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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; TUESDAY AUGUST 21, 1906. vs- The Omaha Daily a Bee. B. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Fostoffioe aa second Jass nuur, TERMS OP SCBSCStlPTION. 1 wily Bee (without Sunlay), ene " -M5 r be and Sunday one year JW Sunder W sue ysar Saturday Baa, on year ....... DELIVERED BT CARRIER. pally Bee (Including Sunday!, per week.J7S Dally Baa (without Sunday), per wees... lie Evening Bee (without Sunday?, par week fa Evening Baa (with Bunday). par week.JOo Sunday Baa, par copy .-. Address complaints of irregularities in Sa livary to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaher-The Baa Building. 6outh Omaha City Maul-Bulldlng-Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chlcafo M0 Unity Building. nM, New York-IBI Homo Life Ins. Building. Washington 401 Fourteenth StraaC CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to Mil ana edi torial mattar abould ba addressed Omaha Bee, Editorial Department ; REMITTANCES. . Remit by draft, express er postal order payable to Tha Bee lbllahlui Company. Only t-oant stamps received aa payment of mail accounts. Personal ohecka, eaoept on Omaha or esstem exehenree, not accepted. THE BEE PVBlAAHTsd COMPANT. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATIOrL . 8UM of Nebraska, Douglas County, C. C Rosewater, general manager ft Tha Baa Publishing company, being duly awom, aaya that tha actual number of full and camplata ooplaa of Tha Daily. Morning, Evening and gunosjr Baa printed during tha month of July. J0t waa aa ioiiowb: 1. I. t. 4. 30,140 31,710 38,830 sa,too aa, too 31.M0 saso 80,900 Mao IT.... S1.3M II ... si.no II 81.S80 0 81.883 II.. 33,490 II 30,300 II B1.7M It 31,838 31,330 31.670 IT 81,788 33,130 30,8 SO 81,330 II 81,813 sT iMIIMMI T I 19. S1.6M SWS3Q 33,610 8300 34,080 33,300 Total ,.887,80 La si unauid coplaa..... X0.30S Nat total eales 7,M Dally average 81,61 6 C. C ROSEWATER. General Manager. Subscribed In my praaance and sworn, to bafora ma tola llat oay of July, 110. (Seal., M. B. HUNGATB, Notary Public WHEN OUT OP TOWN. Bobaorlnere lenvingr tha city tin. perarlly ehoald bar The Baa mailed ta then.' Address will ba haagrd aa often aa roaolred. If the crops are to be the determin ing factor, Nebraska will be repub lican again this year.. For a monarch who la most active during the heated season, King Ak-Sar-Ben Is holding his own Very well The story that France lg tired of duels can only mean that It la at tracted to some other Innocent di version. . With Mr. Bryan cancelling his visit to Morocco on account of Insurgents, Roger Sullivan in Illinois should feel encouraged. Another chance to contemplate the beauties of the "rotation" ballot Is in prospect,- and the- taxpayers win get the bill later. " The later report of 6 00. deaths at Valparaiso proves that the corre spondent is as likely to overestimate in Chile as in North America. Report of Increased trade between the United States and Ecuador is timely in the light ot necessity for contributions to the destitute in Chile Those Idaho promoters sued by a former Illinois banker, just released from prison, possibly went on the theory that it la no crime to rob a thief. Now that people from outside towns are actively Investing . in New York the shearers of lambs may look for ward to Thanksgiving without hy pocrlsy. Building operations in Omaha are being delayed by dearth ot material and laborN But even that is tar bet ter than having labor Idle for lack ot building operations. It's all very fine for the county board to get the county business down to cash basis, but that is only one step I the problem. The next thing is to keep It on a cash basis. The candidates who have been In terviewed all like the platform pro posed for the republican state con ventlon. The real Question, however, Is whether the delegates will take to It. Banker Stensland seems to have made good, his escape to the realm of Tascott sufficiently to be "lo cated" at several points along the route. ' Colonel Bryan's announcement that . he would feel insulted by an indorse ment coming front the bands friends of Roger Sullivan attests his lack ot confidence in elevenh-hou conversions. Mayor Dahlman's slash of the city tax levy cuts out only a comparatively small amount from the funds that the mayor and council spend. That is the ufual way ot the world to tighten the purse strings on the other fellow. ' The semi-official Intimation that more lawyers at higher salaries will be employed by. the . government to ea force the new rate law may account tor the silence of some lawyers on the subject, but after selections have been made the anvil chorus will probably I start. . ' . In tie light of the Keep commls slon's report regarding red tajie in government affairs, that expert board which Is to work out a system of nnl form railway accounts for the Inter state Commerce commlsston might transmit a copy ot their report to other departments. the rnoTTatoirAi, platform. The provisional platform framed by the committee appointed by the state organisation for presentation to the impending republican state convention contains some ' commendable features and some that are hot so commendable. Tbe prevalent idea of s platform is a series ot crisp, pointed declarations covering the real issues of the cam paign, while the makers of this provi sional platform have shown too great tendency toward rhetorical declama tion, with the result that the docu ment uses up a great many superfluous words for what it has to say. The tribute to President Roosevelt and declaration of continued confidence in his leadership are quite essential to any republican platform draft, but the indiscriminate laudation of the entire Nebraska delegation at Washington as champions of the president's policies', which, they have, assisted is framing into wholesome laws," presume, alto gether too much upon popular igno rance. Everybody knows that one. ot our senators has never been in har mony with the president's policy ot railroad rate regulation; that he side stepped from the committee on Inter state commerce in order to avoid show ing his hand when the right was on; that he was counted constantly along with the railroad senators while they were trying to embarrass the presi dent and block his plans at every stage, and that he wheeled into line for the rate bill only after tbe railroads had admitted they were whipped and ordered their senatorial agents to com promise as best they could. Both Ne braska senators, it Is true, voted tor the rate bill on Its final passage, but npt until after one of them htifi ex posed his corporation sympathies by voting with the railroad senators on several vital amendments. ' The republicans ot Nebraska in their state convention a few years ago rebuked both their senators for going counter to the sentiment of their con stituents in opposing the president's demand for Cuban reciprocity. If the coming convention were willing to pass over the recalcitrant senator's peculiar dodging on the rate bill in silence It would be showing sufficient charity. Surely he Is not entitled to the same credit for upholding the president as belongs to tha other senator and the six republican congressmen In the house, who were on the firing line from start to finish. On state issues the provisional plat form is fairly explicit, as far as it goes. It demands a direct primary law. It favors election of United States sena tors by direct popular vote. It prom ises an effective anti-pass law. It pledges legislation conferring ample authority upon the new state railway commission to enforce rate regulation corresponding to that provided for In the federal law. It approves an em ployers' liability act depriving defend ant corporations of the fellow servant plea and .recomm,ends further . legiala tlon to solve the grating land prob lem. What It says about the attempted evasion of taxes by the railroads is pointed, but it could go further in telling what should be done to compel the railroads to pay their taxes in the future. It could have added a promise of legislative reapportionment, which is urgently demanded in the north and western parts of the state, which have been so long and so flagrantly discrim inated against It could have added a recommendation of some sort ot a board ot control on the Iowa plan to keep personal and political contention. out of our state institutions. It could and should have given Omaha and South Omaha a promise of real munici pal home rule. These omissions can, of course, be yet attended to. The democrats and populists have placed their candidates on fairly clear-cut platforms, and the republicans should see to it that their candidates are not handicapped by equivocal statements or back-actloned declarations. DIRECT PRIMARY IX OREOOS. The test of the direct primary prin-1 clple for the nomination of tickets, in cluding the office of United States sen ator, In Oregon is said to have proved highly satisfactory in the main to the masses ot all political parties. . The republicans especially are well pleased with the method of naming the sen-' ator, since the late expression of the popular will under the law has been universally acquiesced in and choice was 'made without the deadlocks, bar ter and factional turmoil which have been so common In that state. , The Portland Oregonlan. which waa not originally an enthusiastic supporter of the reform, declares that "it Is the common opinion In Oregon that the direct primary Is here to . stay," and expresses conviction drawn from prac tical experience that' it is a great Im provement on tbe old method. The Oregon law embodies a very advanced form of the direct primary principle, although, of course, It can not set aside, the article ot tbe United States constitution which vests the state legislatures with power to elect senators. But it amounts to a legisla tive method by which senatorial candi dates are submitted to the full party membership at a regular election con trolled by law and held under such forms as morally to bind In the most solemn manner members of the leg islature to ratify the popular choice'. The aim is to go as far as it is now possible to go by state legislation, without amendment of the United States constitution, to secure the ef fect ot submission of; the election ot senators directly to the people in every stage of the process.. The triad of sentiment everywhere is In favor of direct popular choice, and its prac tical success in Oregon as well as in other states where It has been tried In one degree or another of thorough ness will add powerfully to the de mand for its adoption. TROUBLE lit CUBA. The arrest of a number of the lead ers ot the opposition to the Cuban government on charges of treason and plotting assassination, together with the known fact that virtual insurrec tion exists in some districts, does not signify as good an outlook as many hoped for the new republic Some of the men taken by the government are conspicuous for Influence, wealth and political importance, and have been associated with the party that was de feated In the election last spring, soma of whose leaders fled the country, as they claimed, because of fear for their lives. President Palma had not' got half way through his first term before party spirit had reached a high pitch, because demands were made on behalf of Cnban soldiers of the war for In dependence,' which the government could not meet, and there has .been added complaint that government favors are not equitably apportioned among the provinces. The real trouble, however, appears to be rather the im possibility of satisfying a multitude of restless spirits . and ambitious and grasping leaders, whose habitual re course under disappointment is to rev olution and violence. There have been repocts for months from tbe Island that revolution and conspiracy were rife, going to the ex treme of assassination plots against tbe president and other high officials. The summary action of the govern ment Is official corroboration and evi dence of the formidable character ot the conspiracy. Why there should be so much more competition for places on the Water board among the democrats than among the republicans Is not easily explainable, unless upon the theory the democrats are hungrier for office, and especially for places that carry a sal ary with no work. There might be competition for Water board positions if they were purely honorary, but it would be a different kind ot competi tion. Popocratlc organs that have here tofore been opposing the gubernatorial nominee because of his undisguised corporation alliances will now be re quired to discover that they were sadly mistaken and that the corporation virus was immediately expelled by swallowing the ready-made platform. The declaration that members of the brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will not be permitted to violate con tracts with employers Is one of the incidents which go to show that the longer a labor union is In existence the more conservative it becomes. An American investigator finds Russia' the only country' where ship pers have no complaint to make . of railway discriminations As the czar's government owns all roads such com plaints might land the shipper In Siberia. District Attorney Jerome says he will accept the nomination for gov ernor at the hands of New York demo crats providing he can have it without making promises, but that is not the way democrats usually give nomlna tlons. The list of candidates filing for the primaries to be held In Douglas county next month has been completed That is to say, the entries have been closed, but the doors are still open for those within the enclosure to walk out. The alleged attempt to assassinate President Palma would indicate that some people are really Influenced by tropical political orators. "La revo luclon" evidently cannot be extermi nated In one generation. Resolutions such as those passed at Harper's Ferry are not of the kind to allay anxiety at Brownsville, Tex., and will make Booker Washington work overtime in his real efforts to advance the negro race. In starting active measures for re pression in Poland the bureaucrats bave an opportunity to test their sys tem before trying it on the Russians but its failure would be doubly disas trous. No Prlea on ti Crop. Pittsburg Dispatch. - It Is winter In South America, and as Secretary Root does not belong to tha loa trust ha is cutting a good deal of ice there. Oaa Sia of Prosperity. New Tork Tribune. . A nation that can spend HOft.OOO.OOlO In automobiles within three or tour years la undoubtedly prosperous. Whether It la wlaa Is another question. Caaaoa'a Hat Saot. 4 St. Loula - Globa-Democrat. Democratic critira will And no falaa. note In tha patriotism of Mr. Cannon's speech. This Is one of tha things that make it a sound republican document. Coarteslea of Klaaa. New Tork 'World. Edward of England has done a good stroke In Pacifle railways, thanks to a tip from Morgan of Wall atreet. How pleaaant to the ayes of commoners are tha courte sies of kings. Barkis Is Wllllas;. Philadelphia Press. Speaker Cannon didn't want to ba nom inated for president, but ha makes It all right by saying he will take tha, presi dency If It comes hla way; which la what anybody would do. ftla Uae of Bnalaaaa. Cleveland Ieader. Chairman Ingalls of tha Big Four rail road did not surprise anybody with his gloomy view of the anti-trust and railroad rebate laws. It Is tha natural one for hlru to NEBRASKA SENATORIAL CA SI FA ION A Tfsaaly Tip. Qothenberg Independent (rap). Sand Mr. Rose water to tha senate and there will ba something doing. Saaree of Its laaplrntloa. Nebraska Politician (rap.). Tha Epworth assembly, just closed, took occasion bafora It adjourned to reaffirm tha resolutions adopted against Edward Roaewater, and If tha sesalon had lasted a few more days It Is probable that several mora cracks would have bean taken at tha editor. The resolutions adopted are not the expression of tha majority ot those attending the Epworth meetings. Tha methods uaed In bringing about their adop tion would not be countenanced if used by machine politicians.. However, as tha tirade against the editor was Inspired by an attorney, who uaes tha anti-saloon league to advance his own Interests, the aotlon of the assembly Is not surprising. Good aad Kfleleat Raaseai, Valentine Republican (rap.). Oo out now to any of theaa counties where they have non-Instructed delegates and you find the railroad political agents there, hurrying from town to town, whla perlng with the local pass holders, for tha railroad procurers understand that their harvest field Is In tha counties where there are non-Instructed delegates. No man who intends to carry out the wlshea of hla -constituents objects to bar. Ing those wishes expressed. It la the pass hunter who pleads for "freedom to act." It Is tha man who wants to bargain In secret tor some special privilege for himself who objects to being hampered with In structions, Tha above paragraphs are extracted from a recent article In the Lincoln News, of which It contains several similar to tha onss here reproduced. Tha Republican falls to sea how suoh a course will ba bene ficial to tha candidacy af Mr. Brown, whose causa the News and Journal are championing. The charge made by the News falls to hold good In Cherry county and Is an Insult directly to the delegates from here arid other counties that have preferred not to Instruct their delegates or did not think to Instruct. Campaigning of this sort should hava a tendency to drive support of delegates from Brown to Roaewater. It matters not whether the name Is Brown or Roaewater to people generally, but what is wanted In this section Is a man who, when elected sena tor, will energetically and faithfully take care of the lntereats of thla section by accomplishing results. Theae are a few of tha reasons why tha Republican aup ports Roaewater, believing ha Is the man who can and .will deliver the goods If given the opportunity. ' The "No Instractlon" Qasaca. Crete Vldette-Herald (rep.). Is Mr. Roaewater so easily duped aa tn believe, for a moment, that an unlnstructed delegation from Dodca countv bodea him any ood, when such delegation Is undar tne control of I P. Richards? We think not. He Is too old a politician and too foxy to ba taken In on any such a fluke. In fact Mr. Roaewater has all along urged and advised each county, no matter for whom their choice may be, to Instruct their delegates to the. stats convention to vota for some one for senator. Ha well knows that "no Instructions" Is a naxt of tha railroad plan and Is a schema to defeat both Brown and himself. Messrs. Brown and Rosewater cannot both ba selected, but If they will join forces one or the other caa be nominated, and together their friends could name .the . entire atate ticket, and relegate to tha rear the railroad cohorts, who will try to ruin the party If they can't rule It. This would be of far mora bene fit to the republican party, than the mere jjcreuuiu buvccu ei vwnw . aa.T, xsrowQ or Mr. Roaewater, provided that success ba gained by submitting the least bit to tha dictation of tha railroad plotters. Every Cltlaoa Would Bo Prowd. Spalding Enterprise (lnd.) Wa have been Somewhat surprised that Edward Rosewater has as tamely submitted to tha deal he IS receiving from the Norrla Brown crowd and the element that Is opposing his candidacy for senator aa ha aeems to be doing. No man who has ever been a candidate for an office In thla state has been handed tha double croaa to tha same extent as has Mr. Roaewater. Hla past allegiance and vigorous support of the republican party has been entirely for gotten. His suoerb Intellect and wide ac quaintance with men In public affairs of the nation hsa not been recognised, and he has been treated as if ha were an ordinary two by four politician of the kind that are so numerous In tha republican party. Tha fact .Is that Rosewater would ba a credit to the state of Nebraska, and Is the only man mentioned In hla party that Is In the senatorial class. While We. of eourse, would prefer to see soma good democrat sent to the senate from Nebraska, yet aa a news paper man we feel that wa ran be excused for saying something In Mr. Roaewater's favor. Aa a matter of fact, tha men who hava withstood the rigors of pioneer news paper lite in this state, and have built up large nawapaper properties, and at tha same time built up tha atate, and hava given their tltta and efforts to make Ne braska what It is,; do not receive the re ward that ahould be thalra. Edward Roae. water has at various times atood between the party and defeat and hla own person ality and tha power of hla newspaper waa tha only thing1 that saved the party and brought victory from apparent defeat, and this very thing happened within tha past three years In this atate. Ha, by all means, Is entitled to the aupport of tha republican party, and It la the basest Ingratitude not to give It to hlm. Then, too, the methods used are of the meaneat kind to keep him from receiving the. honor that la his due. All thla talk about Brown's antl-rallroad proclivities Is tha meraat ' clap-trap, and wa are surprised that men of Intelligence can be fooled In this way. Take, for In atance, tha Burlington towns in Nebraska that hava alwSys been for the Burlington and at all tlmea could be depended upon to do the will of that railroad corporation. These are Lincoln. Tork, Haatlnga, Mo Cook and Aurora, everyone of which arc owned and controlled politically by he Burlington crowd. In everyone of these places Norrla Brown haa received endorse ment and Mr. Roaewater haa been turned down. This fact alone la sufficient to show the methods being uaed against a man that would grace the United States senate and be an honor to tha atate, and we are sur prised that Mr. Rosewater has not let tha power of hla paper and hla well known pen loose on a crowd that fcaa uaed the lowest kind of subterfuge to defeat him. Let jus tice be done, and If the next senator nv?s. ba a republican let him be a man that every cltisen will be proud of. Wants It on a Silver Platter. Wakefield Republican (rep.) A two by four circular haa bean received at thla office favoring Senator Millard for re-election. The circular contalna tour or Ave cllpplnga favorable to the senator's candidacy, but they lead one to think that be doesn't care very much If he Is honored again or not. One of the cllpplnga pays that the aanator la not making any fight for the office, but thinks h will take It If It is given to him. Do say! Who wouldn't? The senator evidently wants the nomination handed to him on a ailver aalver or. a plate of gold, but we hardly' think his wlik will be gratified. PENNSYLVANIA'S NEW CAPITOL. Notable Balldlaa Ereeted for Leas Than Appropriation. Pennsylvania's new capital building at Harrteburg Is completed and Is open for public Inspection. Tha dedication will take place Ootpber I. Philadelphia and Pitta, burg papers speak In high praise of tha architecture, the materials uaed and tha external and Internal magnificence of the struotura." Por a moment tha twenty effigies of modern Pennsylvanlans on tha bronsa doors are smothered In a deluge of praise for the work of tha Capitol com mission. One remarkable feature of the work of this body Is the fact that It has an unexpended balance of SV),000 of tha 14,000.000 appropriated for the construction of the building. This Is sn agreeable eur priae to Pennsylvanlans snd Is so rare as to be claaaad ss an epoch In public work In tha Keyatone state. Tha length Of the Capitol building Is (2S feet; Its breadth JM feet. The height from the ground floor to tha top of the allegori cal figure surmounting the dome la 192 feat. Tha area of tha building Is M,I7B square feat, or 1,000 square feet larger than 8t. Paul's in London. It Is longer than fa mous Westminster abbey. In Its construction 40,ono separate places of granite ware uaed, weighing from one to tnlrty-flvs tons each. There are thirty-two magnificent monoliths In the atruc tura, weighing thlrty-flve tons each. A total of more than 400,000 cubic feet of granite were uaed on tha exterior of the building alone, or eomethlng over 1,100 car loads of that material.. Tha building covers a trifle more than two acres of ground, and If a man started to walk around the completed structure, following all the embrasures and offeeta, he would walk half a mile before reaching his starting point. The weight of the dome, which Is Die crowning beauty of the building, la M.OD0, 006 pounds. The Capitol consists of a main building, with Imposing facades and two wings, equally Impressive as to mural ornamen tation and design. The visitor mounts a flight of wlda steps to find himself facing tha now famous bronsa doors. Each one of these la a masterpiece of the artist and foundry man. Each leaf, or door, weighs a ton, and was oast In a solid place at one casting by the delicate process known aa cira perdue. Once inside the doors the rotunda and dome claim tha enthusiastic admiration of the visitor. The rotunda la finished In white Vermont marble. Maaalve support ing columns, each weighing thlrty-flve tons, rise to a height that lends grace and dignity to the ensemble. A magnificent marble staircase, with elaborately wrought balustrades, rises from the center of the rotunda, and Its purity and beauty are enhanced by tha dull lus ter of bronsa In tracery and massively wrought work in candelabra and hanging lanterns and tha Illuminating auxiliaries which everywhere abound. Overhead, to a height of ISO feet, the great. Impresatve dome rises to where a handful of stare gleam in a patch of blue. Tha predominant colors In the dome are gold, cream and robin's egg blue, while a softness snd warmth of color see sdded by the use of amber lights In concealed wln dowa Prom the mat gallery running around the dome at the aacond floor, tha main en tr'ancea to senate and house lead through elaborate and beautiful doorways, sur mounted with sculptured figures. These two chambers present the moat elaborate and artistic decoration to tm found In the building outside the Interim. of the great dome, - In tha aenate chamber the predominating color Is a dark green, relieved by gold. It la tOxSS feet In alas. Prom the walla at frequent Intervals four "dorto pilasters, fluted In gold, rise on each side from a marble walnacottng to support the frelse. The celling la ribbed Into curved receeaea, elaborately gilded In quaint deelgne. Six lmmenaa gilded bronse chandeliers are aua pended from the celling by maaslve chains of the same material, each chandelier aup. porting six great cut glass electrle llsrt globes. There are two large panels, out lined In doll gold, on each aide of the president pro tarn's chair, while the en trances to the side rooms are through doorways of massive mahogany. In the house chamber the acme of decora, tlvo art aeema to have been reached. It la wainscoted In marble. Eight arrest bror.se ahandellers of special design are euapended from tha celllnr. The .uin has a background of solid blue, with araneenues wrought In heavy gold. Prom tne wans project elrbteen brackets sun. porting candelabra. In the walls titvh nn and Juat where the curve of the ceiling oegina. are oval wlndowa In etalned glaaa, the hlaheat tree a? the a-laxa nrb.r'. representing the art. Industry and history of the atate. One of the unique features of this set of stained rlaaa wtnAnn I. .V. American flag worked In colors In glaaa. Every chair, clock, chandelier, divan and mantel are In harmonloua design with the apartment as a whole. The clocks In every state department are of mahogany, shaped like a keystone, or where other designs have been used the dial Is wrought art In bronse, to represent the coat of arras of the com mon wealth. Tha chairs and deaka are carved from oak, mahogany or walnut. They conform to the decorations ot each department. It will be impossible In the future for any one to remove a chair from, say, the gov ernor's offices to another part of the build ing without the change being noted In the Inharmony of this particular piece of furni ture with that of the chamber to which It has been taken. In the artistic beauty of walls and fur nlshment the suite of apartments assigned to the governor of tha commonwealth are the finest In the eapitol. The private office pf the governor la a room lOxtt feet, wain scoted to a height of eleven feet in pan eled oak, carved In rich and costly design. Tha mantel la of African marble, the shelf supported by fan carytldea. Tha re ception room Is also of paneled oak,ythough not so elaborate In design. The woodwork of the suite, even to the rooms reserved for the executive clerka. Is all of the same material and finish. The ether floors In the main building and wings are finished In one prevailing color, a dull Indian red above marble wainscoting. relieved at Intervals by white Vermont marble columns and pilasters. The style of srchltecture Is Roman Corin thian. In Its detail the house ta Corinthian - the senste DcJHe. Tha supreme court chamber on the fourth floor Is Greek as to Its detail. This apart ment la one of the moat striking In tha building. Prom tha celling rises a great dome of yellow and sea green glass, while from floor to celling on every aide rise massive columns of carved mahogany as aupport a. Tha moat striking feature of the building, becauae It oatcbao the eye of the visitor aa he gases upward at every point of tha dome, la tha tnacrtptlon encircling it tn maaalve letters: "There may be room for such a holy ex periment. And my God will snake it the aeed of a nation that an example may be sat up to the nations. That we may do tha thing that la truly wlae and just." They are tha wcrda of William Penn, at enoe aa Inspiration and a prophecy. NO DANGER IN MEXICO. AInnalat Reoerta Shown to Bo With . on Ponndatlon. 8L Louis Globe-Democrat. Hon. David E Thorn peon, American am bassador la Mexico, sent out telegrams of Inquiry te American consuls and consular agents at all the Important points In that republte, asking them If there waa any basis, so far as they learned, tor the stories aent out recently that a general attack waa about to be made on Americana residing in Mexico. The day assigned for the attack waa September 14, the anniversary of Mex ico's Independence. Replies have been re ceived by the ambasaador, these have been aent to the State department at Washing ton and the department has given tham to the public. In every case the answer la that there Is nothing to Justify any such alarmist reports aa hava been aent out. So far aa tha con suls could learn thereja no hostility among tha Mexican populace te tha Americana or any ether foreign residents. Ambassador Thompson Is unable to aay how the stories originated, but he la satisfied that they do sn Injustice to tha Mexican populace. Pres ident Diss, however, haa taken sufficient notice ot the stories to tall Mr. Thompson that there la no reason to apprehend any disturbance on September 1 or any other day. Ha has also taken precautions to head off anything of tha aort. If contemplated. The ambasaador and tha State department at Wsahlngton are convinced that there Is not ths slightest danger to residents In Mexico. Sensible parsons In the fnlted States never believed the alarmist tales that were sent out from Mexico. The Mexicans, like the people of the United States and of other civilised countries, have an tnterest In keeping on tha beat possible terms with the entire world. The world, but partlcu'arly the United States, Is sending capital In large amounts to Mexloo, to develop Its re sources and to make tham available for the benefit of Its people. Two-thirds of Mexico's foreign trade Is with ths United States. Over 1600,000,000 of American capital la Inveated In property of various aorta In Mexloo, and thla amount Is rapidly lncreas Ing. Mexico may ba relied on to do nothing to diminish the good name which It has throughout the world. September It will be as , free from any sntKAmerlran or antl fo reign demonstrations by Mexicans as July it or January It were. PERSONAL NOTES. Senator Depew Is better. He hsd to give up 126 for hla too speedy sutomohdtng, snd did it with a smile. David R. Francis of Missouri went abroad to aee the kaiser, and Is Informed that ha can have an audience In the fall. That's a long time to sit on anybody's doorstep. Admiral George Dewey haa been eleoed governor general of the Order of Foundera and Patriota of America, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert B. Roose velt. William Howard Taft, secretary of war. la In great demand for tha coming fall cam paign and many requeats for hla aervleea are received by the republican campalm committee. The Qaekwar of Baroda haa explained that he was Joking when he said American women were not beautiful. Diplomatic re latlona between the United States and Baroda may be resumed. The New Tork "widow" who fleeced a worthy tradesman threatens to have her victim arrested for participation In a eon. fldenee game. The worthy Mr. Weller ones uttered a little advice that comes In pat. Secretary Taft, accompanied by Brigadier General Bell, chief of staff, will make tour of Inspection In tha west early In the autumn for the purpoae of studying brigade poata and the changes necessary to aaaem ble troops In large poets, thus doing away with minor forta. The aecratary of war unquestionably will go as far west ss Fort D, A. Russell. The local option clauses of the New Tork Uquor tax law apply to 333 towns. The law want Into effect on March 23, IBM. At that time there were tn "dry" towna in the atate. The number gradually declined until January L ISM, when It was KB. On January 1, 100, It was J7; on May 1, 1302, MS; on May 1. 190, 2S4. and on May 1. 106. 2S3 exactly the same number aa at the time of the adoption of the present law. Maryland's picturesque "grand old man." United States Senator William Plnkney Whyte, who has Just passed ths eighty second milestone of life, has never tasted a drop of Uquor nor smoked and has never been inside of a saloon. He Is not a mem ber of any club. He defended sixty alleged murderers and all were acquitted. He al ways rides in an ordinary day car on a passenger train and on ths street cars in a city. William Bennett of Oravesend. N. T.. Is said to be the only man in the United States who has his Job laid out for him until ha dlea. The city of New Tork la compelled to employ him at $10 a day so long as bs lives and performs bis duties. He Is a member of tha Oravesend land fund commission and was created a com- mlarloner by the city charter a fact which renders It Impossible for him to lose his position until ha loaes hla Ufa. Mistake Open to Correction. Buffalo Express. If It Is true that tha axclualvs rights to all water on the Shoahone Indian reaei valjon hava been given to a private Irriga tion company which la prepared to charge exceealve ratea the federal authorltlea should take atepa at onea to correct the mlatake. It la aald that the Irrigation company Is headed by two brothera to Paul Morton. That will naturally lead to an unfortunate form of criticism. Is It Your OwnHair? Do you pin your hat to your own hair?, Can't do it? Haven't enough hair? It must be you do not know Ayer's Hair Vigor! Here's an introduction ! May the acquaintance result in a heavy growth of rich, thick, glossy hair! And we know you will not be gray. The best kind'of a testimonial-' "Sold for over sixty years"' SUee ay tk t. O. Ayer Oe.. LewsU, Haas. a,a)j gWjaA nVieaaVsSAPCPS) t aTXt'8 SlKSAPaSntA-rer taa Vkeoe. ATX a 3 PILLS Far eesstisatloa. ATIt SCSXKKT PSCTuttAL PereeagU. ATSS'S SOUS CCB For aialaria aad fs What is ajteckache? IT IS NATURE'S WARK1K8 TO WCUEK DImum sf Womis's Orgtnlsm Cured and Csniesutnt Pels otsppts by Lysis E. Plskhasi's Vegttsola CasiDtund. " It soems ss though my back would break." Women utter theae words orer and over Spain but continue to drafr aloatf and suffer with aches in the small of the back, pain low down in the side, " bearing down" pains, ner ousneta and no ambition for any task. . H..' . aiririS i'Slt Lar n .V l"- a W .. -J iMissAiaute Morris They do not realise thai tbe back Is the mainspring of woman's organism, and qnloklv Indicates by aching a dls eased condition of the female organs or kidneys, and that the aches and pains will continue an til the oause is removed. Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com pound has been for many, years the one and only effective remedy In such cases. It speedily cures female and kidney disorders and restores the fa male organs to a healthy condition. " I have suffered with female troubles for over two years. Buffering intense pain each month, ray back ached until It eenmad aa though It would break, and I felt so weak all ever that I did not find strength to attend to my work but had to stay in bed a large part of tbe first two or three days every month. I would have sleepless nights, lul draama and severe headaches AU this undermined my health. "We consulted sn old family physician, who sd vised that I try Lydia E. Plnkham's Vega table Compound. I began taking it regularly and soon found that I could aleep and eel better than I bad dune for months. Wit hi a two months I became regular and I no longer suffer from backache or pain." Miss Maude Morris, Bee. Ladies' Aid and Mission Society, 16 E. Hunter St., Atlanta, Oa. LINES TO A LAUGH. The minister was shocked when the young lady declined an Introduction to some of his partshoners. "Why, my dear young lady, did you aver think that perhapa you will have to mingle with these good people when you get to heaven?" "Well," she exclaimed, "that will be soon enough." Brooklyn Life. "What did you get out of that will case?" asked the first lawyer. "Two hundred and fifty thotfsand dollars, replied the second lawyer. "Good round sum, eh?" "Yes. but I thousht the old man left more than that. Kansas city inaepenaent. "Yes. sir," the barber prattled, as he shaved tha patron, "llvlnr la mighty high theae days. All kinds o' prices haa gone up so It's hard fur ua workln' men to even git t,nouch to eat." "Tea?" groaned the victim; "I Judge, how ever, that you find onlona oheap enough." Catholic Standard and Tlmea. "Jaaon. this account of the disgraceful prise flarht last nlaht aaya tbat .'the Sookan Kid came up emlllng In the eighth round.' Noiw, why should he come op smiling?" "Well. I suppose he knew the moving pic ture machine was . at werk." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "There's plenty of annp and go In this new play of oura." aald tha flrat actor. "The acta are short and so are the Intermissions; no long waits at all." "Indeed? Not even for salary?" Inquired the other. Philadelphia Ledger. :- "If an heiress wishes to save her money she should go contrary to the general rule." "What should she do?" "Take care not to husband her resourcee." Baltimore American. "I have called, madam." said the man, "to ask you for a campaign contribution of tl." "It's too much." anwered tha wealthy widow; "but 1 11 give you M cents." Phila delphia Prees. IN THE At GUT NIGHT. T. A. Daly In the Philadelphia Catholic Standard. The day la done, with all the heat That awathed tha swooning city. The dusk that falls so cool and sweet Is doubly sweet with pity. . To those the biasing aun oppressed Whst time he played the hector. The night-wind comes from out the waat, A Hebe bearing nectar. Impartially aha gives to all A blessed draught ecstatic; The ennuye In Pleasure's hall, Tha sick child in tha attlo. She aeeka tha aqualld haunta of sin With gentle self-abasement. She ateala with Inspiration In The poet'a open casement. I watch the penalva poet there Beside his window dreaming. To him the night, so calm and fair. With rhapaodlea la teeming. - . Up through the fields of twinkling spheres His raptured soul Is winning, And In his fancy's flights he hears The very heavens singing. t Sing, poet! Sing tha nlght-wlnd'a song! And weave your fancies through It: Some hearts, world-weary. In the throng Will beat responsive to It.