TTIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JfAKOT 12, 1007.
The Omaha Daily Bee
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas County. ee: '
Charles C Roeewater, general mnff
Of Tha Bee Publishing company, being duly
sworn, says that tha actual number of full
and complete coplea of Tha Dally, Momma-,
Kvenlng and Sunday Pee printed during the
month of Febntnrv. 1907, was aa follows:
1 91,900 it Sl.BM
I Sl.BAO IT 30.S9O
t 80,100 , II a,630
4 I... Sl,30 it a.oo
I.......... S1.N0 4 OT.BS0
31,0 tl 33,470
T.. 33,190 li... 39,400
R 31,090 J J 38.00
1 83,130 ti .0,880
10 80,480 tt 83,080
11 81,760 !.. 81,860
It ....81,670 ST..., 83,0.10
13 31340 II 83,130
14 81,640
15 01,600 Total 833,730
Lcas unsold and returned ooplee... 8,763
Net total 866,857
Dally average 31,677
CHARLES C. ROSEWATKR,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before m this lat day of March. 1907.
(Seal) XK B. HV'NOATE,
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WHBS OCT OF TOW !t.
Sabserlber a leaving the eltr tern
piora rlly ahonld kT Ttat Bee
tailed them. Address will be
ensnare often aa reqaested.
Wall street reports a very poor out
look for the spring lamb crop.
"How can I get a. man's salary!"
asks a woman teacher. Marry him.
The czar of Russia says he Is satis
fied with the new Douma. but the
Douma Is far fora boing satisfied with
the czar.
Champ Clark, predicts that Roose
velt will run again and be defeated.
Champ also predicted the election of
Alton B. Parker.
The Steel trust profits for the year
aggregated 1115,000,000. The Steel
trust' is getting a little large' for the
Infant Industry class., .. . , - ,v
- ' '-I.',
."Judge Carnes left for home this
evening, guarded by the mllltla," says
a Virginia' dispatch. ;. The Vunwrltten
law" la supreme In Virginia.
Senator Spooner denies the report
.that he has been gobbled up by Mr
.Harrlman. The -senator roust feel as
lonesome as some railroads.
"Combination really benefits the
Public" says Mr. Harrlman. The nub
lie is convinced, since it has been com
bining against railroad extortion.
Former Senator Blackburn of Ken
tucky has been appointed a Panama
canal commissioner. It Is hoped that
be Is a better ditch digger than be Is
a fence builder.
The charge of culpable negligence
made against Senator Depew by a New
York court Is based on his railroad
connection and not for bis refusal to
resign from the senate.
If a United States marshal swore to
padded expense accounts like those
sworn to by Sheriff McDonald, bis offi
cial bead, would come oft before he
could say "Jack Robinson."
That plan to quarantine Speaker
Cannon at Colon is foredoomed to
failure. The speaker may simply re
fuse to recognise tho quarantine or
may order it laid on the table.
If Senator La Follette's statement
that the democratic party is on trial
for its life is true, a mistake Is being
made. The men who killed the deiu
ocratlc party ought to be on trial.
. It looks as If first proof of Mr. Har
rlwan's desire to co-operate with the
government and secure favor with the
publlo would take the form of defl
ance to the Nebraska J -cent fare law
The hot fight for places on the
South Omaha school board would in
dlcate either a patriotic desire to serve
the public or an Idea that a Job with
est salary may still b turned to per
sonal profit, ...
Washington advices show that the
president bas made no plana for. the
summer except to arrange for opening
a correspondence 'school , tor -'the In
Btructlon of railway presidents in
transportation laws. .
Tbe terminal . tax bill Is a special
order for consideration In tha lower
house of the Nebraska legislature this
week. There will be a great convoca
Uon of railroad lobbyists and sym
pathUers at Lincoln tor the occasion.
The South Dakota legislature has
passed 8 bill extending the required
period of residence in divorce proceed
lugs to one year, The honesty of th
residence Is more Important than the
' length of It, la Dakota or elsewhere.
THK TERMINAL TAX rLKDGK.
The republican state platform of
1906, upon which the present state
officers and all the republican metu
lrs of the legislature were elected,
contains, among others, the following
plank:
Vhlle we believe that the present method
of assessing rallrnud property In cities and
villages, and distributing; taxes therefrom
through the various counties, la just and
fair Insofar as It relatea to county, state
and school taxes, we demand that the reve
nue law be so amended that the railroad
property within cities and villages shall
also be assessed and taxed the same as
other property for city and village pur
poses. ' ,
This platform- pledge Is not only
peciflc, but was subscribed to In wrlt-
ng by nearly all the legislative candi
dates and thus became one of the In
ducements to their election. More
than this, through the stupidity of the
democratic state chairman endeavor
ng to enlist railroad support for the
fusion candidates, this particular
pledge was made an issue and was In
fact emphasised more than any other
one plank In the platform.
If the terminal tax pledge means
nythlng, it means that without eta an g-
ng the existing law as to the assess
ment and taxation of railroad property
for state, county and school district
purposes, a law Is to be passed to ena
ble cities and villages to levy and col
lect municipal taxes upon railroad
property within their corporate limits
on the same basis of value as levied
and collected upon other property
within their jurisdiction. .
The justice of this proposition Is not
gainsaid even by the most ardent of
the paid railway lobbyists. They ad
mit that the railroads are shirking
their city taxes. Besides attempting
to stir up prejudice as between Omaha
and the rest of the state, their only
plea In defense is that to authorize
terminal taxation would tend to dis
turb the distribution plan of assess
ment for state, county and school dis
trict purposes. But this does not fol
low at all, nor does It deny the justice
of the proposed terminal taxation for
city and village purposes.
The whole case In a nutshell is elm
.tto
ply this: The railroads have up to
this time escaped practically all city
axes and naturally want to perpetu
ate such a valuable privilege of tax
evasion. If they can do this, what
they save will have to be paid by the
other taxpayers in he respective cities
and villages. The railroad lobbyists
are hired to protect the railroad
pocketbook. If they can defeat ter
minal taxation they will be entitled to
ask for Increased salaries. while the
law-makers who play Into their hands
will be left to look out for themselves
The terminal tax pledge, more than
any' other pledge In the platform. In
volves the question of railroad doral
nation. When the railroads are com
pelled to pay taxes like other people,
to exact only reasonable charges from
patrons without discrimination,-and to
provide proper facilities for transport
ing passengers and freight, they may
be less active in politics, but so Ions;
as they have special privileges and te.x
exemptions to protect, they will try to
nominate - candidates and manipulate
politics to held their advantage.
PERKISS" RESTITUTIO.
The whole question of the right of
corporations to make contributions to
political campaign funds seems to have
been reopened by the action of Georgo
W. Perkins, a partner of J. P. Morgan
and a former official of the New York
Life Insurance company, In returning
to that company the money which be
subscribed to the campaign fund of the
republican party In 1904. Mr. Per
kins was Indicted in the lower courts
of New York and convicted on the
charge of larceny, the indictment
charging that be unlawfully took some
$48,000 of the funds of the life Insur
ance company, of which be was vice
president. This was the sum which
Mr. Perkins bad given to the campaign
committee. The full -bench of the
court of appeals dismissed the finding
of the lower court and held that while
Mr. Perkins bad done wrong be bad
committed no crime in so doing. No
charge was made that Perkins had per
sonally profited in the dealHis in
tegrity was not. attacked by the charge
against his conduct as trustee. Now
Perkins bas returned the funds to the
life Insurance company and the con-
trlbutipn to the campaign fund must
stand aa his personal offering for the
good of the cause.
The decision of the court, amount
ing to law until overruled by higher
Judicial authority, baa an Important
bearing In Its effect upon the future
operations of campaign committees and
the collection of campaign funds. The
decision Is clear in holding that the
life Insurance company had not the
power, under the laws of Its existence
to agree to make contributions for
campaign purposes. It places a now
construction on the rights of truateci
and dissipates the contention of cor
poratlon managers' that they have
acted for what they believed to be the
best Interests of the stockholders, when
they have made big contributions to
the campaign funds of different polit
ical parties. -
The court gave a broad bint that
Mr. Perkins should return the money
be .bad taken from the life Insurance
company and be, was oommendably
prompt In sending his check tor the
amount with Interest. The court'
bint and Mr. Perkins' promptness In
taking It has also a peculiar slgnlfl
ranee. In view of the fact that a dosen
or more suits are pending against of
flclals of other life Insurance com
panles In New York for the recovery
of funds they have diverted from the!
companies and devoted to political pur-
poses. They nave received, m eiioci,
rtotlre that tha pending suits will be
eclded against them and that the cam
paign of restitution may be commenced
as soon as they are reedy. Nothing
but aood may be expected as a result
of the decision. In addition to returni
ng to the Insurance companies the
monies that have been wrongfully di
verted, the officials of these organisa
tions have been taught a new lesson in
trusteeship and their duties made
clear.
A stricter observance of the duties
of trusteeship may be expected, with
the resultant gain to the policyholders
and those whose Investments swell the
big trust funds that have heretofore
offered such temptations for manipula
tion by trustees.
BEARST DESERTS DEMOCRACY.
New York democrats have had their
calculations completely upset by the
latest political attitude of William
Randolph Hearst, who has announced
that he will no longer affiliate with the
democratic party, but will lead the In
dependence league In a fight for su
premacy In the Empire state against
both the old parties. The announce
ment brings the Tammany organisa
tion In Greater New York and the up
state democrats face to face with a very
puzzling situation, Just at a time, too,
when they have begun laying plans
for the national campaign of next year.
It bas been demonstrated very clearly
that the democrats can not win In the
state with Mr. Hearst and the leaders
have a strong suspicion that they can
not win without him. It Is now a
question whether., the party will be
stronger with him in open opposition.
In the state campaign last year thous
ands of old line democrats openly
bolted Mr. Hearst and accomplished
his defeat while the rest of the stats
ticket was elected. On the other band,
Mr. Hearst carried New York!, the Tam
many stronghold, and the leaders fear
that if be places his Independence
league In the field with a national
ticket be will secure sufficient demo
cratic, support In Greater New York
make democratic success In the
state hopeless. .
Democrats have learned the error of
underestimating Hearst's influence.
He was outside the party when be ran
for mayor in 1905 against McClellan,
who had the prestige of two years' suc
cessful administration, and there Is no
doubt that a fair count in that contest
would have shown Hearst's election by
a big majority. He forced the party
to nominate him. for governor In 1906
and was defeated by defections in the
democratic ranks. He bas not wasted
any time, however, but bas been per
fecting the organization of the inde
pendence league In evef y voting pre
cinct of the state. He bos made allies
of both republicans and democrats
from-time to time until be now . feels
that his organization Is strong enough
to open a fight on both of the ojd party
organizations. His lieutenants are
now busily, engaged- In organising
branches of the league In other states,
with the evident hope' of being In a po
sition to cut a big figure in the cam
paign next year. '
Outside of New York there is little
prospect that Hearst will cut much of
a figure In the next national campaign.
The administration at Washington has
taken intelligent action on the railroad
rate Question, the meat inspection,
trust prosecutions, campaign expense
publicity and other issues which Hearst
bas been agitating for several years
and his most effective work on those
propositions In the next year rnuBt
serve as an endorsement of republican
policies. In New York Governor
Hughes has been making every effort
to secure legislation correcting abuses
which Hearst has denounced In that
state and in' which he has failed to re
ceive the support of the democratic
party with which be has been ' asso
ciated. It Governor Hughes succeeds,
Hearst's field ot activity will prac
tVcally be limited to New York City,
where bis municipal ownership agita
tion still gives him a strong following.
From every viewpoint the democrats
have the most to fear from Hearst's
decision to work on independent lines
in the next national campaign.
STANDARD OIL IS COVRT.
Since the government entered upon
Its campaign of trust busting several
years ago, the Standard Oil company,
generally recognized as the king bee
of the trusts, has been remarkably suc
cessful in evading a contest In the
courts in which the Issues were clearly
drawn between the government and
the companies. . Kansas, Ohio, Ken
tucky, Missouri and Texas have been
particularly active in fighting tha
Standard and the court' dockets In
those states have been filled with cases
against the company. In most cases
the company has been represented by
its agents and the effects ot litigation
have been largely local. Now, bow
eer, a case bas been prosecuted to a
point In St Louis that gives promise
of accomplishing the government's de
sire to get all the heads of the Stand
3rd Into court on a charge ot con
splracy against the government
The judges of the Eighth Federal
circuit, before whom the original suit
was Instituted by Mr. Moody, then at
torney general of the United States,
have united In an order requiring the
presence of all ot the beads of the
Standard. , The order followed an at
tempt ot the company to prevent the
bearing of the ca.se In 8t Louis. By
the terms of the order of the court.
the beads of the seventy-two distinct
corporations dominated by the Stand
ard will be required to appear at 8t
Louis In the role of defendants to the
action. - The Rockefellers, Payne, Flag
ler, Rogers, Archbold and all the
others associated with tbetn In the
management of the Standard and Its
subsidiary companies will all bav to
appear as defendants or witnesses and
give the court their long withheld con
fidence on the methods of their oper
ations In securing and controlling a
monopoly of oil and kindred products
In the American markets.
Aside from the Interests ot justice.
the trial promises to be a remarkable
one. It will certainly be something of
a spectacle to find a majority of the
tap'.ains of Industry who think In mil
lions and hold 3 large share of the bus
luces of the nation in their grasp rec
ognising the authority of the courts
and telling the world, bow and why
they got It It will be In the nature
of a trial of high finance for Its life
and the government will go Into It with
the best legal talent obtainable and
the experience gained by several fears'
contest with combinations and) their
methods In btber fields of activity. If
the government wins Its contention the
result' will be a notice to other com
modity-controlling combines of what
tltey may expect The entire country
has an interest in the coming contest
at St. Louts and the outcome will be
awaited anxiously.
Over in Iowa the legislature has per
fected a statewide direct primary bill
which will probably become a law. It
la not a wide-open primary, however,
but each voter on requesting a ballot
must state what party be belongs to
and, having once stated it, must con
tinue to vote with that political party
until be files formal announcement ot
a change of faith. The Iowa bill also
provides for an alphabetical ballot and
requires in addition to a petition an
affidavit from the candidate asserting
that he is eligible to tho office be
Beeks and designating the itolitlcal
party by which he wishes to be nomi
nated. xFrom a goneral survey It
strikes us that the Iowa direct primary
bill Is several . lengths ahead of the
Nebraska bill.
It has remained tor Chief of Police
Donahue on his own initiative to give
notice that the prize fights disguised
as boxing contests, which have been
pulled off weekly in Omaha for several
months, must stop. The action of the
chief will have the approval of the
great majority of the community, who
have no desire to see Omaha advert
Used as a pugilistic center. The
strange part ot U is that, in spite ot
having their attention called to it the
mayor and police board have made no
move to stop this flagrant law viola
tion.
The amir of Afghanistan has been
visiting in India and says be made
more friends than he could havedone
by staying at home for twenty years.
Unofficial reports state that he left
home with the Afghanistan bank roll
an returned broke, having spent bis
days and dollars In learning" bridge
whist at Calcutta.' Of course he made
friends. v 1
Sheriff McDonald is said to be hold
ing out some $1,700 of, excess fees
which hd has collected and which
ought tohave been turned Into, the
county treasury lost January". ' The
other county officers are turning their
fees In promptly. Why. should the
sheriff's office have a special dispensa
tion t
When the republicans appeal again
to the Voters ot Nebraska they will
have to do so either upon a record ot
promises performed or upon a record
of broken pledges. It is pretty Tiard
to get a second vote of confidence
after betraying confidence already re-
pOBed.
The democratic city council, elected
on a promise to reduce telephone
charges, voted down the ordinance to
enforce the concession which the tele
phone company, itself, volunteered to
make last fall. Comment is superflu
ous. . The railroad decoy ducks In the Ne
braska legislature were tipped off
early In the game and they are ac
knowledging their, masters nearly
every time a vote Is taken on any ques
tion as between the railroads and 'the
people, f
Wemld Be Worth the Prlee.
Washington Post.
Mr. Harrlman says he la willing' to sit
by the president and advise him all day
Inm We wnuM like to have an oil nalnt
Ing of Theodore Roosevelt taking some oi
Mr. Karriman'a advice.
Areeble Clilak Maale.
Cincinnati Enquirer. . .
The supreme oourt of the United States
has held that the rallroada will have to pay
the state of Nebraska 11,000.400 In bark
taxes. This Is one of tha cases In which
money talks to some purpoae.
Oe tt. Ball mm Bear.
Indianapolis News.
Bradstreet's report that trade conditions
continue to Improve would seem to Indi
cate that other people, lnatead of getting
nervous, have ''concluded just to let the
Wall etreeters fight their own troubles out
among themselves.
A Cheerless Preepeet.
Washington Toe.
While Mr. Oliver la thinking ot present
ing that bill for (4Q.0UO for bis little doae of
"whangdoodle," It might cheer him tp
somewhat to remember that a good many
people are still trying to collect Revolu
tionary war claims.
State mmm Federal klisti.
Brooklyn Eagle.
There are rights reserved to the state
and by the states reserved from the fed
eral government. The omission of the
tatae to act upon the rights reserved to
them algnlnea that those rights may be
come moribund, not that the federal gov
eroment shsjl usurp or evade theinl The
federal government la simply required to
mind Its owa business and to keep within
its own let
ARM T OOSSIP 15 WASHUflTO.
f'arrent Rrrala Gleaeed freaa the
Army ad aT Healeter.
The War department will adopt a general
policy of furnishing troops when p'lctlo
able to celebrations of a purely patrlotlo
nature or to commemorate Important his
torical events. It Is believed that adequate
provision for military representation should
be made on occasions of this sort and to
systematically meet the requests which are
constantly being received at the War de
partment. It has been decided that here
after requests for the attendance of troops
as an additional attraction at local affairs,
carnivals and other demonstrations . of a
purely commercial character shall be dis
approved. The War department believes
that the regular troops could be put to a
more legitimate use and tiat demands of
this sort cannot be met
Army officers who are Interested In mil
itary horsemanship will appreciate the rec
ommendation which has been made to the
War department In favor of some provision
for polo at army posts. At present thlsHs
a spirt quite beyond the opportunity of
enlist' 4 men and In which but few officers
have means to Indulge. It Is pointed out
that proficiency In riding would be most
quickly attained by means of polo and the
recommendation Is that there be provided
at each poet of sufficient sice to assure Its
conatant urn a complete outfit of ponies and
equipment necessary for the playing of the
game. Last summer when the Sixth and
Tenth regiments of cavalry were In camp
near Fort D. A. Russell they were engaged
in polo practice almost dally with results
which were noticeably advantageous, all
of which suggested the value of making
this exercise accessible to officers gen
erally, not only those of th'e motnted
branches but those of the Infantry as well.
The Judge advocate general of the army
has rendered an opinion relative to the use
of the typewriter In preparing bonds,
leases and other, contracts. He finds there
Is no legal objection to the use of the ma
chine for the purpose, provided care Is
taken to use In the Impressions Indelible
ribbons, which Impressions are regarded as
being permanent and as indestructible aa
pen writing. There Is no objection to the
use of carbon copies If such coplea are
alwnrs mrde under favorable conditions
that is, with good carbon paper and type
writer paper adfipted to the purpoae. The
use. of carbon paper In filling out forms,
however, is believed to be objectionable.
both because the paper Of these forms Is
not suited to carbon copies and because
of the difficulty In making the work "reg
ister." As la stated, there la no legal ob
jection to the use of the typewriter In
filling out these forms, and any objections
due to carelessness of operators should be
overcome by a more careful verification of
their work, rather than by requiring the
forma to be filled out by hand. '
Preliminary examinations for appoint
ment of assistant surgeons In the army will
be held on April 28 and July 29, 1907. at
points to be hereafter designated. Permis
sion to appear for examination can be ob
tained upon application to the surgeon gen
eral. United Statea army, Waahlngton, D.
C, from whom full Information concern
ing the examinations can be procured. The
essential requirements to securing an in
vitation are that the applicant shall be a
cltteen of the United States, shall be be
tween 23 and 80 years of age, a graduate
of a medical school legally authorised to
confer the degree of doctor of medicine,
shall be of good moral character and habits
and shall - have had at -least one year s
hospital training or Its equivalent In prac
tice. The examinations will be held con
currently throughout the country at points
where boards can be convened. Due .con
sideration will be given to tha localities
f rora which , applications are . received . In
order, to lessen the traveling expenses ot
applicants as much as possible. In order
to perfect all necessary arrangements for
the examinations of April 29 applications
muet be complete and, In possession of the
surgeon general on or before April J. Early
attention Is therefore enjoined upon . all
Intending applicants. There are at present
twenty-five vacancies In the medical corps
ot the army.
w PERSONAL NOTES.
IiOts Lewis of Olrard college, Philadel
phia, Is believed to be the oldest physical
Instructor in the country. Prof. Lewis baa
passed his seventy-eight birthday.
Thomas 'l. Crittenden Is the oldest living
ex-governor of Missouri. The state has
had thirty-one governors, of whom five
survive Thomas T. Crittenden, David R.
Francis, William J.' Stone, Lon V. Ste
phens and A. M. Dockery.
Mrs. William Zlegler s monthly magaxlne,
published' In the Interest of the blind, made
Its first appearance this week. Through
tho generosity of Mrs. Zlegler the sight
less folk now have a publication ot their
own and which la devoted solely to their
Interest and welfare.
Prof. Brandar Matthews tells of an un
dergraduate student ot science who was
asked: "What would happen" If an Irre
sistible force met an Immovable bodyT"
The youth hesitated a moment and then
responded: "The result would be some
very Interesting by-products."
Curtis Guild, father of the governor of
Massachusetts, who has Just resigned the
presidency of the Bostonlan society, has
reached his eightieth birthday In perfect
physical and mental health.' He founded
the Boston Commercial Bulletin In 1859.
Mr. Guild has published three books of
European travel.
R. William Waterman, who set In type
the manuscript of Longfellow's "Hia
watha," Is still living in Athol, Mass. The
work was done In 1865. He personally car
ried the proof sheets to the poet for cor
rection. At a celebration In Athol on the
6th Mr. Waterman gave personal reminis
cences of the poet. '
A New York man who speaks German
only, wedded a woman who cannot speak
at all. Friends of the bridegroom tendered
unusually warm congratulations and gavS
him sympathetic, leasona In the sign lan
guage. As the bride weighs ISO pounds It
Is believed she can give a few Impressive
signs should occasion demand it.
Robert Louis Stevenson was in poor cir
cumstances In San Francisco before ha
made his hit with the world. During the
time that ha used to loaf, penniless, upon
the lawn, where afterward they put up a
bronse and marble statue to him he picked
up a few quarters acting as super in the
old California theater In Rush street.
Salt Lake City, reputed to be the city
of saints, baa a few sinners In the lot.
The chief of police and the head of the
city deteotlve department have been or
dered to , show why they permitted two
pilgrims within the city's gates to chase the
tiger and drop a roll of 110.000. The Incident
shows that the Mormon metropolis can do
a handy jub of fleecing. . ' . '
While nutoy.of'the great explorers of
Africa among them Barth, Speke, Living
ston, Burton, Rohlfs,. Nachtlgai. Stanley
have paused away, one ot the pioneers.
Qeorg Bcbwelnfurth, celebrated tils 70th
birthday a few weeks ao fn perfect health
and as easier for work aa ever. When he
first visited. Africa, in a even the Nile re
gions were bu-gely unknown. He explored
the Delta, the deserts, the region between
the Kile and '.he Red sua; be learned Ara
ble and soon became a acclimated that
Africa seemed bis real home a paradlae
cotnuared to Eurvpe
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Era of Good Will.
Indianapolis News.
With Harrlman ready to "co-operate"
with the government, and with Hill and
Morgan apparently sate for the time being,
we should not be surprised to see peace re
established. And that at an early day.
The mere fact that Harrlman Is able to
speak of the president without "cussing"
Is Itself one of very great significance. It
Is as great a thing to know when to stop
a fight as it Is when to begin it.
Publicity as Purifier,
Minneapolis Journal.
The high-handed methods of the railroad
dictators have resulted in a legislative anti
railroad campaign- that has extended to
most of the states of the union. So de
cisive is the reaction thus brought about
that there Is danger of going too far.
Meanwhile, the Keen, white light o? pub
licity with Its' powerful sterilizing quali
ties Is the best prophylactio agent that
can be used In driving out the microbe of
commercial Infamy.
Before and After Taklna.
Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Harrlman before the Union Pacific
Investigation, hard to get at. Indifferent to
publlo opinion, and uncommunicative In his
dealings with the business world, and Mr.
Harrlman after the Investigation, smiling,
obliging, and talkative, anxious to create
good will what a testimonial to the magi
cal qualities of one of the Roosevelt pills!
The investigation has performed Wonders,
evert In achieving this result. '
. . - - -
Great Changre of Heart.
Chicago News; ' '
Harrlman talks about President Roose
velt's "change of heart"' But the preal-
dent has held to a consistent policy. "What
we need" is not vainly to try to prevent 'all
combinations, but to secure such vigorous
and adequate control and supervision of
the combinations as to prevent their In
juring- the public," he aald in his last an
nual message. The conversion of the rail
road mon, which seems to be well ad
vanced, should be of assistance In bringing
about the control which the president deems
necessary. ' '
Reading; Slerna of the Times.
Pittsburg Dispatch!
While skepticism is inevitably caused by
these new professions, so hopelessly at
variance with Harrlmai) practices of a de
cade past, the fact is clear that if Mr,
Harrlman la not sincere he ought to be, if
only as a matter of self-interest. No man
in this country can read the signs of the
times more clearly than he, and it Is
nonsense to assume that he Is blind to the
folly of keeping on his course despite the
warnings to shorten sail that are every
where observable.. The conciliation he Is
showing may be a step t toward the co
operation he is promising.
Come Oat of It.
Philadelphia Press.
If there wasn't anything the matter with
the railroads but the S-cent fare legislation
they would be all right.
In the Name of Sense,
that good common sense
of which all of us have a
share, how can you continue
to buy ordinary soda crackers,
stale and dusty as they must
be, when for 5 you can get
Uneeda
fresh from the
frpm dirt by
very beauty of
you hungry
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York.
N.Y.
j BORROWED SMILES.
He (absently) How the wind Is rising.
She (bitterly) Well, what of It? You're
not raising lt.-J3altlmore American
"Go Insane, Bill!" yelled the lookotn,
"Oo Insane!"
"Wot s eatln' yer" growled the burgmf,
who was stuffing swag Into the sack,
"Go Insane. 1 tells yer. Yere comes th
cops." Pittsburg Post.
"What do you thing of Ideals In pon
tics?" "Why, man, they're practical Jokes."
Washington Herald.
' "Pid you accomplish anything during1 tha
session of congress?"
"Yes, Indeed." answered the statesman,
"I got some very good ideas for my sum
mer lecture tour." Washington Star.
March iad come In like a lamb. ' '
"To carry out the simile," It remarked,
"of courae I mtiHt have a fleece "
But the people, not understanding tha
snow, said to March: "You're not a lamb
at all; you're a lyin'." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"Well," remarked the man who favored,
a greater rjavy, "that-recent war In the
east waa a great lesaon to us."
"That's what!" replied the . other. 'Tve
learned a lot of new namee that I never
knew were In the geographies." Philadel
phia Press.
Neptune had Just been appointed god of
the sea.
"Well," aaked Jupiter, ''why are yosj
looking so glum about it?" .
"It makes me sore to think I'm not the
president of a great railroad system. Think
of the watering I could do." -Chicago Reo
ord-Herald.
A Methodist negro exhorter shouteftt
"Come up an' Jlne do army of de Lohd."
' "lee done Jlned," replied one of the con
gregatlon. "Whar'd yoh Jlne?" aaked the exhorter.
''In der Baptia' church."
"Why, chile,' said the exhorter. "jroK "S
alnt In de armyf yoh's In de navy.'' Har- v
Der'a Weeklr. i r"
' MONASTERY FELLS.
Alfred Austin, Poet Laureate Of England,
In New Tork Independent. ' '
I.
Sometimes, when weary, the sod soul rebels
Against the strife and discord all around.
One seems to catch the faint and far-oil
sound ' '
Of melody that softly sinks and swells,
It is the sound of Monastery Bells
In solitudes by sanctuary crowned, ' . .
From meditation peaceful and profound '
Calling grave Friars to prayer from silent
cells.
Then yearningly one craves to hav release)
From the world's rivalries and worthless
prise.
To hnd some apot where Glory's aelflab,
alghs
And struggle's endless tribulations cease
To Join in vesper chant as aunset dies.
And pass life's evening In monastic peaoe
II.
But when resound, as day dawns dim and
, drear, ,
Moaning of anguish, sobbings of distress.
From heartless homes of famished loneli
ness, With none to rescue, nothing to revoro.
Again one feels one still Is wanted here.
To aid, admonish, comfort and carenn.
Smooth the hard piliow pallid sufferers
press, .
Stanch the fresh wound, and wipe away
the tear. . . ,
So, the one longs as ever to depart, " '
And to gross sounds and alghs live deaf
and blind.
Sorrowing one stays with sorrow, still re
signed To work, unhired, amid life's hireling mart.
To cherish In the crowd monaatle mind,
And in a world profane a cloistered heart.
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