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6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1906. The Omaha Daily Bee. E. ROS E W A Tin, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Poetofflc M second elasa mutter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. Jal!r B (without Sunday), on year. .$4 Dailv Be and Sunday, on you- JO Bandar Be, on year I Saturday Be, one year 1 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Pally Be (Including Sunday), per wek..l7o Dally Be (without Sunday), per week..lo J:vening Be (without Sunday), per week So Evening Bee (with Sund&r), per week. ...10c Sunday Bee, per copy c Address complaints of Irregularltle In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. OmahaThe Be Building. South OmahaCity Hall Building. Council Bluff 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1440 Unity Bui Mine. New York U(M Home Life Ins. Building. Washington SOI Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to nw and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, xpres or postal order parable to The Be Publishing Company. 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HCNOATB, Notary Public WHEN OUT OP TOWN. f srarily ehosld save The Be aaaU4 to the. Address will s changed vftea reaeeted. ; Th Gaga Count Kyd hu fone into Brown study. . - ' . ' Whttt tha , democratic party ot Ne braska needs, above All things, is a fool-killer. The latest' brand of triple X political . pot rustlers will be known as the Dahl man democracy. " Chile will be awarded the palm over California as a center, of seismic dis turbances without being-compelled to shake any longer. In spite ot the' efforts ot Missouri, North Carolina and Arkansas Senator Tillman's state seems resolved to re tain its lynching supremacy. . tan Francisco is to hav a flve-mllllon-dollar hotel! - Why Is ' not Omaha big enough for a $600,000 ho tel, or two 1600,000 hotels? The democratic party now has an Issue, the. Panamerlcan congress hav ing resolved In favor of. an ultimate universal gold standard of currency. In declaring against "standard" life Insurance policies the state commis sioners must hav made themselves popular with ; the lawyers tot some time to com. The necessity tor trooDs to guard new town sites onxthe Shoshone reser vation proves that the landseekert are not all after farms and that some of them ar after trouble. The i business men of Omaha who feel aggrieved over the loss which this city will sustain by the outcome of the senatorial contest had "better direct their wrath at th Burlington Csar. In surrendering crown lands to the peasants th cur shows that he Is will Ing to sacrifice something for his peo ple on the iheorx of men who throw the cargo overboard to save the ship In deciding; that lynchers ar not operating under "tie unwritten law" In Missouri - Springfield Judge has given that, ptate another shove on Its way to- emerge front th ranks ot th "solid south." -.'. V In the present campaign the con solentlous voter of Nebraska, to what ever party h may belong, will not Tot the straight ticket, . unless It mad np ot straight men. dog has had his day.- The. yellow Th most serious problem with which th .Dahlman democracy wrestling Just now fa th badge. Some members Of th club Insist that should be soup spoon and others per sist la demanding a pi fork. Ia ordering th adoption of re formed'' spelling la all public docu ments th president seems determined not only to test his popularity la schol astle circles to th. uttermost, but to establish a record which must stand unique for years ...,'.. The announcement that th Persian constitution Is to be based on th laws ot th Koran gives a new interest to that book, this being the first attempt to organise its followers In anything hut an abssolnt monarchical form of (overnmenC As General Oreely Is a major gen era! his remarks anent reorgaatsatio f th form of the army during peace rannot be expected to meet th ap proval of th men who desire to make show ot earning their salaries at th bead ot divisions A BOOSKTKLT CAMPAIGN. While President Roosevelt may not personally take the stamp In the en suing political contest, be has already assumed an attitude and set in motion Influences which will tell power fully for his party, and will have more effect than If a half dosen ordi nary presidents were to occupy the stump from beginning to end of a campaign. The comment of the press, and especially of the Independent press, shows the profound impression the president's letter to Congressman Watson has made. One of the ablest and most Influential of them, which has been a trenchant crttlo of some of the president's acts, enlarges upon It "as a skillful campaign document" and sums it up with the declaration that "Mr. Roosevelt Is the republi cans' biggest asset In the campaign." The president's appeal at the very threshhold of the contest, coupled with the seal previously shown by him In promoting and directing th plans of th party organization, puts every ounce of his lifting power under it and Identifies his Interest as com pletely with Its success as If ha were today at the bead of the ticket. It is an Irrelevant circumstance that there Is within the party an element not In sympathy with his purposes. But that element is Incomparably smaller and less potent today than It was -two years ago or at tha beginning of the late session of congress. And he Ir reslstingly demonstrates, by specific citation of the actual record, how, backed by the dominant forces of the party, he has verily been accomplish ing the reforms demanded and how he will be able to continue the work it only the people sustain him in the coming congressional elections, as they did two years ago. In short, it Is a Roosevelt compalgii, and making it such is the president's great contribution on behalf ot the party. THfC CUBAN INSURRECTION. The Insurrection in Cuba necessarily excites deep Interest In this country because It belongs ts the kind of In ternal disturbances which were an ticipated at the time the Cuban gov ernment was organized on a basis of independence of Spain, It was the probability of civil commotions, ac knowledged by Intelligent' Cubans as well as foreseen by Americans, that caused a treaty settlement ratified In the constitution , of the island repub lic, whereby the United States gov ernment, reserved the right to Inter vene if at any time It should be neces sary to restore order and protect our own Interests as well as those of other nations In Cuba. Military Intervention, of course, will not be resorted to for any light cause or except as a last resort, and there Is reason' to hope that the Cuban govern ment, wjll be able speedily to suppress armed ' outbreak In every quarter. There seems to be no substantial 'oc casion Jot rebellion, -and nothing mora involved than the effect upon Ignorant ' classes of the plottlngs of restless spirits who for a century, un der Spanish misrule, had become schooled to resistance of authority in ihe form of ' guerilla and predatory exploits and who are not' easily sub jected to the yoke, even of salutary authority. So far, at least, there has been no evidence of discontent with the government among the better and more substantial classes, nor of any serious reasons why there should be. It will be infinitely preferable on every score If they, unaided by inter vention ot our government, which In evitably would involve many embar rassing complications, shall bye able to maintain stable government and sum marily suppress disorder and Irra tional Insurrection. . Th mere tact, however', that revolu tionary bands have been gathered and put In motion by malcontent chiefs and disappointed local politicians In volves danger under the, conditions which exist In Cuba, and there must remain for many years, until its peo ple are confirmed In the habit of wise self-government, the possibility of trouble that would require American Intervention. v ' A WORD TO THE CITT COUNCIL. When the legislature Increased tho number of councilman from nine to twelve and raised the pay of Its mem bers from $000 to $1,600 a year It was confidently expected thst our mu nicipal affairs would be managed with greater efficiency and economy. Thus far the experience with the new coun cil has, however, been a most lamenta ble disappointment. The new council has been In full control of municipal affairs for more than three months, but Its entire time has been taken up with a disgraceful squabble over city patronage and a deliberate attempt to turn the city over to the tender mer cies' of contractors on yubllc works. In the meantime public Improve ments hav been at a' standstill and as phalt paved streets have been left to decay and the tew paicnes that have been mended will have to be re' patched next year because the mu nlclpal paving plant has been dellber ately placed in charge ot men said to b Incompetent to do the work. There seems to be. In fact, an avowed deter mlnatlon on th part of certain coun cilmen, manifestly acting for th pav Ing contractors, to dispense -with the us of th plant altogether under pre tense that It cannot be successfully operated by this city, although It has proved a success , as well as a great saving In Detroit. . i. . . Th question naturally presents It self, whether the council will continue la defiance ot public sentiment to block all further Improvements for th remainder of th season; to. pay oft their political debts - and . make good Jth money contributions-Istq th city campaign to th detriment ot the city. Will the council persist la forcing the taxpayers of Omaha to organise a movement for self-protection and In voke the power of the courts to put a stop to th shameless sacrifice of the taxpayers' Interests? This Is not a question of politics, but ot good gov ernment. To the taxpayer it does not matter whether the grafter Is a demo crat or a republican. All gratters look alike to him. We violate no confidence In saying that the patience of our citlsens Is very nearly exhausted and unless the council stops quarreling over spoils and playing horse over public Im provements a popular indignation will manifest itself In a way to remind us of the memorable Holly water works fight In the early '80s and the revolt against the gang of municipal grafters who sought to put a fifty-year gas franchise through the council twelve years ago In spite of popular remon strance and court Injunctions. RAILROAD DIVIDENDS AND CHARGES. The declaration of Increased divi dends on enormously Inflated railroad capitalisations is sure to Impress pub lic attention profoundly. If such div idends are Justified by earnings, then the rates which produce such earnings are not justified. It has been a favor ite assertion by railroad special plead ers during recent months that there was no complaint of excessive trans portation charges against the public. This was not true, for there have been such complaints, and not only have there been innumerable specifications, but the evidence has accumulated ot a positive advance of rates upon the whole during the last few years. The power to fix rates has JuBt been conferred upon a government agency, and while Indeed one great purpose was to equalize rates and abolish wrongful discriminations between shippers, classes and localities, there was also back ot it the deepening im pression that rates in general were too high. That Impression cannot but be confirmed by enormous distributions of earnings on stock Issues out of all pro portion to actual Investment. Candidates for the legislature who have been pass holders before they were nominated and sent back their pasteboards with a blare of trumpets a la Mickey's partner cannot be de pended upon to give the people release from corporate exaction. In a nut shell beware of turncoats and fake re- formers. Up to the date ot his nomination for secretary of state by the republican convention Representative Junkln was held up as a model anti-monopoly and antl-trusi lawmaker, but he Is now caricatured by the great organ of democracy as "One Junkln, Prairie Dog Statesman.' Candidate Hitchcock 1b not making votes for himself in plctorlally recall lng the Tom Major's Incident Some democrats In these parts have not for gotten or forgiven the Hitchcock dou ble X t $ $ deal to elect the white cap corporation candidate. ' The Corn Products company has offered to pay the fines of all manufac turers which have used its glucose containing sulphur dioxide. Here is an excellent opportunity for some peo ple to get rebates not. denounced by law. The state fair managers assert that the space Is all gone In the Nebraska state exposition buildings. Perhaps they are carrying a few rods of select space in reserve up their sleeves for customers willing to pay the premium. The comparison Instituted by the World-Herald between Sheldon and Shallenberger suggests the question whether the Burlington has not re cently acquired an Interest In that "Great and Good" religious daily. v Colonel Bryan's "staying powers" as an orator are well known, but his most ardent admirers would probably tremble for tbem should he accept the Invitation of that Cincinnati socialist for a series of joint debates. Sonnd Adviee. Baltimore American. Boiled down, th president's letter con veys the advice, "Don't swap horse while crossing a stream, especially when the other shore Is so near." A Brown Study, Washington Post. This country spent $81,000,000 for coffee last year. The figure would be still more Interesting If we were Informed how muoh genuine coffee this sum paid for. A Difference In Signal. Brooklyn Eagle. Th only difference between th Russian anarchists and other burglar seem to b that th Russian raise a red flag when they ar about to loot a bank or a saloon Cohesive power of PI. Philadelphia Record. , Th fusion of democrats and populists In Nebraska was only effected on a basis of common hunger. They are In aocord In wanting th office, and having dickered first, afterward fused. Thanderlag In the Indes. . Boston Globe. One hear a good deal about the "fiery southern blood," but down in Georgia for the last thre months they hav been call Ing each other everything that la bad In the gubernatorial campaign and there has been no sign of any gentleman making a move toward his hip pocket. Is our boasted rivalry dead? Pot an Kettle at It. Chicago' Chronicle. Pot and kettle ar at It hi New York wher Jerom and Hearst ar sxchanains compliment and Incidentally bidding for the suffrage of th democrat and political nondescripts who constitute th opposition to the republican party. Th Jerom de lgnatton of Hearst as a person "Intellectu ally sterile" la not only pungent, but ac curate. As Hearst do hi thinking and writing by proxy, ws shall hav to await th Inspiration ot u ot his mreaarls for th Hear designation of Jerome. Th beauty of th Situation I to b found In th fact that whatever either says of th other la pretty sur to b true. A reeling Tea eh. Washington Post. It Is to be booed that when th Bryan reception committee Invited' Tom Taggart to contribute to th fund they carefuUy refrained from putting It In th form ot a request to "chip In." Proflta Mark the Prophet. Philadelphia Record. If railroad rate legislation ha crippled th railway th managers and owner don't seem to be aware of It. Their roads ar doing more bualn than ever, and railway aharea are booming. Disposed to Pencefnlness. St. Louis Republic Japan Is Inclined to make an amicable settlement of th trouble that arose over the killing of several subject who were poaching Unci Sam's scab. Th Mikado evidently doesnt want to ruffle th feather of th American eagle. Th Era of Harmoav. Washington Post. Now that Emperor William and King Ed ward have kissed and made up; now that Senator Piatt and Chairman Odell have fallen Into each other's arms; now that Leader Murphy and Editor Hearst speak as they pass by; now all would be sweet ness and light if President Roosevelt and Senator Tillman only would drop the big stick and th pitchfork and rub noses. WESTERN DEVELOPMENT. Imperial Region Now Able to D It Own Financing. St Loul Globe-Democrat. On of th reason for the strength In the general business situation at this time Is th west's growing ability to finance its larger business transactions. This year's crop moving will be don by western money to a larger extent than ever before. Th aggregate crop yield of 1906 will apparently be greater than la ahy previous year, and th west will handle the work Itself, with but very little aid from New York. Her I on of the cause ot the advanc ing movement In stocks. The railroads are bound to be kept busy throughout the sea son, which Is a factor that Is calculated to send railway shares up. Th west Is In the market as a buyer of shares, not necessarily for speculative purposes, but to hold as an Investment A lan - oro por tion of the stocks which are belt .sought these days are bought outright, with the Intention of keeping them among the re serve assets of the purchaser. This factor will naturally make the market strong and steady. Less of this year's aggregate crop will be rushed to th market In the beginning, apparently, than has been seen In some year. The expectation of a Steady demand at high prices I likely to keep back, for the moment, much of the grain which In former year was thrown upon th market Just as soon as It was gathered. Moreover, th west Is consuming more of Its own crops than ever before. Under that wise republican policy which has planted the factory beside the farm, the west Is being dotted with mills of all sorts. The center of manufacture la following the population center In its westward march. Right at his own door the western farmer ha a market now for much of his produce, and this gives blm an Independence which was lacking In the old days. The west Is getting rich. Its mortgages on its farms and other property are being paid off at a rate undreamed of 'during the days of In Industrial stagnation and general des pondency In Cleveland's second term as president. Republican prosperity Is experi enced by the west i In - a direct and emphatic way In 19SSV and this Is not only helping th stork market,- but It Is strength enlng the general , business situation throughout the country. MARCHISQ THROUGH GEORGIA. Hole Smith Distance Clark Howell In n Hot Race. The warmest polltlcnl flght pulled off In Georgia In recent year was brought to a close In the primaries, last Wednesday. A tremendous amount of Ink was shed by the rivals in the rate for governor Clnrk Howell of the Attanta Constitution and Hoke Smith, former owner of the Atlan'a Journal and member of President Cleve land's cabinet. Threats of riots and duel mutterlngs were, heard, but no gore worth spilling was split. The only deed of vio lence recorded was the tremendous Jolt which Smith gave Howell. Smith carried two-thirds of the counties of the state and has a riveted cinch on the nomination for governor. Until Mrs. Hoke Smith took a hand In the campaign for governor It was generally believed that Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, would have little op position for the nomination. Mr. Howell baa been a leader In the Georgia democ racy for years and during those year he has also been the enemy of Hok Smith. Mr. Binl.h, unlil a few yvtru ago, owned the Atlanta Journal and the Journal and Constitution had many aharp personal tilts. The Journal, wishing to prevent the Con stitution's editor from 'becoming governor, began to. boom Hoke Smith for governor about a year ago. Mr. Howell heard of the Journal's move. In an Interview he said that Mr. Smith was politically dead and dared blm to become a candidate. Mr. Smith made no reply. ' He did not wish to lose time from hlj law office. But Mrs. Smith was not so docile under the lash. She I from the famous Cobb family, which has never tired of fighting, and she Insisted that her husband take up the dare of Mr. Howell. "You owe It to ma and my children to enter th race and make Clark Howell sorry he gave out that Interview," she said. The Smith children sided with their mother and Hoke Smith announced - his candidacy a year ago. But what about a platform? Mrs. Smith's desire to humiliate Clark Howell wouldn't do for a plea for democratic support. Mr. Smith and the Journal at last hit upon opposition to "the railroad domination of tha Georgia democracy" and this became the main plank. Then Mr. Smith decided to supplement this with advocacy of the disfranchisement of Georgia negroes. This pleased the democrats and won over Tom Watson, the Georgia populist. But this gave Clark Howell a chance to attack Mr. Smith's sincerity. As secretary of th Interior In Cleveland's cabinet Hoke Smith wSa a leading opponent of free silver and populism. He also gave many good Job to negroes. Now he was hand-in-hand with Thomas Watson, a rampant free silver advocate and a populist. He was also pretending to be th bitter enemy of the negro. Mr. Howell's plea to. the democrats was that Georgia ts prosperous and needed no change In "railway domination" and that the disfranchisement of the negroes would be fraudulent and might result In mora negroes seeking education. Then, too, Mr. Smith la an advocate of temperance and is prominent In church work, yet h owns th Piedmont hotel In Atlanta, In which Is located th finest bar and the best cocktail mixer In all Georgia, And In the bar room Is a fountain. In which a sculptured Venus, clad only In a bunch of grape, stands. Th prohibitionist and church worker of th state; through the Atlanta Constitution, have heard all about th bar room, the cocktail and th grape clad Venus, the "Gal in to Fountain," a it la called. Th campaign between Mr, Smith end Mr. HowcU aas beca vary blttar. OTHER LARDS THAU OCRS. Marquis d Fontenoy Is authority for the story that Emperor William a few year ago caused s most searching Investi gation to be rnad Into th ownership and editorship of all the Important newspapers In Germany and also abroad. II was not content with obtaining Information con cerning th Intellectual capacity, the at tainments, the financial status and th private life of these men and about th Influence by which they were swayed, but sought similar data concerning the writers ot all th article brought to his attention In th Teuton and foreign press. All kinds of device were employed to obtain the particulars, many of which were secured through military Intervention, that Is to say, through officers of the reserve, whs. though engaged In civil pursuits, are nevertheless still subject to military obedi ence and discretion. There are few people engaged In th newspaper profsslon, whether a owners, as editors or as managers, who, thanks to this elaborate Investigation carried on through a number of years, since the end of 189S, possess such an extraordinary range of Information1 concerning news paper men as the kaiser, and It will doubt less astonish many Journalists In this coun try, particularly those who have had oc casion to write about him and about his empire, to know that William II has filed Sway In his splendid system of card in dexes all kinds of data concerning them, even to the else of their families and of thair Incomes. Norway Is now having Its first general election since It became an entirely Inde pendent kingdom for a new Storthing, which Is to meet on October 11. They began on August t and will continue until August 26, and then there will be. If neces sary, supplementary election on Septem ber 9 for securing absolute majorities In such districts aa may have given nothing but pluralities In the first elections. In general the electorate is divided Into two major parties, the conservative and the liberal, known In the Storthing as the right and the left. These existed In much tho same form before the separation from Sweden. Most of the liberal ar Inclined toward granting full suffrage to women on the same terms aa to men, and most of th conservatives ar opposed to it. The lib erals also favor a system of state Insur ance against disabling infirmities, which the conservatives regard a of doubtful practicability. A third' difference, In whlcn perhaps mor interest la taken than In either of tha others, is over the matter of language.' The' liberals largely favor tho official adoption of th "Maal," or popu lar vernacular of Norway, while the con servatives uphold th use f th literary language, which I really of Danish origin. Th appak!ng destttatlon existing among the masses la Englaad, which has been em phasized by the hunger parades In London and by the investigations of Charles Booth and others, lends, a fore and significance which cannot be evaded to th contention of th English laborltes that the present In dustrial system In England should be rad ically reformed. "For It should go without saying, declares the Scientific American, that there must be something fundamentally-wrong hi a system under whloh a country rich, strong and prosperous -as England is today should at the same time have millions ot Its people on the verge of starvation. About 884.000 persona recelvtd poor law relief In England last year, while in addition to this great army of paupers more than twice as many more persons were estimated to be in actual need of the necessities of life. In view of this situation, on can sym pathise with the argumenta of Kler Hardle, the labor leader, when he appeared before Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the new prim minister, recently, to urge th adop tion of old age pensions. ' He, was teW that there was no money with which to pay such pensions. Mr. Hardle' declared that th excuse of no money had been made twelve years ago; that In th Interval the government's expenditure had advanced to nearly tmOOO.000 a year, half of which went . In "wasteful expenditure on the army and navy." The total extra cost of providing pensions for the aged poor la estimated at from $50,000,000 to $60,000,000. 8! nee 1895, however, protested Mr. Hardle, $1,600,000,000 has been "squandered on a war which did no one good except the con tractors." England's outlay for th current year on Its navy alone Is over $300,000,000, one great warship, the Dreadnaught, hav ing cost nearly $10.000.0000. All this, while pauperism Increases and million suffer for want of food and clothing. It Is this sense less and criminal extravagance In the di rection of Increasing ' wsr expenditures which Is recruiting the ranks of socialism In every civilised country. In France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and England rep resentatives of the worklngmen are making the stoutest opposition to increased arma ments, because the sorest burdens of war always fall oYi worklngmen. L Temps of Paris publishes sn article by General Langlols, the well known sena tor and military critic. In which he says and affirms that he speaks with authority that the Idea of a military alliance be tween Holland and Belgium, proposed In ISftO without success, is again being se riously considered. . He points out that, divided, Holland and Belgium stand to be crushed out of com mercial existence by the great protection ist powers, whereas by Joining forces they may survive. Both countries ar faced by a common danger In the expansion of Germany. They are doomed, Belgium first, to be swallowed In the Teutonic Zollver- eln, to begin with, Snd In the Teutonic empire afterward, unless they Join forces to offer greater resistance. Belgium, General Langlols says. Is ready now to discuss the terms of a complete economic and military alliance, but Hol land desires to lead up to It by an agree ment on certain points namely, the unifi cation and reduction of postal and tele graphic services, the establishment of a common railway tariff, and the enactment of certain Judicial and economic measures whereby the decisions of the courts of law will he valid In both countries. The hours of labor and the monetary system will be the same, and Industrial legislation similar. Continental publicists, especially M. Ana tole Leroy-Beaulleu. think that th new Russian premier, M. Stolypln, may yet save the situation tn Russia and some remnant of autocratic power If he will only advise the csar that the present policy cannot succeed, and Induce him to ask for the help of the moderate reformers and to reassemble the Duma without an Instsnt's delsy. M. Stolypln Is rrgsrded by those who know him ss the strongest man who bas yet guided Russian affair. He Is a great traveler, especially In his own country. and knows the people thoroughly. On one ores slnn he was trlstaken for a police srV. "d was nesrly killed bv some Infuriated vt11as-rs who were shielding a reprobate. One of his most humnrlous sdventitres. however, took plae In Frsnc. Hs saw a French reagent flnvlng some rattle up the road and asked him If he wss taking them to market, and If o whit prfe per hsd they would realise. The peasant re. toted that be evpected T lnuls a heed ., totrniftd the othr. "If you drove them eight ymlles on to M. (Mentioning ferrous msrket twn, you would get 1 louts." The pant looked up and smiled Then he pointed to a large lake near at hand, "and If you took that IsV to nnrrs tnry y'i would get a frans a drop," be aawrd. How Many Birthdays? You must have had 60 at least! What? Only 40? Then it must be your gray hair. Aycr's Hair Vigor stops these frequent birthdays. It gives all the early, deep, rich color to gray hair, checks falling hair, and keeps the scalp healthy. The best kind of a testimonial- "Sold for over sixty years." . Vast by a I. O. Aye Oe., Lewell. Mas. Ale SfaaaAMtarers of ITWf B AUSAMirrtXA Ff ts Sleet. STIR'S PILLtWFor eessttastlea, AYKB'S CURRY PBCTOBAL-For Cmfks. ATM'SaODICDRS-FwsuOarUaslafns. GREAT DEMAND FOR LABOR. Snpnlr Lag Behind th Needs of the Conntry. Chicago Reeord-Herald. Some weeks ago It waa the southwest in particular that was crying for "help" In th form of farm labor. Thera waa need of lOu.000 men, and good wages were of fered; but owing to the equally great and steadier demand for laborer on the part of manufacturers, railroad contractors and th public works departments of our muni cipalities the farmers of the southwest wer having th greatest difficulty In In ducing va newly arrived aliens to re spond to their appeals. It waa further re ported at the time that contractors who war offering $1.M a day were returning from New York "empty-handed." Since then th demand for farm and fac tory "help1' has continued, and It has not been satisfied. In spite of the recent heavy immigration. Scarcity has been the rule. Even In the Interior of New York snd In New England -"hands", have been hard to get. It would aeem, however, that of all employers of labor the great ralroads of the ast ought to have the least diffi culty In obtaining all the help needed oy them. Yet, according to a dispatch from Pittsburg, even the roads that enter that city "are in sore strait for men." Ad vertisements have been appearing tn all the local papera for men to fill positions aa brakemen, conductors, etc., and wages havt been raised. - The age limit that was es tablished last year, and that excited so much Indignant opposition among work men, has been rsised by some lines snd wiped out entirely by others. Ther has been no "dull period" in tho business of the railroads this year, but, busy as the carriers are, they must look upon their present activitiee as s holiday task beside the atraln on their resources that the fall rush of freight traffic and the moving of the bountiful crop will entail on all of ' them east, ' west, north and south. Th extraordinary demand for labor of all kinds at wages ss high. If ' not " higher, ' than any ever paid In th United States, Is reflected In th growth of our savings banks deposits and In ' the nuge amounts sent by Immigrants for investment or In th wsy of aid to tbelr respective home countries. Last year mere were $,000,000 Individual depositors in th savings banks of th country, and th total holdings of these Institutions reached $3,20,000,000. POLITICAL DRIFT. Roger Sullivan Insisted on harmony and fought for It Also declined to resign. Roger is a thoroughbred democrat Orange Is the first of New Jersey cities to go Into the business of municipal light ingits city council hsvlng Just voted unanimously to construct a public electric plant. There was an election In Denver last Bay and the count isn't completed yet. One election Is stretched until the next on come on. Otherwise the residents would grow hungry. Mr. Bryan's trestment In Illinois Is sim ilar to that of the English statesman who, on being "promoted" from the house of commons to the house of lords, described th process ss being kicked upstairs. A singular freak of Pennsylvania life Is the effigy of Senator Quay's face adorning the door of Ihe state cepltol, which was built for less than the money appropriated. The hand that rocked the plum tree s a vanished one, surely. Regarding third term for President Roose velt, Congressman Longworth la reported from Cincinnati: "No possible combination of circumstances could arise which would lead him to accept another term. His mind is settled and Irrevoable on that matter." On the heels of the announcement that Senator Bailey spent only $41.80 In secur ing a renomlnatlon comes the news that Congressman Burleson spent only $5 cents for the same purpose. The Texans are in danger of being regarded as a cheap lot. SCeep Cool. Don't fret, forget the weather and avoid the sunEat little and drink mod-. erately , of water. Avoid heavy meats But above all-DRXSS IN COOL CLOTHES and have them fit Thin Coats Trousers Shirts Underwear Neckwear Hats and other accessories all at your service. We offer you comfort at modest prices. It's nearing the time to prepare that boy for school We've everything for him. Browning, King & Co R. S. WILCOX, Manager. REVISION SENTIMENT GROWS. Small Comfort for Hardshell la President' Letter. Cleveland Leader. There Is small comfort for th hardshell stand-patters of the republican party In President Roosevelt's Watson letter. Th president has been advertised Of late as a stand-pat prophet of the most reactionary type. But this is what he says: It would be to the last degree foolish to obtain here and there a small benefit at the cost ef general business depression, but whenever a given rate or schedule be eomes evidently disadvantageous to th fiatloa, because of the changes which go on from year to year In our conditions. It will be done, while a general reunion of the rates and schedules will be undertaken whenever It shall appear to the sober busi ness sense of our people that th revision will do moro good than harm. This declaration of Mr. Roosevelt for an adjustment of unjust or unwlae schedules Is made more significant by the recent ds. tinct drift of republican sentiment towards revision. Senator Shelby M. Cultom, winner In a bitter fight for a return to the senate from Illinois, has within the week declared boldly for tariff revision, Elmer Dover of Ohio has taken the same position. Gov ernor Cummins of Iowa, pledged to revi sion, has triumphed in his state convention and the republicans of Massachusetts are preparing to flght their state campaign with a revisionist candidate for governor. The signs of the times are not difficult of Interpretation. The trite and traditional gentleman who runs may read. LAIGHISG LINKS. " 'Tis odd," mused the social philosopher. "What's odi?" Inquired his practical friend. "That when we ask a photographer If he can make a good picture, we want always to be answered with his negative." Balti more American. Flnnegan My I but he do love to heal himself talk, don't he? Flanagan He do. Faith, if he had thl habit o' talkin' in his sleep h'd set up all night to listen and applaud. Philadelphia Ledger " :.-TP ! '..' "I see that King Edward took a friendly tip on Pacific railway stocks and mad some money." "That's all right. But I hope the tlm won't come when Ed will have to hy pothecate the crown In order to aav hll margins.'VCleveland Plain Dealer. "Does that man really believe all hi says?" "Believe It!" echoed Senator Sorghum, "why he doesn't even understand It." Washington Star. "Weren't you surprised to learn thai Molly Wellon Is going to marry Web Wex ley? I thought she had her eye on Tom Trickey." "I think she had, but Web pretiented himself first, and she took him as a sort of fielder's choice." Chicago Tribune. NOBODY BIT FATHER. Cincinnati Enquirer. Nobody knows the money it takes To keep the home together; Nobodv knows of the debt it makes. Nobody knows but father. Nobody's told that the boys need shoes And girls' hat with a feather: Nobody else old clothes must choose. Nobody only father. Nobody hears that the coal and wood And flour's out together; Nobodv else must make them good. Nobody only father. Nobody's hsnd In the pocket goes Bo often, wondering whether There's any end to the wants of those Dependent only father. Nobodv think whets the money will com To pay the bills ttat gather; Nobody fells so and glum; Nobody only fatl sr. v . Nobody tries so ha d to lay lTp something for bad weather. And runs behind, fa what he may. Nobody only fa'.ner. ( Nobody comes from the world's cruel storm To meet dear ones who gather Around with loving welcome warm. Nobody does but father. Nobody knows of the home life pure. Watched over by a mother. Where rest snd bliss sre all secure Nobody can but father. I i f m m x . Sk d s. J