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Till: OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1JKMJ. Tim Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED RY LDWAUD ROSEWATF. R. VICTOR ROSEWATKR. KTMTOR. Fntcred at Oiunha postcrnce at sreoml daea matter TERMS OP SVnuCRIPTlON-. Dnily P.e (without Sunday), one year.. M. en Ixiilv Hee and Sunday, one yenr ft 0 Kurvifty Itc one yar I Saturday Rce, one yiw 1W wxiviniF.D nr carrier. Dully Prf (Including Sunday), per week..lSc Ihilv x iwlttamit Sunday), per wefk..Hc Kvenlng Pea (without Sunday), per week ac Kvenlnn; I lee (with Sunday), per week..lo Address complaints cf Irregularities lr de livery to City Circulating bepartment. OFFICE. Omnha The Et building. Kotith Omh City. Hull building. Council HliiffB-lH pearl street. Chicago lftw T'nlty building. New York ISO H.me Ufe Ins. building. Washington Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating" to new and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Pee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order paynble to The T?ee Publishing company, itnly 2-eent stamps received as payment of tnoll account. Personal checks. exempt on Omaha or eastern exchanais, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLlriHINp COMPANY. STATEMENT ' OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebrnsks, Douglas Countv. Charles C. Roeewater, general manager of The. Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that thn actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Kvan'na; and Sunday Hec printed during the mooth of September. !!, was a fol io 1 34,430 1 .t,BT0 17 .80.860 It 80,710 I ..-....... 80,860 It 30.600 SI 8060 II J1.140 30,410 (4 80.710 t 30,60 ..80,840 STga a3 MO tt 84,070 2. ......... 35.6G0 80.. 30,600 Z 30,360 ... 31.080 4 30, W0 1 30,370 30,730 7 30,480 30,040 80,470 1 30,880 11 30.340 It .....30,430 II 30,300 14 30,600 If 30,800 Total Lets untold copies., .837,360 . t,608 Net total sales.. ........ .M" Daily average 30.838 CHARLES C. Rome WATER, General Manager. Sulaicrlbed In my presence and eworn to before me thla 1st flay of October, l!. (Seal.) M. B. HVNGATE. Notary Public. .W11EI OIT OP TOWS. Subscribers learlne; the IT tent pornrily should have Tba Bee) mailed to thesa. Address will be hanaed aa often aa reqaested. Register Saturday, last chance. It will b your Ban Francisco evidently (wants to onvlnce the public that its earth quake was a blessing in disguise. Under the new rules, the careless hunter may beat the foot ball player In pUin.up scores in the obituary column. . - No 'prudent Omaha saloon keeper will fail to take out "holdup insur ance" while beset with the pitfalls of democratic prosecuting officers. As the "Cuban BltuaUpn assumes more and more the phase of a race problem, Americans are likely to be toss confident of an easy solution. . The Panama Canal commission wants ' $2 5,000,000 for work next i year, which naturally raises the ques tion of when the contractors are going to "get busy." With a snug surplus on current business the United States treasury ia a perfect reflection of Industrial con ditions which has produced the con sistent '"stand-patter." Now that Mrs. Baker O. Eddy has established the fact that she ia not ill the general public may hare an op portunity to discover ' the grave im portance of the matter. The democratic party must have some influence with the president after all. in view of the intimation that its action only might change his decision not to be a candidate for re-election. The decision of Texas to try alleged revolutionists before turning them over to Mexico probably means that President Dlat is not to secure them unless Tex an thinks they should be hung. '.' It Colonel Bryan thinks Candidate Porter has time to study the list of contributors to his campaign fund at this time,, the Kebraskan haa a mis taken idea of the strenuoslty of Iowa politic,?. Were -it not for the lone republican member of the city con noil the chances of the democratic members of that body ever redeeming any of their campaign pledges would, indeed, be mighty slim. Recent rate case hearings Indicate that one duty of railway subordinates Is to keep information away from heads of companies which might con vict them of guilty knowledge of In fractions of law. Officers of the law looking for "assets". of the defunct Montana bank will probably find the greater part in prospect holes which dot Montana's Mils. The mining fever is a great resolvent pf cash. Remember no previous registration holds good this year. Unless you are registered by the time the books close next Saturday night you will not be able to Vote either at the coming elec tion or it the subsequent primaries. For the first" time within recent years a political campaign seems to have been waged in this city almost up to the eve of election without any ibsne being made on the "immediate and compulsory" purchase of the water works. Can it be possible that our famous waterlogged' mariner has ttoa 1jUmJ ' " v 17T0 18 roCKKTIM THE MoXETl It Is to the credit' of the editors of democratic newspapers in Nebiaska that not many of them have responded to the invitation of Chairman Allen of the democratic state committee "to And space for an editorial'' written in railroad headquarters and glveu first appearance in the Blair Pilot, "or to frame up an editorial in your own language conveying the same idea," for the purpose of pulling rail road chestnuts out of the Are with reference to terminal taxation. A few democratic papers, however, have nibbled at the bait and opened their columns to the railroad propaganda. Four years ago, it will be remem bered, the railroad legislative manip ulators framed up their own argu ments to defend their evasion of city taxes and inserted them In the news papers as paid advertisements, in a word, the railroads have heretofore put up cold cash for the publication of the stuff which, with the help of Chairman Allen, they expect now to procure from the democratic edltori for nothing. The mere statement of this situa tion suggests the question, Who is getting the money which the rail roads formerly paid, and would be glad to pay now, for the editorial publicity they are asking? Did any one see a check accompanying Chair man Allen's circular to pay for the space? Or was the money paid into the democratic campaign fund? Or is it being held out by the railroad tax agents? Or are the railroad saving it for distribution to Harrlman and Hill and the other poor stock holders? Some one should enlighten the pub lic as to who is pocketing the money. the crop Morr.3txr. In final analysis it is of course the ultimate buyer's money that moves our crops. Although we commonly speak of the cash passed directly from the first buyer to the producer that is in fact only one link in a long chain of transactions and banking opera tions. The force that moves the crops from the farm to the shipping station Is really communicated from the for eign buyer, the transfer being con summated by a system of credits sim ple enough in principle, but elaborate and time-consuming In detail. Al though our western and southern crops have therefore been moving for weeks, the cash being paid on initial delivery, the vast portion taken abroad Is but beginning to reach its destination in large quantities, thus completing the circuit of financial and commercial exchange. Last week accordingly there was despatched trom export points 800,000 bales of cotton and about 3.000,000 bushels of wheat, the two staples have Ing a total value of over $40,000,000. The export amount has been steadily increasing for' a series tf weeka as tt will continue to increase fov. some time.. It is with precisely these ex ported farm staples that our enormous borrowing abroad, part of it currency to have on hand at the farm shipping station to pay the producer on deliv ery. Is cancelled. This short time borrowing abroad on discounted finance bills is admittedly enormous this year, the total at its highest point some weeks ago being reckoned well up -towards a half billion dollars. But the process of debt reduction is going forward at a rapid- rate. The period required to effect the balance will be more protracted this year than usual, ' both because the amount of the debt is higher and the quantity of products to be moved ' is greater. The maximum of capacity for trans port' from' the grain and cotton sec tions has already been nearly reached, but the reassuring fact is that It is great enough, with our prodigious crop stores, to return the. values on which the fabrle of our credit rests in spite of the strain for ready cash on the whole business world lq its state of ex traordinary activity and expansion. UK AT IXSFECTIOX RCL1XG8. The supplementary rulings of the Department of Agriculture extend and strengthen in important 'points the meat Inspection orders that' had been previously promulgated, particularly to reduce chances of evasion. It was early discovered that unless great cars were taken there might be serious abuse of the exception made by the law in favor of farmers who slaughter animals on the farm. There is, how ever unquestionable . legal warrant for the department's ruling that the right of the farmer to Nship the car casses of such animals without na tional inspection from one state to another or to a foreign destination is purely personal and to be strictly construed, so that it cannot be exer clsed by his assignee or by a jobber act ing as his agent. The Interstate market, while it Is thus considerably narrowed to the excepted farmer. Is also very effectually-protected against frauds and abuses under color of the exemption which might otherwise have been extensive. So also the department's decree re quiring absolute veracity in label statements of weight of meat and meat packages, whether net or groad, is a guarantee of great value to the public, although compliance will at first occasion considerable expense and trouble to packers and to the meat trade. As it does not go into effect till January 1, there is time for the packers to make the necessary changes and for the trade to adjust itself to them. On the other hand, the rulings for facilitating reshlpmenU, etc., show a liberal spirit on the part of the gov ernment which is disposed to be loni- ; tut and to iuipoae no bai tth ir- istrlctlons on packer, shippers, car riers or mert&aata, consistently with the fundamental purpote of the law to protect the public, and it becomes more apparent as the system for apply ing and enforcing the law is developed that It Is likely to secure that pur pose to the satisfaction of all legit imate interests. IX.ll.yB ITTf THE PLATFOHM. The following from II. B. Glover, who Is the republican homlnee for state senator In the Fifteenth sena torial district, puts him In line with the other legislative candidates who are squarely on the platform: FIFTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. COM STOCK, Neb., Oct. , l!m.-To the Editor of The Bee: Tours, with encloacd pledge, Junt received. I had wondered why I hot been frft out from your lift of candidates. 1 certainly stand on the repub lican platform. Otherwise, I should not hare been a candidate. Yours, etc.. It. B. GLOVER. It is but Justice to Mr. Glover to explain that he failed to receive the Bynopsis as early as the others owing to a mlHtake in his postoffice address. CAMPAldX tUXDS. There is good reason for believing that money has been a far less potent factor than usual in the pending cam paign. The testimony of party man agers and committees is unanimous that their funds have been exceed ingly slender in comparison with the average supply in recent years, and in many cases they complain grievously of the deprivation. The fact, however unpleasant from the managerial standpoint or from that of the horde of onhangers who have been accustomed to absorb so great a proportion of campaign funds, must be taken as a wholesome and reassuring condition, signifying the effect of even partial publicity and of the public demand for divorcement of politics from undue corporation in fluence. The big contributions of cor porations were not without expecta tion and often absolute certainty of corresponding benefits and privileges from the officers of the government at the expense of the mass of the peo ple. The cessation or domination of such corporation favors towards party organization may be reasonably taken as reflecting vanishing hope for "the goods" which used to' be delivered through legislation and administration. The committees, however, have not been exactly penniless, although the treasuries have been so far supplied only by the contributions of individual citizens and candidates. But the way has been prepared, by removing many of the reasons for concealment, for a general thorough showing of the sources and uses of campaign funds, even where it is not legally compul sory. It is significant that the de mand for such, a showing is already being made in many quarters through out the country in advance of the close of the campaign. This demand itself, emanating from, an improved public sentiment, promotes legitimacy of expenditure, and marks Important advance towards universal publicity. HOW TO GET THE DOUBLE SHIFT. Members of the Omaha fire depart ment are earnestly enlisted in a move ment to secure legislation providing for a double shift instead of the al most continuous hours now exacted. When the firemen were before the last legislature with their bill, it foun dered on the rocks of an inadequate fire fund to pay the additional cost which the double shift would entail. Then, as now, public sentiment was by no means opposed to relieving fire men from this onerous cojnditlon of their employment, but many of our large property owners and business men feared that to maintain the fire department in its present high state of efficiency under a double shift sys tem would Impose undue tax burdens which they were not ready to meet. In all probability the question at additional expense will again be the most formidable obstacle, but this ob stacle could and would be entirely re moved If Omaha could vindicate its right to collect taxes on the railroad property within , the city limits, the same as on other property. The tax ation of railway terminals for city purposes should bring into the city treasury approximately $200,000 a year and make it easily possible to in crease the fire fund $30,000 or $40, 000, with the immediate installation of the double shift, the purchase of new fire apparatus, and the, creation of several more fire fighting crews. South Omaha firemen would be helped along with Omaha firemen and would be brought within reach of the double shift as soon as the next tax levy came in. Terminal tax ation would make the double shift a certainty, but the only way to get terminal taxation is to elect a repub lican legislative ticket, which alone ia pledged to see it through. The democratic contingent is now appealing frantically ' to the populists to rally to the support of the railroad ticket bearing the democratic label. They did not think so much of their allies when the populists begged the one favor that Bergs be renominated tor governor in order to continue the real anti-corporation campaign which he had started two years ago. The democrata then contemptuously spurned the populists' demands, and not content with mere rejection of Berge sought to rub It in by nomina ting Shallenberger, an Alton B. Parker railroad democrat, full of blatant promibesbut devoid of performance. Nebraska populists know a thing or two and are not apt to allow them selves to be stuffed with sawdust when they axk for bread and meat. The complaint niada " by Colonel Bryan agaiuot the tariff which com pelled him to pay $174 import duties on his purchases in Japan will hardly strike a sympathetic chord among the common people who pay taxes on many articles they consume and see no resson why globe glrdlers who Invest abroad money earned at home should not slso pay taxes In reason able proportion. The import tax On Japanese bric-a-brac Is not bothering the Nebraska voter half as much as the tsxes which the railroads have been shirking and shifting onto the other taxpayers. Colonel Bryan has already mude one' speech In South Omaha In which he touched very lightly on the de mand for equitable taxation, but said pot a ward about the contract with the railroads made by his brother-in-law, Chairman Allen, to line up the democrats against terminal taxation and in favor of continued exemption of the railroads from city taxes. The people of Nebraska would like to hear from Colonel Bryan on this subject. It certainly takes nerve for a demo cratic organ to ask republican candi dates to, put something back in the face of Candidate Shallenberger's fail ure to answer the charge that after promising to accept no passes if elected to congress he rode down to Washington on free transportation and collected mileage from the gov ernment. Two bond propositions are up for ratification at the coming - election. One will enable the city to extend its sewerage system, and the other to enlarge its area of paved streets. Pa triotic devotion to the Greater Omaha should make both these bond proposi tions safe. ( rael Waate of Eneray. Cleveland Leader. The awful strain the democratic congres sional committee has put on the voters of the country shows astonishing- reckleaancaa. It haa sent out about S,000,mo pamphlet and 60,000 campaign text books. Reneraaa tv the Poor. Chicago News'. Speaker Cannon Is willing that his op ponent should amuse himself with the Idea that he has a chance of election. Undo Joe would be the turt one in the world to Interfere with a little harmless enjoyment. An IneonTenleat Reaeh. ' Baltimore American. Sometimes the many tentacles of an octo pus prove an Inconvenience. If they are al! tied up in a hard knot, the tangle Is an extraordinary one. John D. is probahly wondering whether something like this will happen to Standard OH. Rainbow Cbaalna-. Washington Herald. Mr. Bryan declares that Mr. Roosevelt has adopted all his policies, and now all that Is necessary to complete the presi dent's gretnej In a democratln honae. Mr. Bryan evidently hopes to so down In history as a near-president. If not-a presi dent. Par Food and Laws. Chicago News. They do things better In Europe In the way of furnishing pure food only until after on analysis has been made., In Aus tria, notwithstanding the strictest kind of taws, an investigating committee has found that one-fouffh of the specimens of food analyzed were- not fit to associate with people In polite society. LAWYERS ASD Ola Pl'BLIC LITE Intearlty of the Profeaaion a Valna ble Aaart. Justice D. J. Brewer in the Atlantic. Without stopping for statistics, which have been so often cotated, It Is enough to say that In the public life of his country the lawyer has been a conspicuous factor. The Judiciary, of course. Is altogether com posed of members of tho profession. In executive offices and legislative halls the law haa predominated and still predomi nates over every business and all other professions. Yet the public life of thla country has been of the highest character. Acting for the public, as the lawyers have done In these various fields of official labor, they have proved true to their employ ment, and t may sa&ly be said that the scandals which have sometimes been found In oOlclal life have seldom attached to them. How can this be accounted for ex cept upon the theory of a general personal Integrity? It la no sufficient explanation to say that although tba great mart' of he profession la corrupt, there are a few who are reliable, and they are the ones whom the public select for cfflclal life. The truth Is, their very prominence In public life, their fidelity to the trusts therein Imposed, lsevldenca which cannot be Ignored that the profeaslon has and maintains a charac ter for honesty and uprlghtnena which at tracts general confidence. Inspiration Is a lost art In the court room. Nowadays no tru'. lawyer advlsea, prepares documents or irtea a case without a careful preparation. Forsenlc oratory has passed away. No longor does the crowd gather in the country court house to listen to and be moved by the wit, pathoa and eloquence of the advocate as for hours or days he addresaea he Jury. The court room may be Oiled, but It Is largely with the ubiquitous reporters, many of whom are as destitute of tears as Sahara of water and a callous to emotion aa the mummied eleepera of Egypt. No longer Is It true that weeping meri and women with hand kerchiefs to their eyes are moved by the eloquence of counsel. Rather may it more truly be said that distant Texas and the far Pacific slope hang breathlessly on the reporter's Imagination and manufactured eloquence. Time Is a pressing factor. Facts rather than eloquence Is the de mand. The lawyer whose honesty Is proved has the confidence of the Judge and Jury. A story of Abraham Lincoln Is an Illustra tion: He was appointed to defend one charged with murder. The crime was a brutal one the evidence entirely circum stantial, the accused a stranger. Feeling waa high and against the friendless defendant. On the trial Llncon drew from the witnesses full statements of what they saw and knew. There waa no effort to confuse, no attempt to place before the Jury the facts other than they were. In the argument, afer railing attention to the fact that there was no direct teatlmony, Lincoln reviewed the circumstances, and after conceding that this and that seenitd te point to defendant's guilt, closed by say ing he had reflected much on the case, and while it seemed probable that defend ant was guilty, he waa not aura, and look ing the Jury straight In the face, said. "Are you?" The defendant waa acquitud and afterward the real criminal waa de tected and punished. How different would have been the conduct of many lawyers. Same would have striven to lead the Jude into technical errors, with a view tu an appeal to a higher court. Others would have become hoarse In, denunciation of wlt neswa. decrying thn lack of positive teU mony and the marvelous virtue of a reason able doubt. The s'.mple, straifc-htforwatd way of Lincoln, baikcd by conndente of IhS iwit hits or wAsiiiscTO liff. Minor Bernea and Intldenta Sketched on the Snot. The Itepartment of Aurlcultuie drew the dead line whm some scientific bureaucrat stiRiteated n tobacco equad. A poison squad, a whisky qud and severe! other expil mentnl squad for the benefit of science Could he tolerated, but a U'haecn squad to test the effect of home-grown clsars on the human system way a greater risk than thu department wiseacres cared to take. In stead they have devised a miioklnf, machine. It hns four mouthpieces. In each Of which a cigar Is Inserted. For ten secrnds the smoke In drawn In, and Is then puffed out. the process being repeated every half min ute. While the Inhaling" Is going on the way in which the filing and the wrapper burn are carefully noted, the ash Is exam ined and the odor of the burned tobacco rb served. The plant from which each of the Cigars Is made Is known, and the one that makes the best showing In the competition Is selected for planting. The test is prov ing an aid to the American tobacco Indus ry by teaching the farmers what kinds of tobacco to plant In order to receive the hlghent financial returns. , "Tbe sensational troubles 8iuvennt Kieh recently had with E. H. Harrimnn over con trol of the Illinois Cetitral railroad Is a re minder to well informed Wsshlngtonlana of the quiet but effective work done In the interests of the railroads by Mr. Fish and another able railroad man, when rate legis lation waa the exciting subject before con gress and the country last winter. The other gentleman referred to," says the Washington Herald, "is Samuel Spenr, president of the Southern Railroad com pany, who Is accounted by those who know hlra as probably the most intellectual man connected with American railroad admin istration. Meura. Spencer and Fish were the real representatives of the comb'ned railroad Interna at the capita! all through the fierce campaign for effective regulation which so suddenly was sprung on theee In terests by President Roosevelt. Mr. Spen cer's residence Is In Wash In art on. so thnt his presence here during that great fleht occasioned no special comment. Mr. F sh rented a handsome residence In the most fashionable part of the city, and occupied It constantly from the opening to the close of thn campaign. The residences of Messrs. Spencer and Fish were not far apart, and they had dally conferences on rate legisla tion. It was their finely trained minds that marked the course of the opposition to the president's proeram. although their work was done so quietly and with such consum mate skill that comparatively few members of either branch of congress were aware that these two master, railroad managers were mixing in the game." Washington shows signs of fall activity. Ths advance guard of winter's Influx has reached town. The streets are gay with carriages, although there Is little doing in a social way. The dropping in at 5 o'clock, with the lengthy gossip over the tea. table, has already berun, and every day brings an addition to the circle of those who have come to stay, for, unlike New York and ! Boston, there are no nearby suburbs to ! I Washington, so that week-end visits to the ' country. Unless a trip near New Tork is : ta.ken. are almost unknown. ! Sunday amusement are almost entlrelv t confined to the country clubs, which are always gay at luncheon time, but the great est interest, of course, waa in the United Hunt club meetlng-s, which brought the representative people from all over the country to unite at Bennlngs to witness the steeplechases and hurdling of this society organization. The hotels are crowded and the umial dinners and suppers are being given, there. Plans for further bcautlfvins the cltir of Washing-ton which were prepared by tne uurnham commission In 1901, are soon to see their first and most interest ing realisation. The . chief stumblinc block to these plans was offered by the Pennsylvania railroad station and trades situated on the south side of Pennsyl vania avenue, where they fatally marred tne splendid mall designed by Major L'Enfant. Finally with the co-operation of the railroad authorities the -brilliant solution waa evolved of tunneling directly under Capitol hill, between the capttjl Itself jid the congreasional library, so as to run the Pennsylvania tracks Into n big union station on the north of Capitol hill In which the Baltimore A Ohio trsckK should also find their terminus. Thla tun nel was begun nearly two years ago. At about the same time the first, steps were taken toward t.he construction of the great white union station, which the ar chitectural authorities predict is to be the most beautiful in the world. The tunnel haa been succesfully bored and a month ago the actual construction wont was finished. Since then the tracka In the separate tubes have been laid and ballasted. On Wednesday the first pas senger train passed through the tunnel. It is not yet open for regular traffic, but a special party of Inspection, Including the commissioners of the District of Co lumbia, the engineers of the work and others officially Interested, was made up for the occasion. The train was ruu through the tunnel and into the unfinished station. The work called forth the en thusiastic commendation of the commis sioners, but the Important suggestion was mads by Commissioner MacFarland that st the earliest possible moment all trains coming throug-h the tunnel ought to be operated by electricity Instead of ateam. Undoubtedly this will be done. Secretary Bonaparte, who ia soon to step over from the head of the Navy du partment to that of Justice, la generally recognised by the legal profession as a lawyer of profound learning and great analytical power, although be has never practiced much in courts. His office In Bal timore la regarded as one of the choice placea for young limbs of the law to atudy and begin their professional careers after they have secured diplomas from the eollegee. The reason assigned for Mr. Bonaparte not having engaged In the general practice ia that the management of his large estate haa taken all his time. Those who know him best and his Inti mates are very few say that he would rather be attorney general of the United States than president. Sasresaaer of Treaties. Philadelphia Record. We Lave a treaty stipulation with Japan whereby the rights of the most favored nation aa to residence and travel are guar anteed to Japaneae subjects living in the United States. The refusal of a San Fran Cisco school board to allow Japanese chil dren to attond the public schools In that city puts the treaty at defiance. An ap peal haa been made to the United States court to teslraln the school board from such exercise of its authority. No ques tlou of state rights ia involved, because a surrender of the right of the state to Im pair the obligation of treaties was made al the time the constitution waa adopted. Pa bile Land , Bnalnesa. 81. Louis Republic. In 19o4-e Uncle Sam sold 1, 131.17 acrus of land, or S.374.56a acres more than in ths previous year. For this domain there was obtained IT.MS.iJt, a gain of 1.T13. com pared with the sales In liKO-4. The puoplg at large and the .purchasers in particular profited by tbe conversion of thla waste x lan4 firms and gardens. Pure, Healthful, Dependable t v Known everywhere and guaranteed .V strictly cream of tartar baking powder; no; alum no ammonia no phosphatio acid Low-priced powders and those which ' do not give the cream of tartar guarantee are made from alum. Of what use to give 25 ounces of baking: pow der for 25 cents if 8 of those ounces are alum? STUDY THE LABEL PRRSOSAL XOTE9. Over In KngJand they think of getting mice after the women suffragists, regard less of the fact that our Mrs. Catt Is there. Continued warnings to look out for the auto heart are to be observed, but the pedestrian finds-his Interest centers still In looking out for the auto Itself. Pr. Viilari, Italian vlco consul in New Orleans, has heen making an Investigation am ing the Italians engaged in agricul tural work in Louisiana and will soon make a report. He says he finds tne Italians who work on farms- on shares better satisfied than those who nre paid by the dny. Bwlng Herbert, editor of a paper In Hiawatha, Kan., supports a brass band all by himself. This evidence of public pirit calls from a contemporary the venomous remark that "the bund has twenty-nve members, who play so well that some of the tunes can almost always be recog nised." W. - Morgan Shuetcr, the Washington lawyer, who has been appointed by the president a member, of the Philippine com mission, is Just past his twenty-ninth year. His appointment carries with It a salary of JlS.ooo a ,yr. Mr. Shuster was formerly a stenographer in one of the departments in Washington. T. C. Dawson. American minister to Santo Domingo, reached New York Friday last and will visit his home ' In Council Bluff. In 'speakinff 'of the-Island, MK Dawson said' that Santo Domingo is now enjoying in era of great prosperity, that Its crops are excellent and that its Im ports and exports have greatly Increased.- Henry Mitchell of Boston has been for forty years maker of the dies for the stamped envelopes issued by the govern ment, with a brief Intermission. At one time a chang'fl of administration resulted In his being relieved. But he waa not out long--only a few months for It was eoon discovered that nobody but Mitchell could properly make the dies needed by the gov ernment. - MK OF DI'TV WELL MARKED Deviation from the Proarasn ol President Rossevelt. ', Cleveland Leader. Whatever the result of the coming "elec tion President RooBevelt will not deviate from the program he haa laid out. The ad ministration Is confident the new congress will be republican and feels that there U good reason to hope for a complete repub lican victory. But In any event the piesl dent will go right ahead. He has some dl moult problems on his hands. There is Cuba. He would like con gress to keep ItB hands oft. there, and al low him to carry nut his plana for placing the island government os a safe basis.' But congr4s Is almost rertatn to Interfere. An annexation resolution is more than likely to be Introduced. The president will fljht that to the best of his ability. He wants Cuba' to have another chance at Self-government. " Another burden-Is the Panama canal. He has full swing here and the preliminary work la proceeding satisfactorily. But vex atious problems are continually arialng in connection with canal affairs and .the great undertaking is a constant caue of worry. The Philippines and Porto Rico are de manding larger privileges and the president is In sympathy with them. The Philippines want more freedom of trade with this coun try and the Porto Rlrans think they are en titled to full cltlsenshlp. Congress- will be asked to do something for them. Then the president has the Santo Domingo problem with him still. He is desirous that it be settled for good and all. Here, too, the talk of annexation is cropping cut. The president's domestic program proba bly embraces federal licensing of all cor porations engaged in interstate commerce and perhaps soma kind of a tax on Incomes. He fully realizes the importance of the pop ular unrest which Is showing Itself in the "Men of taste 'or irif mf to npiIE lines of our FALL SUITS and I OVERCOATS folUw generally the models tbat have been approved by Paria, London and Nw York. In the detaili of lapels and tbe lines of of the front we show sveral modification! of our own to ment individual require ments. ! , ' The methods of Our Own; Workshop insure Superior Construction and Finish. ' 115 to f35. . ' Browning, Suing S: Co K. . WILCOX. Manager 7 ' ' my a Hearst movement in New York.' the Mora movement In Massachusetts and tits inde pendent movement in Pennsylvania. He may have a remedy In mind, and. If so he will ask Congress to apply it.' :i ' s There Is no doubt that the 'president will treat all those subjects In hi usual vigorowa way In his next message to congress. If the unexpected comes to pass and the demo crats make enough gains to give them the control of the next cengress he will Seek to have as much accomplished by the pres entVongresg aa possible. If the republicans retain control, as seems certain, h will postpone the consideration of part of his program until the new congress meets, a year from next December. Whatever the course, he takes. Jt Is certain that he will have hl handa full. FLAIHKS OF FI V "Paw, when there's a big banquet' why do they always have epolicn chee.- to wind ii up with.'" - "because, my son, it makes vou forgot the earlier courses."--CiilcBB;o Tribune. Ascum I hear he actually made a. speeoa In tie, man to some of his constituent. And it was quite a success, too,' I'm told. Wl Well, yes, but -rt wasnt exactly a pronounced succtsa Pmladel4ila Press. "I met you in the street the other day.V she complained, ."and .-you. nodded, at me without raising your hat." ' "Pardon me. I'm b ct-mlng very absent minded lately. 1 must have thought you were my wne." Chicago .ttecuru-nerald. s Firsb' Typevrlt-ef Olr'Afe j-ott 'in old Gimble's othce now?." ' f --n,- Second Typewriter Glrlr-l'en, I . thought I'd try lffor a spell. First Typewritor Girl Then' you won't stay. He's a crunk on 'spelling. Cleveland Plain Dealer. -,(, "Pop!" ' "Yes. my sou." "What kind of wood do they una most ia tanning?" .......... "Wtil, when I went to school, my boy, they used birch."- Yonkers Statesman. "So you regard your election as a sure thing?" . - "Well," answered the candidate, who la something of a nnortinff man, "it's as good an meet sure things are until after the, race is actually run."- Washington Star. Girl (at public library)-What did that man want? New Girl He was Jusjt rubbering, X guess. He asked if we had any books on elastic currency. Chicago Tribune. , "Yes.", the new arrival was savins;. "I was a soap manufacturer lq tba other world." "Ah!" remarked bis Satanic Majesty, Tm sure I could make a big success of that bue'neps." "Really?" "Yes, Indeed. My greatest specialty, you know, Is to make black look whlte."k-Phlla-delphia Press. . : LAI GHALOT AXD MEHH1KACK. Chicago World-Herald. ' The Laughalot boy has coma laughing ta town, .... . : With a sweet little maiden they call Aierrytace; The clouds have all gone that were leaden and brown, ' There la merriment ringing all over the place - - All the cares .that are had are. forgotten somehow, - And this old world was never aa pleasant as now. The Laughalot boy has eyes that are bright And never a frown or a troubls has he: Oh, I think all bis dreams must be pleasant at night. As the dreams of a boy who Is happy should be. And he wakea in the morning so filled with new Joy That we earnestly b!ess the Laughalot boy. Pretty Miss Merryfaca Joyously staffs. And the heart-breaking troubles we had Fly over the housetops', as if they had wlna, To leave us contented and glad: ' From the curls on her head to her dear lit tle toes. She radiates gladness wherever shs goes. Oh. dear little, glad little Laughalot bog. May the gladness you land u today Re doubly repaid In contentment and oy When the hair on your temples la sray. And, sweet little Merryfaca, this la for you: May the lover you gladden be worthy and true. $tt the Fcuhioni." (tid Beau Brummd, frillov." t
