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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, lOOfi.
The Omaha Daily Dee
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STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, :
Charle C. Rosewster. general manager
of The Bee PublinBtn smpany. being
duly aworn, say that the actual number
of full and complete coi lea of The Dally,
Horning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of November, 194. was
aa follow:
It 83,740
a 31.M0
1 31860
4 30,600
6 31,070
6 3S.1SO
1 36,630
33.460
31.89.0
10 33,030
11 30,660
12 31,650
II 31,040
14 31,380
16 31,230
1 31.180
31
j 30,800
31,480
10........ 81,770
tl 31,400
22 31,180
J 31,300
24 31,680
25 30,460
St 31,400
27 31,850
28 31,480
2 31.660
SO 31,830
Total Bl."
f.ass unsold cODle 3,878
Net total sale 343,033
Dally average 81,401
CHARLES C. ROSE W ATE. t.
General Manager,
Pubacrlbed in my presence Jld "woli
before me toll lt day of ,ofc
(Seal.) "
Notary Public.
WIIE1 OIT OF TOWfC.
gnbscrlbers leavlns the city tem
porarily should have The Dee
.mailed to tbern. Address will be
banged ma often aa requested.
Wind seems to be more efficacious
than contractors in demolishing the
ruins ol San Francisco.
Massachusetts held municipal elec
tions yesterday. The votln-r habit
muBt bo becoming chronic In the old
bay state.
The associate ol Senator Bailey
should be careful how he questions the
"trust" views of any man approved by
President Roosevelt.
Senator Burrows' case against Sen
ator Smoot may be briefly summed up
aa a repetition of the fable of the
geese and the crane.
- Count Bonl de Castellan saya his
matrimonial troubles has not lost him
m friend, which must prove that he had
few before they began.
San Francisco should have had
Mfflclency of tempting fate, but it now
Droposcs a Worlds fair In 1913 re
gardless of the fatal year.
Now that the Chinese exclusion bill
Is to be reconsidered, Tsl An would be
Justified In pointing toward Toklo and
Insisting upon a square deal.
ILLIKOIS RAILROAD ASSKSSUKST'
The comprehensive and ardous effort
now In progress In Illinois to secure
asaeiutrueut of railroad on the same
basis as other properly has put on
record the existence of tax shirking
there like that against which the peo
ple In other western states are In re
volt. In spite of constitutional pro
visions and laws commanding equal
taxation, the transportation corpora
tions there, as elsewhere, have man
aged go to bring things about that they
contribute to the public burden at a
rate far below the average of the
mass of other property, a fact which
the numerous revisions and amend
ments of the revenue law has failed
to obliterate.
The showing of railroad tax shirking
now before the Illinois State Board of
Equalization embraces all the ear
marks so familiar in Nebraska. Be
tween the valuation on which the roads
are assessed and the valuation based
on their reports to the Interstate Com
merce commission there Is a difference
of f 160,000,000, which should be
taxed, but la not The roads. In short,
are valued for taxation at 155,000 a
mile, whereas they are capitalized at
$169,000 a mile, or three times as
much. And the percentage of Increase
in the railroad assessment the last ten
years is only one-third of the Increase
In other property during the same
time.
Every test that can be applied co
incides with these indications of glar
ing assessment inequity towards the
body of Illinois property owners. Yet
it is one of the tax adjustments which
as a precedent "has figured conspicu
ously all these years In railroad argu
ments against every proposition made
In Nebraska for equal taxation. The
whole case, however, fortunately
shows that the people of Illinois In
their own lnt.eresUe.re bestirring them
selves to correct the precedent, which
Is, Indeed, the only effective way In
which all the states, each for Itself,
can solve this stubborn problem.
to
to be abandoned and broken up alto
gether and the popular demand for
reform on vital corporation and trans
portation Issues denied for a decade
come should be given exclusive
ight-of-way In congress and para
mount place In public attention. It
Is In hand now during the few weeks
this session to confirm and
strengthen the notable results thereby
chleved, and the president has Just
Ignlfied his realization of this neces
sity by omitting In his message all
reference to the tariff.
So completely is the country, irre-
pectlve of party, In harmony with the
president's judgment and significant
ttltude on this subject, and so obvious
Is his wisdom, that the lid may be con
sidered already spiked down, so far as
a tariff outbreak at this session la con-
erned.
Since King Edward's experience
with horses at the Chicago Live Stock
show he Is In position to realise the
tenacity of purpose of Sir Thomas Lip-tun.
Proceedings in local courts recently
have added accumulated weight of evi
dence in support of the proposition
that letter writing is a dacgeroui
habit.
D&3IAKD FOR IRON AKD STEEL.
Adjustments and undertakings In the
basic Iron and steel industries cover
an extraordinary future period. While
practically the full capacity of the mills
has long been contracted for most of
the coming year, ordinarily the Bupply
of raw materials, Including pig Iron,
ia not engaged so early, the market be
ing depended upon to supply them as
required. But the trade reports record
sales of scores of thousands of tons
for delivery In the third and fourth
quarters of 1907, the first half of the
year being already provided for.
The facta can be explained only on
the basts of universal conviction in
the business world that the existing
industrial movement will continue in
full swing, at least through the com
ing year and into the next. Such
actual commitments are not otherwise
made. There la, in fact, no hesitation
in entering Into obligations for ma
terials for railroads and all structural
operations, but on the contrary the
competition among buyers and con
tractors is such that the prices have
rapidly advanced, and the unprece
dented contract for pig Iron are being
made In the face of the highest prices
in many a year.
The chief embarrassment under
which this great group of fundamental
industries is laboring is the tame that
clogs the operations of the agrlcul
tural and commercial community
namely, Inadequacy of the transporta
tlon system, causing congestion, delay
ana consequently disorganization in
the complicated process of assembling
the raw materials and restricting the
output as well as increasing coat of
production. These conditions, together
with the higher nrices. neceaaariiv
mply a tendency to restrain Indus
trial enterprise, at the same time that
they demonbtrate Its immense scope
and energy.
In dropping the educational bill the
British government shows that It will
not be aa liberal as possible with that
rather expensive form of Chrlstmaa
lift known as peerages.
Mr. Bryan saya that lq his opinion
there la little likelihood of war be
tween the United States and Japan
For once Mr. Bryan is in line with the
majority of bis fellow countrymen.
In meriting the Nobel peaxe prize
Mr. Roosevelt has broken another
precedent, but not more violently than
In passing the cash along to the men
who bring about industrial peace.
The announcement that Wisconsin
life Insurance compaulvs have not con
tributed money for the election of po
lttlcal candidate Is another argument
In favor of patroulzlng western con
cerns.
Attorney W right nas advised the
Water board on other points and hat
been turned down by the courts. Is
the meantime he has assured himself
of employment and has made work foi
other attorneys which will last for at
least two years.
September 4, lt0S, will be awaited
with little trepidation by the citltem
of Omaha. The pope'a bull against tut
comet welo not more impotent than tht
proposal of the Water board that the
Water company cease business lr
'Omaha on the date of the expiration
of Its hydrant rental contract.
la only maintained the continued pros
perlty of the farmer means continued
activity In all lines of Industry and
commerce, and the promise of th
wheat crop Is a most encouraging sign
A waterway system that did not In
clude the Missouri river would be fat
from comprehensive, but the most cer
tain way to convince congress of tht
necessity of an appropriation for the
river Is to make such use. m can b
made of It at present. Even a smal'
fleet of steamers would be a more po
tential argument than many resolutions.
k. With more than $57,000,000 depos
lied In 5S4 state banks, the farmers
and small traders In Nebraska are Id
fairly good financial condition. When
the deposit In the national banks and
other fiduciary Institutions are added
to this it will be found that Nebraska
has really become a wealthy atate.
THE LID ON TARIFF AQlTATluy.
The scheme of calling a republican
caucua to consider tariff revision, a pe
tition for which is now being circu
lated by ardent revisionist members of
the house, ia chimerical and so illad
viaed as to render it inconceivable that
majority can be committed to it.
It Is utterly preposterous to suppose
that any sort of revision can be got
through at the short session, which
will have practically only two mouths
for work. With control of all branches
of the government. It took the demo
cratic party twelve months to frame
and enact the Wilson-Gorman act of
lb94, and the McKinley tariff of 190
was the fruit of ten months' continu
ous legislative effort, to the practical
subordination of all other public ques
tions, hlle in both cases iho buslue-ss
community was held up and paraljzed
pending action and for many mouths
after the form of the law had been
determined.
Tariff revision could have been
taken up at the beginning of the last
suasion, or a few months earlier at an
extraordinary aesblon, as the same
headlong revisionists who ore now
agitating the matter then urged, but
the aound Judgment of the country
approves President Rooaevelt'a re
fusal to press for such action. Beyond
ull doubt, if he had done so, the great
popular movement for control of rail
roads ana great corporations would
have failed to achieve the results em
bodied In the rate bill and other im
portant measures that were carried
through at the last begulon. Such a
price would have been too high to pay
for any recagtlug of custom house
schedules that could possibly have been
effected, even if no great shock had
befallen national prosperity.
In brief, grand strategy for public
interest Imperatively required that
the Roosevelt program, if it ?-i'aot
THE COUHTER-CHECK QUARRELSOME.
In cataloguing the various stage In
the development of a controversy
Touchstone listed "the counter-check
quarrelsome" as the fifth In succes
sion, leading up to "the lie circumstan
tial" and "the lie direct." This seems
to be the status of the case at present
between the Omaha Water board and
the Omaha Water company. In tht
meantime the primal object of the
creation of the Water board seems tc
have entirely vanished. The authot
of "Senate File No. 1," which was tc
operate as If by magic, now come
forth and admits that the law he
framed and so valiantly championed
four years ago. is of no avail In Oma-
ha'B necessity. The plant of the Omahs
Water company positively refuses tc
be bought on terms dictated by the
author of "Senate File No. 1." Sucb
contumacious stubbornness can only be
met by like proceeding. Hence the
counter-check quarrelsome.
In rescinding the ordinance adopted
by the city council under the provlslont
of "Senate File No. 1" the Omaha
Water board has adopted a legislative
function. Whether rightfully or not It
not here to be considered. It has set
for itself the task of erecting a water
plant sufficient for the inhabitants ol
the city of Omaha, to be in operation
in 1908, at the time when the hydran!
rental contract with the Omaha Water
company expires. ' Certain little diffl
cultles line the way along which this
project must necessarily travel.
To begin with, if the Omaha Water
board had at present plans drawn and
adopted In detail, contracts let and ma
terlal purchased for the erection of the
proposed water plant. It would not be
able to have It in operation by 1908
as is proposed. It is manifestly
physical Impossibility. No contractoi
under present conditions would assume
the task. But the Water board hat
only tentative plans suggestions thai
have been, made by engineers and oth
ers as to what may be done. The com
mittee promises to proceed with such
expedition as it may, but no time it
fixed for its report. . -
Another apparent obstacle will be
the funds for the purchase of the watei
plant. Six years ago $3,000,000 ir
bonds were authorized by the citlzent
of Omaha for (the purchase of the
water plant. These bonds are not
available for the erection of a plant
Therefore, before the Water board can
proceed far In Its present campaign It
will be necessary to secure permission
from the citizens to issue bonds fot
the construction of Its proposed pump
ing and distributing system. Having
secured this permission the board will
be called upon to sell these bonds
With the litigation so Involved and ex
tensive as exists It can easily be ap
prehended that bond buyers will be
chary of purchasing securities sc
wrapped up In lawsuits.
The contention, as It now stands, it
based on the refusal of the Water com
pany to segregate its Omaha and South
Omaha systems and to sell to the city
that part alone which lies within the
11 ii. Its of Omaha proper. Unless well-
matured plans miscarry, before 1901?
Omaha and South Omaha will be one
municipality. Then the objection now
raised against the purchase will have
vanished, and the committee on plant
and specifications will have to extend
the scope of Its system to Include that
portion which now it so strenuously
objects to considering. It is easy tc
read between the lines of the manifesto
published by the Water board and see
a gigantic bluff.
The expressed opinion of European
observers that war between the United
States and Japan Is inevitable proves
that these observers have failed to
learn American methods and are some
what mistaken as to those of the
orient.
The city council proposes to enact at
ordinance that shall specify exactly the
quality of gas to be furnished for light
ing and heating purposes. This will
be of more real service than a futile
attempt to regulate the price.
Since the new break In the Colo-
rado river levee the Southern Pacific
railway may conclude that a Salton
sea is really better than a Salton
desert. Nature has a way of reclaim
ing its own.
Honors Are Easy.
Philadelphia Record.
The newspaper war with Japan has
ended. The newspaper patched it up.
Honors are easy. .
Comparative Respectability.
Portland Oregonlan.
Even Standard Oil Is a respectable cor
poration compared with the Glucose trust
that sells poison to be made Into candy
for children.
Belated Testimonials.
Baltimore American.
If the testimonials of love and faith
cn our tombstones were uttered In our
dally life, how often would they have
helped us over the brlary fields and rocky
roads of existence.
A Few Centuries Ahead.
Minneapolis Journal.
Certain over particular people In England
are looking- dubiously at the House of
Lords, which is said to be living- In the
fifteenth century. Our senate la far ahead
of this. Many of lu members are living in
the nineteenth century.
Weyler Who Was and Is.
Minneapolis Journal.
General Weyler Is minister of war In the
new Spanish cabinet. General Weyler
ought to be an authority on war In the
same way that a man who falls from a
seven-story building ought to know mora
about the law of gravitatlom
Well Worth Trying:.
Baltimore American.
One of the worst boy In the schools of
New York has been converted Into a model
pupil by a surgical operation. Why not ex
tend this principle to the heads of bad
trusts, and to turn them into saintly
philanthropist by the simple operation of
removing their adenoids?
Pnlantlon of the Parse.
Philadelphia Record.
By all account the possessor of great
wealth prefer a tax on Inheritance to an
income tax, a the former must be paid
by the heirs after the death of the owner,
while the latter must be taid or sworn
off In his lifetime. As for the heirs, they
naturally prefer the tax on the inheritance
If they are not kept too long waiting.
BITS OF WASHISGTOI 1,1 FK.
Minor Seenes and Incidents Rketehed
on the .
If a rare day In Washington when the
government I not urged to Insert the nffl
clal probe Into the vital of some trade
combine. The Lumber trust and the Watch
trust are the latest scheduled for the dis
secting table. Senator Klttredg of Rnuth
Dakota Is sponsor for a resolution directing
the Department of Commerce and Labor
to Investigate the doings of lumber barons.
Repeated complaints from the purchasing
publlc-prrtlcularty the farmer-re heard
throughout the went that the price of him-
steadlly keeps creeping tip. The
puhllc Is being
combination of
ber
chanre is made that the
vtctlmlicd by a powerful
lumber interests.
These Interest have organlied a "holding
company," but It la charged, and Senator
LaFolIette snys he has proofs, the rrlre
of lumber Is being constantly manipulated
by so-called "gentlemen agreement."
Rvery branch of the business ha Its as-
oclatlon, which control each particular
avenue of the trade. No organisation,
either Incorporated or carrying a name,
represents them all. Tet the renreaenta-
tlve of each association 'are laid to meet
ones a month, discuss mndltlnna n
price.
Records, document, agreements In writ
ing do not exist. Still the market I con
trolled and It I declared a large number
of person are affected to a greater extent
than Is the case with the Standard OH
company.
At the urgent request of Representative
Henry E. Ralney of the Twentieth Illlnol
district. Attorney General Moody ha
agreed to grant him a hearing at which the
department of Justice will be called upon
to secure Indictments under section 4 nr
the Sherman anti-trust law against the
officer of what Mr. Ralney Is pleased to
call the Watch trust. The Illinois con
gressman gained some prominence at the
list session of congress by a more or les
sensational attack upon the method of
this o-ealled trust. He declared that
American watches were sold abroad 0 pr
cnt cheaper than at home and named a
denier in New York City whom he said
wa buying Waltham and Klgln watchea In
Kurope, reimporting them and selling them
In this country below the prices of other
dealers and at a profit to himself.
All corporation and companies are for
bidden by section 4 of the Sherman anti
trust law from entering into contract with
citizen of any foreign nation by which
the trade between the United States and
other nations 1 hindered. Penalties ara
provided for violation of this section,
which, curiously enough, has never been
tested in the courts. Representative
Ralney claims to have positive proof of Its
violation by officer of the so-called Watch
trust nnd he appear confident of the gov
ernment's ability to obtain indictments If
he can Induce the attorney general to pur
sue the matter,
The White Man's Burden.
Portland Oregonlan. .
Five Americans and thirty Pulajane
were killed in tho latest mlxup between
the American troops and our little black
brothers acros the Pacific. Numerically
speaking;, his seems to be about the cor
rect proportion of fatalities when the fight
ing abilities of the respective contestants
are consldorcd. When the relative value
of the two forces is considered, the loss
of the United Slates 1 so enormously In
excess of that of the Pulajanes that com
parison are useless. '
Fifty Yczzro tho GZzndzrcl
l)AuuOW(&
IF'
A Groan? of Tartar Foivdcr
Tao SFrQiaii Graz
no ALUM
ii
Louis; and the Rldgley have been men of
wealth and power In Springfield, 111., for
eventy-two year.
Lyman K. Bass, who has Just been
nominated by the president as United
State district attorney for western New
York, Is the son of a former law partner
of Grover Cleveland. HI mother, after
the death of his father, married the late
Senator Edward O. Wolcott. She lives at
present In Washington, and I an Intimate
friend of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Three notebooks which formerly be
longed to Shelley, the poet, containing
autograph manuscript, a considerable
portion of which ha not been published.
was Bold In London reveral day ago for
(16.000. The purchase is said to have been
made for an American and the manuscript
formed part of the library of the late Dr.
Richard Garnett, keeper of printed book
of the British museum.
FLASHES OF Ft N.
"I saw the doctor stop at your house this
morning," said Rubrlng. "Any trouble?"
"Yes," replied Hurdpun, "I had a great
deal of trouble."
"What's the matter?"
"He wouldn't go away until I gave him
$5 on account of his Inst year bllL"
Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
"I wish." whinnied the pony, "human
hplnri would trv as hard to Irarn horse lan-
the year that the state wa admitted ! BUage aa they do the monkey lunguage. If
State Auditor Searlc has furnished
the legislature with some figures that
should be carefully studied before ac
tion Is had on appropriations. It will
be necessary for the legislator to pro
ceed with prudence in order that the
business of the state should be con
ducted on a business basis.
Another eUdence of the growth ol
CRITICISM OF THE COt'RTS.
Wholesome, Necessary and Beneficial
to the Bench.
Kansas City Star.
The Idea of holding the higher court
Immune from criticism 1 not merely tra
ditional obedience to the more orl ess
common-doctrine of the court themselves
that they should be Immune; It grows
largely out of the Innate desire of the
people to have confidence In their tribunals
of Justice. When a thoughful and patriotic
citizen believes that a court ha shown
itself Incompetent or corrupt he has a
double resentment that which arise from
what he believes to have been a specific
miscarriage of Justice and that which he
feel because he must have less confidence j
In court in general
unwlxely and harmfully attacked; some- !
time they are permhu-d to make decree
without dissent when intelligent criticism
would be wholesome.
In hi meenaji) to congress last week
President Roosevelt denounced thoughtless
and lKnorant criticism of the courts, but
the burden of his treatment of this sub
ject wa In the direction of sincere com
ment, professional and public, on the rul
ings of the men on the bench. He noted
the fact that while the lower Judges were
subject to the criticism and reversal of
those higher up, the highest Judges, In
turn, although possessing- extraordinary
power, were save in extraordinary In
stances amenable only to the bar of puhllc
No man has placed a hlcher
Vice President Fairbanks wa exchanging
compliment! with the mayor of Kansas
City, Mo., and other prominent citizens who
are here attending the deep waterway con
vention, rie moved nervously from on
foot to the other and apparently was In a
hurry to get away.
"Yes, drop In any time," he ald. "I'm
a little busy this morning, but come In
any time; always glad to see you."
The delegation bowed Itself out, and, the
door had scarcely closed when the vice
president shouted for his messenger,
"John, scoot for home and get me my
old shoes," he said. "It's wonderful how
a new pair pinches.
While the messenger was going and re-
luiiiiug, iuv vii-e yiemueni sai in solitary
glory In his room, receiving no visitors.
Rxactly thirty year ago on the opening
day of congress, Henry M. Teller became
a member of the United States senate.
He. and John B. Chaffee, the first senator
from Colorado, were sworn In December 1.
1876,
to the union. Colorado had but one repre
entatlve then James B. Belford, who used
to be called "the red-headed rooster of the
Rockies." President Grant always ad
dressed Mr. Teller as "general." One day
the senator asked why h preferred the
military title to the senatorial title, "Be.
cause 'general' Is a better title than 'sen
ator,' " replied the old soldier.
Negotiation are on for a fttlement of
the famous timber cutting stilt pending
against the estate of the late Marcus Daily
of Montana. A special agent of the De
partment of Justice has been sent to
Helena, Mont., with a view of negotiating
with the attorney of the Daly estate, and
the prospect 1 that a settlement will be
reached. The suit against the estate I for
damages amounting to 11.360,000. The case
is of vast Importance to the government In
vlfw of the fact that It Is the first ot
many timber claim suit which wlll be
filed to obtain damage for unlawful de
cimation of timber of the we., which ha
boen going on for the last decude or more.
The success of the government In the Daly
case undoubtedly will have the effect of
Inducing other perpetrator of timber
frauds to seek settlement.
"I tell you," said Slnnlck, "men are get
ting so deceitful these days that you can't
trust your best friend"
"And what's worse," interrupted Bur
roughs, gloomily, "you cen t get your best
friend to trust you." Philadelphia Ledger.
"This Is quite a hair-raising feat!" re
marked the bald-headed man as he saw a
growth of down following the application
of the tonic Baltimore American.
Fluffy Young Thing (at the play) I be.
lleve thl man In front of us in trying to
hear what we're saying!
Man In Front (turning around) You do
me an Injustice, my dear young woman. I
am trying not to hear it. Chicago Tribune.
"The applause In this theater doesn't
eem to be bb loud and spontaneous as it
used to," said the theatric star. "Is the
audience cold?"
"No," answered the manager; "we have
had to employ some new and Inexperienced
ushers." Washington Star.
of sugar than 1 do now." Chicago Tribune.
"He's got an Idea," said the first citizen,
"hat he d make a good politician."
"it's very unlikely," replied the other.
"Why, It s easier to make a good poli
tician than to make a politician good.".
Philadelphia Press.
Acquaintance Were you ever buncoed?
Skinflint Was I? Why, I was buncoed so
many times that It taught me the game,
Detroit Free Press.
"That chorus girl," said the bald-headed
man in the front row, "acts aa If sh bad
something on her mind."
"Which girl do you mean?" asked the
companion.
"The chunky little one there at the end."
"PerhupB she Is modest and feels that shS
ougnt to have something on somewhere. i
Chicago Record-Herald.
THE KOW IT ALU.
T. A,
Most
Daly
Cathollo
wus Nicko-
ln Philadelphia
(Standard.
agervntln customer
demus Krown,
Who knowed it all, an' bound to have
his way.
There wuzn't no thcayter play thet ever
come to town
But Brown he'd git to sea It, night or
day.
He'd make a p'lnt to git his seat 'fore
any of the rest.
An' when the curtain rl upon the play.
An' all the actors got to work a-doln of
their best
He'd snicker in his agervatln' way;
An' when the most excltln' part of all
wuz glttln' near.
An' folks wuz slttln' nervous an' per
plexed, Old Brown he'd whisper loud enough for
every one to hear:
"I'll bet you 1 kin tell w'at'a comln'
next.'f
Thar wuzn't any curln' him. H'd be tht
same in church.
Or anywheres he happened fur to be;
Fur like an old poll-parrot Jest a-settln
on Its perch,
He'd squawk to all his critic: "Talk
Is free.'
But when the "grip" wu goln' round last
winter wuz a year,
It tackled onto Nick, an' took him down:
An' then he got rellKion, fur he thought
his end wuz near.
An', sure enough that wu the end o'
Brown.
Ills folks wus all a-gathered round, an'
Jest before he died,
While Deacon Jones wu readln of a
text.
The sick man smiled, an" "Well, I'm dona
with this here world." be sighed.
'I'll bet you I kin tell w'at'a comln'
next.'.'
Senator Cullom wa about to step Into hi
carriage at the capital the other day hen
he (topped and looked at the horses criti
cally. "John," he said to the coachman,
"we have got to do something for the4
horses. They are too thin. They are out
; of condition. Why, I wa noticing Secre-
I . , . . V. - A , V. .. .1 .. .. . , L .,
Courts are wmetlmes j r ' .
are nice ana Dig ana giossy ana iai
" 'Deedk boss," broke In the coachman,
looking at the thin figure of Senator Cul
lom, "we don't need no such hosses to
haul us a Mr. Taft does, nohow."
Just after President Roosevelt's message
had been rtad Congressman Cha.irp Clark
came Into view of a dozen newspaper men.
Champ Is always good for an Interview,
o they wanted to get his opinion on the
massage. "I hsven't read It." said the
Mlssourlan, "hut I'll tll vu what I think
of It." The correspondents were all atten
tion. "If a very long mess.tge," zald the
Mlssourlan as he walked away.
the city U the demand for a new citj I opinion.
jail, the present one being inadequate (construction on the dlrnlty and the ro-
to the requirements. A properb . PonUWlity of the Jurist than has Presi-
j. ii . dent Roosevelt, but he does not hold the
equipped stone pile might aid mate, courU t0 lnfalll,)le a,le Clare, that
rlally In sojving the question of roorc , tne be,t judge have been foremost to dls
in the .present city jail. j claim Immunity f-om criticism, and quite
. (agrees nilh Secretary Taft, who, when a
In a special" messae' tho president h-'n,tcd 8tate district Judge In lsss, auld:
. , , . . , , . . I The opportunity freely and publicly t&
tells conSress about Porto Rico, but criticise, judicial action i " vlu 1
he will probably have difficulty In wln
n lug the opposition to his Ideas of
American citizenship for the Islanders
until they can see political expediency
in the plan.
Former Treasurer Grimes having re
funded'over $9,000 said by experts to
be due the state of Kansas at the ex-'
plratlon of his term of office, baa es
tablished a precedent which might re
duce the state debt if followed in Nebraska.
December indications for the winter
wheat crop of 1907 are most encour
aging. The increased acreage prom
Ibss a greater yield than during the
.bumper year of 1906. If the average
importance to (he body politic than the tin
mutiny 01 courts anu juuges from unjust
aspriior.s and uttaca. .Votluug lend
more to render judges carelui in their
decisions and anxiouiy solicitous to do
exact Juflloe than Hie consiloujiies that
every act vt theirs is to be subjected to tiie
intelligent scrutiny and tanuid ciincis.ii
of their fellow men. Such criticism 13
beneneial in proportion as it Is lair. dl-pas-ionate,
dLn ruulH.i ling and bused on a
knowledge of sound legal principles. The
commerus made by learned text writers
and by the acute editors of the vaiiouj
law reviews upon Judicial decisions uia
therefore highly useful. Buch critics consti
tute more or le lmiiartial tribunals ol
professional opinion liefore which each
judgment is made to stand, or full on its
menu, and thus exert a strong Influence
to secure uniformity of decision. But noii.
! professional criticism al?-o is hy no means
' without its i.ses, even If accompanied, as
It often is. by a direct attack upon the
I Judicial fairness and motives of the o
! cuMtnta of the bench; for if the law Is
I but the essence of common sense, the pru
' test of many averuas men may evidence a
detect in a Judicial conclusion. (hough
bised on th M'-e.-t legal rw,;nll and
' f-jfuundost learulng.
PEKSOSAL NOTES.
Seems odd that Doctor Osier had to run
from reporters. Th good doctor rever
but once told them anything worth print
ing, and hs took that back.
W. W. Flnley, the new head of the
southern railway. Is considered one of the
ahle5t practical railroud men In the coun
try. He began his railroad career as a
clerk twenty year ago.
Representative Warren Kelfer, who wa
speaker of the house twenty-five year ago, ;
offends the acnsibilltlcs of his fellow mem
ber of congress by wearing a dress suit I
morning, noon and night. . j
In order to establish land title In San :
Francisco, ince records have been lost, It '
ia planned to "sue the world at large." :
Happily, it will not be necessary to de;lg. j
natu each Inhabitant by name.
Two of the greatest pedcstrlar.s In Wah-
Ington are Associate Ju?tlces Harlan and 1
White. They valk every day from the!
capltol to their homes In northwest Wash-
ingtou, a distance of nearly live miles.
William Barrett Ridgley, comptroller of j
the currency since lin'l, is a human treasure
bouse for hoarded romances and tragedies
In money. H has been educated to this I
business since childhood, as his grand- ',
father was associated with Nicholas Bid-
die in the old United Btatea bank In St.
PEE-NVENTOSLY
ALE
We take inventory on January 1st, and we have ao
cumulated quite a few odds and ends of SUITS and
OVERCOATS from the season's selling and we wish to
close them out this week.
Suits
"We have about 400 suits
in plain blacks, blues and
fancy mixtures, both in
einglo and double breast
ed styles. These suits
come in all the well known
fabrics thibets, tweeds,
cheviots, fancy and unfin
ished worsteds.
"We have all sizes repre
sented, but not in any one
line.'
These 6uits sold as high
Overcoats
"We have about 300 over
coats in the regular style
and in the long, loose coat
which is so popular with
the young men.
These coats come in
black, oxford gray, fancy
mixtures and plaids.
We have all sizes repre
sented, but not in any one
line. I5e sure and take ad
vantage of this tale as
every coat is a big bar
gain. These coats sold as high
as
$30.00
as
$55.00
WE HAVE PLACED THESE GOODS ON SEPARATE
TABLES AND WILL SELL T1IEM 'AT THE LOW
PRICE OF-
-1
We would advise an early call, as the best are always
first to go.
Browning, King & Co
WILCOX, Manager
R.
S.