TTrn OMAHA DAILY IVEE: WEDNESDAY, MAT q, 1T07.
Tiif, Omaha Daily Ber
roUNDED BT EDWARD HOSE WATER
VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
Enters at Omaha poatoftVa aa second
tlu mattr.
GDTrnnon nvonr.n jfiDHi rok-s.
Theodore Roosevelt was started on
the direct mad to the White House
by a fight with the republican political
machine In New York during his term
aa governor. Opponents of his poli
cies, headed by Senator Piatt, prac-
r, .,. kr,m?.kOF. !UB..SCflIP1LI2!ir wot tlcally forced bis nomination for vl-e
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STATEMENT OF CIRCTTT,ATION.
Btata of Nebraska. Douglaa County, s.
hfi. r n.amia, o,nrftl manager
Of The R Pnhllshincr Company, being
duly 'sworn, says that the aotunl number
or full and complete copies of The Dally,
Morning, Evening and Sunday nee printed
during ths month of April, 1907, was as
loiiowa:
1... SS.S70
t... 34.090
34.110
4 , 34,390
6.
IS.
I.
34,330
34, M0
31.400
84.3R0
34,4 60
34,(500
34,410
95,730
39,690
33,400
34.680
34,830
t7 35.090
jg 35,0'JO
14 " 34-840
21)! 86,010
oi 33,350
21 85,090
28
ii 35,450
25 30,470
;w,3u
slgnrBcance may attach to the fight
now on In New York between the re
publican governor and the corporation
crowd remains to be developed by
events, but the contest Is even more
bitter than that which challenged Gov
ernor Roosevelt's attention.
One marked difference, however. Is
to be noted. While Mr. Roosevelt has
ever been Independent and forceful In
tho advocacy, of his policies, he has
always been a strictly party man. Gov
ernor Hughes, oh the other hand, has
openly declined to be bound by party
obligations. He' declares that be Is a
lawyer, retained by the people of the
entire state, and refuses to meet the
opposition to his policies by conces
sions, compromises, deals or political
trading. As a result, he has the op
position of certain republican senators
who, by alliance with the democrats,
hold the balance of power and have
speculators, who spread reports of crop
damage "for a purpose." On the tery
same day one of the biggest grain
speculators In Chicago sent broadcast
over the country an estimate that the
wheat crop had been damaged, "possi
bly to the extent of 100,000,000 bush
els," by unfavorable weather and the
ravages of the green bug and other
pests.
These scare reports have already had
a marked stimulating effect upon
wheat prices on the Chicago Board of
Trade, the quotations advancing, ac
cording to Secretary Wilson's estimate,
to a point wholly unwarranted by the
conditions. The speculator, however,
is always eager to anticipate the worst.
Climatic conditions, It Is admitted,
have been quite unfavorable to spring
seeding, but there Is no evidence that
the winter wheat crop has been at all
seriously Injured, although Its growth
has been slightly retarded. Similar
conditions exist as to other Crops. The
soil generally is in splendid shape,
the only difficulty being for the plant
ers to find time to do the work. Noth
ing thus far developed indicates any
decrease from the crop of last year.
Secretary Wilson's protest against the
pessimistic reports of the speculators
is proper and pertinent.
to give all parties concerned time for
readjustment. This is In decided con
trast with the action of the Nebraska
legislature attaching an emergency
clause to' Its child labor bill without
giving any time whatever for business
readjustment.
HOUR mi.R FOR IHKI.AI
Recollections ef the eas Waaa
fttaAMoaa Presented the First BUI.
History repeats Itself to a significant de
gree In the Introduction In the British
House of Commons of ths third bill drafted
by tha leaders of the liberal party dealing
with the lrleh home rule queatlon. When
Premier Gladstone's mlnlatry In 1W aban-
Leea unsold and returned copies. ,8S4
Net total 1,038,846
Pally average 34,984
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
Oeneral Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before ma this 30th day of April. 1907.
(Seal.) M. B. HUNUATE.
- Notary Public.
27!!!!"!!" 3,630 1 flatly refused to indorse or adopt the
l!!!!!!!!!! s56io reforms formulated by the governor.
30! !!!!.... 80,660 1 The WBt o( BtrenKth between Gov-
Total 1,033,410 1 ernor Hueb.es and his opponents upon
The tax-aTent oMh.-plHn com- the X
pany has appeared oerore ine oiaiw
Board of Assessment actually admit
ting that the Pullman property taxable
In the state of Nebraska has Increased
In value to the extent of $6,000 since
the last assessment. The Pullman
people must be pretty well convinced
that the old figures would not hold
water or they would have come In and
asked for a reduction.
WHEJI OVT OF TOW.
Sabscrlbera leartns the) city tem
porarily should have Tlie Dee
mailed to them. Address will !
obaaaed as often aa reiineated.
Market note Dog muzzles are mov
ing briskly.
The announcement that beer Is going
up In St. Louis will cause surprise.
It usually goes the other way.
"Spring Is here," says a New Mexico
paper. It is refreshing to know that
spring has finally been located. Send
her north.
It appears that an American sailor
off duty is no safer on" the streets of
Santiago than, he Is in the library of
congress at Washington.
Wisconsin's senatorial deadlock Is
till on. What has become of the
claim that Senator LaFoKette Is the
political czar of Wisconsin?
The all-Important fact about these
statements of the president concerning
the third term boom is that be is not
saying a word on the subject.
If J. Edward Addlcks is really going
to RuBBla to engage in railroading, the
czar will Boon appreciate how trivial
bis former troubles have been.
the removal of Kelsey, superintendent
of lnsuranre, whom the governor held
responsible for neglect of duty In the
developments of the insurance scan
dals, has 6hown the governor for the
nreRent iinemial to that task. The
real fight, however, Is over the public
utilities bill proposed by the governor
to secure effective regulation of all the
public service corporations of the state.
He has declared in a recent appeal
to the voters of the state that the re
volt of the peop'e of New York and
of the country was not against cor
porations themselves, but "against all
the Influences that have grown out of
an unlicensed freedom and of a fail
ure to recognize that these great privi
leges, so necessary for the public wel
fare, have been created by the pub
lic for the public benefit, ana not
primarily for private gain."
Apparently there Is no prospect of
compromise and no hope of the pres
ent legislature adopting the governor's
policies. The situation opens the way
for a continued agitation which, by
special sessions of the legislature or
other methods, will keep the Issues
before the people and Governor
Hughes In the limelight until Its set
tlement may become merged with the
national issuesf next year. Governor
Hughes' triumph in time to give him
control of tho Empire state delegation
to the republican national .nominating
convention would make him a com
manding figure to be reckoned with
In the make-up of the presidential
ticket.
Winston Churchill, the British under
ecretary for the colonies, refuses to
give out any more Information about
the Swettenham Incident. Thanks,
Winston.
Herman Paul has a magazine article
on the decadence of the English lan
guage. Herman ought to do some
thing to provoke a letter from the
White House.
in uirmingnam meager wants no
southern man nominated for the pres
idency unless there Is a chance of
electing. Mr. Roosevelt's mother was
Georgia woman.
jonn w. Gates' declaration that
"Roosevelt Is far and away the most
popular man In the country" does not
ring Just right, as Gates falls to offer
to bet million on it.
It requires a high grade of courage
for Mrs. Lillian Devereaux Blake to
assert that the American eagle Is a
feminine bird, In view of the estab
lished fact that it Is bald-headed.
Careful examination of the revised
committee list of the South Omaha
Board of Education gives rise to the
suspicion that that body has under
(uiid a revumuuu ramer man a re
organization. "
The discovery that Senator Penrose
Is a fine singer offers a way out of th
tUffieulty. The next time be attends
"$5,000,000,000 conspiracy" dinner
be should be asked to sing and be
barred from talking.
The Dramatic Mirror criticises thea
tergoers for leaving before the curtain
falls on the last act. With too many
attractions now on the road it requires
a tax of patience to remain until the
curtain falls on the first act.
WHA T . HE WA IT1KQ TOM
In explaining why he Issued a par
don to a person receiving a thirty-day
sentence In nollce court last week
Mayor Dahlman publicly declared:
If this Indiscriminate talk about my par
donlng does not cease I will call for a com'
nilttee of citizens and have bpth the city
and county Jalla lnveatlgated. I will call
for an Investigating- committee. It will be
found thut the way prisoners are belna
packed Into these jails la a disgrace to the
community.
If there 1b anything wrong about the
conduct of our city and county Jails,
why should the mayor delay calling for
an' tnvcstliatlonT What has his pro
posed Investigation to do with the
"indiscriminate talk" about his par
doning? If there Is good cause for an
investigation that will disclose "a dis
grace to the community," why should
it wait for anything else?
There Is no question but that condi
tions In both the city and county Jails
are far from Ideal and that the tax
payers of Omaha and Douglas county
are being constantly saddled with an
unnecessary expense to maintain an
excessive Jail population. The Bee
has called attention to these conditions
time and time again in various connec
tions and pointed out different con
tributlng causes which require remedy
The only satisfactory solution that
appears feasible to us Is the construe
tlon and maintenance by the city of a
workhouse to which police coui
offenders may be sentenced and com
polled to earn their board by bard
work while In confinement. This
would relieve the county Jail of all
persons except those charged with serl
ous offenses and at the same time op'
erate as an effective deterrent of petty
criminals who hate nothing worse tha
being compelled to work for a living
If Mayor Dahlman's talk goes I
anything more serious than overcrowd
Ing tho jails with idlers, more than
half whilDg to serve as Incarcerated
guests, bis Investigation should pro
ceed forthwith.
AGA1VST JUO-UANDLKD RECIPROCITY.
The conference colonial premiers
in session In London has demonstrated
but one thing clearly and that Is that
Great Britain will not be able to per
fect any tariff agreement with the
widely scattered colonies. The pur
pose of the conference was to adopt,
it possible, some tariff agreement oy
which the manufactured products of
the mother country should be ad
mitted to the colonies under a prefer
ential duty. The Australian premier,
Alfred Deakin, fired the first bomb
by declaring that Australia was get
ting ready to plan her own army and
naval defenses, without relying upon
England, and could make better trade
relations with other countries, unless
the mother country should offer reel
procity by placing a tax on Imports
from countries other than the colo
nles. The dream of tariff agreement,
however, was finally dispelled by the
Boer war veteran, Louis Botha, rep
resenting the Transvaal, who insisted
that all governments, imperial or col
onial, be left entirely free to consult
their own Interests in tariff and com
mercial matters.
Clearly Great Britain will be unable
to secure the adoption of Its plans.
The imports to England today amount
to about $800,000,000 a year, of
which, less than $250,000,000 comes
from the colonies. The colonies as
sert their ability to furnish all of this
import trade and meet all the demands
of the British market, but object to
any one-sided arrangement. They ex
press a wlllli sness to admit English
manufactured products under a pre
ferential tariff agreement, if England,
in return, will give colonial goods a
preference over Imports from other
Sources. One insurmountable obstacle
stands in the way of such an agree
ment. The liberal government, in
power in England, was elected largely
on the Issue of free foodstuffs and In
opposition to the Balfour ministry
which was wrecked by its attempt to
force a protective tariff scheme on free
trade England.
The colonial conference, In one re
spect deemed most vital by its pro
moters, has therefore proved a fall
ure. The result has a significance to
American producers, In that It means
that the wheat, mutton, beef and
other products of the British colonies
will have no advantage in the London
and Liverpool markets ' over similar
products from the United States.
Having decided that a liquor license
may be transferred from one location
to another, the next puzzle that will
be hurled at the' police commission
will be to decide whether a license
may be transferred from one person
to another. If a license to sell liquor
is fully transferable, it should be al
most as good as a piece of negotiable
paper. s
New York sends, out a story about
a woman who dropped $10,000 In bills
on a windy corner and had every cent
of 11 restored by the crowd. Ambassa
dor Bryce may be right about our be
ing short on poets, but he cannot
charge us of being shy on writers of
fiction.
Germany is willing to have disarma
mem discussed at me Hague, pro
Tided no action be taken on the sub
Ject. Germany evidently looks upon
disarmament about as American
standpatters view tariff revision.
A Chicago author wanted to go to
Jail for a few days to get material
for a book, and the Judge accommodat
ingly gave him four months. Chicago
is alays ready to encourage litera
ture in the making.
Beyond th Reach of Frost.
Chlcag-o Record-Herald.
About the only crop that hasn't been
damaged this spring la the crop of stories
concerning other aueer springs that are
remembered by the oldest Inhabitants.
Expanding an Old Record.
Brooklyn Engle.
Railroading In thla country achieved
new record In the laat three months of
tuna Mum nassensera were killed then
than In any other corresponding period.
Force of Habit.
Kansas City Journal.
Dr. Miller of Omaha says that "Bryan la
the chief cause of defeat In the democratic
tmrtv." True enough: still, the democratic
party without Bryan would doubtless get
there Just the same. '
Recovering Consciousness.
Philadelphia Press.
The fact that one of the big railroads
la getting several hundred new steel pas
senger coaches seems to indicate mat n
will not give up In despair because of the
reduction In rates.
Peace aad Justice.
Chicago Chronicle.
Beyond all question, so long as humanity
remains humanity. Mr. Roosevelt is ngm
In maintaining that Justice Is before and
higher than peace and that the peace of
uatlce. peace that is conceded by me
strong man to all other men becauae It la
Justice, is the only. peace worth having.
If we could have all the worn-out
downtown pavements replaced at once
that would be a much desired consum
mation. But under the charter which
governs street improvements In Omaha
replacement of pavements Is next to
an Impossibility, except by common
iniiiii nfl voluntary action on the
part of all abutting property owners
In the Interval the only thing to do is
to start the asphalt repair plant going
and get a few streets in passable shape
at the earliest posslblo moment.
Mr. Bryan may as well reserve that
eat In h's bandwagon recently va
cated by Colont'l Watterson. The Ken
tucky editor has a bablt of standing
around and making faces at the driver
while the perade Is forming, but be
usually manages to scramble Into bis
seat before the moving signal Is given.
THE WIIKAT CHCP OVTt.COK.
Secretary Wllaon of the Department
of Agriculture .iai issued a timely
warning to the people against becom
ing alarmed over exaggerated reports
of damage to the wheat crop of the
country. "I see no cause for com
plaint," says the secretary, after sum
ming up the reports received from dif
ferent sections of the wheat belt, "and
I think U will be found by threshing
time that all this cry of crop damage
bas been mode for a purpose." Sec
retary Wilson's Interview was given In
Chicago, the storm ceuter of the grain
The Independent Telephone com
rany has mortgaged the franchise
which was voted to it by the people of
Omaha at their last election as the
principal basis of a bond Issue of
$3,300,000, to be secured by all its
nmnortv real and personal. It would
be interesting to know Just how much
tho franchise li valued at as dlstln
gulshed from the other property em
braced in the mortgage.
Won't some one come to the relief
of Omaha's poor struggling Wate
board? That over-worked body bo
tried twice to hold a meeting, but with
out success for lack of a quorum, and
been compelled to adjourn to secure a
fuller attendance. The next thing in
order will be a demand for increased
.i0rv to make it more worth while
answering tbe roil call to approve the
pay vouchers.
The attorney for the Omaha school
board recommends that no criminal
prosecutions be begun by the school
authorities under the new Nebraska
child labor law until first O. K'd by
him. The school board attorney must
be anxious to have a lot of people see
him.
In passing a child labor law for New
York special provision has been msde
by the legislature for the act to take
eSect after January 1, 108. 1A oritr
a'
live Independence, a split In the cabinet
and the party rpaulted In the defeat of ths
mrnnure In the commons by a narrow mar
gin of thirty votes. Twenty-one years
later, to avoid a similar defection In tha
cabinet. Premier Campbell-Bannerman sub
mits "an Installment of home rule," a
measure of administration minus legisla
tive power or privilege. The dispatches re.
tale how the latest measure was presented.
For purposes of comparison It Is Instruc
tive to recall tha historic scene In West
minster on April . ISM, when Prime Mln
it.t nittflatnna nrsented for the first
time the olive branch of peace and good
will to the Irish people.
The scene Is thus described by Justin
McCarthy: "The history of modern times
affords no parallel to the exciting scene
which the House of Commons presented on
that afternoon. There were many members
whose memories of the struggles on that
battle-ground went back to the days when
Lord Palmerston waa summarily dismissed
from office In 1861. and to the wild excite
mcnt which followed Mr. Lowe's hour of
more that Roman triumph, when his purple
face and ailver hairs flamed comet-like
across the political horlaon, and carried
destruction to Mr. Gladstone's government
In Its wake. Then are even some who re.
called the feverish passions, tha bitter
animosities, and fiery enthusiasms of tha
days of tha first reform bill. But no man s
memory could conjure from the past any
scene of excitement comparable to tnat
which St. fltenhm'a witnessed on that
memorable Thursday.
When the time came for the speakers
llttie procession to entr the chamDer, li
seemed to be threading Its way with dif
ficulty through a human sea. Tha House
has boen crowded before often enough dur
ing Its history. Recent years have more
than once witnessed occasions on which It
has been described as full to overflowing.
But such fullness was almost emptiness as
contrasted with the choking closeness with
which It was packed April 8, 1886. The
officials of the House have assured curious
Inquirers that never before has there been
Instance of the floor of the Mouse
being filled with chairs for tha accommoda
tion of Its members. There were twenty
eight chairs on the floor on Thursday.
Could their number have been multiplied
by ten they would not have been equal
to the demand there was for tnem. one
of the moat peculiar features of tha event
was the voluntary suffering which legis
lators Inflicted upon themselves In order to
obtain good places for the great occasion.
One member actually got to Westminster
at half past 6 In the morning; tTTe majority
of the Irish members were there by 6.
Members who arrived at 8 found that they
were too late to obtain a good seat, and
by a little after o'clock there was not a
place of any kind to be had. Buch un
wonted attendance was a decisive tribute
to the absorbing Interest of the day.
. 4wav awKa
GREAT'
With least labor and trouble it
makes hot-breads, biscuit and cake
of finest flavor, light, sweet, appe
tizing, digestible and wholesome.
Greatest Aid to Cookery
spect of happiness, prosporlty and peace.
Such la her prayer. Think, I beseech you,
think well, think wisely, think not for tha
moment, but for the years that ara to
come, before you reject this bill."
GIVING IT A TRIAL,
Railroads
Pas-
is
in fact the loftiest and noblest conauion
Of which Ood has made man capable. In
truth. It Is the only true and therefore
the only lasting peace. Any other rounaea
on Inequality of submission is not peace,
but slavery.
An Impressive Japanese Exhibit.
New York Bun.
If Oeneral Kurokl Is not one of the most
Impressive exhibit at Jamestown it will
be because the American people have for
gotten the battle of the Yalu and his bril
liant victories subsequently as commander
of the right wing of Oyama's army in Man
churia. In KuroKl we have ns a visitor
one of the ablest of living soldiers. Never
theless, his first thought on landing In
America was of the Japanese school chil
dren in Ban Francisco, for whom he made
a graceful and friendly plea, suggesting a
contrast truly Japanese.
Absurdities of the Law.
New York Tribune.
Another inglorious Instance of tha stu
pidities of American law Is beautifully sot
forth by Dean Wlgmore of the Northwest
University Law school In last month's
number of the Illinois Law Review. The
i i tm i-i n a I ha 1 n i I m ant m
" " IIIRIIT. Cvn a
turned by the coroner's Jury against p -', forgot their differences ior in
sons alleged to be responsible for the fear- i " ..-..actually lost their heads under
ful Iroquois tneater nro ui in iijvb.
The defendants escaped all punlahment,
thanks to tha judge's belief that the cHy
ordinance, by applying only to a part of
Chicago, namely, the downtown district, is
therefore invalid! Within the law. says
Dean Wlgmora, the Judge's decision la
sound:" but the law which permits scnoi-
astlc word Juggling Is "a system of anti
quated pedantry." Every sane man. hear
ing that nfcbody is to Diame ior wi grrui
catastrophe, will assent to the dean's arraignment.
"The aspect of the chamber when Mr.
Gladstone entered was exceptionally curi
ous. Almost all those'on his own side, even
rebellious whlgs and disaffected radicals,
rose to their feet and hailed him with ap-plause-an
example that was Instantly fol
lowed by all the Irish members. By an
odd chance the composition of the House
was such that It appeared as If the whole
House rose to greet Mr. Gladstone. The
explanation of this curious phenomenon
was In this wise: The Irish members pres
ent In full force had not only occupied all
the seats below tha gangway on the op
position side of the house, but naa nowea
.v.- D,,Mn of the gangway and
occupied a surprisingly large proportion of
the seats above It. Thus a large bulk of
the conservative members were driven Into
the upper galleries, Into tha twenty-eight
scats on the floor of the House, and Into
standing places below tha bar and behind
the speaker s chair.
"The oratorical capacity of Mr. Glad
stone waa never more strikingly manifest
than during the course of the three hours
and twenty-five minutes which his speech
occupied. He was excessively pal "d
voice was very hoarse at first, but he soon
assumed complete command over its tones
and then the House listened to one of the
greatest speeches of our century. The In
flection, of the voice were marvellous y
controlled; the tones rose and fell, now In
what seemed almost slby.lic "ultatlon.
mod dying down to some pathetic whisper,
tow but Vperfectly audible, every gesture
furiherinrthe dramatic Intensity of the
words the speaker was using. On Mr.
Gladstone', own following the prime mln-
,., ni.ved aa upon som m.-.w
ster playea rODOrtlOTv of th.
IVnn 1 -
and the Two-Cent
enaer Rata Law.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Despite minatory talk from corporate
sources, It la stated as by authority that
th. railroads of seven states, from Michi
gan to Nebraska, have accepted the 2-cent-a-mile
rate without contest. To that num
ber ahould, It seems, be added the Ohio
railroads, since, though they have made
no formal announcement that they will not
contest the law la the courts, they con
formed to It for nearly a year, and positive
report has It that th. result In their traffic
Is mora favorable than otherwise.
It 1. self-evident that the railroad which
accepts th. law and gives It a fair trial
la In a better position to ask remedy. If
th. experience Is unsatisfactory, than If It
used every method within Its power to de
feat the law. The corporate Idea that law
against It Is something to be resisted and
obeyed only under compulsion Is one of
th. chief cause, of the public enmity which
tha corporate leaders are so generally de
plorlng. Therefore, the course which Is
stated to have been adopted by the rail,
roads of those states Is the wise one, even
though the law may In some cases work
hardship.
The application to Pennsylvania Is mani
fest. While there are reasons to doubt
whether the flat 2-cent rat. may not be
unjust a. regards some classes of railroads,
It Is evident that If there Is such aa In-4
Justice It Is wider In Its scop. In those
other state, than It can be In Pennsyl
vania. The density of traffic here Is greater
and the expenses In proportion to the vol
ume of traffic not so great. Moreover, It
would be a very peculiar attitude for the
Pennsylvania railroad or the Baltimore &
Ohio to resist the 2-cent law In Pennsyl
vania and accept it in Ohio. We think the
railroads wilt give the law a fair trial and
they will certainly by doing so serve their
own Interests bast In th. and.
FLASHES OF FVM.
t
Mrs. Knlcker-Docs your husband go out
between the acts?
Mrs. Hooker No: he comes In the theater
between drinks. Judge.
Knleko.r So they separated for Incom-
patablllty?
ISocker Yes, ho talked base ball and she
talked bridge. New York Sun.
"Do you regard this prevalence of high
prlres as a sign of prosperity?"
"Certalnlv." answered Mr. Pustln Stax;
"the fact "that people can afford to pay
them Is a conclusive Btgn of prosper.
Washington Star.
Gollifer Ordered your next winter's
coal yet?
Gnsoh Ordered it? I'm not In a position
to order It. I am making overtures for It.
Houston Post.
Tho Dame-I'm surprised to see you com
ing out of a publlo house Again.-
The Soldier Oh, muni, we must come out
sometimes. Army Graphic.
"Well " sold the snob, "I don't care what
you may think about the Swellmane;
they're certainly the cream of society.
f guess you're right. At any rate the
milk of human kindness seems to. be be
neath them." Philadelphia ITess.
Teacher Andrew, give a sentence In
which you use your own name.
Andrew (after a thoughtful pause! The
boy picked up the chalk and drew a pic
ture. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
SEW ODOHS FOR MOTOR CARS.
Joyful Possibility of More Agreeable
Fragrance.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Two Germaji chemists, after much per
plexing labor, have dlrcovered "a met'io.l
of rendering the gasoline motor car agree
ably odoriferous." They mix a perfumed
substance with the lubricating oil and the
heat generated by friction cause It to
emit "a sweet odor that annihilates ttmt of
the offensive gases."
This portends the coming of a time when
the motor cars will have the fragrance of
roBes, violets or lilacs. They will g whli
sing past, filling the air with dellcUe
odors and the spectator with frJgrane
suggestive of fairy dreams. A gsrage will
have the .eemlng of a garden wherein
lovely flowera bloom alway. The odors
will mingle together and form a potpourri
like the gentle smel s that might arise
from seme great floral hash. Of coure,
not every motor car owner will artnot the
,inr of roses, violets and lilacs. Each tJ
his taste. The man wno preirr. miewnilK
more appetizing may choose the soothing
perfume of onions or the uplifting emis
sion of garlic. If h. wishes to be cruel
to enemies and abuse those who spitefully
use him he may resort to a familiar brand
of cheese with a Gurman name. The
thing has wellnlgh un United possibilities
His automobile's character may be pro
claimed In Us odor. From effemtn-tcy it
may rang to marked, even fighting,
virility.
It would rev.r do to call a motor car
breathing forth th odor of ro?es. vlo'eta
and ll'acs "The Red DevV." nor "The
Black 8nak." nor "Hell-for-Kartln." Su.)i
nemes would be Incompatible wild the
odors. There wou d have ti h. diflw! n
brand new system of nunw-nrlature. Mu"h
better would be uh nimes us "31jds"
Gtraldlnt" and "Our During."
of
the performance ana
aa the rest. Only the
m
the glamour
. 1 A- 1UKT11V
conservatives sat st.ffly and unmoved
-Neither the history of the reign nor th.
: .. .ifnnli anv parallel
history of tne " ' " Am nt
conPoraTy Vvent." alf ord many example.
orgrJacetirrms moment. In the chron-
teles of the common" v.
minster. But th. rise of no measure and
a of no minister hav. ever stirred
Rt Stephen's to ueh fever-fire of exclte
Bt. stePne"" Mcn animated It all
m'nt h'.hl tomi hour, of that Thursday's
Ne..h introduction of th. firs,
?',m HH with all the fervid emotions of
Z "n-eque aebntes. nor the "c.tement.
. Th Lrnamentary catastrophic as the
d smUsal of iTrd Palmerston In 1851 and
fhrdefeat. of Mr. Gladstone in DM and
4S5 can be fairly said to offer even a dls
parallel to the passions, the enthu
,ant P''1 d hope 8na fury and ex
siasm. the rear a w ,... and
PERSONAL NOTES.
Newport residents who occupy summer
residences ara finding their taxes largely
increased this year by the city, which un
der a new law Is assessing housefurnlsh
Ings and other personal property.
A machine for the prolonging of life by
keeping th. circulation of the body In a
normal condition without loss of energy
on the part of the patient has been Invented
by H. C. Prentiss of Boston. The inven
tion will no doubt be of considerable Inter
est to the medical world.
John Kell. Ingram, who lately died In
Ireland, waa chiefly noted as a political
economist, but he waa many other things,
as professor of English literature and of
Greek In Trinity college, Dublin, and also
librarian and for many years vie. provost
In his early manhood years, before Trinity
diluted his blood, he wrote the stirring
"rebel" poem, "Who Fears to Speak of W
Charles Elmendorf, a blind youth living
In Evansvllle, Ind., Is an enthusiastic rooter
at every tase ball game played there. He
Is on t tie-free list at the ball park and In
Borne mysterious way, which even he can
not explain, he manages to keep track of
the games as they are played, except when
something complicated occurs. At such
time, a spectator explains to the blind lad.
Young Elmendorf, who has been blind nine
years, goes all over the city without assistance.
HOT MICH SPRING FEVBTR.
W. J. Lampton in New York Sun.
I ain't had much spring fever
This year, It seems to me.
An' I ain't been a-lookln' 'round
To And a shady tree
To lay In under, half asleep,
A snoozln' In the grass.
With nothln' else to do but watch
The clouds and worktlme pass.
I ain't felt much like loafln'
An' lasyln' erround,
A-dreamln' of the places
Where ftshln" kin be found;
Where all day long the riffles
Makes munic out of sight.
An' sunftsh fight for chances
To bite an' bite an" bite.
Art Johnson he went flshln'
Last week, down by the dam;
But Art Is somethln' fondor .
Of flshln" than I am.
He didn't come to supper.
An' so they took a dog
An' hunted him an" found him
His clo' frose to a log.
I ain't had much spring fever
This spring, an' I don't seem
To hanker much fer loafln'
An' settln' 'round to dream; 'T.c.
There's somethln' wrong this season.
An' mighty wrong, that's what,
Wrlth spring, because, by gravy,
I'd ruther work than not.
Ask Your
Dealer:
What is there
Peculiar about
"... ..... -L ".
. . . r., inn Bill in1 r, uiu
rrTtn:- Tot the grostest legts.a-
n,iine of modern times."
tlve assemblage ui
n i. niadstone s
Wa, de livered June 8. HI- Per""on
wa a hv the lamented M.chael
1?..?..? ..inromoarable In the eloquen.
nee of
U. diction and in the magic Influence of It.
Silvery The whole house listened, en-
delivery. . . . i. ran
tranced, as tne ury -----
through the chamber In tones of command-
ng yet pleading power.'" In behalf of that
tor which he .poke. "Go into the lenrth
and breadth of the world." declared the
srand old man In impassioned words,
ransack the literature of all countrlee.
find If you can 0 .Ingle voire, a single
nook in which the conduct of England to
ward Ireland Is anywhere treated except
with profound and bitter condemnation.
Are the, the traditions by which we are
exhorted to stand? No. They are. In fact,
tl e sad exception to the glory of England.
Trey are a b-oad Br.d black spot upon the
nages of Its hlst .ry. What w. want to d)
. to stand by the traditions or which we
are the heir. In all matteis except our re
lations with Ireland, and to rnikt our rela
tions with Ireland conform to the other
traditions of our country 8o we ha!l th.
demand of Ireland for what we call a
blessed oblivion of the past. fih. ask. alto
for o b jon for the future, and thai bo. n
unless we urti mucn mis.
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