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THE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: SEPTEMBER 1G, lfW. SHAW IN REPLY TO BRYAN Secretary. f tit Trenury Explode Eom. Fallacies f Doctrine, KEYNOTE OF PEEFLESJ LEADER ANALYZE! Hew York Speech Taken Vn ImiIoi by Section 4 Its Argument Aiawrf4 Losrlrnlly und Conclusively. .' MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Sept. lS.-Thls even ing BTlrT Shaw spok befora a (area audlenca here. Ha said: For noma time It has been well-nigh unl- ntanderd-boarer (or 1 ta good aa named. For month his ererjr movement has been promptly chronicled, and the date or nia return was widely advertiser). No private cltlsen aver was given so cordial a welcome or ever received such, an ova tion as was accorded William Jennings Bryan, editor, farmer, and poiniclnn. at tha city of New Tork on August X when the applause following his Introduction at Madison Square Garden Is reported to have continued for eight minutes by the watch. Tha speech which followed had been her alded and is now accepted aa the- key note, not only of the present congressional cam paign, but of that larger campaign two years hence. I, did not have tha pleasure of listening to tha speech, but I have read it. 1 have read It twice. Tes, I hAve rend It three times. I personally Hit Mr. Bryan. I ad mire Ms oratorical ability, and I enjoy . altttng and watching.' the effect of his elo quence upon others. In hi Madison Square vra ipicB i eaniy recognises our friend of 1898 wit limit a single subtraction and with several additions. Still Silver Issae. Ha still favors bimetallism, which. In his WAee.tinlj&rv mMIII (ha f ... . ..,,. ' -- iiro anu UMMIIlll U coinage of silver at the ratio of sixteen to 1 mrl.K mA TW . I . i. . . , ...v.. a"" & um vi win goia ana silver In quantity sufficient to supply every publlo need every demand the parity and exchangeability of the latter amply l safeguarded by wise and efficient leglsl. ' tlon, does not satisfy the twice defeated candidate upon a paramount Issue selected, yes. dictated, by himself. After referring to tha 'unlocked for and (unprecedented Increase In the production of gold." to which he Impliedly attributes , our present prosperity, ha uses this phrase. In which the present tense Is notices ble: We who favor bimetallism ara satisfied with our victory." Thus ha gives notice that should the production of gold sud denly decrease he will renew his efforts for I the debasement of our currency, and again .1 advocate the abandonment of every effort to maintain parity between the several Tonus ol money .coined or Issued by the ! government. He will advocate again the coinage of both gold and silver unllralUdly and let them circulate according to their respective metallic values. I It Is axiomatic that a coin which the gov ernment coins In unlimited quantity and 1 Without HIKflia n h. . VI . I f which It Is made will be worth exactly I. ..;.. ST" material consumed. This If-Ji . i"oId ems, -nd free and Unlim ited coinage of any other metal would have oil.?"?0 effect " coins made therefrom. B,n?ria,1,8m' by Mr. Bryan, would ruin every business between the baneful " stll" " labor would b more Wants to Change Government. , Mr. Dryan was reported to have said on his return from a previous trip abroad that lie had obtained one new Idea during his Journeying. His recent search evidently has bean more fruitful of results. He even boasts of having searched Japnn and every other country visited by him for something to bring back for Incorporation either into organic law or legislative enactment, or for Introduction into the habits and customs of. our people. no minks our constitution should be so mended as to convene mninM snnn miter election In Imitation of England. He thinks the founders of tha made a mistake In placing the election of Lnited States senators in a resionslble oath-bound body, and that it should be transferred to an unfettered and unpunish able political convention. To accomplish this ha would again amend tha oonstltu- I tlon. He thinks still another provision of the 'organic law was lil-edvleedly Inserted by the fathers, and recommends a fourth amendment to the constitution removing Its Inhibition of direct taxation so as ,lo grant .congress greater latitude. In tha col lection of revenues. In Imitation of several countries he has visited. The fourth suggested amendment to the constitution relates to the abolition of the provision giving each state exclusive juris diction over Its domestic corporations ex cept such aa engage in Interstate commeroe, i while the modified form proposed by Mr. Bryan would permit the federal govern ment to have concurrent Jurisdiction when ever tha slate failed to properly supervise the creature of its own statutes. . The fathers founded a republic a repre ' aentatlve government, but - the returned orator speaks In praise of the modern trend towards democracy, a term slightly lens forceful than community. I submit that there ara more points of similitude between a monarchy like England and a representa tive government like the I'nlted States than there are between a representative govern ment like this and a pure democracy. He then proceeds to advocate a different law for the wage earner and for tha tenant. f my tenant threatens to cut down my shade trees or to Injur me in any way wherein a suit for damages will not be an adequate remedy I can enjoin him. If my employe threatens to do the same thing. Mr. Bryan thinks he should be permitted to proceed and thereafter be given a trial by Jury regardless of whether such a rem edy would prove a remedy at all or not. That the Injunction ha been many times Improperly Invoked I have no doubt. Ar rests have also been made. many times Im properly, and criminal prosecutions have been begun In Innumerable Instance for the sole purpose of collecting debt. The fact remains, however, that . Anglican Jurisprudence Is the best safeguard not only to property but also to personal and Individual rlghta which the race has thus far evolved. Railroad, Trust and Tariff. From the Turk, the Bulgarian, the Serv ian the Hungarian and the Austrian he would bring back and Incorporate Into the settled policy of this country government ownership of trunk lines of railway Borne of us who will see elements of good in what the Fathers conceived and somewhat to preserve In our civilisation as exemplified la the habits and customs of our peopl. and who are therefor styled conservatives, are disposed to congrstulate ourselve that the great promulgator of Innovations per mits the Institution of marriage to remain unassaJled. Still Colonel Bryan give notice that ther are several other subjects to which he expects to address himself at an early date. . . . , . Of his speech four columns out of a total seven ar devoted to trusts. In which term. In Its comprehensive sense, he Includes rail, road abuse and even the protective tariff, dismissing three and one-half columns or sympathy expressed for a corporation be ridden people and of anathemas hurled against predatory capital, and confining myself to the scant one-half column wherein he mentions rather than fllsciisso measures of relief. I find this sentence: "We must not quarrel over remedies. H I . V. . nthnv mv be ex plicit iuf i,ia iiicti w... .... - 6'7 1" Humphreys' Seventy Beven Cures Grip and Dr.. Humphrey. Sevnty tevan" differ from other Cold curs-bcause It cur by qonq direct to tha ick spot, without disturbing th rest of the system No poison, no drugging, no dan ger to the heart, the kidney or the lunge a eomplete cure no hanging on of neety Catarrh or haolting Cough. "Seventy-seven t put up In a Small Vial of plsaant pellet that fits the vest pocket. - At Druggists, tt ceats or mailed. loctor's Book mailed free. Humphreys' Horoeo. Medtcin Co, Cor. WUllaxo and John b tree la. New York. pected tmm the enforcement of the crlml- i ll provisions of the Sherman anti-trust V While the effect of a criminal eon vwkn. followed by imprisonment. Is al ways wholesome. It Is Well for us who an. alys the practicability of proposed renie dies tn remember thst the rlvll provisions Li antl-tnist lsw ean be established and enforced by a mere prepohdersnc of svidejiee, while no punishment for crime can b Imposed until th eseemlnl facts -in!iiuTina: the crime are proven beyond a reasonable donbt as found end returned In the verdict of a lury. Th difficulty In en Torclng the "herman art does not He so mucn in applying Its pro-visions after a case has been proven ss In obtaining evi dence sufficient to prove a esse. men noiniv states that tne enforce of existing laws Is not sanVient, and sdda, "The riemocrstlc party must be pre pared to propose new and efficient lexila. Jion,' and proceed to suggest what has been often sus-gested before: Resralatlosi of Directors. "It la worth while." he rays, "to con aider whether a blow msy not be struck st trusts by a Inw making It Illegal for tha same person to act as director and officer of two corporations which deal with each other or aie enKuged In the same general business." I suppose he mesns to ssy thst If I should buy a portion of the wonderful Iron ore bds of Alabama, or of the matchless marhle deposits of Colorado, ot of the coal mas. ures of Wyoming, or of oil lands In Texas, and fof their development should build a railroad, having promoted both enterprises, and having Invested money In each, l should not be permitted to be a director In more than one. It is one thing to limit a common carrier to the particular line of business for which It wss primarily organ Ised, a Is done In the rate bill enacted st the last session of congress, and quite an other thing to restrict what some under stand to be the natural right of the In dividual to Invest his money wherever he pleases, provided only he does not Interfere with or restrict the rights and privileges of others, and then, having made the In vestment, to stand guard over It. Andrew Carnegie Is quoted ss advising one to put all his eggs In on basket, and then watch that basket. Colonel Bryan Is the first, so far as 1 know, to advocata a law for bidding one to put eggs in two baskets and then wstch both. Thomas Jefferson, on whose teachings democrats once claimed their nartv to have been founded. Incorporated Into the declara tion or independence tne proposition that "th pursuit of hanniness" Is an Inalienable right. Not until happiness Is pursued in a way which Interferes with the rights and happiness of another should such pursuit oe restrained. Notwithstanding Mr. Bryan's statement, made In the same con nection, that most corporations are conduct ing their affairs In a legitimate manner he would legislate againrt the many In the hope of preventing Improper conduct on the Fsri or a tew. ir ne nan one mcKing coit suppose he would hamstring his whole drove. Psrdon the suggestion that the eloquent traveler, having been for some years largely occupied in the discharge of other than executive, administrative. Judicial, or even legislative functions, may have omltt'd carefully to study and analyse existing laws. If a person becomes a director In even one concern, ssy nothing of two, with Intent to monopolls a product and control the price thereof to the prejudice of others engaged In the same line of business, h violate both th civil and the criminal provisions of the existing Sherman anti trust law. Prohibiting a man from doing an Innocent thing in an innocent way appears to me to be sn unnecessarily drastic method of preventing an objectionable thing already prohibited by existing statutes and easily enforced when the essential facts can be proved, i License for Corporations. Mr. Bryan then revert to the democrstlc platform of 1S"0, and announces "as a still more far-reaching remedy" a lsw requiring corporations to take out a federal license before engaging In Interstate commerce, and adds that "this remedy Is simple and easily applied." He further says: "It Is far easlrr to prevent a monopoly than to watch It and punish It. and this prevention can be accomplished In a prac tical way by refusing a license to any corporation which control more than a certain proportion of -the total product , this proportion to be arbitrarily fixed at a point which will give free operation to competition." Thus he has found a remedy which he asserts Is "simple and easily applied." and one that will "ccom,nllsh the prevention of monopoly." He spurns the thought of controlling, curbing or restraining the evil, but proposes by a single enactment abso lutely to exterminate the last sucgnstlon of ravage on the part of predatory capital. Will hi panacea stand analysis? Let us see. ' Some years ago my attention was called to what was then at lesst supposed to he the Salt trust. Whether I was rightly In formed or not affects In no degree the value of the alleged conditions aa an Il lustration. I was told thst a corporation of larre capitalisation had contracted for the entire output of all th sslt works of Michigan, and of all th salt works of New Tork. sod of all the salt works of every other state. I assume tht If a corporation thus own ing or controlling an entire product should make application for a federal license under. Mr. Bryan's ure-cure lsw It would be promptlv denied. If refused a license, of course. It could not engage In Interstate commerce, and could not thereafter ship sslt to Tennessee. But the people of Ten nessee would still need salt. What would you doT What could you' do? Let me suggest that oosslblv Jones or some one else could be Induced to buv a carload or so deliverable at on of the warehouses of the trust s'tusted st some one of the salt works. Jones, of course, could ship salt to Tennessee, for no Individual can b discriminated against simply because he buy salt of a trust. The result would be that the people of Tennessee would get th same sslt with this difference, slight though It mlsht be. of an additional profit to Jones. Tine danger would be that Jones, being the only man with a carload of sslt In the state, might turn predatory capitalist himself and demand an un usually larse profit. This danger would be Increased If he should secure an exclusive contract from the trust. Let us bopo for the beet. ' Possibility ( Monopoly,. Two or three years ago I started at I o'clock one morning from Deadwood, 8. D., went thirty miles by train and walked right to see a tin mine. It was said to be tha only workable deposit of tin ever dis covered In th United Hta tes. If this Is true, then one corporation controls th en tire output of tin In the I'nlted States, and would of course be denied a federal license and could not, under Mr. Bryan' sure-cure-law. engage In Interstate commerce. Equally embarrassed would be every other new Industry, whether It be the production of newly discovered metal like tin or nlakel or the growth of some new fruit or cerenl. or the manufacture of some newly patented device. "A license should be refused," says Mr. Bryan, "to anv corporation which controls more than a certain proportion of the total product." Some corporation I quite certain to control for a time the en tire product of every new Industry. Colonel Bryan's panacea may sound well In a democratic platform, but at first blush It does not appear quite so Inviting a a part of the statute law of the land. Befor the remedv afforded by a federal license can be applied either by refusal to grant or by cancellation after It has been granted. It manifestly will be found neces sary to establish th fact by competent evidence that th concern actually controls or Is seeking to control such portion of a commodity, whatever it may be. as will permit It at least to Influence If not dictate in nm. I nu-r uut juiwiiinurnrn nu lai can be Dasscd thst does not require th e tabllshment of certain feets as a prerequis ite to Its enforcement. The amrmnn anti trust law has seiaom. ir ever, neen insqe. ousts when there has been evidence suf ficient to prove the monooolistlo character of the methods employed by corporations neaged In Interstate commerce. Finding It difficult to ontsin tne necesaarv proof to miki th existing anti-trust law In all esses effective, the republican party created the Bureau or Corooratlona, for which. I regret to observe. Mr. Bryan has no word of prals. but which hs been found very efficient In securing evidence with which to estebllsh the fscts on which to apply the law. Colonel Bryan comparison between th nresent effective nrohlbltlnn of the trans mission of lottery tleketa throush the malls, or bv express or freight, with proposed leg islation prohinmng tne transportation or trust -produced merchandise, appears to m to hsve been IM-consldered. It oiieht not o be necessary to cite to an Intelligent audi ence th fact 'hat a lottery ticket shows on It fsce what it Is. while H remil'es evi dence to show thst a ean of meat or a ho of cigars or a barrel of nil was produced by a monopoly. Management of Railroads. The returned champion of a new civili sation then revert to railroad abuses, and recommends that all trunk lines he ac quired and managed by public officials, and local lines by the several states. "In those states where the peopl are rip for th chang." he snys. "the local lines can b purchased or new line built at one." He frankly admit that th American people mav not be ready for government owner ship of trunk lines nd state ownership of cxl lines, but ne tninx coin necessary and inevitable. He is not sure that a ma jority of his own party yet favors such a revolutionary messur. and he thus holds out to his political associates th hope that be may coneont that th platform on which he I so soon to make his third campaign gtejl La. '"V",,i f J24 4t not Intimate, however, that he will con sent to be himself silent on the snhiect after the convention adjourns and certsinly not curing his term or omce, ir ne snouia be elected. Having received popular, en dorsement at the polls, evea though his known views were suppressed as much as possible, he sees the possibility of so teacning tne people from nu tnus en Isrged forum during his first term thst he csn win a second term on the main Issue. several prominent political associates of Mr. Bryan have expressed regret st whst they call the premature announcement of th Issue. Instead of courageously attack ing what many of them admit Is a most vicious heresy, un-American snd utterly Incompatible with constitutional represen tative government, they content them, selves with mild regrets that the on man who for ten years has been able to dictate the paramount Issue of his party and Its platform should anticipate the party trend by this early pronouncement. They say the party Is not yet resdy. Not yet? When will It be? Mr. Bryan does not seem to me to be far in sdvance of his party. The platform adopted at the democratic state convention In New York In 1W4 declared In favor of government ownership snd operation ot anthracite coal mines. The whole question may as well be fought out now as at a later date when perchance financial depression snd widespread suf fering may distract the public mind and prevent the expression of deliberate Judg ment on the subject. "To be forewarned is to be forearmed." That the Issue must soon be met everyone who hss studied the evolution of political sentiment within the democratic party ha for several years recognited. For one 1 accept the challenge. Dancer' Very Remote. In his seal to criticise recent legislation Colonel Bryan point out a possible danger applicable, honever, to the new order of tilings which he recommends quite as much as to the rate bill against wnlch he di rects It. "If an appointive board has the power," he says, "to nx rates snd can by the exer cise of that power Increase or Decrease by hundreds of millions of dollars the annual revenues of the railroads, will not the rsll rosds feel that they have a large pecuniary Interest In the election of a president friendly to the railroads?" If ha were wholly frank, ha might hsve said, and with great force, "If an appointive board, re movable by the executive, can fix rstes. and by the exercise of that power Increase or decrease by hundreds of million of dol lars the revenues of t:ie railroads, and csn slso Increase or decrease, to the limit of Judicial forbearance, the rstes to be paid by each and every community between the seas msy not the executive who Is both ambitious and unscrupulous, by the ex ercise of that Imperialistic power, per petuate himself In office to the day of his death, and then In effect bequeatn to whom he will?'' Possibly It wss In part to pre vent a contingency like this, when, per t ha nee. some man of the type I have described, shall be elected president, a somewhst liberal court review was provided for In the rat bill. Unless Colonel Bryan' fears that some chief executive may abuse the discretion lodged with him under the rate hill are groundless, then whst might we not fear should the nearly ten thousand officials and nearly a million operatives of trunk lines of road be made subject to executive appointment or placed umier civil service, subject to executive removal for captious cause, or retention regardless cf Inef ficiency? Nor is this the sole objection. Not long sgo the directors of a trunk line of rail road held their annual meeting. It finished Its business at a single session, but before it adjourned. It had appropriated I10.000.0ofl for extending Its lines. Increasing its rolling stork, and bettering Its tracks and terminal facilities. How long would it take congress to appropriate HO.on0.nno for a single road touching only six state when every state from Mslne to Oreon and from Montana to the Qulf was asking equal ap propriations for the Improvement of their facilities. Inflnene of Local Interests. Say alt wa please against the Influence of local Interests, hut the fact remains that no appropriation for the Improvement of rivers and harbors, however Imperative, can be passed that does not widely scat ter Its bounty so ss to Include a few non- navigable streams and some other unneces sary Improvements. No public building bill can be parsed for the erection of a custom house, public store or postoffice, though Its construction will save the government In rent an amount In excess of the Interest on the cost, thst doe not also provide for a few postofflces In democratic and re publican districts alike, where the cost of maintenance after erection exceeds 'ie rental now paid for adequate quarters. and where th erection of a public building is an aDsoiute waste or money. River and harbor bills snd public building bills ar nonpartisan measure. The opposition says much In platform snd more from .the stump in favor oi pmnomv, qui wnen it comes to appropriation there 1 remarkable non partisan unanimity of opinion from every district likely to b rewarded. Knowing I do that publlo revenues come very largely from the wealthy and well-to-do. and that expenditures for rivers and har bors and -public vbulldlngs go almost en tirely to labor, I do not wish this to be understood as the registration of an ob jection to the policy of internal Improve ments, i admit tnem to be against the teachings of Jefferson, and In the fsce of the early teachings of the democratic party. But on the policy of centralisation aa well as on most other Question the nartv of Jefferson ha wandered far. Tf th trunk lines of railroad were once placed under the direct supervision and control of congress, does any one suppose mai one line couia ne ami Me tracked and rock ballasted until facilities on everv other line were made equally good? Would one road like the New Tork Central be given four tracks snd cement and steel construction bridges while the Rock Inland, with more mlleacs and touching territory having more votes In the house and sev eral times a many votes In the senate. nas out a single track and crosses streams on bridges with wooden piers? Would It ne posnoi to nave an nouny train eervlc between New Tork and Philadelphia, and between Chicago and Milwaukee. with parlor cars and diner service, and have only two trains a day between the homes of several times ss many senators scat tered netween Seattle and St.- Paul? Would It be possible to have a through fast train pass any town without stopping, and espe cially the home town of a congressman or senator? Civil lervlce and Politics. There are over .OC0 bubllc servants, ex clusive of presidential appointees, under me airect supervision or tn denartment at the head of which I have th honor .to temporarily preside. They are a good, con scientious pulnsiaking body of men and wuiueii, aqa yet u wie i reasury aepartment were a prlvats enterprise every wblt as much work could be accomplished with' a reuuctlon of one-third in number and one fourth In the salary of those remaining. Tlii condition I not to be charged to civil service rules and regulations, ot which 1 most heartily approve, but to th inherent nuture of public service. Soma years sgo, whll walking through Lincoln bark, Chicago, I noticed a group of twenty-five or more mn pushing Iswn mowers. Stopping to msk some Inquiry of a policeman, I Innocently asked why th city did not use mowers drawn by horses. I shall long remember hi reply: "I guess you don't live In Chicago, do you? How long do you think the city administration would llv If it mowed th park with horses?" Th cornerstone of th city hall In Phila delphia wa laid July 4. 1874. but the build ing waa not completed until durlna the first year of th present century. The capltol at Aio&ny was uegun in tne si it lea, it was fsr enough advanced to be the scene of an Inaugural ball during the sevenths, and wss completed. all' save the tower, for which the foundation wss found Insufficient, in 18. In the meantime, the two great political parties alternated In control, and I am told In one or more Instances four generations performed work on th build Ing. The appropriation for the public building In Chicago was signed by Orover Cleveland, and about sixty days ago I made final settlement and signed th draft for th last payment, and wa then able to answer public criticism because the work hsd firngressed so slowly with record proof that t had been about as expeditiously built a most structures of Its character erected by the government. Harlem river, extending from the Hudson to th East river, eight miles In length. We Are Sole Agents lor the famous Orient Elastic Felt Mattress Here is the finest felt mattress ever produced, sanitary, vermin-proof, non-absorbent, will never mat or get lumpy and never needs making over. It is not stuffed, but is built up from loose, flaky sheets of finest cotton fibre and compressed to the right thickness, covered with ticking of v special quality, evenly tufted and. bound. Guaranteed equal K50 to any maiiress on uie "U y-i a rvf . "iii t e t 1 . wi Cw fl SEPTEMBER Thirty Days Free Trial and Money Refunded It Not Entirely Satisfactory s We will sell this mattress on the ex ceptional terms of $1 CaStl 223 $1 Per Month This is an opportunity for everyone to secure this 6plendid mattress. FylTyiE SALE 8 PTZ Im rrdftl Extension TaWos( Exactly like cut). Finished In the latest Quartered oak effect; large 42-lnch top. square pedes- ,11 CA tal base of a new. masslre de- Tl i UV slfcn; extend to six feet. Sep- II Hf larnhnr Pnrnltiirn Rnln nrlc. . . ." mnal Terms, 91.50 Cash, 50c Per Week. V sell rood oat of town en enay payment and pay freight BOO mil. Writ for ear special catalog-ue of Kitchen Cabinet, Btl Baa', Bolt Coal Msatarg and Baa Burn!. Chiffonier (Exactly like cut). Made of solid oak, has 6 roomy drawers and bevel plate mirrors; are neatly carved and the cabinet work is of the fin est quality. Sept. Furniture sale price .only Terms, ft. 00 Cash, Per Week. nvTemrerTTvr.re..mTttTtTT.llJlialllmi 75 50c .Tiger Urnssels Rnn 9x13 size,, of an excep tional 'good quality and every one a choice design. We have made a very low price during this great September Furniture Sale. Price. Terms, fl.SO Cash and 50c Per Week. W2 Carpets and Draperies Ingrain Carpets, extra good values and attractive designs. Septem- OO ber sale price, per yard . alC Brussels Carpet, of the very latest and stylish patterns, regular r7Zt $ 1 values, Sept Sale price. ... luC Art Reversible Rugs, size 9x7-6. large assortments in beautiful new O AO patterns. Sept. Sale price. ... mi. iJO Nottingham Lace Curtains, 2.50 val ves,' September Sale 4 Off Xsntstf N 8TOVKS AX1 RANGES Pole agent for th famous Oar land line. Also agents for Istat Oak Katr. Modal Oak Katrs, Star Batata Steel Bangna and many other standard line. Largest 8tov Department In the city. We csn vo you money, time and worry on your stove purchase. price Rope Portieres, for double doors, $2.25 values, September Bale OUR. EASY CREDIT TERMS $25 worth, $2.50 Cash, $2 per month $50 worth, $5.00 cash, $4 per month $75 worth, $7.50 cash, $6 per month $100 worth, $10 cash, $8 per month Larger Bills in Proportion. ifiiu a; fa 25 00 RNAM THE PEOPLE'S FURNITURE STREETS. OMAHA. AND CARPET CO. Est. 1887. Our Special steal Bangs s, mad of cold rolled steel, asbestos lined, du plex grates, nickel trimmed. During tnis Beptemoer ai we otrer a six- hole Special Steel Range, Including high warming closet. with large ic-incn -even, at the extremely low price oi Vantts, 99.80 Cash, 60o rr Wk. loni Ooral Bas Bnrnsrs (Exactly like cut). Mad of the very best of selected cast gray Iron, heavy nickeled trimmings, airtight magazine and guaranteed nre pot or good size, mi we consider It the best low priced fj tf b base burner on the market to- II M Is S V day and It will give perfect satis- tl Tjl faction. Ppeclal price during Sep- JUn I tember sale...- enns, 91.76 Cash, SOo Par Week. B. 8 ' Stove, guaranteed bakers, regul: values, September Sale price Terms, BOo Fsr Week. Blval Oak Ytrs, good size, 19.00 value, September Sal price 9.50 B 5.90 g wa dredged by the government to a depth of fifteen feet In seventeen year. Now note a few Instances of private en terprise. In 1904-the Pennsylvania railroad began the construction of twin tunnels ikrn.irh the mud beneath Hudson river. and four tunnels extending thence under mandment. I do not know that w ar In danger of making statute law the object of our Idolatry or of substituting penal codes for the plain teachings of morality, but I do know that In spite of legislation and In the face of penal codes abuse arise and crime are committed. They ar tha city of New York and beneath East discovered sometimes even in xne mw river to Jjong Island City. hT1 now nt the ! ervlce and sometimes In the management nil nf tarn veara feels confident that It fifteen miles of nineteen-foot waterproof tunnel will be completed and In use within th contract period of four years. John B. McDonald began work on the subway of New York In Mareb. 1900, and had nine mile with double track and stations In operation In four years and seven months. 1 - Government In Business. These Instances Illustrate the natural, the necessary and Inevitable differences be tween prlvste enterprise and government work, and might be multiplied definitely. I do not know that I can explain the reasons why these differences must and always exist better then to recite a very commonplace experience. I received a tele gram some days ago from the cashier of s little bank In which I am Interested. It resd: "I am offered forty-two nny an acre for your East Boyer land. What shall I do?" I -answered. "You know better than I. Do as you think beat." to mis ne re plied: "I think the land Is well sold." These telegrams were not even preserved. But If I hod been acting ior tne govern ment' I would have had the land advertised for sale: I would have sent a commission to examine and appraise It: I would have had not less than two subordinate officers of the department go through all the raper and ubmlt their recommendations; would then have rendered final decision, but I would have been careful to preserve a complete record of everything lee on rome unnappy any arier my rmrrninii, ot banks. Postmasters occasionally default. mall carriers now and then commit lar ceny, and some bank officials prove In efficient and others dishonest. This will always be so. Bo long as private business and publlo affair remain In the hands of men possessed of human propensities and weaknesses and subject to human frailties, aln and wickedness will manifest them selves. Meanwhile let us maintain a rep resentative form of government, encour age Individualism, keep the way open for men to embark In any and every legiti mate business, sanely and conservatively Improve the law we have, strengthening them wherever practicable and simplifying the machinery by which they are operated. It Is the appropriate function of the gov ernment to safeguard the Individual, and to see that the game of business Is fairly played, that the cards are held above the table, and that everybody is given a square deal. It Is not the appropriate func. tlon of the government to sit In th gam. POLICE RAID TOUGH JOINT Clean Ont Hovel Hun by Itulluns and Pnnlsh Operators, Men nd Women. The notice s-ot nusv FYidav and cleaned and perhaps sfter my demls, an inyestl- out on(J o( the moat notorious Joints In Bv an adverse congress, would mske in- town and Judge Cockrell assisted greatly qulry. and fslllng to find positive proot in police court Saturday morning. CURES COLDS .QUICKLY. Prevent LnGrlnp. This changeable weather 1 dangerous make It so easy to catch colds lead to La Orlpp and Pneumonia. Don't neglect a cold, nor matter how light It may b. When you feel on confrng on go to your druggist and get a bos of Bromo Lax and tak It according to direction. It will break up th cold ujckly, leaving no bad effect Ilk the qnlntu cold cures, because ther 1 no quinine or any of It Injurious compound In Bromo Lax. Your druggist, positively guarantees to return your money If Bromo Lax falls. Be su re you get th genuine Bromo Lax 8e that th word "Contain no Quinine," ar on each box, and alio see that the box I erang colored. Your druggist Mil Brorn Lag 4 tto tb bog, of honestv would make a report filled with suggestions of doubt and that would b quite enough to brand my name with shame. My subordinates take the same precaution and safeguard their reputation with an equal amount of red tapewhen ver thev sell an old horse or wornout piece of furniture.. For the last len years the railroads of the United States have paid on an average a fraction over I per cent In Interest and dividends on their capitalization. Igclud Ing their bonded Indebtedness. This would be about per cent on what It Is ett meted It would eort to rebuild th road. Oovernment bonds sufficient to cover the firesent purchasable value of the trunk Ines of road or to construct new ones could not be floated, tree of the burden of taxation even, for less than 4H per cent, and under government management Vhe roads could not pay 1 ner cent on the cost at present frela-ht and passemrer rates. i.e-t year the railroads of th country paid S54,oro 000 In state, county, township and municipal taxea. Since government property Is not subject to taxation of anv kind. I fsncy Colonel Bryan's scheme will develop some local opposition before the states surrender revenue averaging over 11,200,000 for each. Mall a an Illustration. ' It Is sometimes said in support of this proposed new civilization that the govern ment does transport Its mail and operate Its postofflces and its subtreasuries. I re ply that the government does not transport its mail. The mall Is carried under con tract, and wherever practicable contract ' are let after advertising for sealed pro posals. Astonishment is sometimes ex pressed at the cheapness with' which tho government carries and delivers Us mall, and yet I am credibly advised that any ex press company would gladly contract to render tne same service at a very sud stantlal reduction from what It now cost provided the government would continue to build posiofflces In all the Urge cities and in many of the small town and charge the cost thereof and the expanse of main tenance to other and independent appro priations a It doe at present. But It Is on thing to have government servants handle the money at subtreaaurie and pay It out as public administration re aulres. and auit a different thing for th government to operate bank, receive de posit, buy and sell exchange and loan money on Interest. Th government doe Inspect and exercise Jurisdiction over such banks as elect to one rate under federal charters. I would be glad to hnve th right and privilege extended for savlnss banks, trust companies. Insursnce com panies and trunk lines of railroad, and per haps other enterprises, to incorporate un der a national charter, thereby Inviting and submitting to federal supervision. Th government likewise supervises tha busi ness of all common carriers thst elect to cross state lines and thus engage In inter state commerce. It not only proposes to fix snd determine all freight rates when 1b road and the public cannot agree, hut 'also to so supervise the operation of these roads ss to prevent relates of every chsractcr whether they affect Individual or cooit. munltles. Legrlalatlon and Morality. Not every avenue of evil In this life ran b closed by legislation. Israel suffered seriously or baring worshiped a golden calf whll Moms waa rscelvlug divln coat- Mike and Q. Antokal have been running what they claim Is a legitimate lodging house at Twelfth and Dodge street but recently the pollcg hAve made from one to two arrests there every day. Mike Antokal Is an Italian and married an octo roon, and these two,"wlth O. Antokal, hav been operating the hotel. Mrs. Antokal and three Inmate of her house were arrested Friday afternoon on the charge of vagrancy and Mike and O. Antokal were arrested on the charge of keeping a disorderly house. They weer all convicted In court Saturday. Judge Cock rell sent Mrs. Antokal and her two friends to Jail for twenty days, while Mike and O. Antokal each drew a fin of $2S and cost. COMPLAINT FOR SELLING COKE i Dru scsrist Charge with Furnishing; Dlpsomnnlna with Por .' bidden Drag, - ' As the beginning of a cruaad agalnsf druggist who sell cocaine to drug fiend a complaint wa filed Saturday morning In county court against Martin Donusxo, a druggist at Twentieth and Pierce street, charging him with selling Arthur E. Mat toy 2S cents' worth of th drug. Manta Mattoy, mother of the young man, was the complaining witness. Bh Is said to hav followed her son to the drug store and watched (he sale. Mat toy Is a confirmed user of cocaine and an attempt I being mad to hav Mm ad Judged a dipsomaniac and sent to the asylum at Lincoln for treatment. The pen alty for the offense Is a fin of from $20 to $100. Other complaint ar threatened unleas drug dispenser conform to th law prohibiting tho sal of coealn except upon a prescription. WOMAN FOUND 'DEAD IN ROOM Victim of Drag? Hnblt, One Pros perous. Die Alan In Dingy Quarters. Mrs. Nettle Morty. Aged 49. wa found dead In her room at (IS Davenport streot, Saturday ' morning at 5:80, by William Hicks, a lodger In th house, who Im mediately notified the police. The room waa barely furnished, con taining only a cot and a piece of matting. Mrs. Morty waa found with her head rent ing on th matting, evidently having fallen from the cot. She had been sub ject to epilepsy for many year and was also addicted to th use of drug. It was the drug habit that caused her downfall, a sh wa one In better cir cumstances, her husband being at one time th owner of considerable property In this dry. When she acquired her fond ness for the drug her husband left her and moved to Sioux City, and ah has gradually drifted from bad to wors There I no uplclon of foul play sur rounding tha circumstances of her death. OMAHA. MAY YET GET EAGLES Ryder In Receipt of Letter from . Grand OCleer Objecting; Norfolk. -John J. Ryder, one of th bootef who went to Milwaukee In an endeavor to se cure the next grand aerie meeting ot Eaglo for Omaha, 1 In receipt of loiter from Orand Worthy President Krauso and Grand Worthy Trustca Bracken. Both cf these grand officers of the Eagle sjr they have learned ot strong objections o going to Norfolk next summer at the time of th Jamestown exposition. They inform' Mr. Ryder that th matter will be brought tip tor consideration at a meeting of th grand officer snd trustee In Louisville, Ky Monday. "I propose to see the officers cf th Commercial club Monday morning.' said Mr. Ryder, "and urge them lo lelgrph th grand officer that Omaha still stands ready to extend proper enltrtalnment to the grand aerie if It conclude t) dodg tha crowd at Jamestown and tak the con vention to a big city In a good location for fin weather." NAME THAT JARS THE COURT Prisoner's Cognomen Exhansts Amer ican nnd Italian Alphabet . and Tom Lee. A prisoner whose nam contain practi cally, all the letters of th American and Italian alphabet caused considerable hilar Ity in police court Saturday morning. When Tom Lea, city prosecutor by the grace of politics and Mayor Dahlmsn, attempted to call for the prisoner he coughed, stuttered, turned blu In the face and . mumbled omeining ton sounaea lux " Cisco." Of ficer Shield caught his cue from Mr. Les and called loudly for Mr. "San Francisco" to come befor th people' bar. This was too much . for Judge Cockrell, iwho continued th cam until Monday morning. Th prisoner gav hi nam as Mik Qtanlracuso snd 1 being held on th charge of disturbing th peace, pos sibly by having such a weird cognomen. GOLD MEDAL CHOCOLATES art made of the fintst material; they are fla vored with pure fruit juices, and are perfeO" Hon in the art of Choco late making. They'll actually melt in your mouth, and carry you away with their good ness. Parted in differ ent eitee-d i f f e rent prices. Ask your deal er for them. Buy "Baldvfs Xut , Korn Krisp" for the children. Pure and wholesome. Healthful and delicious. Put up in boxes that sell for Sc.. Balduff 1520 Farnam ' - V- Tl y Jt,ry , ij - Ok of the many beau- fix TV im- tiful boxes in wtych i - fX Ipfi Baldutf Geld JK yOTHIKOTOOOOD Medal Chocolates Ml?" to hold Vaiduff Gold iiwnrrtif