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please refrain from returning It.
"What makes a magazine great?"
'asks ono of them. The advertising.
Let us hope that the month of roBes
and brides will live up to Its reputa
tlon.
Wall street Is again crying "Panic,'
but the rest of the country seems to
be a little iiard of hearing.
The corner In the camphor market
woald be more Important If there was
any occasion for using moth balls this
year. .
. Harmony reports from the political
field in Ohio are as unreliable as "Fair
and warmer" predictions of the
weather bureau.
: Dollar gas, the dog muxzle and the,
referendum is a most imposing trio
the natural result of democratic ef
forts at city administration.
As yet there has been no announce
ment from headquarters that the man
who wrote the story of Jonah and
the whale was a "nature faker."
The best evidence that Methuselah
did not live to be 900 years old is that
he has left no reminiscences of the
late springs in his boyhood days.
8ecretary Straus says worklngmen
should receive better pay and be
charged less for the necessaries of life.
Bure, but how is it to be managed?
' Like most women, Mrs. Howard
Gould naturally likes attention, but she
objects to the attention showed her by
detectives In her husband's employ.
' That Chicago flat owner who Is of
fering special Inducements for tenants
with children must bo bidding for a
commendatory letter from the White
House.
"Ought a woman forgive the man
Oho loves, even though he la rude and
Insulting?" asks the New York Herald.
She will, without reference to' whether
she ought to do so.
Chicago packers threaten to advance
tko price of meat on account of the
fclgh price of wheat. A confession
that the packers want the money
would bo more, honest.
An Ohio woman wants a divorce bo
cause her husband has not taken a
bath since last August She seems to
forget that there has not been any
warm weather since last August.
"The republican platform next year
must be made of strong planks," says
the Philadelphia NPress, . which evi
dently expects Mr.' Taft to be the man
wlio is going to stand on the platform.
President Roosevelt's , plan to have
the books and accounts of railway cor
porations subject to minutest inspec'
tlon by federal officials opena the way
for I lot of interesting Information
concerning Items that make up the
"expense of the legal department."
Chief Forecaster Frankenfeldt from
Lis aerie In Washington pronounces
the weather cold, but not too cold
This may be all right as an official
view, but ho might change his mind It
ho should interview some Nebraska
farmers and gardens-
Ttstisa TH
It was not to bo expected that the
Nebraska railroads would accept the
verdict of the people without some
thing of a protest. History has taught
us that no move to restrict the opera
tions of the great corporations in Ne
braska will be permitted to progress
to effective conclusion without stand
ing the test of all the Ingenuity that
expert attorneys can . bring to bear to
thwart Its design. The new Railway
commission Is now in a fair way to
undergo this test. Two of the great
railroads of the state have refused to
comply with a simple provision of the
law, and have thua placed themselves
in an attitude of defiance to the au
thority "of the board. The matter has
been passed up to the attorney gen
eral for advice as to what step should
be taken to compel compliance with
the board's order.
At other times The Bee has pointed
out the mistake of the purblind policy
pursued by the Nebraska railroads.
At a time when throughout the coun
try efforts are being made to con
ciliate an outraged public and bring
about a better feeling toward the rail
road companies, as such, the men who
manage the affairs of the Burlington
and Union Pacific have taken occasion
to defy the state authority again. In
refusing to furnish a list of pass hold
ers, as required by law, these com
panies merely assert their intention to
do as they please, regardless of what
the people wish.
It is an attitude frequently assumed
by these roads, and which has proved,
In a moral sense, at least, disastrous.
Again and again have the people gone
into the courts to enforce their rights
sgainst these railroads, and Just as
often have they won. The outcome
of the prospective suit cannot, of
course, be foreseen, nor is it likely that
the entire structure of the railroad
commission law will depend on the
determination of the controversy over
the free pass list. It Is the spirit that
actuates the railroads in their refusal
that is complained of. Whatever the
tesult, it is certain not to lead to a
calmer view of the railroad situation
in Nebraska.
ANOTHER PANIC SIDETRACKED.
Forecasts of the president's message
indicating the administration's future
policy toward railroads, unfavorable
crop reports and disturbing informs
tlon concerning the money markets lu
foreign capitals had apparently sup
piled Wall street manipulators with
material for another panic scare, pre
liminary hints of which have been
carried in the financial dispatches from
New York for several days. But the
panic has been sluetracked, sharing the
fate of the home-made scare, which
the speculators worked up a few weeks,
ago. Just as the criminal forecasts
of industrial depression were ready
for circulation, Prof. James C. Mona
ghan, for many years an economic ex
pert in the government employ, pre
sented his preliminary report on a de
tailed investigation of industrial con
ditions 'throughout America. "At no
time in America's history," says Prof.
Monaghan, "has there been ampler
warrant for business confidence. The
civilized world is calling for the pro
ducts of American farms and factories
and the ' demand is clready great
enough to tax our facilities of produc
tlon to the utmost for. several years,
even If the orders should cease, in
stead of increasing constantly as they
are."
Pittsburg and Birmingham steel
mills supplement Prof. Monaghan's
statement with some cold industrial
facts that indicate that the panic pre
dictors have not been honest, even with
themselves. Birmingham reports that
the products of its steer mills have all
been sold for the year 1907 and that
all the iron and steel they can turn
out Is sold while it Is still in the molten
state. Pittsburg adds that ten rail
roads, some of the managers of which
were leaders In the panic talk, have
ordered more than 500,000 tons of
steel rails for delivery before the end
of the present year, and some of them
have already placed orders for 1908
and even 1909 delivery.
A summary of business, agricultural
and industrial conditions in every sec
tlon of the nation, , from Maine ' to
Texas and from New York to Call
fornla, shoVs a prodigal production of
American resources, under which
Wall street panic Is submerged and
swamped before It gets a fair start
There is no geographical limit to the
national prosperity. Even Wall street
feels It and is forced to unwillingly
recognize it.
tOWMR TO FIX RAILROAD RATES.
The supreme court of the UnlteHl
States has made a most important de
cision In a case Involving the new fed
oral railway rate law, and has set at
rest a point that was the subject of
much discussion and a wide difference
of opinion while the bill was pending
in congress. The court has held
without a dissenting vote, that the In
terstato Commerce commission has
power, under the provisions of the law
to fix rates that may bo charged by
railroad and other transportation com
panics doing an Interstate commerce
business. Under the old law the In
terstato Commerce commission had au
thorlty to declare a rate unjust and to
order it changed, but had no power to
enforce its decrees. When the prea
ent law was pending in the senate Mr
Foraker led the fight against the pro
vision enlarging the powers of th
commission. He contended that con
tress had no competency to bestow Ju
dlclal powers on tho Interstate Com
merce commission and Insisted that It
the law were passed It would be held
unconstitutional. Senator Forake
and several of his colleagues clamored
for a "court review"- cSauso which
ould prevent the enforcement of the
commission's orders until the case had
been passed upon by a court of compe
tent Jurisdiction.
The supremo court evidently was
not Impressed by the Foraker plea.
In the case submitted to it the South
ern railway had ordered an advance of
cents a hundred on lumber shipped
from southern stales to Ohio river
points. Lumbermen resisted the ad
vance and appealed to the Interstate
Commerce commission, which decided
the rate unjust and directed the rail
way company to restore the old rate.
The railway company appealed to the
supreme court, which, by its ruling,
has upheld the constitutionality of the
railway rate law on the one point that
was eVer seriously disputed.
The decision is of greatest impor
tance to the shippers and contains
much significance for railway man
gers. In the old days an appeal from
rate fixed by the railroads meant
ears' In the courts, resort to delays of
all kinds, with the result that shippers
were usually worn out before an ad-
udlcation of their cases could be se
cured. Under the new law and the
decision of the court of last resort the
findings of the Interstate Commerce
commission are final. The shipper
as a promise of a prompt considera
tion of his grievances and the applica
tion of the remedy where his conten
tions are sustained. Railroad man
agers probably will decide to submit
to the inevitable and now accept the
provisions of the new law, which calls
for a new policy in their treatment of
their patrons.
MERIT ST STEM lit APPOINTMENTS.
Secretary Root and Secretary Cor
telyou have both delivered addresses
recently In which they touched upon
the change in modern political man
agement by which merit, rather than
party service, is the chief factor con
sidered In appointing persons to post
tlons In the federal service. -Secretary
Cortelyou expressed the opinion that
party service should be rewarded, but
that the reward should go only to men
who had the merit, plus party service.
Secretary Root was less lenlentXoward
party workers" and declared that
'political parties ought to be brought
back to the sole performance of their
proper function as organizations for
the promotion of prinlcples and poli
cies, free from control by mere offlce
holdlng combinations." In the course
of his address, which was delivered to
the students at Yale, Secretary Root
said: " v
Unfortunately there has grown up tn poll-
tics' in the United States the practice of
considering the service of party workers
leading to the nomination and the election
of candidates as the controlling reason for
the appointment of those party workers to
places at the disposal of candidates after
their election. That practice has resulted
from the prevalent understanding that there
s aa Implied agreement by every successrui
candidate for ah elective office to reward
the support by exercising his governmental
powers for the appointment or employment
of his supporters.
Both of these members of the presl
dent's cabinet apparently are taking
too much to heart some of the relics
of the spoils system, now happily be
coming obsolete. The practice In the
administration of President Roosevelt,
and largely in that of President Mc-
Kinley, has been to break away from
the old custom of parceling the federal
patronage in the different states to the
party workers who . made the most
noise in the preceding campaign. ' The
idea that a man should have public
office merely because he is entitled to
political reward is entirely out of
touch with the best public thought of
the day, . Mr.' Root and Mr. Cortelyou
have done their share toward pro
moting, the improved condition. As
secretary of state Mr. Root has so re
formed the consular service that posi
tions in it are obtained only after com
petitive examinations, Instead of being
distributed among political workers
as wss formerly the case. As post
master general, Mr. Cortelyou removed
the fourth-class postmasters and the
rural free delivery employee from the
field of politics and placed -them un
der the merit system. The entire
trend for several years has been along
this line, and each year a larger pro
portion of federal officeholders are
placed under the civil service classifi
cation, thus insuring them retention
in office as long as they are worthy and
competent, regardless of the changes
In political administration. Instead .of
worrying about existing conditions,
both Mr. Root and Mr. Cortelyou have
cause for congratulating the public on
the improvement that has been msde
in the federal service and the promise
of still greater achievements in that
lino. v
In an interview in Paris, Tom Law-
son predicts that President Roosevelt
will be nominated by both the repub
lican and democratic conventions next
year. It may be added that Mr. Law
son haa been suffering from a nervous
collapse and Is traveling In Europe for
hla health. Evidently his condition is
alarming.
, Tho boosters will use plenty of
printers' ink in tho way of booklets
on their Journey west; but they should
remember that the newspaper is pub
lished every day in tho year, and that
"keeping everlastingly at it brings
success."
The 1(8 young women members of
the graduating class at Vassar have
agreed to eschew silks and satins and
wear plain white dresses on com
mencement day. Still, unless the
weather man relnta, white will not
look so well with furs.
The county commissioners are in
something of a deadlock over the con
struction of a new court house and tho
solution is not In eight Ono thing la
certain, and that Is that the people of
Douglas county will not be content
with any move that smacks in the
slightest degree of real estate specula
tion. The sale of the old poor farm
la not a forgotten incident, and tho
board should profit by the experience
of that unfortunate deal.
Mayor Jim is going to Wyoming to
orate to the cowboys on the Glorious
Fourth. His year's experience In man
aging a fractious city council will give
him a bigger story to tell than an
bucking broncho he ever sat astride of.
Chief Donahue wears the smile that
won't come off, despite the frenzied
assault of the Evening Plnklet The
chief makes his report to the Board
of Fire and Police Commissioners and
not to the yellow Journals of Omaha.
A Second-Rater.
Cleveland Leader. .
In Ohio and outside the state It Is all the
same. Senator Foraker can no longer get
himself taken seriously as a national
leader.
Keeping; Field Officers la Trim.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The president's demand that field officers
should know how to ride Is appropriate.
Nobody can tell how soon or how long
headquarters may be in the saddle.
Indeflalteness of Hot Air.
Baltimore News.
Senator Daniel of Virginia says that the
democratic platform should be confined to
those things upon which democrats are
generally agreed, but he forgets to men
tion what they are.
The Crows of Glory.
Washington Herald.
The young American who expressed his
willingness to swap his chance to become
president for a circus ticket probably will
revise his opinion, now that free admission
to all ball games, for life, is ona of the
perquisites of the office.
Pallman Rates Excessive.
St Louis Republic.
The Interstate Commerce commission la
very likely Intrusted with ample authority
to adjust charges of the Pullman company
to the reasonable basis upon which they
should be projected. It can be counted
upon not to be unjust to the company, and
It Is to be hoped It will have the courage
to be equally Just to the traveling public
If it Is, there will be a wholesale rear
rangement of tho schedule of sleeping car
charges.
Competition All Powerful.
. New York Times.
'He 'who first shortened the labor
of
copyists by device of movable types was
disbanding hired armies, and cashiering
most kings and senates, and creating a
whole new democratic world," said Carlyle.
He who shall first market a cheaper sub
stitute for petroleum' will accomplish more
than presidents, congresses, commissioners
of corporations, attorneys general, political
capitalists, referendum, and mass meetings
can do toward hurnblllng the pride of
Standard oil.
Wiser Than the Critics.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Just now the city of San Francisco Is
affording considerable amusement to the
outside world, but by and by the practices
which prompt much gibing will be atten
tively studied and then perhaps It will be
seen that we are wiser than our critics, and
that the safest plan Is to keep scoundrels
In office. There Is one advantage attached
to this method of governing a municipality.
There Is no chance for the people to be
deceived, because the rascals have already
been found out
Daniel and the Presidency.
Springfield Republican.
Continued talk In quarters hostile to Mr.
Bryan of the desirability of nominating
some southern democrat such particularly
aa Senator Daniel of Virginia, Indicates
the poverty of those who seek a candidate
within the party to oppose - to 1 the Ne
braskan. Senator Daniel Is a courteous,
polished gentleman of the old school, a
brave veteran of the confederacy, and a
poetic orator who Is at his best In a fu
neral oration, but putting him forward for
the presidency would be absurd.
Increased Demand for Lsmker.
Philadelphia Ledger.
This country has now reached a point
with- respect to the depletion of timber at
which Germaify arrived 150 years Ago. In
the meantime the German states have
greatly Increased the forest yield without
Impairing the forest capital by a rigor
ously administered system of governmental
control. The demand for lumber has In
creased so greatly In recent years In the
United States that It Is now regarded as
well worth while to recover the millions
of feet of logs sunk In the rivers of the
northwest. It is estimated that there are
100,000,000 feet of timber lying In the bottom
of the Saginaw river alone. With the price
of pine lumber 100 per cent h'grher than It
Was ten years ago, the river beds present
an inviting field for exploration.
Hard Lines for Insurance Magnates.
Kansas City Star.
The Indictment of President John E.
Hegeman of the Metropolitan Life Insur
ance company on ten counts Involving per
jury and forgery, Is one of the most
startling of all the Insurance scandal de
velopments. Mr. Hegeman, before the
Hughes Investigation, was a man of great
power In financial circles. His salary was
enormous. He was very rich. He could
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salnt-Uke In appearance that when his be -
nlgnlty was called to the attention of Mr
Hughes In the course of the Investigation
Mr. Hughes softly replied: "But no aafht
was ever as holy as Mr. Hegeman looks."
The Indictments against this somewhat re
markable man may not stand. But the
fact that there is evidence to Justify their
return by a grand Jury Is a forceful com
mentary on the practices into which some
of the great men of finance have fallen.
It throws new light on "conventional
crimes." which, in the Jlght of recent de
velopments, seem to be about the worat
of crimes.
CIVIL AND MILITARY TRIALS.
Aeealttal hy Either Tribunal Held to
Be Final.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The constitution of the United States
waves over the Philippines at least In re
spect to the provision that a man may not
be placed twice In Jeopardy of life or limb
for the same offense. Bo much Is mads
clear by the supreme court's decision In
the case of the soldier Grafton, who was
tried and acquitted on a charge of murder
by an army court-martial, and later for
the same offense was convicted by a civil
court tn the Islands and sentenced to Im
prisonment But the question whether so
much of the constitution applies there by
Its own force or only by force of congress
the court does not go Into, as tt was not
necessary, congress having made the ap
plication. The decision la of Importance
only In placing an army court-martial on
a level with civil ' eoui ta In the trial of
offenses which are such under, civ U-aa well
as military law.
OTHER t,AVl)9 TIJA OIKS.
Representatives of forty-six countries,
comprising the natlonsl units of the civil
ised world, are gathering at The Hague to
participate In the second peace conference,
which assembles June IB. . Sessions will be
held In the 'Hall of the Knights," the
largest chamber In a famous thirteenth
century castle built by the counts of Hol-j
land In the old days when they, with the
bishops of Utrecht were masters and mon
archy of the Low country. Within these
ancient walls, their gloom dispelled by
modern decorations and fixtures, questions
I of far-reaching Importance will be dls
y ' cussed. The vital one. directly affecting
the world's peace, the question of limit
ing national armies and navies, Is not
likely to receive serious consideration.
Germany's emphatic objection, in which
Great Britain Is reported to have concur
red, removes disarmament from the range
of present-day possibilities. By means of
arbitration treaties, It Is hoped the con
ference will reach a definite agreement as
effective for the peace of the world as
disarmament. American Interests are In
volved In the so-called Drago doctrine,
prohibiting nations using force In collect
ing debts from other nations, and the
American representatives will urge affirma
tive action. These with related questions
of minor Importance are expected to pro
long the deliberations of the conference
for two months. The delegation of the
United States consists of Joseph H. Choate,
former ambassador to Great Britain; Gen
eral Horace Porter, former ambassador
to France; Judge U. M. Rose of Arkansas,
former president of the American Bar as
sociation; Dr. David Jayne Hill of Now
York, American minister to the Nether
lands; Brigadier General George B. Davis,
United States army; Rear Admiral Charles
S. Sperry, United States navy; William I.
Buchanan of Iowa, former minister to
Argentina; Chandler Hale of Maine, sec
retary of the delegation; James Brown
Scott of California, expert in International
law, and Charles Henry Butler of Wash
ington, expert attache.
When the allied armies of America, Eu
rope and Japan went to the relief of their
respective ministers Imperilled by the
Boxer rebellion In Peking, the Japanese di
vision distinguished Itself above all others
by, refusing to participate In the orgies of
loot which characterized the invasion of
the Chinese capital. American and Teu
ton, Saxon and Slav, laid hands on the
treasures of palaces and stores, museums
and homes, and caused a temporary con
gestion of shipping facilities from China
to the homes of the Invaders. Correspon
dents on the spot agreed that the Japa
nese were Idle spectators of the shameful
spectacle and were shocked by the scenes
of unrestrained looting presented by rep
resentatives of a "superior civilisation."
The temptation was great, but the Japs
put the tempter aside. That the lessons
of occidental thrift In reaching for oriental
treasures were not wholly lost on the
Japanese is shown by their enthusiastic
seal In stripping Cores. The energy held
In check at Peking recently was concen
trated on a famous national shrine near
Seoul. Permission to remove It to Japan
being refused by the Corean princes, the
Japs quietly raxed It, stone by stone,
placed the material on ships and had It
safely In port when the Coreans woke up.
Indignant protests were uttered and were
as effective as the wrath of the Chinese.
The marble pagoda of P'unkduk la In
Japan to stay, and will soon decorate the
landscape of the empire, a fitting com
panion piece tof the Klots temple hallowed
by the remains of 10,000 ears plucked from
Coreans by the warriors of Hedeyoskl,"the
Napolean of Japan, In the sixteenth cen
tury. "Austria, save the New York Tribune,
"Is Just beginning the experience which
France haa had and which Germany is
wrestling with that of a parliamentary
country without a true party system, but In
Its place a multitude of minority factions,
and with the governmental majority there
fore always dependent upon a more or less
arbitrary and Incongruous coalition. In
Germany the case Is worse than In Prance,
because of the composite character of the
empire. Again, In Austrja It la worse than
In Germany, because that empire Is still
more composite, consisting, not as Germany
does, of a number of states chiefly occupied
by the same race, but of a number of states
occupied by different and antagonistic
races. There are In Austria antagonisms
of statehood, of race, of language, of creed,
of social caste and of politics. In such a
panhomlnum the voice of the aged emperor
crying for peace seems for the present like
the echo of a vain hope."
A meeting recently held in Paris under
tho presidency of Mgr. Amette, coadjutor
of the archbishop of Paris, sims to indi
cate that French Roman Catholics are real
ising the necessity created by the separa
tion law of contributing personally to the
requirements of their church. It consisted
of the members of an association for the
support of chapels of ease In the capital.
Count d'Haussonville dwelt upon the scarc
ity of churches In Paris compared with
other great centers in France. The ex
penses of the association had In four years
risen from $21,500 to 157,000, while Its re
ceipts had risen from 157,500 to $63,000. ,Ac
cording to Count d'Haussonvllle, this de
velopment on the material side wae accom
panied by an equal decrease In attendance,-!
and In the number of children receiving
religious Instruction, etc. He expressed the
conviction that the church eventually
would emerge triumphant from Its trials.
According to a recent consular report,
the railroad Is extending through Asia
Minor and reaching Into the Holy, Land.
The traveler can go from the port of Beirut
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by rail to Damascus, and a continuation
of the line southward reaches within a few
hours' ride of Jerusalem by carriage or
horseback. Another railroad extends to
Nasareth and Tiberias, and steam launches
are being placed on the Sea of Galilee. The
tourist can now visit the ruins of Petra,
southeast of the Dead Sea, and other his
toric sites beyond the Jordan by railroad
from Damascus. So rapidly are transpor
tation facilities extending through the coun
try that the proverbial saying that Jordan
la a hard road to travel Is now quite out
of date. Tbe time ta approaching fast when
modern pilgrims can survey the holy places
from the windows of Pullman ears.
. General Botha, the premier of the Trans
vaal; Alfred Deakln. the prime minister of
the commonwealth of Australia, and several
of the colonial statesmen recently In Lon
don in connection with the colonial con
gress of the British empire, have been
offered titular distinctions by ths king, and
have respectfully declined the honor, giving
thereby an evidence of democracy which
cannot Out appeal to the American people.
King Edward will, under the circumstances,
content himself with creating them mem
bers of the Privy council, which Is not only
the principal council of state, from which
the -members of the cabinet are recruited,
but likewise the supreme court of Justice
of the empire. Membership of the Privy
council carries with it no titular distinction
beyond the prefix of "Right Honourable"
to the name, but It gives high place In the
table of precedence, binds Its members In
a vary special way to the crown, and la In
vested with great prestige, - -
POLITICAL DRIFT.
President Roosevelt Is booked for a
speech at the Jamestown exposition on
Georgia day, June 10.
The taxable valuation of railroad prop
erty In Indiana was boosted $1 iOi0,000, mak
ing the total valuation $Ji,7SO,000.
Two thousand democrats have been
rudely Jarred loose from the public crib
by a court, decision Invalidating the muni
cipal election In Louisville.
A league of colonels for the purpose of
boosting the claims of Colonel Bryan for
the presidency has been organised In New
York. The league hopes to do a large
business among the colonels of the south.
The bill to authorise anybody with a
grievance to whip an editor did not pass
the Pennsylvania legislature, but the mem
ber who Introduced the bill steps out of
the legislature .Into a good Job tn the
Philadelphia city hall.
Lleutemant Governor Sherman, presiding
officer of the Illinois state senate, refuses
to sign the bill Increasing the pay of mem
bers of the legislature from $1,000 to $2,000
a session, thereby removing from hunger
ing mouths a large slice of public pie.
The Pittsburg Dispatch seconds the mo
tion of the Philadelphia Press to make
Senator Knox the favorite son of Penn
sylvsnla for the republican nomination
In 1W. A vote will be had at the re
publican state-convention next week.
The notorious J.' Edward Addlcks, who
tried to break Into the United States sen
ate from Delaware, seems to have reached
the end of his financial rope. The United
States circuit court at Philadelphia has
ordered him to pay a Judgment of $90,000,
with 6 per cent Interest from December
1897, awarded the-Bay state gas companies.
Addlcks Juggled with gas companies as
with politics and failed In both.
Two mnre states have established a di
rect election of United States senators
Iowa and Washington making Ave states
this year, and a total of eighteen. The
northern states are Oregon, Washington,
North Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri and Oklahoma, with a unanimous
house In Pennsylvania and a tie vote In
the senate. The southern states are Vir
ginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, . Arkansas
Tennessee and Kentucky.
LATEST RAILROAD RATE CASK.
Significance of Decision by the Fed
eral Snnreme Conrt.
Chicago Record-Herald.
As a "straw," the decision of the United
States supreme court In the test case of a
Georgia lumber firm against the Southern
railway 4s undoubtedly significant and en
couraging, and the commerce commission
ers are not without logical Justification
In thinking that ,it very likely contains
the promise of even better things In con
nection with litigation under the new rate
act. But It should be clearly understood
that the decision In question was made
under the old law, which did not confer
the rate making power on the commission,
but merely authorised It to set aside un
reasonable rates.
The case was an Interesting and "close"
one, because It practically Involved a ques
tion of rate making. The defendant rail
road had. In common with other carriers,
ordered an advance of 2 cents a hundred
on ptne lumber transported from southern
to ,Ohlo -river points. The shippers had
complained of this advance and the com
mission had Issued an order commanding
the defendant carrier to desist from col
lecting the advance. Now, there was no
doubt as to the authority of the commis
sion to make In a general way a negative
order of this kind, but to desist from collet-ting
the whole or any part of the ad
Vance meant 'to go back to the (M Vale,
and: that was hardly distinguishable from
a direct order restoring thot rate.
The supreme court upholds the commis
sion on the ground that the original rate
was fair nnd reaaonable, sufficient to yield
a proper return to the carrier for Its sor
vlees, and that the commission had the
power to declare the increase arbitrary
and unfair. From a ruling restoring a rea
sonable rate which the carrier Itself flxsd
In the first place to an order fixing a new
teasonable rate in place of one found ex
cessive ' the step, practically speaking,
seems a short one. Whether the legal vleV
coincides with the practical one remains
to be seen, but as the decision la the most
advanced the supreme court has made
under the old act, it Is natural to antici
pate an advanced, .broad and liberal view
upon the question of the validity of the
rate making feature of the new railway
act
A9 CLEAR AS MISSOIRI WATER.
Senator Daniel's Ootllae of the Demo
' erntlc Platform.
New York Evening Post.
What Senator Daniel of Virginia has to
say about a democratic candidate and tho
democratic platform, is all excellent In Its
way. but Its way Is that of glorious ln
deAnlteness. He would have his party
put forward men of "merit and availabil
ity," upon a platform of "broad, general
democratic principles." It should, of course,
"take the constitution as lta guide" yet
no plain, everyday constitution, mind you,
but one "fairly and Justly Interpreted." As
Dr. Holmes observed, when a man says
that common sense Is good enough for
blm, he means his own uncommon sense.
The nesrest that Senator Daniel comes to
mentioning a real Issue is In his reference
to tariff revision, and -that, too. is elastlo
and gingerly. The revision should be
"Judicious," which at once warns away all
who confess that they favor an Injudicious
revision; and It must not be either "doc
trinaire" or "wrecking." We gather from
this that Senator Daniel would be strongly
tn favor of removing all duties In which
his constituents are not selfishly Inter
ested. But all this mealy mouthedv talk
about the tariff simply shows how the
democratic leaders have lost their fire and
Initiative, and are content to throw away
their one great Issue. The republicans will
have picked It up' before they know It
The Just-as-Good Kind Pay
Dealers the Largest Profit
Otherwise the pianos they are selling
would havi merit of their own to sustain
rnem When you ssk for a Krakauer or
iTr. immediately how you a piano which
f.rnmknon 0 on. .ofr.tful oulty.
Anil vou are assurer 11 i jwot - v,.".-.
Kor every great leader In hte piano
world, at Its price, there are Imitators.
The Krakauer has Imitators because It Is
the piano which all manufacturers
and dealers know Is the best. The Kimball
has Imitators because It is known to be
the most satisfactory piano to buy at its
price. The Kxanich Hach has Imitators
because It has achieved high standard of
aualitv for the price and has earned the
confidence of the public. We sell a new
Krakauer for $350; a new Kimball for
t0 and a new Kranlch A Bach for im.
The above are spot cash prices and by
A Hospe
We Do Expert Piano
. Kranlrh Jk H.cn. lliese ut-aa-
rOLl.lTIXG THK AIR.
Importance of a Recent Deelslom ol
the Bnnreme t'oarl.
Chicago Tribune.
The United States supreme court has
made a decision which conveys a hint of
a method of putting an end to some of ths
nuisances against which there haa long
been complaint. The Tennessee Coppf-r
company and the Durktown Sulphur and
Iron company operate amelters In Tennes
see near to the Georgia line. For more
than a year litigation haa been going on In
a case In which the stale of Georgia asked
that these smelters be Condemned aa a pub
lie nuisance on the ground that they were
injurious to, health and were destructive to
vegetation throughout a region covered by
a radius of fifty miles. The Judgment of
the supreme court Is that If the state of
Georgia before the October meeting of the
court asks an Injunction against the opera
tion of the plants as they are now con
ducted the Injunction will be granted.
The decision Is an Important one, for It
affects large Interests In other parts of the
country where similar complaints have
been msde.
The United States circuit court of appeals
at St. Paul Is to hear arguments tn the
case of a Utah smelting company. Several
farmers obtained a permanent Injunction
against the company on the ground that
the ores It smelted contained a large
amount of sulphur dioxide, which, mixed
with the moisture of the air, becomes sul
phuric acid. The acid, according to v the'
farmers, kills vegetation and Is hurtful to
horses and cattle. The company says that
the smelter fumes do no .damage, and ssys
that It will lose $10,000,000 If the Injunction
shall be perpetual.
If the Utah farmers have not exagger
ated the Injury to their property the pre
sumption Is that the circuit court of" ap
peals will be governed by the decision of
the supreme court in the Tennessee case
and will refuse the Utah company the relief
tt prays for and it will have to go out of
business unless It can find some new way'
of disposing of the sulphur In the ores It
treats. The Tennessee companies assert
that they are experimenting successfully
with Improved apparatus that will eliminate
the fumes. There should be sufficient in
ventive Ingenuity to do that and save a
valuable by-product which Is now wasted.
If the experiments which are being made
at a cost of about $1,000,000 shall fall, ths
Tennessee smelters and other smelters
which poison the air and blast vegetation
as they do will have to be closed whenever
suit Is brought against them, no matter
how great the pecuniary loss may . be to
their owners.
It dys not require a vivid Imagination to
discover what the effect of the supreme
court decision would be If It were gener
ally applied. There are a great many
manufactories which might be classed
among public nuisances because of their
constant work In polluting the air, affect
ing materially the health of those who
dwell In the neighborhood, damaging the
property of others, and often arousing citi
zens to complaint and to serious Injury
Whether the Interests of a few should be
considered to be of more Importance than
the larger Interests of the community. The
decision Is one which will be read with In
terest by a large number of people who
have suffered.
flashes or FIH.
"I don't stiioke cigars now only a pipe."
"Economising?"
"No,' but my friends seem to be." Cleve
land Leader
Towns-You look rather weary, oldvman.
Browne Yes; I've had a trying time this)
past week.
Towne SIckT
Browne No; on a Jury. Washington
Herald. v '
r,. ; ,. , r : ,. ,
"What," asked the man who 1a always
preaching, "have you ever done to make
a brighter world?"
"I've done a lot In that line, stranger,"
said the one with the large, rough hands.
"Ihn a barn painter by trade, and I gen
erally paint 'em red." Chicago Record
Herald. Tommy Paw!
Mr. Tucker What's the trouble now. my
son?
Tommy Why Is It that the magazine
don't make their readln' matter Interest
ing as they do their adv'tlslng pages? Chi
cago Tribune.
"You can't flndractlcal politicians with
any convictions."
"Oh, you may find some In time. We
are getting as far aa the Indictments, "w
Baltimore American.
"W?uJ.dn t- y?V . BUPPe that minister
would be afraid to perform such a scan
dalous marriage?"
"Oh, no; he takes every precaution. He
always washes his hands In an antlseptlo
solution before accepting the fee." Phila
delphia Press.
iT.ht,p.r'"n rf?rTr Tl the convicted
lawyer In his striued rh.
"And what brought you here,
man?" she asked him.
unhappy
? - ."t,n,e,..cIr,v?.rne" ssaerted itself,
Ari automobile," he blithely replied.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
All AWFUL HIT.
Puck.
Once on a time I wrote soma verse.
A very simple little ditty.
Of words quite plain and phrases terse;
When done I mailed It to the city.
"Mayhap this magaslne," thought L
As In the box my screed I thrust.
"Will haste this lyrlo gem to buy."
It came back soon, to my disgust
I pondered on my simple lay
And wondered what in blaaes ailed I
It seemed aa good as on the day
That to the city I had mailed It
They would not print uiy artless versa!
Another style might fare some better!
I penned some stanxas that were worse
And, once again, 1 mailed my letter.
This time I sang of Parapoor;
I'd never heard of such .a plaoe
J lint where la I am not sure.
Hut tna', x hold, is no dlsgrs
Along Pactollan sands I strayed
And oft' I hit my lyre a swat.
Just where these sands are realty laid
Perhaps you know, but I do not.
An ovine herd wound slowly down
The sempiternal road nearby.
The biggest lexicon In town
Is witness that I do not lie.
At length I closed the learned writ
And mailed It to the magaslne.
The thing has made an awful hit
But please don't ask me what I mean.
paying a smalll Interest per annum you
may settle monthly at $1 or $10. We as
sure the public that under no conditions
or clrcuniKtances can you obtain such
splendid values as you will get in trading
with us.
A piano problem arises In every house
hold at sopie time. How to get the great
est musical value for the money ex
pended Is the question. The careless
buyer goes to a store and permits him
self to be talked Into buying the piano
which pays the gereatest profit to the
dealer. The wise buyer begins by Col
lecting all the actual Information on the
subject ha can. The A. Hospe Co. stands
for economy and square deal, because It
has but one price for everv liutrumanL
does not pay commission and treats all
customers
us, write.
alike. Lf you cannot call oa
Go.
1513
Doug. St.
Xunlnt1 nd Repairing.
