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STATEMENT OS" CIRCULATION,
ftate of Nehraeka. Donglaa County, M.:
C. C. Roeewater. secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly . sworn,
ay that the actual number of full and
complete conic of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
he month of September, 1906, was as fol
ow: 1 IMt,44H 16 S1.700
2 S 1,5.10 17 21,010
W,(WW IB SO.TOO
4 BO,8fM It 8O.T0O
I H0.T70 HI 82,410
80,S20 tl RO.820
1 80.T30 22 80,900
.. 81.000 23 81.02O
1 81, MOO 24 AO.OAO
M JTO.tiGO 2i 81. ISO
II .. 80.WOO 26 81,0:tl
11 SO.TSO 27 80,000
13 SO.TIO 28 SO.TTO
U HO.gftO 2J 80,070
15 81,050 10 81,ftO
Total ftzoiso
Le unaold conies lO.lUJ
Net total sales ttlM.328
Dally average ao,SM
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reejaeated
Current dispatches Indicate that the
eat of Russian warfare has merely
shifted from Asia to Europe.
When Bryan and Togo met In Toklo
they were doubtless polite enough each
to avoid the subject of ."The First
Battle." .
We shall presently learn whom the
Good Government league has singled out
for slaughter ou the various county
ticket. -
The greatest,: recent , victory of the
American newspaper ia the conversion
of Count :Witt to the idea of a free
press W Russia. " ' '
People of New Orleans may now come
out of their shells and see how much
the world has changed' since they were
sentenced to solitary confinement
Tto invasion of the North Platte coun
try by the Burlington and the invasion
f tfc Booth Platte . country by the
VWon Pacific bode no barm to Omaha.
Tusk e gee Institute has demonstrated
that in comparative development in the
laat forty year it does not have to take
a back seat for any white man's school.
If President Roosevelt had bin way
and all grafter aud boodlers were
driven out of politics, there would be a
great many vacancies to nil In places
blgh and low. .
Mr. Hitchcock is suffering from an
attack of Flnk-o-fobla and his asHoclatea
on the editorial staff are manifesting
alarming symptoms of the St Vitus', or
rather fct. Andrews' dance.
Cuncllffe dentea taking $700 before he
lifted the $100,000 package. He evi
dently prefers to face the court as a
master of high finance rather than as an
ordinary petit larceny thief.
Accepting the testimony before the
Interstate Commerce commission as
true, the Bnrllngton and Union Pacific
tnunt want to lose money when they
flan new lines to haul livestock.
The etar says that Grand Puke Cyril
should be stripped of his titles and in
future be known as M. Romanoff. Per
haps, under these circumstances, he
Blight be able to lead a more useful life.
Minister" RuhsuII has undertaken to
bring about a more friendly feeling be
tween France and Venezuela. It is to
b hoped that in the process be will find
Bone of s his predecessors' discarded
checks.'
Admitting that the voters are respon
sible for the political "grafter," they
certainly "can not be charged with being
responsible for grafters in private cor
porations although they have to foot
too bills. .
Clear the track for Mr. Uarrlman. If
be baa any Christmas gifts for Omaha
In the Shape of shop enlargements, new
buildings, or track extensions, be should
bo assisted to deliver the goods as soon
as possible.
The testimony of the actuary of the
Mutual Life Insurance company would
indicate that when there ia not enough
tnoney received by companies to foot all
legitimate bills and provide soft places
for officials, the concern must go to the
wall; but the history of a number of
eomitauU prove that the buslnea can
bo run without "graft"
JAPAN'S COMMERCIAL POSITION.
Mr. E. II. ifnrrltnan, who has Just
returned from n visit 1 to the orient,
where lie went to look Into industrial
and commercial conditions, snys that
the Japanese are the dominant factor in
the far east and that there will be large
future development, though not Immedi
ate. He expressed the opinion that If
the United Btntos Is to participate in
such development to any extent it will
have to lx by co-opcratlon by Its states
men and those representing its business
interests and by close commercial alli
ance with the Japanese. A similar view
has been expressed by other practical
observers of conditions in the orient.
While the Japanese are preparing to
piiRh forward industrial and commercial
development with all possible vigor, the
progress made must for a time be very
gradual. The country is at present not
financially strong; there is a lack of
capital and this lack will not be easily
or readily supplied. It is true that the
government' has remaining a consider
able" sum from its foreign loans, but all
of this and perhaps more will be needed
to get the troops back from Manchuria
and for other purposes connected with
the restoration of peace. ' None of the
money can be made available for aiding
the business interests of the country.
Development therefore, must take a
natural course and hence will not be
marked by rapid strides. As to partici
pation Ly this country it would cer
tainly seem that the opportunity is most
favorable for enlarging our trade with
Japan as well as with other oriental
countries and American manufacturers
and merchants will make a very great
mistake If they do not do their utmost
to avail themselves of It. A close com
mercial alliance with the Japanese is
undoubtedly desirable and should be
sought. There Is no question as to those
people being the dominant factor in the
far east and any country that does not
realize this can expect to secure few
advantages' in that quarter of the world.
THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN-
There is but one issue in the Maryland
campaign that of negro disfranchise
ment. If the democrats were united in
support of the proposed amendment tQ
the state constitution it would probably
carry, but a considerable and influential
element of the party, under the leader
ship of United States Senator Rayner,
is vigorously fighting the amendment
so that it seems safe to predict its de
feat. In a recent open letter by Senator
Rayner he denouueed the proposed
amendment In the strongest terms, de
claring it to be an outrageous and offen
sive assault on popular rights "A
wretched piece of Jugglery conceived in
fraud and Intended to be executed in
lulqulty." He pointed out . that, the
amendment would disfranchise not only
the negroes, but under the "grandfather1
clause", a great many white men, not
of native birth, coultl be deprived of the
suffrage. It is needless toax-.thatari
men of foreign birth are arrayed against
the amendment
No more outrageous proposition has
ever been submitted to the people of a
state and it is almost beyond belief that
it can secure a majority of the voters
of Maryland. With such influential
democrats as Rayner, Governor War
field and others hardly less prominent
Joining with the republicans In fighting
the amendment, aided by the strongest
newspapers in the state, it would seem
inevitable. In spite of the fact that the
election machinery is In the hands of
its supporters, that it will be overwhelm
ingly defeated. If such shall be the re
sult it will end the political career of
Senator Gorman, who is responsible for
the amendment
QVARLISa UUR INTERESTS.
In his references to the Panama canal
President Roosevelt has pointed out that
lu the construction of that waterway.
which is of course certain of accomplish
ment, our Interests in the Caribbean sea
will of course be greatly increased. The
canal must be policed, which will re
quire an efficient navy, and in addition
"It is urgently necessary that the insular
and continental countries within or
bordering upon the Caribbean sea should
be able to secure fair dealing and orderly
liberty within their own borders."
In connection with this declaration
the president said that the United States
not only has no purpose of aggression
upon any republic, continental or In
sular, to the south of us, "but has the
friendliest feeling toward them, and de
sires nothing save their progress and
prosperity." He said that this country
does not wish another foot of territory
and referred to the conduct toward Cuba
as a guarantee that this is our genuine
attitude toward all our sister republics.
"If ever we should have to Interfere,"
said Mr. Roosevelt "In the affairs of
any of our neighbors. It would only be
when we found It Impossible longer to
refrain from doing so without serious
damage following, and even in such case
it would only be with the sincere and
effective purpose to make our Interfer
ence beneficial to the peoples concerned.
It would seem that the people of the
southern republics could ssk no stronger
or more explicit assurance than this of
the friendly interest of the United States.
They have no reason to doubt the sin
cerity of these utterances. They merely
repeat what the president had said on
numerous occasions and what has been
said . many times by other American
statesmen. There is no desire in this
country for a foot of the territory of
the countries south of us. Aggrandise
ment in that direction has no advo
cates among our people. There was a
time when the annexation of Santo Do
in In go was urged, but there would be no
nuiHrter8 for fciich a proposition no
and the same is true in regard to Cuba.
We must guard our Interests, however.
aud In dolug this occasions may arise
when it will be necessary, as suggested
by the president "to interfere Vj exer
cising what Is virtually an International
police power, If only to avoid seeing
some European power forced to exercise
It" This is what is now being done as
to Santo Domingo.
In guarding and protecting our own
Interests In this hemisphere we at the
same time protect the Interests of all
the other Independent countries. The
Interference that wards off European
aggression concerns not only our own
peace and security, but, also the peace
and security of the sister republics. It
seems most remarkable that there should
be one of them that does not understand
this, yet there Is a feeling of distrust
and apprehension among the people of
some of them toward this country which
even the latest assurance of President
Roosevelt may not wholly remove. It
was, however, a proper and timely utter
ance and can hardly fall to have a good
effect It is a' declaration of American
policy in entire accord with the intelli
gent sentiment of our people, an repeat
edly avowed by those having authority
to speak for them.
MUNICIPAL HOME RULE.
The right of every community to regu
late Its own affairs and decide for it
self how much. If any, Indebtedness It
Is willing to Incur for public improve
ments and determine for itself whether
It desires to grant franchises to public
utility corporations, or to own, and
operate such utilities under municipal
ownership, should be as sacredly upheld
and maintained, as the right of every
community to elect the men who are
entrusted with, the management of Its
municipal affairs.
All the city charters recently framed
for Omaha have given recognition to
the principle of home rule by requiring
the submission to the people of every
proposition for a new franchise, or the
extension of an old franchise for sup
plying the city with light, waterj heat,
power and telephone service. While it
is not mandatory upon the mayor and
council to submit every proposition pre
sented to them by investors or promot
ers who desire to acquire a franchise,
the spirit and letter of the charter un
doubtedly contemplates that such sub
mission should be made whenever the
proposition is safeguarded and the par
ties proposing it are willing to guarantee
or pay the expenses involved.
In other words, while the mayor and
council are not required to aubmlt pro
posals for franchises that bear upon
their face the evidences of bad faith or
blackmail, it is their duty to give the
people a chance to express themselves
for or against the grant of a franchise
that promises to establish a competitive
public utility or an entirely new or Im
proved service, or greater facilities for
serving the public. In any event every
proposition should be given a free and
full hearing by the council. Unless It Is
apparently deceptive, and made with de
liberate, intent to sandbag an existing
corporation, that already has a franchise
In operating a public utijlty, the proposi
tion should be submitted to the people
so they may decide for themselves after
a full discussion whether or not the
franchise should be granted.
This Is especially true where any con
siderable number of the population pe
tition for the submission of the proposi
tion and desire an opportunity for a
popular expression through the referen
dum.
FRANK BANDLK.
In nominating Frank Bandle for the
position of register of deeds, which
under the decision of the supreme court
is to be filled this year, the republican
county committee baa made an excel
lent choice.,
Mr. Bandle possesses many years' ex
perience in clerical work, which will
enable him to supervise and conduct the'
work devolving on the register of deeda
efficiently. He Is an old resident of
Omaha and enjoys a high degree of
popularity among all classes of people
with whom be has come in contact, so
cially and in business.
Politically Mr. Bandle has been an
ardent and active republican and should
command the support of 'all elements
of the party at the coming election.
Judging by the geueral approval with
which his nomination has been received,
his election is almost a foregone con
clusion. The supreme court of the United
States has rendered a decision affirming
the right of the city of Sioux Falls to
construct and operate its own water
works, notwithstanding the fact that it
had granted a franchise to a water
works company and contracted with it
for fire hydrant protection. Omaha
would have been In the same position
at this time had it not been rushed Into
the compulsory purchase of existing
works on the three-appraiser plan by
the horse marine statesman and his de
luded followers. Had Omaha retained
Its right to build Its own works It would
have had no difficulty In securing pos
session of existing works on amicable
and favorable terms.
Several district Judges are kept busy
night and day by Issuing mandates, re
straining orders, counter Injunctions
and citations, and In interpreting, re
adjusting and snuffing out conflicting
provisions of the revised primary elec
tion lawa and general election lawa,
and it will take the county board sev
eral sessions to discuss and dispose of
the claims and counter claims that have
arisen from the Judicially propounded
and expounded provisions of the new
Jaw.
The attempt to make campaign capi
tal against County Treasurer Fink by
charging hlin with excessive expendi
tures for clerical help fa Us rather flat
when It Is recalled that the Increase In
the salary roll of his office to take care
of the extra work Involved In the en
forcement of the scavenger law came
during the first twelve months of his
term, whhe the county board was run
by a democratic majority, which was
mighty careful not to give a republican
treasurer a single clerk more than he
needed.
If Governor Hoch intends to enforce
the prohibitory law In Kansas be should
prepare plans for resuming his editorial
work at Marlon at the expiration of his
present term; for Kansas ts only happy
under the conditions laid down by the
late John J. Ingalls when "the cranks
have their law and the boys have their
beer."
The annulment of the first day's regis
tration In Omaha and South Omaha re
minds us forcibly of the fact that we
have altogether too much court-made
law in theso parts. The ruling by which
more than 0,000 citizens who had regis
tered for the coming election are com
pelled to re-reglster, Is, to say the least
very aggravating.
A campaign circular, charging Wil
liam Fleming, with nepotism, which has
been floating about the town, Is de
nounced by the Omaha Flnk-o-foblac ns
a silly attack on -Fleming, but to the
average person endowed with horse
sense its republication by that sheet will
appear more silly, if not most silly.
Just before election It has taken the
local democratic organ nearly three
solid columns of type to tell how Wil
liam' Fleming began life in Omaha; but
Just after ejection about three lines will
tell the tale how Fleming was dis
tanced In the race for county treasurer.
Our amiable popocratlc contemporary
declares that it Is not. nepotism to sad
dle five or six members of a family on
the municipal payroll at one time, pro
vided only that they are hot all charged
up to the same department. It amounts
to the same thing in the end, however.
The North and South Platte line in
Nebraska politics has been growing
fainter and fainter of lnte years, but if
anything is likely to obliterate it alto
gether it will be the Union Pacific and
Burlington excursions of track builders
sent into one another's territory.
In the light of "free trade" riots in
Chile. Uncle Sam can congratulate him
self that the "free trade" party in this
country Is so small in practice, be what
it may in theory, that it cannot muster
enough men to create such a disturb
ance. There is a gratifying prospect of the
marked Increase In the railroad mileage
of Nebraska wltbiu the next twelve
months, but thorMs no assurance of
a corresponding Jncrease in the grand
total of the rai!ros,d. assessment
Record In Flnsslan Strategy.
Minneapolis Journal.
General Linevltch has reosivod impe
rial notice to withdraw. Llnevltch was
the man who did not get his army smashed
up In the battle that was never foujfht
Awaiting the tnepeeted.
Springfield Republican.
A Senator Allison'! endorsement of Secre
tary 81iaw's presidential candidacy Is re
ported from Iowa. Something more to the
point would be a Governor Cummins en
dorsement, and it la not and probably will
not be forthcoming.
Striking at the Root.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Fake suits against railroad companies are
too common. Now that the companies are
discouraging them by having not merely
the fakirs, but their lawyers Indicted, peo
ple will ba a little more careful about
the way they get oft the cars and Into the
courts.
The Doty f Congress.
St. Iouls Globe-Democrat.
The fact that ha ts opposed to govern
ment ownership of railroads Is emphaBiiod
by President Roosevelt In his southern
speeches. On the other hand, no matter
who may own them, he maintains that
their proper regulation Is one of the duties
that congress owes the public and railroads.
Hot Tips for Magnates.
Pittsburg Despatch.
By a careful study of the president's
utterances on the southern tour tht rail
way magnates may be able to gather that
he has not changed his attitude cn the
question of rate regulation, and nlso that
he will be able to f the difference be
tween a real rate-regulation bill and a life
like Imitation of one.'
A Great Ksarapl.
Everybody's Magaslnc.
Admiral Togo's Income Is less tlnn W,0W)
a year. Like every gsod Japanese husband
of the "upper claaa," he hands the money
over to his wife, who gives him a small
allowance. Here is a custom which Amerl
mnrrloA women ' should Insist upon
adopting. Give the old man a chance, but
don't give him too milch spending money!
Aa Age ef Immoderation.
Boston Herald.
Mr. Edison's assertion "that the country
la food drunk" will be endorsed by the
abstemious Individual 'who has been watch
ing the effect of this modern form of
Idolatry with almost A much amusement
as alarm. For It la i part of the world's
play to Indulge In nothing with moderation.
Speed madness, food madness, money mad
ness, are phases of the same mental state
caused by some mysterious Influence which
experts have been too' occupied with other
natters to consider. Regarded as a disease,
they may come to It by and by, when busi
ness Is slack and they can spare time for
experiments on the eater. But, after all,
why not let men die as they like best?
Hard. Times (or ( rooked Hankers.
Philadelphia Record.
Prosperity and opportunities for specula
tion have been too much for a number of
bankers. The leading bank president In
Milwaukee went to the penitentiary a few
months ago. In the last Ave years alx
bank officers In Iowa iiave been convicted
of misuse of funds, and she last one was
sentenced only last week. In the same
period and the same state six other bank
officers es'uped trial by suicide. A Denver
grand Jury has just Indicted ten hankers
for conspiring to steal nearly t2.bUQ,000
from a Denver savings bank; avural of
them are nonresidents. A IxmlfvlUe banker
was Indicted the other day for appropri
ating about ISiO.Ono. ,Bankhng tails for
character aa well as shrewdness.
ESSRSTIAI, TOOL Or ISm'STRY.
Railroad rower to Make or t'aaaahe
ladlTldnala and romaaanltlea.
The first of a series of papers on the
all-Important railroad question appears In
the current number of McClure'a. The
author la Ray Stannard Baker, a student of
Industrial problems, whose contributions
to this publication show deep reeearch.
Impartiality and good judgment. Mr. Ba
ker sees small hope for Justice for the
small shipper as long aa the power of the
railroads to fix rates remains in the hands
of Individuals. '
Among other things he says:
The railroad is. Indeed, the essential tool
of Industry throughout the world. It Is
the regulator of business. It holds the
scales of destiny. It decides where cities
shall be located, and how fast they shall
grew. It marks out In no small degree the
wheat and corn areas. It sets boundaries
for the business of the coal miners of Illi
nois as against those of Pennsylvania, It
marks definitely how far the lumber of
Washington shall go. It decides whether
flour shall be manufactured !n Minneapolis
or Buffalo, and whether the chief export
business In grain shall be done at the port
of New Tork or at the port of New Or
leans. And the great fact arising out of these
conditions, the overwhelming fact. Is that
these enormous powers, the control of the
very Instrument of business destiny. Is In
the hands of a comparatively few private
cltlxens who are handling the tool not to
build up the nation properly, not to do real
Justice as between Chicago and New Tork,
or between Rockefeller or the Independent
refiner, or between wheat and flour, not to
make the rate system simple and time-saving,
but to fill their own pockets in as short
a time aa possible.
When a citlien or shipper who thinks he
Is wronged attempts to get relief he must
submit his case, not to an impartial tribu
nal, but to his adversary In the case. What
Justice can be hoped forT He Is poor, he
does not understand railroad conditions, he
does not dare, single-handed, to make a
light for the whole community and take
the chance of earning the further enmity
of the railroad; his adversary Is rich, em
ploys the best legal talent. Is entrenched in
power. Out pf hopelessness of Justice has
arisen the present widespread demand,
voiced by President Roosevelt, for some
tribunal which Is at once Impartial and
powerful enough to do justice as between
the railroad and the cltiten. The people
have asked that the government, through
the Interstate Commerce commission, be
made such a tribunal; In other words, that
In case of a dispute over a rate the govern
ment of the United States shall say, once
for all, what Is right and reasonable. They
believe that such great power Is better in
the hands of the government than In the
hands of Individuals. This demand the
railroad owners are opposing with all the
ability, legal acumen, money power and
political Influence that they can command.
Railroad managers are not fools, nor are
railroad rates the results of mere oanrlre.
or spite, or vlndlctlveness. No one feature
or the congressional Investigation was
more marked than the testimony to the Im
mense complexity of rate-making as it Is
now conducted. Nearly every important
witness on both sides had something to
say of the difficulty of determining what
any one rate really should be, let alone all
me rates in the country.
As for a science of rate-making, there la
no such thing. A rate today la merelv a
compromise resulting from the operation
or a thousand different competitive forces.
Scores of railroad managers, hundreds of
cities, thousands of merchants and manu.
facturers. all with selfish personal Interests,
are operating to Influence every railroad
rate. For the very life of Industry depends
on the rate, and every farmer, miner, him.
berman; merchant and manufacturer knows
It. A great clamor arises, each man de
manding advantage for himself, for' which
he offers any inducement he can command
money, power, political influence, social
poumon anything, so long as he can get
his rate down, no matter what any other
citizen has to suffer for it. As a compro
mise between all these bitterly selfish
forces arises the rate as It now exists,
with all Its absurdities, ita Injustices, Its
merciless cruelty. A railroad rate today
may be defined as a compromise of greed.
When the big shipper gets a low rate
on oil or steel or beef, the small shippers
and consumers who pay the small freights
have to make It up. If oil Is carried at
cost, or below, by the railroads, as it often
has been, then other patrons of the road
must pay enough more to yield the great
profits which the railroads earn. There
fore, you and I who buy food, shoes, hats,
houses against every Item of which there
standa a freight charge have paid part
toward the enormous fortunes of the trust
promoters.
I have gone thus Into the subject of
the trusts to show that the blame for
present conditions of utter Injustice and
Immorality Is not due wholly to the rail
road men. The big shipper, the Trust,
has forced and is today forcing all sorts
of changes In rates. He also la to blame.
It was significant and amusing to see the
railroad bring In one shipper after another
to the recent congressional Investigation,
to prove by them that the railroad was
without fault, that everything was all
right, that there was no complaint as to
rebates. Of course, the larger shippers
stand with the railroads and will stand
with thrm as long as they can by cajolery
or force get favors from the traffic of
ficials, or as long as they fear the enmity
of the traffic officials.
Still other factors enter Into the prob
lems of rate-making. Under present con
ditions the railroad president Is a sort of
over-lord of his territory. If his road Is
to succeed, he knows that the country
through which It operates must be pros
perous. Consequently we find James J.
Hill doing wonders to develop the far
northwest, not because he loves the north
westwhich he does with undoubted sin
cerity but because a developed northwest
will make his road pay better dividends.
For a time, he carried lumber at a loss
(on operation) to help build up his busi
nessbut, be It remembered, that loss
came not out of Mr. Hill and his asso
ciates, but out of the other patrons of the
road, who paid higher rates that lumber
might be shipped at lower rates.
Protection for Railroads.
Wall Street Journal.
President Ripley of the Atchison system,
In his testimony before the Interstate Com
merce commission, goes far toward estab
lishing two very Important facta. First, he
declared that the packing house Industry Is
under concentrated control; In other words,
that It ts a combination of extraordinary
power. Second, he showed thst this com
bination Is so powerful that It Is able to
dictate terms even to the ratlroaJs. This
presents a situation In which a combina
tion of shippers Is greater than any
transportation company. It seems to us
that thla statement of facts presents the
strongest possible reason why there should
be a power of control over rate rates lodged
In the federal government, which would
serve not only to protect shlppe:-s against
any exaction of the railroads, but also
protect the railroads against any exactions
of shippers.
l.ouk on the Other Side.
ChU'iifin News.
A railway president denounces rate regu
lation as "commercial lynch law." It
would be Interesting to learn how he char
acterises the process of strangling a com
peting shipper.
Sixty years of experience with Ayer's Sarsa
parilla! Think of that! Think of the millions
of people who have been cured by this medicine!
If despondent, down-hearted, discouraged, and
almost ready to give up, this splendid old family
medicine will prove the silver lining to your
dark and dismal cloud. Ask your doctor.
KsSe by the 1. C. krf O , twu. Mass.
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PERSONAL, NOTES.
The Bishop of London, Dr. Ingram, has
taken up President Roosevelt's cue and has
denounced race suicide as a sin due to the
love of ease.
Not to be outdone by President Roosevelt,
who braves the yellow fever .microbe.
Kaiser Wllhelm, having received only an
unpleasant shaking up from the automobile
accident of the day before, went fox hunt
ing yesterday.
Colonel Watterson has enrolled himself
among Roosevelt's admirers. Instead of
the rough rider and big stick twlrler of
hla former Invectives he now sees "a very
archangel of peace bringing upon himself
and his country glory unspeakable."
Auguste Person, inventor of the wire
hoop which under the second empire In
France came to be known as crinoline, has
just died at the age of 80. He did not
make much out of his Invention, having
sold It for less than $1,000, but the people
who put It on the market cleared millions.
The khedlve of Egypt Is one of the po
tentates who have profited both morally
and financially-from the protection of
Britain. In addition to his annual grant
of 100,000 he has amassed an enormous
private fortune, In the management of
which he had the opportunity, as well as
the tendency, to be a good deal thriftier
than his predecessor.
The Davenport Democrat on Sunday laat
celebrated the golden anniversary of the
founding of Davenport with a notable edi
tion of seventy-six pages. The story of
the progress of Davenport in half a cen
tury varies little from history of scores
of younger cities west of the Mississippi.
It Is a type of all, into the warp and woof
of which la woven the hardships of pio
neers, the struggles' and successes, the
trials and triumphs of the sturdy men and
women who have made Davenport a city
of homes. Fine Illustrations show Daven
port as an Infant city and in later years,
Supplemented with portraits of men con
spicuous In the development of the city.
Numerous special articles of historic value
make the anniversary number one of deep
Interest to the many sons and daughters
of Davenport settled in the wider fields of
the great west.
ROOSEVELT AND THIRD TERM.
Possibility of the Nomination Being
Forced I'pon Him.
Leslie's Weekly.
Prominent democrats and republicans are
suggesting the possibility that President
Roosevelt may be nominated In 190S bj
both parties, and that the nomination
would come under such conditions that
he would be compelled to accept It. His
railway rate regulation policy, hla attacka
on the trusts, his desire for tariff revision
along sane lines, his civil service reform
action, and his fearless and Intelligent as
sertion of American power and influence
In the world's affairs have given him a
sway over the people's minds and hearts
entirely unexampled In American politics.
These are some of the reasons, but not all,
which suggest him to many conservative
and shrewd republicans and democrats as
a very strong possibility for renomtnatlon
in 1908. despite his evident and repeatedly
expressed determination to step down from
office in that year.
This situation Is absolutely unprece
dented. When Washington early In his
second term, made It known that he wanted
to retire from office at the end of that
four years, the people began to look around
for somebody else, and one element of
them wanted Adams and the other urged
the election of Jefferson. The people were
willing enough to let Jefferson and Madi
son go out. of office at the end of their
second term. Many of them were more
than willing. Monroe had no opposition
for election to his second term, because
there was only one party In the country at
that time, but nobody wanted him for a
third term. Jackson's own party got
pretty tired of Jackson before he finished
his second term. Had Lincoln lived to
serve out a year or two of his second term
he would have had to light the radicals
of his party who overthrew Johnson for
attempting to carry out Lincoln's policy.
Cleveland's own party. In the national con
vention held near the end of his second
term, voted down, by a large majority, a
proposition to indorse his administration.
McKinley, after his second Inauguration,
was not thought of by any one In connec
tion with another nomination. Aa every,
body remembers, the attempt to give Grant
a third nomination failed, and would have
split his party had It aucceeded.
It ia noticed that thla third-term talk for
Roosevelt calls out no cries of "Caesar
Ism," such as greeted the mention of
Grant's name In that connection. Even If
this talk should never materialise In acts,
It would still be a unique demonstration
In our politics one which Americans would
be apt to recall while the country lasts.
LINES TO A LAI GH.
"Tou say he's a hard loeerf
"Well, rather. Why, he'd holler fraud If
he were defeated for the prealdency on the
prohibition ticket." Louisville Courier
Journal. "Hello, pa!" said the college youth, on
the lung distance 'phone; "I waa begin
ning to get worried about that' check I
wrote to you for "
"Don't worry about It. my boy," replied
his father; "It's safe."
"Ah!"
"Yes. safe in my check book. Goodbye."
Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
"That's a true proverb about the fool
and his money being soon parted "
"Have you, had any recent proof?"
"Yea; last evening a fool got In the way
of my auto, and hla loose change was scat
tered all over the street." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Tommy Hurray ! We're golii" to move!
Flobby Hnw d'yer rtmwT
Tommy I Ihruwed a brick In th' parlor
an' knocked a big chunk o' plaster oft tht
wall, an' ma didn't lick me. Cleveland
Leader. v
Head of the Firm (looking at him mora
closely) I think you're the young fellow
that was here last week Inquiring for a sit
uation. Young Fellow Tea, sir; but I'm not so
blamed particular now. I'm hunting tor
work. Chicago Tribune.
"Don't you enjoy seeing a man called
when he's bluffing?" asked the energetle
politician.
"No," answered Senator Sorghum. "I
can't say I do. Every time a bluff la called
people get more suspicious, and It Is that
much harder to make the next onS go
through." Washington Star.
MY DOCTOR.
Puck.
My doctor is a merry soul.
He has such funny ways;
I think of little things he does.
And laugh for days and days.
He takes a slender pointed stick,
Then tells me, "Never fear!"
And pokes some cotton up my npse
And pulls It out my ear,
Then stands me near the eight-day clock
To see If I can hear. .
My tongue he seises with tongs
And aits upon my jaw,
Then Jabs the handle of a spoon
Into my waiting maw.
Or takes my tonsils In his fist
And sweetly says, "Say Aw!"
Attacks of blues I take to hlrn
They turn to black and blues;
. Thermometers I fain must chew
K'n though I may not choose.
He gives me dope so active that -it
Alters out my shoes.
Within one tearful, trusting eye
A crowbar he inserts. r
And swiftly In the other one
Tobasco aauce he squirts
The while he says. In tender tnnei
"Please tell me when It hurts."
If I admit In bashful tons
A certain sort of 111,
It's marvelous what he can do
With one wee little pill;
I swallowed one three weeks ago
The thing Is busy still.
, I dream he kneels upon my chest
When I am aleeplng nights. -He
turns my liver Inside out- ,
And then blows out my lights.
It thus becomes too dark to see
The other ghastly sights. .
Mr doctor Is a fearful man
I thank my lucky stara
That I am still alive to go
And smoke his good cigars. i
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