THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1905.
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C. C. ROSE WATER,
Secretary.
Bubaerlbed tn my presence and aworn to
befire ma thla 31st day of October, 1OT6.
(Saal) M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
whex oi:t or towh.
tabaerlbers leavlnsr tha city tem
porarily shoald have Tha Bee
mailed to them. It la better than
dally letter from home. Ad
dress will be changed aa often aa
reqaested.
The graft must stop and the grafters
must go.
Election day today.
Incompetency and graft.
Vote against
Are you against tie grafters? If so,
turn them down with the machine.
Nebraska expects every citizen to do
his duty at the polls on election day.
As police Judge, Bryce Crawford will
make the vice and crime quickstep with
out music.
Don't fool with the voting machine.
If yon don't know how to operate it, ask
oue or both of the Judges to assist you.
New York politicians at least have
had enough excitement, even If the fate
of the nation docs not depeud upon the
result .
"Maryland, My Maryland." will today
show whether it is in the line of twen
tleth century progress or still living in
the "dark" ages.
Whatever unlooked-for pranks befall
the candidates, charge it up to tbe visit
of "Buster Brown's papa" to Omaha on
the eve of election.
, There Is an American precedeut for
"n. petition in boots," but It remained
for 1 Tenner Balfour to entertain "a pe
tltlon la petticoats."
I'ortunatoly for international peace, it
was an American ship which put the
cruiser , Marblehead out of commission
at the Mare Island navy yard.
It was hoped Senator Harrows would
bare found some other meana of break
ing Into print without announcing fur
ther bearings In the 8 moot case.
Here Is a conundrum: If Fleming
were elected trousurer, how many of bis
sisters, cousins and aunts would be
transplanted to tbe county payroll?
8 ven IleUin Iiuh decided to make an
other trip to central Asia, probably de
siring to recover, as an explorer, some
of the prestige he baa lost aa a political
prophet.
It Is all right for political backs to ad
moutsh voters to vote the straight ticket.
but no conscientious citizen will vote for
boodlera or grafters because they wear
a party label.
It Is now alleged that oysters from
the gulf coast have poisoned residents
of a Texas town. It Is well to see that
the "New York couuts" have the brand
burned In the bottle.
A referendum vote for king will be
taken in Norway next month; but It Is
hardly probable the campaign fund will
be larger than that spent in New York
la the city campaign Just ended.
Among the candidate for county
office, saya tbe I telly Fink-o-foblae, the
eyed of Booth Omaha are turned on Wil
liam Fleming, the Ncpo-crsrlc candidate
for county treasurer. When the machine
guns go off be will de discovered with
his political toes turned upward.
Tbe S3.GU0 mark on O. M. Hitchcock
Flak-Pot represents exactly the amount
Hitchcock overdrew out of tbe county
treasury aner and above the amount be
waa legally entitled to according to his
ovi idsnlssn'rgy. ami be ladled It out U
violation of tbe law that prohibits the
Issue warrants ta excess of tbe if alt
10 ajyrcyrtjtina,
VOytriRACT TO DISFRANCHISE VOTERS'
The supreme law In the state of Ne
braska Is Its constitution. Section 20,
article I, of the constitution, entitled
"Bill of Klghts," provides that "all elec
tions shall be free ajid there shall be no
hindrance or Impediment to the right of
a qualified voter to exercise the elective
franchise.
Section 6. article vll, of the constitu
tion, entitled, "Right of Suffrage," de
crees that "all votes shall be by ballot."
It was a great strain of this specific
mandate of the constitution to validate
the voting by machine without the
adoption of a constitutional amendment.
The substitution of machine voting for
voting by ballot was only Justifiable
on the ground that It would prevent
ballot box stuffing and a fraudulent
counting of the votes cast at an election
and do away with costly election con
tents. The plea that mnchlne voting
will expedite the election canvass could
not have been entertained as Justifiable
ground for disregarding the mandate of
the constitution that all votes eiifct at
elections In Nebraska shall be by bal
lot.
The widest stretch of legislative and
Judicial power could not possibly Justify
or excuse any attempt to disfranchise
legal voters by compelling them to per
sonally operate the voting machine If
they are not able to manipulate the
machine correctly so as to cast their
vote for the candidates of their choice.
It Is a matter of notoriety that thou
sands of legal registered voters in
Omaha and Booth Omaha will not be
able to operate the voting machine be
cause they are not familiar with its
mechanism.
Threats have been made by the friends
of candidates, who fear the effect of a
free and uutrammeled expression
through the voting machine, that
they will Invoke the power of
the courts to mandamus the Judges
and clerks of election to re
fuse assistance to the voters who
ask their assistance In operating the
machine, so that they may vote for the
candidates of their preference. Such a
mnndainus if Issued would be an unmit
igated Judicial outrage. It would be a
high-handed attempt to foist men Into
office who would not be able to secure
an election If the will of the votera were
freely expressed at the ballot box.
An election procured by the disfran
chisement of thousands of voters would
be not only a farce, but a great crime
against the people. The spirit and let
ter of the law authorizing the use of the
tuachlue never contemplated their use
for throttling the people in their choice
of public officials and no court would be
Justified in lending itself to the con
spiracy against the people for the bene
fit of candidates who want to be elected
by hook or crook regardless of the popu
lar will.
The inevitable effect of an election by
default, brought about by the wholesale
disfranchisement of voters, would be
election contests for every office In tbe
county and tbe popular demand that
voting machines be placed In cold stor
age Until the laws providing for their
use are so changed as to remove every
hindrance for a free and untrammeled
expression of tbe popular will.
It AVAL SEEDS.
The report of Rear Admiral Rae In
regard to the engineering need of the
navy Is somewhat discouraging, though
the situation is not beyond remedy.
That officer points out that there is a
great deficiency in the engineering force
of the navy and suggests that If the
country should be suddenly plunged into
war the navy would be In a moat serious
condition. By way of solving the dif
ficulty he suggests that all the younger
officers of the line bave engineering
duty first In a subordinate capacity
and tbelr record must show their ability
before being placed in charge of the
engines of any vessel. He would bave
engineering rank, in the matter of pro
motions, before seamanship, gunnery
and navigation. He also recommends
that there be engineering specialists,
thereby providing experts for tbe needs
of the navy.
We have made very great progress
In tbe building up of our navy and
have just reason for pride In what haa
been accomplished. We have reached
third rank in the number of ships and
tonnage ami within (he next few years
will probably be la the second place,
But It appears that in some respects we
bave not been as careful In providing
for tbe efficiency of the naval estab
lishment aa we should bave been. Tbe
weakness olnted out tn regard to the
engineering force Is not the only defect.
There is a lack of qualified officers for
the ships that are going into commls
slon and there is not an over-supply of
seamen. In short, the existing condi
tions suggest that In the event of war
the navy would be found so deficteut
in vital respecta that only a part of It
would be available, so that while our
naval rank In ships and tonnage is third
among the naval natlona, In efficiency
we must actually be rated at fourth or
fiftb.
This Is manifestly a condition which
must not be allowed to continue. It
is the Imperative duty of congress to
make provision for remedying tbe ex
isting defects Just as soon as It la pos
sible to do so. Our navy must be made
complete in ail Its parts.' It must bave
the necessary number of officers, all the
engineers that are required and ' an
ample force of seamen. It Is useless to
go on building ships unless ample pro
vision la made for officering and man
nlng them. It is expected that Presl
dent Roosevelt will In bis annual mes
sage again urge that the government
shall go on adding to tbe nary. The
very general Ben tiro eit la that this
should be done. VaquestfouaMj a Tory
large majority of tbe American people
are in favor of a strong navy. But as
we build ships we must make provision
for their adequate equipment In officers
and seamen and this has not been done.
Tbe coming congress will bsve this
matter forcibly urged upon Its atten
tion and It Is to be expected thst some
thing will lie done to remedy the exist
ing defects In tbe navsl establishment.
AH APPEAL FOR VUSFWESVE.
The appeal of Count Wltte to the
Russian people for confidence very
forcibly emphasizes the weak point in
the situation. The people have been
In the past so persistently duped and
deceived that they naturally distrust
promises and will be satisfied with noth
ing short of deeds. Unquestlonsbly
there Is Some faith In the pledges and
assurances that have been given by
Wltte, whose sympathies with the rea
sonable demands of the people Is not to
be doubted, but there Is a feeling that;
even he Is not yet so free from the auto
cratic Influence and power that absolute
reliance can be given his promises.
This will continue to be the case until
deeds shall attest the sincerity of every
promise that has been given tbe people.
There seems to be every probability j
thst this will be done, for manifestly
failure to carry out any of the pledges
made would renew popular agitation on
an Intensified scale and very likely
eventuate In revolution. The people
have so far demonstrated their power,
they have so conclusively established the
fact that they are an Influence and a
force that the government must reckon
with, thnt they will not nesitate to again
assert themselves, and even more ag
gressively than they have yet done, If
the assurances they hsve received from
the czar and the man who now repre
sents him are not fulfilled In good faith.
It may not be entirely easy for foreign
ers to understand the distrust of the
Russian people. The general feeling
outside of Russia Is that of confidence
In Count Wltte, who all through his
public career has sought to better con
ditions for the people. But when It Is
remembered how often the autocracy
has practiced deception, there can be no
surprise that now the people refuse to be
satisfied until they are given the most
substantial evidence of the earnestness
and sincerity of what has been prom
ised. Furthermore, the demand la that this
evidence of good faith shall be supplied
with the least possible delay. The peo
ple are In no mood to tolerate tem
porizing. That most of them do not
understand tbe difficulties of the task
of Inaugurating tbe new order of tilings
Is most probable, but they do know
what they Want and they feel that in
order to obtain It they must maintain
bold and aggressive attitude. For
the first time in tbelr history tbey feel
that they belong to themselves and they
are determined to have this realised by
those in power. The appeal to confi
dence made by Count Wltte will doubt-
loss bave a good effect, but he cannot
safely waste any time In putting the
promises be baa made into effect.
RSPCBLlCASS SHOULD VOTE TOR
WOODROCQH.
Every republican elector of Douglas
county has a duty to perform to himself,
his family and the community. The re
publican party the party of Roosevelt-
stands for a square deal. It must re
buke its own rsscals if It wants to main
tain political supremacy.
For years the people of this county
bave been kept In Ignorance about the
inner workings and financial deals of
the county court, which Is not only
charged with tbe general administration
of the estates of deceased citizens, but
with tbe appointment of guardians for
widows and orphans, and the custodian
of funds deposited by railroads and
other corporations which acquire the
property of private citizens for public
Improvements. For the last six years
these funds deposited for the benefit of
property owners whose lands have been
taken for public uses have aggregated
hundreds of thousands of dollars. It Is
an open secret that these moneys are
farmed out by the county Judge for his
own personal profit.
In his capacity as probate Judge the
county Judge has supervision over ex
ecutors and administrators and fixes
their pay for aervlcea rendered. Such
a aacred trust should be administered
in full view of the public and subject at
all times to public scrutiny. Under tbe
dark-lantern system of Judge Vinson
baler everything bas been kept under
cover and no one but the Judge and bis
confidential clerk baa ever been able to
ascertain Just exactly what is being
done with the deposit and disbursement
of heirship funds. Tbe scandalous graft
to which the wldowa and orphans have
been subjected should not be tolerated
in any community.
The election of Charles Leslie to suc
ceed Juage insonnaier would mean
simply a continuance of the preseut rot
ten system. Tbe fsct that Judge VIn
souhaler baa repeatedly offered to resign
in favor of Leslie w(tbln Itself gives
color to the well-defined rumor of specu
lation and peculation that baa been
afloat In this city for some time jast.
It would certainly be very Improper, If
not dangerous, to allow the present
judge to bequeath bla place to a succes
sor and It Is not presumable that the
man who has been bis chief clerk for
three terms would stop abuse to which
he ha himself been a party.
The duty of every honest republican
of thla county la not only to safeguard
bla own family and that of bis neigh
bors, but to stamp out graft and pot an
end to the farming out of trust funds by
casting bis vote for J. W. Woodrough.
the democratic candidate, who ta emi
nently qualified for the cmcieut per-
formance of Judicial functions and re
puted to be an honest man.
The popocrsfte rnklrs bre not even
versstlle. Their ysrn about the over
abundance of money surfeiting the local
republican campaign managers Is so
coarse that even the most blear-eyed leg
puller can see through It Tbey should
bave had another i.YI.000 slush fund sent
on from the national committee to be
ladled out to the faithful or another bar
rel of money collected In the bad lands
by Tom Penntson to keep the wheels
pressed. Such Munchausen fables In
past csmpalgns used to command ad
miration for their colossal Imagination.
A little tale of a paltry $(1,000 to pay the
entire expenses of a count.'" campaign Is
too insignificant to bother about.
Yellow dog candidates on botb party
tickets count on the voting machine to J
pull them throngh.ecause a great many
voters do not know how to handle the
machine and will therefore vote the
strlght ticket. Possibly the yellow dog
candidates may fool themselves. Every
vot?r who Is not able to operate the ma
chine, or thinks he Is not able to do so,
has the right to call for the assistance
of one of the Judges of election, who un
der the law Is In duty bound to help such
voters to cast their votes for the candi
dates of their choice.
The anxiety of O. M. Hitchcock to
have a friendly Injun elected county
treasurer may be more readily under
stood In the light of past history. When
the Bolln shortage was uucovered an
I. O. IT. slip signed by Hitchcock was
found In the cash drawer of the city
treasury. When Bartley, the prince of
embezzlers, was handling the reins of
state finance Hitchcock was accommo
dated with f.1.000 of Bartley money on
security of a worthless second mortgage.
Out of 300 members of the Douglas
county bsr forty were Inveigled to sign
a certificate of capacity and Integrity
for Grafter Leslie. Among these forty
immortals we find the names of Byron
G. Burbank, Thomas W.K Blackburn,
William A. Saunders and John T. Cath
ers of Omaha and Henry C. Murphy of
South Omaha, and several others of the
same stripe. When such men vouch for
anybody or anything you can depend on
it
When giving commissions to the new
naval officers care should be taken to
see that they know enough to keep their
vessels in deep water during times of
festivities on board, as there are far too
many ships, both of war and peace,
upon the rocks at present.
Remember that every voter who does
not feel able to operate the voting ma
chine has a right to. ask one of the
judges of electlonito assist Win In opera
ting the machine so that be may cast his
vote for the candidates of bla choice.
The governor of one of, the provinces
of Finland who ihas Joined the peoplo
in demanding a constitutional govern
ment is evidently providing against be
coming "a statesman out of a job"
when the change takes plsce.
Leslie has vouched for Ylnsonhaler as
an honest, upright Judge and Ylnson
haler vouches for "me too" as a scrupu
lously honest, abundantly capable and
entirely worthy candidate for judge. If
that doesn't beat the band.
I! there Is anything In the claim of
the railroads tbe Panama Canal commls
slon will avoid trouble In fixing Just
traffic rates only If they get one or two
more former railroad employes on the
pay roll.
A resident of Colon declares that the
work of sanitation in that city is now
complete. Next summer may find the
canal tone quarantined against New
Orleans If the Crescent City doea not
rush work on Its 'sewers.
Count Wltte's danger Is that an "ap
pear to the people In their present ex
cited condition may have little more
effect than one of the "manifestos"
with which the czar was wont to try to
appease tbem.
An attorney of record who has never
practiced In the courts aa a lawyer is
about as fit for the liencb as would be a
commercial college student of record for
general auditor of the Union Pacific
railway.
A Level-Headed Btateamaa.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The first thing M. De Wltte did after
getting the rsar to sign the contract was
to send for tha editors. Evidently he rec
ognlscs the power of the press.
Charm f t'orajettvlaesB.
Waahlngton Poat.
Kansas will probably agree to tempor
arily waive the queatlon of taint On that
K.OuO.COtf that the Standard Oil company
proposes to spend on new pipe lines in
that state.
Great Strata aa the Taster.
Waahlngton Post.
Dr. Wiley ta now sampling coffee In an
endeavor to ascertain how Americans use
t.&OO.OOO pounds of pure Java and Mocha
each year, while those places export only
117. CM) pounds annually. Still, there Is a
suspicion that a man who has Just com
pleted sampling ths whiskies and wines
of the world can hardly be In position to
show a discriminating taste In anything
so mild as coffee.
Ke lloniase for ttaadlts.
Atchison Globe.
No bandit la ever a hero In Kansas.
Missouri cries for them, and everything
that ever belonged to a bandit, from old
suns to old shoes. Is a sacred relic. Ne
braska Is burning ths same kind of In
cense before Pat Crowe. The ahow place
In Omaha la the bouse where Crewe bid
the Cudahy boy while waiting for tha
millionaire to raise the ransom. If Kan
sas ever haa a bandit we will sever bow
dowa to his shoes. If there Is any homage
coming It will be the man who put the
bandit eut cf business
ARMT GOSSIP 15 WAIHWOTOI,
Correal Kraals Gleaned from the
Army aad flary Register.
It la not likely thst very much will be
done during the coming winter at Omaha,
where the army signal corps has been trying
to establish a main depot. Fifty men of
the signal corps will be transferred from
Benlcla Barracks, Cal., to Omaha, and tele
graphic Instructions to this effect have ben
sent from Washington, but the conditions
at Omaha are such that very little can be
done until spring, except In the way of
taking care of property and arranging for
the work wblch Is to be undertaken on the
approach of warmer weather.
Reports received at the War department
Indicate that recruiting for the army has
not been attended with the same numerical
results as heretofore. There Is a consid
erable reduction In the percentage of ac
cepted men at the recruiting stations. This
Is partly due to the greater strictness which
Is now observed by recruiting officers In
the examination of applications, a step
which appeared to be necessary by the
number of discharges recently on the
ground of disability. It Is due mainly,
however, to the fact that there are not as
many candidates presenting themselves at
the recruiting offices, a condition which ex
ists to some extent at the naval recruiting
stations. This lack of applicants is attrib
uted to the unusual demand for labor In all
parts of the country.
The War department has acquired the
patent rights to an Invention of tireless
cooking, that of Hans Peter ugust Nlel
son of Virginia, who says his method Is
similar to that which haa been under trial
at Fort Riley and In New York. Of course,
the War department took advantage of the
opportunity to obtain the patent rights, al
though the Inventor may make use of the
Incident to advertise the fact that his sys
tem of tireless cookery has been adopted
by the T'nlted States government. That
may or may, not be the case, for it Is likely
that In whatever Is done In that direction
by the War department there Is likely to
be no application of any particular method.
The systems of flreless cooking which have
been, and are still being, tested by the sub
sistence officers of the army are found to
be of great practical value In camp and In
garrison; It Is still a question to what ex
tent they will be of service In the field. It
Is believed thst anvthlna which has its
beneficial uses In garrison ought to have an
importance in field operations. If the
preservation and cooking of food Is possl-
ty the use of special devices In one
place It Is conceivable that there will be
possibilities of their advantageous employ,
ment elsewhere wherever a trench may be
dug and a fire maintained. Tha exnnrl-
ments now being conducted by Captain
Murray at Fort Riley are along the line of
the field application of flreless cooking.
Lieutenant General A. R. Chaffee, chlef-
of
-BtanT of the armv. contemnlates orotnir
pon the retired list in advance of the date
when he would be so transferred by opera
tion of law. The latter event would occur
April 14. 1906. and It la under connlrlorA-
tlon by General Chaffee that he shall anti
cipate such retirement by several months.
IS probable he will ask tn he retired
about the first of the year and that he will
then be succeeded by Major General Bates,
now the assistant chlef-of-staff. General
ates would serve until the 1st of Anrll ami
be, succeeded in turn by General H. C. Cor-
n. Who Will nrobablv be hack tn tha War
department In a few months as assistant
chief of staff pending his appointment
as a lieutenant general. Upon the comple
tion of General Corbln's term of active
service he Will be followed In the nfflr r,t
chlef-of-staf by General Arthur MacArthur,
aocoramg to the present plans of the presi
dent. General Leonard Wood's appoint
ment to the grade of lieutenant general and
detail as chlef-of-staff will follow the pre
mature retirement of General MacArthur.
The quartermaster aeneral or tha irm.
this week authorised the lnvltlnar of nro-
posals for the construction nt tha ad
ministration building of the staff college at
rxrt Leavenworth. Kan., according tn t),.
plans described and Illustrated In the Reg
ister of September 2. There was necessa
rily a restriction upon the architects, lnos
much as the two old bulldlnas. kriAwn. t
spectlvely, as Sherman hall and Sheridan
hall, do not easily lend themaalvaa tn
further adornment. They are built alona
very severe lines, but the deslrnara of h
quartermaster general's office have wrought
wun considerable success. Their plans con
template the erection of a central building,
to be known as Grant) hall, and which will
connect the two existing buildings, Sher
man hall and Sheridan hall. The formar
edifice la at present used to accommodate
the classes of the college, while Sheridan
nan is a storehouse. The latter building
will be fitted with a new roof and an atx
story, giving the space required for the ac
commodation or a large drafting room. It
will be necessary, also, to raise the build
ing and place a new foundation undar it
so It will stand at the same level aa Sher
man hall. In the new central building will
be the offices of tha
and rooms for his aides and the clerks. The
necessary retiring rooms and record rooms
will be situated there also. Vnder this
central building there will be a driveway,
from which access may be had to the
upper stories direct. The material to be
used In the construction of tha new build.
Ing will be brick, with light stone trim
mings. Tnere win be a tower, equlDDed
With a Clock. Tha inhlt,riiM rtt tha
part may be described' as simple, bordering
on the claaslc and arranged so as to be In
harmony with the unadorned characteris
tics of the old buildings, which are to be
converted to thla combined use.
PKRBOMAL. NOTES.
Colonel O. O. Stealey, a Washington news
paper correspondent for many years, hss
written a book, "Twenty Tears In ths Press
Gallery."
A committee has been formed in England
to raise funds for a monument to Living
stone, the great African explorer. It la to
be placed In Chltambo, at the place where
he expired.
As a cemetery promoter Philadelphia's
germ-laden water had an energetic assist
ant In ancient bologna sausage freshened
up with borlo acid. The fluency of both
agents caused an overproduction of sobs
from funeral directors.
Ibsen, the Norwegian dramatist, works
in a room In which there are doors opening
Into five other apartments. As he com
poses he wanders from room to room, tak
ing long tours. He eats very little while
composing one of his dramas.
General R. P. De Hart of Lafayette, Ind
Judge of the circuit court in Tippecanoe
county, has founded a museum of Indian
retics in his country home. Lookout Lodge,
In which msy be found all kinds of Indian
relics and som that have come from the
battlefields of the civil war.
Miss Alice French chose her pen name
of Octave Thanet In a curious fashion,
Octave waa tha name of one of her school
mates, and Thanet waa adopted from a
passing railroad car that Miss French
chanced to see and Is pronounced with ths
accent on the second syllable.
Sir Caspar Purdoa Clarke, the new di
rector of tbe Metropolitan Museum of Art.
who has Just arrived In New Tork, will
enter Immediately upon his active duties.
The president of the museum, J. Plerpont
Morgan, and the trustees will give a re
caption for 81 r Purdon at the museum on
the svculng ef November IS.
(NORTH STAR DRAND)
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PARRY'S HOT AIR MOYEMKT.
Perversion of Plata Truths by the
Railroad Meaaphones
Wall Street Journal.
When Mr. Tarry says that the movement
for government rate regulation Is "a hot
Ir movement." fathered In the main by
professional political agitators, ha Is say
ing something which Is directly contrary
to the facts. It Is a popular movement
springing out of a widespread sense of In-
Jury and wrong which business men in all
parts of the country have sustained by
reason of railroad discriminations. It Is
not a manipulated movement and not a
political movement and It would have no
strength at all, no standing before con
gress, no influence with the president if
It did not spring directly from the peoplo.
Professional manipulation in the discussion
of the railway rate question has been
rather on the side of the railroads than
on the Bide of the shippers. Ever since
the movement for government regulation
assumed powerful proportions In congress
a year ago the railroads have been employ
ing every method of agitation to turn pub
lic opinion against It.
There Is no widespread opposition to the
railroads in the United States. All sensible
people know the great debt the country
owes to them for its development. More
over, there Is no widespread complaint re
garding the general level of railroad rates,
for It cannot he disputed that this level Is
much lower In the United States than in
other countries. We do not feel, more
over, that there Is any extensive feeling
of apprehension regarding the growth of
railroad combinations, because It Is realised
that through these combinations the trans
portation facilities of the country have
been immensely Improved and the commer
cial possibilities at home and abroad Im
mensely advanced. But there is a real and
widespread feeling that the railroads have
not conducted their business altogether
on the principle of the square deal, and In
order to protect the people against their
growing power and to prevent them from
using that power to build up this Interest
or this section at the expense of that In
terest or section. It is necessary that there
should be a power lodged In the federal
government that Is greater than that of
the railroads themselves. This proposition
is not "hot air," nor is it socialistic.
A KNOCKER KNOCKED.
Ora-anlser of tha Railroad Rasas
Booked for a Roast.
Minneapolis Journal.
Mr. D. M. Parry, whose obstreperous
personality makes itself evident wherever
there Is an opportunity for a "scrap," seems
to have inserted his foot In It tip to his
Joint at Chicago. Mr. Parry made himself
the spokesman of the rump convention and
was very loud In his denunciation of the
president's policy "of confiscation." He
got considerable railroad applause and a
hand er two from a number of manufac
turers who thought he represented .he Na
tlonal Manufacturers' association, of which
he Is president.
But It would seem as though the ques
tion that remalna to be settled Is whether
Mr. Parry did represent the association.
A number of members of the Michigan
branch believe he did not. They have called
conference which, will pass upon the
question of Mr. Perry's right to represent
them. The chances sre that when this
conference is heard from it will become
known that Mr. Parry did not represent
Michigan. The president's policy has many
friends in that state. In fact, the presi
dent's stirring up the railroad-rate question
has been of the greatest benefit to the
state. The outrageous charges of the
refrigerating car lines which had taken all
the profit out of fruit-growing In the
state, have been reduced since the president
began his .campaign. The Pere Marquette
railroad haa abrogated an offensive con
tract with the Armours, and fruit-growers
are beginning to breathe again In Michi
gan. Other lines of business naturally
sysipathlxe with this great state Industry.
The indignation over Mr. Parry's per
formance at Chicago is, therefore, general
and will make itself felt. One trouble with
Mr. Parry is that he looks upon every
discussion as a strike, a strike against his
personal and sacred views, and he goes In
the air over it. Whatever Is not in ac
cord with bis preconceived views is crim
inal socialism. He has been able to bluff
some people off tha map, but When he
goes against the president, representing a
policy of law and order versus monopoly,
he has probably undertaken more than na
ture intended should be Imposed upon his
capacity.
Pale, Thin,
Nervous ?
Then your blood must be in a very
bad condition. You certainly know
what to. take, then why not take it?
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. If you doubt,
then consult your doctor. We know
what he will say about this grand old
family medicine. Sold for 60 years.
We have no secrets! We publish
the formulas of all our medicines.
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INCREASED ARMT PAY.
Practical Meana of Maklaa-
Arsay
Serrlee Attractive.
New York Bun.
It seems quite plain to the non-military
mind that a most practical and efficient
means of making army service attractive
to good men and thus lessening the percent
age of desertions would be to Increase the
pay of the private soldier.
Thirteen dollars a month Is the pay of sn
enlisted man for the first two years In the
Infantry, cavalry and artillery, with slight
Increases for prolonged service. This wss
the pay forty years ago. It represents pro
portionately to wages In other calling much
less than It did then. It Is not enough to
Induce ambitious young wnrklngmen, who
would make the best soldiers, to go Into the
army and stay there. Indeed, the wonder
Is that so low a rate of compensation gives
us as good material as we have. It seems
to be fashionable nowadays, even In Ameri
can military circles, to decry the American
private soldier; but a considerable ac
quaintance with the demeanor and discip
line of troops in other lands convinces us
that he is by no means their inferior today
in neatness, department and the general
essentials of military conduct.
The pay of the enlisted man tn the United
States army should be Increased to $30 a
month. There Is no good reason why the
work of the soldier should not be made as
attractive as other Important pursuits. En
listment In the army should not be equiv
alent to a sentence to perpetual poverty. A
man who has a chance to save a little out
of his pay will make a better soldier for
his saving. A spirit of contentment will
come with the increased compensation
which will make men anxious to stay In the
army Instead of anxious to get out of It
A LAUGH OR TWO.
"Do you think there will be any auto
mobiles In the next world?" said she.
"No," he replied, sadly, "there won't be
snythlng but flying machines." Detroit
Free Press.
"Yes," snld Mr. Goodley, "she made quite
an Impression upon me; reminds me of an
old-fashioned picture"
"Ah!" Interrupted Miss Chellus, "you no
ticed it, then?"
Noticed what?"
'That she's painted." Philadelphia Press.
Miss Medicus (sister of the new village
doctor) to Native Have you heard of Dr.
Medicus about here?
Native Rather, mum! Do yer see that
hearse and carriages goin' by over there?
That's one of his funerals. Harper's
Weekly.
Miss Pechls I was quite surprised at Mr.
Sloman last evening. He was dtar.ussln ,i
"American Beauties'' and he paid me quits
a compliment
Miss CheUue Well, that was surprising.
I never before heard of him paying any
thing before it was due--Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
First Director I wish they'd investigate
this company.
Second Director -Why?
First Director I'd like to find out some
thing about It. Puck.
"Do you think," she asked, "thst there
are any girl angels In heaven?"
"I haven't given the matter much
thought," he replied, "but I know of one
girl angel who Isn't there."
"Oh, Tom," she cried when she could
sgaln use her mouth for speaking purposes,
"you don't think I snld It Just to lead you
up to It, do you?" Record-Herald.
TITH VAJUTY OF WEALTH.
8. K. Kiser in. the Record-Herald.
We ain't aa rich as some folks are, and
can't put on much style;
Ma says pa's Income don't go far when
things cost such a pile.
Our house Is little and the street we live
in ain't so grand,
And ma cooks what we. have to eat and
i buys thlnss aeuond-hand.
Bpt still I don't see why It is that She
should be so sad;
We've got three dogs, and that's two more '
than Frank Gill ever had.
Ted Brewster's Just as old as me, snd his
pa owns a mine
And has a private car, and gee, but where
they live Is fine!
Ma says that they're as rich1) as sin, their
house is built of stone,
And Ted has ninety dollars In the bank
that's all his own;
But still I don't see where they get so much
the start of us;
We've got three dogs, and Ted he ain't got
none, poor little cues.
Sometlmea, along to'rda night, whan pa
comes home and plays with Jlp
And Tige and big old Nero, ma she kind of
curls her Up,
And says she's glad he feels like play, and
. wishes that she'd die.
And when I hear her talk 'that way It
nearly makes me cry;
The Mrewsters they got rich In mines, the
Gills tn corn and hogs.
But atlll they needn't feel so proud we
beat them all on dogs.
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