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THIS OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1P07.
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THE BEB PLBLISHINO COM PANT.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,
fltata of Nebraska. Douglaa Coanty. at:
Charles C. Roaewater, general manager
of The Bee rubllahtng company, being dulv
aworn, aaya that tha actual, number of full
and complete eoptea of The" Tally. Mornmg,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tha
month of January. 1107, wtl a rpuowa:
I...., ao,too
17.. 31,870
II. ......... .31.890
18 31,780
tt.. 30.300
XI. 31,800
31. 33,060
1$..... 31,840
U 31,780
II. ...... ...31.708
..,.. 81,830
27....; 30,500
II.... 31,830
t...t 81,680
It... .3190
II. ...... ...31,880
1 39,680
., 81,870
4 81,880
I 81,880
80,800
T .....ai.6o
. ..........39,300
I..... aa,ao
! .38,040
11 11,870
II. ......... .33,060
II.. 30,400
14 31,730
II 31,330
II 38,180
Total .....388,480
Less unaold and returned copie.. 8,134
Net toUl .873,348
Dally average 81,388
CHARLK8 C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn
to before ma thia I fat day of January,
1107.
(Beai) " ROBERT HUNTER...
Notary Public.
WHEN Ol'T Or .TOWM.
Sabacrlbera leaving; th city tern
8orarlly ahoald have Tha Be
walled to them. Address irUl be
Railroad attorney! are not complain
ing, of any lack of btsinesg thia year.
By restoring the old municipal ma
chine to power, Philadelphia geta back
Into the "corrupt and contented" class.
The Missouri legislature has passed
several laws calculated to give the race
track gamblers a run for their money.
Bryan and Beveridge have finally
signed articles oE agreement for a two
VAi rat' ail a aK rtt vnKii 1 a kIas I t rha
jvina i (? v f wbiwuibii iV8J 8 a UV
magazines..'
Why should, a railroad give rebates
to get business, when It admits it has
more business than It can handle prop
erly or profitably?
Ambassador Bryce receives a salary
of ft 0,0 00. -A. good diplomatic post
may sometimes pay as well as a life
Insurance presidency.
Aa Indiana man asserts that the
tork brought him a baby S days old.
The bird has always borne a good repu
tation heretofore, too.
.Failure has followed the attempt to
establish an all night bank In Phila
delphia. There Is no sale tor insomnia
remedies In that town.
The Cuban liberals who want to
fight the United States should be re
minded that General Leonard .Wood Is
till on the active list ot the army.
The county jail feeding graft must
go. There is no good reason why the
sheriff should make more out ot this
perquisite than his whole legitimate
salary.
Pittsburg is feeling a little more
comfortable since Dr. Emit Paur has
produced statistics to prove that New
York is the wickedest state in the
world.
. , Having persuaded congress to take
back the $1,800 of unearned salary
txald to him bv mistake. Cona-rtssman
( Pollard doubtless feela greatly re-
nevea.
The naval appropriation, carrying
$100,706,807. may furnish another
reason for Japan's acquiescence in the
settlement ot the school question at
Ban Francisco.
Poultney Blgelow Insists that yhe
walked across the middle or that reaer
voir at Panama without getting his
feet wet. Poultney never allows his
feet to get wet or cold.
: A Kansas City packing firm'haa era
ployed a manicure artist to take care
of the hands of women employes. The
purchaser may take his choice between
manicured and sugar-cured products.
Nebraska might contribute two
guests to the dinner which Champ
Clark is to give to his lame-duck col
leagues who failed to land In the next
congress. But It is no sure thing that
they were invited.
American automobile factories
turned out JI.8J0 machines last year
They must have been all sold abroad,
as almost every auto owner encourages
the impression that bis scorcher Is an
Imported article.
"Large bodies move slowly" Is the
argument effered to provo that Secre
tary Ta.ft cannot ran for th presi
dency. By th asm token, he would
havo difficulty la getting away It th
office) should decide to soek th man.
VOMMISHtOft AMtNDMKltf TaLID- '
, The state supreme court has ren
dered Its decision In' the test case
brought to determine the validity of
the constitutions! emendment ratified
at the last election creating an elec
tive state railway commission and of
the titles of the railway commissioners
elected at the same time. The court
holds that the commission amendment
has been properly adopted and Is now
and has been from the day of election
a part of the constitution of Nebraska.
It holds further that the people have
a right to choose the officers to serve
In the positions thus created at the
name time that they create the posi
tions, and that the commissioners,
elected according to the returns of the
vote cast last November, being other
wise duly qualified, are in fact entitled
to hold under tha constitution aa thus
amended.
The reasoning by which the court
arrives at Its conclusion upholding the
amendment Is logical and convincing.
On the point of Irregularity of pub
lication the court reiterates its posi
tion to which The Bee called attention
ut the time that the three calendar
months must be counted back from
.election day and not to the first of the
third month preceding the month in
which the election is held. But it
goes even further than that by declar
ing that minor irregularities In publi
cation, where substantial compliance
with the spirit of the constitutional
provision is had. will not be. allowed
to defeat the expressed will of the peo
ple. Otherwise, a unanimous expres
sion by voters fully apprised of the
change proposed might be overturned
by wilful or accidental failure to com
ply literally with the requirement of
publication for three calendar months
in at least on newspaper in each of
the ninety counties in Nebraska.
On the other disputed questions as
to the method of voting and of count
ing the vote the decision Is equally
straight out. The legislature Is held
to be fully empowered to prescribe
bow the ballot shall be made up and
in what manner it shall be marked
and how It ehall be counted, providing
the constitutional requirement that
each voter have an opportunity to vote
for or against each amendment sub
mitted shall not be infringed. No one
contends that any voter who wished
to register his ballot against the adop
tion of the amendment was prevented
from doing so, nor that any votes were
counted for It that were not cast In a
manner to Indicate that the voter
wished to be recorded affirmatively.
The overwhelming consideration In
the adoption of constitutional amend
ments, as in the election of candidates
for office, must be the intent of the
people. In this case the amendment
was carried with practically no oppo
sition, the only question being whether
the people had expressed themselves
In a manner conforming to their own
constitution so as to b effective. It
was not a question of upholding an
amendment popularly endorsed In Ig
norance of Us scope and purpose nor
of counting in. an amendment carried
or lost by the skin of its teeth, but ot
blocking the ' unquestioned desire of
the people to have th commission
amendment engrafted upon their con
stitution. Under these conditions the
court has rightly taken the broad
view, and although setting a precedent
requiring care to prevent abuse of It
in (ho future., the decision will stand
out pre-eminently as going to the Jus
tice and merit of the case.
HILt'g PESKT PSSaiMS3t.
The note of warning sounded by
James J. Hill, urging the people of the
United States to begin putting on the
brakes and preparing for a down
grade, which he says is surely ahead
ot our nationaj prosperity, would In
dicate that he has the blue goggles on
again. "Less money Is being spent,"
says Mr. Hill, speaking of the railroad
situation, "on new works. The effect
of this movement is being felt at pres
ent In the falling off of orders. The
railroads In general are curtailing their
expenditures and giving fewer orders.
There will be a falling off In manufac
tured articles. 'This will continue dur
ing the coming, months, but so far as
concerns the future, the' year 1908 may
be a hard one and then many men may
be out of work."
As one of the great railway man
agers and owners of the country. Mr.
Hill would ordinarily be accepted as
authority on questions ot railway im
provement and the commercial de
velopment that always precedes outlay
in railway betterments. As a rule,
however, he has ladled out optimism
with a special view to Inspiring con
fidence In railway investments and as
a consequence, even though advice Is
always In order to store up In times
of prosperity against a rainy day in
times of panic and depression, his dls
mal forebodings now are likely to sug
rest Interested motives.
As a matter of fact, there ar no
more signs right now ot trouble ahead
than there were this time last year
The United States Steel company esti
mates that more than $150,000,000 Is
now already Involved In orders for
steel cars placed with car builders ot
the country, which amount It Is pre
dicted will be Increased by another
$$0,000,000 within th year. The
whole demand is not represented la
this, either, as builders declare they
could double tha orders la hand If they
had any way ot filling them. Not only
is the condition of the car building la
dustry an exception, but la almost
every line t industrial activity manu
facturers are unable to keep up with
the demand. Orders for structural
steel and iron tor building trades ar
oa th waiting list and work aaoagh
of this kind Is In sight to keep every
steel furnace at white heat for the next
twelve mbnihs. tn many lines manu
factured goods are being Imported to
supply the deficit of home factories
for which consumers will not wait and
where the month's business In manu
facturing sets a new high water mark
for the nation.
Were no legislatures In session con
slderlng restrictive railroad measures,
these facts would be harped npon as
sssurlng a Btlll greater prosperity Mr.
Hill's change of front may have some
Influence on the stock market of Wall
street, but it Is not likely to have much
Influence In the desired direction,
namely, of supporting the plea of the
railroads to be let alone.
WrROVIlCQ SPECIAL DKLIVKHT.
The bouse at Washington has passed
and a senate .committee favorably re
ported a bill, which, if enacted into
law as. now seems probable, will re
move one of the weakest points in the
present system of delivering special
letters by the Postofflce department.
The existing law requires a special
delivery stamp ln the letter designed
for immediate dispatch to Its destina
tion. This special , 10-cent stamp is
seldom on hand when wanted, and the
necessity of a trip to the postofflce or
the nearest branch often defeats tha
very purpose for which the system
was adopted, that of speed in transit.
The bill which has passed the house
provides that a special delivery stamp
need not be necessary if the total of
the stamps affixed equals the combined
vajue of a special delivery stamp and
the amount of regular postage required
by the weight ot the letter. All that
wlli be necessary, In, addition to the
required prepayment in stamps is that
the words "special delivery" shall be
written conspicuously on the envelope.
The Postofflce department has offered
no objection to the proposed law and
it is reasonable to suppose that no ob
jection can be found which is not more
than offset by the increased conven
ience of the change to the general pub
lic. ' Under the proposed plan, it is
certain that the revenues of the Post
office department from this source will
be greatly increased. as thousands of
persons will use the special delivery
privilege who did jaot use it under the
old law.
ARMY TRAK8PORTATW1T.
A determined effort is being made
to induce congress to amend the rail
way rate bill so as to allow the rail
roads to make reduced rates for the
transportation of officers and enlisted
men of the army and quartermasters'
stores. The rate bill passed by the
last session of the congress prohibits
every concession ot this kind and army
officers complain that the enforcement
ot the measure Subjects them to severe
financial hardship., Under the law
the government allows "mileage to an
army officer from one post to another,
when on official duty, but makes no
provision tor transporting his family,
Formerly, officers were, enabled to se
cure half rates or passes for their . tarn-.
Hies, but this Is not possible under
the new rate law. The officials of the
quartermaster's department also com
plain that Inability to secure conces
sions in the matter of freight rates
will make it impossible for them to
carry out the plana of the department
within the appropriation authorized by
congreea. They are asking that the
law be amended to allow railroads to
make reduced rates for the transporta
tion ot troops and army stores.
The arguments In favor of this
amendment to the' law are not con
vincing. Officers of the army are paid"
quite as liberally, as civilians In busi
ness life and have no preferred claim
on the railroads or the government In
the matter ot moving their families
from one post to another any more
than a salesman assigned to a new
field would have In demanding .that
his employer or the railroads make a
reduced rate for the transportation of
his family. Neither is ' the govern
ment In position to ask concessions
which it withholds, from individuals
and private concerns. The govern
ment Is quite able, with a surplus
burdened treasury, to pay for the
transportation of troops and quarter
masters' stores, and It would be unfair
to the railroads and to private ship
pers to compel them to share, as would
be the effect, the cost of making these
transportation concessions to the gov
ernment. Stranded Mariner Howell has, resur
rected himself above watery oblivion
long enough to say that the consolida
tion of Omaha and South Omaha
would complicate immedlate-lf-not-sooner
.municipal ownership of the
water works decreed by law four years
ago. Anyone with half a grain ot
sense can see that consolidation ot the
two cities would In reality simplify
the water works problem because
they must both continue to be served
by It. Consolidation would also give
us the population and the wealth ot
the two citlea combined as the basis
for the bond issue which must be made
to buy the works, and would be a
great step toward the water district
which the well-paid attorney of the
do-nothing water board says must
come. Th water-logged statesman
should guess again.
Just as the Nebraska editors In
their association ar going on record
tor greater publicity aa a safeguard
against corporate abuses, and particu
larly for greater publicity of the finan
cial condition ot Insurance companies
doing business In this state, the legis
lator is considering measures aiming
to do away with th small amount ot
publicity our l&suranc laws now r-
qutni Tht present law calls for pub
lication of annual statements In two
papers In the state: The edltora want
to Increase the number of publications
of Insurance statements required by
law from two to ninety, being one It
each county, while a bill which baa
already passed the senate reduces the
required publication from two to one
for the whole state. Every member
of the legislature must certainly know
that the drift of public opinion Is for
greater rather than for less publicity
in these matters.
Recent disasters In home and foreign
waters, Involving great loss of human
life, indicate that the pressing demand
for rules regulating transportation on
land must eventually be extended to
cover water transportation also. The
horror of a railroad accident pales Into
Insignificance when compared with the
collision of two human-freighted ships
at sea. Investigation ot the Larch-
mont disaster shows that both vessels,
according to sworn testimony, were
"keeping their course," In compliance
with the sea rules, and that the colli
sion was due to the fact that one of
the ships became1 unmanageable. It
would seem to be time for a revision
of the rules for the operation of vessels
at sea aqd some provision made for
allowing a captain to exercise his judg
ment In cases of great emergency. In
stead of forcing a disaster by comply
ing rigidly to the "rules ot the road"
now In force.
When the new revenue law was en
acted four years ago the railroads en
larged the membership of the State
Board of Assessment and Equalization
fronx. three to five in order to inject
two additional members -and mako
sure of at least a majority of the
board safely friendly to railroad in
terests. Under the circumstances the
people who got the worst of it by this
railroad trick are entitled to 'have the
board reorganized and the member
ship rearranged so as to exclude the
members who haye discredited them
selves by subserviency to railroad in
fluence, The democratic World-Herald Is
feigning jubilation over its claim that
more democratic, reform measures are
being passed by a republican legisla
ture than ever before by all preceding
demo-pop legislatures. If the World-
Herald were sincere it would be advo
cating the election ot republican leg
islators all the time.
Mr. , Hitchcock's World-Herald Is
still preaching Greater Omaha on Its
editorial page and rapping it in its
news columns. It now accuses the
people of Omaha with trying to "steal"
South Omaha.. -For -the supreme of
demagogy. Mr, .Hitchcock, is entitled
to a leather medal..
f : r . ,
The -v executive committee -'of "the
Commercial club does not know what
to do about certain pending charter
amendments. In view of the odium
brought down on It for acting pigtail
to, the railroad kite it may not make
much difference what the committee
does. . ' ,
H. H. Rogers has just agreed to pay
7 4 per cent interest for a loan of
$10,000,000. This apparently spoils
Tom Lawson's assertion that Rogers
has all the money In the country that
has been overlooked by his partner,
Mr. Rockefeller.
Testimony in the Bailey investiga
tion In Texas shows that the senator
and John W. Gates are partners in sev
eral enterprise, The combination
should be a strong one, with Bailey to
do the fighting and Gates to do the
betting.
The fact that Congressman-elect
HItcheock Is losing no opportunity to
go on the speaking program' on any
and all public occasions in Omaha
lends a color of suspicion that he Is
already campaigning for re-election in
1808.
The question, "What will happen
If the supreme court should knock out
the new railway commission?" has
been answered. The extra session of
the legislature will not be needed on
this account. .
Th Ipllft of Wlaala.
Indianapolis News.
Naturally the Kalaer waa In at) excel
lent humor when he opened tha Reich
atag. He la one of the pleaaanteat and most
cheerful winners In the ruling buatneaa.
Problenta thai Perplex.
Washington Herald.
A Chinaman cam very near ' being
lynched in Wyoming becauae hla laundry in.
terefered with the Wldowa' Washing union.
The race problem, the lynching problem,
and the color line play no particular see
ttona. Not hi mar Preveata Caaaina Dawa,
Philadelphia Preaa.
One of the objections the railroads make
to the l-cent fare bill la that they don't
want to charge aa much aa that all the
time. Well, there la nothing In tha bill
that makea them charge as muuh as that
any ot tha time.
Hlttlaa- the Little fellows.
v Buffalo Express.
Tha attitude of the Interstate bommeree
oommlaalon towarda tha -so-called special
telegraph service to buatneaa houses will
mean a hardship for tha comparatively
amall cooeerna,, but the large corporations
Will lease llnca and Include th operators
among their own employee. -
Paxtal Ktutar Bhrlakla.
New York World.
The bduae has aaaily overcome tha vir
tuoae resolve of (ts poetofflce committee to
reduce by 3 per cent th pay ot tb rail
roads tor carrying the malla. If the annate
oonaenta the reduction WlU be only C2.iul.008
tnatead of tlf,8u0,oa0f sod the senate Is not
expected to eonaont even to th leaner
reduction If U can get out of It. Soma day
eongreas may have the courage to provide
that th rallroAda a hall be paid only for
mall actually carried on a fairly remuner
aUv baaia, but not this scealoo.
";".' OTHKH I.Ani THAN Ot RS.
' Tha remarkable Unanimity of tha French
chambers In approving Mlnleter Brland's
policy of conciliation toward rellgloua
bodies evidences the keen anxiety of prac
tical politicians to eliminate th relialoua
question from the sphere of politic. Prom
the moment the separation law went Into
effect tn December la at the government
sought to make enforcement aa easy aa the
terms of the law permitted. Two modi
fications of the law were made with a
vfew to allaying the natural and Justifiable
Indignation i f the church against eviction
and confiscation. ' Neither of these amend
ments directly recognised the principle ot
undisturbed ecclesiastical control of the
churches taken over by the state, but they
constituted an abandonment of tha policy
Incorporated In the separation law, vis.:
Depriving bishops of control , of church
edifices, which la essential for the main
tenance of church discipline. They served
well aa a truce to strife and opened the
wny for negotiation and settlement, on the
basis of eighteen-year leases. In a material
sense the church has lost heavily In the
contest with trie state. ' Churches and
seminaries, the homes of priests and bish
ops, have been despoiled. All iheae, doubt
less, will berestored under the lease yn
tem. Church funds h4ve been oonftscated,
and a system of clerical penalnns annulled.
But the church has gained enormously In
th esteem of the world by Its fletaftiilnedf
Stand against political manipulation, by Its
remarkable unity and by Its readlneaa to
sacrifice material things for principle. The
state has accomplished all It waa Justified
In seeking separation of church and stats.
In leading a retreat on nonessential the
mlnlttery acknowledges a truism as old aa
Christianity "Peraecutlon 1 the soed of
th church.". -
Under the terms of the Irish land act of
1903 the sale of estates Is optional with
the owners. Many, landlords accepted the
terms of the law and disposed of their
estates. Although the terms offered were
In many Instances exceptionally favorable
to the landlords, a great number of the
absentees refused to sell on any terms. One
of the numbcrclassed as the most odious
rackrtnter on the island, Is the marquis
of Clanricarde, owner of thousands of un
cultivated acres In County Oalway. The
government regards this Idle land a menace
to the welfare of the people and has
served notice on the marqula that unless
he consents to sell the government will
exercise what Americana will call the tight
of eminent domain, set a price on the
property and take It for trie public good.
Mr. Blrrell, the new chief secretary for
Ireland, announces that If peaceful per
suasion falls he will present a measure
fashioned on the style of the Bombay court
In India, whereby the management of
estates Injurious to the property or the
welt being of tenants la taken over by the
state. Naturally the marquis ts Indignant
and his wrathful expressions echo through'
the oorrldors of his bachelor palace In
London. He denouncea the suggestion of
Mr. Blrrell as naked despotism, "a relic
of eastern barbarism." The lamentations
of the noble grouch excites little sympathy,
Sa hla agrarian methods In Ireland are
regarded as the worst specimen of absentee
landlordism.
It has been practically settled that the
Second Hague conference will begin June
15 and last for two months. Prof, de Mar
tens, who IS canvassing the sentiment of
the powers to see whether they accord
with the Russian point of view, la now In
London. He has yet to visit The Hague,
Rome and Vienna, before returning to St.
Petersburg. In an Interview with a repre
sentative of L Temps of Paris. he placed
himself -on record aa aaylng. on behalf of
the Russian government, that the aald gov-
erpment had no Intention of opposing the
discussion of limiting armaments,- however
It might think that th time was ill chosen
for such a discussion. This discussion, .the
Ruaalan professor thought, will complicate
the program of the conference, as will the
dlscusssion of the Drago doctrine.
"It seems to me." said Prof, de Mar
tens, "that the-discussion of these ques
tions can have no practical result. In either
case, especially In the case of the limita
tion of armaments. Because my govern
ment was of that opinion, It has put neither
question down for discussion. I believe I
am right In saying that a large number of
other powers are of the same way of think
ing. In Berlin they think aa we do. If I
remember rightly, M. Leon Bourgeois and
his colleagues propounded a similar thesis
In 1899. It Is to be desired that at con
gresses In which so many take part, only
problems which It Is possible to resolve
should be discussed. The limitation of
armaments Is not one of these problems,
since the opposition of one power alone is
enough to prevent Its adoption, and also be
cauae, no matter how you strive to give It
a Juridical character. It has an essential
political Import."'
Sydney Brooks, writing In Harper's
Weekly concerning tyie Anglo-Japanese alli
ance and Its bearing on a possible struggle
between the United States and Japan, char
acterises the talk of Great -Britain's being
Involved in such a potential struggle as
"absolute nonsense." The American papers,
he says, seem to have exercised themselves
both unnecessarily and Irrationally. The
English papers, he says, have avoided dis
cussing the matter, "not because-It Is too
awkward to be diacu-ised. but because there
Is nothing In It to be discussed." Mr.
Brooks calls attention to the fact that the
objects of the Anglo-Japanese agreement
would not for a moment admit - of auch
Interference In the event of a war between
thia country and Japan. These objects are,
first, "the consolidation and maintenance
ot tha general peace In the regions of
eastern Asia and of India;" secondly, there
Is "th preservation of the common Inter
est's of all powers In China;" Thirdly, there
la "the maintenance of the territorial
rights of the high contracting parties In
the regions of eastern Asia and India and
the defense of their special Interests In the
said regions. " Whenever tbeae rights and
interests are In Jeopardy, the governments
undertake to communloate with one an
other fully and frankly. "Whenever either
of them la Involved In war in defense of
Its above-mentioned rlghta or Interests "by
reason of unprovoked attack or aggression,
wherever arising, on the part ot any other
power or powers," the other contracting
party "will at oik come to the assistance
ot Ita ally, and will conduct the war In
common and make peace In mutual agree
ment with It." That Is all that la essential
Hn the treaty. By what possible Inter
pretation can It be said to hav the re
motest bearing on the present troubto be
tween the United States and Japan?
Writing ot the political situation In China,
th correspondent of th Lcndon Times
says that It Is difficult even for observers
on the spot to draw a clear line between
the forces of reaction and reform, or to
say to whom support ought to be given In
th national movement now developing
Itself. The progressive party In Iti chief
strongholds tha Kwang provinces and
Hunan la widely identified with hatred of
the foreigner; while It la evident that gov
ernment of th country by tha effete Man
chus and an unregenerat mandarinat la
doomed. But th altuation, he says. Is not
without hopeful signs. Modern education
haa created and la multiplying a claoa
which doe not regard exclusion of th for
eigner as the corneretone of Chinese na
tionalism: and although, because of the
Umldlty of th race, this class Is now com-
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paratlvely silent. It Is likely to be a power
ful factor hereafter. For the present all
that can be said with certainty la that tn
dealing with the Chinese government the
fact should be recognised clearly that re
form will come In spite of It and not from
It; that the party opposed to progress, led
by the Manchus, "yields everything to fear
and nothing to reason." and that recent
enlightened utterances of the throne, such
as those which foreshadow the - abolition
of opium and the granting of constitutional
government, are primarily Intended to sat
isfy the Immediate needs of a situation
whfch might otherwise become dangerous.
POUTICAL DRIFT.
Philadelphia opened the first round of
spring elections by giving presumptuous
reformers a black eye.
Business at the capital of Missouri lags
far behind the old standard. Uocal banks
have not been asked to change a single
$1,000 bill this season.
Denis Kearney, of antt-Chlnese sandlot
memory, has emerged from an obscurity cf
twenty years to proclaim that the "Japa
nese are the yellow peril.'.'
Roger C. Sullivan threatena to break Into
the mayoralty contest on the democratic
side In Chicago. Mr. Sullivan Is the author
of the famous series of "Love Letters to
Bryan." 1 '
Some members of the Wisconsin legisla
ture In attempting to regulate the tights of
actresses have decreed that "actresses
must wear their skirts extended four Inches
below their knees."
Bom queer things are heard or seen
when the big, stick Is beyond reach. The
proposed Investigation of the Kansas sen
ate by Itself to find out whether it la con
trolled by railroads was started by a rail
road attorney.
"Political writers and others familiar
with the ways and words of politicians,"
says the New York Sun, ''remark that It
Is the politician who shrieks the loudest
against newspapers who Is out of bed at
sunrise to see if his name is printed in
Since the Kansas City Star's reporters
were excluded from the Kansas , senate
chamber for (describing what they saw,
the Star's reports of the proceedings have
been much more entertaining, artistic and
detailed. It's the way of reporters when
driven to It.
connection with any sort of political func
tion. It la the testimony of most news
paper offices in the country that many
pollciclans rival clergymen of a certain
class and vaudeville aotors and auli-vaacS
of all classes In their eagerness and vanity
to see their names In print."
HONEST GEORGE OP NEBRASKA.
Kentucky Tenders a Salute to Onr
Roy Governor.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Le,( the heathen rage and the whang
doodle roar. . But let him that says In his
heart or proclaims from the housetops that
thore Is no honest politician In all the land
dry up and remain silent henceforth and
forevermore.
Turn the telescope, In other words, to
ward Nebraska and adjust it until Gov
ernor George L. Uheldon la In the focus.
Then look and look hard. It la he who
would make glad the heart of a certain
antique Iconoclast and pessimist called Di
ogenes. He Is an honest politician.
Governor Sheldon' honesty Is spectacular
and novel. He, In the name of the state.
ts suing himself for houae rent. He has
discovered that the constitution- declares
the governor shall receive $2,600 a year, with
no perquisite's. He. therefore, declares he
cannot see that he has a right to occupy
the governor's mansion at the expense of
the state. He has placed $100 as a ra:r
rental per month and he sues to fore
himself to pay the state far th ui ct
the house. If the state wins agulnst Mm
be will have to move, for he could not
afford to pay practically one-half hla sal
ary for house rent.
The Nebraskans now call him "Hone
George." He has conscientious Kiuples
that well become a public olllcer. Wo,14
there were more like him In the official
roosts. Long may he wave I
STILL
OTIIWITIISTANDING the in
roads that have heen made in the
Suits, Overcoats and Trousers
that we are selling at reduced
prices, there are still as good
bargains as ever provided your
particular size is in stock.
It is worth tho money saved to take a
look the chance passes.
Browning. King & Co
E. S. WILCOX, Manager.
NO MONEY CAN DUY BETTER COAL THAN
SIHIEIBO AW QAL
ABSOLUTELY PCRPICT-NO PLAWS-NOT ONE.
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The
Careful
Housewife
uses
no other.
SISSY GEMS.
"The financial news says 'money Is eaalcf
now.' "
"I guess that must mean It goes easier;
I certainly hnven't noticed that it ciHiie
that way." Washington Herald.
"I never speak unless I have something
to say," he remarked when she asked him
what made him so quiet.
"Gracious," the girl exclaimed, "how did
you ever learn to talk?" Chicago Record
Harald. 4 "You know," quoted the plodding person.
'the heights by great men reached and
kept were not attained by sudden flight.' "
"But," replied the modernist, "you must
remnmber that was written before the In
vention of express elevators." Washington
Star. s
Reporter What about this storv of th
typhoid germ being f rosen In the ice you're
harvesting for summer consumption?
Trust Magnate (wearily) Aw, cut It out I
Baltimore American.
Mrs. Muggins la It true that she I
ashamed of her mother?
Mrs. Bngglns Well, she gets around th
relationship by Introducing her mother as
her uunt's sister. Philadelphia Record.
"Here Is a story about sn actress who
had her nose frosen while on her way to
Winnipeg."
"Well, a single frosen nose Is much to h
preferred to the play that has nil Its fea
tures frosted." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Miss Asrum She's a brunette. Isn't she?
Miss Wise I don't know. I haven't seen
her for nearly six months. Philadelphia
Press.
Wilfred Pa, a man who is continually on
a ship is called a sea dog, isn't he?
Gunbusta That's what they call him. my
boy.
Wllfre-Well, if he's a sea dog. then a
man who Is continually on an airship must
be a skye terrier. Judge.
TELLING THE TRUTH.
When a friend la In haste to be perfectly
frank.
In recti 'ng your faults In detail.
He scarce waits for a bid before doffing
the lid
Of, his ever-filled cold-water pail.
With a go-at-'em gait and a rub-lt-ln rat
He reduces some sprouting ambition,
When a few words discreet would hav
spoiled your conceit,
Yet not left you the sting of derision.
The cherry-tree tale by now has grewn
. stale, - -
Yet 'tla recited each year wl'.h iln'lon.
And Ita moral holds good whttn 'tla well
understood, i
And applied with the right variation.
Ye truth tellers bold, like young Georgia
of old.
First attack the trees In your garden.
Before you go hacking your neighbors'
good trees,
Without even asking his pardon.
Or some day when dark things to man ar
made light.
You'll stand where the Father of alt
Takea account of the atumps which but for
your thumps
Might have grown to be cherry trees talL
And you In confualon behold your mistake.
Ana your pugni mere it De otnurs to
match It
As you ruefully cry, "I cannot tell a lie,
I did that wltn my little hatchet."
Tin true, oh wise friend ot the Baltimore
press,
You'll receive small reward - for your
labors. .
If you, without ruth, confine telling th
truth
To the level of squelching your neighbors.
Just remember, the patterns of truth we
revere :- '
As we list to the tale of the hatchet,
Waa also the pattern of true courtesy
And had other virtues to match IL
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