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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1906. Tiie Omaha Daily Bee. L ROSEWATER EDITOR. t)n tared at Omaha Poetofflo as cond cl&M natter. TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION. lally Pe (without Sunday), on "- lellr Bee and Sunday, on year JWJ Sunday Bee. one year J Saturday Br, on yr ' DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Daily Cm (Including Bundey). per week.Ko Daily be (without Sunday), per we..Uo vemng lie, twitnout tiundayj, pr week. KvenIng H (with Sunday;. pr w..10o Sunday Be, per copy V AddrtM complaint of 4rrsular1tle In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluff 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1 MO fnity Building. New York-l& Home Lif In. Building. Washington &n Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and edi torial matter ihould be addressed: Omaha lie. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit "by draft, express or postal order payabi to Tu Be Publishing Company. Only J-cnt stamp received a payment of mail account. Personal chscks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBUSHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF" CIRCULATION. HtSta nt VKi..k rw.naia Pnnntr. C. C. Roeewster, general manager of Tin Be Publishing company, oeing amy sworn, says that th actual numoer 01 tuii and complete conies of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bh printed during th month of June. 10. wa a ioiiows i,ra i a,4a , toDAra prima nr. Tb primary election to be held to day turni, so far as the repub licans are concerned, entirely upon the iiwue of their preferred candidate (or United States senator. The primary Is held to select the delegates to the republican state convention appor tioned to Douglas county and the call for the convention Includes the en dorsement of a party nominee for United States senator. More particu larly, the issue Is whether an undi vided delegation shall go to Lincoln n the Interest of Edward Rose water for senator, or whether his candidacy shall be obstructed and subjected to a back fire by splitting his delegation and Injecting Into It a few of his enemies for that is all that the oppo sition Is aiming to do. The opponents of Mr. Rose water have no candidate of their own whose success they are try- ng to promote. Endeavoring to rally behind the cry of "anything to beat Rosewater," they are for this purpose using the alleged candidacy of father-in-law simply as a blind to fool those 1 39.S10 t SO.TBO t S1.SS0 1 31,880 i sa.oTo 7 aa.oio I SLSOO 33,410 IT 3000 II 31.S80 IS , 31,310 10 39,000 11.... 31,(40 It 31.8E0 tt 31470 tt 30,340 30,680 33,300 SI .830 31.810 31,830 31,870 II.., 2(... 27.., 21... 29. . !0. . S1.TS9 31,300 31,860 31,780 31,700 33,380 Total Lsa unsold cople Net total ale . Dally average ,54,160 , 10,4S , S43,&4 . . 31,46S C. C ROSEWATER. General Manager. Subscribed In my1 presence and sworn to nerore m tni lotn day or June, 190. (Seal) M. B. HUNG AT K, Notary Public. WHEt OUT Or TOWU. ' Safcs fibers leavlaa; the city tern ovarii y ahoald hare The Be sailed to then. Address will be chaaved mm eftea as requested. Primary election today. Great Britain has had Its first serious railroad wreck for many years. Ohio mine official will hereafter see to It that whisky is not In camp when they are out. Congressmen are coming home now and those delayed congressional con ventlon calls may be expected soon now. The compartment car of Europe seems to irKses little advantage over file American mode! when the crash comes. Colonel Brjun should remember that w h:je many ag. orator, has 'twisted the llou's tall" on (he Fourth of July, few have entered the den to do It. The uso of ice us lighters In unload Ing Wellman's supply ship shows an adaptability to conditions which should lror-ajje success In the flight to the pole With & Canadian crew winning the challenge, cup at the Henley regatta, British collegians are justified In ar ranging a few sporting events for home talent. yet exists, but many of the sincere friends of the purpose of the act were convinced that It goes in this particular as far as It wss advisable at this time to try to go. THE FRtC PASS CLAVSB. Admitting that the anti-free pass provision of the rate control law Is far from perfect. It still does not merit the ridicule which hostile and partisan critics are heaping upon It. The prohi bition Is extensive and vastly narrows the field within which the chief free pass abuses have grown up. The bill as originally Introduced In the house. In which form for months public opinion demanded that It should be passed by the senate without change, was wholly silent as to free passe, except so far as forbidding dis criminations in general could be con strued as applying to them. Any re duction of the sphere of abuse, there fore. Is just so much clear gain. It was In the senate that the free pass attachment was first made In sweeping terms, but exception after exception who are not conversant with the'sltua- was Included upon outcry from various tlon. 'I classes. The senate amendment some- The Infliction of the "rotation": bal- what modified Is the provision which lot outrage upon the voters by the has been finally Incorporated in the Fontanelle bosses and the filing of a law. multiplicity Of names has had this one ' hlle it Is true that the exceptions, object In view to disfranchise and employes and their families only on confuse the voters to the extent, of the employing company's lines, minis- preventing correct registration of their tcrs of religion. Inmates of soldiers' wishes. From the first it has been homes, necessary caretakers of live conceded that the great majority of I stock, poultry and fruit, postofflce in- the rank and file , of republicans In j gpectors. etc.. may be too numerous Douglas county are for Mr. Rosewater and may afford some opportunities for for senator and the resort to trickery I evasion and abuse, the fact remains and ballot jugglery has been to frus: not only that this feature of the law trate the popular will by fraud and potntg in the right direction?, but also deception where an open light was sure that it takes a long step therein. Out- to fail. ' ...... -I,,., of those exceDtlons it provides There is only one-way to make sure Bweeplngly that "no common carrier that the Douglas county candidate subject to the provisions of this act shall hold a commanding position in Bnall, after January 1. 1907. directly the state convention when the nomlna- or indirectly Issue or give any lnter- tlon for senator comes to be made and 8tate free transportation for passen- that is by giving him the substantial gers," thus stamping with the seal of backing of his own county. To vote official condemnation the free pass dls- for Edward Rosewater for senator, the crimination and making dangerous Its ballot must be marked with eighty- employment as a means of influencing three crosses, one opposite each of the politics, government and business. Not names of the delegates committed to ony pubUc officials of all degrees, na- further his Interests. Let every repub- tlonal and state, but also the public Mean vote for one delegation or the generally, will violate the mandate of other. Let him vote for eighty-three tne law at their peril. And one of the and no more, and take all the time moat imnortant results Is that railroad KEBRASKA SENATORIAL CAMFAin Oaly Tw Proaalaeat Candidates. Genera Signal (rep.V Coneldsrsble stir I likely to be crested In th state before the question of th se lection of a republican cndldste for United B lutes senator Is aettled. a It doubtless will be. by th republican state conven tion when It meet August II There are only two prominent candidates. Edward Rosewater of The Omaha Bee and Attor ney General Norrls Broken, and the Signal I willing to concede thst one of these gentlemen ought to be nomlnstrd. needed to mark the ballot just the way he wants It. officials are at once afforded an Induce ment to abate the free pass evil and protection and excuse for refusing the REMOSBTIZIXQ A SiLYKH voixaok. Importunities for free pass favors. The operation of the law passed The national government thus stands three years ago regulating the coinage explicitly committed on the free pass system of the Philippine islands, which question in the line of ever Increasing congress hits just been forced to amend, public sentiment, ana us legislation forcibly illustrates how any coin which has now gone vastly further than tnat la MnitorvalnM In Vm mint alamr. la of A JTrPflt IllflJorltV Of the BtateS. It xa 4 v- f ui uvu iu v i J au a a v 1 1 uir l u l thereby In effect demonetized. To will greatly help to bring state leglsla remedy the demoralized Philippine tlon rapidly up to and beyond that coinage, the peso, which then was point. And as to future national legls- worth about 4 2 cents, being practically latlon, it is safe to say tnat no Daca- the same as the Mexican dollar, was ward step will be taken, but that tne In 1903 made redeemable at half a remnant of opportunity for free trans dollar In gold on the basis of limited portation abuse that has been left will coinage. It belns assumed that the in due time likewise be destroyed value of the silver in a Deso was not I . A M 14 at all likely to rise above 50 cents. wouia mean a great aeai iu Yet precisely that result has been Omaha and Douglas county to lose the brought about by the extraordinary United States senatorsnip. 1M oss rise of the market price of silver since would be felt In many ways, lo retain the act of 1903 was passed and par- the senatorship Douglas county should tlculary during the last year. that a solid delegation goes to uu- The Infallible effect has been to ex- coin for Its preferred candidate. it pel the peso from circulation or to not De saie 10 cnance toe conveu- atise it to circulate only at Its bullion tlon- being manipulated into making aliie. No one. nf course, mwni the no senatorial nomination Polls will be open for the primary election from 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. In Omaha and South Omaha and from 12 noon to 9 p. m. in the country precincts. ignorant, would exchange a peso ei- rftnt fn. Ita valna. aa tnotal whlh I .nnl,lln.n .,ll,.Afia la f I, . 1 1 exceeds 60 cents In gold, nor tender . . ... . .. . T J. Now that the sultan of Turkey has lifted the ban from the Jews opinions may differ as to the policy of the Rus sian flag flying from the mosque of Si. Omer. . The official ballot contains duplica tion of names In several places. Be particularly careful to put your cross after the right Andersons, Johnsons and Smiths. it in payment of debt at its 60 cent mint valuation. As always happens, the coin was already beginning to be exported and trade to be injured for lack of a convenient currency. In order, therefore, that there should be a usable bimetallic currency, con gress has had hastily to provide for reducing the silver In a peso below 50 cents, which involves remlnting the old coins In short, practically to re- monetUe the Philippine silver coinage, which had so quickly come to be de monetized by the market. The arrogant assumption of the Kostanelle bosses that they control a monopoly of "Intelligence" Is likely to be Ibadly punctured when the returns are tabulated. Admiral Rojestvensky admits he was ready to surrender, which shows that he was able to recognise the Inevitable something not always possible to Russian officers. vote early. Take all the time needed to mark your ballot just the way you want It. Count the crosses and make sure you have made eighty three and no more. . Fortunately for the Indian Territory the statehood bill was passed before the lynching proclivities of the Inhabi tants were made public or the enabling k.c might have had another rider. The report that Speaker Cannon fstrs the result of the election can only mean that Uncle Joe Is afraid there will not be enough democrats in the next house to enliven the proceed ings. Don't let the Fontanelles disfran chise you with any "rotation" ballot jugglery. Rebuke the perpetrators of the "rotation" ballot outrage and vln dlcate your right to vote by going to the polls tomorrow end voting for the . eighty-three Rosewater delegates. The Kansas lnsursnce commissioner declared that companies which do not pay California losses in full cannot operate in that state. Such a course ott the part of other states night be o greater benefit to San Francisco U contributions to tae relief fund Republicans should remember that achieved by following the leadership of democrats. The democratic World Herald Is expected to do all It can to boost father-ln-law for republican favor and son-in-law for democratic favor. Anything to keep It In the family. If the United States court of appeals would make Itself popular it will ad vance the Kansas City rebate cases Of its own motion. The people will be pleased-to know just how much of a railway regulation law the country possesses. PPJ5 U.VM .48 CARRIERS. Primary election today In every The effect of the amended Interstate voting district in Douglas county. Be commerce law as it relates to oil pipe sure to vote for the eighty-three dele lines is naturally much misunderstood, gates to the republican state conven and its practical Importance Is prob- tlon favorable to Edward Rosewater ably much overrated so far as the near for United States senator. future is concerned. The act as passed does not. as It Is being widely reDre- Reports from St. Petersburg would sented, exempt oil pipe lines from its Indicate that Washington correspond general requirements upon common enU who have been Periodically re carriers. On the contrary, any comora- organizing the president s cabinet lor tlon owning or operating a dIdb line two years have set a bad exampi is subject to the restraints and penal- abr0,ld- ties of the act, precisely the same as a railroad company, regarding reason- T08 I11111" who r rebuilding able charges, discriminations, etc.. in c,ty on th "Pe of Vesuvius exhibit interstate commerce, and is, in short, a determination which should fire the common carrier. ul 01 ban Francisco even though But the Important provision of the tne,r Judment may not be approved act, which was Incorporated at a late Better Be 8a fa Thaa Sorry, Chicago Inter Ocean Tou ahould bear In mind. If possible. that a little disappointment for Johnnie will not prove half aa bitter for him as llttl operation. stage of its passage through congress prohibiting railroad companies from being proprietors and shippers in com petition with the public of the freight which it is thslr business as common carriers to transport on equal terms, does not apply to pipe lines with re spect to oil. The strongest protestants People with Him All Throaah. Ilgh World (re) ). Edward Rosewater ha returned from Rome. He will no doubt be well pleased with the people of Nebraska for his en- torlal advancement. They have done the right thing In hta absence and will con tinue to do so all through the fight. - Qualities far Staaterial Timber. Table Rock Argus, (rep.). Edward Rosewater of The Omaha Bee, who represented this country at the In ternational Postal congress In Rome, has r rived home, and his senstorial aspira tion will b moved tip a notch or two by reason of hi persona! direction, Mr. Rosewater may not possess all the good qualities we'd like to se In a United States senator, but he ha brains, energy, perse verance and bravery, and when the are coupled with honesty they go a long way In making good senatorial timber. Reader EOlrleat Serrlce. "Wayn Herald (rep.). Hon. Edward Roaewater. editor of The Omaha Bee and candidate for United States senator, ha returned from Rome, where went as a delegate t represent the United States st th International Postal oongress. High authorities speak well of the efficient service rendered by Mr. Rose water. Now that he ts home he will doubtless devote personal attention to his andidacy, which I growing In favor a time goes on. ' Boom Steadily- Expanding. Bridgeport Blade (rep.). Edward Rosewater ha returned from his trip to Rom. Now watch that senatorial boom expand. Prospects that Grow Brighter. Tilden Citizen (rep.). Mr. Rosewater's prospect for becoming Nebraska's next United States senator con tinues to grow brighter aa tlm roll by. Not only Is this true In the rural district of the state, but also In JDmaha, where the biggest battle of the campaign will be fought out at the primaries which select delegates to the state convention. The Fontanelle club, which Is composed of Rosewater's Incompatible and disap pointed politicians. Is straining every nerve to defeat the purposes of the distinguished editor's adherents and. In so doing, la es tablishing for Itself a reputation for po litical piracy that will live long after th pending election Is settled. Settling Dowa to Two. Rushvllle Recorder (rep.). The senatorial situation Is gradually settling down to a drawn out fight between Norrls Brown and Rosewater. There are others in the field, but we hear compara tively little of them. No Retreat oa the Boards. Norfolk Press (rep). The railroad republican press Is beginning to argue lustily against a convention nomi nation for United States senator. The an imus of the argument lie In the fact that the railroads ar afraid that their plan to control the Mate. convention will fall and that a candidate not? to their liking will be nominated. They naturally prefer to take chance on the legislature. They may as well eave their wind. The convention nom ination Is the nearest approach to senators by direct vote that Is possible under exist ing conditions, and the republican party dr not abandon It." Retreat will mean de feat. Woald Need Xo Introduction. Beatrice Sun (Ind.). If Edward Rosewater was elected to the senate he would need no Introduction to those with whom he would be associated He would not have to stand around for six years, as Brown would, to get acquainted He Is known and knows. He would drop right Into the bringing about of measures that he ha advocated for years, while Brown would be hanging about the commit tee rooms trying to get- spnolntments for some of his friends or securing th passage of special pension bills. ARMY COSIP 1 WAJnMOTO. Carreat Event Oleaaed from the Army aad Navy Register. There will be no company barber shop In the army. That question ha been settled finally by the War department In Ita action on the request, filed by a company rom mander for permission to establish and op erate a barber shop for the benefit of the command. The War department authori ties lak the position that the post tx chang Is the proper organisation to con duct a barber shop at a military post and It was decided thst where barber shops are necessary they must exist by arrangement with the post exchange upon th functions of which a company barber shop would infringe. An order will shortly be Issued from the War department relating to the organisa tion of a provisional regiment of field nr tlllery at ' Fort Riley. There will be at that post ten batteries of that branch vt th artillery corps for the summer maneuv ers, or one-third of the entire firld artillery force of the country. It Is felt that ad vantage should be token of the mobilisa tion of this force of field artillery batteries and to that end provision Is made for the organisation of the provisional regiment, mad up of six light batteries. With this there will be an Independent battalion of two siege batteries and two horse batteries. It has been decided not to send to Fort Lavnworth for preliminary Instruction, previous to final examination, those army candidates who have been designated for appointment a second lieutenant. It has been the custom to send the nllsted men, who hav provisionally qualified for commissions, to Fort Ieavenworth, where they have undergone a cour of special in struction at the hand of army officers of experience. The course has usually ex tended from July 1 to September 1, when the young men were examined. This was of decided advantage to the candidate themselves and, moreover. It permitted the authorities to "size up" the candidates and report upon their availability along line which are not determined always and un failingly by the examination to which they ar subjected. For some reason this prelim inary course will not take place and the soldier candidates will report at Fort Leavenworth In time only to receive their final examinations on the first of September. No Secrets To Hide We have nothing to conceal; no secrets to hide! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. You will find these in Ayer's Almanac for 1906; or write us and we will send them to you. Then show the formulas to your doctor, and ask him what he thinks of them. If he says they are good medicines, then use them. If he has anything better, then use his. Get well as soon as you can, that's the point! 1 9. 0. AyT Co, Lowell, JCaas. Only a Great Blr Bin ST. Plattsmouth Journal (dem.). The political enemies of Mr. Rosewater within his own party ranks are proclaiming from the housetops thst If 'that gentleman Is nominated for United States senator the state will surely go democratic. That la simply a great big bluff they r putting up. They don't believe anything of the kind. It I only done to boost "Buster" Brown little further up the senatorial ladder. LOG SOUGHT VICTORY. Secretary Taft has approved plans for the examination of army officers prellmln- ry to promotion. The subject has been under discussion for som time and th results of the Inquiry have been embodied n a voluminous and comprehensive report submitted by the third division of the general staff. It has beet) Mr. Tsft's Idea that the system of examination by means of what may be called local boards was defective and that officers were promoted who teally were entitled to be retired or wholly retired. When Mr. Taft waa before the senate military committee this winter on the elimination bill, he said that in most case where officer were examined the board took too much notice of the personal urroundlng of the candidate and, as he expressed It, the .board placed under exam ination "the wife and children of the officer," Instead of the officer. In other words, the secretary feel there Is alto gether too much sympathy and sentiment Injected Into the examination for promo tion. He hope to get rid of this by th system which has been suggested by th general staff and which Is to be described in detail In the text of a general order which haa gone to the printer. The War department has been several times advised of the presence in western town of a man of good appearance who pretended to be a recruiting officer for th army and who was making bogus contracts with candidates whom he Induced to "en list." It appears that little or no charge was made for the enlistment, but som sort of fee wa exacted when th accepted recruit sought to be released from his sup posed contract with th gjvernment repre sentative. The culprit ha at last been oaught and It Is proposed to proceed through the attorney general to take such action as will bring him to Justice. This may b th same man who haa been heard from In different place In the west and who Is evi dently making a very good living by the perpetration of this fraud. It I a good idea to have the Incident thoroughly ad vertised to the end that municipal au thorities, where auch a swindler appears, may be able to oope with him. Ha seem to hav gone on his way practically un molested without much question as to his identity or the authority for his activity. It there is more than on auch person traveling on such a business there Is all the more reaaon to make an example of the man who ha now been caught. There will shortly be Issued from th War department a ravlsed manual of th pay department and brand new distance tables. This latter volume, of great itn portanc to the army on account of the allowance of mileage, must be revised by the striking out of the bond-aided road. It was found to be cheaper to get out a new volume than to attempt any correc tlon of the tables. Preservation for Homo ro. Baltimore Amarloan. Congress ha heard a lot about pre against including oil in the prohibition servativ. and many of thm bellav that was made by Independent oil producers and shippers, who represented that their Interests would be hurt by it to the advantage of the Standard OH. and many other objections and difficulties were urged ' This entire phase of the subject was not In contemplation when the rate control bill was evolved and passed by the house, but came up only after the Interstate Commerce Commission's in vestigation dlscjosed widespread abuses in porg tn in pora barrel contains a preservative of their popularity at bom. Oa Aveane I af cased. Chicago Record-Herald. A company has been formed In New Tork with a capital of I , 000,000 to con trol th chicken and egg supply of Amer ica and all dairy product. Let us con tinue to b ehsarful. There Is no gooa. berry trust as yet. ofteatac Iaaaeae of Time. Philadelphia Record. It U reported that th Interstate Com- In the relatione, particularly between ownrhlp of th anthradu coal d.Doait. the railroads and the coal Industry. ' It It isn't four. year sine th republican had not been publicly thoroughly dls- war denouncing David B. Hilt a so- cussed and understood and there Is 0l"Ut or 'ommunt"t or pobly aa an- , . ... . S. archlst fr putting something Ilk that In room for far better understanding than ,h, Ne.Twrk d,rncrtiv piajjorm. End of a Twenty-Year Ftabt for Km tloaal Pare Food Law. Pittsburg Dispatch. Th twenty years" fight for a national pure food law haa at last born fruit The senate and house conferees hav agreed upon a bill that seems a, tired of passage by both houses. Here tofore when one house passed a bill the other balked It, but this year th public agitation over meat Inspection directed so much attention upon this complementary bill that the customary failure to pass Such a measure would have caused a storm of In dlgnatlon. While the bill agreed upon may fall short of what It might have been It will be a distinct step toward furnishing pro tectlon to the public. It prohibits the sale of adulterated or mlsbranded food, drugs, medicines or liquors or those containing poisonous or deleterious substances under penalty of SS00 fine, a year' imprisonment or both, for th first offense, or a fin of (MM) and a year's Imprisonment for sue ceedlng violations. Such good ar denied admission to Interstate commerce under fln of $500 for the first offense or $300 or one year's Imprisonment, or both, for each succeeding offense. Dealers are protected If they obtain a guaranty from the dl trlbuter. Th Department of Agriculture will secure tb evidence and notify th federal district attorneys to proceed against the offender tn th court. With this national law In effect It will then devolve upon the states to take the am precaution for the protection of their cit liens from adulteration within their borders. But what I required la not an occasional crussde, but th steady and per sistent enforcement of the law all th tlm. With the federal law affording protection against Interstate offenders and the state looking after Its own it should soon be possible to put th adulterator out of business. and squarely passed upon the question noted. But many of the states, with con- titutlons similar to th federal in this respect, have for years maintained com missions exercising the power to control rate without any question of the legisla tive right to confer this power: and the United States supreme court itself, In tak ing away from th Interstate commission formerly-exercised power to fix rates. did so simply on the contention that con gress had not distinctly conferred the power. If the court then had any doubt of the validity of such an act of congress might have said so without going a step out of Its way, and it should have said so. Something Hke a distinct prejudice against the Interstate commission and Its essential work has been heretofore dis played by the supreme court, through suc cessive decisions robbing that body of Ita presumed powers and emasculating the original Interstate commerce act. As a consequence we have this great popular prising, represented In the nearly unani mous passage of the rate Mil, ror in restoration of that measure of public con trol of the roads which was thought to have been established nearly twenty years ago. If now this second and most care fully considered effort Is to meet a Judicial death, there will come a movement for public ownership and operation of the roads which will prove Irresistible since It will be shown to be the only method vallnble of bringing railroad monopoly under public control. If that Is to be con sidered by the lawyers as more desirable nd more promising for their profession, they are welcome to think so. Seated th Ttatea. Philadelphia .Press. Mr. Bryan's declaration that th trust or th country will be "busted" 1 a trine belated, or els new from thl end of the world la mighty slow In reaching him. Trust busting In this neck of th wood I going ahead so rapidly that it Is difficult to keep track of the victims. J1STICB IRRWER'I REMARK. Doea it Hint at the Fate of the Rail road Rate Measure t Springfield (Mass.) Republican. It I easy enough for a public man to misrepresent himself or to be mlsrepre sented in the Informal speerhmaklng of a college alumni gathering; but to the re ported remarks of Justice Brewer of th United States supreme court at N Haven Monday a large significance at tache. One of the speaker had deplored the apparent tendency at Washington to turn control of larg corporations over to government commissions, and expressed the fear that the time might come when lawyers would find themselves without an occupation. Following came Judga Brewer who assured the preceding speaker that It would be many year befor lawyers ar out of business, and then said: "It may be true that a New Tork con gressman once asked, 'What Is the con stltutlonr but when the matter of legis lation by commission gets to the courts, they will be found upholding that constl tution with the same fidelity In which It has been held since th days of John Mar hail." This remark remind on at once of the pending rat bill which confers upon government commission power to As rail road rate: and It will be immediately 1 called that the am Justice. In rendering the opinion of th court a few week ago In the Michigan railroad tax case. Inserted a dictum which th opponents of th rat legislation at one seised upon a lndlcat Ing that th court might hold th pendln, art unconstitutional. Thl caused Judge Brawr to eras from the opinion his obiter remark. All of which aqulnU toward th posxi bllity that at leaat a part of th court is prepared to hold that congress, In confer ring upon a commission the power to fl rate within th vagu rule of Justn and reasonableness, la conferring a luglaU- ttv function which It may not eonatltu tlonally do. Such a Judgment aa that would nullify pretty effectually, any and all practicable measure of public rat con trol short of publto ownership and opera tion. W cannot bellav that th eourt or any considerable part of It will ever assart aucb a vlw. Tru. it baa never directly PERSONAL KOTR9. General Henry Joseph Brugere, comman der-in-chief of the French army, has been retired, having attained the age limit. His successor ts General Hagron. So far as is known there I not In Wash ington a single photograph of Senator Klttredge of 8011th Dakota. IT cannot be Induced to sit, always excusing himself on the ground that he I too busy. ' The csar Of the Russlas ha a habit of spending a large percentage of his tlm In study mora so than most any other ruler In Europe, It is said. The rsarlna Is almost always seated at his side while he is at work. Rev. J. C. Battle Is a negro and the Bos ton "Afro-Americans" don't please him. A a rule they are "spending all they earn for fin clothes." he says, and "seeking social equality with the white people." The one thing look as foolish to him as the other and he's glad he live down south. While addressing the senate the other day Mr. Warren of Wyoming was Inter rupted several times by Mr. Beveridge of Indiana. When the western tatesman re sumed his speech he remarked: "Senator will com to future congresses much wiser than I and nearly a wise as the senator from Indiana." Joseph F. SlnnofT. a distiller of Philadel phla who died last week leaving an estate of more than tl.OOO.ono, bequeathed flO.OoO In trust to th University of Pennsylvania ho pltal for equipping and maintaining a room for one sick person at a time who shall nave been a newspaper writer or a journal ist in preference to any other calling. The endowment Is In commemoration of his de ceased son, Joseph E. Slnnott, who was a reporter In Philadelphia. LAUGHING LINES. Hicks I understand h married a cold million dollars. Wicks Yes, but he' complaining now because he hasn't been able to tha out any of It. Philadelphia Ledger. Mistress But thl lnt tb wy I am at customed to doing things. Bridget Probably not, mum. but Jlt con sider me ns wan av thim oclologlst tach Ing yes. New York Bun," "Why did you pursue such a course in the matter?" , "My lawyer advised It as a feasible course." "Well, of course, to a lawyer all course ar fee-slble." Philadelphia Pre. "Ysaa," uddenly dcktrd Cholly Brane liss, "I'm going to work. I've made up my mind." "You haver exclaimed Mis Pepprey. "My! what a dellcst operation I" Philadel phia Catholic Standard. Mrs Chua-water Joelah. what I thl rat bill the papers are talking about t Will It make any dlfferenc In what w hav to pay for water? Mr. tnugwatep 11 migni mu a wm lot of difference to u If w war stock buvers, but it would take me a day and a naif to explain that to you. You'd better turn to the beauty column and let business alone. Chicago Tribune. 'He Is an accomplished linguist," cald the admiring friend. "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne,.- "He Is one of those people who speak many lan guages, but never tntnK anything worm saying In any of them." Washington Star. The reformed train robber wss relat ing hi adventure to a breathless audi ence. . And what. Queried on 3. "Mlo Fwu ae when the passenger refused to hold up their hands?" ' He looked pityingly ai tne ignorant P"on- . . . . ....a " I passea em tip, no saia, -no wn fer de nex' train," New York Tribune HER BATIIIJIO COSTUME. Chicago Chronicle, Her costume was well, rather bright, A cherry color trimmed With whit. Some women viewed It with a Star And wondered Jiaw the. girl, coud, dare. But the spectators masculine Pronounced it "charming" and "dlvtne,' Or, In the argot of the beach. Asserted that It was "a peach.' And others: "Say! Ain't that a beaut? Get on to that swell bathing suit!" A Jaunty little cap she wore; The prettiest along th shore. The sandals on her tiny feet. They were particularly neat. And, altogether, I must say She was ong reegle and oh fay. ' I never saw, I must confess, A sweeter, more becoming dress. You'd never guess what happened, though. It sounds Improbable, l know. For one would naturally think She'd stop right at the water's brink. She didn't eem to care a pin. However, but she splashed right In. , And hang me If she didn't get That pretty bathing suit all wet. . Round Reason for Gladaes. Chicago Inter Ocean. Would not this be a good time to wipe away the tears and put on smiles; to banish despair and make room for hope; to empty our hearts of grief thst they may be filled with gladness? With an era of prosperity upon us urh a never In all the ages haa fallen to the lot of humanity, shall we not be the most thankless amrng all the generations of Ingrafe If we do not make an honest ef fort to be In the least degree worthy of the blessings that are being poured upon us? Dr. Lyon's PERFECT Tooth Poutlor Cleansea and1 beautifies the teeth and purines the breath. tTsed try people of refinement wx over a quarter of a oentmy. Convenient for tsarlsta. MCMfleOBV Browning, Ming & Co OalGIJUTORS AND SOLE MAaltS Of IALP SIZEi IN CL0TBIN0. ST G3E&(DY Get ready for the "Fourth." Twill be hot, so make your preparations accordingly. 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