TTTE OMAIIA DAILY nEE? WErNE8DAY, JANUARY 2, 1007.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as:
Charles C. RosewaAar, general manager
of The Bee Publishing company, being duly
sworn, says that tha actual number of full
and complete noplea of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tha
month of December, 1M, was a follows:
1 81,870
S 30,o6
S 31,810
4 81,710
t 31,700
31,690
1 81,880
1 83,060
30,830
If 31,780
11 89,180
12 33,050
II 81,880
14 31,090
II 88,170
It 30,400
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.883,880
Less unsold and returned copies.. 9,841
Net total. . . . . . ........ .873,149
Dally average ... 31,391
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
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Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me thta 81st da of December, 1908.
(Seal.) M. B. H UNGATE.
Notary Public
WHEN OtT OP TOW.
Snbscrlhsrs lea viae tha elty tem
porarily ahoold ' bava The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
ehaaged as often' ns requested.
Motto for tbe crook i A parole is
as good as a pardon.
Secretary Shaw seems to think the
pending law will make currency duc
tile rather than elastic.
From the number of cases in the
federal courts, 19 OT" may be expected
to right many of the wrongs of 1906.
The greatest trouble, in the solution
of. the San F. xanclsco school question
ems to be for the government to get
Into court with its right foot first.'-
'While real' business'1 refuses' to be
curbed p' V. Specufation-maAe "strin
gency the general public wlil not be
alarmed over the financial situation. .
John D. Rockefeller's gltt of 83,000,
000 to the University of Chicago
shows that he doesnt expect to need
all of his surplus to pay fines this year,
Conductors may be excused if they
fail to collect all tickets for a few days,
since they have had a "nodding ac
quaintance" with 86 manjr passengers
for raapy years. . ,
That Japanese anarchist who is
threatened with deportation may be
come an international incident if the
mikado objects to having the men he
can apare returned to him.
The struggle between Mr. Harrlman
and the Colorado river still leaves un-
settled the question of supremacy be
tween the wliard Of the rail and the
forces of nature.
Now that the doors of the White
House hare been thrown open for the
annual public reception the people can
be assured that tha arm which swings
the big stick had all the work it could
dispose of in one day.
Ia deciding that Indiana have . i
right to make homestead entry on pub
Ho lands, the Interior department may
find it necessary to waive that provis
ion which prohibits entry to white men
holding land of certain dimensions.
Governor Hughes of New York as
sures the people that he will be gov
erned by the constitution In the per
formance of duty but he will prob
ably ask permission to construe it to
suit his own ideas until the supreme
court speaks. '
Arkansas cltliens who gave a fare
well reception to a state senator sen
fenced to prison for bribery will have
no one to blame but themselves
their children fall to learn that the way
of the transgressor Is hard before they
get on the road.
Simon Guggenheim, republican cau
cus nominee for Senator from Colo
rado, declares that ho' has accom
pushed his desire to be Independent
but he will probably find that "inde
pendence" has more than one meaning
in American politics.
In the threatened demolition of
"ring rule" the people should be care
ful not to pass from the hands of a
"ring" borne by sufferance to one fas
tened apon them through forms of law
Even "reform" legislation can be dan
gerous In some hands.
The terrible wreck near Washing
ton reminds us that there are still
number of grade crossings In Omaha
that are absolutely unprotected. The
first business of the new year for the
city authorities should be to aee that
tiiee places are made safe, . , ,
17.., 33,370
It 31,780
It 81,780
29 , 38,670
21 81,880
22 31,900
21 00,880
24......... 31,710
ii... ...... 81,800
24 38,130
27,... 314770
21 81,810
29.... 81,880
20 80,200
11.. 31,810
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RAILROADS ASD WATER COMPETITWX.
The result of Commissioner Gar
field's investigation into the effect of
water transportation on railroad rates
will challenge public attention to a
point- which has heretofore been re
garded as Quite secure. It has. been; a
comfortable popular habit to look to
deep water, whether ocean, lake,' river
or canal, as a regulator of transporta
tion charges which could be resorted to
when all else failed. It coro.ee as a
shock, therefore, to be advised through
a careful investigation that this safe
guard has been impaired, or at least
menaced. ' '
It is shown conclusively that in
some important directions the rail
roads have neutralised water competi
tion. It is well known that' the deca
dence of commerce on the Mississippi
and its main tributaries has not been
altogether due to the superior railroad
facilities or rates, but very largely by'
manipulations and discriminations,
whereby the public has been arbitra
rily deprived of natural advantages.
The commissioner's report reveals an
elaborate system by which similar re
sults hare been brought about to some
extent in lake and even in salt water
competition, in part by terminal man
agement and in part by outright own
ership of water freight agencies.
One of the most serious features is
opportunity for far-reaching discrimi
nation developed by the roads under
the excuse of water competition, for at
the same time that they were stealthily
neutralising it they have exaggerated
its effect as a cover for abuses that
hare long been expressly" made crim
inal by law. The original interstate
commerce act in 1887 thus made- pro
vision whereby the long and short haul
clause could be annulled to meet water
competition, and in this and many
other ways on the same excuse the
roads have steadily extended the field
of discrimination, until today the prac
tice raises one of the most intricate and
difficult problems under the policy of
government control.
The tremendous expansion of indus
try and its centralized cpntroj , under
existing capitalistic methods have ma
terially changed the conditions in
wjiich water transportation was indeed
the efficient freight regulator. . The
question of Its restoration and Safe
guard, however, is pre-eminently' one
for national control, which has already
gone to the length of providing for ex
clusion of railroads from other fields
of enterprise. It is certain that they
cannot be permitted at once to destroy
water competition and to use its pre
tended effect to maintain elaborate dis
crimination abuses.
SENBATrOKALlZlNO NE6RO OFT4ASES.
Negroes have a right to complain of
the sensationalism which is almost
dally exploiting mere disorderly mili
tary Incidents In which negro soldiers
are concerned. . There is no reason
whatever Jo believe that there is more.
disorder among them lately than there
was previously, when no special pub
licity or exaggeration was caused by
such circumstances. The . impression
naturally created by such systematic
and persistent sensationalism is thus
as grievously unjust to negroes in the
military service as it is inconsistent
with the good record which in general
they have made. ' :
Among white and black soldiers
alike petty offenses, brawls and dlsor
ders are to be expected if there is to
be an army, and there would be some
excuse for sensationalism it they were
suddenly to cease. There may be ex
traordlnary violations of military dis
cipline occasionally among either the
black or the white soldiers, but this
fact is no palliation for the outrageous
discrimination of which the negroes
are now being made the victims, and
which calls for prompt return to "the
square deal." .
OCR ItSCREAiED MOlfET TUCK 3.
The statement of the secretary of
the treasury -that the money in actual
circulation in the United States, exclu
sive of the amount in the treasury
vaults, has increased 205,000,000
within a year shows the possibility-of
considerable currency expansion under
our present system. For this is not an
inflation of paper issues, 1145,000,000
being gold and 860,000,000 national
bank notes secured on government
bonds, good for 'gold. The gold incre
ment, being for the most part availa
ble for bank reserves, is thus basis for
a vast additional credit.
Fully two-thirds of the gold increase
was secured through Importation, ac
celerated by the facilitating operations
of the treasury, which in substance
made the gold Instantly available here
upon engagement abroad, virtually
saving - Interest in. transit, while the
government loBt not a penny, which it
would have had If the facilitating op
orations had not been made. In short
assuming a sufficient treasury surplus
and a . higher .demand here than
abroad, our currency expansion mainly
depends upon attracting gold from the
hoards In the chief foreign centers or
new gold as It comes from the world'
mines. '
Obviously the currency expansion ia
not countervailed by equal facilities for
contraction with shrink of demand.
The maximum retirement of national
bank notes under the law is only
$8,000,000 per month, while there 1
no means of facilitating International
withdrawal of gold like those which
were employed by the government last
year to bring it In. , .
1 ha defect of .our monetary arrange
ments, however, in this respect is not
likely to be felt the coming year, al
though no legislative alteration.
nn.de, because so vast are the business
and industrial movements to he
financed that all the cash resources
will be needed, and probably more.'"
may well be, too, from a conservative
point of view, that the restriction tf
current y expansion practically to the
limit tf permissible drafts upon the
world's surplus gold Is at the present
Juncture a salutary safeguard against
overstrained cfeJTt and speculative ex
cels, although It may to some extent
retard the processes of industry and
exchange..
TATIASD THE VRESIDESCT.
While the public accepts the sin
cerity of Secretary Taft's formal state
ment that he is not a seeker for presi
dential nomination, that he does not
expect to be the republican candidate
and that he anticipates multiplication
of objections to his availability as a
result, of his continued discharge of
official duties, it by no means follows
that he is debarred from public con
sideration because he has no organ
ized political machine behind him in
Ohio or elsewhere or because he is
not aa adept In political manipulations
or even, because they are distasteful to
him. , These points are being much in
sisted upon' in some quarters as con
clusive against the chances of the sec
retary of war, but such a View either
must proceed from hostile Interest or
Ignores a change that has profoundly
affected the public attitude toward
party expediencies.
There has as yet been no definite
resolution of republican Judgment re
garding the head of the ticket in 1908,
ut it should be clear that the candi
date will not be selected by machine
manipulations and combinations that
have been too common In all parties.
Indeed, it can be now foreseen that
conspicuous employment of such meth
ods tn behalf of any aspirant may be
injurious and even fatal to his chances.
The fact remains that Secretary Taf t
la one, and by no means the least, In
the number of public men whose per
sonalities, abilities and records are
such as to cause them extensively to
be considered for party leadership in
the next national contest. While party
opinion Is still in a formative state,
the statesman, be he Secretary Taft or
some other, who shall be evolved in
deliberate and untrammelled popular
estimation as fittest to take the suc
cession to Theodore Roosevelt will be
made the candidate, though he may be
backed by no elaborate machine and
even though he may be opposed by
the machinations of all the bosses in
combination.
THE PARDOMSQ POWER-
The searchlight of publicity on th9
extraordinary list of pardons, commu
tations and paroles chargeable to Gov
ernor Mickey raises several points re
garding the pardoning power, which
seems to have been so shamefully
abused. Although the Intention of our
constitution framers and of our law
makers was to distinguish sharply be
tween pardons, commutations and pa-
mlea and to limit the exercise" of the
pardoning power under strict, regula
tions imposed by law, It has come about
that practically no difference exists be
tween these various ways of exercising
executive clemency, except that It re
quires less formality to grant a com
mutation than to grant a gardon and
no formality at all to secure a parole.
The intent of the law, by any rea
sonable interpretation, is that the gov
ernor may issue pardons upon applica
tion and public hearing after due no
tice by publication, so,. as to. prevent
snap Judgment and dark chamber
liberations. The power of commuta
tion was never intended to be a -sub
stitute for the pardoning power, but
simply to enable the governor to give
convicts the benefit of good behavior
In a reward consisting of a curtailment
of their sentences by the prescribed
number of months in each year defi
nitely fixed by law.
The most flagrant abuse of the com
mutation power was, of course, that
which freed Bartley, the great embez
tier, without so much ss notice of in
tention, and this vicious precedent
seems to have been followed without
questioning by Governor Mickey. The
parole business, on the other hand, has
degenerated Into a species of peonage
and forced labor on one side and a con
ditional pardon without any effort to
enforce the conditions on the other
This bad mess calls for legislative at
tention and a revision of the laws gov
ernlng pardons, commutations and pa
roles In Nebraska that will prevent its
repetition should we unfortunately
again have a weak or corrupt man in
the executive chair.
The revival by the democratic city
council of .the proposition to construct
the municipal lighting plant may be in
good faith, but the democrats had an
opportunity to assist in Just such
move two years ago when the proposl
Uon was defeated by an overwhelming
majority. The streets of Omaha are
no better lighted now than they were
then and the appropriation for lights is
annually exhausted. Conditions have
long indicated the necessity for a mu
nlcipal lighting plant in Omaha, and it
is to be hoped that the proposition by
Mr. Brucker, if seriously made, will re
ceive more consideration at the hands
of the voters than waa accorded that
made by Mr. Zlmman. -
The appointment of John C. Nelson
to be division superintendent at Omaha
for the Western Union Telegraph com
pany.ls another answer to the allega
tion that the young man has no chance
Mr. Nelson only a few years ago was
messenger boy In the service of the
Western Union company and his rise
has been due to his merit and not to
any pulL
President Dowllng of the Crelghton
university firmly denies the imputation
that the Institution of which he is th
head would oppose the opening, of
Twenty-fourth street as a cross-tow
line. It hardly needed this assurance
from Mr. Dowllng to convince Omaha
people that the university was not In
epponftlon to any' step for the advance
ment or Improvement Of Omaha. Lo
cally the name of Crelghton has been
synonymous with progress for so many
years that Omaha citizens cannot con
ceive of its being connected with ob
struction In any way. " .'
The Winnebago Indian who refused
to work for the man to whom he had
been paroled from the penitentiary ex
hibited a very primitive notion of Jus
tice. How could he expect to work out
his reformation if he refused to take
advantage of the opportunity for toll
ing on anothef man's farm while his
own was going to waste? .
In refusing to grant a change of
venue for Mayor Schmitz a San Fran
cisco judge has no doubt given work
to the supreme court, while he has for
time created sympathy for the ac
cused official, who is hot permitted to
sever relations, with' his former lieu
tenant Bark Ifomber Profession.
Cincinnati Commercial' Tribune.
Statistics ahdw that the burglarising pro
fession got only $it7 out of banks during
1908. They ought to ' quit being burgiaxs
and try the other racket.
' Oatelasaed.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Admiral Togo is thinking of coming to
America. Ha has watted too long. People
are too busy admiring Miner Hicks to pay
any attention to such a man as Togo now.
Plea, for a Pass.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
When the average railway man la ques
tioned as to his general record on tha day
of judgment, it goea without saying that
his first words will be in the nature of a
complaint about the shortage of cars. ,
Making! It laaatsiosi,
. . Philadelphia .Press.
Bryan la willing to run. for president
once again. Running .three times Is dif
ferent from having three terms, ao there
ought to be no objection. If the demo
crats are willing the republicans will make
the nomination unanimous, but the election
will be different. .
First On a for Taft.
Cleaveland ' Leader.
The Leader believes that William H.
Taft Is the most available Ohloan. lie Is
the man most likely to Win the nomina
tion against formidable opposition by the
friends of rival candidates of other states.
He could not fsjl to 'make a splendid run
at the polls. He would ' certainly fill the
hlghesr of all offices 'to tha satisfaction
and credit of his party, his State and his
country. ' ' .
- The Rainbow of Hope.
Kansas. City Btar.
A Baltimore woman had a Christmas tree
for dogs. Money . was.- lavished In the
decorations and the edibles that were' prw
vlded aa presents. AT greyhound, a: pug'
and a fox terrier are said to have greatly
enjoyed the affair". This : Shows now the'
spirit of klndllnesa lls-expanding, hr the
world. Society Is, rbeooming so considerate
of dogs aa to justify the hope that by and
by friendless chlldrerTlnay also. become ob
jects of merciful, r'e'gard.
Peaaloh Systran on Railroads. '
. ' ' ' " ' ""Chloaglo Chronicle; ri -. . .
Several large corporations have Inaugu.
rated the 'pensionyetem and have found
It satisfactory, both sentimentally nd ma
terially. A man" whose pension is. . con
tingent upon his loyalty and length of ser
vice Is likely to exercise great -care to
avoid loatng his "Branding. The - system
renders a working force homogeneous and
efficient. The Inauguration of tha "system
by the Atchison, '-Tcpeka and Sante Fe
railroad la not an Innovation, but tha adop
tion of an idea that has proved Us value.
Bdoeatloa la the Phlllpplaes.
Philadelphia Record.
We are doing something in an educational
way for the little brown brethren in the
Philippines. There are !,1b6 primary schools
In the Islands, with an average attendance
of 875,544 pupils. Beven hundred) American
teachers and 8,224 Filipino teachers are em
ployed. There are 1,464 primary school build
ings in the islands Owned by the munici
palities. On tha theory that aa the natives
become educated thVy will more readily
enter Into our scheme of benevolent assimil
ation the money expended for education Is
well spent. But It is quite possible when
they shall become fit to govern themselves
they may more strenuously insist upon hav
ing 'the opportunity, or. if . that be denied
them under the flag, seek for It outside of
the American jurisdiction. .' "A little learn
ing Is a dangerous thing." .'.
Traits of the Janaaese.
The Bpokman.
The Japanese are very Clever, but their
cleverness, naturally, enough. Is devoted to
their own peculiar Interests. They are not
altruistic In. the - slightest: degree. They
will use foreigners apd pay, foreigners and
welcome foreigners 'for precisely such a
length of tlme as jsutts their Interest.
After that, they will caat foreigners aside
like squeesed oranges, and under their su
perficial politeness will be as hard and
aa selfish as any' raes that the world has
ever seen. They are In fact, an Intensely
egotistic- people, vain to the last degree,
and," since their Vlotbry over Russia, they
are entirely convinced that they can bully,
and. If necessary, conquer any other people
upon earth.; Some Say they will run up
against a white nation that la not honey
combed with discontent, whose fleets and
armies are m"superb oondltlon, and whose
finances are not Ilka those of Russia,
crippled and hampered by, eighty years of
extravagance and burdensome taxation.
Then the Japanese bubble , will be pricked
and the subject of the mikado will not be
so excessively belligerent.
KO WORK, NO PAY.
A Baslaess Prapoaltloa Worth Trying;
ob Conajreasiaea.
Chicago Chronicle.
Soma sneering and aaircastlo persons may
ba disposed to say -that tbe average con
gressman' rhijrht .better be paid than
"docked" for absenting himself from hi
place la the house. That la a matter of
opinion respecting which there will be dif
ferences,
But as a matter of ordinary buslneaa It
really seems that (bs legislator who gives
no attention to bis duties ought not to
draw pay. 'Representative John Wesley
Qalnea thinks so and, what la more to the
purpose, be has hunted up an old statists
wnicn says so. There la, consequently, no
need for a new law: on th subject Th
enforcement of the eld on will meet the
situation. ' ..t
Members of congress ar not to be treated
Ilka railroad laborers, going to work at th
sound of th whistle and "docked" for any
time that they axe 1(31. If Is equally clear
that a congresomaif ought not to b paid
for congressional duties which be fla
grantly negleota. Ttfs man who cannot give
his time and attention to his legislative
function ought to resign his seat.
There l nothing- fanny about Mr. Gaines'
proposition to enforce th statute of 15-1
It U a coinniendabl'bumM propostUon.
Aft w t oip it WAimnrflTo.
Current Bveota fljeaned from the
Army sal avy flefrr.
The vacancy In the brigadier generalship
which will occur on January I by the ap
pointment of Brigadier General J. F. Bell
to a major gereralcy will prohaMy.be
filled by th appointment of one of th
senior colonels of the line; at least, ther
are Indications of this very gratifying stats
of affair. It ' will, of rrhirDe, be some
thing of a shock to the army, which ought
to be by this tlin pretty well accustomed
to the violence of selection and the de
moralizing effect of devastating overslaugh.
The list of candidate Is a long one and
Include captains of tha Un and many
staff officers. Mo one knows, of course,
what Mr. Roosevelt will do at the last
moment, but It I hoped that the present
Indication In favor of a senior colonel of
infantry, cavalry or artillery Is not a false
alarm. '
A question recently arose In the War de
partment as to the meaning of the expres
sion "term of enlistment" In th official
order defining the conditions of awarding
sen-Ice and ervlce-ln-war chevrons. It
ha been decided that for service chevrons
the period of service must hav been a
full three year or five years enlistment
and for, oh servlce-In-war ' chevron th
enlistment may have been honorably ter
mlnated before the expiration of th term,
but to be entitled to wear more than on
such chevron for the same war or cam
paign the first enlistment must hav been
terminated by expiration of the term bf
service.
An army officer now on duty In an east
em station and formerly on duty In Utah
has asked the War department if he may
have two horses transported from North
Dakota to hi present station at govern
ment xpe.ne. When he wa on duty In
the west' he sold the animals he then
owned, there being no plac to keep them
at the post where he was- stationed, and
he now desires to have two horses trans
ported from a place of purchase which
Is considerably more distant from his pres
ent post than Is the station of duty at
whlbh his last service wa rendered. The
application ha been adversely acted upon
by the quartermaster general of the army,
who views have been sustained by the
War department.
It has hot yet been decided when there
will be another examination of candidate
for- appointment aa dental surgeon In the
army. Ther -are no vacancies and none
In prospect, but It Is considered of ad
vantage to obtain some qualified candi
date for an eligible list. Th recent ex-,
amlnatlons held at West Point and San
Francisco do. not, appear to have resulted
In getting th desired personnel, although
the surgeon general's offio has yet tO(
hear from the board on th Pacific coast.
In th next examination the physical ex
amination will taka plac at the military
post nearest th homes of th candidate,
so . that those who apply may be spared
the expense of a trtp to the place where
the board meets for . the professional ex
amination. It so happened that several
of the candidates who appeared before
the recent board at West Point were de
clared disqualified on physical ground and
they might have been spared th time and
cost of the longer trip by a hortr on
to th neareat post for an examination
by a medical board.
A waterproof pack chest ha been
adopted for use of th signal corps of th
army. The cheat I 80x16 inches, outside
measurement. , It is mad of leatherold,
securely bound with Iron and has a sub
stantial lock,' It will be provided for Issue
only to signal covps eompanie( on "eld
service and Is Intended for the packing
of telegrapn, telephone and testing In
struments, heliographs, field ' glaase and
telescopes, small tools, such as linemen'
outfit and other email article of value,
which must be secured against loss and
Instruments which should be protected
from th weather. "
A. decision has been rendered by the as
sistant comptroller of the treasury to the
effect that an officer of militia who acted
as disbursing officer during an encampment
Is entitled to the pay of his grade during
the encampment and for uch period there
after as was actually necessarily consumed
by him In the payment of pay, subsistence
and transportation and travel allowance
of the officers and men of the mllltla and
In the preparation of accounts for trans
mission to the proper administrative de
partment of the government.
Th signal corps of the - army has
adopted for use of signal men a brush
cutting knife. The blade Is eighteen Inches
long and the knife weighs with th leather
scabbard twenty-nrne ounce. Tn anir
wilt ' be Issued as part of th equipment
of Companies on field services or depart
ments constructing lines. They ar not
Intended for lesu to Individual soldiers
s part of their personal equipment.
PERSONAL NOTBS.
Doubtless the Bag millions will be dis
tributed after the probate court has passed
upon the will of Mr. Bag.
King Oscar of Sweden la one of th most
remarkabl of European monarch. B
sldes being a voluminous writer h Is a
first-rate -musician, an . expert linguist, a
good speaker and an all-round sportsman.
Although Jame Bryc, th nw British
ambassador to this country, la S year old.
he baa not by any means exhauated his
physical energies or his fondn for xer
els In the open. HI favorite recreation
la mountain climbing and h is president
of tha English Alpine club.
Mr. and Mr. Robert A. Johnston of Mil
waukee hav mad a gift of 1100,000 for th
construction' and equipment of a nw home
for Marquette college, to be erected In their
city. Th trustee of th college ottered to
change It nam to Johnston college, but
th Johnstone prefer It should oontlnu to
bear the name of the famous missionary.
-Recent announcement In a pre report
to the effect that $6,000 wa pal tor a
copy of th early law of Conneoticut,
known also a th "blu laws" of Con
necticut, ha brought' to light the poastbl
fact that th only other oopy In existence
I In possession of Mr. C. E. Laverty of
Louisville, Ky. It ha occupied a plae
In her library for fifty year.
Tb Japanese government has sent Its
chief railway, engineer from tb Island
of. Formosa to spend six monthe In the
United States and six month In Europe
Studying th latest method In railway
construction. Hi name I H. Inagaki.
He, ba just arrived In Ban Francisco,
where h will remain a month. H la a
young man In th early thirties.
Dr. Georg F. Kuns, statistician on pre
cious atone for th United Stat geo
logical survey, ha retired. Originally an
annual review of tb precious aton In
dustry In th United State waa pub
lished, but Dr. Kuns ha xtnded this of
late year to cover discoveries and devel
opment In precious stone and ornamental
atonea In all part of th world.
A. A. Robinson, until recently president
of th Mexican Central railroad, will be
mad manager of all th railroad con
trolled by th ' Mexican government. He
wa very close to President Dlas during
th ten years h wa at th had of tb
Mexican Central. Mr. Rpblnson wa raised
on a farm and from childhood until ba
reached bis majority be was engaged In
farm labor, except for on year, wbea be
was clerk In a general ator. UX work
, on jallroed began U IMS.
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RAILROAD SJBTTERME1TO.
Extenatwn awd Isaprovcaawat
that
New Tork Commercial.
Th authorisation of large stock Issues
by the Northern Paolflo and the Oreat
Northern not only Indicate great exten
sions and Important betterment In th
railroad properties In th territory cul
tivated by the companies, but they sug
gest a struggle for new business such aa
marks an era of great national prosperity.
The Union Pacific very prosperous out
look with Its enormous resource and the
Milwaukee system' hundred-million stock
Increase available for extensions to the
Paolflo coast will ' mak then line very
active In th development of new business
In th remoter west.' All the do not
necessarily mean anything beyond th tak
ing advantage of prosperous time to open
up and develop regions that will be per
manently and bounteously tributary to
th line penetrating them. Still, thr Is
a suspicion of competing light for new
business In the air.
Coincident with these far-western ex
tension and betterments ther I going
on . In the eastern and central states a
development- more gradual, less striking,
but non the less sure to modify and com
plicate th transportation problem. W
refer to th strongly defined tendency to
mak th electric traction lines, such as
are found so abundantly In state like
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, auxiliary to the
steam line In handling freight and express
matter. ,
The present car shortage, the coal famine
In th west, and . th Inability . ef steam
railway -carbuilders .to overtake their or
ders all emphasise the need of additional
aids to th present transportation facilities
of tha country. That th trunk Una of
railroad and th smaller steam lines al
ready sea th vantage-point achieved by
connecting system of ' ' 'trio roads Is
shown by th favor with '. oh Interchange
of transportation la regarded.
To mak these electric tractions Unes
feeders and auxiliaries to the steam road
1 really leas difficult a a problem than It
would seem to many, and the solution of
many knotty, transportation problem Is
likely to P found along this pathway.
From . now- on tb foreslghted will keep
an eye on the understandings arrived at
between the grw.ter, rl! way ' systems and
the parallel aad Interseotlng elsotrio lines.
A BLUSHING YES."
Tb Peerless On Hesitates, Theaah
Wllllaer t Consent.
New Tork Sun.- 1
The Hon. William Jennings Bryan will
not protect himself with a lightning rod.
In word that rval hi hitherto unsus
pected talent for diplomacy, th Wendertr
veil a blushing ye:
WhIl I hav not yet announced that
I would be a candidate, I have not etatsd
that I wduld not be a candidate. Such a
high honor aa th presidential nomination
1 something that no American cltlien
hould decline."
An honor not to be declined. Mr. Bryan
doesn't say that It should not be sought.
He amends the axiom of Mr. Lowndes of
South Carolina,
Mr. Bryan's bashful expectancy is no sur
prise. He will get th nomination, If he
can, of course. But can hT In spit of
hi sohetn of government trunk railroad,
his plan for th election of fdral judge,
his horror of government by injunction.
Mr. Bryan seems too slow-paced for tha-
rapid times. Not that h has grown con
servative, as soma of hie apologists would
mak th country believe; but other hav
grown more radical and more fiercely rad
ical There are more active and thorough
going If not better soldiers of socialism
than he.
At any rata, If the lightning ever hit
that fin head of political melodrama, there
will be no thunder with the stroke. It
ha been all used up. -
Rnst 'Wear More Than Work.
Portland Oregonlan.
Written In th home-mad oopy books of
half a century and more ago waa frequently
found this staUmantt "Rust oonaum
faster than labor wear." Tb statistician
who seeks to verify statement of extreme
longevity find proof of tb truth of thl
assertion In th aotlv out-door live that
very aged men and women have lived not
Infrequently to four-scor years, it ha
further been shown by th research
into th cause that govern the tkn allot
ment of man that th full exercise -of tb
various power of th mind and body la
oonduclv to great age. Hence anyone
desiring abnormal length of years ned not
b afraid of wearing himself out by labor,
since upon this high authority h 1 assured
that hi action la life-inaction decay.
Chooses tk Leaser Evil, '
Washington Star.
Th apprehension occasioned by cxossslv
prosperity 1 nothing compared to that
caused by a touch or nara time, uven
tb patmlts must credit th country with
choosing tb ls of tw evils.
INDIA AND CEYLON
Appeals to tboe accustomed to the beet. It anlfurmity of quality is one)
of the reason that has contributed largely to It popularity.
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TAXES ON INHKRITAJtCB.
Contribution to th Pwblie Revenue
Is TwantyFiv States.
8t. Louis Globe Democrat
The census bureau's Inquiry shows that
twenty-live states tat Inheritance, and
the aggregate amount which thy received
In the latest year from which complete
ngures have been obtained ia a little over
$7,000,000. New Tork got 3,SOO,OUO from this
source, Pennsylvania, . $1,231,000; Illinois.
$S03,000; Massachusetts, $433,0091 Connecticut,
$334,000; California, $30,000; Missouri, $228,0(,
and the other eighteen state reclvd
mailer amount. Th. census authorities
believe, however, that the $7,000,000 om
talned from thla tax in the year from which
they have compiled the figures will b fit,
000.000 or $itoo,ooo in iw.
la some 6f the states. It wlil be noticed,
th inhentatv tax la a rather Important
Item In the revenue.- It 1 easy to see that
New York would dislike to surrender this
$3,300,000 a year to th federal government.
wnicn il will now lu uv itw
proposition for an Inheritance tax should be
adopted. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri
and the ether state which hav this tax
in any phase probably would Ilk to hang
onto it, Thla 1 a Sentiment which will tail
against th proposition If It come up la
congress In a practical way.
Assuming that the twenty-five statee
which tax Inheritances get. In the ag-gre
gate, about $12,000,000 from that source In
1X16, the addition of tha other twenty states
to the roll of Inheritance taxera would
bring this form of revenue up to H,00),000
or $ IS, 000,000 In a year. But there Is reason
to believe, from England's experience, thrit
a United States Inheritance tax would
yield much more than thl sum. A we are
now running up a surplus Which Will be
likely to amount to $fl0,000,000 or more for
the twelve month which end next June,
congres will hot be In a hurry to enact
any new forms of taxation. Secretary Shaw
fiscal year' at $58,000,000, but hie estimate
have usually been below the mark. The'
present Indications are that the states will
be allowed to retain their revenue from In
heritances. FLASHES or FCW.
tuMnfiVi Ji't est hep hnsband to b
lleve anything unless be see It. '., .
Erbertwnr. is n so saepiicair .
"Oh, he used to be employed In th
weather bureau." Tonkare Statesman.
Old Hunk When I wa a young man t
could strike a harder blow with a sledge
hammer than anybody in town.
Old Hewllgua Well, you still hold th
record aa a knocksr. Chicago Tribune.
"Kvery Miss, you know, ha a mission
In life," remarked J oak ley.
"Think so?" remarked Mis Vera Bright.
"Yes: to a rood man,"
"Perhaps, provided the man has a man
alon." Philadelphia Pre.
She (sternly) Why ware you so late last
night?
He (apologetically) I wa held up on my
way home
Bh (still sternly) Were you too far gxm
to walk alone 7 Baltimore American.
Town Soma people say "lunch" and
soma say "luncheon," and yet, of course,
both mean th sam thing.
Browne I don't think so. I rather be
lieve "lunch" is masculine and "luncheon"
famlnlne. Iodlanapoll News.
Kplcker When I childhood overt
Rocker When after Christmas you ex
change your toye Instead of breaking them,
New Tork Sun.. ......
Th. waiter had just been knocked down
by an (rat patron.
"can I you give a man a up wunoui
completely overturning hlmT" he grumbled,
a he arose, "I fear," he added, aa h
dusted his clothes, "that your sense of pro
portion 1 dertctent" Philadelphia Ledger.
D REAMS OF CHILDHOOD.
- Kansas City Journal. '
Pleasant recollections, happy memories,
Song of summer warbler tn th willow
trees.
Turning Ufa's book over, page by golden
page, '
At tbe fireside dreaming
Of a golcWn age I . -.;
Com, y llttl figures; com, y visions
wet:
Faces tanned and freckled, brown and bar
of feet;
Turn th book of Irving, page by golden
peg
At tbe fireside dreaming '
Of a golden agel ,
Of an a resplendent with the hope of
life,
Fre and bright and oarles of th human
strif.
Down th rifted chimney winter winds may
re go
Naught can mar' the dreaming
Of a golden agl .
Wbn th heart wa whoWaom with tbe
Innocence . -
Of tb wild wood rapture, freedom's reoom
pens Turn th book of fortun, but tb sweet
est pa . . -Tells
in hour of dreaming , (
Of th golden agel
Tall of childhood pleasure, tells th
wonder, Joy
tn th happy spirit of a happy boy.
Wlnda around th chimney rag- and rar
and rage .
Making sweet th drsamlnf
Of a golden agel