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them at our ports to processes that are
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C C. ROSE WATER.
Secretary.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before ma this Ual uay ot May. 19U6. .
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATB,
Notary Public
treated at our ports as If they were com
mon laborers, regardless of their certi
ficates and other evidences of their true
character. A striking Instance of this
was furnished a few weeks ago, when
Chinese students on their way from
England to their native land and having
with them a letter from the American
ambassador showing that they were
students and tourists, were stopped at
an eastern port and subjected to humili
ations as If they were criminals. There
have been other incidents quite as In
excusable as this in the treatment ac
corded to the better class of Chinese
coming to the United States not to re
main here, but to investigate industrial
The state equalizers will bold the nntl commercial conditions, to study our
institutions or pernaps as tourists sim
ply to see the country.
rresldent Roosevelt agreed with the
Intelligent and unprejudiced sentiment
of our people that those persons coming
It Is to be hoped Minister Weyler will hpre from Ch,na who nre "erapt
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
abserlbcra tearing; tha city tern,
porarlly should have Tha Ilea
mailed to them. It la batter than
a dally letter from home. Ad
dreaa will be chaased ma wftea ae
reaeeted.
boards next
Omaha can give the Montana copper
king pointers on parks and castles.
evince no desire to regain what General
Weyler lost.
City Clerk Elbourn will now resolve
himself Into an- arbitration board to con
aider Internal derangement.
When cups offered in international
boat races are called "steins ' Herman
yachts will be dangerous competitor.
Philadelphia is now woudariug
whether Its grafters have really decided
to stop or only to change their plans.
Aspiring councllmen from the Tenth,
Eleventh and Twelfth wards will have
to take a back seat for a few mouths.
the law should not be Interfered with
He is as earnestly opposed as any one
to the admission of Chinese laborers, but
he believes that all who are not of that
class should be allowed to freely enter
the United States on equal terms , with
citizens of other nations of ' like char
acter. This position of the president may
be unacceptable to a portion of our peo
ple, but undoubtedly It will be regarded
by a large majority as entirely wise, just
and In strict accord with our clearly de
fined obligations. That It will have a
decided effect In checking the movement
hostile to American commercial Inter
ests 4n China is reasonably to be expected.
AGAIN TBE BRIDGE QCKSTIOX.
The disaster that has overtaken tho
VVuteloo bridge across the Elkhorn forci
bly brings to the forefront the bridge
question, which, like all other questions,
Latest reports are to the effect that luu uev" " ' h"u
the Chicago strike may spread. From rlght and tte brldge 1loa w
responsibility with the county surveyor,
where it properly belongs.
1 begins to look as If the one war
to follow the secession of Norway would
be 6ne of words in the Swedish Itiksdug.
tS VITA TION TO XX ALLUbCK.
The banquet to Ambassador Held last
week was a notable event, being par
ticipated in by one of the most distln
aUlsbed companies that ever gathered
in London and gaining almost historic
Importance from the declaration of the
British prime minister that America's
duty to civilization and the cause of
peace must soon Impel her to abandon
her traditional policy of Isolation and
accept her rightful responsibilities In the
family of nations. It appears that the
words of Mr. Balfour were Interpreted
as constituting In effect an Invitation
for the United States to enter into a
compact or alliance for safeguarding the
world's peace and it is easy to under
stand that if this was the meaning In
tended to be conveyed by the prime
minister the alliance he bad In mind
was Anglo-American.
Whatever impression this declaration
of Mr. Balfour may have made upon
the mind of the American ambassador,
he Judiciously avoided any allusion to it.
contenting himself with referring to the
friendly relations between Great Britain
and the United States and expressing an
earnest wish for their continuance. In
tills he voiced the sentiment of a very
large majority of his couutrymen. The
American people desire to remain on
terms of cordial friendship with the
British people. The two countries have
interests in common and both have an
important ?work to do In the advance
ment of civilization and the promotion
of the welfare of mankind. Having to
a considerable extent similar institutions
they can labor in unison for the world's
progress and especially in behalf of In
ternational peace. From the practical
point of view it Is the interest of both
countries to maintain friendly relations.
Great Britain Is our best customer. The
United States supplies that country with
what she cannot obtain elsewhere. There
is an Intimate financial and commercial
connection between the two which con
stitutes the strongest of bonds and which
is the most potent of influences in behalf
of the maintenance of friendly relations.
The United States will not, however,
enter into a political alliance with Great
Britain or any other European power.
It will not put itself in a position that
might involve It In any of the contro
versies or complications that may arise
among the European nations. The tra
ditional policy of the republic in keeping
out of "entangling alliances' will con
tinue to be observed. The fact that
President Roosevelt has sought to bring
about peace between Russia and Japan
is not a departure from this policy, for
that action will not necessarily Involve
this country In the settlement of any
question- that may arise between the
belligerents In the course of peace ne
gotiations. The position of this govern
ment Is simply that of an Intermediary,
assuming nothing beyond the effort to
get the warring nations together.
Whatever pride or gratification Amer!
cans may feel in having their country
acknowledged as a "world power" and
recognized as a great Influence In world
affairs, they have no desire that It shall
depart from that wise policy which it
was admonished to strictly observe by
its first president and In adhering to
which the republic has found Its great
est security. Undoubtedly Great Britain
would welcome an alliance with the
United States, but It Is not possible
while American sentiment remains as
it Is.
of driving tha Japanese Into. tha sea and
o dictating peace at Toklo without Con
sulting the wishes of the rest of tha world.
A year ago and now!
A Chance to Score.
St. Louie Globe-Democrat.
Gold has been discovered In one of tha
Nebraska base ball parks. Colonel Bryan
Is gradually getting a little closer to first
base.
Good Advice to Heed.
Baltimore American.
The advice of the president to parents to
bring their children up to work Is sound.
What this country Imperatively needs Is a
system by which men can get money only
by earning It. Tha other ways are bring
ing all our institutions perilously near destruction.
Competition In Theaters.
New York Bun.
It seems to be settled that there la at
last to be an organised opposition to tha
so-called theatrical syndicate by three of
the managers outnld Its fold. These have
earned the good will of the public through
their achievements In the past. May they
continue to prosper, and so may their
rivals. The public is bound to benefit In
any case. Competition la the life of other
things than trade. May the comedians
grow funnier and the tragedians rnore
awful, the plays better and the audiences
ever larger. Then managers, actors and
public will all be happy. That Is the con
dition of affairs which should exist in the
theater If It takes half a dosen syndicates
to accomplish it.
Pathos of a Crooked Banker.
Boston Transcript.
Strange as It may seen, it Is, neverthe
less, true that a man under Indictment
In New Jersey on the chargs of misapply
ing the funds of a national bank, of which
he was president, has flied a demurrer
against the penalty five years at hard
labor "as cruel and unusual punishment,"
and therefore prohibited by the constitu
tion. Yet his contention is not wholly
without logic, for he says that It has been
so unusual for him to labor that It would
be cruel to compel him to do so now.
His attorney probably Is the descendant of
that Ingenious lawyer referred to but not
Identified by a war-time satirist who con
tended that the Declaration of Independ
ence Justified the pursuit of fugitive slaves.
The pursuit of happiness being one of the
Inalienable rights of man, and a fugitive
slave typifying happiness, the pursuit of
the fugitive slave was the pursuit of hap
piness. This contention was dismissed by
the Supreme Court ot Events, decision by
Lincoln, C. J., Associate Justices Grant,
Meade, Sherman, Sheridan and Farragut
concurring.
PERSONAL NOTES.
this distance It looks thin enough al
ready. ...
When you take your vacation trip
don't forget to have The Bee mailed to
you, so you may keep posted on doings
at home.
Baron Rosen will arrive In New York
July 6, just in time to feel at home when
the final reports of deaths by high ex
plosives are received.
That municipal asphalt repair plant
has a chance seldom met It can vindi
cate Its claim to usefulness the first
week It gets under headway.
If miscegenation Is the only solution
for the race problem in the south, sev
eral hundred years will have to elapse
before the race problem is solved.
be settled right until Douglas county
plants Its face firmly against ornamental
iron bridges resting upon unsteady legs.
The lust time a searchlight was turned
upon the bridge question the inquiry
developed into a veritable scandal. The
Investigation into the condition of the
Elkhorn bridge at the crossing of the
Military road was conducted by J. E.
House, a civil engineer, and J. E. Diet-
rick, an architect and structural engi
neer. Their findings were embodied In a
report made over their names on Sep
tember 30, 1903.
The conclusions reached by these en
gineers were that the cause of the fail
ure of the east pier of the Elkhorn
bridge was that the same had been im
properly constructed. In that the tubes
had not been of a height within four
feet and ten Inches for which the con
tractor was paid. Likewise, the piles
had not been driven to firm strata and
were not extended sufficiently Into the
tubes. Neither was the substructure
properly anchored to the east pier
through the upper plate of the expansion
rollers, which latter failure was nothing
short of an invitation for lateral dls
placement of the tops of the tubes. The
finishing sentence of the report reads as
follows:
From conditions encountered we do not
A Russian report of tiring upon the 0t supervision in the construction of th.
Red Cross flag, as admitted by Japanese, substructure of this bridge, and of this
will add an Interesting chapter to the advantage waa taken to a degree that
tory of the war. Flags evidently mean ""Je ne" cau",n uapse ot the whole
little to the man who is ready to shoot inLa nt n t,ia inml.
tlon conveyed by the expert engineers
the late county board dismissed the mat
ter from its mind, or, rather, studiously
ignored the frauds perpetrated upon the
county In the construction of the Elk
horn bridge, and if, perchance, another
bridge disaster should follow, the uuex
pected will not happen. The responsi
bllity for these bridge troubles should
be centered somewhere,
In their plan for safeguarding the
Elkhorn bridge Messrs. House and Diet
rick very pointedly recommended that
The Lancaster county champion of the
biennial election bill when that measure
was pending in the house declared that
the sole object was to relieve the people
of a multitudinous burden of elections.
The effect of the session's legislation,
however, Is to give the good people of
Jncoln four separate and distinct elec
tions within eight months. This comes
pretty close to overshooting the mark.
The invitation of Australia to Secre
tary Taft may not be a plan of rival
presidential aspirants in this country,
but If the secretary visits all the ports
of the orient before coming back from
the Philippines there Is no telling what
might not happen.
Attorney General Brown might do
everything ' the democratic organ de
mands of him officially, but even then
he could not get that paper's support for
any political office without first renounc
ing his republican faith and embracing
the democracy.
There Is a well defined rumor that the
trade slot machine is to pass out of
Omaha cigar stores and drug stores,
along with the malodorous cigarette.
Scotchmen who object to the word
'English" as a synonym for "British'
should convert King Edward before
carrying the campaign into America.
The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street
Railway company can make a paying in
vestment by planting elephauts In Lake
Manama and exhibiting them in new
bathing suits every Sunday afternoon.
The new automobile law, which will
go into effect nxt Saturday, limits the
speed of autoa passing through towns,
Tillages and cities of Nebraska to uot
more thau one mile In six minutes. But
who la to be the speed judge If the
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civil engineer, who remains on tha
.Secretary Taft admission, that the Eround while the work is belnir done.
Anglo-Saxon ayftein of common luw Is Tnat should aDDly not merelv to ona
.not eultaUe for the island coloniea will bridge, but to all the bridices which the
come) aurprlse to the continental county boards may find It necessary to
nations of Europe who have naa oeea- construct, but it Is rather late to close
Ion to believe that "habeas corpus" and the door after the horse la stolen. What
"trial by jury" were the fetlshea of u needed above all things Is policy of
American and English civilization. 1 bridge construction that will place the
Thomas Nlchol, the last survivor of the
Perry expedition to Japan In I860, has just
died In New York.
The Greek cabinet has stepped down and
out, the Hungarian cabinet haa proffered
its resignation and Spain has Just been pro
vided with a new ministry. A republic la
not the only place where the politician's
life is precarious.
The late General Maximo Gomes once
caught one of his brigadiers selling brown
sugar to the Spaniards. Gomes stripped
the traitor of his stars and said: "From
this time forth you are Brigadier Raspa
dura," which, translated, is Brigadier Sugar
Cake.
Ex-Senator Cockrell of Missouri, now In
terstate Commerce commissioner, and one
of his colleagues on the commission will
start for St. Louis and the southwest In
July to make a study of transportation
questions. This ; Study will be exhaustive
and will deal with Important branches of
the rate problem. ' .
By a singular coincidence on .the very
day last week that the London papers
printed former Ambassador Choate's eulogy
of the British public service they also pub
lished the report of the committee that
has discovered the loss of 6,000,000 or
",000,000 through , incompetence and cor
ruption during the Boer war.
Pleading for her chauffeur, who had been
aralgned for exceeding the speed limit,
Mme. Nordlca explained that the bom was
broken, and that she waa using her dog
whistle to warn pedestrians. "We certainly
would not go fast when I had to do the
blowing," she .nslsted. Evidently this
girted vocalist wants It understood that
she is no press agent.
South Omaha Commercial club com
mitteemen who are trying to convince
South Omaha business men that they are
grumbling without cause should bear in
mind the adage that "The proof of the
pudding is In the eating." .
The threat of Lord Curzon to resign
since Lord Kitchener's plan for the de
fense of India has been approved, would
Indicate that one American woman Is
growing tired of the pomp and cere
mony of royalty.
Alt IRRESPONSIBLE OLIGARCHY.
Significance of the Voting; Trnst
Created for the Eqnltnble.
Wall Street Journal.
A voting trust Is created by the stock
holders In any corporation putting tholr
stock Into the hands of a certain number
of trustees who vote for them at the an
nual meetings, elect the directors and
through them exercise plenary power. If
the people of the United States should give
up their right of suffrage, and trustee the
voting power In the hands of three, Ave or
seven men, who would elect the president,
we would have a condition analagous to that
existing In a corporation which la under tha
control of a voting trust.
A voting trust Is, therefore, a method of
government away from democracy and In
the direction of an Irresponsible oligarchy.
In principle It Is contrary to the theory of
our government which Is based upon the
will of the majority. In practice It Is Justi
fiable only as a temporary expedient. There
are times In the history of nations when the
condition of a country becomes such that
It is necessary to put all power Into the
hands of a dictator In order to restore pub
llo order. There are times In the hiajtory of
a corporation when as a first step towards
rehabilitation after bankruptcy, it Is nec
essary In the Interests of the property and
of the creditors, to create a voting trustee
ship to restore order and earning power. As
soon as a corporation Is put upon Its feet
the voting trust should cease. Otherwise It
becomes only an expedient for the concen
tratlon and perpetuation of power. It has
been one of the gratifying signs of the
times that In the past two years so many
voting trusts have been ended and the
power of suffrage restored to the stock
holders.
A voting trust haa been created for a ma
BITS OF WASIIIJGTO I.IFK.
Minor Scene's and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
Manufacturers of rival typesetting ma
chines are In Washington boosting the
temperature abound the government print
ing cm re and the White House over a
contract for new machines. Public Prlntei
Palmer made a contract for seventy-two
tension machines. When the news of the
contract reached the Mergenthaler people
they hurried to the White House with a
bunch of grievances and prevailed on the
president to hold up the contract pending
an Inquiry. The claim of the Mergenthaler
people Is that the contract for the Lanston
machines was let Irregularly and In sup
port of this they quote a section of the
statute which provides that the foreman
of printing and the foreman of binding
shall make requisition on the public
printer for supplies required and that these
shall be Issued when so tequlsltloned. It Is
alleged that there was no requisition In this
case from the foreman ot printing for the
Lanston machines.
The Lanston peoplo are greatly pleased
with their success In retting the contract,
and are confident that It cannot be Inter
fered with. They point to the fact that
there are now batteries of both the Mer
genthaler and the Lanston machines In
the government office, and that the Lan
ston has secured the big contract on Its
merits after trial. ,
On the other hand, the Mergenthaler peo
pie Insist there was no competition for the
contract at all.
General Palmer himself says he Is con
vinced that the Ianston Is the better ma
chine for book work, which he wants to
put the new machines to. He says he does
not fear the result of the Investigation,
and that the contract was let after severe
tests of both machines. ;
The mature timber on the national forest
reserves Is to be offered for sale. This
announcement Is In line with the declaren
purpose of the Department of Agriculture
to develop the national forest reserves by
use. The restriction formerly laid on the
exportation of timber from the states In
which the forest reserves are situated has
been removed, and the law now places no
limitation on the shipment of timber
grown on any forest reserve, except those
In Idaho and the Black Hills reserve In
South Dakota.
The effect of this change In the law and
the declared policy of the Department of
Agriculture Is that the timber on the re
serves may now be eut and disposed of
to the highest bidder. On many of the
reserves there are great quantities of ma
ture timber, and on some of them the fa
cilities for getting It out at a reasonable
cost are excellent. The forest service,
which has charge of the administration ot
the reserves. Is anxious to begin the cut
ting of this mature timber as soon as
possible, and It Is prepared to consider
offers from lumbermen who wish to under
take such operations.
This announcement does not mean that
the fores reserves are to be devastated
under authority of the government. On .
the contrary, the distinct and definite pur
pose of the forest service Is to Improve
the reserves by utilising the material now
fit for lumber. In doing so It will also
provide for the reproduction of the forest
and the restocking of those areas on which
forest conditions are defective. Work of
this kind has been successfully carried on
for some years In the Black Hills forest
reserve, and has been begun with great
promise of success on the lands of the
Chippewa Indians, In northern Minnesota,
from which It Is proposed to create an
other national reserve.
The public In general and lumbermen In
particular, will be Interested to know that
In this last case the restrictions Imposed
by the forester have In no way hampered
the lumbering operations. Timber sold at
public sale, with full knowledge of these
restrictions;- brought higher prices than
were ever obtained for white and Norway
pine In the region, and the slash has been
burned and got. out of the way at a cost
of about 12 cents a thousand feet board
measure.
Washington Is In the grip of the baso
ball fever. The contagion has Spread to
members of the president's official family.
There exists here a "Departmental Base
Ball league," composed of teams repre
senting the various executive departments.
They play every aftetr.oon on the big
circle In the rear of the White House. The
race .for first honors Is a hot one, and the
varying fortunes of the teams are made
the subject of a good deal of friendly
chaffing at the bi-weekly cabinet meetings.
Several of the cabinet members make a
point of attending all the games In which
their employes compete. Secretary Metcalf
Is the most enthusiastic rooter In the lot.
He used to be something of a player him
self while at Yale. Assistant Secretary
Murray accompanies the secretary to the
ball field, and sometimes takes part in
the warming up practice. Secretary
Moody is another rooter. His Department
of Justice team has had bad luck, and Is
at the bottom of the percentage ladder.
Mr. Moody, who played shortstop at Har
vard, thinks he could give his youngsters
a few pointers on the game. Secretary
Morton has had a good deal of fun at the
expense of Taft. because his team has
beaten the army with great regularity,
and the navy has just finished drubbing
the army down the Potomac
One of the most faithful attendants at
the professional games of bsll here Is
the Chinese minister. Sir Chentung waa
a famous pitcher while a student at
Amherst. He could have made big money
as a professional had he cared to take
up base ball Instead of diplomacy as
means of earning a living.
fmrt.
III x,v
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You
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wipe off
the blur!
And the reason is
there is nothing the mat
ter with your glasses. The
trouble is with you ; you, yourself. Your head
is congested, you are dizzy, you cannot see
clearly, and you are all out of sorts.
Wake up your sleepy liver I Get rid of a lot
of bile. Take one of Ayer's Pills each night,
for a few nights. These pills are liver pills, all
vegetable, sugar-coated. They act directly on the
liver, curing biliousness, constipation, dizziness.
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malaria ana ague
The best thing for the railroads to do
Is to dismiss their suits in the federal
court to hold up last year's tax levy and
charge the costs up as expense against
preventing -a raise of assessment this
year.
Bnsr Times for Gan Ponndrles.
Baltimore American.
The fact that the Kruppa have orders
for guns to the extent of jno a month for
more than two years, Indicates that the na
tions ot the earth propose to be well armed
when the millennium arrives.
Harmless Oecapolloa.
Washington Post.
In his letter touching on the Santa Pe
case the president leaves tha Inference that
there Is nothing In the law to prevent the
Interstate Commerce commission from fur
ther Indulgence In the harmless luxury of
holding hearings and taking testimony.
New York Tribune.
It waa Just a year ago yesterday that
General Kouropatkln personally assumed
supreme command of the Russian armies
In Manchuria, with the avowed Intention
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Sutton News: The name of Attorney
General Brown Is being used In connection
with the nomination for the governorship.
A more popular or better qualified man can
not be found In the state.
Auburn Granger: Judge Jessen, before
whom the boxcar burglars wore tried at
Plattsmouth a few days since, sentenced
one of the boys to four and the other to
two years In the penitentiary. Had Bans
wrecker Blgelow gotten time In propor
tion to crime as weighed In dollars and
cents he would have to serve out the first
half of eternity after time had given way.
Schuyler Free Lance (ind.) Next year If
the republicans of Nebraska propose in
state convention to line up with President
Roosevelt's policy and come out on the
Corporation question square-toed for the
people the man to head the state ticket for
governor Is the present state treasurer,
Peter Mortensen, who is the best and clean
est state treasurer we ever had and Is tha
best man In the state, of those who are
publicly known, for that executive office.
We are not booming republicans, but In
the Interest of good government suggest
Mortensen. He Is an excellent man.
Beatrice Sun: The Omaha Commercial
club proposes to make a tour of the Bur
lington towns south of the Platte next
month, and Beatrice Is down on the sched
ule for a visit on July 13, where the party
will take supper. While we appreciate
the good sense of the travelers In se
lectlng this town for a square meal. If
they want to see a really good town they
should come In daylight, and stay long
enough to do more than drink and
eat. We have plenty of both, but we
have a town which It might do the Oma
hogs good to see.
Bancroft Blade: The big payment for the
Omaha Indians has been declared off for
this month at least and perhaps for the
summer. Brigadier General Beck, who is
here for most of the summer, la looking up
the records of the Indians who spend their
money for booze and Is blacklisting them.
If he stays long enough he will have them
all on the list and no payment will be
made. The department seems to be wak
ening up to the situation and pursuing the
proper course. What would be the use
in making a big payment now? The boot
leggers and liquor dealers would have it
all in thirty days under the present condi
tion of things. We predict that the com
ing winter will be the hardest the Indian
has ever seen. He will then be badly In
need of money and the necessaries of life
and would get some good ot at least part
of the payment.
St. Paul Republican: What a great many
farmers have suspected for years Is given
expression in a suit filed at Blair by T. W.
Worral against the Nebraska Grain Deal
ers' association and thirty-eight other ele
vator concerns. Mr. Worrall, who admits
that he la a sort of Tom Lawson In that
he was for many years connected with a
'regular" firm of grain buyers, alleges an
Ironclad combination which even Includes
many of the so-called "farmers' eleva
tors," the purpose being to control abso
lutely ' the price of corn, wheat, oats,
barley and ' rye regardless of legitimate
conditions which are supposed to govern
the markets. He claims that he recently
went Into the commission business at
Omaha Independently, soliciting patronage
from elevators all over Nebraska without
discrimination on account of "Irregular
ity," which, being Interpreted, means In
dependence of the trust. The result or
this action was a boycott with damagns
alleged In his petition at $128,800. Mr. Wor
FOISTED PLEASANTRIES.
"Do you believe that we will have a
chance to repent after death?"
' Sure I do. But It won't get ua any-thlng."-Phlladophla
Press.
"I see by the Washington dispatches that
tipping of the senate pagea has been
stopped," said Pharmacist J. H. MeGulgan
of the Brooklyn navy yard, who was a
page In the senate shortly after the civil
war. "We used to have a scheme In
1867-68 that beat tipping all to pieces. Thai
was the autograph album trick. I wonder
whether It Is still going on. Visitors would
oorne to a page with an album and ask him
to take It around for signatures. We boys
had agreed not to accept less than $5. It
was a sort of union price. Often, If suc
cessful In landing some of the most famous
senators, we would receive as high as fx.
Some of the senators were affable and
would sign without a word, while others
would tell us to go away and not bother
them, although they might have been doing
nothing but cocking their feet up on their
Jority of the stock of the Equitable. In this desks and looking at the, celling. Some-
case this measure of relief la Justifiable for i times we wouia nave m uip ma m mo
the following reasons: First, because It
takes the place of another voting trust
which was created for tha purpose ot per
petuating the power of the Hyde estate over
the Equitable; second, because the affairs
of the company were In a critical condition
approaching what might easily have been a
disaster; under such conditions a voting
trust Is always Justifiable; third, because
this voting trust Is really an advance
towards democratic control, for the reason
that the trustees are obligated to elect as
trustees of the society a majority of the
board as designated by the policyholders,
who have hitherto been deprived of voting
power, but who are now admitted to a
voice In the administration of the society.
Nevertheless It can hardly be conceivable
that this voting trusteeship should be a
perpetual thing. As a temporary measure
of relief It was perhaps the only possible
remedy for a situation that waa becoming
a menace to the country. Evidently, how-.
ever, there must be a complete mutualls
tlon of the Equitable. To effect thla It may
be necessary and probably will be to pay
the stockholders the value of their stock
This would necessitate an act of the legis
lature. It would also necessitate an ap
pralsement of lbs stock.
tattle and hand It with the book to some
lxy senator.
Another source of revenue to the pages
In those days was the printing of speeches
by private firms. We would get a commls
slon from a printing house on each order
we got for It. Sometimes a famous speech
would be ordered by the thousand and
the boy who could land that order would
be In tuck. Scarcely a month went by
that we each didn't make M0 or ffiO above
our regular salary."
Secretary Taft said recently that only
millionaires can afford to become members
of the cabinet, hardly one of whom Is
able to live within his salary. His own ex
perienoes with the cost of living In Wash
tngton were so distressing as to drive him
Into making this publlo protest In a speech,
It Is probable that Secretary Wilson and
Attorney General Moody manage to make
ends meet on their salaries. The latter la
a bachelor and the former maintains a
modest establishment. Secretary Cortelyou
also breaks even and Secretary Shaw Is
not much out. Neither Is Secretary Met
calf, but all the others run away behind.
Secretary Hay's living expenses are be
lieved to be higher than those of any other
cabinet office.
"I bellev In
r ovirtn.
rational celebration of the
What Is a rnflnnal flhraHnn r
"The kind that your mother permits me
to enjoy, my son." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Votir little girl seems to tske after her
father?"
"Oh, dear, no! She takes after me.' You
ought to nee the way she eats plcklesf"
Chicago Record-Herald.
Cato was demanding that Carthage be de
stroyed. "Why not celebrate the Fotirth In It T"
they sugRested.
Appalled by the flendlshness of the
scheme, the sennte voted to send the ships
Instead New York Sun.
Smlthers Is one of those people who
manage to shift the blame whenever any
thing goes wrong."
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "I ob
serve thnt he always has to be coaxed to
sing." Washington Star.
"Now that you have received your di
ploma, how do you feel?" Inquired the old
alumnus.
"To toll the truth," answered the gradu
ate. "I feel as If the whole bottom hnd sud
denly dropped out of the earth!" Detroit
Free Press.
Patience The season Is approaching when
men will He by the cool streams and fish.
Patrice I'm not so sure about the cool
streams and the fish, but the other part of
the statement seems to be all right. Yonk
ers Statesman.
HOME FROM SCHOOL.
New Orleans, Picayune.
Now here I am In the good old place
Yes, little mother, I'm here to stay.
Let me hold your hair against my face
And kiss both cheehs In the dear old way.
Just look at pie liard-I'tn well and strong:
Just feel my arms they'll stand the test)
I'll go to the kitchen, where I belong;
You go to the porch and rest.
Now, hear, little mother, you dear little
mother.
Sit under the vines and rest., ( v . . , . :
I liked my teachers; I liked my books;
I had my share of the pranks and fun
But my her.rt came back to the sweet home
nooks.
And rested with you when the day was
done.
I used to think what you had for tea;
Just what you were doing and how jrWs
were dressed;
And somehow or other it seemed to me
You didn't take half enough rest.
You sly little mother, you spry little
mother,
I'm going to have you rest.
Dear little mother, It brings the tears
Whenever I think what I've let you do;
You've planned for my pleasure years and
1 years
It's time I planned a little for you.
So drop that apron and smooth your hair;
Read, visit or knit, what suits you best;
Lean back in your chair, let go your care.
And really and truly rest.
You neat little mother, you sweet little
mother,
Just take a vacation and rest.
Make, th ikla toft t
Improves any compls
on.
Bii aha m poo made.
Cures moat akin mpM
tions. -
More beuttful than an oosmetlo.
Munyon's Wltnh Hal Talcum Powder Is most
ialnty and xqulalte: It haa the aroma of Dew
nova bar and keeps lady and baby as sweet as
rosea.
Munyon's Wttvh Haiti Face Cream Is trulr m
it arives away wrinkles and crow
rail holds tne rauroaas equnuy reHponmiMo j ftn4 makis th completion glow with youthful
with the Orain trust for thene abuse and I frshDeaa.
wun mo vin.m . . v -n- I Munyon's Wttrta Hasnt Hair InTlgorator will Dot
cite numerous instances where they failed , fnak U(r trow on bfcl4 hMdB wn root- a
to comply with the law requiring tnem to entirely dead, but It will make hair a row wtieraver
grant elevator privilege, without dlscrim- , ' :i"UYn.r:as"toPK
Ination. The progress or tins sun win oe a.rt iir 4rxini r md..
watched with great interest. If it results! Ptwni who uS wiih pimple tkin eruption.
waiiii'u w.v.. a . . nllow or dull complexion!, ehould um Munron'e
In breaking up the combine and lnaugurat- : p w Plw Pm, th not ar) ou, u,( ,.
in. on era of actual competition among i puntiet from the blood, but poeititeir cure coo
. e.,,.r. A vhrn elm will tlpHon, bllloueneee end all etomecu and liter
grain buyers the farmers of Nebraska will ir..b.re.
be richer by minions oi aonars.
MUNTON, Pblltdolphla.
Browning, Ming & Co
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