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TIIH OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. AVTiCu 12, 1P07.
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STATEMENT Of- CIRCULATION.
State, of Ne.br.mka. Douglas County,
I'liarVn C. Rosemater, general rnanBger of
The 1 J'nhlihin I'nmmnr. hem duly
worn, mi that the nrtual number of full
end r n iilete copies of The rinlly. Morning,
Kvenlng'and Fundi v Ree printed during the
month of Mnrrh. 17. waa follow:
1 32,060 18 33,890
2 39.210 19 33,330
5 30,500
4 33,190
t 33.1S0
6 31,970
7 31,860
t 31,9B0
8 31,640
10 30,400
11 33,370
12 31,870
13 33.BS0
14 33,640
20 33.930
21 33,340
22 33,390
21 33,630
24 30,480 ,
25 34,040 I
2 8 33,990 I
87 33,860
21 33.790
29 34,130 I
80 33.E30
8 30,650 I
14 , . 32.6110
1C 33,320 Total
IT 30,410
Leas unsold and returned copies
1,008,580
,184
Ne't Total 99,373
Daily average 33,337
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before mo this 1st day of April, 1907.
(Seal) M. 13. HUNOATlfl,
Notary Public.
WHIIN OI'T OK TOWN.
Snbaorluera lenrlng the oltjr tem
porarily ahoald hate The) Dee
moiled to them. Address mill be
ehangjed a ofteu aa reqneaied.
The Iowa lcgislatute also redeemed
a few platform pledges.
People hereabout who want a clean
newspaper fit for the home will sub
scribe for The Ceo.
"Can he but?" is the first question
about a new ball player, and "Does he
bat?" Is usually the second.
"A good way to cure the 'blues,' "
says an alienist. "Is to write all your
troubles on a piece of paper," Then
burn the pHper.
Aa an illustration of changed condi
tions, tho calumlty howling ten years
ugo was confined to the went. Now It
is confined to Wall street.
The Isle of Pines residents refuse to
acknowledge their allegiance to Cuba.
They may yet decide to join San Fran
cisco and defy the world.
There are several other planks in
the cP,j platform on which the demo
crats rode Into tho city hall a year ago
which have been overlooked.
Maine voters have again refused to
, repeal the Btate's prohibition law.
Maine is very friendly to prohibition
so long as it is not enforced.
Charles M. Schwab says he seca
only u healthy check to present pros
perity. Healthy checks have been
coming Schwab's way for a long time.
In other words, the supreme court
of the United States was not "among
thoBe present" when Uncle Sam was
introduced to his new Island posses
sions. If this agitation against corporation
contributions to campaign funds keeps
up some United States senators will
be compelled to pay their own mem
bership dues.
Mayor-elect Busse ' of Chicago de
clares that he will appoint none but
good men to office. Evidently there Is
no law against appointing nonresi
dents to Chicago offices.
An Insurance authority says there is
to be a lightning rod revival. Messrs.
Fairbanks, Cortelyou, Taft, Root,
Cummins, Shaw and Cannon have al
ready placed their order.
Governor Cummins of Iowa will
hardly take kindly to this talk of him
for vice presidential candidate. The
governor has a notion that the first
place is good enough for him.
Perry Belmont declares that Presi
dent Roosevelt had him blackballed
by the Chevy Chuse dub. The presl
dnt is too busy hunting bear to waste
uny time shooting r.t sparrows.
John Temple Gruves of Georgia
iKkej Mr. Br) an to fcten aside and
allow the democrats to nominate Mr.
Roosevelt for president In 1908. Mr.
Bryan heard what Mr. Graves said.
Careful Inspection of the publluhed
nowspiiper portrnlts of tho latest
choice of the democratic city roundl
for city engineer will easily convince
"anyone that taore are at least two of
them.
It remains to be seen whether the
requirement of a tax receipt as the
prerequisite to vote In South Omaha
municipal t lections will help the tsx
collector. Some people might let their
taxei get delinquent Just to have an
excuse la uot voting.
"Xoriiixo to jr."
John Temple) Graves, the Georgia
editor, orator, politician and problem
producer, must be given credit for
accomplishing what has heretofore
been considered the Impossible, by ad
vancing a political proposition which
places the sial of silence on the lips
of both President Roosevelt and
Would-be President Bryan. At the
anniversary dlum r of the Bryan club
of Atlanta, C'olonei Gaves In h burst
of eloquence (hat would make one of
Senator Beverldge's perorations look
like the work of a stutterer, called
upon Mr. Bryan to rise in the next
democratic national convention and
"put in nomination Theodore Roore
velt for one more undisputed term of
power to flnlrh the work that he has
so glorlouply begun."
People can easily picture the Bryan
smile, spreading over the mobile face
and giving battle to the lines of per
plexity, as the Nebraska leader got
ready for the graceful sidestep, which
he executed as a substitute for Colonel
Graves' request that he step aside.
There is a vast dlfflerence between
stepping aside and side stepping. "As
at present adviBed," said Mr. Bryan,
"I shall not present the name of Theo
dore Roosevelt to the democratic national-convention.
Bear in mind that
I guy 'as at present advised.' " Then
Mr. Bryan soared into other fields,
viewed with alarm the monopolistic
tendencies of the republican party, de
nounced the United States senators
and went over the old grounds, being
careful to light as far as possible from
Graves' grave problem. To interview
ers who approached him after the
meeting he insisted with emphasis
that he "had nothing to say" on the
proposition advanced by Colonel
Graves.
President Roosevelt has also an
nounced from the White House that
he had "nothing to say" about Colonel
Graves' plan to have him carry the
democratic banner in the next presi
dential campaign. When one stops to
think of the problem from the view
point of Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Bryan,
the wonder that neither of them has
anything to pay soon vanishes.
MR. CORTEiroVS BOXD POLICY.
National bankers throughout the
country are expressing their approval
of the action of Secretary Cortelyou
in providing for a refunding rather j
than a redemption of a portion of the
outstanding 4 per cent, government
bonds which mature this year. There
are about $100,000,000 of these bonds
which, under the ordinary method of
transacting treasury business, would
be redeemed at their maturity with
money from the treasury vaults. The
Treasury department's order provides
that $50,000,000 of these bonds shall
be reissued into 1930 2 per cent bonds
and only the balance redeemed.
Secretary Cortelyou offers no ex
planation of his decision, but bankers
accept it as arising from a desire to
continue $50,000,000 as an available
fund to secure the circulation of na
tional bank notes, which is based on
government bond security. Aa moat
of the 1907 4 per cents are already
held by bankers to secure circulation,
the redemption of the entire Issue
would reduce the basis of circulation
by that amount und correspondingly
reduce the per capita circulation of
the country. The business conditions
prevailing forbid this, if it can be
avoided. Secretary Cortelyou's plan
will prevent curtailment of bank note
circulation so far aa the $60,000,000
otherwise to have been redeemed will
be continued in circulation through
the medium of nutlonal bank notes.
The advantage of the order is that
there will be no drain on the treasury
for bond redemption and at the same
time a goodly sum of money will be
ready for release when there may be
urgent demand for additional funds.
IOWA'S LEGISLATIVE RECORD.
The Iowa general assembly Just ad
journed la leaving a record of progres
sive legislation along conservative
lines not excelled in the history of the
commonwealth. While the republican
party of the state has occupied ad
vanced ground for several years in
demanding various reforms In trans
portation and In regulating the man
agement of corporations, the assembly
enacted but little legislation that'
will be classed as radical, although
twenty-six laws were passed .iffctlng
railroads, twenty-one relating to In
surance affairs- and fifteen affecting
other corporations. The railroad laws
enacted were for the most part da
slgned to strengthen and increase the
powers of the State Railway commis
sion in the matter of regulating rates
and preventing discrimination. The
passenger fare problem was disposed
of by passing a law tor a 2-cent fare
on roads of a certain earning power,
JVscents on others, with a maximum
of 3 cents on minor branch lines. An
anti-pans law which cuts tff railway
doctors and lawyers who do r.ot de
vote most of their time to the service
of the railroads waa also enacted.
The existing laws of the state gov
erning . corporations were likewise
htrengthennd in many respects. One
measure prohibits corporations from
contributing money to any state or
municipal rampalKn. thus supplement
ing the national l;iw which prohibits
this practice in federal elections. An
other law prohibits the watering of
stock by requiring that all stock In
corporations mufct be paid In full, or
approved by the statu executive coun
cil. A measure was passed prohibit
ing combinations for the control of
tho price of grain and another forbids
'he operation of bucket shops.
Of purely locsil Interest to Iowa were
a score or more of bllli relating to
the government of cities, enlarging
the powers of city authorities and
making provision for the application
of the home rule principle on an en
larged scale. A state .primary law,
In many features the result of a com
promise, was also udopted.
Along general linos of legislation for
the public welfare were enactments
prohibiting divorced persons from re
marrlng within ono year, forbidding
the sale of giant firecrackers, a com
pulsory school attendance law, a
measure regulating sporting events on
Memorial day and a law making wife
demotion a penal offense.
Altogether, tho record of, the Iowa
legislature is one of which the lawmak
ers and their constituents may well be
satisfied. It was accomplished largely
through a wise decision of the dif
ferent factions of the republican ma
jority to bury their differences during
the session and devote all their en
ergies to the betterment of conditions
In the state, without regard to parti
san results. The result was a busi
ness session of the legislature con
ducted on strictly business lines, and
the people of the entire state promise
to be benefited greatly by the innovation.
coirjv TO A DTSIXESS BASIS.
Few measures passed by the last
legislature are more important locally
to the taxpayers of Douglas county
than those putting the sheriff on a sal
ary basis and providing for the feed
ing of priBoners in the county Jail by
contract.
la substance these laws require the
sheriff to account for and pay into the
county treasury quarterly all the fees
earned by his office; the only exception
Is mileage for actual traveling, for
which the statutory allowance Is cut
down from 10 cents a mile to 5 cents
a mile. The sheriff la to receive a
salary at the rate of $2,500 a year up
to January 1, next, and thereafter at
the rate of $4,000 a year. In the In
terval the present arrangements for
Jail feeding at the rate of 3 9 cents per
prisoner per day, including Jail sup
plies, is to be continued until January
1, when a feeding contract is to be let
according to specifications by the
county bpard to the lowest and best
bidder. The sheriff Is to have one
deputy at a salary of $150 per month
and other deputies as may be needed,
their number and salary being subject
to order of the county board.
It Is confidently hoped that this
change in the sheriff's office will put
an end forever to scandals that have
grown out of the fee system and the
Jail-feeding graft. A $4,000 salary
for the sheriff, of Douglas county is
more than liberal and that officer, who
ever he may be, should he content with
the amount allowed by law without
reaching out for perquisites of any
kind. With the sheriff on a salary, be
should be independent of the county
board to the same extent aa other
county officers, whereas up to this time
in order to keep his Jall-feedlng al
lowance up, he has found it necessary
to maintain a sphere of Influence over
the county commissioners, upon whose
favor the profits depended.
From the taxpayers' standpoint the
change should effect a great saving.
The fees of the sheriff's office ought to
nny all salaries and the reduction In
the cost of jail feeding should approxi
mate from $4,000 to $5,000 a year,
according to the average number of
prisoners and the contract prices. To
get this great reform inaugurated the
people will not object to waiting until
the first of the year for the full opera
tion of the new regime.
One of the charges brought out
against, former Land Commissioner
Binger Hermann is that he appointed a
son-in-law to a subordinate position in
order to apply part of the salary to the : r1'01 a"l other line, aggregating aito
..... . , , , , j gether some 10,000 mile, and this corpora-
liquidation of a mortgage which he , tlon , to be owne(1 or controlled by a
held. Mr. Hermann must have been holding corporation In which the govem
followlng good Nebraska precedent. I ment will own a majority of Nthe stock.
We have had several illustrious exam- Th milage thu embraced Is nearly equal
,k ., .. , . . v, , , to the total In Mexico. The government
pies where distinguished Nebraskans I e,pepU tQ pffpct epon()mle, , the opera.
In the top notches of public life have ' tlon of the combined systems and to In-
paid off debts owing to themselves by
appointing relatives or other debtors
to lucrative Jobs to which they had no
, claim.
The Bee is quite willing to leave to
the local yellow journals the function
of emptying the social Bewer through
their columns. The Bee Is convinced
that the great majority of the people
here In this city as elsewhere prefer
to have a newspaper that can be read
In the family circle without shaming
any member of the household man,
woman or child.
Should the contention over the city
engineer's office be dragged out it
would delay, and perhaps block alto
gether, the work of public Improve
ment mapped out for Omaha this
Beason. The interest of the public is
to have the dispute settled, and settled
soon.
Wonder if any of the Sunday lid j
lifters, whose cases were dismissed by j
City Prosecutor Daniel out of pure I
tenderness of heart, really bought i
their liquor license bonds from the
guaranty company which pays the I
democratic city prosecutor a salary?
A raise of $30,000 in the salary roll
of University of Nebraska professors
within a week after legislative ad
journment should reaesure the public
that that Institution has not been crip
pled by the paring down of the padded
appropriation estimates.
The Increase in passenger earnings
since the 2-rent fare law went into
effect is officially explained by the
Uome-K 'ckeri' ex?uriio:ia which were
carried about the same time. The
rates made for the home-seekers, how
ever, were considerably less than 2
cents a mile. The railroad statisticians
will have to figure It out again.
W. T. Stead suggests that Amer
icans make a peace pilgrimage to The
Hague. Oui American railroad man
agers will not get enthusiastic over
peace pilgrimage plans since their re
cent experience at the White House.
George Oould has decided to sell his
polo ponies and devote all his time to
his rajjroad Interests. Probably he
Qgufes that he can get all the exercise
he needs by practicing before the In
terstate Commerce commission.
A big church conference at Lamonl,
la., is being held by a man who was
a railroad conductor for thirty-one
years. The average railroad conduc
tor who ge's into church work has to
be caught when he's young.
Wisconsin Is going to build a
$4,000,000 capitol building. The bid
ding will be open to all contractors
who had no part In building that
$6,000,000 capitol in Pennsylvania at
a cost of $13)00,000.
Every place of questionable charac
ter always assures its patrons that It
Is a "safe" resort. That is no evi
dence, however, that it is paying pro
tection money for police immunity.
All HiRlit, If Yon Are In.
Washington 8tar.
Charles M. Bchwab thinks that over
capitalization in justifiable, and, consider
ing tho country's marvelous growth, aufe.
It Is a poor physician who will not defend
his own prescription.
JcfTernonlnn Varieties.
New York Tribune.
Jefferson's birthday will be celebrated
next Saturday. While fjfty-seven different
varieties of Jeffersxjnlan Interpreters anil
mantle-wearers discourse, he and the muse
of history will take to the cyclone cellar.
What the Worry la About.
Washington Herald.
Several newspapers are seeking to ob
tain the country's Idea ns to what Mr.
Rooaovclt shall do when he goes out of
the White llousu. The worry now In ssme
quarters Is not what ho will do when he
gets out, but what he Is goltitf to do while
he Is In.
Known How It la Himself.
Boston Globe.
Grover Cleveland ha prepared ft brief
to be presented to the Wisconsin legisla
ture, In defense of life Insurance presidents
receiving more than $60,000 a year In salary.
Mr. Cleveland, you know, Is getting a
fc5,000 salary out of the life Insurance busi
ness himself.
l ore ol til e I.nere.
Springfield1 Republican.
John C. Spooner' first law case cn re
tiring from the United States senate comes
from ft group of Chicago public utility cor
poration) that are striving to defeat an
Increased assessment for taxation. But of
course It was exptcted that he would place
himself at the service of wealthy orrpora
tloQs. The cause of his leaving the senate
wo that there I no money on the public
,de of law.
Two Cent Fnrea nnd Share Price.
Philadelphia Press.
The shares of every railroad affected by
the 2-c.ent-a-mtle passenger fare law roaw
Saturday, the day after the act was signed.
It Is pretty clear that those who buy and
sell these shares and those who own thorn
do not believe that 2 cent a mile will be
either runlou or without profit. The rate
ha come here and Is coming over the
country without causing apprehension or
arousing alarm in the stock markot.
Whether the reduction stands or not la
for the court to decide, but the public of
hareholder accept It, thus far, without
anxiety.
Public Ownership In Mexico.
Springfield Republic.
While we are writing obituaries on tho
public ownership movement In this coun
try, It I to be noted that Mexico I ef
fecting a pretty complete nationalization
of Its railroads, and making ingenious ap
plication of the holding-company device In
order to effect It. Consul-Qenern.1 Gott
echalk write from Mexico City to Wah
lngton that the Mexican government has
succeeded In merging into one corpora-
j Hon tho Mexican Central, the Mexican
; troduc reduced rate schedules,
OSK-MAK OVI'HOI,.
Plea for Frequent Change lu Corpor
ation Management.
New York Journal of Commerce.
Should the prealdents of large corpora
tion retain office year after year? The
subject Is exercising study In thinking cir-
; cles because of the changed Ideas of the
I PubI1 regarding corporate management.
Too often the head of a large corporation.
after years of service, comes to regard the
concern aa hla private property In which
Btui kholdcrs have rio bjslness to he Inter
ested. Instances where tills has occurred
will Immediately suggest themselves the
Sugar trust and amalgamated copper In In
dustrials, the Union Pacific and Reading In
railroads may be Instanced offhand. The
moral reformation that Is taking, pluce In
tl.la country may not ceuae until every ccr
(., rut luu Is managed nut by one man, but
by the body of stockholders What voice
have the atockhnld' rs In the pulley of any
one of the corporations n imed. or In a
himHrail r.thura thut nma ri mlml? Trhit-
j der)t ,,avt.,nf.yer lB conv1nrod that it is
r.r.ne of tho stockholders' concern how the
Pupar trust U conducted so long as they
receive their regular dividend check. Pres
ident Wcatlnghouse is similarly minded,
although presKure has of late succeeded in
wringing from the Wexttnghoise Interests
modicum of information. Standard Oil,
of course, long withstood all assaults, but
It Is on the point of capitulating as soon
as It can gracefully do so.
Were the office of president restricted In
tenure to a few years this evil would be
; modified, if not entirely eradicated. The
suggestion may amaek of the revolutionary.
THs republic lelievea In a change of presi
dent, and the pilnclple might pjswlbly be
applied with adcantage to our great rail
road and Industrial comblnatlona. The day
of one-man control haa admittedly passed
The trufct.i contend that it Is no longer pos
sible lo carry on hujlnc Individually:
might not the same reaRjnlng be applied
In the case of those men who completely
dominate certain organisations supported
by the captt"l of the puliil'. ? The Idua la
not likely to fructify Junt yet, but It may
look lusa alarming aa li.ne goes on.
TKRMIJAI. TAX UW.
Iieatrlce Sun: Deatrlce need not feel so
much swelled up over her new depot after
all. It has been returned to the assessor
ns worth $4.. tt was referred to during
the course of erection as n several thousand-dollar
depot. Trie difference In the
two Values represent the freight ftn the
materials which the company saved.
Central City Nonpareil: Now that the
terminal taxit!on bill has become a law and
they no long,r need the argument the
railroad tax exports candidly admit that
the law will leneflt tho country towns In
the state as well a.s the large terminal
centers. This admlsnlon ruts the legion
of lawyers and piow carriers who lobbied
against the bill In a serious predicament.
I They excused their action on the ground
that they were working against the reduc
tion of tuxes In their home towns. After
getting them out nn that limb the nillroad
manager complacently saw off the llmh
by mating that the home towns won't be
Injured. A pass Is getting to be an ex
pensive luxury.
Bcrlbner News (dem.): The terminal tax
ation bill has secured tho approval of the
governor. Coder Its provisions Omaha and
the larger places of the stale will be able
to greuliy lncrense their loc il taxation on
railroad property. This looks very well on
the face of It. But supposing the State
Floard of Assessment, which is notoriously
railroad body, concludes that the terminal
tax added to the amount collected for gen
erul purposes, makes the aggregate railroad
taxes too high, and the supreme court su
tulns this contention. A reduction of all
the railroad taxes combined would follow.
The terminal tax would more than make
up for the reduction In the cities and larger
place, but the country would not In any
manner bo recompensed for Its loss. It la
plain that under condition as they exist
the terminal tax law Is very likely to prove
ft detriment to the taxpayers of the stare
as a whole.
Kearney Democrat: There Is, perhaps,
not more than a whole doren men In Buf
falo county who nre. or who have any J
reason to tie opposed to the terminal tax
law that was voted on In the house last
week. Under these circumstances, it Is
an unaccountable condition which has had
force enough to Impel Representative
Hamer to stand out against the wish of
the people he was elected to represent and
vote against this measure. Mr. Hamer 1b
ft young man and has had a most excellent
opportunity presented him to have become
a useful member of the legislature, because
he Is endowed with a heap of natural nnd
native ability, but he has gone entirely
wrong upon the Important matter that
have been brought before the legislature,
and In almost every Instance has taken
upon himself the championship of the re
verse side of beneficial measures, and voted
against them. As a candidate he stood
pledged for all these measures over hi
published endorsement and he should have
lood by it.
PERSONAL XOTH8.
Mr. Edison vanquished the shark, thus
reversing the usual arrangement, by which
sharks do up Inventors.
New York ha paid $24,453 for damages
caused at a fireworks display In honor of
Hearst, but It has the satisfaction of know
ing that displays due to any such reaaon
will not mark the future.
Governor Hoch of Kansas Is said not to
Intend to fill out his term. He ha accepted
a number of assignment from a lecture
bureau for this summer and will recelv
as much as $160 a night, the season' profits
figuring olose to $15,000.
Premier Campbell-Bannermon of England
unlike hi predeceasor I a great reader of
the newspapers and write for them fre
quently. HI predecessor, Mr. Balfour,
boosted ' that while he waa In office he
never read the newspapers.
The Brooklyn Jeffersonlan dinner 1 to
be 13 a plate, with Mr. Bryan thrown In;
the Hearst Jeffersonlan dinner, $5 a plate;
and the New York Democratla club' din
ner $10 a. pJte. The latter la for Jeffer
soniarvs who like their simplicity with
trimming.
Daniel A. Campbell, who ha been ap
pointed postmaster of Chicago, replacing
Mr. Busse, just elected mayor, la a sena
tor and a prominent lawyer of the state.
Ho 1b known as ''the silent man" and his I
leadership In the senate of late years ha
been absolute.
Henry G. Bayer, the special commissioner
to the United States for the International
Maritime exposition at Bordeaux, France,
which opens In May, has completed ar
rangement for the loan of several relics
of Robert Fulton, Including the compass
he used on his first boat, the Clermont,
and the famous portrait Benjumln West
painted of Fulton.
A. T. Kyle, one of the original "town
altera" of Leavenworth, la still living In
I that prosperous Kansas city. Mr. Kyle
, and. ft few associate selected the Bite of
! what Is now one of the biggest cltle In
Kansas In 1864. He made the first survey
j for the town Just outside of Fort I.eaven-
worth, then a frontier post for the pro
tection of settler from the marauding
Indian.
OKLAIIOMVS CONSTITITIOS.
Feutnrea of the Organic Art of tho
Coming; State.
Chicago Tribune, i
The latest thing In constitutions will bo
submitted to the voters of Oklahoma and I
Indian Territory on August 6. The draft
which ha Just been completed by the con
stitutional convention contains most of the
"advanced" ideas which are popular In
the west and southwest, but which older
'states are slow to see the advantages of.
About the only thing which It does not
contain Is woman suffrage. It la easy to
believe that even civilized Indiana are slow
to concede equality to women, and It la
potwlble that the white women of th? ter
ritory have so much else to do In aiding
the development of a new state that they
have no time for ihiIKIc.
The Initiative and the referendum, direct
primaries and popular choice of United
States senators are all provided for. State
ownership of coal mines is contemplated.
Corporations are restricted In the amount
of real estate which they may hold, and
water stock is strictly prohibited. The
precept that government must often re
vert to first principle, In other words, that
the people must have every facility for
changing their form of government. Is
obeyed In the provision that the constitu
tion may be amen led by a majority vote.
There is no effectual bar to hasty amend
ments. Tho prohibition of succession In office
has something In Its favor; whither It w!l
secure a Better i-ervice of the public than
the hope held out to an official of re-election
In ciije of faithful performance of
duty is yet to be seen. In t!;ls state thu
holders of offices to which re-election 1
prohibited have not been as a class In ny
way to be dlbdnguislie'l from other officials
as a cles by greater or less hoiiL'Mty,
efficiency or freedom from partisanship.
This und other experiment will be watched
with Interest In the older str. ten.
Many explanations have been offered of
the extreme character of aome of the po
litical prtnclplea accepted from time to
time In Kansaa. Oklahoma ssems t have
outdone Kansas In a determination to try
r.ew methods of getting at and expressing
the paiple's derte. Whether or not they
will be more successful than the older
representative form of government la a
question which may as wall tasted In
Oklahoma a anywhere.
LYDIA E. PINKIIAM'S
VEGETABLE
COMPOUND
la acknowledged to be the raot atio
cessful remeJy In the country for
thoae painful ailmenUi peculiar to
women.
For more than JO years it has
been curing" Female Com paint,
nch a Inflammation, and Ulcera
tion. Falling- ftPd Displacement,
and consequent Spinal Weakness,
iwuache. and U peculiarly adapted
to the Change of Life.
Records show t.iai n na curea
more case of Female 111a. than any other one remedy known.
Lvdla E. Finkham' Vegetable Compound dissolves and expels
Tumor at an early stajre of development, nrapfflng- Sensations causing
pain, weight, and headache are relieved and permanently cured by Its use.
It correct Irregularities or Painful Functions. Weakness of the
Stomach Indigestion, BloMlng-, Nervoua Prostration. Headache. Gene
ral Debility; also. Dirziness. Falntnes Extreme Lassitude. "Don't care
and wanttobel-ft alone" feeling", Irritability. Nervousness, Sleeplessness.
Flatulency. Melancholia or the "Blues." These are sure indication of
female weakness or some orjranio deranjremeut
For Kidney Complaints of either sex Lydia K. Tlnkham's Veg-etable
Compound ia a most excellent remedy,
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women
tv l..ar.-: ,irr 4r.rm nf rem! weakness are Invited to
nuiuvu niinnni( . , v.,l w..,t .... ...
write Mrs Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. for advice. She is the Mr. Plnkham
who ha been advising" sick women free of charpe for more than twenty
year, and before that she assisted ber mother-in-law Lydia E. Plnkham
in advlalnir. Thus ahe Is well qualified to jruide sick women back to
health. Her advice is free ana aiwaya neiprui.
BITS OF WASHINGTON LICE,
Minor Scene and Incident Sketched
on the Spot.
The world la dark and dreary at Peoria
and other points wliero makers and rftlxers
of whisky blends have their habitat. After
much consideration and cogitation over
certain features of the national pure food
law, the laat word has been spoken by the
authorities at Washington and It In strong
enough to blow the corks out of the bottles.
Whisky must be the real thing, the
original Simonputc stuff "obtained by age
ing the product of the sat 111 worm for four
years In a charred barrel." The modern
mixture or blend obtained by a combination
of neutral and cologne spirit with color
ing and flavoring Ingredient. Is not whisky,
but an Imitation nnd must be so labeled.
Thl decision will be of fur-reaching Im
portance to the whisky business. H will
mean much to the distillers In Illinois,
where, centered at Peoria, nro the largest
mantifaoturers In the United State of
what haa been known to the trade a
blended whisky. An Idea of the extent of
the Industry can be gathered from the
stntement -that the Peoria district alone
pays Into the federal treasury each year,
as Internal revenue taxes, more money
than any other Internal revenue district
and more than most states.
Statuary hall In the national capitol has
been In process of restoration for some
time and the work will be comoleted by
May 1, so that the visitors who will tak
In Washington on their way to or from th
Jamestown exposition can see this famou
room In almost It original beauty. Previ
ous to 1867, when the present chamber of
the House of Representative was occupied,
Statuary hall, as It l now known, was
th meeting place of that body, and was
genernlly conceded to be the most beauti
ful legislative hall In the world. It Is
purely Oreclan In design, and It splendid
column of variegated Brecca marbl
quarried on the banks of the Potomac 100
mile above Washington and polished by
hand by slave labor, make It a vivid con
trast to the present more commonplace
chambers of the two housea. The work of
restoration consists largely In scraping oft
every vestige of the paint which was put
upon the sandstone walls of the hall li
Uie Inartistic attempt to make them look
like Italian marble. The roae-tlnted and
tone Itself Is Infinitely preferable. In
addition to thl two of the old stairways
which run from Statuary hall to what were
the men' gallery and the women' gal
lery o long as the hall was UBed by the
House of Representatives, have been dis
covered and reopened, and the men' gal
lery will be reatored to It original condi
tion. Official Washington I agog because
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes does not
keep a carriage. The supreme Judge make
his way to business by grace of the
Metropolitan Traction company. Some
times, perhapB, he hangs on a strap. And j
Mr. Justice Holmes when she goes to
make her social calls drive In a hired
hansom cab. Capital society rather fancies
that a man of that name and position, a
man bo closely rclnted to the author of
"The Wonderful One-Horse Shay," should
keep gome sort of a vehicle for Bontlment's
sake.
Tho law division of the Agricultural de
partment i working overtime these days
preparing rosea against railroads for viola
tions ul tli twenty-eight hour law in
transporting live stock. So far there have
been about four hundred cases Bent to the
LHipart merit of Justice and the estimate ct
twenty additional case ft day la by no
nicana an over-statement, the number fre
ouentlv reaching twenty-five. T" Depart
ment of Agriculture lias been careful to
select only such cases ns are practically j
certain of a. conviction and the Department I
cf Justice ho been cautioned not to ac
cept any compromise for less than the
maximum lino. Tins is $000 and conviction
at $.'J0 a throw mount up rupidly when
they are kept up day after day.
The mont widely published and best
known photograph In exlMenee is said to
be that of Pieldi lit RooKCvelt taking ft
fence on his favorite hunter. Th's has
been printed in almost every paper and
magazine In the w-rld which uhkb half
tones, and the nales from it huve alredy
amounted to more than J',"), making It
the in Ft profitable photograph ever taken. I
Nearly 3.oX) copies have been signed by
the president to lc used as special rifts,
and tho demand for It wherever It haa hoen
placed on sale lias leen steady d urine the
three and a half yimrs since It was made.
It wa made with a shutter that opnel
IL
INDIA AND
Oil
pert-'aL", b'ended 'n P"4"1 uml-- natcliful care of trained ex
rLTt? rei'0n " UM8 "l tial cl,m on 11 drink"" who want
McCORD-BRADY C0 Wholesale Agents. Omaha.
1SJ;Ua Win I
LYDIA E. PINKH
and closed In one fifteen-hundredth part of
a second. The president, acormpanled by
an orderly, left the cabinet meeting on
morning and Joined the photographer at
Chevy Chase In the suburbs of Washing
ton. It was neorasary for the president to
force his horse over tho fence a dozen
limes before a sncoeatif ul picture wa tak em
President 1U sevelt Is prolmbly the most
photographed man In the world, with th
potwlble exception of Kmperor William,
and photographers assert unreservedly that
ho 1 most difficult to pose. He I nervous,
and Is often snapped in what might seem
a hit or miss style; but every ploture ever,
token of him Is thoroughly charaeterlstlo.
nlert Bacon, assistant secretary of
state, has been present at most of tha
recent white house conferences on the
railroad question. He Is the only assistant
secretary thu called upon by the president
for advice and counsel. This unusual dis
tinction doubtless come from the fact that
for a number of yoars Mr. Baconi was a
partner of J. Pierpont Morgan, In which
time he familiarized himejf with railroad
flnnruce and, necessarily acquired a great
deal of valuable Information regardlnat
many roods.
POLlSHKn TO A POINT.
"You water your stock," they said to,
the railroad magnate.
"Sure thing," .he responded, genially; "w
expect to compete with the canal, you
know." Philadelphia Ledger.
rn." '.
"What is It?"
"Why does the orchestra play between
acts?"
"So the people will go out" Cleveland
Leader.
"Were you at Bull Run, father?" asked
the son of the old soldier.
"Yes." replied the hero, "I wa In tha
first division there."
"Going or coming?" Chicago Record
Herald. .
"People are always willing to listen to ft
man who want to moke.. a speech,','
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum; "lta
the sporting Instinct of the American peo
ple. They know he' taking a chance on
saying something he will be orry for."
Washington Star.
"Here, you ir!" cried the irate father,
"how dare you show your face here
gain?"
"Well," replied young Nervey, "I might
have worn a mask, of course, but that
would have been deceltTuL"--Phlladclphla
Press.
Nero was fiddling while Rome burned.
"I got the notion from our cook." he ex
plained. "She always plnyed the piano
while the steak was burning."
Thus we see the servant problem had
reached an acute stage even in those early
days. New York Sun.
Sunday School Teacher Now, Johnny,
where do we go if we tell a lie?
Johnny To Washington. New York Sun.
A manipulator was asked what he would
do If civil action were brought for the re
covery of the money lie had manipulated
into his own pocket.
"Rut It's Impossible," ho said. "Such
action would be far from civil. Indeei, I
should characterize It as positively run."
Philadelphia Ledger.
Associate What line of defense do roil
think we ought to adopt?
beading Counsel (for defendant) I am
undecided. Of course we can set up th
plea of Insanity In his case, but I am in
clined to think it would be better for da
to take the brood ground that he haa tha
artistic temperament. Chlcngo Tribune.
THE MA.
The man of our quest la the man who can
rest
Serenely secure in, repoe,
Seelnr nothing In life to cause turmoil or
strife,
He Is tranquil with friends or with foe.
The man for the hour Is the man with the'
power
Of conscience enl'ghtened and trong.
With a mind to endorse and a will to en
force Every law, to make right every wrong.
The man of the day Is the man who can
say
Tli heart, life and soul are his own,
Who will stand by the right In the face of
dread might
Of the tyrant or czar on his throne.
The itinti for the time must have virtue
sublime,
Unsullied and pure' as the snow;
Who temptation can flput and put treason
to rout.
Through the fires and the floods that
may flow.
The mn for us nil Is the man broad and
tall,
Ioii.s high In the ranks of the world;
For destroy: Ion of rrlir.es of all grade In
all climes.
From the palace or lum to be hurled.
The man. to be sure, will forever endure
The myst'r'es (,f myst'rlea-ah me!
He Is good, be Is had, he is sane, he I
rrad,
A strong monster, yet weakling is he.
Omaha, April 0. 1W7. Oli) BOY.
CEYLON
