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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1906)
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REMITTANCKS. ltenill by draft, fvptrm or poi-ial eider pavabi to The Be Publishing enmpsny. (inly l!-cent atampa reeelved s payment of mall account. personal .Vi'k, except '.n Omaha or eastern erhnt. not accepted. THE BKE Pi;rtI,I3MIXl CUMPANV STATKMK.VT OP OiKCUt,ATfON. Pia:e of Nebraaka. roulna routily. s: :htlea ('. RoaewsUr. genarsl manager el T' a Pe Publishing eonr-sn.v. being duly a-voni, uri that the ae'ttat number of full ami complete copies of Th Lslly. Morning. V.venlng anil "vtnday Fte rrin!ej during tie month f September. l"1- if . w ? : 1 . . 2. . ...S4.3 ...30.30 ...31,080 . . .30.MQ .. .30,370 ...3A.T2 . . .30,4m ...30,4 ...3O.470 ...30.SS0 .. .30,340 . . ,30,430 ...Wk3M ...3009 . . .8,S69 Total .; Ls unsold copies.. Net total aalaa. . . Dally average ...... CHAJRLES C. ROSKWATSR, General Manager. Xulmrrfbed In ' tny "flreaenf e and ewortt to before ma thie I at day ef Octobar, 1. (SetJ.) i . .. t. B.MCNGATK. ... ' . . Notary Fub;ic WHEN OCT OF TOWS. nbaeribera leavlasj Hr taaa perarilr ahoa! The Be mailed ( tkaaa. Addreaa will h ehaaged as allea aa reqaeeted. Heglster today. He sure to register. No previous registration holds good tills year.. The democratic spellbinders should nil take their cue of their great leader iiliu luiiuuc -lucuinr i rrs iu tilts, eu ujvvl of ''dreams. ''" ' " ' I .The prospect is good that Governor i MaKoon will make unnecessary the 1 ni-oloirv of Prnairfent Palma for aaktn for American Jnterventlon. KaiHouli need not fear that Minister ,Gummore wants his head, bnt his nerve might come in handy when dealing with the sultan of Morocco:-' Senator Clark of .Montana verifies the reoort that he will not be a candi date for re-elottlon. A depressing In fluence will lie. immediately felt the market for voles in Montana. on I Democrats 'of the north and south hltould gt- togc-ther on the subject of i Prty principles or be willing-to.admlt that their present, ennrpaisn la put a scramble for, office, as heretofore. The Interstate Commerce conatuU sion may not be able to enforce its orders In ever case, but It seems Just hi effective us a. grand Jury In dis covering irregular business methods. Major Church Howe, now consul geneial at Montreal. Is. coming back to Nebraska to vole. A residence in Ne braska ia good thing to havewhen oiTWlal promotions are being passed around. - - Now that the supreme court of 1111 nola has .decided that Chit ago can atop lis street cara from being overcrowded gome means may he devised to make conductors call streets. Jo. language that stronger can understand.' i Reports from all pa its of tho United States- Indicate that' few people are permitting politic to . interfere with business and that those who make politics their sole business are having difficulty in finding employment. For the first time in recent history Douglas county has a sinking fund which is actually sinking something and working as a debt reducer. This is another result of - republican man agement of the county's finances. Life underwriters who want to keep their organization free from 'home office" influence may find tbetubelves In trouble for' reflecting upon their superiors, as life inaurance magnates are becoming Jealous of their reputa tions. v ' AlUiouah the discovery of Senator Hailey's secret relations with the "Oil triift" prevented him from replying to Colonel Bryan'o plea for government ownership, he seems to have found an u tlve ally in hia colleague, Senator Culberson. The constitutionality ot (he law gov Hining responsibility of railroads for speedy delivery of stock having been upheld, in the 'district court, railway managers may find it easier to Improve the service than to convince the su preme court. .10.S70 17 go.aeo U..., 30,710 j$( go. MS 2 30.850 21 3OJW0 J 31.140 21 ...30,410 U 30,710 ,0 j .34.M0 27... '...,.. .Nit 21 ...34,079 21.,-.. t.0 tt 30,000 .!t'...'..V...ta7,38 , , , , ; t.ooo Mf.143 gfl.jag " Tax the billboards out of existence" U the slogan that baa been raUsd at Milwaukee. With a big Jtilsuient for 4iuges by the collapse of a defective billboard luitiiug over Its head flnu.h.t I iu r: xnl portion o t.tke up til haitleri; aud rry U foinard. I A CUAf VT R (.rMMSf.'v. Tim editor of In Ree l In tecelpt of lefter, (Ulrlressed to him pctsnnally from one f the ardent chmplM'ti of. !the treacherous Williams preventing' tognt arguments why the nomination for railway rommlfaiofer. In considera tion of which he sold himself st the republican stste conTrgtlon, honld b rgRhed for tiho 1J the .Voter l the comlnt election. In sdditlon ' to tht game denial of the orer belmlnt; evi dence of his sell-out whi h the pon pcleneelens WUlIamg has himself nigde, 1 we are jiTen this final H'.ncher: ! Remember, TOU ara rot th IlKPtB j ),1CAN party of title great atata of Ni" I biaaka. Tou are only one, and a lnltfhty IMALIj ONE at that. Don't you know I that "everybody kno. i tnoi e than any jbody?" Do yu rolly thjtilt you are batter than the party? If you j-ally think you are, you had better "Xorget it" right away. In conclnaion let me'nay that I have been Intimately acquainted with Judge Williams for the part alx years ani I know him to ha an honorable grentlenian Hia word la as good aa hia bond.' In fact, hn ha roote honor and tuatlre In hln little fluifor than you have In the whole of your fwed-ott ' and hammered-down carcase. ; This certainly is a cllnchei. It Is the unsolicited testimony ot one -bou- orablo" gentleman to the high chsrsc , ter. of another "honorable" gentleman. It Is such a testimonial' ns any thief, crook or embezzler could readily pro duce. lfoe Hartley, by the assistance of the . same influences that originally notnicaled bim for state treasurer, should succeed in landing a place on the republican ticket to reinstate him in charge of the state's cash box, and The Bee refused' to support him, wo are sure we would Ve told that "every body knows more than anybody," and that "you" are not the' republican party of this great state of Nebraska." If the railroad cappers should have controlled the last state convention ab-. solutely and had nominated Jim lllli, for governor, and The Bee -should- re fuse ,. to join In the .movement to an nex the state house to the Burlington headquarters, the editor would prob ably be reminded that physically he is neither a giant nor an Apollo. If Benedict Arnold could be brought to life again and smuggled under the tent of a republican nomination, he would doubtless hsve the exuberant support of Williams and his admiring friend who has written to cs. In the face of this 'terrific arraign ment the editor of The Bee has the temerity to repeat that Williams has shown himself by bis dishonest con duct to be utterly untrustworthy and unfit for any position where he might I again sell himself for thirty pieces of silver or its equivalent, and'that every patriotic republican who has the honor n ' VI.' .1.1. m. 1. . .V...1J . .... I. ui -cu William, and put his crossm.rk after" 4Va k A rF ja fa 1-7 tat 1tM at II wa 4 u"u,,c wl i commissioner. AtroRstr gksehai. auor. : The unofficial corroboration of the report that it is the president's lntm. tioa to 'name Attorney General Mood a for the place on the' Supreme benc. vacated by the retirement of Justlca Drown does not come altogether as . surprise. 3jr. Moody's .character, in- tegrity and legal, attainments, abun- kdantly qualify him for uch prefer- ment.- .but hls ,thorough . sympathy i tvith the president nd .als consptcu- 0s" efficiency in prosecuting the great corporate trusts and trade conspiracies jn pursuance of " his chief's" policy would naturally commend him power fully for a place at this time in the court of last resort, notwithstanding the judicial circuit in which he resides. is already represented. ... It ia well known that Mr.' Moody has remained in the' cabinet at great pe- i cunlary sacrifice . the )ast two years or more, only from a sense-of public duty and at the president's earnest solicitation. As b JjS tatedl as not a wealthy man, the president "would the more appreciate his loyalty tn .thus putting aside the splendid professional opportunities which were open to him. It waa generally understood, and is no doubt the fact, that at the time of the announcement of Justice Brown's retirement from the supreme court Secretary Taft could take the vacancy, but he, too. had other im portant p-.bltc work in hand that seemed to demand ' bis attention. Either Moody or Taft is -anilnently fit and richly merits such promotion, and it is good fortune for the president and for the public to hare-two such men from whom to choose. . BtVSKlDGK FOR PRIM AS T KXtO RV. The unequivocal pronouncement by Senator Beverldge for direct primary nominations and elections of United Slates senator by popular vote, evi dently intended to force the matter a a practical Issue in Indiana, is the latest among multiplying marks ot in creasing demand to make government more responsive to the. people. Ae tstahce to change from . nominating conventions and electing stale lejf.s latnres has notoriously been greatest in the. old eastern and New England states, precisely where the power 'of Incorporated wealth has been strongest and most active In manipulating con ventions and legislatures to thwart the will of the people, whereas the south and the west have already gone far In primary legislation and re formed party practices which Indi rectly secure much of the effect of popular election of senators. Ohio and Illinois have followed in this di rection, although mare slowly and less effectually. It is presumable that there now exieta strong popular senti ment in Indiana also, to which Sena tor Beverldje's pronounced stand i!l t a powerful stimulant. The movement loi' universal direct primary nominations, Including United States senators, indeed distinctly fol lows the tentiiil line, of the trend of our political lifenamely, tbw I'opu- lrl;Atlon ,of our orernmepi. it. Is a, rsst sdvsbce In tre IrrecltlMe Maith of the forces which hare made our elections of president Tlrlsally popular, although under. constitutional form the reverse "of popular',' which lont? ago Introduced the lnnovstlon of conven tion nomination of senators as a means of partial relief, and which the last few yc-ars has compelled primary nom ination of senators in so many states with the Implied moral obligations on state legislatures to make such popular choice effective. The significant and emouraslng ! fact, of which the action of Senator Beveildge Is one of the evidences, is that the substitution of popular nomi nation and election methods for the anachronisms of the party convention and legislative choice of senators is 1 now being rapidly accepted as a vital issue in new quarters. , Nowhere is the reform ' losing ground. and wherever popular methods have boen tried public sentiment, Irrespective of partlssn distinctions receives power- ful Impetus for complete relI?atlon The legislature of every western and middle state that meets this winter will not be permitted to escape the strongest pressure of public demand for the direct primary system and all cognate reforms. nJILHOAU tax ivasios is ltLiyois. Members of the Illinois State Board of Equalization are reported to be greatly aurprtsed, as they may well be, at the charges just made before it of under-assonsment of railroad prop erty. It is alleged that an average of over (306,000,000 per annum has' es caped taxation in Illinois for a period of twenty years, without taking into account penalties for failure to report property at correct valuation for as sessment. Under the Illinois system stock and bond values are an essential element in determining the assessment, but it Is represented to the board that those values have been so manipulated and understated in the railroad reports to- the assessing authorities as to en able the roads to dodge taxation on this Immense agsregste ot. assessable property. Although Illinois is one of the states In which protracted and earnest ef fort has been made for correct listing of railroad property for taxation, the detailed and classified exhibits now produced before the state board make out a strong case that the hocus pocus of railroad experts with the intangible but essentia .elements, of the proper ties has succeeded there also in keep ing hundreds of millions of justly tax able value off the assessment foil and correspondingly burdening the mass of individual taxpayers. It is a startling-revelation for the tax-paying public in Illinois, and also for the railroads which, are cited to furnish the board with sworn state ments of the value of their stocks and bonds as a basis for a searching analy sis with a view of forcing a more juat assessment. Tt comes, too, at an. op portun time, for arousing sentiment for railroad tax reform in other states which have been far more negligent than Illinois, One ot the candidates on the demo- trttlc ticket has quoted theu Declara tion of Independence for authority for the principle of home rule, and an other democratic orator declares that God Himself gave .us that privilege. All of which ia doubtless true, with the slight modification that Omaha once enjoyed complete municipal home rule until the , democratic supreme court took It away from ns for political purposes only. The aale of a bathtub out ot the executive mansion is explained by Gov ernor Mickey with the assertion that the tub was not being used and had been stored in the garret for several years. The real question which may warrant a legislative Investigation Is, Which governor relegated the bathtub tdthe garret? Local democrats are trying to whis tle to keep up their courage by con juring up-apparltlons of feuds within the republican ranks. A The fact is that the republicans of Omaha and Doug las county were never freer from fac tional feuds, while the democrats are busy keeping their hands out ot each other's hair. Every one who has attended the Horse Show this year renders the ver dict that It is far superior to previous performances in that line In this city. This should, at least, be gratifying to the, local managers, who have put so mnch time and effort upon it, and should help toward financial success. When the indicted coal dealers come up for trial they win preeumably enter as a plea in bar of prosecution the O.- K. which County Attorney English and the editor, of Candidate Hitch cock's World-Herald put upon their constitution and bylaws before they j started out to Imitate a Coal trust. Cities may ia time be convinced that criminal negligence alone permits buildings erected for other purposes to be used as rooming houses without being fully prepared for that purpose. Tho catastrophe at Kansas City might be repeated Iu almost any town in the United States. If the governor of Chihuahua suc ceed in preventing trouble along the Mexican border he will prove himalf bigger than the entire government of the United Statea, but It Is hardly probable that he will destroy this source of free advertising for Mexicans governors. Ohio people aha commeut on the fact that a woman and her daughter traveled li am ColoraJo tu that S'.ale In a wagon snd were not nmlrptpd evidently have a mistaken Idea of th" wrsl. Had they b-en !no1ctt',d that fact would have boon worthy of comment. Merry olrm In . Rt. J.OUIK RepnMlr. It le -estimates that Anvrlrnus pe.:l t. "CO In Ktirr.pe every summer. That la almcet -enough-1; Justify the Klullr'n, In alnging "The Oood OH Slimmer Time." Hampering Kales. Minneapolis Journal. Several aotithtrn Jurlatn are wrtlng pamphlets to shew that the fifteenth amendment la what la the matter with lt. TVe ere alto tampered somewhat hy the ten commandments. Saurre ot Marti Trouble. Chicago Tteoord-Heta'd. The American Cankers' aaoclation couli not Bgree at ita recent convention on a plan for netting more money In emergfn ctes. That aeema to be the principal trouble with evetybody in this v;rld. Where Icaarance la Blla. St. Tu!n Republic. Mr. Sllveira, .the Oitan banker who left Havana with a million of bis firm's money, can't nndemtand why It should have failed. Thre Is no such word as full In the lexicon of a man who can get away with a million. Orcaelon for ttararlie, St. Louie Olobe-Democral. A combination of all the big packing coiii Phia l threatened, but the public will not be greatly surprised thereby unleae it Is the purpot-e of the benevolent butcher to go back to the old plan of giving awjy the liver.. Yeerilra Worry. Washington Feet. It la a little difficult to ur.deralaud why Wall afreet should b so worried about "money to move the-crops." while Kansas and Nebraska banks, m the heart of the grain district, are refusing- to accept -je-poflts, plendlng- that, they have, more money than they can use.' F.laajaieace of Kaforeeal Vlrlae. Fprlnerfleld Republican. : The effect of the railroad rebating prose cutions has been to so stiffen up the sg-etts overywbere that business'' men complain that there Is too great earnestness In hold ing them up In ways that are even un reasonable. It is to be eald, however, thst that kind of virtue hi eloquent. x .' Tfce Crack ( Doaa. tj . f . , Kansas City Times. Slowly, but very certainly the people a-re undermining the evils of. Standard 01!. The day may not be far distant when the whole malevolent system of special privileges and power to crush competition will topple and fall. The recent verdict of guilt in Flndlay, O., may not in ttsielf menare thts trust, but, coupled with the previous verdicts of the people of Kansas, Missouri, Texas and many other states, H has a sinister mean lug for the magnates who have difled the law. tem'ho the Liability law. Ba(le la the Cearts Aattclpated br the Government. Baltimore American. ' When congress, at it's last session, passed the employers' liability law it was under stood by tha lawmakers that they wore throwing down tha gauntlet to the rail roads and the latter' would not hesitate to take It tin. -The effect of the law la wide reaching In the caaVcif 'the 'transportation, companies bn aceotlM W their being such large employers of labor. The Invalidating of the act of congress bV the courts wo jU mean a sating In' ptaynwuf of damages of hundreds ef thousands, p dollars a year to them. Accordingly. Attorney Oenerr.l Moody, with the apriroval of the president, announces hia Intention of aeelclnv tha eon. sent of the supreme cburt to Intervene- fot trie purpose or upholding- the constitution ality and Interpretation of the law when It shall b brought Into the courts. This Is likely to be at an early dste, and tt seems to be the put-pose' of the railroads, some of which ere enid to be acting" in concurrence, to mn'te a light either In the courts of Kentucky or New Jersey. The stake Is of such proportions that the attention of the country 'will be attracted whan the battle begins. Aside from the bearins tha fight will have upon congress. Which is, of course, sponsor for the legis lation, the act touches a wide field of rail road and associated interests. Prior to the passage of the law the employer was not held liable for Injtirj done to hia' employe through the carelessness or negligence of a fellow employe under whose direction be might be workinr. The new law extends the liability of employ eta over the aots of their agents tn all such cases, thus In creasing the probability of law suits and damage claims, and also- making It expe dient for the railroads to Invest largely tn safety appliances and otherwise afford greater protection to th lives and peraons of their employes. r It has been charged that' tha rallroVs figure out a certain' amount for damage claims, and are governed by that estimate An expanding money for tha protection from Injury of their employes. But It 'Is not necessary to adopt thte view of corporation heart! esaneaa to see that -the effect of the new law In any case will make It greatly to the Interest of tb. railroads to provtda for a much larger ajinua.1. expenditure to safeguard their employes. Labor will be greatly Interested In the outcome of the contest that will engage the best legal talent of the railroads and the resources of the federal law department, tn connec tion with the law officers of the state in which the teat case is brought to trial. ri;RoAi, NOTES. The Tarialana already have their little Joke about eWrrlen'a Illness,- which compels bis retirement. Tfcey say it is not Sppendi citli, but Clttmencitis. An English paper gravely announces that Sir Kesri Singh, the niHharao of Sroht, lost his last aw tooth on July ! and had a diamond one put tn Its place." Jnms Hnsen Hyde, former vice pieaident of the Eouftabie, wha ia living tn Paris, baa arranared for a debate between Har vard and Tal in Wrench. He ha offered a cup to th team winning such a contest. An Algerian now In Baltimore cannot get hotel accommodations for more than him self and on of his three wives. Th faith ful husband Is thus placed in a trying po sition, for he Is afraid to pick th favorite. Prof. Tulchlro Honjo Is concluding tn New Toik a. tour of Inspection of the great school sryteme' of this country. He was sent here by Ms government of Formosa. When he goes home b Is to establish a gigantic educational Institution modeled after the American hlgii school. Senator Lodge la th Oua pnominout po litical loader tn Maacaxhuxetts who de cline to b llaled as a telephone subscriber. He considers K Important to hsv snr.i period of complete test whils away f-c-ni Washington, and. tn spile of th grotnbllrg of lesser political wotkei s, the senator has never succumbed to the hous 'phone. A proposition la honor tf John A. P.oeh- litjl' memory by the erection of K monu ment tn Trenton, ff. J. I taking a new turn ami the clt'zen may build a r.w echo.il ot Industrial uii and dedicate it In bis iiaiue. Mr. Roebhng waa ths builder j if t!,e Brooklyn and otiier susnensloii j brides and Ciu- cf tie- i-;rmot enfcln-e: in iii coauti iu t, 4 0. .. BUS OT Ti !IIIXCTO Mr'-, Mlaar Ar-eaes aad lacldeata Nitelched n Ike tet. The iPepartmept of Justice propose ti intervene in the supreme court In a case coming up from Pennsylvania Involving the validity of tho law requiring aafety ap ! pllanres on vnilrnad cars. A braVenian named Sherman, employed by the IVnii Mylvunla railroad, was ordered by his con ductor to couple shovel cr ejulppil with an 'ordinary draw-head to a caboose equipped with an outomatlu coupler. The brnkemsn was a big man. He had t) stoop am ay down In order to bold up tho drawhead and guide It to the small open ing In the automatic coupler. An engltiO ! was used to back the shovel cer down to the caboose. All during the operation the conductor wjs orde-lug SUman to Ueiu his head lower. He could not get it low enough, so In an hour they tarried the body of the pcor follow home. to his wife and two little children with the top of his hor.d crushed off. 11 was a violation of the safety appllanca act for the railroad company to use that shovel car equipped a8 It was with an old ooupler In Interstate commerce. Tet It had. having sent tho cor over to Fennnyl vaiilu from NeW Tork. , ' When tho case came into the courts' of rcnnsylvanla they all threw It out on the I ground of contributory negligence. It was ! negligence Tor Sleman to obey' the order ot the conductor. He should have refused. I The mere fact that he would not have had a Job should have made no difference. His wtfe and children tnight have gone hungry while lis was trying to get another Job there are so many railroads other than tha Pennsylvania. In the Keystone common wealthbut he would have saved his physi cal' bead. Po tho Pennsylvania courts threw him out and the highest court In the state approved what the inferior court had done. Officials of tha department con sider the Pennsylvania, law a reproach to civilization. President Roosevelt is said to ba looking over the list of department employes with a view to separating either husband or wife, where both are employed, from the government Py roll. Husband and wife may choosa 'which shall go. If uo agree ment Is reached one or the othes will be dismissed. The president will Interpose no objection to tha employment of women whose -husbands are living, but are not In the government service, nor will he at tempt to reg-ulate the number of members of any family who shall be given govern ment employment further than to tnake It impossible for both the husband and wife to remain upon the payrolls. If is esti mated that In Washington alone there are at least 100 cases where both husband and wife are In the government service. Iu some instances the marital relations are secret and the w ife appears upon the pay rolls under her maiden name. After lying at the bottom of the Potomac river for ten years, a rlns, .which had plighted fidelity at two weddings and which had been dropped Jrom the ateamer Samuel J. Penta by lira. Clement C. Illpkins of 6j3 M street northeast. wa recovered by Its owner. i , '.'' Tha ring' was highly prised by Mr. Hip- kins, as it bad been used at the. wedding of his flcst wife., and also at that of his second. Mrs. Hipkins waa overjoyed at Ita recovery, aa she had years ago given up all hopes of ever seeing it again. " Tha ring, which was of IS carst. and a woman's gold hunting case watch, were scooped up near Anacoatla by tha auction pipe of a dredging barge. - The valuables ware found by John Peyton of 51 Virginia avenue,- who on looking at a pile of dirt saw something. bright In tha heap. When be kicked ' the dirt aside he found tha watch and ring. One the inside of the ring was engrfived tije following:' "C. C. JI. to M. E. W..-Ja'n. !, Tl." 1 In speaking of the recovery of th ring Mrs. Hipkins said: "I had given up hopes of recovering the ring Jong aso. When my husband read about a ring being found which answered the description of th one T had lost I Immediately went to police headquarters lo ascertain If It were mine. There I was told It was in the posaeaalon of Mr. Peyton. When I went to his home I had no trouble in Identifying It and con vincing Mr. Peyton that It belonged to m. It waa lost tn years ago from my finger while I was on my way to Klver View aboard the steamer Samuel J. pent. . "When it dropped Into- tha wster T noti fied Captain Randall, who at t,hst time was In command of the vessel. He marked the spot and several professional divers made Ineffectual attempts to Recover th ring. The ting was highly prUed by Mr. Hipkins because of Its association. It waa used at his first wedding, .In 1STS, and also when he married me." ' '.'There la a wide difference 'of oprnion;" writes the Washington correspondent of the Boston Transcript, "between th au thorltks of the department of the Interior and tlioao of th Interstate Commerce com mission aa to- the importance of th evi dence secured by Intorstat Com ml salon er Prouty during Ha recent Investigation of the coal land situation along tha Union Pa cific. Th Interior depaxtn ent does not apparently consider that th developments Incident to th Prouty inquiry are of much Importance. Tho Interstat commission, on the other hand, regards them as of so muoh Importance that It has aent direct to th president a preliminary report by Com missioner Prouty aa to th condition he unearthed. The Interior department people are disposed to bellttl th irniflcanc of th Prouty, testimony. On official thcr declared -that al. Vie Union Pacific land affair were Investigated years ago by the officials of th geneial land office, and that they found none of tha evidence of fraud which Commissioner Prouty and Attorney Uarchand developed. "On the other band, according to Assist ant Commissioner of Public Land Pollock, the agent of tb land oRlce long ago hunted up the original en try men of these very coal lands, who mad affidavits that their entries wer mad In good faith, and not for th benefit or with th Intention of transferring them to any other person or corporation. And thos affidavits ara ap parently regarded by th general land offlc a final and conclusive; In faet. the whole Inveatigation by Commlasioner Prouty. and th evidence of corruption In connection with the coal lands wh,ch h brought to light, or plainly regarded by the publ'o land odlolsl as Impertinence That department long ago proved to Ita own satisfaction, and. by its own p-.ocesses, that thest lands war aecured by tha Union pacific and It subsidiary corpoiatlona, the Cnlon Pacific Coal cora.-wny and the Su perior Coal company, tn proper and legiti mate faahion; and It manifests amall iym pathy for an Investigation that now threatens to bring It conclusions into question. And besides tr.ls, It was ex plained at the general land office, these la nothing now to be gained by p-jrsulng ths matter, because these lands hav been pat ented mora than six years, and patents outstanding that long cannot b asaalled. Through th patriotic generosity , of T. J. CoollUge of Lioston a valuuhl addition r.a been inado to tb tilt House collection ef presiiKntlul china, conlxtlng of four pieces vt Jefferon war, wldch b'.or.gd to a blue and white dinner act which IVrsi dent Jefferson ordered lu France. 5tr. foolldpe has one r-f ti e mist valuniile ptl v:'t c'll v'-i'-ns ot vid thin iu U. I'nilt'l M ONLY the most painstaking and expert .work on prime skins can make a Tilr ncCe worthy of bein g stamped " Gordon y . ' Gordon Furs are pioneer furs, and have never lost he margin of superiority that was -theirs from the first. J,', . ( Itk your dtaUr GORDON ' Conquest m;tvspfei is THE MAILS. Laaklaar la Wraaa Oireeltaa fa Snare af FaatCa OeSclts. - Cleveland Leader. A congressional commission Is now con sldavlng a number ot reforms intended to do iwiy with the heavy annual deficit Id the I'ostofflc department. One Of them Involves eeeond class matter. In which th? newspapers are included. The department estlmatea that t!ie SJO.'aO tons of second class matter handled annually constitutes ti7 Per otit of, all the mall carried and yields only S'i.OfO,") revenue, wiiereas, to pay expenses. It should j-JeM t'si,0'',(. on this basis Is set up the claim that t;ie newspapers ate being carried at a loss. Tha newspapers . do not wish to ba treated as objects of charity .by the gov ernment, 'i'.iey ate able to pay a fair price lior all services done for them and willing to Uo so. Moreover, they arc In favor of pufttal reform. But the commission should look Into the facts carefully. In the first place the . bulk ot the ex pense of handling second class mail Is caused by the carrying of mafcsslnes, weekly periodicals and fictitious "news pupers" . issued for sdvertlslng snd other purposes than the publishing of news. The daily newspapers sre. not, extensively cir culated more than t) miles from the place of publication. . They ate put up In sacks and bundles acdressed to agenta and ara delivered at the trains. About all the Postofflce department does is to provide room In the mail cara for them and throw them off at tu proper stations. 'On the other hand, the magazines and periodicals and the fake pa pel a are each addressed separately . snd they go all over the country and even to the uttermost parts of the world. JCvefy piece must be handled as if it were a letter. The fact that the government la not carrying the newspapers st a. loss Is proved by tb fact that the express companies will take them for the same rates now paid, or lower. That the Postofftce- department is oper ated at a loss Is due largely to the officers of too government. Th department Itself sends by malt a great deal of material for Its own use which could ss well be for warded by slow freight. Then the frank ing privilege Is grossly abused. It Is even employed for the transportation of office deska and sofa. Tons of free seeds are also distributed by this means. , If the r.5"wenV.Moe letjV.tnftias Clfc tjl oJ reasonably expect to find th yearly bal ance on, th right aid. of tho aheat. r A. for the newspapers, thay will gladly pay their fair share of tha, postal expenses, whatever it may be. LOST PRESTIGE AT THE AIt: ' j - ' . ' l egal Prafeaslaa Held Resaoaalbl for ! Corporate Abase. Philadelphia Record. ' It 1 not Strang that the best legal talent In the land Is soucht by th trust and public sen-Ice corporations. The latter need the help of' th sharpest wit to de fend privileges many of which hav been wrongfully acquired or outrageously rnls- ised. ' Nor Is It strange that brllllnnt law yer should be attracted to' the service ot clients that can afford to remunerate them most lavishly. The taking ot an cath Cf abstinence and poverty Is not a condition precedent to admission to th bar. But tha effect of this gravitation of th foremost jurist to the practice of corporation law has undoubtedly been a lowering of the prestige of the profession In lis relation to public life. To1 the popular mind "corpora tion lawyer" has become a term of re proach. To charge a candidate for office with having held a brief for an industrial tru"rt or a transportation syndicate has be rom an effective form of criticism.' The criticism may be unfair, but the fact that a prejudice 'exist against persona thus criti cised cannot be gainsaid. Nor la this state of mind confined to the nonprofessional multitude. Th Bar Asso ciation of New Hampshire was recently told In an addross by a distinguished guest. who waa himself a prominent lawyer, that the profession had suffered "a real diminu tion Of Its hohj on the public atntlmer.t of tho American., people" In conseoueace of th relation of Its shining light with powerful and unscrupulous corporal clients. President Ttoosevelt, at Hartis burg th other day, spok rather more forcibly In the same strain when he re ferred to "those ingenious legal adviser of th holders of vast corporate wealth, who. In th performanc of what they re gard aa their duty. Invoke th law at one time for confounding the rivals of their Client, and at another ttine atrtve for the nullification of th law that their employers may be left free to work thejr unbridled Will n these ram rivals." a yvh-i jurists on th bench and at th bar shy 11 become Inspired by the conviction that a corporation 1 not a citizen nor a person, but a thing that, th creatur of th law is subordinate to its creator a lorg s'en Will hv hen taken toward rehabilitating th legal profession tn the confidence of the people. What is needed Is mora plain horse ena and lesa finesse in th legal forum. iWiCmmM INDIA AND ti matter what tea yua have If yon are drtnMng Trtby' you bave the IWt, tfa a ret Jiot, f.irn It ai trial. Von will be the gainer. McCO?vDJJIIADY CO., Vholejilt AgroU, Omttv ''-'Ma'aaassaaaasBaaaaaaaa- Gordon Fur Scarfs ' W'ora T,ith or without an outer coat, ih neck-piere snuggles up around" , your . ear (ips " and warm you all over. . ' .' - E very Gordon Scarf i a smartly deaigoed and as carefully made as the most tlafcwaU garment. The scarf shown here can .be. worn jfi th manner pictured, or as a four-ia-hand tie, and can be furnished in various sorts of furs, at prices ranging from $5 to $50. ! J v " - - ' - fer FURS f tt ocr Kins! i.nr.s. nallraad Sailatil. Kansas City Star. Tho evldenc so far secured 'l".tb n qulry into th grain Commission. buln amply sustain th assertion of on elevator operator that th method mployd ,by the tailroada to secure grain deliver hav been equivalent to the grant of rebate on other hiptnenta Whether prosecutions wlU follow nd whether they can ba upheld ,kn the rreent state of th law ara questions which do n'ot ffect the principle In issue. Enough hss been . developed In thl in vestigation to support, the concluMon t"mS by the rebate and other ccndl; That railway a should stick to tho railway. bu mus. Tit principle embodied ln;'-th. Klkina ameniTtnenta to th rate bill should bo car ried Into effect In every pusstbla applica tion. A common carrier ahould.-not In law Us permitted to own : oV operat ra1n .ele valors or col mine or oil well -or-other agencies In the production of commodltleo for shipment. Connection, ot that soft In evitably foater monopoly or favoritism and ruins healthful 'competition. ' .The railway business -aion Is vast and complex enough lo preeent 'trying- problems Of regulation. But tb 'government could control it on a qu).del basis if ' If should not b confused with other, -enterprises. To separate it from-the alien af faire and to prevent it from such kindred manipulations aa land grabs cotvstltuta , prime ascential in that policy .toward which th president is eaertlng his greatest ffort and in which th government shall coatr! the railway Instead of th railways con trolling th government.. I"'.' e . ..." .; . I.AIGHI1U iLlE. "There is a deef mute on our block w ha Is so disorderly that h is continually, being arrested." ...- ,..,.. . ' Probably hi Idea ta w ft a hearing. ' Baltimore American. , : . , . "Well,' Bout mugs didn't get th promotion1 he wag expecting." "I suppose he la. gTeatly" dissatisfied, h?" . "Oh, I don't know. H1 sot a genula gnevanco now," Washington Herald. . - "I' suppose' yen heard 'about 8korchr'a accident wltn his automobile yeaUerday? '. "Why, n(x What wa? It?" ''II took a "run 'of 1M) nills and dtdn'jt Mr a Mil! person.-" P)iKadelphfa-tdaer. ."Your ruling' said tha "attorney ."fo rth defense, ."is without pfecederif.' ' "Thafa all rlarht," rejplied th Justice, ef ' th peace, "I alw-aj a make my rutin's wtth- i out 'em, and I want you to understand that I never ti;e a cnaeer with- tuv whuiay neilher.'V-Chlcaga fUoccd-tlarald. , , Why did you take this Job? Th othr man offoied you $i0 to atart with, toj." "The other man offered tne -t(i wager ta atart with! this man offered 'me -10 -sal ty. "Philadelphia Prase." rtemember, th eye of tb public are upon you. es.- answered senator Sorghum, that' what worrlea me. A man 1 closely watched in these times that ha oan't get away wlta anything.' Washington Star. Einptihed Thev aay' thart nfh of brains live longer than otluua - - . - CvnitHW A ell. ttatra'a . no oeoadna- fat you to get melancholy about it. You tny ba one of the lucky exceptions Baltimore American. - ; Al'Tl'M 8CESES. : S. K.. Iir in the Record-Herald, . The brlndle cow la standing with br tail all full of burrs. A ad a r-nflve look la filling those 49, liquid eyes of her'a; ... Far away across the pasttir is.-th calf sh had In May; ., He has atubby horns and plenty of Slf- confident? today. ... . ; She has caused to sh e- him comfort, reok- tessly ha roams t will, . ... And looks fondly at a heifer grazing 'on a distant hill. The mild-eyed tt, goes -qiKPiog at the Peepiuc out among the ' briars; She has lost ner lino, a jest , , . . He has ceased to play . arousd - her", ah provttjus bis mesis no more,- j II I dsaf to all her bleating., though fee never was bef"re; . . : , . Ah, the vorld ia growing: older, an ..the year draws to It close , With a pathos like th sadneas that a lonely mother .knows. . rv. -. Tho old bay mare- go trudging W lh furrow uo the hpc; . " ' Ther Is nothing in it maflnef 7Plcating glee or 'hope. .... j y And the colt that atood on morning ss a stranger in her stall. Uallip gaylv through th meadow, think ing iot of hat. st.." 11; By the fence, h pnu. looking at th roacia which wliiaway. And peincps he thinks;' of Journey b will take out ther. smp .day. Through misty eyes Ihe , walclies a hr darling, wtlh a Jell, Starta away to achool forgetting all tha (alee rhe used to tell. All th tales or !j and falriaa that h whispered In un-jov And some girl ere long will flit through ll the fancies nf ; ftcr hoy! Ah, the world Is growing older and th year draw tiv its clbso With a pathos Vke: h. sadness that a lonely ir.othet knovs. CEYLON u-1 or re itaiiik. oti-wunt tStk B-at, Mm iaiiaiaaasTan'aaweJ