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4 . TIIE OMATTA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, AFIUL 4, 1007. The Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED HT EDWARD ROHWWATKR. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR Kntered nl Omthi mniofflrt as second- clan matter. TERMS OF BCIIBCRIPTION. riUI Bos (without Sunday), ons yer...MW rtiT p rd Snsx, crc yft.f Sunday Bee, ons 'year. i! 150 Saturday Bee, ona year 1.(0 DEUVERED BT CARRIER. Pally Fee (Including Sunday), per week..1.V: WUy Bee (wlthmit Sunday), pep week... Wo Evening He (without Sunday), per week. 0O Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week 10a Addresa complaints of irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICK8. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Vulldjng. Council Bluffa 10 Pearl Street. Chicago--1640 fnlty Building. New VorklSOS Home Life Insurance Bldg. Washington Oil Fourteenth Btreet. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relatlnr tn newa and ed Itorlal matter should be addressed: Omaha 1 Bee, Editorial Ixpartroent. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expreaa or pout a I order, r arable to The Bee Publishing Company, nly 2-rent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal eherka, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as: C'harlca C. Ilosewaler, general manager of Tha Be Publishing Company, being duly worn, says that the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Dally, Morntng, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tha month of March, 1907, was aa follows: 1 . 39,080 11.. . 33,390 I M,fllO It 63,390 1 80,600 10...', 33,930 4 39,190 21 33,340 o 89,130 21 33,390 81,970 18 33,693 T..... 81,860 14 30,400 81,960 J 5 34,040 ....!..... 3140 14 33,990 10. ... 80,400 ST 33,660 11 83,370 it 33.790 1 2 .... 4 3170 29 34,130 It 33,690 30.' 33,880 14 33,840 II 30,660 It....... I.. 89,680 14 ,.. 33,330 Total 1,008,680 IT 30,410 Less unsold and returned coplea. 8,184 Net Total .999,876 Dally average .33,337 CHARLES C. ROSEWATER, General Manager, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me thla 1st day of April, 107. (Seal) M. B. HUNQATIC, Notary Public WHEH OUT OF TOWW. Subscribers leavlas; the pity tem porarily should have Two Bee nailed to them. Address will bo changed as often aa requested. A' knot will occasionally bo found even in the best lariat. "Bat" Masterson is out tor President Roosevelt for a third time. At any rate, "Bat" la no mollycoddle. Perhaps Mr. Harrlman did not know that all letters received at the White House are properly filed and indexed. Santos-Dumont's latest aeroplane as cension was a complete success. The trouble all followed the unsuccessful descent. . The bass season is open and many enthusiastic Omahans are following Peary'a example by making a dash for the pole. v .The Texas legislature will learn that there is a vast difference between pro hibiting gambling and preventing gambling. As Brutus said to Casslus, "I would rather be a dog and bay the moon than be a pet and wear a muzsle," or words to that effect. If the fusion members of the legis lature continue to call one another liars the public will be inclined to take them at their word. The St. Petersburg announcement that the duma has lost its power will be a surprise to thoseho never knew the duma had any power. ' The boll weevfl having eaten up the Guatemalan ants Imported for Its de struction in now turning its attention again to the south's cotton crop. Sidney Alivler has been appointed governor of Jamaica. His chief recom mendation is mat no is different In every way from the unlamented Swet tenham. Connecticut has adopted the moun tain laurel aa the official flower of the state, but the rest of ua will continue to think of the nutmeg ia the state's emblem. The Boston Transcript is showing that the cost of living is less now than It was in 187J. Possibly, but most of us had someone else paying the bills In 1873. , . Mr. Harrlman say he saved $21,- 000,000 recently by not buying certain stocks. The man who never buys any ought to have a warehouse to store his money. The New York Stock exchange is al ways closed on Good Friday, which is almost sufficient cause to make the day a holiday instead of one of fasting and prayer. The Omaha Commercial club is going Into the advertising business, but it will be careful to spend all the money In booklets and circulars rather than use Omaha newspapers that boost for Omaha day In and day out- The proposal to deprive tha Omaha city council of the power and author ity to regulate telephone rates would stir up Omaha people a great deal more if the council had. ever shown any disposition to exercise that power. Secretary Taft proposes that he and Senator Foraker run for the senate tn Ohio with the understanding that the defeated man withdraw from Ohio pol itics. That sounds fair. but. it leaves Senator Foraker handicapped by the absence of a prospective place on the supreme court bench. ROOf Krtl.T AX D HARRIMAX. The Interchange of personal compli ment precipitated by the publication of the Harrlman letter charging bad faith on the part of President Roose velt will evoke widespread discussion and may be only the first chapter in a series of criminations and re-crlmlna-tiuiia, uut the essence of the contro versy does not seem to strike very deep. If the outbreak on the part of Mr. Harrlman Is, as has been sug gested, part of a plan to discredit the president with the people who have steadfastly supported him in his pub lic policies, it Is sure to miscarry. The president so far, at least, has decidedly the better of the situation and where the two men differ In detail of the In terviews that passed between them the president has the advantage of disin terested motive. President Roosevelt and Mr. Harrl man agree on one vital point. Both were Interested In the 1904 state cam paign in New York. Mr. Harriman's interest was peculiarly personal. He had become identified with the Insur ance interests in New York he ad mits that he was drawn. Into it unwil lingly and without knowledge of the situation and many of his interests threatened to suffer by the defeat of Mr.. HIgglns, the republican candidate for governor. President Roosevelt's in terest In the campaign could not have been based on anything more than de sire to have the republican state ticket elected. His own success, as presi dential candidate In New York, was never questioned even by democrats. His election was assured without the electoral vote of New York, and the In timation that he sought financial or other aid for the national campaign in that state must fall of its own weight. Mr. Harriman's error, probably a natural one, lies in his notion that his personal concern over the result on the state ticket In New York was shared by Mr. Roosevelt as to tha national ticket. Mr. Harriman's contentions are also weakened by his assertion that Presi dent Roosevelt had agreed to make either Senator Depew or .James Hazen Hyde ambassador to France. The pres ident's most bitter political enemies admit that he possesses political fore sight of a rare order. That admission acquits him of the charge of ever hav ing seriously considered the appoint ment of either of the men named to the Paris post, even in 1904. President Roosevelt must have known both De pew and Hyde and knowri them well. Later developments In the Insurance scandals furnished ample Justification of the president's wise refusal to con sider either of the men. The revelations contained in this correspondence may throw an interest ing light upon the recent visits of Mr. Harrlman to the White House and Jiis proclamation professing Intense desire to co-operate with the president and the public ' In the interest of a better understanding and more harmonious 1 nf Inn. Tf ta DflfA tn tfflfllimA flflf'tlfl president will pursue me course mapped out for perfecting government control and supervision of railroads re gardless of the position of Mr. Harrl man and his associates, who have evi dently been trying first to persuade, and then to frighten, the president Into a course" conforming more to their wishes. A WORD AS TO SENATOR SIBLEY. A desire to be perfectly fair prompts a word aa to Senator Sibley In correc tion of any false Impression that may prevail as a result of his attitude on the terminal tax bill. The fact that Senator Sibley offered an amendment to the bill when It was pending In the senate, for which all the railroad co horts lined up, has placed Mr. Sibley's name In company where it does not belong. It is only fair to Senator Sibley to say that he was one of the first to sub scribe to the republican platform pledges, urging not only that every promise be kept, but that the platform bills should have precedence over other7 measures. In December, a month before the legislature convened, Senator Sibley addressed a letter to The Bee, which was commented upon editorially at the time, in which he suggested that the governor, attorney general and chairman , of the state committee draw the platform bills and specifically mentioned the terminal tax bill among the others. Senator Sibley's objection to the terminal tax bill as originally intro duced In the senate was directed at the method of assessing the franchise, and when he was assured that , this was to be changed in the house he voted for the bill upon Its passage, and after the house amendment was Incorporated he worked actively to se cure its endorsement In its final stages. This explanation is due to Senator Sibley in order that he may be placed right before his constituents. THE CHICAGO ELECTION. Several significant features appear in the result of the city election in Chi cago, In which Mayor Dunne was de feated by Fred Busse. the republican candidate, among them being the re pudiation of Hearstlsm, the decline of the socialist strength and the fact that the voters paid more attention to the traction problem, the chief issue In the campaign, than they did to the candi dates for office. Mr. Bubso was elected by a plurality of 18.000. while the traction ordinances carried by ' over 30,000, receiving more than 1,000 votes 1n excess of the total cast for all the candidates for mayor. This show ing Is remarkable, as usually bond, franchise and similar propositions re ceive many loss votes than are cast for candidates. . Tle 'rui-it I la ria i Wil liam Randolph Hearst and his newspa per and political methods. Mr Hearst came from New York with a staff of editors and artists and opened a char acteristic campaign of vilification and abuse, In which the other papers of the city foolishly Joined. So bitter did the campaign of personalities become that the Issue of the contest was apparently lost sight Of, but the voters thought differently, as shown by their verdict on the traction question. The Hearst method succeeded no better in Chicago than it has In New York. Allied with the rebuke of Hearstlsm Is the decrease by 60 per cent in the socialist vote, to which Mr. Hearst made a special ap peal. While the election had no great na tional political significance, the action of the new officials In dealing with the traction problem will be watched with keen interest by other cities where similar problems exist and await satis factory solution. TVS BREWERY BILL. The Bee does not hesitate to bay that it is not in accord with the measure which proposes to prevent brewers and manufacturers of liquor from having any interest in any place licensed to sell liquor at retail. The ostensible excuse for this bill Is that the divorce of the manufacturer from the retail business will elevate the character of the retail trade and give a better and more responsible class of saloon keepers. Basing observations on conditions in Omaha and South Omaha alone, no unbiased person will contend that the character of the saloon keepers li censed here today is lower than it was ten years ago, before the brewery in terests were Identified with the retail business. On the contrary, the aver age of the licensed saloon keepers in Omaha today Is without question higher in point of reliability, responsi bility and decency than it was ten years ago. The Slocumb law, as it now stands, vests the excise board with absolute power to grant or refuse liquor li censes. Such licenses may be Issued only upon petition signed by resident freeholders, setting forth that the ap-. plicant Is "a man of cespectable char acter and standing." It Is, therefore, entirely within the province of the ex cise board to refuse a license to any irresponsible or disreputable applicant whether backed by a brewer or appear ing In his own Individual behalf whether renting his place or owning it outright. We do not see how the proposed divorce of the brewers and manufacturers of liquor from the re tail business can be made effective, nor how, if It could be made effective, it would materially Improve the condi tions of the liquor traffic. MR. SHAWS OPTISS ISM. While former Secretary Leslie M. Shaw Is now located In business in New York, he still keeps his feet west of the AUeghenies and refuses to be stam peded every time some high financier on Wall street has a nightmare. He knows the west and its resources. At a banquet of the Oswego society in New York the other night the state of the nation was the general topic for dis cussion. Other speakers dwelt upon the dangers threatening the country through the fall of stocks and the un certainty that prevailed In the market for speculative securities. The resultant gloom was spoiling the flavor of the dinner, when Mr. Shaw came to the rescue and assured his fellow banquet ers that "our prosperity rests on a surer foundation than stock market quota tions. Look to the crops." The former secretary of the treasury understands fully the relation between bountiful crops and national prosperity. He realizes that It la the crops to which the country must look for its signal of danger. He knows from experience that a 'year of bad crops reduces the purchasing power of the farmer, who constitutes 40 per' cent of the popula tion," affects domestic trade In manu factures, reduces revenues of transpor tation companies, limits the sales and profits of merchants and bankers, de creases our exports and affects every line of activity. Every citizen suffers by poor crops, while a stock market de pression causes loss only to those who deal in profits on paper profits that for the most part are Illegitimate. It is yet too early to estimate Intel ligently what the coming crop will be. Winter wheat Is reported to be in splendid condition In all the wheat growing states and climatic and soil conditions, so well as can, be known at this season, were never more favorable for ,the coming seed time. The public will not be seriously concerned about Wall street's fears bo long as no other signs appear. One of the Lincoln newspapers seems to be painfully distressed for fear someone from Omaha may be ap pointed to fill the vacancy on the rail way commission. As the outgoing member is from Omaha no good reason exists why his successor should not also come from Omaha. The reason for the objection may be found In the fact that Lincoln has one member of the commission and Imagines -It would he able to gain at the expense of Omaha If Omaha were unrepresented. The club women have succeeded In securing the enactment of a new law governing the distribution of property of persons dying Intestate bo that the division will be more favorable to the widow than heretofore. The new de cedent law, however, does not make it any less Important, for every person who has property to make a will so as to designate what heirs should Inherit and the proportions for each. The safe plan Is to provide by will for the disposition of property after death. Douglas county will next fall elect a new officer to be known as county comptroller, who will take over the work of the city comptroller at the ex piration of the term of the present In cumbent. This will bo one of the most Important offices to be filled by the voter and the first county comp troller should be a specially high class man. According to the local democratic organ the election of two republicans to the school board in South Omaha Is explained by the fact that "the re publican organization was perfect." This Is an unusual confession for a democratic organ. It holds out hope that South Omaha may become a re publican city in fact. The' attempt to cure personal habits by legislation is usually a failure. While many states have passed drastic antl-clgarette laws, the Internal rev enue receipts for the last eight months Bhow an increase of $1,000,000 in the cigarette Item alone. If the two branches of the legisla ture should fail to agree on the date for adjournment the governor has power under the constitution to help them out by arbitrating their differ ences. Mayor "Jim" says that he stands pat on his dog-muzzling proclamation. Mayor "Jim" has a reputation for staying In the game to the show-down no matter what kind of cards he holds. It might be embarrassing to Secre tary Taft if the republican elephant should object to carrying extra weight In the next campaign without an In crease in pay. After declaring that he would fight to the last ditch, President Bonilla of Honduras started for Panama, which has'the first last ditch he could think of Just then. Achilla; for a Switch. New York Sun. The Iale of Pines la about to revolt again. Another policeman should be sent to the seat of trouble Immediately. The Divorce Have. ' Washington Post. According to the census bureau there Is a divorce decree granted in this coun try every three minutes. But as there Is a sucker born every minute the courts are efdently not keeping up with tholr work. Pnblle Sentiment Aaralnat Strikes. Brooklyn Eagle. , It is getting to be more and more diffi cult to go on a strike. Arbitration is cer tain to be demanded. Those who refuse It offend public opinion. And public opinion Is not offended or defied with the Impunity once possible. He's thrice armed who hath his quarrel Just. ' Recourse to - arbitration shows whether the quarrel-Is Just. . Solid Prosperity. New York Herald. ' "Several Nebraska towns' are arranging to celebrate their prosperity. May festi vals or harvest home festivals are splen did Indications of the conditions prevail ing In the state." Omaha Bee. We congraulata our esteemed contem porary and the atate it speaks for. Ne braska's prosperity ' Is not of the paper sort, but solid as the earth from which it has been extracted. Back to the. Sawara Deal. Baltimore American. , After all that Is said on the subject of the popular distrust of big enterprises, and the disastrous effects of this dis trust generally, the whole problem can be solved on the plain basis of the "square deal." It is because the people think and with ground. If not proof, of the suspicion that the big enterprises re not dealing fairly with them; that they are showing the distrust which Is having such bad practical results. A man or enterprise, with the popular back ing, can work wonders, but we all know what tha shrewdest of Americans said bout trying a permanent fooling of the American people. Serenity of the Northwest. Northwestern Banker, tn years gone by tha bankers of the country kept very close watch of what was being done in Wall street, and any sudden and continued sharp fluctuations had a certain Influence on his business. Now tha banker can secure a ticket to the gallery and look complacently on the soene, with but little other Interest than curi osity In what Is being done. Of course general financial conditions in one part of the country have an 'Influence on financial conditions throughout tha whole country, but here in the northwest' we have paid the larger part of our mortgages, we have more money than is necessary to carry on our own improvements, and we are looking tor profitable outside Investments. , FARMER AND THE CAPITALIST. Amusing Notes of the Wall of Wall Street Philadelphia Press. , The farms of the United States ara worth, acoordlng to the latest official es timate, 28,0O0,O0O,0O0. Tha combined value of all tha railroad stocks and bonds and the securities of industrial plants is only bout three-fourths as great as that of the farms. There have been many times In the past when tha man who raises wheat and oorn, oats and hay was badly hit. Indeed, the blows were quite aa severe as that which has In the year 1907 fallen upon the owners of securities. When farmsroducts fell to prlct-s so low that there was nothing but loss for tha farmer there waa no expecta! cry from the "capital" Interests to help matters. When the value of farms for one reason or an other was not equal to the mortgages put upon them there were likewise no wild de mands for legislation, that ia to say, none from tha great centera of population. Now that the farmers are prosperous as never before, while the railroad magnate and his high flyers in finance are woefully pinched, the boot Is on tha other foot. Those whose sole welfare seems to center In the stock exchanges' wonder why the rest of the people are not walking the floor at nights thinking up plan, to stent finan cial disaster. Wall street la of all places the most self sufficient. When It Is happy it forgets that there can possibly be misery anywhere else. But when It happens that, as now, It la extremely miserable, It Is louder In its cries for help than were the stricken wes tern mattera In tha worst yers of the grasshopper. ftOllHD ABOIT "F.W TORK. Plctnresqne Feature of fh FWmona Raster Parade. The annual Raster parade of good clothes, an Mtecmccl lnetltuttnn of Manhattan, was pulled oft on Fifth avenue last Sunday with much less ednt than In former years. Weather conditions were not favorable. Durk, threatening clouds and sea-laden winds Interposed a veto to summary cos tumes and peekaboo watsta were snugly covered with comfortable eoats. "Society" did not show Itself, having withdrawn from the parade years ago because the avenue lost caste as a thoroughfare of swell fash ionables. But there was a great throng of sightseers drawn together by curiosity, egoism and the desire to "rubber." If you climbed on the" steps of one of the "brownstone fronts" you couldn't see any thing along the sidewalks north to the park and south as far as the last stages of the Thirties, where the avenue begins to drop toward the Waldorf and bliss, but tiny spots of gay color undulating rhyth mically like property stage waves. A man who never had a gown or a lingerie hat built for himself isn't much of an authority on the fashions, but It would be difficult even for an expert to say, after reviewing the procession, whether this Is a gTeen, blue, yellow, cherry, tan or lemon spring. They were all there these and a lot of other colors that haven't any sensible names at all and which usually are seen only In a box of one-flfty-a-throw candy. Most of the girls wore Eton Jackets that wouldn't bo much more than sailor collars If It weren't for the sleeves. They are cut out In the stingiest way to begin with, and then for fear one might not be able to see the waist or whatever It's called that's worn beneath them they are hiked up a couple of more reefs In the back, with gores and thlngmajlgs hacked out of the lower edges to make them even stingier. One washing and pouf! they would be hair ribbons. As for the early rose floral lids they were. as usual, about as Irregular as a raise in salary. Some were Kvelynthaw shaped, like a bag turned upside downv tightened slightly about the middle and then par tially stepped on. Others were planned on the principles of a poached egg on toaat after the yolk had been punctured and has begun to drape Itself In festoons along the eaves of the crust. Worn on the head they are hat. Served In a restaurant with mayonnaise dressing the waiter could call them any French name and get away with it. 8U11 others were Just lids. Everybody and almost everything was beflowered. The gleaming genista, tress, all powdered with their tiny yellow blos soms, stood like fat sentinels on the side walk In front of the florists shops. Pink or red rhododendrons In vestibules vied In color with the rows of night blooming high ball blossoms that rested on walking sticks in the club windows. Every girl wore' an orchid or a bunch of violets that would turn a comer long before she reached It. Even the bull terriers some of which tugged at wide ribbons of violet satin In stead of chain sported bunches of posies on their Sunday collars. ' There was Just one person In the parade who seemed to live in one of the big, silent houses In whose shadow the throng was moving. She was a very .little miss, and she rode in a one-maid power go-cart. People stared and scowled as the servant pushed through the crowd, but there was an aristocratic tilt - to her nose which said as plainly as wcris could: "My young charge needs her dally airing, even if you people do crowd In on our avenue," And the crowd forebore remarks. Lacking the latitude! of the other sex, the attire of the masculine portion of the pa rade was conventional. It waa ' confined largely to the costume of which the tall silk hat and (he full Bklrted frock coat are the essential features. There were varie ties In the hat line, many of the straight brimmed, squat kind being worn, but other wise the only diversions were In gloves and neckwear, where the colors ran the gamut. It was instructive to observe that while many of the women wore heavier dresses than are commonly the custom at Easter, and a few even braved comment by carry ing 1'ir stoles about their throats, scarcely one of the men had an overcoat unless it were borne over bis arm. In Central park the crowds did not begin to gather until after the noon hour, and then nearly every pathway found aa out let into Fifth avenue. In the morning the usual number of vehicles was augmented by countless hired automobiles filled with visitors to the city Intent on witnessing the Easter display, but resident drivers and riders were at a minimum. There were few equestrians, too, but after the church hour the main driveways on both the east and west sides were filled with fashionable motor cars and fancy traps of half a hun dred varieties, some of them drawn by horses of the first quality of blue ribbon winners. Fortunately, although lacking In bright ness, the weather grew no more disagree able throughout the afternoon and the streets In every part of tha city were crowded with -merry throngs. It was not until after dark that the all day menace of the clouds were fulfilled and a driving rain, storm broke. TROUBLES OF UNCLE SAM. Palatal Discovery nf "a Calabash Wltboat Pol" la Hawaii. Philadelphia Record. Not one of us knows the manifold troubles of Uncle Sam. We think we do, but we don't. We assume that he Is unconcerned as to what Is fcolr.g on In the state legis latures, and there's where we make a mis take. Let us rather Imagine our Uncls Bam, with his feet on tha mantel, engaged In the task of keeping posted on the multi tude of measures before the various gen eral assemblies Of this great family of commonwealths. And Hawaii, too. He has to watch Hawaii. In the Hawaiian house of representatives a few days ago Kanlho of Kobala, after an eloquent protest against the police es pionage of suspected lepers, pitched Into Manua Loa for its., dirty trick of sub merging roads with lava. He urged an appropriation for reopening a lava-choked road In the county of Hawaii. A debate followed. Moanaull thought that each county should look after Its own roads. The lava flow, he said, was an act of God. Had not the attorney general so declared? Kanlho made another appeal. The county of Hawaii, he said, was a calabash with out pol, and was waiting for Papa Legis lature to come along with the barrel. But, In spite of his eloquence, Kanlho lost. We can see by this what trouble enters Ms soul when our Uncle Sam reads the legislative reports. We can understand his feelings. "A calabash without pol." A county without pie, so to speak. Tha old fellow's heart strings are wrung a good deal these days. Big lumps we wot not of corns Into his throat when he ponders over tha sad reality that one of bis counties is short on pie. Caasa and V.Brmt. I Philadelphia Record. Had not unscrupulous railroad finan ciers extorted -from the people mora than was due them they would have no need now to fear that the people will take away what rightfully belongs to th corporations. Tl .LPeJliciouns Hot MADE I TP) ffh W. are the most appetizing, health ful and nutritious of foods MucH depends upon the Baking Powder WOVSt BtXIMa PERSONAL NOTES. Sir James Alexander Swettenham, gov ernor of Jamaica, who was much criticised for his action towards Admiral Davis dur Ing tho recent earthquake, i about to make a tour of the world prior to settling down in England. ' William Durst of Philadelphia was on board the Monitor in the historic fight with the Merrlmac off Fortress Monroe March 9, 1862, and Is the sole survivor of the crew which manned "the yankee cheese box on that memorable occasion, Pittsburg has taken a recount and finds It has twenty-eight good and true men. Rather than have any fuss over It we con. cede the claim. To gratify a pardonable curiosity on the part of the public let the names and portraits of the Immortal twenty-eight be printed. Miss Mabel T, Boardman and Surgeon General O'Reilly of the army will be among tha American delegates to the International Red Cross congress, which will open In London June fo. Four other delegates will be selected by tho State department, ons of whom will represent the navy at tha congress. Most of the 40,000 employes of the South ern railway have made contributions to ward the erection of a monument to the late Samuel Spencer, who was killed on his own road early on the morning of last Thanksgiving day. The monument la to be erected at Atlanta, Qa., at a cost of some thing like $50,000. Governor Deneen of Illinois, has asked the senate and house of his state to form som plan for a general observance of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1909. He suggests that a commission be created to formulate plans for the participation of tha state In what is Intended to be a national celebra tion. PRESIDENT AND RAILROADS. His Rsaentment of tha Idea that Ha j Is MAafnst" Them. Pes Moines Capital. We hear a great deal nowadays of ef forts being made by certain railroad presl. dents to Induce President Roosevelt to use his Influence to check the wave of anti railroad legislation which Is sweeping the country. Demagogues and mock reformers have placed the president in the attitude of running amuck of the corporations, of going about waving the "big atiok," looking for the heads of railway managers, and of having his heart set on raising the Old Harry generally. Men close to Mr. Roose velt know that he resents strongly this characterisation of his attitude. In fact, he has mads his position In this respect clear on various occasions, but never more forcibly, it seems to us, than in a recent interview with a well known member of congress, who mistakenly approached him with the assurance that the people of his state are with the president because he la "against the railways." Mr. Roosevelt lost no time In setting himself right with the representative in question. He said: Then the neorjle of vour state understand the situation crookedly. I am not against the railways. I am their best friend. I am only against dishonest railway methods. When a corporation, railway or any other kind, Is dishonest In Its methods, I would cinch It until It looked like an hourglass. When the railways do business honestly. I am their best friend. I am for them all the time. All I ask is that they give every man a square deal. And, my friend, let me warn you arelnBt the man who is agttlnst the railroads. The) e is no more dangerous man than the dema gogue who la "against the railroad." who makes capital out of tha opposition, and who dare not oppo those who would treat them unjustly because he Is afraid of los ing his stork tn politics, his reputation for being against them. That man is the real danger to the community, for In time the railways, if they are treated unjustly, will excite public sympathy and the tide will turn. And when it turns the railways will be permitted to treat the public unjustly because thev will have come to be re garded as the under dog. No, I am not against the railways. But I am sfalnst certain dishonest methods, and those I hope to make so unpopular that they will come to be entirely eliminated from the conduct of the railroads of th's country. No -man who has followed the president's public utterances will 'be surprised at this statement with respect to the railroads. The only men who will find fault with It will be the professional agitator, the coun terfeit reformer, and the politician who seeks to Inflame the public mind against the corporations In the hope of riding Into office on the wave of popular prejudice and animosity. These will not relish Pres idont Roosevelt's sane and straightfor ward statement, bnt happily there are only a few of auch. The people generally will approve It aa further evidonce of Mr. Roosevelt's toleration, Judgment, and fair, neaa. , I o isciuiii!: WITH A TF CAKING SQWPSS; CO., MfWVOSK. POINTED REMARKS. "Scoundrel!" hissed the head grafter to the pal who had betrayed him. "You didn't stay bought." "Excuse me," responded the other haugh tily; "I was not bought. That deal with you was a mere lease. No man could buy me at the figure." Philadelphia Ledger. "Ton know, dear," cooed the bride, "you rromlsed to let me have all the pin money wanted." "Yes, love, and you shall have it." "O! you dear! Well, I saw a pin today with pearls and diamonds In It and I do want it so." Baltimore American,. "So Jack and Lll are going to be married, are they? 1 thought it was merely a case Of puppy love." "That's what It was at first, but Jack developed a sort of doggedness, you know, as time wore on, that finally won." Chi cago Tribune. "He's so awfully witty," said she. "Ho makes so many original remarks. Don't you think so?" "No," he replied. "You don't? Why not?" "Probably It's because I subscribe ta the same comic paper that he reads." Philadelphia Press. I am going to make a whirlwind cam paign," said the confident candidate. "Then," said the experienced politician, "you will have to raise the dust. "i Phila delphia Press. "There Is as much water In railway stocks as ever," remarked the financier. "Yes," answered Mr. Dustln Stacks, "but It's a little harder to convince the small investors that the water's fine and they ought to come In." Washington Star, "Why do you Insist on going on a lecture tour after you have done all that Is re quired of you In congress?" "Well," answered the candid patriot, "a man can't be Idle all the time," Washing ton Star. VMM. ' "This offer of your heart and hand Is very sudden," said Miss Nurltoh, "but I will take It." "Ah!" gasped the dry goods clerk, sur- Srlsed and badly rattled, "wfll you er ike it with you or shall I send It home?' Cathollo Standard and Times. "Isn't she a peculiar girl, thougfi? She wouldn't look at him when he was rich, but now after - he's lost all his money she accepts him." "Well, vou know how craa-v mn woman Is to get anything that's reduced.", Philadelphia Press. "What made Hamlet refer to the law's delays?" asked one student of Shakespeare. "He was probably apprehensive, an swered the other, "because of the experts who had been called m to study bis msntal condltlon." Washington Star. f "The best disciplinarian I ever knew." says a retired army officer,-"was a colonel I served with during the civil war. Onos we were reconnolteiing a position whleb the enemy held with a considerable force. ' 'We will take that place tomorrow. ha' said. ' 'Why. -coloneL' I exclaimed. It s lmrjoa. slble!' " 'Impossible! Nonsense, sir.' he snorted. 'I have the order In my Docket." 'Kansas City Times. EASTER. Easter day and what did it bring? New ruffles and laces and styles of spring; A peach of a hat with roses bedlght. Some new Oxford ties fitting cruelly tieht: A new tailored suit that's faultlessly made. Some high-reaching gloves of delicate hade: She eclipses them all as she sails to her pew She has spent forty days for this day's grand review. The service Is long, quite tedious and hard, So she fans herself there with an Old Lenten card Oh, dreaded reminder of duties neglected! You find yourself now not wholly re jected; And this was her Easter, amid the ray throng, To strike fetching poses the whole service long , Easter day, and what did it bring? Up in the morn at sunrise first thing; After forty long days of restriction and fast, The fetters are broken sweet freedom at last. But a freedom so chastened and hallowed and blest. That all hardship is pleasure, all service is rest; And the souls that were humbled by penance and duty Rise again with their Lord in the fullness of beauty; His presence they haste at the dawning to greet- And this is their Easter to kneel at III v feet. Eastertide, and what does it bring? O'er l the earth the sweet breath of spring; That ulv cocoqn, long In sackcloth and ashes. Now a brilliant green moth across Our The b"o have oome forth from their winter retreat. And the air Is all vibrant with bird songs so sweet All ---e Is preaching the theme of the hour, Of' a 8a v lor new risen. His lovs and his power. Omaha. B. N. T. Cenulne bas bine slguatare There is nothing quite so good as . UEDIG COMPANY'S Extract ot Beet in tha sick-room, and nothing; nearly so economical in the kitchen, lor Beef Tea. Bouil lons, and for full, rich Soup. Bances, and Gravies. Only a small quantity should be used at a time, it is so vary highly concentrated. VCesdne bas L to e signature
