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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.
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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.
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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
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stillingia root, buck
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