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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1005. Tiie Omaha Daily Bee E.- ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SCBSCRIPTION. f!1r Rea (without Runriav). nn year. ..$4 00 fllv B end Rumlav. ort vear 0" illustrated one year nndsy Heo. one yar i Saturday He, one year DELIVERED BT CARRIER fraltv Re (without Hundav) tXT week i.5i l.W ..12 J Itee (Including Punrtav). per week.Jio Evening Rec (without Sunday), per week. c ' Evening Hee twlth Sunday), per week. ...10c Sunday R, per copy fr" Address complaints of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES, i Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council BlurTs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 16i I'nlty Building. New fork lnu Hom Ufa Ins. Building. Washington Ml Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newt and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only l-cent stamp received In payment of mall accounts. Paraonal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, fltat of Nebraska, Douglas County, as: C. C. Rosewater, secretary of The Res Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of August, 1906, was as follows: 1 90,400 18 S1.TOO 1 ai.rwto 17 2,010 t ..... SBVftC IS 80,7M 4 SO.SOO 19 B0.700 ( ... 80.T70 20 112,410 SO.ftSO 21 80.820 T RO.TSO 2 no.itoo 1 81,000 n S1.&20 1 81.HOO 24 AO.OSO 10 S,fiO 25 81,1 30 11 ftOrSOO 26 81,0.10 II 80.TB0 27 SO.IKH) 13 80,710 29 80,770 14 SO.flAO 29 80,970 15 81.0R0 SO 31, HBO Total 926,BaO Less unsold copies lO.llta Net total sales 8I0.38H Dally average SO.S44 C. C. ROSEWATER, Beo'y. - Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this SO day of September. l06. (Seal) M. B. HUNOATK, Notary Public. WHKH OUT OF TOWlt. Subscribers leaving the) city tem porarily ahoald have The Bee nailed to them. It Is better than ' dally letter from home. Ad dress will bo chanced as oftea as requested. Omaha must uphold Its reputation for hospitality this week. For the next few days the gates of Omaha will swing inward, tut the latch strings will be hanging outward. It is to be noted that Messrs. Greene and Gaynor have selected the proper season In which to leave Canada for ' Georgia. It is extremely gratifying to know that after all it was not Pat Crowe who robbed the New York bank of those se curities. The labor troubles' on The isthmian eanal will be over Just as soon 'as Market's chain of boeeuke eating houses Is set In motion. Russians who are destroying their for tifications in Manchuria for fuel evi dently miss the warm times heretofore riven tbcm by the Japanese. , Workmen from Martinique who ob lected to being vaccinated at Panama would probably rather see an eruption of a volcano than of their anatomy. The "yellow perils" have at last met A. Chinaman has just succumbed to fellow fever at New Orleans, the first of his race to die of this disease In America. With over 20, OOO.OOo deposited by private soldiers of the United States irmy, the appeal for higher wages does Dot seem to be of the character known is imperative. The New York thief who demon strated the laxity of modern banking methods can have no fault to find with modern police methods, as he was put behind the bars m spite of his caution. Tn the destruction of a Japanese mili tary storehouse by fire some officials may profit in the same way as did sim ilar officers of the United States army when the boats were upset in Manila bay. A bull fight, in which the animals will be protected with armor, la being improvised at Los Angeles. This makes ns suspect that ex-Governor Savage has taken up his quarters In that neighbor hood. Now that it is finally determined that President Roosevelt is to visit New Or leans, despite the yellow fever enl domic, it is up to the Marine Hospital corps to stamp out the disease before October 2(1. With the Ueruinn War ottlce refusing to permit soldiers to take the place of strikers In Berlin one wonders what would have been done had there not been so many pronounced social demo crats in the Reichstag. Tb paymaster general of the army ascribes the difficulty of getting new recruits to the inadequate pay of the enlisted men. When a man can have employment at top wages in almost any occupation, without so much as hunting for It, it is pretty hard to Induce him to Join the army, eveu lu time of peace and Idleness. The retail hardware dealers of St Louis bsve made another urgent appeal to Governor Folk to set the Bt Louis po lks force In motion to enforce the Sun day Isws 011 them. Why there should be such a rush and crush for the pur chase of hardware in St. Ixnils ou the Sabbstb has not yet been divulged, but we suspect that there must be some abtlo connection between soft drinks ad hardware, r.vssir rxBSiMiSM Former Benator Chandler of New Hampshire is pessimistic In regard to proposed legislation for the regulation of railroad rates. He fears that either notiiing will be done at the coming ses sion of congress or that if anything Is done It will give more to the railroads than to the people. He thinks that "the simple proposition of the president will be so overlaid with qualifications as to be worthless, or the bill will be so crowded with additions Justly objection able or of doubtful utility as to make Its passage through both houses Impos sible." So strongly Is Mr. Chandler im bued with this pessimistic spirit that he seems even to fear that President Roose velt may be Influenced to alter his views in regard to rate regulation. It seems to us that the New Hamp shire statesman Is unnecessarily appre hensive and that he is not benefiting the cause to which be is unquestionably friendly by such utterances as he has given to the public. Everybody realizes that the policy which Mr. Roosevelt ad vocates cannot be achieved without a most determined fight. The opposition to It is very form Ids ble. The concerted power of the railroads Is enormous in its Influence, not only In congress but also with the people, and It Is being ex erted iu every direction where it Is ex pected to count Its hold upon congress is still exceedingly strong, but it may be doubted if it will prove to be as po tent In the fifty-ninth as In the last con gress. There has been a great deal done within the past year to enlighten the public mind on the subject of railway rate regulation and there Is very good reason to believe that this has increased sentiment in support' of the policy urged by Mr. Roosevelt Congress will give heed to this. Even In the senate there are men who are showing for the first time a disposition to look favorably upon the public demand for rate-making legislation, recognising the fact that such legislation is sooner or later in evitable. The bulwark of the railroads, as Mr. Chandler points out, is still In the senate, and In that arena the battle for the people must be fought hut there is reason to believe that the contest there will not be without practical result Possibly in the impending fight the peo ple may not get all they ask, but some progress, there can be no doubt, will be made and whatever gain is made will be permanent Mr. Chandler says the railroads are getting in their money and work and free passes everywhere, while very little is being done on the side of the people. "The fight will be between organized corruption and unorganized helpless ness." This indicates an Inadequate es timate of the weight of public senti ment The very fact that the railroads are doing what Mr. Chandler alleges Is creating or strengthening feeling In favcr of the proposed legislation. Their course is furnishing convincing testi mony as to the desirability of such leg islation. Perhaps the note of apprehen sion sounded by Mr. Chandler may prove serviceable in arousing the people to greater activity in support of the president but we are inclined to think that more would be gained by taking a less pessimistic view of the situation and presenting to the people a more en couraging outlook. So far as President Roosevelt Is concerned, there Is not the least reason to doubt that he will be found firmly standing by the position taken in his last annual message regard ing rate regulation. PRIVATE CAR LIUS HEARING. 1 According to present arrangement the Interstate Commerce commission wilf two weeks hence begin a bearing in regard to the private car lines. A good deal of interest both on the part of the public and the railroads, will be felt in this inquiry and the result of the Inves tigation will undoubtedly be Important As to the main facts, they are already pretty well known. It la undisputed that the private car lines have for many years constituted in certain respects a monopoly for which the public has had to pay most heavily and which has held the railroads at Its mercy. The owners of these car lines have dictated their own terms to shippers and exacted what they pleased from the - railroad com panles and it is needless to say that their terms have never been reasonable. Regarding themselves as entirely Inde pendent of the law and outside the Jur isdiction of the Interstate Commerce commission, they have operated as suited their own convenience and their greed, of course making enormous profits out of the business; While these general facts are well known, there are some details connected with the management and business of the private car lines that are not known to the public and which the hearings before the commission are expected to bring out Whether it will be possible to get at these remains to be seen, there being doubt as to whether the com mis slot) has authority to probe as deeply as is desirable. In his last annual me sage rresiaent Koosevelt took s very positive position in regard to the private car lines. lie declared that the abuses for which they axe responsible must Le stopped and that they must be made amenable to the law. In Its last annual report the Interstate Commerce commis sion devoted a good deal of space to the private car system, pointing out some of the evils connected with, it and sug gestlug remedies. It was the opinion of the commission that the private car companies are subject to federal author ity and that the law regulating Inter state commerce should be extended to them. ... It is very probable that Presideut Roosevelt will again refer to these lines In his next annual message and recom mend legislation regarding them.'. . The commission's Inquiry will give the presl dent additional Information and also af ford congress further enlightenment. There is no question as to public sentf meut In the matter. It Is In favor of making, the private car lines amenable to the law. The rallroids generally are also favorable to this, since the private car companies are of no iwnofit, but rather an Injury to the roads. There Is strong probability that there will le leg islation by the fifty-ninth congress re lating to the private ear system. WOULD A SrrClAt 8ESS1UX rAIt OCT! The governor may on extraordinary occasions convene the legislature by proclamation, stating therein the pur pose for which they are convened, and, the legislature shall enter upon no busi ness except that for which they were called together. This is the exact lan guage of the constitution relative to the calling of a special session of the legis lature. The questions which Governor Mkkey is Just uow thoughtfully consid ering are: First, Is there an emergency for convening the legislature such as is contemplated by the constitution? and, second. Is there a reasonable prospect that the objects contemplated In the proposed call could be accomplished? At first blush the answer to these questions would be In the negative. A number of prominent politicians and state papers have already ranged them selves in opposition. Taking it for granted that the object of the special session would be railroad regulation and anti-pass legislation, they point to the fact that all the bills having that object in view were sidetracked, or de feated, excepting alone the single con stitutional amendment bill proposing the creation of an elective railroad com mission. To' recall a legislature with such a record would, In their Judgment, be a mere waste of money and time. These people do not, however, take under consideration the change of pub lic sentiment in Nebraska, voiced in the platforms adopted In the First congres sional district convention and later lu the republican state convention. Mem bers of .the legislature are all politicians and most politicians are swayed by public sentiment but assuming that no railway legislation would be enacted at the proposed special session. Governor Mickey could render the state invalua ble service by hastening constitutional revision through the submission of a number of Important constitutional amendments by the legislature. The greatest need of Nebraska today Is a radical change In the organic law to make it conform to existing condi tions, and that change should be brought about at the earliest possible moment There is an imperative need of a larger supreme court with better paid Judges, and there is an equally crying need of higher salaries in the executive depart ment This long-felt want was recog nized ten years ago, when the legisla ture of 1803 submitted a dozen amend ments to the constitution, Including amendments as to the investment of the permanent school fund. These amend ments would doubtless have carried by an overwhelming majority had not Ne braska, been the cyclone center of po litical excitement in 1890, when th were submitted, but in spite of the overshadowing paramount issue of that campaign some of them came within 2,000 or 3,000 of carrying. The failure of the proposition for a constitutional convention was largely due to the overshadowing Issue of a na tional campaign In 1004. Had the late legislature resubmitted the proposition for 1900, or should the present legisla ture submit a dozen amendments to the constitution, they would undoubtedly carry In 1000. The time is ripe for these changes and it will not require any great amount of agitation to insure the ratification of a series of amendments. The very fact that the late republican convention has committed the party to anti-pass legis lation is within itself a strong argu ment In favor of the Immediate submis sion of amendments that will provide such salaries for public officials as will enable them to dispense with so-called railroad courtesies, which tend to de moralize the public service. But in order that the governor' may know in advance whether the legisla ture would carry out his recommenda tions The Bee would suggest that a conference between the governor and the members of the legislature be held at an early day after the November election. In the meantime the subject should be discussed In the public forum from all points of view. Missouri's prohibition leader, H. P. Farris, has followed in the footsteps of Clarence H. Venuer in an open letter requesting John A. MeCall to resign the presidency of the New York Life In surance company. The pith of the de mand is in the following extract: Some of us are foolish enough to think that the destruction of the liquor trafflo la far mors important than the defeat of the free silver erase; and yet. so far as I know, there were no contributions made to the prohibition party from "our mu tual" company. I feel sure, If there had been any, I would have known of it, as I have had the honor of being on the na tional commute of that party for a num ber of years. It Is now up to John A. McCall to explain why he did not make a liberal contribution to the prohibition party In the national campaigns of 1800 and 1900. Had he done so, he might have saved himself from the stigma of fla grant discrimination. Real estate has reached high water mark in Chicago A lot with a frontage of twenty feet on State street ninety feet in depth, has been leased at an an nual rental of $18,000, the lessees pay tng the taxes and Insurance besides, On a 4 per cent basis this would give a valuation, of $4.V),000 on the land, or 122.500 per foot frontage and $250 per square foot. In Omaha $2,500 a foot would be considered high water mark on th best street corner In town. The president of the Santa Fe rail road asserts that it la cheaper to carry a car of live stock than carry a car of packing bouse products. Py the same sign it is also cheaper to carry a 'carload of passengers' thsn a carload of live stock. The live stock has to be loaded and unloaded and the passengers load and unload themselves. The local popocratlc organ Is relent less In Its pursuit of Chancellor An drews. Dr. Andrews' unpardonable sin, however, Is to be found not so much In his recent utterances as In his repudia tion of 10 to 1 free silver coinage, after having been clasped to the flryanlte bosom on the strength or his profession Of faith. The grand total of student registra tion of the University of Nebraska is expected to go far beyond the registra tion of last year. That means for us to prepare for a big Increase In the graud total of university appropriations demanded of the next legislature. Strange inconsistency. Washington Poet. Railroad managers who complain that the packers fix the freight rates nevertheless object to congress relieving the packers of the job. ' ronderoaa Don'ta. Boston Transcript. Mr. Qrover Cleveland doesn't think women should Join clubs or have the right of suffrage. When he gets through his list of "don'ts" will he kindly Indicate the privileges that they may legitimately en- Joy? The Diplomatic. Lob Bow. Baltimore American. M. 'Witte Is showing ability In other than the diplomatic line. By getting re buked for his modesty in keeping himself In the background and by assuring his countrymen that all classes In Vie United States were really In sympathy with Rus sia he is adding vastly to the gaiety of nations. Modera Baa-en Caff the Antique. New York Post. The "self-made" man la doomed, says a professor of the University of Chicago. Efficient manhood can no longer be home made. But Pliny the Elder preceded Prof. Butler: "Man Is the only one that knows nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and. In short, he can do .nothing at the prompting of nature but weep." A Warrior la Peace. Minneapolis Journal. Do you remember that noble old hero, General 8hafter, who conducted the San tiago campaign In the Cuban war, from his fiery, blt-champlpg hammock? The general has laid aside the habiliments of fierce, half-brained war and Is enthusiast ically Interested In stock raising. He has just been exhibiting a small herd of choice Jersey cattle at' the California State fair In Sacramento City. Squealing oa His Pals. Chicago Chronicle. In his latest literary Installment Mr. Lawson of Boston pays his respects to cer tain of his former associates In vigorous and virtuous fashion. His reprehension is unqualified and we may presume that It is deserved. The thing that must strike every one who reads these denunciations of wick edness is the marvelous luck of Mr. Lawson In consorting so 'long with these sons of Belial without being .contaminated himself. It Is pleasant to fcavs.hls own assurance that, though ,ha was;, ostensibly hand-ln-glove with them, he was really filled with pious wrath at their iniquities. Publicity a roe of the Lobby. St Louts Republic. Lobbyism Is a problem near the root of corporate corruption, but one as difficult of attack and extermination as the mole. The problem la not approachable to legislation. The ideal of the public servant excludes association" with the subtle-working agent of corporate Interests who seeks to in fluence legislation behind the public's back, so to speak, and It Is to the firm establish ment of that Ideal and standard which exacts the highest Integrity of the public servant that the people must look for protection against this form of corporate Iniquity. Publicity Is death to lobbyism of this character, precisely as the sunlight will kill the mole. Good Hcaalts from In vesttsjatloa. Wall Street Journal. The investigation which Is now going on In regard to Insurance -ought to be of In calculable value. It must Inevitably result In cleaner, better, more economical methtds of administration of the Ufa Insurance com panies. It will, doubtless, lead to federal control of life Insurance, If that can be established under the constitution, and its control will be carried on for the better protection of policy holders. But, more than that, the Investigation promises to throw new light upon the whole question of the responsibilities of trustees. Already It promises to break down the vicious sys tem of corporation contributions to political campaign funds, and It will, doubtless, re sult In a law providing for publicity In the United States of the receipts and disburse ments of political .committees. CO-OPERATION AMONG FARMERS. Difficulties Opposing; tho Apallcatloa of a Pet Theory. Detroit Free Press. Among other recommendations made at the recent session of the National Farmers' congress was that of a campaign of educa tion among agriculturists in behalf of co operative selling', to the end that profitable prices may be obtained on all farm prod ucts. The loglo employed In reaching this conclusion was a bit difficult to accept. It was asserted that to prevent th surplus In American farm products from going on the European market at such low prices as to prevent the European farmers from sell ing their products In competition with ours. thus starving them and resulting the es tablishing abroad of tariff walls against American farm products, which would cut off foreign markets, It was neces sary that better price be obtained at horn. To th urbanlt th desirability of an ad vance In the prlo of farm products falls to appeal. He is already paying liberally for what he gets, but that la not neces sarily the fault of the producer. Th mid dlemen all com In for their shar of th profits, and by th time an article h found Its way into the horn Its cost has Increased at a startling rate. Co-operativ marketing has -Jong been a pet theory with agriculturists, yet It Is no nearer realisation now than It was a decade ago. Th obstacles to be overcome are many. The diversified Interests represented present a seemingly Insurmountable bar rier. On farmer Is desirous of disposing of a certain crop, while his neighbor may prefer holding for better prices. The near est market may be well supplied, while a few miles further th demand is strong. To sell to th former would mean a sacrl flee possibly; to Invade th latter would be to engender the enmity of those who looked upon It as their legitimate field, and who would resent the tendency to bear the mar ket by flooding It. The farmer has many problems to contend with, but that of co operative selling Is on of th knottiest. That a solution will be forthcoming some day Is more than possible, but to date' prog rrss has not been of a nature to inspire any vast degre of enthusiasm. ARM V GOSSIP I WASHINGTON. Matters of Interest Gleaned from the Army and Navy Register. The quartermaster general has author ised the following Improvements at army posts: Tort Omaha, Neb., construction of store house for ties of the signal corps; Fort Robinson, Neb., one hay shed, one quartermaster's shop, one four-troop black smith shop and four double stable guard and shop buildings; Fort Bliss, Tex., screens for various buildings; Fort Pes Moines, la., storm sash for officer's quar ters; Fort Hancock, N. J., repairs to the poet hospital; Omaha, Neb., construction of a store house for the quartermaster's department; Fort Logan H. Roots, Colo., construction of a number of buildings for various purposes; Fort Robinson, Neb., rorfverting old signal and postofflce build ing Into noncommissioned staff officers' quarters. The proceedings of tire board of officers convened at Fort Leavenworth. Kan., September 1. for the examination of en listed candidates for appointment as second lieutenants rn the army, have been re reived at the War department. Four candidates were found qualified: Ser geants Barlow, Twenty-sixth infantry; Clarke, Eighth Infantry; BosWell. coast ar tillery, and Corporal Hohl. Sixth Infantry. These men will be given certificates of eligibility. Two candidates were found de ficient, two were not examined on account of sickness and In another case the pro ceedings were Incomplete. The last case will be returned to the board for comple tion. During the month of August 2.R74 re cruits were enlisted for the army, of whom 1,8 were obtained In cities and 755 at military posts and In the field. For the infantry 1.240 white soldiers were secured; coast artillery, MM; engineer battalions, ST; cavalry, 708 white; field artillery, 76; United States military academy detachments, 8; In fantry, 90 colored; cavalry, to colored: Indian scouts, 1; and Philippine scouts, 85. The Inaccuracies of some of the state ments mado by Dr. Louis L. Seaman of New York, formerly major and surgeon of the First United States volunteer engineers. In a hearing last winter beforo the committee on military affairs of the house of representatives n the bill to In crease the efficiency of the medical de partment of the army, continues to be the subject of discussion among military sur geons. This week Surgeon Charles F. Stokes, United States navy, at the meet ing of the Association of Military Sur geons at Detroit, called Dr. Seaman sharply to account for certain of his al leged misstatements of facts. Before the military committee Dr. Seaman testified that In the Spanish war, In a campaign lasting less than six weeks, the mortality from bullets and wounds was 868, while that from disease was J.8G2, or about 14 to 1. It Is stated by medical officers of the army that the total deaths from disease given by Dr. Seaman Is much too large as compared with the number of deaths from bullets and wounds. The records do not show any such wide difference. The only explanation that can be made Is that Dr. Seaman must have computed the num ber of deaths from bullets and wounds from one corps only, while the number of deaths from disease must have been taken from a much larger force. On the other hand, the official figures available show that In the Spanish war' there were S4.000 deaths on the battle field or as a result of wounds received while In action, and there were 69,297 deaths from disease. Dr. Seaman also stated to the military com mittee that In the civil war there were In round numbers 600.000 fatalities, 600,000 of whom died from disease and only, 100,000 from bullets and wounds. The most au thentic figures available show that there was no such wide difference In the number of those dying as a result of wounds and the number of those who died of disease. According to the official reoords of the rebellion. In the union army 44,238 were killed in battle and 49.200 died of wounds or Injuries, making 93,443 fatalities as a result of battle. TheJ number dying of disease was 18H.HG, and the deaths by suicide. homicide, execution and as a result of unknown causes amounts to 15.710, making total number of fatalities In the civil war on the union side 304,30. THE RELIGION OF Dl'TT. "Hainan Beings Are Dot the Facets of the Jewel Humanity." Felix Adler In McClures. We need the conviction that this world Is not a colossal loom on which the shuttle of chance weaves the garment of unreason and despair; that our Ideals are not mere wishes, with no surety of fulfillment; but that at the heart of things there Is that which will make them real. Th greatest human beings are but facets of tjie Jewel Humanity. It Is time that we put away from us this much of religious sentiment, and ceased to be content with vague and blurred outlines of thought on the greatest of all subjects, while we demand distinctness In every other. The cleaning up of one's Ideas la Important, as a matter of ethical sanita tion, as the cleaning up of th house In which we dwell Is a part of external sani tation. If we put aside the materialistic explana tions of morality and see the majesty, the Inexplicable augustness of it, we shall find that. In the moral life Itself, ?n the moral experience Itself, we possess religion. In th worship the soul Is born; the dally taBk Is the anvil on which one must beat out his selfhood. Even a philanthropist may lose more than be gains If, as sometimes occurs, he resorts to Improper methods In order to .compass the good end. One cannot get a religion by merely try ing to think out the problems of the uni verse. It Is a mistake to approach th subject of religion from the point of view of th Intellect. PERSONAL. NOTES. This government Is not afraid oi Morocco, and th Sultan might as well restore his ft I to a respectful angle. Eleven county Jails In one Kansas con gressional district are without occupants. Even the congressman Is at large. ' A wealthy woman In Ohio has been or dered to pay her dlvoced husband HO a week until such time as he either die or again marries. "On touch of nature makes the whol world kin." When Mr. Rockefeller lately recalled his early tussles with the Cleve land banks, when ha was a borrower of money, he wept. Douglass Alexander, recently elected president of th Singer Sewing Machine company, entered the service of the cor poratlon only thirteen years ago. His rise from th bottom to the top rung Is re garded as unusually rapid even tn thla hustling period. James Ullllken of Decatur, 111., recently announced that he would give $000,000 to th university In his city bearing his nam provided an additional 1100,000 would be raised. This has been done and now Mr. Mllllken offers $1,000,000 mora provided $30,000 additional bo raised by lisd. Charles Parsons, a leading cittern of St. Louis, who has just died, left his magnifi cent art collection, valued at J&tW0, to Washington university, to be displayed In a fine arts building to be erected In Forest park, and left an additional sum of $76,0u0, th Income to be ud la taring for th art work. Fifty Years v (CE2EAM .bM A Cream of Tartar Powder rJIado From Grapca fJo Alum STATE PRESS COMMENT. Albion Argus (pop.): Did you read the democratic platform adopted at the state convention? It Is more than a few planks. It Is a great big raft, too big and cum bersome to handle. Grand Island Independant: It Is to be expected that the literary bureau of the railroad corporations will with all possible emphasis declare that the recent pleas of guilty, and the Imposition of fines by the oourts, for violations of the anti-rebate law prove that no further legislation Is neces sary. Can you figure It Out how that would change a single discriminatory rate? Wlnsida Tribune: After all, an open fusion on the state ticket would have been far more honorable than to sneak In a pop as on of the nominees for regent. We can see no object, since it Is sure defeat either way, In this dallying with a played-out nuisance. When a bad thing Is dead It Is best to bury It Instead of keeping It on exhibition until the stench becomes unbearable. Bcrlbner New (dem.):Senator Millard, too, has suddenly set his sails to catch the prevailing popular breese. Although elected to the senate by the railroads lie now assumes a position of antagonism to to those corporations by advocating th regulation of freight .rates by the Inter state Commerce commission. The senator's position, however, is no more ludicrous than is the action of R. B. Schneider's sen atorial candidate In making a strenuous anti-pass and anti-rebate campaign. Butler County Press (dem.): Some news papers seem to see a Joke In th fact, that, In poker parlance, the democratic state convention, saw the republican conven tion, so far as anti-pass resolutions were concerned, and went It one better. Somehow, the agitation attracts little at tention outside of newspaper offices and platform committee councils. Nobody seems to get mad over politics any more, and an amused skepticism prevades the atmosphere. Whether the voters consider all persons rogues who talk politics w don't know, but they act that way. SENATOR CALLED DOWN. President Roosevelt's Heart to Heart Talk with Senator Heybnra. Pittsburg Dispatch. Senator Heyburn of Idaho Is the latest Individual to discover that President Roose velt has a policy In relation to th rights of the people which will admit of no In terference on the part of any one, not even a senator. "I will not for one moment consent to sacrifice the interests of the people as a whole to the real or fancied interests of any Individual or of any political faction," wrote the president In response to a letter from tho senator, dealing with certain de sired changes In forestry reserve. Heyburn bad taken the ground that the changes were desired for political pur poses and the president was prompt to see the danger of action on an excuse by no means in keeping with the policies he la wont to pursue when the rights of the people are in danger. His response to the request stated plainly that the forestry reserve regulations had been In use a num ber of years and be had no reason to find fault with them. While the merits of the case do not ap pear In detail, th fact remain that th president was called upon to do that which he believed was not demanded by the situation, and he followed his usual course of speaking his mind without re gard for the political Influence of th per son addressed. He will, therefore, hava another opponent when next he comes In contact with th senate. It Is In acts of this kind that the char acter of the president shows to best ad vantage. Although this letter was written months ago. It only reaches th people who are benefited through the instrumentality of a department publication. Manifestly the letter was not written as a campaign document. PJP Therc arc no family medicine. we might mention yellow dock root, FY - f J 3 s i thorn bark, senna leaves, burdock root, cimi- cifuga root, cinchona bark, Phytolacca root. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is certainly a medicine, a genuine medicine, a doctor's medicine. Itas fry n. . o. r Oe., LswsO. stas. Aim swslMhtnn or i y-vb'S sm vinos -Tat tk kali. ITFR'S PILLS Fer coastiDatlaa. ' AIBU'S CUkkBT PfcCTOksis Vof coses. U:o Standard mm TAXIXO FRANCHISES. Highest t'onrt of Minnesota Affirms tho RUM to Do So. Minneapolis Journal. The Influence of the work of Henry George on questions of taxation Is real In tho world. While his single tax plan ha not commended Itself to the people of this ceuntry, many of his Ideas are forcing their way Into the schemes of taxation. One of these was the Idea of taxing franchises as If they wer visible property like lands or buildings. In the latest developments of tax methods this Idea has received recognition. It stands on the tax laws of New York, and It Is recognised Indirectly In the decision of the Minnesota supreme court In the West ern Vnlon case. The direct money benefit to the state from the back taxes this corporation will have to pay over is a small part of the pub lic benefit. The future rights of the com monwealth are secured as the right to tax franchises Is established. To be sure the court did not and could not say how they should be taxed, that being left to th ad ministrative branch of the government and at present the ultimate power seems to rest with the state board of equalization. The new powers of that board make Its consti tution of more Importance than ever. Whether It shall be a large body of citizens called together once a year to perform In a short period a vital function or shall be reconstituted as a small body of experts continuously studying and determining the bases of valuation Is a. live question, par ticularly If the people shall ratify at the next election the wide-open amendment which has been submitted to them by the legislature. SMILING LINES. "Yes, whenever I can I bring home to my wife the freshest bank bills that the banks ran deal out." "What's that for?" "Why, the money Is so pretty that aha hates to spend It. "Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Want any typewriter supplies?" asked the peddler, sticking hi head In the office door. "No," replied the young business man, absent-mindedly, "I Just got her a box of bonbons only an hour or so ago." Phila delphia Press. The Moralist The busy bee Improves each shining hour. The Plain Citizen As though a shining hour wasn't good enough for any one; you never can make some folks leave well enough alone. New York Sun. Damocles saw the sword suspended by a hair. "I would have given $1,000,000 for that once." he observed; "you see, my mother made me wear long curls." Then Indeed the king perceived it had no terrors for him. New York Sun. He I see that Prof. Lsieb'e efforts to create life have resulted in nothing m'ra serious than a primordial protoplasm that cannot be developed Into manhood In much lesn than 20.000.0u0 years. She Think of waiting for a mere man all that time! Cleveland Plain Dealer. "He's tiresome, Isn't he?" "Oh. the worst kind of a bore. He's the sort of fellow who says: 'Heard a funny story about an IrlBlinmn today. It's the brogue that makes th story funny, but I can't imitate the brogue.' and then tells the story In his own way." Philadelphia Ledger. SEEKING INKOIIMATIO. Edmund Vance Cooke In Success. When I was born I wasn't nothln' but A little baby. Was my eyes shut Like kitty-babies? Tapa, will you buy A skltchlng-rope en rhatefalne-pony fer my Birthday? En a paint brush, too? Wolves can't talk rllly, Just like people do. Can they? But mebby once they could. Er how the wolf say 'Xat choo up!" at Rldln' Hood? Is this tomorrow, papa? Well, why aln t today ... Tomorrow? Yesterday what made you say Tomorrow'd come today? No, papa, I don't See ! Why? Papa! Papa, can't you hark at me? Aw, papa, ef tomorrow was today. Does that make yesterday tomorrow? Say! Kn papa, will you buy me a numbrella Wlf wrltln' on? Bay, how could Clndreila Dance wlfout breakln' 'em? Wl her lis ters mad . That used to scoff at her, er was they glad? Why didn't she lose the other slipper off? Bay, papa, will you learn ma how to scoff T v-.v.?.l"J. less than foul yl ie ctanrlnrrl Among them sarsaparilla root, stillingia root, buck AYkU'S AQUU ClItH got sulaxia X I i 1 aasars. I