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WHEN Otr Of TOWN,
gahearlbera leaving th city tern,
porarlly , should bare) Tli Bee
walled to thaw. It la better tbaa
a daily letter lion home. Ail
dresa will ba gkasgtil aa often ae
requested.
Tue Union Pacltlc telegraphers' strike
proves to have been a fulse alarm.
Ohio democrats Lave held their state
convention and the republicans may be
gin to estimate their majorities.
Fireworks iu the council chamber be
fore the Fourth of July may compel the
mayor to call out the Are department
Japanese warships have been Been off
Vladivostok. ' General Oyama will have
to hurry if be is to take shot about with
Togo. ; - , .
Fate Is an Ironical mood which puts
. .California politician in a place to en
force the Chinese exclusion laws more
leniently.
It begins to look like "restitution"
might spell "destitution" for some of the
former Equitable officials if they "put
it all back."
THE 'RESDOT AT HARVARD
The address of President Koosevplt at
Harvard university should be carefully
n sd by "II college men and indeed by
Intelligent poople generally. It is replete
with sound thought and valuable sug
gestion, applicable to almost every phuse
of life and especially timely in regard to
existing conditions. A college graduate
and a man of affairs, Mr. Koosevelt in
peculiarly Qtmllned and equipped to give
both the theoretical and the practical
counsel which the young men emerging
from their collegiate course need for cor
rect guidance nud they may confidently
feel thHt ill giving such counsel the
president is actuated by the highest mo
tives and the utmost solicitude for the
welfare of tbose to whom his advice and
admonition is given.
Commending a full perusal, of the re
port of what the president said to the In
telligent reader interested in the subject
of education, we make special reference
only to one or two phases. The declara
tion that "this nation never stood in
greater need than now of having among
Its leaders men of lofty Ideals, which
they try to live up to and not merely to
talk of," sounds like a reflection upon
our public men which moy well chal
lenge popular attention. Is it indeed
true that the leaders In the political and
the business life of the nation have no
lofty Ideals? Is It a fact that the men
who are foremost In the conduct of pub
lic affairs and in the management of our
great industrial and commercial inter
ests are not guided by those elevated
moral principles and those high nd
honorable aspirations which nre essen
tial to a proper national upbuilding, ma
terially, morally and socially?
Manifestly this is Implied In the un
doubtedly well considered utterance of
the president and it must be confessed
that there is ground for It. It would be
eusy to cite facts and circumstances In
Justification of whnt he said. . Every
day there is brought to public knowledge
some evidence of a want of lofty ideals
among men conspicuous in public and In
business life. It Is attested iu tlie'prose-
utlon of men prominent In national,
state oud .municipal affairs and In the
disclosures of wrong-doing by those en
gaged In private enterprises. Senators
and representatives are arraigned before
thecourtsupon charges of fraud upon the
government. Railroad officials are ac
cused of deliberate and persistent viola
tions of the laws. The heads of great
business and financial Institutions are
pilloried before the country for betray
ing their trusts and plundering the peo
ple who had reposed confidence In them.
Such facts Indicate an extent of de
moralization in public and business af
fairs that Is greatly to be deplored, yet
it cannot be admitted that no lofty Ideals
exist and that all Bense of morality has
died out. There are honorable and up
right men still in public and in business
life and It Is a most encouraging fact
that these are at work to eliminate such
persons as are not hcuiest and trust
worthy. In national, state and munic
ipal administration a rtvorkjof reform is
going on which promises to drive out
the unscrupulous and corrupt and re
place them with men who have high
Ideals of duty and responsibility. In
the business world, also, a visible change
Is taking place which augurs a decided
improvement in conditions. There is
nothing In the situation to cause despair,
but there Is much to Invite an earnest
effort for reform.
The college graduate who Is harvest
ing Kansas grain may not figure on the
' sporting page, but he may figure in the
market page.
The' Water board has still more
trouble In the federal courts, but that
was to have been anticipated In fact, it
was foreordained.
General Wood says there Is no polit
ical significance to his visit to America.
No one except the democratic politicians
would harbor thoughts that there might
be.
Tom Lawson Is to be exhibited on
the Missouri Valley race track on
Omaha day. r. 8. Tom Lawson is
not a race horse, but he Is a Wall street
pacer.
The remarks of President Roosevelt
anent college sport could have come
only from a Harvard graduate after get
ting the news from the Intercollegiate
base ball game.
The chief difficulty In the way of pun
lsblng grafters by boycotting them so
cially is that there are enough of the
gentry apparently to form an interesting
social circle of their own.
Our Counclluianlc Dave now has his
hands full with two gas bids and there
Is serious danger that he may be com
pelled to travel tho gas route, politically
speaking, whichever way he turns.
, The commissioning of a voting ma
chine commission seems to be the next
etep toward the Introduction of voting
machines under the new Nebraska law,
The law says nothing, however, about
paying commisaJonH.
China wants to be represented in the
peace conference at Washington. Inas
much aa both belligerents have promised
to respect the rights of China, the em
press dowager owes It to both to tell
which one she suspects.
Swedish statesmen would probably
ball with delight a plan by which ua
tlonal honor could be saved and no trou
ble created over the secession of Nor
way. But the day does seem to be pass.
lng when "national honor" requires a
fight to prove valor.
We are glad to be told that the iros
pecta for the Nebraska state fair were
never so bright as they are for this year.
If the state fair Is a reflex of condition
on the farm and ranch, as It Is Intended
to be, agricultural prosperity and state
tail success go hand in band,
IS A GREAT BATTLE 1MMIXEAT.
There is a dearth of news from the
seat of war. The brief dispatches that
come through from day to day report
only skirmishes, but even these indicate
a pretty geueral activity along the ex
tended line of the armies aud suggest
that If a great battle is not already In
progress It Is Imminent. Undoubtedly
there Is being exercised a closer censor
ship by both sides than heretofore. The
Japanese are observing their proverbial
secrecy in regard to military operations
and the Russians appear to be equally
careful not to permit any really import
ant Information to leak out.
It can be confidently assumed, how
ever, that neither of the great armies
which confront each other In North Man
churia Is inactive aud that when they do
come together for a decisive struggle it
will be such a conflict as the world has
rarely known. It Is reported that Jap
anese warships have been sighted ap
proachig Vladivostok and If this Is the
case It suggests that a concerted move
ment between the laud and sea forces
may le Intended. It Is undoubtedly the
Intention of the Japanese to take Vladi
vostok and Its Isolation Is understood to
be a part of the plan of Oyama. This
being so a movement of a part of the
fleet toward that port is altogether prob
able. The apparently slow operations of
the Japanese laud forces are not to be re
garded as indicating any lack of activity.
They intend that when they strike the
blow shall be decisive.
hopeless confusion. On the other hand
the voter accustomed to the old districts
knows In which one ho last registered
nnd voted and will not know where he
belongs under the new dispensation
until after he shnll have registered
agnlu for the November election.
To facilitate election preliminaries It
may be desirable to have the limits of
the new voting districts made up with
out too much delay, but even In that
case the ordinance can be drawn nnd
passed so as to take effect at a future
date, say October 1, without Interfering
In any way with the conduct of the
September primary.
There will be enough complications
and knots to untangle without Injecting
the distraction of the new voting district.
rERFVXCTORr EXAMIXA TIOXS.
That bank examinations are not al
ways as careful and thorough as they
should be is generally admitted and
there is some warrant for the statement
made to the recent convention of South
Dakota bankers that these examinations
are more or less a farce. Referring to
this an eastern financial paper remarks
that while muuy bank examiners are
conscientious and capable officials,
nevertheless there is an increasing ten
dency to make examinations perfunc
tory, keeping pace with the general
trend of attending to fiduciary business
by letting some one else do 'it. Besides
the fact that men are appointed as ex
aminers who are not fitted for the duties,
it Is polnteQ out that the system of com
pensation Is also an element tending to
render examinations of national banks
perfunctory. Graded In accordance with
the capital or resources of the institu
tion, it follows that the speedier an ex
anilnntion can be completed the larger is
the income.
When It is stated that there are but
seventy-five examiners for nearly 5,000
banks It can readily be understood why
a good deal of the work of examination
is largely perfunctory. What seems to
be manifestly necessary Is that there
shall be more examiners, that the men
appointed to the position shall be thor
oughly competent and that there shall be
a change in the system of compensation.
When bankers themselves assert that
examinations are not as thorough as
they should be, as was done by some
who attended the convention in South
Dakota, there can be no further doubt
or question as to the necessity for a
change. The present comptroller of the
currency and several of his predecessors
have urged reform in the matter of bank
examinations, but congress has failed to
heed their; recommendations. The mat
ter should again be urged upon the at
tention of the next congress.
The chief trouble with the special
election In the First Nebraska district
is that neither the governor nor the
attorney general were able to guess cor
rectly In advance what a decision of
the supreme court was to be. But then,
the Judges themselves sometimes find
It difficult to tell which way a forth
coming decision Is to face.
No matter how many places may be
made vacant on the Panama Canal com
mission by resignations, voluntary or in
voluntary, Nebraska will stand ready
to honor all the requisitions that may
be' made on it and guarantee that Its
contributions will not retire until forced
out
The present price for gas lamps fitted
with Welsbach burners is $30, while the
bid of the' gas compnny for a renewal
contract Is $28, the reduction being
equivalent to nearly 7 per cent. The
taxpayers are bound to get some ad
vantage out of it anywoy.
AS TO XE' VUT1XQ DISTRICTS.
City Clerk Elbouru has called the at
teutlou of the council to the fact that
the rearrangement of the city into
twelve wards will necessitate a new
definition of the vurioua voting districts
to conform to the ward lines and wires
in addition that this districting be done
at once as a preliminary to the primary
election which Is to be held in SeDteni.
ber under the provisions of the new pri
mary law.
It seems to us that the city clerk Is
laboring under a misapprehension of the
sltuatlou aud that while newly defined
voting districts may be needed for the
regular election In November it will be
far more economical and at the, same
time more practical and in no way in
conflict with the law to delay the re
districting until after September In or
der that the primary election may be
held In the old voting district.
Inusmuch as we can have no previous
registration and all the existing records
relating to the enrollment of voters con
form to the old voting districts, tc
change those districts now would In
volv the cowing- primaries " ta almost
The fact that Senator Mitchell did not
testify In his own behalf does not
legally operate against the presumption
of Innocence which follows a man until
the jury reports, but public opinion is
not always bound by legal rules.
The Injunction club is becoming more
potential than President Roosevelt's big
stick. The latest Is an Injunction to
prevent two saloon keepers from Belling
any other brand than the beverage that
made Milwaukee famous.
St. Petersburg may blame Great
Britain for much of Its trouble, but It
must admit that Russia provided the
conditions for British activity.
French republic over the Moroccan affair.
Evidently the beating of swords Into
ploughshares la not going to take place for
some time to come.
Shoe on the Other Foot.
New York Tribune.
Oeneral Llnevltch was somewhat free,
after the battle of Mukden, In criticising
Oeneral Kouropatkln for retreating. Kour
opatkln did not reply, and events now re
ported from Manchuria make It unneces
sary for him to reply. Oeneral Llnevltch
has been convinced by Japanese argument
that It Is sometimes not only wise to re
treat, but Imperative.
Th Worm Tarns.
Boston Globe.
The Chinese learned quickly enough how
best to hit the American people. They
found the people's tenderest spot. In their
pockets, and they found the people's own
weapon, the boycott, ready to hand when
they wished to call attention to the unjust
convictions of violation of the exclusion
act. And sure enough, the little yellow
men made even President Roosevelt "sit up
and take notice."
Plea for the Simple Life.
Boston Transcript.
And now the June bride, through her
"next friend," petitions for customs that
will enable her to enjoy In peace and quiet
not only the wedding and the days preced
ing It, but the honeymoon as well. It Is
Just one more note added to the swelling re
fraln which prays If not for the "simple
life," at least for a simpler form of living
than many people have yet the courage to
demonstrate. And somehow this note
reaches tho heart of all who hear It more
surely and truly than do many appeals, for
time and again wedding guests have told
themselves and each other that the bride
looked too tired and worn to betray her
beauty and they have pitied her and In
stinctively wished some one would do some
thing to relieve the situation, though they
could not feel themselves warranted In lead
ing anything that resembled a reform movement.
Touching- the rocket Nerve.
Springfield Republican.
It Is when the pocket Is touched that
things begin to stir. We might have gono
on kicking and abusing the Chinese to the
end of time, but for the Institution of a
retaliatory boycott In China against Amer
ican goods. Then our business Interests
concerned In the export trade to the Orient
suddenly fall under the dominion of human
itarian Impulses, and appeal to the presi
dent, and he becomes equally stirred and
turns to the secretary In charge of Immi
gration stations, who at once takes steps
to soften the administration of the exclu
sion laws. What la now done Is something
which ought to have been done without
waiting for the compulsion of Immediate
and pressing considerations of business
Interest. The Chinese may now conclude
to give this weapon of proved effectiveness
a wider swing against the American ex
clusion policy. 1
Improving on Tweed's Methods.
New York World.
Some thirty-odd years ago there flour
ished In New York an arrogant, ostenta
tious person named Tweed. He be
the public long before the late Mr. Van
derbllt, but, being a man of less educa
tion, his language was less Incisive. His
methods also were crude. He sold cuspi
dors and carpets and chairs to the city at
absurd prices, and paid himself out of the
city treasury over and over again. He
Issued fraudulent . warrants and flagrantly
stole. But, after all, he stole only a few
millions, much less than a little street
railroad or gas franchise Is worth, and the
lawyers and the blackmailers took most of
those few millions away from , him. He
was a benighted man who, In his ignorance,
overlooked his best opportunities. They
do things better now, lawfully and hon
estly, using the word honestly In the sense
the courts of law construe It. Nobody in
politics does crude and criminal things now.
Those are left nowadays to the high finan
ciers in Wall street, .to life Insurance offi
cials and the great banks and trust com
panies. No- more stealing, no more cor
ruption. Nothing left but what George
Washington Plunkltt calls "honest graft."
Each day shows that Russian losses
were due to the officers; for the privates
will sometimes fight, even if they have
to fight their own officers.
Great Is Business,
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Important discovery that the Chi
nese are human beings has just been made.
It didn't take the captains of Industry long
to find It out when the Chinese began to
boycott American-made goods. Great is
business!
Apostlea of Benevolence.
Philadelphia Record.
The chief nations of Europe are benevo
lently disputing as to which of them shall
convey the blessing of civilization to the
Arabs of Morocco. In their love of propa
gating the arts of peace among more or
leas barbarous people they are threatening
each other with war.
Innocence with the Wool On.
Baltimore American. ,
A flock of lambs that was being driven
through the streets In Philadelphia real
lambs, with wool on them broke a plate
glass window In a mad rush to get Into the
Stock exchange. This Incident may really
not prove anything of financial Importance,
but It certainly serves to demonstrate that
lambs are not discreet, and that when the
human Innocents who rush upon the stock
maikets were, first compared to lambs the
flgurs was well chosen.
Getting; Ready for m Kllllaar.
Chicago Chronicle. '
Krupp's foundries at Essen are working
day and night turning out field artillery.
As neither Russia nor Japan Is likely to
be placing fresh orders and as France and
England get tbelr guns elsewhere, the In
ference Is plain that Germany Is the cus
tomer for the Krupp guns. There Is thus
some reason to believe that the kaiser
meant business or was preparing for it
when to shook tLe mailed fist at th
GF.TTMG RICH l 1CK.
Tho Nebraska Law and the Latest
Chicago Graft.
The Nebraska men who drafted and se
cured through the legislature of 1908 the
enactment of the law vesting In the State
Ranking board supervisory control of In
stallment Investment companies bullded
better than they anticipated. The measure
was designed to reach corporations, firms
or Individuals securing money on the In
stallment plan on a savings proposition,
requiring them to show that the scheme
or plan was practical and equitable, and
that tho backers were financially able to
perform what they agreed to do. The
Idea was to check the growth of Irre
sponsible financiers and place them under
the control of the state on terms similar
to savings banks. Insurance companies
and building and loan associations. These
institutions are required to make a proper
showing to the Banking board before
authority to do business fn the state Is
given. A like showing of methods, con
tracts, etc., must be made by the Install
ment investment concerns, and if the show
lng meets the requirements of the law and
Is satisfactory to the board authority to
do business in the state may be granted.
Although tho law has been In operation
nearly two years, none of the Installment
companies then In existence were able to
make a satisfactory showing under the
terms of the law. On the contrary, an
Investigation by the bank examiners proved
them to be hopelessly Insolvent, and they
were speedily wound up or moved to other
states. Practically every dollar collected
by them from credulous people was lost,
and, as Is usually the case, the loss fell
on people whe- could least afford it.
It la not possible to compute the direct
saving to the people effected by this law
In less than two yeurs. People who are de
ceived into swindling games rarely give
themselves away. They pay the price and
charge the loss to experience. This much
Is certain, however. Irresponsible financial
schemes and schemers were forced out of
business In the state, and none of the new
SCheniftS Worked In nther at a f ah Ka,i ,At
appeared openly In Nebraska. The last
vuncern wnicn went up against this law
and failed to make good Is In the hands
of receivers in Chicago and Its leading
promoters are under bonds to answer
criminal charges in both state and federal
courts.
RAILROAD REGL'LATION.
President's Determination to Carry
Oat that Policy.
Wall Street Journal.
The only change In Mr. Roosevelt's atti
tude toward the corporations since he be
came president has been his steadily In
creasing determination to carry out the
policy 'of governmental regulation. Those
who have read official papers or listened to
his speeches must have been convinced of
his earnestness In this matter. Those who
have come into personal contact with him
have been Impressed by his deep conviction
that the regulation of the corporations was
the most Important work of Internal admin
istration which he could undertake for the
welfare of future generations.
Yet there have been some who have be
lieved that President Roosevelt would mod
ify his views or compromise his principles
or come to some understanding with finan
cial Interests that would result In a radical
change in his policy. These people must
be disappointed by the language of the
president's speech at Wllllamstown. This
speech shows that his views are unchanged,
and that, If anything, he la even more de
termined than ever in his advocacy of gov
ernment regulation of corporations.
Even aa regards the railroad rate question
he holds steadfastly to the policy which he
advocated In his last annual message. All
of the agitation on the subject which has
taken place, all of the testimony taken be
fore the senate committee on Interstate
commerce, all of the conferences which he
has had with railroad men have apparently
not Influenced the president In the least as
regards this question. He still advocates
the passage ot legislation which will give
as an executive, and not as a judicial func
tion, to the national government the super
vision of the railroads of the United States
engaged In Interstate commerce with the
power when a rate la complained of aa Im
proper and unjust to examine that rate.
and If It be found that the rate should be
changed to establish another rate and have
that new rate take practically Immediate
effect. Now, It la Just that power to be
lodged In the federal government in its
executive branch to which the majority of
the railroad men are opposed. There Is
bound, It seems to us, -to be a determined
fight on this question on the floor of the
United States aenattf at the coming session
of congress.
In regard to the corporations generally
the president holds that while It would be
Impossible to turn back the hands on the
dial plate of progress and to forbid com
blnatlons and corporations, nevertheless,
what must be done Is to put an efficient
supervision over these combinations. He
holds that this cannot be. done effectively
by the states, and musi be done, there
fore, by the national government. He
would have this regulation exercised over
Industrial corporations aa well as railroad
corporations, and he is In favor also of
having the Insurance companies brought
within the scope of federal supervision
While In details the Wall Street Journal
differs In some respects from the president,
yet on the main question of federal regula
tlon we are firm supporters of his policy.
believing that while this Involves certain
perils of political centralisation, those per
Us are lesa to be dreaded than the dangers
of financial concentration; and that, while
federal regulation will serve aa protection
to the public, it should also serve as pro
tectlon to the corporations and Investors.
The concern bore the sonorous name
of the Continental Finance company, with
large capital on paper. To Insure greater
confidence Its bonds and notes were "guar
anteed" by the Continental Financing com1
pany. Two former state officers managed
both concerns and succeeded In gathering
in $l,3O,000 In a few years. The scheme
was an alluring one and was set forth
In the company's literature In a style that
would make a circus spicier sob with envy.
The company's booklet described It as "A
combination of old Ideas made Into a new
and useful Idea, designed for you to make
life easier for you to live, to make life
easier for those dependent upon you to
live, to make death easier for you to bear."
Who could resist after reading these ten
der lines, particularly the last sentence?
Throughout the sixteen pages following
were equally attractive periods artistically
rounded, with a few figures here and there
to give the words a statistical finish. The
point of the "new and useful Idea" was
that the company promised a S per cent
profit on the Investment and agreed to loan
money at what It claimed was S per cent
per annum. But the company's literature
does not tell all that an Investor should
know, nor did It uncover the "little Jokes"
concealed in the last paragraph In the
company contract.
The contract which the company made
with Its victims contained a blank certifi
cate acknowledging payment of money,
twenty Interest coupons to be clipped at
specified times, an agreement entitling the
holders to borrow $1,000 In sums of I10O, "In
his turn, and when there Is money avail
able," and another agreement guarantee
ing the holder, who paid $'500 down, a re
turn of $7i2 at the end of ten years.
The last of the contract conditions, and
the most Important, proportioned the In
come of the company from each contract.
as follows: "It Is hereby understood and
agreed that 20 per cent of all payments
made on this contract and of the return
payments on loans made In connection here
with subsequent to the first twelve Install
ments, shall constitute the reserve fund;
that 40 per cent for the first and 50 per cent
each year thereafter shall constitute the
loan and redemption fund; that 20 per cent
shnll contribute to the operating fund of
the company, and 20 per cent for the first
and 10 per cent each year thereafter shall
constitute the redemption fund."
The company seems to have taken all that
was coming and something more. At last
accounts the assets In sight gave promise
of netting the contract-holders about 1 per
cent.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Lightning struck an oil tank at Lima,
O., and destroyed In crude form what
might have been 1200,000 In tainted money.
Former Governor F. R. Lubbeck has Just
died at Austin, Tex., In his 90th year. He
was the last of the civil war governors,
either north or south.
Ona of the most faithful attendants at
base ball games In Washington Is the
Chinese minister. Sir Chentung was a fa
mous pitcher while at Amherst.
An old man named Kuss was burled In
Egregy, Hungary, with his fortune of
I17.50O In his coffin. His relatives heard of
It and exhumed the body and divided the
money.
The true Missourlan must be shown. One
of the tribe gated upon mortal remains
presumed to be his own and solemnly in
formed the coroner that the dead man was
not himself.
Tolstoy is in no sense a popular writer,
yet his works have a wider circulation
than any other living writer. Up to tho
present his books have been printed in
forty-five languages.
Modjeska hopes to sell her ranch In Call
fornla .ur enough to allow her to return
to Poland next winter to pass the rest
of her life In her native land. If she can
not git money enough for this she may
again appear on the stage.
The West Point class of 1865 holds its
half century reunion this year. There are
only five survivors Oeneral Alexander 8
Webb, General Charles B. Comstock, Gen
eral David McM. Gregg. Chief Justice
Nichols of the supreme court ot Louisiana,
and General Samuel Dreck.
Prof. Flinders Petrle, the Egyptologist,
has discovered In the Sinai peninsula the
ancient temple ot Seablt el Khadem. Ho
found It to be of a Semitic type, different
from any other known Egyptian temple,
possessing two courts for ablution and
long series ot subterranean chambers.
These had been added by successive kings
from the eighteenth to the twentieth dy
nasty.
No great amount of Inward meditation
la required to appreciate the feelings of
Tom Lawson when he found that his share
of the Amalgamated loot waa cut from
15,000.000 to $2,600,000. Most any live pro
moter would do aa Tom says he did "I
sprang to my feet, kicked over the chair,
and gave a yell. Heaven knows what I
said, for all barriers were down and a
floodtlde of rage swept my being." For
tunately for the country, Thomas got his
share of the loot and "the floodtlde of rage"
ebbtd lute a (tntie murmur of Joy,
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IXTERSATIOSAL TAFFY.
Sna-ar-Conted Compliments Passed I p
to Ambassador Iteld.
Baltimore American.
Mr. Whltelaw Reld, ambassador to the
court of St. James, to use an obsolete
phrase, was several days ago officially re
ceived by King Edward VII., but he could
not be a full-fledged ambassador until he
had been dined and wined by those mem
bers of the English nobility and common
alty who represent what. In the modern
sense of the word, comprise the political
society of the British government. At a
dinner at Clarldge's a place known to all
Americans who wish to get the least for
the most money, Mr. Reld was the guest
of honor nnd was given his full degree as
an ambassador. Premier Balfour Informed
him that America cannot. If It would, keep
Its finger out of the International pie, and
Lord Roberts echoed the hidden assurance
of the premier that If Great Britain gets
Into an International snarl It will be tho
happy privilege of the United States to
play the part of the simian gentleman to
pull the chestnuts out of the fire.
Now, this Is all very sweet and cousinly.
Blood will be thicker than water until the
last symphonic solo Is played upon the
trump of Gabriel. But let our British
friends comprehend once for all that we
are above everything else an Intensely
common sense and practical people and in
no way capable of setting off fireworks
where our own vital Interests are not In
volved. We are Interested In the rest of
the world Just so far as the rest of the
world Interests us. Individuals may bo
profoundly philanthropic, but nations are
despicably selfish, and we are not su
perior In that respect. Neither chaff nor
champagne Is alluring when It is solely a
matter of commercial dollars and cents.
It Is a notable compliment to Ambassador
Reld that he gently shunted all of the
frothy compliments. Mr. Choate could not
have done better.
VOTING MACHINES IN ILLINOIS.
Courts Remove Obstruction to Their
I'ae In the State.
Chicago Tribune.
The supreme court has upheld the law
authorizing the use of voting machines.
That law provides for the appointment by
the governor of two mechanical experts,
who, with the secretary of state, are to ex
amine different kinds of machines and de
termine which of them comply with the re
quirements of the statute. If no such
board has been organised the next step will
be for the governor to appoint his experts
so that the Chicago election commlasloners
may know what make of machine they may
Invest In. If the commissioners have that
Information In good season It will be possi
ble for them to Install some machines for
use at the fall election and to have a larger
number In service at the city election next
spring. It may be that they have not the
funds at command to Justify a large Imme
diate expenditure, but they can do some
thing.
The Introduction of voting machines will
do away with the printing of ballots, one
of the largest Items of expense. Voting
may be done considerably faster with ma
chines than with printed tickets. It will
be possible In the future, in consequence,
to have larger, and, therefore, fewer, vot
ing precincts than there have been in the
past. With fewer voting precincts fewer
clerks and Judges will be needed, and less
money will be required to pay them. The
machines will be bought or a royalty will
be paid for their use, but the expense thus
Incurred may not equal what they will
save.
Voting machines are not a specific for
election frauds. They will not stop fraudu
lent voting. But where machines are used.
the votes being added up automatically as
fast as they are registered, the chances of
mistakes or fraud In the count are much
less than under the old system.
One feature of election by machines al
most everybody will like. The results will
be ascertained more quickly. It will bo
possible to tell the vote of each precinct
the minute the polls close. Candidates and
their managers and friends will be sooner
put out of the agony of suspense, and cltl
sens who cannot go to bed without knowing
who won will be able to retire at an earlier
hour than heretofore.
LAIGHING UAS.
mTl1 t.nlf s,.Rtesman'" "l,1 th" earner
fiV,'n.. wl" always value honor above all
thins "
i "Ves," replied the 'keen observer; '1
gu?ss that's why many of our senators are
willing to pay so much for the honor."
Philadelphia Press.
Museum Lecturer-The Bearded Lady's
husband has been dead only two months,
yet she's sprucing up again.
Manager What are the symptoms?
Museum Lecturer Why, this afternoon
she appears on the platform with her
whiskers trimmed Vandyke style. Puck.
"Author Henry James says Americans
say 'vanlllar.' '
'What's the scents In that?" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Moe Rose Jagby has a dissipated looking
fnre.
joe lose xes, regular gin phis. New
York Sun.
When the doctor has a cold, It must
make him tired to have so many of his
friends say to him sarcastically: "Physi
cian, heal thyself." Somervllle Journal.
Upgardson A medical writer says a man
never should read while he Is eating. It's
Dan lor tne digestion.
Atom It's true. Sometimes I've lost all
desire for my dinner merely on account of
having looked at the bill of fare. Chicago
Tribune.
Vacationist Have many of the houses
here old-fashioned knockers?
Farmer Heckberry Gosh, yes; most all th'
gosHlps in th" village are over 70. Cleveland
Leader.
"What is the difference between a prac
tical and a theoretical farmer?"
"A theoretical farmer," answered Farmer
Corntos.sel, "Is one that Insists on tryln
to make a llvln' off the farm, an' a practi
cal one Jes' faces the Inevitable an turns
the place over to summer boarders."
Washington Star.
THE GAL ON THE FARM.
Contributed Anonymously.
Waal, I vum, I ne'er thought It possible
That I should grieve, till ft near broke my
heart.
But that momln' I felt the time had come
When I know for sartln that we must
part; ;
An' I Jest sot down an' felt like cryln'i
Ain't dead sure but I did shed a tear
Don't go much on sentiment, but that lump
In my throat made me feet mighty queer.
Somethln' told me the very fust time
8he e'er sot a foot on the place
That she was no common, everyday gal:
There was a thoroughbred look In her
face. i
One o' the gals on the farmthat's all
But I fell In love with her, In a way,
Twa'nt, mebby, real love one reads about.
Sort o' Platonic, aa the scholars say.
One thing 'bout her I ne'er quite under
stood We folks all spoke on't fust day she
came:
She looked real honest-like, an' acted right.
But, actu'lly, she dldn t know her name.
Waal, we tried one name, then another,
To suit her, aa she stood there by the
fence;
At last a kind neighbor thought o' Dor'thy,
And she's Jest been "Our Dor'thy" ever
eence.
But folks come an' go can't always keep
'em
An' e'en farm gals sometimes want a
change,
So I wish her well In her new home
With that new arrived member o' th
grange.
I know she'll like the place, an' him as welL
I met him once, an' I can tell as how
He'll use her proper an' be mighty kind
To Dorothy my dear, good Guernsey cow.
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