt has persistently opposed slot
machine gambling In every form has been
The Omaha Bee.
Ijist, but not least perhaps, you are not
awaru of the fact that tho prosecution of
Dennlson was Initiated by the stake holder
of a gang of sure thing bunco men and
pickpockets who operated in Omaha during
the Traneinlsslsslppl exposition and who at
that period furnished protection for a price
to this class of criminals. It Is an open
secret that some of the newspaper men
of Omaha were benellclarles of this crimi
nal graft and they have been the loudest
barkers behind tho Dennlson drug hunt that
terminated at Red Oak.
E. ROSE WATER.
st:itMo9 nou.F.n down.
Richest Joys nre often nearest.
There can bo no truth without liberty.
The slsc of a saint does not depend on hi
sighs.
A brotherly religion will not have a sis
terly sound.
Many fellies are only refreshed by refu
tation. Mep Judge deeds by their results, Ood by
their roots.
It takes more than honey to mend the
broken word.
A good shepherd does not neo1 a crook lit
his character.
Angels envy us our nights becuiiHo of the
morns they bring.
Happiness would be bleak without sorrow
for a background.
Always better is the thorn on tbe brow
thnn the one In the heart.
If Words were wings heaven would hava
needed enlarging long ngo.
The preacher who has something to say
always knows when be has said it.
The bcliel In an absentee tied goes with
that In an omnipresent devil. Chicago
Tribune.
SEC'I I.AK SHOTS AT T1I10 Pt I.PIT.
but satisfaction at the news will be mod
erated by the Incidental statement that
the persons named enjoy the right of appeal
to another court, and, presumably, from
that court to another, and so on lndell
nltely. As they havo been availing them
selves of this privilege for the last two
or three years, the present decree can
hardly be deemed especially encouraging
much less conclusive.
Are Six Hables EnoughT
Leslie's Weekly.
President Hoosevelt has Indicated the
metes and bounds of the family by nu
merous letters of congratulation to fathers
and mothers of twelve, sixteen, twenty
children and upwards, and tho public mind
was reaching a sort of fixity and finality
on the vexed subject. Now comes Mrs.
Arthur M. Dodgo, president of Now York's
Federation of Day Nursess, with a new
dictum which upseTs everything. She de
clares "the absolute limit of a woman's
capacity for taking oaro of babies Is eight,
and she ought never to have more than
six." This has so much the sound of a
challenge aimed at the head apostle of
multltudlnosity that it becomes all lesser
authorities to keep out of the fight. Some
have claimed that Mrs. Dodge meant to
say merely that six babies are as many as
one nurse can care for, but that doesn't
affect her declaration at all. If a woman
can't care for more than six babies, or
eight at tho most, that settles It. That
she happens to be the mother of the six
or eight has nohlng to do with the ques
tion. It seems to be up to Mr. Roosevelt
to answer Mrs. Dodge.
C'loaluK th ( ha am.
New York Tribune.
When former confederate generela speak
by Invitation at Metnorlal day exercises In
tho north, and tbe president of the t'nlted
Plates sends (lowers to decorate the graves
of southern dead at Arlington on the con
federate Memorial duy, there can no longer
be doubt that the chasm between north and
south has closed and that there is once
more a united country.
Crooks Dodatnar Tbe-lr Dsiea.
Chicago Chronicle.
Still another Canadian court has decreed
that Qaynor and Greene shall be surren
dered to tha United Statas authorities,
LAWYERS AXD THE LAW,
Does College or Office Torn Oat
the Bestf
Washington Post.
The University of Chicago has been in
vestigating tbe study of law and has ascer
tained that a lawyer's office Is no longer
a shop in which lawyers are made, but
that it requires study in a college to do
the business. There are lawyers and law
yers, and some lawyers are better than
other lawyers. Again, lawyers are born.
Just as poets are. All the study In the
world would not have made a luwyer of
Poet Goldsmith, and all the meditation in
the world would not have made a poet of
John Marshall. Ben Hardin was a great
lawyer because he thought law, and It Is
the only way to make a great lawyer.
Napoleon was a great soldier because ho
thought war. Tennyson was a grt-at poet
because he thought poetry.
Matt Carpenter, who had no superior at
the bar, studied law In Rufus Choate's
office, and there was not a college In the
world that would have afforded blm so
excellent a school. Salmon P. Chase read
law in William Wirt's office. A great law
yer must understand the philosophy of the
law. A mere cjerk can find you the prece
dents. A lawyer who thinks a thing Is law
merely because t some Judge so decided
may be a successful practitioner, but he Is
no lawyer. He Is a clerk and a plodder,
and will never bo anything else.
Chief Justice Marshall, the greatest of
all lawyers, used to say In consultation,
"It us find the right; then It will be un
easy matter to find the law." Precedent
wus no mora than a cobweb In his path
when it conflicted with his sensa of Jus
tice. And Hlackutone intimates that prece
dent, not founded on Justice, Is not law.
Webster, Pinkney, Robert Toombs and
Benjamin Harrison did not have to read a
library of books to tell you the law of u
given case. These men thought law, were
deeply grounded In Its philosophies, and
they hud the legal mind, which could ap
ply the principles of the law to any statu
of facts. Much may be gained In college,
no doubt, but as a general proposition tho
law office la the place to learn law princl
pies, and the country lawyer la more upt
to understand the profundities of lhj law
than his city brother, who got his solo
training In a college and Jumped into
a pr actio too extensive for him to bring to
bear upon it any study other than the
precedents.
The craam of tha American bar was
office bred, and moat of It wus from tha
country praotloa
PERSONAL, AND OTHER W1SK.
Admiral Nebogatoft did get oft on the
Sea of Japan.
The June brld-3 occupies the center of
the stage. Grooms are a mere Incident to
the show.
Senator Beverldge of Indiana, who wrote
a book on the Irresistible Russian Ad
vance," has another guess coming.
The idea of requiring poets to wear uni
forms Is a good one. Undipped hair has
ceased to bo a true symbol of poetic genius.
It costs $10.50 In good money to "Hit the
Trail" at the Portland show. This doc-B
not Include a sedative for the seal brown
taste of the morning after.
A Chicago court decides that a childless
flat is legal. Children have little show,
anyhow, In a town where grown peoplo
are hourly dodging the ambulance.
Pictures of Admiral Encjulst, the Interned
Russian admiral at Manila, show conclu
sively that bis whiskers escaped damnge
lu the greutest naval battle of modem
times.
Norway experiences great difficulty In
securing the rliiht grade of timber for a
ruler. The "Help Wanted" columns of The
Uee are open at regular rates with the
assurance of prompt results.
Prof. Trlggs o Chicago puts a needless
strain on his lungs In explaining why the
peoplo of the town are sad. One apparent
reason Is the lack of legal means of sup
pressing hair-trigger professors.
Bartholin did not dream when he de
signed and built the Statue of Liberty
that the giddy dame would be anything
more than an Inanimate show in New
Y'ork harbor. Yet she exhibits tho char
acteristics of a living thing by Intercepting
wireless messages In that locality and en-
Joying all by her lonesome much . of the
airy gossip of the harbor. To her credit,
let It be said, she can keep a secret.
Kansas City Journnl: Bishop Potter Is so
pleased with his Siilooi. that he has started
a beer garden. There Is a m,in who refuses
to be turned from his com so oy u flood of
c.'UMlc criticism.
llc-Mon Transcript: Lbrhtiiicii struck
thru churches In Chicago but, so far s Is
learned, did not touch n hiiikIb siloon. It
Is a little embarrassing to aiintipt the con
struction of a moral on such a found ttlon.
Chicago Record-Herald: Rnv Dr. Mlnot
J. Savage declared last Hund-tv that rillorca
wa not an evil, and no natio.-mi rumpus
has as yet resulted. Why the delay T Has
Dr. Savage's opinion ceased to bo consid
ered worth quarreling about?
Pittsburg Dispatch: Tbe best thing that
was said In any pulpit lu tbe United States
recently was uttered by a person In De$
Moines, la. Rev. Dr. McC'onnell declared
that the decadence of churehgoltig was be
cause attendants especially at Protestant
churches wore the most expensive rlnthcs
they possessed. This had the effect of
keeping away the poor, plainly attired pen
pie. In making tho usual announcements
for future services this long-headed parson
said: "please note that nil people attend
ing services here nre requested to wear
plain and Inexpensive clothing In order that
no ono, however humble, mny be rmlmr
rassiHl." This man Is on the right track.
Dress Is the barrier between church attend
ance and the poorer classes. Of course, It
is not expected that a man will go to tho
house of worship In his overalls. It is to
be hoped he wouldn't sit down to his din
ner in such garb certainly not If ho loves
and respects his wife, who cooks the meal.
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