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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, sa :
C. C. RoMWaUr, secretary of The Be
Publishing company, being uly sworn,
ay that th actual number -at full and
complete 'copies of The Dally. Morning.
Evening and Sunday Be printed during
the month of December, MOS. was a fol
lows:
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.S3.220
.83,030
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4 81,850
( , Bl.TSO
( ...81,600
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81,800
82,000
19 ao.iso
11 81.840
It 81,780
IS 81,060
14 81,840
U 81,780
a ...sa,Ho
24 80,050
81,780
2t 83,210
17 aa.oio
a 83,000
yt 81,840
to 83,9 lO
II 8O.1B0
It 80,710
Total sa.two
Leas unsold copies lO.SOS
Net total sales 71.s3
Dally average 8148
C. C ROSEWATKB,
Secretary.
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iSeal) M. B. HUNOATB,
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f nbserlaers leaving the itr teni
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rotd.
It was aJ famous victory for Attorney
General Brown, and it is not the Inst
one of the attorney general's achieve
ments by a long ways.
Now that winter baa set in in dead
earnest, building operations in Omaha
have been stopped, but the architects
are Just as busy as tbey can be.
The police commission still remains
strictly out of polities, but every po
liceman Is expected to do bis level best
to boost for the commission candidate.
If the London Telegraph falls to make
good its prediction of rebellion in South
Africa it will te apparent that London
" not free" from ' the pest of "yellow
journalism. " , I '
Of course Filipinos will show no "ap
preciation of the dignity of labor" until
tbey follow the American Idea of en
deavoring to make a Uviug by any other
means before resorting to bard work.
'Now that a third financial concern at
Cleveland baa closed its doors it is to
be hoped that the trouble is ended until
another respected citizen decides to
shuffle off before the appointed time.
For the present and the next few
years speculations about the conflict of
the Panama canal on western railroads
fere slightly premature. The big ditch
will not be dug within the next year or
two.
With a state and federal grand jury
bth scheduled for this spring, Nebraska
may have a bouse cleaning compared
with which the acts of the last inquisi
tion may be likened to carrying out the
rugs.
Poultney Bigelow says he is willing
to forfeit bla salary if bis report aa to
conditions on the ranal sons Is not true.
Mow let the federal officials make the
same proposition and Issue will be
joined
Ho far no advocate has had the temer
Ity to quote "precedeut" in justification
of hating at Annapolis. Perhaps the fate
of federal officers who Imve tried to
Justify lrregularltleH on this score gave
no promise of success.
The fact that there Is no penalty for
bankers who disregard that provision of
the lav which declares It illegal to lend
more.tban 1 per cent of surplus to a
director should give Mr. Pryden a tip
a to one provision of the new lnsnrance
law.
British protective tariff champions can
study the history of the fight for free
trade and take courage. They still have
more members of the House of Commons
than the free traders had when that
campaign was aa old as the present
agitatlou;
There are half a dozen restaurants In
Omaha patronized by respectable peo
ple that charge uo more than 10 cents
for fe meal. Can any member of the
county board explain why the taxpay
ers of Douglas county should pay 22
cents for each meal served to hi ma tea
lb the county jail?
- Now that it has been officially estab
lished that the secretary of agriculture
Ims a right to make public the names
vt men and corporations engaged In
selling adulterated seed, let us hope that
he may soon be empowered to make
public the names' of concerns which sell
adulterated food.
IKDtriMTt AFFHOFRIA TIOKS.
There are some appropriation, It ap
pear, inn tie by rongrrss which are in
definite in their character and it )
allotted that these are a aource of waste.
A few days ago Senator Aldrlch, chair
man of the committee on finance, Intro
duced a resolution requesting that com
mittee to report to the senate in detail
the amount of all permanent Indefinite
appropriations, and to report whether
any reason exists why all provisions of
law making; such appropriations should
not be repealed and such appropriations
hereafter be made annually on estimates
made by the various departments.
We tiotcS recently the statement of
the chairman of the house committee
on appropriations that beads of depart
ments had failed to give heed to the
law forbidding them to create deficits.
and stating that this matter was to be
made . subject of investigation in con-
nection with the urgent deficiency bill,
which carries about $11,000,000. The
resolution in the senate is understood
to be another move for restricting the
executive branch of the government in
the handling of public funds. It is
stated that senators believe that alto
gether too much liberty and freedom
are now vested, or assumed, by execu
tive officers In disbursements of appro
priations. It is proposed to limit this
by requiring department beads . to
specify how they propose to spend ap
propriations and holding them to a
strict compliance with the requirements
of the law. It Is said that many mil
lions of dollars are now at the disposal
of certain ' department chiefa and are
being disposed of with a free band and
practically no legislative restraint
Whatever may be the real motive
prompting this move and it is suggested
that It is due to unfriendly feeling to
ward the administration there will be
no question as to the duty of congress
to see that expenditures of public funds
are kept within proper limits. The
urgent deficiency bill recently reported
appears to show that heads of depart
ments were not as careful as they
should have been In preventing deficits
and hence the necessity of imposing
some restrictions upon them. While it
was admitted by the chairman of the
house appropriations committee, Mr.
Tawney, that at least half of the amount
contained in the urgent deficiency bill
was unavoidable, because it could not
be anticipated, the statement Implied
that the other millions ought not to
have been spent and that in allowing
the expenditure the beads of depart
ments had disregarded the act of con
gress forbidding the creation of deficits.
Undoubtedly the system of "Indefinite
appropriations" should be modified, if
not entirely abandoned, and therefore
no reasonable objection can be made to
the Aldrlch resolution. -
THE MOROCCAN COStERtycK.
The International conference which
convenes today at Algeclrns, Spain, Is
of world-wide Importance. Although
the issue to be ' determined concerns
chiefly France and Germany, yet other
countries are to aome extent Interested.
The French and German contentions as
to the rights of those countries in regard
to Morocco Involve the question of what
rights and privileges are to be accorded
there to other nations, with reference to
their commercial relations. It is this
that furnishes the only reason or Justifi
cation for the United States being repre
sented in the conference. While our
trade with Morocco amounts at present
to very little and probably never will
be much, still it is desirable that the
ojen door principle shall be observed
there and the understanding is that
this is about the only thing for which
the influence of the American delegates
will be exerted. A London report says
they will support the German proposal
for an international commission to con
trol the policing of the country, but
this la improbable In view of the state
ment from Washington a few days ago
that the American delegates would stand
absolutely uncommitted to either the
German or French contentions. It was
further stated that on all Important
issues our representatives will ask In
structions from Washington .whenever
the question is such that it has been
Impossible for the secretary of state
to direct their actions In advance.
There has been a good deal of appre
hension felt regarding the outcome of
the conference, but the feeling now ap-
peara to be that an amicable and satis
factory settlement will be reached. It
seems hardly possible that the Issue
could result In war between France and
Germany, the possible, If not the Inevit
able, effect of which would be to Involve
other European natlona.
MAT AVOPT RETALIATION- '
There appears to be no likelihood of
reaching an arrangement with the Ger
man government looking to the suieii
slon of the operation of Its new tariff
against American products. According
to what appear to be trustworthy re
ports, the only thought now among the
republican leaders in cougress is of a
policy of retaliation. The proposition
that is said to be receiving serious con
sideration la that to authorise the presi
dent at bis discretion to mske a 25 per
rent addition to the schedules of the
Dlngley tariff applicable to any country
which discriminates agalnat American
products. It Is said that Speaker Can
con and Senator Aldrlch. chairman of
the senate finance committee, have come
to an understanding In regard to this
and that it is very generally approved
by the republicans of both the senate
nd house. Aa to the attitude of the
administration respecting it there Is no
definite information and doubtless the
president will leave the matter entirely
with congress.
Of coarse such legislation would mean
a tariff war with Germany and a nia
terial loss of trade to both countries.
Perhaps (Jermahy would suffer the
greater loss, but In any event a tariff
war would be something to deplore, since
It could not fall to Impair the friend
ship between the two countries. At
present, however, It seems to be almost
certain to come.
RCRAL VtLtTtRT DEFICIT
According to the computation made
by the fourth assistant postmaster
general, the cost of delivering a letter
by rural mall delivery Is In excess of
the postage. In other words, rural mall
delivery is carried on by the rostofflce
department at a loss, when by rights It
should be a source of revenue. The
blame for the deficit created by the
rural delivery service must, however,
rest with congress and not with the de
partment. . N
There are now over 31,000 rural free
delivery routes In operation In the
United States. Each rural free delivery
carrier serves an average of 123 families
on a twenty-flve-mlle route. Like other
branches of the postal service that have
come in conflict with privileged inter
ests, the efficiency of rural delivery has
been hampered by restrictions. Congress
will not allow rural carriers to deliver a
parcel of merchandise except on pay
ment of 16 cents a pound postage and
the weight must not exceed four pounds.
On such a four-pound package the post
age Is 64 cents, which la practically a
prohibitory rate. The same four-pound
parcel can be mailed to England, post
age prepaid, for 49 cents. This anomaly
nobody has yet been able to explain or
excuse, and nobody in congress appears
to be disposed to apply the remedy.
Another unreasonable restriction is
the rule that prohibits rural delivery
carriers from conveying any passenger
in his wagon. The result la that the
carrier runs his wagon with possibly a
load of twenty pounds of letters, news
papers and circulars. In many cases
the load is not over two pounds, and the
estimated loss of this repressive policy
is f 1 a day for every rural delivery car
rier, or $31,000 a day for the entire
system. Very naturally the postoffice
deficit Is growing with the growth of
the rural delivery system, while the
dividends of the express companies are
also growing as the years go by.
The county Jail feeding graft presents
an Issue that will never be settled until
It is settled right The taxpayers of
Douglas county have a right to demand
that the county shall not pay 45 cents
a day for two meals for feeding prison
ers In the county jail when the city is
only paying 17 cents a day for two
meals furnished prisoners In the city
Jail, and two much better meals for 20
cents per day, by the Associated Chari
ties. The county board should either
reduce the rate to somewhere near the
price paid by the government for army
rations or paid by the state for feeding
Inmates of its reformatories, or invite
proposals from responsible parties to
feed the prisoners and let It go to the
lowest and best bidder. In such a com
petition the sheriff would still have the
advantage.
The forthcoming history of Nebraska
constitutional conventions Is said to em
body a profound study of the causes
that brought about the defeat of the
constitution of 1871. It is a matter of
history, although it is not a matter for
record, that the constitution of 1871 was
not defeated. It was counted out by
agreement between members of the can
vassing board and Acting Governor
James the First and last, on condition
that It should be resubmitted, but that
compact was broken almost as soon as
It was made.
The assessment of railroad property
for 1004 and 1005 has beeu declared
valid by the federal court, but the val
idity of the assessment of railway ter
minals and trackage outside of the
rlght-of-wsy and depot grounds at nom
inal figures still remains an open ques
tion. These properties represent from
15 to 20 per cent of the aggregate taxa
ble value of property In the city of
Omaha, while they are assessed at only
about 1 per cent ' their admitted value.
A knowledge of the reports submitted
to beads of departments on a number
of Nebraska questions does not inspire
implicit confidence In the reports sub
mitted to Secretary Taft regarding the
conditions on the canal zone. While no
one can doubt the Intentions of the ad
ministration those who have seen similar
Intentions frustrated In the Indlnu de
partment, for Instance, will be inclined
to suspend Judgment until after an open
hearing on the subject.
Mr. Beuson has not yet declared
whether he stands on the same platform
with the Jacksouian candidate wtth re
gard to automobiles on the boulevards;
but he undoubtedly stands with Julius
S. Cooler and Ed P. Smith on aU the
other essentials of municipal reform,
before taking.
From now on until the opening of
spring the county charities department
will demand careful supervision, so that
the worthy destitute may secure prompt
and ample relief and mendicants who
are able to take care of themselves and
not willing to work can be given the
marble heart,
It Is proposed to make the carrying of
concealed weapons a felony In Ken
tucky, but as those who are guilty of
the practice in that state are aoouer
or later nnder charge of murder the pen
alty for the milder offense will hardly
affect tbe sale of firearms.
Members of the county board of com
missioners who desire further light on
the subject of tbe cost of feeding county
prisoners should remember that tbey
are studying at the expense of the tax-
payer and should get the Information
as soon as wssllle.
I.mery f the Rich.
Philadelphia Press.
When a Standard Oil magnate wants to
be funny of course he has the money and
can afford It.
Increased Armataeat.
Chicago Record-Herald.
President Roosevelt has become a member
of the Order of Red Men, but he has not as
yet expressed an Intention to put aside the
big stick and take up the tomahawk.
Pence Prise Mlaseat.
Philadelphia Record.
Baroness von 8uttner got the Nobel peace
prise on the ground that her novel. "Lay
Down Your Arms,"' had a great Influence
with the csar. A work by a Japanese
named Togo, however. Is generally believed
to have had more Influence In Inducing the
czar to lay down his arms.
A BIott that Harts.
Loulsvlll Courier-Journal.
The value of Poultney Blgelow's observa
tions regarding affairs In the canal gone
consisted In th claim that they were first
hand; and It must be admitted that Secre
tary Taft deals this claim a crushing blow
when he says that Mr. Bigelow was not on
th Isthmus longer than twenty-eight hours.
Wholesome Effect of Publicity.
Springfield Republican.
There Is every Indication that the con
struction of the Panama canal will be rea
sonably free from graft If newspaper crit
icism and congressional inquiries can exer
cise a wholesome effect, as undoubtedly
they can. Such a press and such a parlia
mentary scrutiny In France would have
prevented much of the scandal that finally
overwhelmed De Lesseps.
Jastlre Sorely Betrayed.
Springfield Republican.
Western Justice of the sort appearing In
the Nebraska land fraud cases has also
been at work In Iowa, where E. E. Sny
der, who started a bank at Olin with only
money enough to buy a safe and took In
200,000 of deposits, falling late In 1904 with
out a dollar for the victims Vho had been
allured by high rates of Interest, has Just
been let off with a fine of tlOO.
Didn't Ktow ' a Thlngr.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Lawson, the great know all, has been
obliged to explain, in answer to a request
from th attorney prosecuting the Standard
Oil people In Missouri, that his Information
la too general In character to be of any use.
Lawson la a great false alarm. Ills prin
cipal vocation In life seems to be to fool the
people and he acts In a perfectly Impartial
manner, fooling alike the reformers and
th people who ought to be reformed.
PERSONAL MOTES.
Mr. Cleveland is receiving much advice,
hut this tiappens to be something he makes
a specialty of giving.
Mr. Mack, the new boss of Pennsylvania
politics, has at least one qualification that
should stand him In stead. He Is a good
mixer. He has been in the concrete and
asphalt business.
Three saloon keepers of Chicago must pay
t17.t00 to five children whose father was
ruined by drink. It Is seldom a temper
ance lecture hits so directly the man on
the other side of the bar.
Franklin Moore, who has Just died in
Washington, was In the government serv
ice for forty-two years. When he went to
Washington he was succeeded as principal
of the Louisville academy by the present
Secretary of State Root.
Sergeant Fred' , Calhoun Fagan of the
Thirty-ninth company of coast artillery,
now stationed at. Fort ' McIIenry. Is the
largest man in Either the army or navy.
He weighs 2S9 'pounds 'and Is now serving
his fifth enlistment of three years each.
There are few better gunners In the army
than he.
Alexander E. Orr. the new head of the
New York Life, Is a native of Ireland and
Is now In his 75th year. He inherited a
fortune and lias been president of the New
York Chamber of Commerce and the Pro
duce exchange. He served on Governor
Tilden's canal commission and aided In ex
posing the canal ring In 1875.
Th death of Brigadier General John
Campbell last week leaves but eighteen
officers on the retired list of the army who
served during the Mexican war, four hav
ing died last year. General Daniel H.
Rucker is the oldest In point of service,
having been appointed a second lieutenant
in th First Dragoon In 1837.
ROGERS' IXCIVIL, TOXGtE.
Characteristic Delssrs of Law by a
Trasf Mnjroate.
Chicago Chronicle.
The public did not need the exhibition
made by H. H Rogers of Standard Oil
fame In hla replies to questions by th at
torney general of Missouri In order to b
convinced that h Is a very adroit and
elusiv individual. The substance of that
fact was known to everyone who knows
anything about the oil trust.
Perhaps nobody was surprised because he
mad an attempt to evade th Missouri
lawyer's questions.' But neither did any
one expect that he would carry that at- j
tempt further than to try the mettle of
the lawyer. It Is a graet surprise that a
man of his reputed shrewdness has proved
foolish enough to Injur his own cause and
forfeit his own claim to decency ot man
ners. Many years ago Allen G. Thurman of
Ohio told a graduating class in a law
school that he could offer nothing mora
valuable from the fruits of many jeers'
experience than the injunction: "In all
circumstances, no matter how strongly
tempted or provoked, keep a civil tongua
In your head." Mr. Thurman was a wise
man. Other things . being anywhere near
equal, a man can reveal no more valuable
power than to put thla advice In practice.
Mr. Rogers has utterly failed to show
such power. He has been what people call
smart In his own esteem, but there ar few
more dangeroua Indulgences than that ot
saying smart, caustic, ugly things. He
has been Insolent, supercilious. Insulting
and obviously slippery at the sam time,
He has thereby placed himself and his In
terests and associates In the position of
defying th laws and the courts, which ar
Its representatives.
In this country the law is not Imposed on
us by som power above us which we may
all hate even If for th time we obey. It Is
th embodied will ot the people themselves
and he who defies it separates himself at
one from the Immense majority and ac
cepts fellowship with th law-breaking
class.
Th msn who does tbls rather thaa tell
th truth about hla own acts, even If he
does It In tbe most polite way, stilt leaves
th Impression on nine people In ten that
his acts must be wrong, otherwise tber
would be no occasion for hiding. Th man
who does It with sneers and Insolence con
victs hla cause of wrong and himself of
vulgsr wsnt of good manners, to put It
very mildly.
This Is precisely what Mr. Rogers hss
done. He has assumed th attitude of de
fiance toward th law, has convinced thou
sands of those who mere mora than half
disposed to be friendly to th Standard Oil
company that it must have reason for con
cealment and he has tainted even this by
a woeful SaUui to "keep a civil tongue In
his LvaJ."
ROt ftD ABOIT SEW TOR K,
Ripple on th Correal of Lite In th
Metropolis.
The Postoffir department a few days ago
swooped down on a bunch of New York
schemers, who had things cleverly fixed for
annexing th money of credulous people.
The scheme of the schemers was the most
daring and amaslng yet developed by swind
lers. It Is nothing less than the sale of
a mysterious compound which th schemers
asserted had th power of raising th
dead. Victims were readily found, but the
sucess of th compound so far la known
was limited to "raising the wind" for
the compounders. A quiet campaign con
ducted by postoffice Inspectors under Presi
dent Roosevelt's order has resulted In the
arrest of Dr. William W. Hadley and Mrs.
Laura Wilson. These parties are the medi
cal directors of a New York concern, known
s the Fore of Life and Chemical company.
Charged with conspiracy to defraud through
using the mails, the two promoters wer
held under 12,800 ball for examination Jan
uary 20.
"In the glare of the midnight light," on
of the advertisements of the company reads,
"bending over the crucible and retorts, Dr.
William Wallace Hadle cried triumphantly.
'I have it.' At last he had succeeded In
making a rare chemical combination of con
centrated extracts which might truly be
called 'liquid life. There It was, glimmer
ing In Its sheen of ruby red, while the retort
Itself seemed to quiver and vibrate as If In
the effort ' of restraining the tremendous
dynamic force it held.
"There was lecithin, the force of life, the
power that makes man Jive and think.
Without this subtle essence In your system
death would occur before you oould read
three of these lines. With it in sufficient
quantity you can combat any disease. To
discover and make th vital principle of llf
has been the dream of the chemist and
the goal of the medical professor of all
ages."
General James R. O'Belrne, for years more
or less prominent in republican politics In
New Tork City and who has held a number
of offices under the United States govern
ment. Is given as president In the literature
of the Force and Life company. General
O'Belrne has been a special Agent of the
treasury department, assistant commis
sioner of Immigration in the port of New
York and a commissioner of charities in
New York City.
The Invariable retort of th police when
they have been charged with making ar
rests or forcible entry upon premises with
out warrant of law has been: "What are
we going to do? How are we to get evi
dence to suppress disorder If we wait for
the warrant of a court?"
Recorder Goff now has frunlshed an an
swer which is plain enough and slmp'e
enough to be understood even by a law
breaking policeman: "Do nothing. Not
even a murderer can be arrested and im
prisoned without evidence." A delicates
sen shopkeeper had been Indicted for hit
ting a policeman with an Iron bar. The
"cop" hnd asked him to show a permit
for keeping a showcase outside his place of
business. The man did not answer and
walked Into his shop. The policeman fol
lowed and tried to place him under arrest
The assault and Indictment followed. In
discharging the prisoner the Recorder re
marked: "A police officer, under our laws,
has no arbitrary right vested In him to ar
rest a citisen, though the citizen may act
In a way that the policeman thinks Is not
courteous. The defendant had a right to
be In hla store and the policeman had no
right whatever to follow him into the
store. The arrest was wholly unjustifiable
and the defendant was justified In having
recourse to such force as he deemed neces
sary to resist an unlawful arrest."
Young Mrs. Willi K. Vanderbllt Is a pio
neer In the movement to desert Fifth ave
nue. She has begun to occupy a residence
at 331 West Knd avenue, which was be
queathed to her by her brother, Charles
Fair. For fifty years It has been tradition
that to be In New York's mot exclusive
set one must live within a stone's throw 6f
Mrs. William Astor's mansion, at Sixty
fifth street and Fifth avenue.
About her, within ten blocks north and
south, live the members of the exclusive
set. Will they desert her in her old age?
If they follow Mrs. Willie K. it means tbe
fall from supremacy of the Astors and the
ascendency of the Vanderbilts a the social
arbiters of New York.
Incidentally, if the westward movement
leads to the complete evacuation of Fifth
avenue, an absolute revolution of the social
center of New York will take place, bring
ing ruin to the business houses on the ave
nue. Th social section of New York Ilea be
tween Eighteenth and On Hundred and
Fifty-seventh streets, on Fifth avenue and
the adjacent streets. In It are 6,330 fami
lies. The center of the social district
changes every ten years, according to Louis
Keller, president of the 8ocial Register
association, apd It changes ten blocks at a
time.
If It advances ten blocks every year, aa It
has been doing since 1830, In a few years
New York's society, when at home, would
be In Westchester county.
The enormous value of New York City
and the amount of money which is handled
ch year shown somewhat in the
statement meae oy tne commissioners of
taxes and assessment as to the amount of
real estate tax valuation for this year on
real and personal property.
Th Increase of value break all records
and holds out a promise to taxpayers that
ther will be further decrease In the tax
rate for the year, in spit of the increase
in tax budget.
The Increase In the assessed value of
real estate this year reaches the enormous
total of $480.86.4,464. It Is thought that this
will be little reduced by the correction
and change mad between now and June
L when th books will be finally closed.
Th total assessment In the city of New
York In 1905 was 14.919,303,751. Those for
190 ar to,4fl0.204.215. while the Increase In
th assessment of personal property Is (3X
Stf.Sll. This does not Indicate much, a
many personal taxes will be sworn off be
tween now and April 1. The final assess
ment on personal property will probably
not exceed 1600,000.000. The books of asses
ment will not go to tbe Board of Aldermen
for final confirmation until th first Monday
In July, and the tax rat will be fixed 1st
In August.
An Embarrassment of Hlrbe.
Chicago Chronicle.
Th Cincinnati democrats ar confronted
with a serious situation. Their success In
November daxed them. It was so unex
pecUd. and their new board of service.
wishing to reward only th really faithful
hastily resolved to appoint to office only
democrat who voted at th primaries last
fall. Th board has t.OOO placea to fill, but
diligent 'Inquiry revealed that ther wer
only 1,600 faithful voter In th primaries
and som of them do not wish office. Here,
surely, Is an "embarrassment ot riches
unprecedented In American party history
V i
. Integrity en the Bench.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Th late Judg Tuley of Chicago, after a
lifetime of successful work in th law and
long service on the bench. Is stated to
leave an estate valued at 140,000. An In.
telllgent public opinion, however, may ap
praise that $40,000 as representing mor
honorable service than the millions ac
crued by the manipulation of corporal
finance with th aid of trust funds.
E M E M E R-ADcock's Masters have
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What President Eliot Know from
Fifty Year of Observation.
Address by President Kllot of Harvard.
The very rich are by no means the
healthiest members of the community, and
to escape the perils of luxurious living re
quire unusual will power and prudence.
Great capital at the disposal of a single
Individual confers on its possessor great
power over the course of Industrial devel
opment, over his fellow men, and some
times over the course of great public
events, like peace or war between nations.
It enables a man to do good or harm, to
give Joy or pain, and places him In a posi
tion to be feared or looked up to. There
Is pleasure In the satisfaction of directing
such a power, and th greater the charac
ter the greater may be the satisfaction.
In gtvlng this direction the great capitalist
may find an enjoyable and strenuous occu
pation. For a conscientious, dutiful man
a great sense of responsibility accompanies
this power. It may become so powerful
as to wipe out the enjoyment Itself.
There are no more successful business
enterprises than are those conducted by
remarkably Intelligent autocrats, and
probably the same would be true of gov
ernments If any mod had been Invented
of discovering and putting Into place de
sirable autocrats. The prevailing modes of
selection, such as heredity and transmis
sion, have been so very unsuccessful thst
autocracy as a mode of government has
fallen into disrepute. In business enter
prises the existing modes of discovery and
selection of autocrats seem to do better
than In the government, for autocracy In
business has been Justified by results.
The most serious disadvantage under
which the very rich have labored is the
bringing up of children. It Is well nigh
Impossible for a very rich man to develop
his children from habits of Indifference and
laslness. These children ar so situated
that they have no opportunity of doing
productive labor, and do nothing for them
selves, parent, brothers or sisters, no one
scqulrlng th habit of work. In striking
contrast are the farmers' children, who co
operate at tender years In the work of the
household.
WHEHK THE REAL BLAME ME8.
Criminal Incompetency of ew York's
lasarmace Department.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The memory of Henry B. Hyde, who did
more than any other to popularise th
beneflclent Idea of life Insurance, has been
dragged In the mire. James W. Alexander,
Richard A. McCurdy and John A. Mac
Call, who greatly advanced that Idea, have
been driven Into a disgraceful retirement.
Dosens of other high reputations, in busi
ness or public affairs, have been smirched
or wrecked. Furthermore, th extrordl
nary process of punishing these men has
brought cruel anxiety to hundreds of thou
sands and led thousands Into positive loss.
Why waa It necessary to hav this ex
traordinary process, with all the suffering
and loss It has entailed, of removing these
notable servants of the life Insurance In
stitution? Th servants deserved th pen
alties they are suffering. To them great
power and trust wer confided, which they
used selfishly, often dishonestly, and al
ways. In the end. Inefficiently. But why
did they so use It? They were not. In th
beginning, better or worse than other men.
They wer Just men. Why did they abuse
their power to public injury and suffering
snd their own ultimate disgrace?
Because th power confided to them was
permitted to become Irresponsible, and be
cause the public authorities to whom was
confided th duty of holding them to re
sponsibility, who were created by the peo
ple's will to that end and - were armed
with the people's laws were faithless to
their trust and let these men wield Irre
sponsible power, which always In the end
becomes selfish, dishonest and Inefficient
In its works.
Wbat the New Tork life Insurance scan-
Tm Growing
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dal, with all Its wide ramifications of suf
fering, loss snd destruction, was in reality
waa a failure of th government in New
York. What government can be In uch
matter we see In th national banking
system, with examiners who exsmlne and
a supervision which supervises. . What no
government brings In such cases we see
In the life insurance scandals. With those
who permitted no-government in New York
the real blame for all the suffering, loss
and wreck clearly lies.
MIRTH Ft" Ij REMARKS.
"Who taught you to lie like that?"
"It la merely the logical development of
an Inherited gift, daddy." Cleveland Plain
Iealer.
"Do you understand the tariff question?'"
"Perfectly," answered Mr. Cumrox. "All
raw material I use In my business should
be admitted duty free. Everything else
should be taxed." Washington Star.
Reporter Uncle, to what do you attribute
your long life?
Oldest Inhabitant I don't know' ylt,
young feller. They'a several of these patent
medicine companies that's dickerln with
me." Chicago Tribune.
"Tou are getting too economic!,' dear,"
said Mr. Tackspare. "It's all right to save
money on little thlnrs, but when it comes
to sending me a 25-cent telegram to tell
me where to go to save 7 cents on thst
snow shovel, it strikes me you ar getting
too conscientious." Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Young John. I hate to ask you to
go Into this store with me, but I have to
match thla ribbon, and
Mr. Young That's all right, my dear.
The ribbon counter girl In there Is the
sweetest, prettiest little
Mrs. Young Oh, I guess I can put It off
till som other day. Philadelphia Press.
"He tried to work a big deal." ;
"What stopped him?"
"The other fellows caught him when he
was stacking the cards." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"I'm but a single woman," began the
suffrage orator.
"Don't give up hope yet," interjected a
matronly person In the audience.
Itut they frowned upon her as one who
had failed to catch the spirit of the occa
sion. Philadelphia ledger.
"And now, George." sobbed the bride,
who was starting on a visit to her mother's,
"I must bid you a long farewell."
"You'll have to make It a short one if
you're leaving on this train," put In an un
feeling conductor. "AH aboard." Cleveland
Leader.
Rivers Brooks, you've heard that fa
miliar saying, "Give a man rope enough".
Brooks "And he'll smoke himself to
death?'' O, yes, I've heard that, and 1
haw often wondered who the pretended
friend of yours Is that's trying to kill you
off. Chicago Tribune.
BROKE IN ARIZONY.
Denver Republican.
I was broks In Arlsony, and was gloomy as
a tomb
When I got a chance at punchin' for an
outfit called Star-Plume;
I didn't ask no wherefores, but Jest lit out
with my tarp,
As happy aa an angel with the newest
tnake o' harp.
I i i
When I struck out from the bunkhouse, for
my first day on the range,
I thought the tracks we foliered wn pecu
liar like and strange.
And when I asked about It, the roundup
foreman sea:
"You ain't a punchin' cattle, but are
herdln' ostriches."
Well, we chased a bunch o' critters on the
hot and sandy plain.
Though 'twas like a purp a-racln' with a
1'. 8. A. mail train;
But at last we got 'em herded In a wire
fence corral.
And the foreman ses, offhand like: 'Jest
go In and rope on, Al."
Well, the first one that I tackled was au
Eiffel Tower bird, .
But the noose alnt pinched hla thorsi
for several things occurred:
He spread his millinery Jest as if he meant
to nr.
And then he reached out with a stilt snd
kicked me In the eye.
They pulled m out from under that mlllin'
mass o' legs.
And they fed me on hot whisky and th
yolks of ostrich eggs;
And, as soon as I was able, I pulled freight
fer Cattle Ijind.
And the ostrich punchin' blxness never
gits my O. K. brand.