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Y THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 11KW. I The Omaha Daily Dee, f'OVKDED BY EDWARD ROHKWATER. VICTOR ROFEWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postnfnce a second ilass matter TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dnlly Bee (without Sunday), one year. .$4 .J Dally Bee and Hundar. one year V9 Sunday Bee. one year ! ?? iaturday Bee, one year i.nv DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Pnily Bee (Including Hunclay), per week..lfc Daily Bee (without Sunday), per week ..Wo Evening Boa (without Bunday), per week o Evening Bee (with Sunday I. per week..l'jp Address complaints of Irregularities In oe Jvery to City Circulating Department. OFKICE8. rimeha The Bee building. . fouth Omaha-City Hall building. 'ounctl Bluffs 10 Penrl atreet. f'hcago-l40 Inlfy building. .,,, New York 1 Home Life Ins. building. Washington 5)1 Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newg and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha H-e. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. , . , Remit by draft express or postal order p'yable to The Ue Publishing company. Only 2-cent nUmri received as payment or rnall account. Personal checka except , on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OT CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County. ss: Charles C. Rosewater, general manager tI The Bc6 Publishing romprtnv, being duly worn, say that the actual number of full nrt complete ciplra of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of October, 1. wai aa follow: 1 30,660 17 30.830 2 30.800 I 30,100 4 .30,730 S 30,760 31.760 7 30,306 I.... 30,670 30,690 10 30,730 II 30.930 11 30,930 It 31.390 ft 31.930 ;t 31,900 2 3050 21 30J?H0 24 30,830 ''. 31,370 2 .31.410 27 31,740 21 30,670 21 31,800 30 31.110 tl 31,110 661,350 11,033 30.730 31,050 . .. . .30J00 31.480 33,000 Total Less unsold copies. Net to? a: pales. Daily average C. 650,337 SO,6S '. R OS l WATER. General Manager. Subscribed In ny presence and aworn to before ma this lit day of November. 1M. (Seal.) M, B. KUNOATE, Notary Public. WIIE OCT OP TOWtf. subscribers leaving; the city tem porarily shoeld hare The Wee . nailed to thcaa. Address will be chaiftd aa often aa requested. Americana can prove an alibi. Tol uol alleges that Gorky la much over rated. Editorial experience does not seem to have satisfied Brother Metcalfe. He Is now about to print a book.. Chief Donahue's sore: linger did not seem to seriously interfere with his determination to put on the lid. Poultney Bigelow is fortunate . in having passed senatorial Inquisitors before the president reached the canal cone. The slight damage done by that bomb at St. Peter's exculpate! Russian dynamiters from complicity in the out rage. Attempts to organize a "conserva tive" party In Cuba may be more suc cessful when there Is more In Cuban affairs worth conserving. In bringing charge of murder against political refugees in the United States, the president of Mexico has given a valuable "tip" to the czar. A tornado at Memphis, coincident with a blizzard at 1 Paso, causes one to wonder If the weather man does not get mixed In his geography. ! Ralsoult's declaration to Moroccan notaries shows that he does not intend to Bee the time-honored bandit super- seded by the real estate boomer. Pittsburg haa . demonstrated that it baa lawbreakers not Id the list of mil lionaires, but shows that its population baa th usual . tendency, to emulate prominent persons. Walter Wcllmau may find the airship a better means of locomotion than the dog In, the polar regions, but he will never be able to make it take the place of a squaro meal. The loss of forty or more lives as the result of collision of ships oft' Seattle should cause a renewal of the activity in the, inspection service which fol lowed the Slocum disaster. Sine Italian anarchists have de clared a vendetta upon socialists, (he latter may have less difficulty in show ing the line of demarkatlon between these revolutionary forces. The Lincoln Independent Telephone comyany has just made an Increase In ita rates, the excuse being that the ad ditional money is needed to keep the system in first-class condition. That's all. When Commissioner Letipp'a discov ery that "there are Indians and In dians' is followed by a similar knowl edge that "there are Inspectors and In- spectors." there will be brighter hope mr vne reu man. , The fact that railways charge each other (0 cents a day for cars used by lines other than those owning them should have some bearing on the next demurrage case before the Interstate Commerce commission. Secretary Root's advice to Chicago to make the drainage canal navigable may call for explanation when he faces those fifty St. Louis Pi en still smarting from the atlug of the recent Mipreoie court decUlon. By executive order UsueJ mi the canal cone. President Roosevelt has eliminated the governor of the toue from active work on the canal, but tit the office la now vacant tha new order ibay Mttrsi with no protest. THE TRdfiSMISSlSfMTt liKS S. The meeting of the Transmlssissippl Commercial congress nt Konnns City this year bids fair to be of exceptional Interest. The. assured presence of so many eminent men, conspicuous among whom Is Ellhu Koot, secretary of state. Is a recognition of the importance of the gathering and will naturally con tribute much to Its educational Influ ence. There has been a remarkable growth of the sense of solidarity of Intercut throughout the vast region, an empire in Itself, from the gulf to the Canadian boundary and stretching westward to the Pacific coast. It is today the thea ter of most notable development within the' United States, and has already reached a point at which Its commer cial and political Interests can no longer-be either disregarded or subor dinated to those of any other section. The congress, Indeed, is not for the promotion of sectionalism in a narrow sense any more than of political parti sanship, but it may be expected to em phasize the growing disposition and ability of the west to take to Itself a Just share In shaping Its own and the common policy of the country. ' Most especially may such a represen tation be expected at this time to re flect the essential unity of western In terest on the vital questions that have been lately pushed to the front In pub lic attention, including equal rights in transportation and industry, and to that end the enforcement of laws adapted to the exigencies of the times. There are, too, many specific subjects like public lands, irrigation, navigable river improvements, etc., which have far-reaching significance throughout the Transmississlppi region, upon which the selected minds from so many important districts and fields of activ ity should In a free parliament throw much light. And It would be hardly possible for a man of the type of Sec retary Root to fail to bring a message that will throw into bold relief the broad aspects of the present oppor tunity and destiny of the west. COST OF HEABSTISM TO HKAKST- The expenditure of $256,370.22 which William Randolph Hearst ad mits under oath he made to promote his candidacy for the New York gov ernorship is utterly unprecedented, and In the case of any other than a self-advertising aspirant would excite as much public astonishment as con demnation. The public, however, had been prepared for such a showing by the obtrusive and innumerable evi dences of financial promotion which from the first have marked Hcarstism in politics. But it is pertinently pointed out that the quarter of a million, assuming that that sum correctly states all the ex penses which the law required to be Included in Hearst's showing as a can didate, must be very far below his total costs on account of this contest. The expenditure required, through a period of a year and a half, in building up his independent organization in every county of the state and in the elaborate ante-convention manipulations to con- , trol the democratic organization must have been enormous. Yet all this, as well as a vast amount of other costs, Is outside of and additional to those expenses, a statement of which Hearst had to make under the law. In a word, the conservative estimate is that Hearst's purse, bled for the Hearst candidacy at the very least to the tune of $500,000, demonstrating beyond a peradventure that the "yel- I low," at least when translated Into terms of practical politics, represents the real thing. The expenditure of $61,853 by Charles E. Hughes, or at the rate of only 8 cents for every 100 votes cast for him, as azainst the 30 cents out of Hearst's pocket for every vote he received, constitutes a pleasing and Instructive contrast, which is all the more Impressive because of the triumph of the former neverthe less over the latter as a demonstra tion of the futility of money in elec tions when the people are aroused. 77ft MlM.su stuck ( RaZK- Mining stock speculation has ex- panded to portentous proportions, which more than warrant the warning .tow sounded everywhere by prudent and experienced men. It U a startling fart that the volume of trading in speculative stocks, mainly mining shares, on the curb actually exceeds the amount of business transacted on the New York Stock exchange, and New York, although the chief is only one among many centers of such speculation whose transactions have become enormouu. In short, the symptoms are those of a mania which Is rapidly spreading and from which, unless checked In time, very grave consequences are inevitable. Abounding prosperity invariably in duces speculation which, after a cer tain stage of craze, runs rabidly to greater hazards. A period of unparal leled Industrial expanslou for six or , eignt voar ha, re8ul(ed in gremt Kaln8 represent'ng easy money, to hundreds of thousands, who thus schooled to ex pect an Indefinite upward tendency more thoughtlessly yield to the gllt terlug temptations of quick rl' hes than when their savings are mere labor iously and slowly gained. There haa been, too. Just enough of fttireess In coirjer. gold and stiver exploitation, through discovery of new ores or of now methods of treating old ores, to tlve direction to the rlsius pjpular ImfuiUe to speculation. It Is now largely the ignorant, the unthinking, the over eager and those who are In no position, even if they had the dis position, to discriminate between the comparatively few meritorious mining Investments and the myriad fakes. j frauds and dreams tt.at c;ni f no pos sibility 1'CsUll UlLti.ilaC tliau lu sOod and disaster. There are some rich lo- I more than a labor of love. After pecu lations In the new Cobalt mining dis- pie have been drilled In orthography trlct, but within two years and largely i as expounded by Webster and Worces withln a few months, stock flotations j ter and other spelling book authora It amounting to over $1,000. 000, 000 , will require more than the mere per- have been taken hy the public, and the capitalization of visions and fakes Is going on now more rapidly than ever. Identically the same process is In progress In Innumerable other dis tricts on a basis and at a rate which must infallibly cause collapse at no distant date The evil has reached the point where great numbers of people of small savings, who will be grievously hurt when the collapse comes, are being af fected by the craze and have already parted with an aggregate of tens of millions of dollars, not one cent of which will they ever see again. Worse still than that, the total amount of capital, all of which Is needed for legitimate productive Industry, looked up and diverted therefrom, threatens to become, so vast as to be a serious factor, even if It were not certain for the most part to be ultimately lost. When the gambling passion becomes epidemic the admonitions of conserva tism and prudence are usually unavail ing, for the sense of value Is Impaired, but mining ' speculation has now reached such an extreme that the peril ought to be self-evident. tTTUHK OF AK-SAH-BKS. The letter which President Wattles of the Ak-Sar-Ben Board of Governors addressed -to the business men of Omaha presents one phase of the sit uation which demands Berlous consid eration. No question exists as to the desirability of continuing the annual Ak-Sar-Ben festivities. This spectacle has proven so popular that Its discon tinuance at the present time would amount to little short of a local ca lamity. Its value as an advertisement for Omaha is beyond estimation. All who have been connected with Ak-Sar-Ben, even in the remotest degree, unite in a general expression that the show is worth to the city far more than it costs. But with Ak-Sar-Ben, as with any other undertaking, financial stability Is an absolute necessity. During the twelve years through which the Ak-Sar-Ben festival has continued it has been financed in a rather happy-go- lucky manner. The Board of Gov ernors has incurred indebtedness from season to season and trusted to the liberality of thi business niec for funds wherewUh to discharge liabili ties. On one or two occasions, at least, this trust haj not been realized and members of the board have been forced to assume personal responsibil ity for debts of the organization. This should not be so. Mr. Wattles has simply pointed out the difficulty under which the organization rests without suggesting a competent remedy. Ak-Sar-Ben ough: to be put. on a business basis without further delay. The responsible body of the organiza tion is the Board of Governors, mem bers of which at present give of their time and means for the conduce of tha business without compensation, and they should b assure! that they will be incurring no financial responsibility in addition to the cares of direction that now fall on them. No good rea son exist j why the organization can not be put on a basis which will re lieve the Board of Governors from Its present predicament. The employ- ment of a secretary or commissioner ; who would act as business manager the year round, would promote the ad justment of th affairs of Ak-Sar-Ben along lines that would Insure the per manency of the festival and the Cer tainty that all debts incurred would be discharged when due. It would also enable the Board of Governors to discharge Its responsibili ties in a more satisfactory and econom ical way and would keep business men of the city, who are so deeply inter ested in the festival, more closely in ' touch with its affairs. The necessity for some such arrangement Is too ap- parent to need argument. j Omaha's moral condition is very j well Indicated by the fact that In the ! congregation of 8,000 only twelve felt j the need of conversion. If this ratio holds g.iod throughout the city the J charge made by other traveling evangelists that Omaha Is 'the wick- edest city In the world" la more than confuted. It can easily be doubted that no other city of Omaha's popula tion could not exceed twelve un regen erate In a congregation of 8 000. The fatuity with which the Nebraska ! ln of passes added to paaaenger . re rallrnad. eP.o t, th Mu ih.i I cHpts. If. as has been testified by more clian fo 'he Idea people are not In earnest Is only I equalled by th;lr iceal lu their efforts to overthrow the popular will. Rail- road attorneys may accept the inevlt - , . able with whatever grace they will, but i tut-'y ihu ucptuu uu it mat tne taws enacted by the coming Nebraska legis lature will be framed for the people and not for the corporations. That must have beeu an Important menage the New England Democratic Prosresslve league had for Mr. Bryan, or niavlie the meusc nger really wanted to see some of the west. One real service Mr. Bryan has performed for the west haa been to Induce a u um ber of eastern people to visit this sec tion who might not otherwise have crossed the Allegheny mountains. Governor-elect Sheldon Is already redeeming the promise made for him that ha Is ironwood and not willow. The cabinet makers and office brokers have practically found their occupa tion gone before the determination of the governor tc bf his own executive. Chancellor Vndrews Is finding his the self-aip"!rtory task of prech'njj g"ipel of ' u-'udiUed apllo " a i little suaslve eloquence of an eminent edu cator to induce them to shake off the habit. The formation of a wireless tele graph trust loses some of Its prospec tive terror In the reflection that at least the right-of-way cannot be con trolled by this or any other similar organization. This Is about the only field Into which corporate capital can venture without the assurance that It can dominate. Some little public curiosity exists as to the tenor of the reply the Omaha Water board will make to the letters of the Omaha Water company offering to relieve the city's necessities by con structing a second big main from the pumping station to the city. The ap pearance of that reply has not been dated. If the decision of the United States supreme court on the subject of taxa tion of land held by Indians Is not based on some peculiar state law of Washington, Thurston county will find Itself with money to burn. The first wind of winter and the trial of the Indicted coal barons struck town together. There may be no spe cial significance In this fact, .but it certainly was a chilly day for all hands. opremacj- of the l,w, Baltimore American. In other words. United States attorney will attempt to show that the Standard must follow the flag, rather than the flag the Standard. When the Mta-My Dollar Failed Wall Street Journal. Hughes' election cost him I1W.65. Hearst's defeat cost him $36,370.21. Victory does not always go to the man with the Mggost pile of money. The contrast Is Inspiring. Modesty of the OH Klag, Minneapolis Journal. John D. Rockefeller points to the eatlmate of the total wealth of the I'nlted States. $loS.ano,(tf.nof. a proof that he has been very moderate In asking for only one of them. I.eanlag on the Publle. Milwaukee Sentlne.l. The Pullman directors were so busy cut Ing up that r5,i0.0o0 surplus that they for go to raise the pay of the porters, so the public will keep right on contributing to their salaries. Pas It I p. Chicago Record-Herald. Would the Standard Oil company be willing to make concessions If It were In the right, and could It have been In the wrong all this time with Its pious officials unaware of the fact? Perfection of Pride. Chicago Record-Herald. Wouldn't It be fine If you were actually as great a man as the fallow who Is trav eling from Chicago' to Omaha Imagines the natives think him to be when he struts on the platform while the engine Is taking water at Boone, la. 7 Salted Mines oa Msrke:. San Francisco Chronicle. Judge Him of Sacramento has sentenced a man to ten years' Imprisonment fo.' salt ing a mine and deceiving a purchaser. The punishment Is fully deserved, but If all the men who put up Jobs on buyers of mines were treated In like manner there would b: no room for the convicted In our state's prisons. 1'nlqae Defense of Utah Prices. Kansas City Star. In defense of the rates charged by the Pullman compuny the stock argument la that the privacy and comfort which the Pullman cars grant would be all forfeited If thev were brought within the means ! and the reach of the hoi pollol. There Is i sufficient logic in this to appeal strongly to persons who desire to keep aloof from the so-called "common herd." But, admit ting that there is something In this plan, that does not compel the company to dodge Its taxes and to thus add to the bloated surplus which arises continually to shame and plague Its sensitive directors. Remedy for Postorllee Deflella. Ban Francisco Chronicle. There Is an astonishing number of sug gestions made by the postal authorities to reduce the annual deficit of the department, and they are all along the lint of dimin ishing the efficiency of the service. Not one that we have seen proposes to get at the difficulty In the right way, and that I by curtailing extravagant expenditures for transportation. The reason Is obvious senators and congressmen who owe their nominations and elections to railroads are not likely to adopt a course calculated to diminish their revenues, and the postal au ( notifies take their cue from congress. HKDKTIOV II FREIGHT RATE. Most Come, Peaceably If Possibly, Forcibly If Necessary. Philadelphia Press. The railroads of the country have gained at all points In the last year. The aboll- than one railroad president, free rides were a tenth OI tne wnoie. tne aaaiuon to ps senger enrntngs througl. payment on free rtd. PU:' from , to $a.ooo,oja ! PrtlKhtf7 ha? ,n"ke TTt I by the abolition of rebates Down to last snrtn. the b)r ,hiDiers wera getting re- bntrs. Few of the big shippers paid big rtt-s. The flat rate Is now the rule. What tbe gain Is in rwvenue no one knows. It 's heavy. For ti e current year the railroads of tho fountry have, to tho end of September taking published reports on over htilf), taken !n about $3fW.nMKW more than in 196. and 16 was the best year the rail- roads lave ever had. On this great lno:taM In receipts divi drnds hive been raWed. wngea hsve been lnc:eus'-l iind a vast um expended on im provements and equipment. These are all well; but tha public ,1 shippers should also have recognition The standard paaaengfr rate Is dropping east of Chicago from J cents a mile to 2 cents. This gives the public of passengers part of Its fair share. The public uf freighters should have Its sin. re by a reduction In freight re.tes. The railroads should do this without waiting Whin rebates took off the rraum from freight receipts the railroads could not re duce. Powerful shippers made the reduc tion for themselves and drove the sinnll rli:pwr out of business ThlB is now over. A general reduction In frelKht rt-s Is demanded and a genera' red jetiun snould b considered. If It not Tl bv tle rnllroads the Interstate '.'.!".. iiv'tc v jntmiloii should acU ARMV fiOSaiP I WJtrHIIOTOI. nrrent Events flleaaed fraas tha Army aad 5sry Register. The Wsr department haa deWded to abandon Fbrt WashaJtle Wyo,. as soon a It is possible to withdraw from that sta tion the garrison now on duty there. This consists of Troops K and F of the Tenth cavalry. The recommendation has he n mnde In favor of the early abandonment of the post, which Is In such a state of archi tectural decay as to be shortly uninhabita ble and requiring to be practically rebuilt, If It be not abandoned. Tha former project Is reg-arded as out of the question. In view of lack of military Importance of the poet, and Its earliest polble abandonment Is considered ths only reasonable action to take. The cause of delay Is due to the belief that the presence of the troops Is necessary In connection with the appor tionment of lands In the neighborhood of the po.t. Armv officers who have to do with the uniform have observed with much Interest the comments from abroad on the subject of the khaki uniform, which Is reported as "not holding Its own." This Is some what indefinite, because those entitled to be classed among the experts on the sub ject have never been quite certain whether the word "khaki" applies to color, quality or kind. In this country "khaki" Is com monly accepted aa descriptive of tha cot ton fabric used for military purposes and dyed a certain sl.ade of brown. It la pretty well settled among authorities that this color will now be changed. In fact. In our own service the substitution of the olive green appears to bo pretty well fixed. This Is a color more pleasing to the eyo and Is looked upon aa less fugitive than the brown of the early khakl uniform. It Is likely there will be an Important change In the personnel of the quartermaji ter's department shortly. Brigadier Gen eral Charlrs F. Humphrey, quartermaster general of the army, has tinder considera tion a voluntary transfer to the retired list. He may flic this application shortly after his return from the present inspection trip of various military posts, which he Is making with the secretary of war and Brigadier General Bnrrv. It Is not known, of course, when tha transfer will take effect, but pr bablv earlv In the com I n ff year. If It were possible to do so under the law, General Humnhrcv would he re tired as a major general, a distinction and roward he haa fully earned by long and faithful service In the; quartermaster's de partment. Ho has been of great value In every position ha haa held In the corrs and has made an excellent quartermaster general. It Is possible that he will bo pre vailed upon to remain until his retirement by operation of law In September of 1908, but It Is understood that he Is desirous of being relieved of the arduous taeka de volving upon him. If the application for re tirement Is approved. General Humphrey will be succeeded by Major Carroll A. Pevol, cuiartermaater, recently detailed for duly as a member of the general staff and shortly due In Washington for duty In the office of the chief of staff. Major Devol would have a long period to serve, as he does not reach the retiring age until Apr'.' 17. 1923. Major C. A. Devol of the quartermaster's department, reported for duty on Thurs day In Washington aa a member of the general staff. Special interest attaches to the Incident for the reason that, sooner or later, probably by the first of the year. Major Devol will become quartermastei general of the army. His detail to that position nas oeeu assured by the presi dent, It Is understood, on the recommenda tion of Secretary Taft. A vacancy will bt created, as haa already been stated In these columns, by the voluntary retirement o! Brigadier General Charles F. Humphrey, who would. If the law permitted, be made upon his retirement a major general, which distinction and reward he haa fully earned hy long, faithful and valuable service In the army, and especially In the quarter master's department. The fact that Major Devol succeeds to the office of the quar termaster general makes It out of the ques tion for a number of eligible colonels and lieutenant colonels o become the head of that corps. Most of them are candidates with applications on nie In the War de parlment. ' It Is barely possible that some of these officers will ask to be retired and It Is understood that In one or two In stances the suggestion has come from Washington that such applications be made, with what effect, of course, remains i to be seen. i The quartermaster general of the army recently sent out a circular to thief quar termasters asking them to ascertain from officers, who are receiving allowances for quarters, the statements of prices paid In various departments for quarters occupied by officers on duty requiting them to rent or lease dwellings and also Information as to how the quarters which can be rented for the amount of tha commutation paid compare, according to the rank of officers. with those furnished to officers at military posts. The reports, as has already been stated In these columns. Indicate that the rent paid by officers under such circum stances Is two or thre times tha regular allowance. For Instance. In Denver, one officer pays 4fi per month for a room and another IfiO. In Chicago a flat can be ob tained for IC. while quarters equivalent to those at Fort Sheridan would cost SS. At Seattle one officer pays 140 per month for two rooms. At FJ Paso a five-room apartment costs $50 per month, whlla a house similar to that at an army oust would cost fi0 per month. At Oklahoma City an eight-room dwelling costs $71 per month. At Portland, Ore., on officer pays $.T8 per month for a room, while a house similar to the army quarters at Vancouver Barracks commands a rental of $1(j0. This Information has been tabulated by the quartermaster general and will be uwed by him In urging upon congress an Increase In tha allowances for quarters. WHY JAPANESE ARE I WRI.COMK. A California Protest Against Eastern Protest Agal Criticism. flan Francico Chronicle. The people of tha east have no right to attribute our desire to maintain our Amer lean civilisation to mre hatred. No men: ber of any race or nation la more sura of protection in this city, so far as official authority or tha desires of the decent eo pie can give It, than the Japanese wno are now here. We do not want them here In large numbers because wa And by ex perlence, as white men In Hawaii have i long since found, that we cannot maintain the American standard of comfort for th i masses of our p ople in the face of the competition of un Industrious race which has a lower standard of life. If t'iey come, white men who compete with them must live as they do. Wherever In America they go that will ba found true. There fore, we do not want them. But when here, j and while here, they are entitled not only to all the protection of tha law, but to respectful and decent treatment gen erally. And this they get. and anyone who says otherwise does It with the deliberate Intention of vllllfying our people In ordr to curry favor with an alien race which may buy eallli'oes of them. Real Test al Streagta. Baltimore American. After H.iirln.an haa finished with the task of consolidating the railroads of tha coun try he rr.:ght turn his attention to tha much Tote dlfT:i jl'. t"b 01' consolidating the demo cratic J'ii t. GORDON FURS ONLY the most painstaking and expert work on prime skins can make a Fur piece worthy of being stamped "Gordon." Gordon Furs are pioneer furs, and have never lost the margin of superiority that was theirs from the first. Jttk your dtaUr GORDON Conquest - DOOM OF II I'M A. CREED. Criminal Corporations aad Corrupt Officials Mast alt Baslness. Wall Street Journal. There are two features In our Industrial and political system which may as well get ready to quit business. Thry ore the cr'm Inal corporation and 'he corrupt official, t'nless the signs of the times are gross'y misread, the handwriting Is already on the wall. Indicating that their doom Is not distant. True, there will always be corporate offi cials who. according to the eternal fitness of things, should be In Jail, and there will be public offlclala who have no hlgaer snse of duty than to help themselves to every thing In sight, short of landing themselves In prison. But these are but Incidental tc the normal degree of Integrity which sn Intelligent popular Judgment is beginning to Insist on. aa a requisite for office, cor porate or public. There Is now going on a searching of records, a scrutiny Into careers which Is gradually shelving the man who cannot be. successful In business without being a criminal. The type must go, whether by self-ellmlnatlon, by force of Judicial pro cedure or by dint r? outraged public feeling. If the good will of one's fellow men la worth having, it must be gotten not hy gifts, nor by deception, but by playing fair with them. One cannot fleece the public by methods which popular sentiment re- gards aa Immoral and at the same time count on the respect and esteem of one's neighbors or fellow citizens. Thiajs not scolding anybody, mind you. It Is the Inevitable fate to which greed brings those who are driven along by Its passion. What though a man may prosper? The hot wrath of popular sentiment will wither his prosperity. If he reckons pros perity by tha good will of his fellow man. To live In an atmosphere of the hatred of one's neighbors la hell, and that Is what the wrong doers In the management of corpor ations In disregard of taw, of Justice and of common honesty must expect to get In allo pathic doses, as the natural reward of their methods. Fortunately for the country, the vast ma jority of our business men whether en gaged In corporations or otherwise, have nothing to fear from this "hot wrath," or It Is not directed against them. ' ' PERSONAL, SOTK9. Ben Sheldon, veteran county clerk of Lan der. Wyo., was defeated (or re-election by A big majority. He was opposed by young women, who resented his action In dis charging a girl employed In his office be cause she insisted on wearing a peek-a-boo waist. Mary Anderson de Navarro, who recently issued her memoirs, has sent a copy of the book to the Commercial club of Doulsville, Ky.. with the following note: "For the Commercial club of Louisville, with the beet wishes of Mary Anderson de NavBiTO, a loyal lever of Kentucky." rw.i tv, .. rv,n., r in m "'"" " w. is tne nrsi millionaire cer necieu to niw Missouri stnte senate. Although very rich, he la In all respects a plain Mlssourlan. He made his money In mining enterprises. Colonel Conner never owned a dress suit or a silk hat In his life, though he dresses well. Frederick William Wile, an American cor- respondent living In Berlin, who went abroad at the outbreak of tha Boer war, haa boe.n made correspondent-ln-chlef for Germany of the London Mall and the chain of other newspapers and periodicals con trolled by 'uord Northcllfte, formerly Al fred Harnu'worth. Mr. Wile Is St yaar old and wax born In L&porte, Ind. Among tho candidates recently elected In Missouri Is Rube Oglesby, who was chosen a member of the railroad commission. Yaara ago, whlla employed aa a brakeman, he was the victim of an accident which cost him a leg. He sued for damages, won in the lower courts and lost on appeal. Then he succeeded In being nominated for railroad commissioner, but waa defeated. This year he won a triumphant election and It Is taken for granted that so far as one railroad Is concerned Rube Oglesby Is loaded for bear. Mrs. Augustus Heaton of Washington some time ago changed from the Episco palian lo the Roman Catholic church and by way of celebrating the event decided to give a reception in honor of the bishop of her diocese, fihe decided, however, that her already famous drawing room was not suf ficiently resplendent to serve aa a place of reception for the bishop who was to come and congratulate her. There was yet time In which to make the room mors attractive Hafurc's Cure for j Constipation ' Ween troubled with constipation the day should be started with the juice uf a whole lemon In a glass of cold water without sugar. This, with tegular exercise and the eating of WHEAT FLAKE CELERY I will stimulate the liver Into extra action aad then the bile causes the bowels to move. Bile is the natural laxative tor the bowels and the lemon acid and the food stimulate liver action. ralatahle-Niitrltloae-Easy of Digestion and Beady to Cat IMMhoMHI. ri I art - - r All j.reere t. jj? Gordon Fur Scarfs Worn with or without an outer coat, ths neck-piece snugples up around your ear tips and warms you all over. Every Gordon Scarf is as smartly designed and as carefully made as the most elaborate garment. The scarf shown here can be worn in the manner pictured, or as a four-in-hand tie, and can be furnished in various sorts of furs, at prices ranging from $5 to $50. for FURS and Mrs. Heaton, with true artistic taste, had everything taken out of the room ex cept the old furniture and a few art ob jects. The walls before had been cover-d Willi tapestry, but that was not enough for a reception for the bishop. After mu h thought she finally decided on drab silk wsil covering. What with this and other ex tensive changes In the room without the purchase of furniture Mrs. Heaton got rid of $9,000. I.AM rOK THE btDLK. Vast arras uf Ooisramest Land In Varloaa States. Baltimore Sun. Despite I'r.cle Sam's prodigality in t lis matter of giving away public lands, there ara still millions of acres awaiting appor tionment and settlement. At the close of I9o5, for example, tho following tracts weia still held by the government: Alabama .... I'd.!", Montana ... Alaska 3ffi.flOR.975 Nebraska .. Arizona 47. ir.2.!K1 Nevada .... Arktnsns ... 2.1f.41 New Mem.., California ... 3J.1;,m7No. Dakota t ouirudo MiO,J-6 Oklahoma . Florida 1.121, 173 Oregon .... Idaho 33,4H.,.;w.,Ho. Dakota. Kansaa VI2.4FS I'tah Ixiulsisna ... St .'HO Washington Michigan ... a " 9 "'Isonsln . Minnesota .. 2,822.838 Wyoming .. Mississippi .. ..,.., Miswouri .... 1MUW9 Total ....817.527.15T In addition to this enormous area there j were 1)0,717.208 acres of public lands re- aerved from settlement for the time being by the government. Most of this territory will eventually be thrown open. MIKTHPIL RKMARK9. 'Politics, ' observed I'ncle Jerry tYebles 'Is a good deal like a game of foot ball. If you get any glory out of ll vou've got to get down in the dirt." Chicago Tribune Towne Tea, Galley l a vestryman of wj is n vnirymRH OT OUT tl He doesn't behave as If t i .ny church. .k i so; he behaves as If th 1 to him PhlladcluhiaaBS Browne Reallvl he belonged to an) towne That a church belonged tress. Biffs The eagle may be the bird of free dom, all right, but It Isn't nearly as useful as the hen. Jolts-Just the same. I'd rather be n eagle than be blamed evwy time a cheno guy In a quick lunch strikes a colrl .. j -Cleveland Plain Dealer. j "There I. a statesman,'" said the admlr- ilng citizen, "who is incanable the public.'' "Well." answered Senator Sorghum. "thi4 deoends more or less on how smart Iht public is." Washington Star. "Jinks, ion are worth $10,000,000." "What of that?" "You ought to stop money grubng now and go In for a career." "Whatil I go in for?" "You know beat." "All rlxht. I ll toss for It. Heads, mar riage with a chorus girl; tails, the senate Louisville Courier-Journal.' Nell She's exceedingly proper, isn't she'! Belle Oh. decidedly o. Thai girl wouldn't f w.?n., wedding trip without a chaperon -I'hlludelphla Record. I . r. tiewiigus w hy li It von alwHv , In when I am trying to say sonn- iinngr iou never seem to be willing to ii-n.r me imjk: Mrs. tiewiigus On the always htw with th greatest aMmt"n wh'n you talk In vrmr nin r'hinair A 1 I'M (IV. THE BIILDERH. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. All are architects of Fate, Working In these walls of Time; Borne with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless Is. or low; Bach thing In its place Is best; And what seems but Idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise. Time la with materixl tilled. Our todays and yesterdays Are the blocks with which wa build. Truly shape and fashion these; Leave no yswning gaps between; Think not, because no man sees, Buch tilings will remain unseen. In the older days of art. Builders wrought with greatest oar Bach minute and unseen part; For the Uods see everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen; Make the house, where Gods may Beautiful, entire and clean. Else our lives are Incomplete, 8tanding-in these walls of Tima, Broken t fairways where tha feet ' Htumlile us they seek to climb. Build today, then, strong and sura With a firm and ample base. And ascending and secure Shall tomorrow And lis place. Thus alone can we attain To those turrets where the eye Be' s tiie world us one vast plain. And one buundles reach of sky. dwell bay Oil rtta t w f r saastet; ar mo Is aiiaa mtoi ' s 1 if J v 1 ft. o if Y K.7;W.4iii N i 4.4M.9.- m 11..774 iy RSI 20. ISO. 2 J 9.93:. iu t 3S.M7.341 V 8,ifi5.5U x M.H9 irv 37.fc3.33l T