TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEEj FRIDAY, JUNE 2D, 1906. The Omaha Daily Dee E. R08EWATEn EDITORv Entered at Omaha Postofflc aa second class matter. TERMS OF SfBBCRIPTION. Daily Be (without Sunday), on jrear.t4.0O Dally Bee and Sunday, one year JVS Sunday Bee, one year J -j Saturday Bee, one year DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Tally Be (Including Sunday), per week.Lc Daily Bee (without Sunday i. per week..l evening Bee, (without bunaay), per ween. Evening Be (with Sunday), per week.. 10c Sunday Bee. per opy ','"..0 Address complalnta of Irre-gularitle In de livery to City circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha City liall Building. Council Blufls 10 Pearl Btreet. Chicago 1640 I'nltv Building. New York-l5"S Horn Life In. Building. Waahlngton Ml Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relating to new and edi torial matter ahould be addreesed: Omaha bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only J-cent itampi received aa payment of mail accounts. Personal checks, exoept on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PLBLA3UINCJ COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, aa: C. C. Roaewater, general manager of The Be PubllHhing Company, being duly sworn, aays tl.at the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sanday Be printed duikng tli month of Mav, 1K0C was aa follows: 1 SO.XTO M S1.MO 8O.NS0. ' 17 81,55 t v...- StTO- IS H1J90 4 Sl,;tO 1 SSI.2T0 t 83..120 K UO.WftO 3,O.V) n 81,00 7 81,00 12..... Ul.IMM) 1 81,fttK ' Vt 81.930 1 81.BRO . 14 81.8O0 10 i.... 31, BOO 2S 81.S30 U 81.AAO M 33,490 U '.' aajWO . . .,.,,..... U,t50 U SO.UAO . . 81.8T0 U ... 81,700 ' 2 51.T40 U ,...81.520. . . .... S1.SM U 81,940 Total ... W,STO Lea unsold copies,. . Net total, sale... Dally average ,.T8,M ... 81,5 TO C. C. ROSEWATER. , General Manager. Subscribed In tny presence and sworn to uemre me mis ia aay or June. isus. (Seal) M. B. HUNQATE, A J un A i. Notary Public. whig oct or TOWH. Snbaerlber leaving the city tem porarily shoal bar The Be Mailed to them. Addree will b haaaed aa often aa requested. Cedar county casts eleven votes In state convention for Edward Roaewater for senator. New Yorw .lioniat. ... ,,Kki looking ahead for rare pickings when the experts are called in the Thaw case. Kansas might not be calling so loudly for harvest hands from other states were the natives not so busy with Internal politics. Don't let anyone disfranchise you. Study the sample ballot and show them at the polls next Tuesday that you are determined to make your vote count. The unanimity with r which demo crat In republican states are declaring for Colonel Bryan proves that they have learned, the blessings of defeat Five railroads operating In Ne- braska are noted for prosecution for dlsregardlng the safety appliance law. Nebraska must be on the map In big letters. v Polls at the coming primary In Doug- las county will be open from 8 a. ni. to 9 p. m. In Omaha and South Omaha, and from 12 noon to 9 p. m. in the country precincts. Senator La Follette has at , least proved that a man of ability and con- vlctions can do something more than take notes during his first year in the United States senate. i With chances one. to four of secur ing a homestead on the Crow reserva tion, the odds seem to favor the men most wno run hotels In the towns where the drawings take-place. Wisconsin democrats have discov ered a new slogan "rational tariff revi sion;" . but it. will hardly appeal to inose oia line "tariff busters" who would sell every customs house. The first republican county conven tion In Nebraska to give expression on senator has Instructed its delegates for Edward Rosewater. Cedar county's eleven votes In state convention lead the van. The report of a pending revolution vln Spanish Honduras is a reminder Uiai tbe United States did not make a clean sweep of the Spanish flag on the western hemisphere during the late unpleasantness. Advertisement writers may find it necessary to study the pure food bill before preparing labels for factories next year. But six months Is given manufacturers to dispose of "substi tutes" on hand. When the World-Herald was talking V A II J . .. aoout aespotic dictatorship" two months ago it did not Imagine the "despotic dictators" would be In a deal DOW to boost father-in-law aa a rn,.K- llcan candM.t. tnr ..... The man who spoke for Nebraska at tue meeting or ue people's party at bt, Louis has the satisfaction of know- ing that he will have little trouble dodging his constituents at home If he has mistaken their sentiments. j wo oz me FontaneUe favorites for state convention delegates were re - csnuy eipeued from the governing board for bolting the club's nominee for mayor at the late city campaign. but now they are ro-em braced aad put to tbe front to the exclusion of loyal club members.' Is It any wonder the Uub has lost ail standing It ever tad COXSTITUTIOXAL AVKSDMEKT COX- FEkE.vci. Whatever efficacy there may be In I the Invitation extended by Joint reso- I lutlon of the Iowa legislature to a con- I ference of persons designated by the governors of the several states to pro- mote action by state legislatures In I favor of the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people, It Is one among multiplying signs of the growing popular demand for the adoption of that method. The partlc- nlar Influence of such a conference will depend much upon the extent to 1 which the governors of the various states respond to the Invitation and upon the number and character of their appointees who attend. It has been demonstrated to be prac tically Impossible to secure a proposal to amend the present constitutional provision for election of senators by the concurrence of two-thirds of fcoth houses of congress. . The alternative method .requires . the application to work well forward before the close of congress of the legislatures of two- his term of office, and while no other thirds of the states for a convention duty will be neglected, the adjourn to propose amendments, which would ment of congress will only mark re not be adopted until ratified by the doubled effort on his part In that dl- legtslatures or conventions of three-1 fourths of the states.. Many state leg islatures already at one time or an- ulu" '" rcouiuuuue making the appropriate application to congress, and the rapid increase of the number of such legislatures recently shows that public sentiment Is pro gressing toward a point at which, with proper organization and co-operation, the condition may be established re quiring congress to call an amend ment convention. It would of course still remain, auer me amendment naa been submitted, to secure us ratinca- tlon by three-fourths of. the states. r t a j i ass) ...ii s at- a I long ana uiincuit n tae way to i constitutional amendment that popu lar effort is directed more and more to secure the nearest possible approach to it through legal or voluntary party prlmarles, without waiting for change of the constitution. And already. In an Increasing number of states the moral obligation Is thus accepted as binding on members of the legislature to vote for senatorial candidates nom-i tnated by poll of the party member-' ship. While an Improvement, this clr-1 cultous method falls short of the bene fits of compulsory constitutional pro vision, which would be effective In ali states alike, but wherever it has leen iainy tried tne result nas been to cryata,tze "ntlment In favor of the Iuu con"lu"on cnange. SPEAKER CAXNoys ULTIMATUM. Speaker Cannon's ultimatum to the senate that there shall be no agree- ment to adjourn until the rate control, meat inspection and pure food bills have all been passed, it Is reasonably believed, will speedily Insure more conclusive action than there has been during the last week- It .iaian.. old scheme of the senate or of .influential senatorial cliques for getting virtual control of legislation In the late stages et a session to secure an adjournment agreement while Important measures are still pending. It Is then often In tne Pwer oI mall group of senators ,n1 "onUn' . of a single sena- or' bcua ot the peculiar rules and curty. to force the assent of an un- willing house to forms of legislation on pain of defeating measures of vast I Importance. A disposition has 'been manifested In the senate to get things In precisely that shape in. the wind-up of the present session, the rate bill be- ing among the measures that have been suspiciously held In suspension and both the meat Inspection and the pure food bills being also obstinately deadlocked. 8peaker Cannon's notice to the sen- ate therefore forces the alternatives of passing tbe three measures which are agreed to be of greatest Importance or of remaining Indefinitely In session. With these regularly disposed of, It ts assumed that agreement could at once be reached to adjourn on a certain I future day, which might possibly per- mlt tbe passage of the immigration bill and several other measures of large importance. But the anxiety of mem- bers of congress to get away Is such that In no event could a quorum long be held after the three measures in- eluded In Speaker Cannon'a ultimatum are passed. PRESIDENT AltO THE CAXAL. The interesting fact is given out from reliable, Washington ' sources that no sooner will congress have adjourned than th. nrMnt wtit Af - energy to pushing the Panama canal enterprise forward. The decision to make a lock Instead of a sea level canal, although vitally Important at this juncture, in nowise removes out of the way the difficulties, which are of uiubi lormiasuis cnaracisr ana re- quire not only the highest engineering skill and courage, but also every ad- minlstratlve power that can be brought to bear, and the president's plans con- iouiy.au. iu supreme srilOB on nis own part which he exacts from all ho are concerned with the canal work. No such locks were ever constructed " the general scheme calls for. 900 feet long, ninety feet wide and forty re1 aeP- 10 commodate great ocean 0,' "ua r" " oouoie nignts or tnree iocks eacn. involving o'otion or nitnerto unsolved construe- t,on P"blms. But these immense locks, as to tbe security and working of which engineers are not agreed, are I by no means as serious a problem as 1 that presented by the stupendous dsmslfiom the "rotation" outrage from sev I which are necessary to control two I great rivers, subject to tropical floods, I whose courses run athwart the canal route. While the outline of the plans for the locks' and dams have been drawn, many important questions re- mala to be settled regarding them, not to speak of a variety of matter con cernlng other parts of .the historic work, each If considered by itself of treat magnitude. The president real Itea that the a u roe as of the undertake Ins depends , In large part on the prompt and correct settlement of these questions at the start In two essential respects, aside from benefiting by the general experience lof the French on the isthmus, our gov ernmett will have great advantage in prosecuting the work. It will be free from the financial crisis through which the French company frequently passed, for the necessary funds will surely be forthcoming when needed. Then, so far as regard, excavation, of which there Is a vast amount, there has been a marvelous development In machinery the last few years which greatly slm- pllfles and facilitates the task of mere canal digging. It Is known that President Roosevelt has set his heart upon getting the canal fection. the "rotatioX' ballot. It is a well known fact that the "ro- tatlon" ballot for electing delegates to tbe republican state convention at the primary next Tuesday was Inflicted upon the voters of Douglas county for the express purpose of making the marking of the ballots so confusing and burdensome as to disfranchise worklngmen and foreign-born citizens who are suDnosed to be lacking in "In telllgence." It devolves upon working d foreln-bornv voters, there- fo t ahnw fh.t -,. th nnnftc. .a...., and uncalled for obstructions they still have the intelligence to exer cise the elective franchise effectively. To do this every voter must study and underBtand the ballot he Is re- quired to mark. The "rotation" bal lot, according to the court order pro cured by the Fontanelles, Is a ballot In this Instance containing 226 names, ar ranged in one long column, following one another In alphabetical order, but "rotated" so that the particular ballot a voter may receive may begin with any one of the names. For example, the particular ballot handed out may begin with the name "McCague." In that case the other names will follow alphabetically from McCague to "Zlm- man" and then to the first letter of the alphabet and down the A. B. Cs to "McCague" again. To use a sample ballot effectively it should be taken into the booth by the voter and each name for which he wishes to vote checked off as he puts his crossmark opposite it on the offi- clal ballot. After making- his cross- marks the voter should count them to be sure he has voted for eighty-three no more and no less. , If hot makes a mistake he should return his ballot and get a new one, and If he is In doubt about anything he should ask the elec- tlon judge to .help him. Another point for special care Is to avoid confusion by identity of names. There are on the ballot two Adams, of which "James H. Adams" Is the Rose- water delegate. There are six Ander- sons, of which two. "David Anderson" and "Nels J. Anderson." are on the Rosewater ticket. There are two Clarkes. of which "F. N. Clarke" is on the Rosewater ticket. There ere two Coles, of which "W. W. Cole" Is on the Rosewater ticket. There are two Cun- nlnghams, of which "M. O. Cunning- ham" is on the Rosewater ticket. There re two Fosters, of which "William A. Foster" is on the Rosewater ticket. There are three Johnsons, of which w. "George M. Johnson" and "W. Ernest Johnson," are on the Rosewater ticket. There are five Smiths, of which two, "Edward A. Smith" and "Fred L. Smith." are on the Roaewater ticket. There are two Stones, of which "Ben J- 8tone" is on the Rosewater ticket. There are two Willis, of which "E. A. Willis" is on the Rosewater ticket. Wlth grouping of the delegations no difficulty would have been found on this account, but with the voter re- u,rea to make eighty-three crosses to register his choice it Is especially 1m Pant that he avoid being misled by similarity of names The application of the "rotation' ballot scheme to this election of con ventlon delegates is a piece of ballot jugglery perpetrated in the hope of splitting the delegation. To accom plish results Douglas county republic ans ought to send delegates to Lincoln unanimous for the candidate of their choice. It remains for the rank and file of the party to rebuke the rotation ballot tricksters by electing every one of the eighty-three Rosewater del gates. tl. f.n... ... i. aictmnt brought by the late grand ,nrr chareinr fraud udod an election i iisi ibiiui o j i iuu usav ii iai vai u saa offlcer doe, not Bhow up y,ry wel, for the Fontanelles back of the prosecu- .nn In this raaa the. worst that waa rhsrged was that the election judge as sisted a voter to cast his ballot pre cisely ss be wanted it cast. Fonta nelles' success evidently depends on dis franchising qualified voters by "rota- tlo.. b.ol- .nd by oreventlna- them from getting needed assistance 1 margin., their tickets or setting the voting machine. It must be remem bered that people arbitrarily dlsfran chisea at primaries still have votes at ... .wtion I Douglas county taxpayers will bear I eral directions. In th first place it I will multiply the bill for printing the I ballots several times, and in the second place it will also double the amount needed to pay the election officers who on that account will have to be paid tor two days' time at counting; where tbe gronp plan would have closed sp the canvass quickly. But the tax rate cuts no figure with the "rotaters." The water company blames the Water board for delay of the water works appraisement and the Water board blames the water company. A board of arbitrators to settle where the blame really belongs might help to prolong matters a little. Senator Bailey's attack upon Hearst may be his way of making his constit uents forget bis assaults upon Roose velt; for regardless of politics the president has warm admirers In the Lone Star state, as the senator has doubtless discovered. Egyptians sentenced to the whip ping post for attacking British soldiers will realize too late that the Imperial government is not looking for more trouble In Africa or the incident would have been magnified Into a rebellion. Tickles the Other Fellow. Baltimore , American. Th most popular vacation, so far as the other fellows are concerned, will b that to be taken soon by th Interstate Commerce commission. Buy Day a for F.mlnent Counsel. ! Kansas City Tunes. The eminent counsel for the Standard Oil company will be entirely justified In striking for higher wages In view of the Increased labors and long hours forced upon them. DtTeralty of Materials. Chicago Tribune. It must not be supposed that th manu facturer of black pepper ar confined to the use of lampblack and tapioca. They can make aa excellent article out Of ground cocoanut sheila. Inpreflif Foraaer Efforta. Philadelphia Record. . A London tailor ha been Imported to show us how to make clothes for our soldiers. If a British tailor can glv our soldiers fits he can do what no British gen eral has been able . to do. Who Kaowat Portland Oregonlan. There is no telling what might happen in the next republican national conven tion if Hon. Nick Longworth ahould continue his trip on around the world and return opportunely In th spring of 101. Cncle Jo oa Kaey Street. Pittsburg Dispatch. One of those investigator who gives his time to finding out how rich our stateamen are discloses that I'ncle Joe Cannon Is worth $2,000,000. This, if verified, may make It eaay to understand why Uncle Joe Is convinced that everything is all right every where except among the muckrakers. Following; Eminent Precedents. Chicago Chronicle. . , Tf President Roosevelt has been some what active In promoting legislation during the present session : of . conareas it is well to remember that very preceding president has done th same, thing to the best of his ability and In his own peculiar style and that President Washington marched Into the eenato and gay . H hH Columbia , to Its face for undertaking to alter on of hi treaties. i . - t i , . " 1 !.' '., 1 Mlaaoarl Show 'Em. Kalis' 'fit Times. Judge Ryan of Bt.,liOtils has ruled that a trust cannot collect by law In this state. His theory seems to be that a trust, being an outlaw In Missouri, has no standing In court. And that Is a good theory and the ruling ought to be salutary, whatever on may think of the man who would contract debt and then refus to pay because he could not be compelled to pay. But at most It Is a dishonest combination futilely Invoking the law against a dishonest cred itor. ' Pabllclty Where l I Seeded. Philadelphia Record. It is noteworthy that In the discussion of the pure food bill In the house th lead ing champions of th ' measure are ex tremely reluctant to give the name of manufacturers whose adulterated products seriously endanger the health and lives of the people. In one nefarious case of fraud Representative Mann refused when asked to give the nam of th manufacturer. Publicity In exposing the authors of these frauds and thus warning consumers against them would' be more effective than all th penal provisions of the bill. Pity the-Poor Ice Mas. New.? 'York Bun. For conspiracy In restraint of trade flvo Toledo Ice dealer have been fined $6,000 apiece and sentenced to a year In the work house. So the amended form of an old summer question will read: "How would you like not to be th Ice man?" Is th coldness of their material reflected in their naturesT No; Ice men ar excellent hus bands, good fathers and so on, but It ts th sad fact that they seem to have no friends In th community, Who la there to mourn for a convicted ice man? Not on. This is a fact, her mournfully mentioned - for the benefit of sociologists. . ENTERS ON A NEW CHAPTER. Determination of the Government to Enforce Obedlenee to Law. Philadelphia Pre. Tb war against trusts enters on a new chapter., Th aonvlctlon of nv packing companies and of th Burlington road for violating the anti-rebate law and th Im position of heavy A nee on the lawbreakers will carry terror Into every offending truat and railroad office In the country. The concurrent aentenc of two rebate agents to jail will give a personal sensation to the blow. And th simultaneous announcement of an Impending prosecution of th Stand ard OH cornea like the trumpet call to battle. The. announcement is made with very circumstance of solemnity. Tb at torney general state that his step Is taken with the approval of the president and all th cabinet. It has manifestly been con sidered with great car and with a just sense of Its jravlty. In launching th bolt at thir time th administration accepts th full responsibility. It evidently believes that it holda Invincible weapons. It com mlts Itself to relentless bsttla. In tha gen eral Judgment th Standard Oil is th most flagrant aa well as th moat powerful offender among all the trusts, and in throw Ing down the gage of battl th admlnlstra tlon will hav th applause and support of th country. Th far-reaching effect of thee proceed Ings can hardly be overestimated. They will do more than all that ha been done before to make the railroads and the grea combination set their house in order. It will be thoroughly , understood now that there Is to be no trifling and that the law of a square deal can neither he dlara garded nor evaded. The realisation of th ncceaalty of respecting th law will be In Unsifted hy the conviction that dlsobe dlence may Involve personal peril. And while th lawbreaker are hurriedly straightening out their households, there will he a new feetlng of security among th great body of th peopl. CHOICE OF THE PEOPLE Father-in-Law's Paper Bays They Will Be for Edward Rose water for Senator Unless Tricked by Manipula tion and Jugglery. World-Herald, April 10, lfo. The esteemed Fremont Herald inform Its reader that the. action of the repub lican state convention. In refusing the re quest of Victor Rosewater that the repub lican voter be allowed to choose the re publican candidate for United Btatea sen ator, "was a death-blow to th senatorial aspirations of Edward Rosewater." The Herald, commenting on tha fact, says that for many year th masses of the republican hare believed In Mr. Rose water as a true anti-monopolist, but they have never been able to control their party convention r had much voice In th leg islative halts. In other words, if the choice were left ROIAD A BO IT KEW YORK. Ripple on the Carrent of Life la the Metropolis. Large forces of husky workmen ar en gaged in th long delayed job of making openings for the escape of the overworked air of th New York subway. All winter long th necessary alterations were de layed, and now the hot weather has brought the people up In arms over the stifling air In the bore th authorltlea have set to work Isj a frensy of haste. The city Is footing the bill for the Im provements, for It was the city that ad vanced the money for the original con struction and the city will come Into pos session of the property at the expiration of th seventy-five-year lesse the Belmont lines now hold on the underground high way. The architects and engineers of the suh wsy evidently took it for granted that the openings at the various stations would be sufficient to provide all the ventilation nec essary, and during the greater portion of the tunnel's lenirth no other alr-glving de vices were arranged. In upper Broadway, however, the parking In the center of the thoroughfare under which the tube runa offered such an unusual opportunity for ventilating shafts several were put In. The necessity of this additional means of bring ing fresh sir Into the tunnel was mad evident last summer, for th upper sub way was from 10 to 15 degrees cooler than the lower end,' while the quality of the atmosphere In the different sections was not to be con-pared at all. The most valuable garden patch on Man hattan Island consists of two beds of let tuce and radishes, each twenty feet square, In the rear of a little one-story wooden house in West On Hundred and Twenty, fourth street, half way between Columbus and Amsterdam avenuea. The house and garden In the rear are flanked on three sides by modern six-story apartment houses, which all but shut out th sun from the garden. The houae occupies only half the frontage of the lot, which gives an xcellent view of the garden from the street. Th little farm house almost brings tears to the eyes of passing real estate men. who realise how much more valuable th ground could be made. Besides Hook mountain on the Hudson, there Is another beautiful bit of scenery lu Nw York stat that Is saved from de struction by the bill signed by Governor Hlgglns Watklns glen, at the ' head of Beneca lake. ,The glen, visited by thou sands, haa bepn rendered accessible by all manner of staircases snd pains tor years. It '. was bought long ago by Andrew H. dreen (th "father of Greater New York") In order to preserve It; and he was also the 'fouhder of the American scenic and hlstorlo preservation society, which has been instrumental In preserving Hook mountain. The state pays for th glen $50,000, Just what Mr. Green paid for it. It la now perpetuated aa a slate park. Detailed plans for the proposed Hudson- Fulton celebration In September, 190ft, have been completed by the committee In charge. The plans Include a naval parade, a land parade, oratory.- the dedication of me morials, the establishment of a park at Inwood with a memorial there, and the establishment of a, state park at Vcr- planCk's point. The plans for the naval parade include representation for the na vies of the Vnlted Btatea, Great Britain and The Netherlands, th merchant marine, excursion boats and yacht clubs. There will alao be fac simile reproduc tions of the Half Moon and Clermont. The government of Holland I reqneeted to fur nlah th reproduction of th Hudson ves sel, and the American steamboat Interests th Clermont. Both ships, It Is proposed, shsll proceed north to Albany, stopping at various points for local celebrations. Th city of New York baa appropriated $1,000,000 to build a magnificent bridge across th Harlem river at th point where It connects with the Hudson. To this sum $1000,000 more will be adaed. The brldnu la a little less than half a mil in length and th central steel arch, 170 feet abov th water, will measure 826 feet. Thl central span Is the largest but one In the world, being only fifteen feet less In length than the arch over Niagara gorge. The broad walks and the smooth driveway will form an Important link In the aystem of parks and driveways that lie scattered over Greater New York. Near on end of the bridge is a knoll 1 thlrty-flv feet In height. On this knoll a statue of Hudson, possibly a model of his historic craft, will carry out the memorial Idea. This feature is to be carried through by popular subscription. Th city hope to hav the structure completed in time for th celebration. Haah Row" I no more. Th last vestiga of it haa been removed from Fifth avenu by the workmen who ar preparing th lot on th avenu opposite th Waldorf- Aatoria for a new building to be devoted to bualneaa. More than thirty years ago Hash Row" was the name applied to the row of red brick houses belonging to th Aator estate, at th place mentioned. They were seised on as long ago by th board ing house keeper and were never after ward uaed for private occupancy. Some times It seems Impossible for houses ever to outgrow this particular use. On house In Gramercy square ha been a boarding house for thlrty-flv years, although th home about It ar private. On Madison avenue, near Thirtieth Street, there ar several houses that hav served even a longer usefulness of this kind. A publisher who occupies a loft In Seven teenth street directed one of his clerks to hang out a "Boy Wanted" algn at the street entrance a few day ago. The card had been swinging In the breese only a few minutes when a red-headed little tad climbed to the publisher's offic with th sign under his arm. "Ssy mister," he demanded of th pub lisher, "did you hang out this her 'Boy Wsnted' sign?" "I did."' replied the publisher sternly. "Why did you tear It down?" Back of his freckles th youngster wa gaslng in wonder at th man's stupidity. "Hully ge!" h blurted. "Why. I'm th boy!" And h wa to tha people. Mr. Rosewater, we are toKl, would be the republican choice for sen ator. The republican voters want him; he Is th preferred candidate of the rank and file. Put th toosses want somebody else, and since the choice I to be left to th4 j tat convention or the legislature in stead of to the people, somebody else will be chosen. W bsllev this aa approximately cor rect rtatemsat of th ease. Because th peopl themselves ar set to be permitted to speak their will Is aot to prevail. Con- i ventloa aad leg-lslatlv manipulation and Jugglery WW foist apoa tb party a can didate th rank aad Ma do not want. PERSONAL NOTES. While Mr. Rockefeller ays he has noth ing to do with Standard Oil. he haa not made th statement under oath. Out In California a woman smiled when sentenced to desth. Probably she was thinking of the petitions that would Soon be circulating. James Whltcomb Riley hss decided he does not care to run a poet farm. He haa quit the Bear Wallow (Ind.) project because It was advertised as a haven for disappointed authors. Warren . Belcher, for fifty-three years postmaster at Wlnthrop, Mass., has re signed, to be succeeded by his son, David Belcher. In time of service he wss the oldest postmaster In th United States. While addressing the senate the other day Mr. Warren of Wyoming was Inter rupted several times by Mr. Peverldge of Indiana. When the western statesman re sumed his speech he remsrked: "Senators will come to future congresses much wiser than I and nearly as wise as ths senator from Indiana." Thomas B. Youngblood of Boonvllle, Ind., Is the oldest Justlc of th peace In that state and will soon be 80. He is famous for marrying persons under unusual con ditions, but says that he established his record when he united a couple suffering from smallpox and had to stand across th road from them to do It Two newsboys were standing m front of a Bowery tobacconist's window recently, gaslng with rapt admiration at the co Icing display of "weed," relates the Even ng Post. "Ef I had I cents I'd treat to cigarettes," remarked one. His companion remained thoughtfully silent, then quietly sauntered Into th stor. In a few minutes he emerged, a cigarette between his lips and a self-assertive air. "Two?" remarked the other. "Nope, one. I'se been hit by de street." For a few moments there was silence. "Don where do I come InT" ques tioned the nonsmoker. "Youee de minority stockholder do de splttinY' STATE TRIST LAWS. Significant Rnllnas by Coart In Two States Chicago Nws. Just at present public attention Is cen tered mainly on tha various efforts being mad to restrain trust abuses through the agercy of the federal government., A re minder of the fact that the Individual states have Important and effective power of their own in this respect Is to be found in court decisions just rendered in Ohio snd Missouri. The proceedings instituted In theaa esses may be considered an inter esting evidence of the general extent and development of the movement now In prog ress against corporate lawlessness. In the Ohio case the defendant trust was a combination of Toledo Ice dealera who were accused of combining In restraint of trade. These dealers were shown to have been working In sgreement to maintain the pries of le at an exorbitant figure. Though they pleaded that they were guilty of only a technical ofrense, the court haa decided that they violated the law and haa Imposed upon each of them a sentence providing a fine of $1,000 and on year'a Imprisonment in the Toledo workhouse. The only way, apparently, in which they ar likely to avoid this punishment Is by accepting the court's proposal that they reduce prices and make restitution to th public of the money Illegally taken. Th Missouri decision la even mote sweeping, for it virtually says that under the state law an Illegal trust may not cot lect debts owing to it. In this case a St. Louis plumbers' supply association, which la held to be a trust, had sued a plumber for th payment of a bill. The state law contains a clause explicitly providing that no purchaser who buys goods from an Ille gal trust shall be liable for payment for them. The court haa upheld the law, de ciding that the plumber need not pay. Virtually, It would appear, a debt owing to an unlawful trad combination In Mlasourl hss no more legal status than a gambling debt. Prosecutions of this character brought under stat laws denote at once the In clination of state authorltlea to deal with unlawful trusts. Independent of federal ac tion, and their ability to do so. The great trade organisations doing an Interstate business already have had their warning. The local concerns which operate wholly or In part within th hordera of one state ar likely to find eventually that the state government to which they are responsible i. amDiy able to deal wltb them, also. In case they attempt monopolistic or oppres sive practices. Have You a Friend? Then tell him about Ayers Cherry Pectoral. Tell him how it cured your hard cough. Tell him why you always keep it on hand. Tell him to ask his doctor about it. Doctors know it. They use it a great deal for all forms of throat and lung troubles. Wc have no secrets We publish the formulas of all our medicines. nwmmnm-mmi mi MU t- th i. O. Ajmr Co.. Lovll. Mm. . AT'! laiTI TIOO-I Foe tU tUU. ITER PILL tot wOMtlpatlas. siTftB kftdif AlUeA-f tU Mood ATEfi'i AGV Clk Fat wKuift Uk4 AS THE PF.nri.F. SEE HIM. President Roosevelt Admired for Ifco F.nemle He Haa Made. Washington Post. Tresldrnt Rooeerr-lt has occupied the front of the stsse during two of the most eventful years of our politic! history. H hus been th focus ef untold millions of eyrs. the center of every domestic storm of controversy. On this account h Is the subject of a considerable amount of ho tile criticism. On this account, also, he has endeared himself to the peon's of all class and conditions throughout .ha country. Later on we may see how ths criticism of tht disaffected fw will flgur as agnlnst the sffcctlon snd confidence of the great multitude of his fellow cltlnen. Meanwhile it is nn at all difficult to Identify the causes of Mr. Roosevelt's won derful popularity, with the masses. They see In him th protector of the weak, the champion of the defenseless, a fearless herald of reform. - Me Impresses them as sn unselfish snd Ind'Tmltable advocate of their rights, their welfare,- their manhood and their dlRnitys The constant activity, the unrelenting Insistence and the Impe rious force with which he compel atten tion snd rivets nubile Interest and solici tude no doubt offered, perhaps exasperate. In certain quarters: but ths great body of the American people fee"! that he Is their friend, snd they requite him with a fer vent faith snd gratitude. They thrill re sponsive to his boldness, his Impulsive un conventionality, his almost - boyish vigor and enthusiasm.' He presents to them ft spectacle of captivating dash snd bril liancy, of romantic devotion, to high Ide.Us. of a courage without calculation, and an energy consecrated ,t,o unselfish ends. Above all, there Is tha engaging figure of a president speaking frankly for the po ple. Ignoring precedents arid going straight to the mark he has set before him without thought of consequences to himself. No one can deny that It ts a novel and Inspirit ing apotheosis. None need wonder, that it captures the popular Imagination. - Maybe Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Is tbe shrewd, self-seeking, hesrtless aspirant his enemies would have us believe; maybe he Is working for snother nomination and an other term. But. If so, he Is master of a finesse of which Maohlavelll, Borgia, Tally land. Metternlch, Cavour, Disraeli never dreamed In their most Inspired moments. He must be more or less than human. In stead of th hearty, -Impetuous,' uncalcu latlng good fellow ths American peopl think he Is. . , ... PLEASANTLY POINTED.1,' .Vrd Jlke t0 KO "hopping with you," said Miss Passay. "but the dentist la to fix up tny teeth this afternoon and it- will take him at least an hour.1' "Well that'll give us tlm," spiled Miss Knox. lou can shop with me while he's doing his work." Cleveland Loader. "I suppose it wss hard work to follow my argument." said the lawyer. "No." answered the Judge. "It was easy to follow It, but It was difficult to keep BW.akun," the destination was reached. K W ashlngton Btsr. , . flo'n Holland w saw milk carts draws by way?" ther eV" rU b"r Cart th m "I don't know why?" '- "I thought that might, be tho origin of ??rl?m(2L 'ruBhi th growler.' " ' Philadelphia Pre. " '-T.-V, - . . . if i uuua oui aneaa- in mat -flrru- ment? !!LhyenLt 1ult8 figured' It out. yet"" "How's that?" ' ' "I proved he waa wrong, and hs punched my nose." Houston Chronicle, i . "There' something good In every man," averred Lncle Allen Sparks, "although I'll admit that you meet a man occasionally I .,., "h'""" ood about him but his appetlte."-Chicago Tribune. ml'M-Bvr.,W'V..d0 yu ,hln" ther ar any men on Mars? ' , ' "Of course. Mara Isn't a summer rsort." Cleveland Plain Dealer. SheQueer old cemetery. Isn't It? I won der what sort of people were burled here. He Looks to me aa If they were all hard drinkers; there are ao many ''hies'' on the tombstones. Philadelphia Press. I!'1 .YFp?"e'" Bal? th student of econom ic": . V1.a,.jro.ur C,,T haa nv" tJ"n up th.tr,ubJect.of municipal ownership." Oh, yes, answered Broncho Bob. "W hit ,v H lutle thought. Every now h. oine.n.2'. th boj" to thlnkin' ml. 71 ?".il1Jown' ,but we generally man age to get him quieted anr docile before there a any real harm done."-Waahlnton DA 'MERICANA GIRL. T. A. Daly In Catholic Standard. I gatta mash weeth Mag McCue, An she ees 'Merlcana, tool Ha! wat you theenk? Now, mebb ao. You weell no calls me ao slow Ivf som' time you can looka see How she ees com' an' flirt weeth ma. Moat evra two t ree day. my frand. 8he atop by deea peanutta stand An smile an' mak' da gongla-ey An Justa look at me aW sigh. ., ,r, An alia time she ao excite' She peeck aom' fruit an' taka bitaj" ph, my, she eesa look ao sweet I no care how much fruit she at. Me? I am cool an' mak' pretand I want no more dan be her frand; But een my heart, you bat my Ufa, I theenk of hef for be rrfy nje. Today I theenk: "Now I weell se How mooch a she ees mash weeth m," An' so I speak of dees an' dat. How mooch a playta mon' I gat. How mooch I makln' evra day An" wat 1 spend an' put away. An' den I asa, so queeck, so sly: ' ou theenk som' uretta alrl weell tr For lovln' ma a leetle beet?" Oh, my! she eesa blush so sweet "An' eef I ask her Ilka deea For geevln' me a leetla keess. Vou a'pose she geeve me- wan or two? She tal me: "Twenty-free for you!" i An' den she laugh so sweet, an' say: "Skeeddoo! Skeeddoo!" an' ran away. She like ao mooch for keesa me She gona geeve me twanty-t'ree! I a'pose dat w'at she say "skeeddoo" Res alia same "I lova you. ' Ha! w'at you theenk? Now, mebbe so Tou weell no calls me so slow: 4 3 if x i u i p-