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.TE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1907.
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State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.
Charles C. Rosewater, general manager
of Tho Bee Publishing Company, being
duly sworn, says that the actual number
of full and complete copies of The Daily.
Mornings Evening and Sunday Bee prlntsd
during the month of May, 1907, was as
follows:
1 3S,e&tT 18 5,760
2 w... SS.B10 1 33,800
'. ... 35,090 20 3fW70
4 38,410 11. 85,690
6 34,300 it. 35,810
k... 30,680 . 23. ..,...'.. 35,800
T 1... 3B.4BO 24... I 38,690
( 38,850 25 35,800
....38,700 tl 34,600
10 i... 35,990 27 35,460
11 I... 35490 28..... 35,510
12 ... 34,550 29 36,010
11 35,430 SO 35,630
14 35,380 81 35,810
IS .. 35,330 -
1 35,460 Total... 1,096,630
17 35,360
Less unsold and returned copies 9,667
Net total ;i,0eS.P63
Dally average 30,063
' CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 81st day of May. 1907.
(Seal) M. B. HL'NQATB.
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WIIE OITT OF TOWS.
' Subscribers leaving; the city tens
porarlly should bare The Dee
mailed to litem. Address will bo
changed as often na requested.
Pat Crowe may as well retire. Harry
Orchard haa him In the amateur class.
That story, too, about the cow Jump:
lug over the moon must have been
written by a nature fakir.
The rainmakers are in Washington
today, but Nebraska is getting the
benelit of their activities.
The Beef trust's late st boost in prices
may not bo in restraint of trade, but la
certainly In restraint of meals.
The "Society for the Spread of Good
Manners" has been organized In New
York. It begins work In a virgin field.
come the ' headquarters of a clrcua,
but that will not. be much of a change.
Can you think of the name of the new
husband of May Irwlnf Who was it
married Ellen Terry a few days ago?
. "Editor Watterson says the next pres
ident will wear a mustache. His dark
horse will also, of course, wear a collar.
A man Is walking from Los Angeles
to Kansas City on a wager. That's one
way to induce people to go to Kansas
City. .
"We cannot hope to always " escape
misfortune," says Senator Foraker.
That's just another way of calling Sec
retary Taft names.
A Paris collector Is said to have paid
$90,000 for ten chairs. Sounds like a
report from San Francisco of the pur
chase of a city council.
Eight thousand tons of Ice would
have looked pretty big last year, but
that scarcely approximates the sur
plus of the 1907 crop.
A son of a New York merchant prince
Las been ordered by the courts to live
on $3,000 a year. Would you shirk a
sentence of that kind?
Jesse James, son of the famous out
law, has captured first prize In a law
college at Kansas City. Ills father was
also a prize winner, in his class.
"Give me the man with the big foot
and the big ear," says Jacob Riis, who
has heretofore shown a marked prefer
ence for the man with the big stick.
Richard Crokor cables from Europe
that he has no Intention of entering
British politics. A promise to keep out
of American politics would be more
acceptable.
Having successfully come through a
most Interesting family affair, Mayor
Jim can "row devote his attention to
Tige and dollar gas, and the lariat
will undoubtedly be busy for a few
days at least.
Colonel Bryan says ho will be a can
didate for the presidential nomination
next year, "under certain condition."
The conditions are that he is alive and
retains his control over the organiza
tion of his party.
If the dollar gas proposition pro
ceeds no faster than the acquisition of
the water works, the gas company's
franchise wU expire by limitation long
before the municipal plant turns on
its Illumination.
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", Union Pacific earn Infra show a mis
erable Increase of only $100,000 over
April of lest year. This deplorable
state of facts is unquestionably due
to the malevolent effect of the l-cent
fare In Nebraska.
.., MAKING THE AECORDj . .. .
The railroad attorneys who were at
Lincoln on Wednesday and appeared
before the State Railway commission
were simply making the. record. It
will be essential, in event the matter
Is ever taken Into court, to show that
the companies at no time slept on their
rights. This Is probably the greatest
significance that can be attached at
present to the proceedings had at Lin
coln on Wednesday morning.
The companies In their formal no
tice admitted that the charge that the
passenger rate of 2 cents per mile is
not compensatory has not been fully
established. A working test Is being
made, upon the result of which the
futuro action of the companies will
depend. One of the difficulties the
state will encounter in this Is that it
Is no party to the test. The whole
machinery Is In control of the rail
roads, and the result will be an
nounced through railroad headquar
ters. The principle Involved Is no
longer disputed. It Is merely a matter
for proof as to whether the passenger
rate now In effect brings a sufficient
income to make profitable the Opera
tion of the road.
-The proposed decrease In freight
rates has not yet become effective and
It will be fought from the outset. The
Railroad commission has a certain dis
cretionary power In connection with
the operation of this law, and must
necessarily make a careful Inquiry
Into the conditions that govern, the
freight traffic In Nebraska before tak
ing final action In the matter. What
ever the result, one thing Is estab
lished. The railroads do not intend
to submit with any better grace, to
public control now than at any time In
the past.
TUB PAT OF WOMEN TEACHERS.
Women school teachers throughout
the country must take special Interest
m the contest that has been going on
in New York over a bill In the legisla
ture providing that women teachers In
the schools of New York City should,
receive the same pay as men. Under
the Influence of pressure brought to
bear from many sources, the legisla
ture passed the bill, but Governor
Hughes has vetoed the measure, dash
ing the hopes of the women who have
been struggling for a place on the
plane with men teachers, so far as pay
is concerned.
The veto messago of Governor
Hughes contains the admission that
the women teachers should be paid the
same as men, for similar service, but
the governor withheld his approval of
the measure because the bill related
only to the teachers of New York
City and not to other teachers In the
state. He says the state should not
adopt such a policy unless It adopts it
thoroughly and .makes It applicable,
not , only to all schools' of the state,
but to all branches of the public serv
ice In which women are employed.
From a strictly technical standpoint,
Governor Hughes undoubtedly Is cor
rect, but it will be a source of regret
that he did not allow this bill to be
come a law In order that the policy
of equal pay for equal service might
be adopted In the most Important
branch of the public service In which
women take part. Statistics and the
experience of both educators and par
ents' throughout the country" show
that the best work In the public schools
of the country, particularly In the pri
mary grades where sympathy, tact,
patience and adaptability are requisites
of successful teaching, Is being done
by women. That they should receive
less pay than men get for similar serv
ice Is an Injustice that has been too
long tolerated, in New York and else
where. ,
BEET 8POAR AND THE TARIFF.
The report of the Department of
Agriculture showing the progress of
the beet sugar industry In the United
States, coupled with the report of the
bureau of statistics on the consump
tion of sugar In America, shows what
a terrible menace to domestic produc
tion the sugar of the Philippines
would bo if a formidable tariff wall
were not maintained ogalnst the sac
charine Inundation which would sweep
from those flourishing islands, peo
pled as they are by hard-working, en
ergetic Malays, who are looking to the
United States for tbe redemption of
unkept promisee. - t
, According to the report of the De
partment of Agriculture, the total pro
duction of beet sugar' in the United
States was 167,224,000 pounds, most
of which was raised and manufac
tured In California, Nebraska, Colo
rado, Idaho, Michigan, Utah and Wis
consin. This was an Increase of about
"feOO.OOO pounds over the production
of 1005. Tbe total cane sugar produc
tion of the -United States for 1906
was 658,452,000 pounds. Tbe year
was the first In the country's history
In which the beet sugar production
was greater than that of cane sugar
The Insignificance of the beet and
cane sugar production of the country
appear when compared with the fact
ttiat In the full fiscal year 1906 the
United States consumed a trifle more
than 6,440,000.000 pounds of sugar,
or more than seventy-six pounds per
capita. Less than one-sixth of this
was produced In the United States,
Hawaii and Porto Rico. The balance
was imported from Cuba, Germany,
the Dutch East Indies and other coun
tries. Tho Philippines contributed, in
the face of a tariff rate of 75 per cent
of the full Dtngley schedules, a trifle
more than 21.000,000 pounds, or 10.
000,000 pounds less than was manu
factured In the beet sugar plants of
Nebraska. The Dutch East Indies
hoUted 125,000,000 pounds over tbe
tariff wall, paying full tolls, and Ger
many sent fifteen times as much beet
Sugar as the. Philippines sent of the
cane product.
Tbe administration at Washington,
through official representatives,
pledged the Filipinos that they should
have free trade with the United States
In sugar, tobacco and other products
of the United States. Considering the
quantity of sugar consumed In the
United States each year and the min
ute portion that comes from the Phil
ippines, the policy of retaining any
tariff against Philippine sugar seems
to be one that is utterly Indefensible, In
view of American pledges to develop
the Industries of the archipelago
under the aegis of the United States.
The removal of the tariff against Phil
ippine sugar would benefit the Philip
pines and would not, could -not, in
jure any American Industry In tho
least
A STRIKE AQAItiST A NATION.
The seamen's strike, which has prac
tically resulted In tying np the ship
ping Industry of France for several
weeks. Is of much more significance to
laboring men than a teamsters' strike
In "Chicago or a strike of any one
branch of workmen. The French strike
Is not a matter between the seamen
and private employers, but Is a strike
against the French government, and
some of the facts that have been made
public as a result of the controversy
throw an Illuminating light on the dif
ference In wages and treatment be
tween workmen in France and In the
United States. Every French sailor Is
a servant of the state. "He is subject
to conscription laws, liable at any time
to be taken from his business or pro
fession and compelled to turn sailor, la
paid a miserable pittance of $13 a
month and finally made eligible, after
years of service, to participation -In a
pension fund, ranging 'from $42 to
$160 a year. The pending strike Is to
compel the government to advance the
pension allowance to $120, as a min
imum and $360 as a maximum, per
year.
The French ministry is In a very em
barrassing position. In order to cater
to the growing socialist vote of France,
it has promised about everything that
has been asked until the finances of the
government have been depleted and it
is impossible to secure revenues to re
deem pledges already made. There Is
no money In sight with which to meet
the demands of the striking sailors
and the government has about reached
the end of Its resources In the matter
of levying taxes. The proposed Income
tax has struck a snag and the govern
ment Is practically bankrupt. The
Clemenceau cabinet can not, It would
seem, either meet the demands of the
strikers or reject them without causing
its own downfall. The American work
man may find a constant source of con
gratulation by contrasting his condition
with that of workmen In other coun
tries. tRE KNOX PRESIDENTIAL BOOM.
Pennsylvania republicans have de
termined to formally launch a presi
dential boom for Philander Chase
Knox, United States senator from
Pennsylvania. The purpose of this de
cision is not clearly defined. The
"favorite son" species of political tac
tics does not promise to cut much of a
figure in the campaign next year. Some
of the republican papers In Pennsyl
vania are already discussing the ques
tion whether tho Knox boom Is either
sincere or well advised. It Is con
tended that the Knox boom is really a
scheme to prevent the Pennsylvania
republicans In convention from declar
ing for Theodore Roosevelt, who Is in
reality the "favorite son" of Pennsyl
vania so far as 'the next presidential
nomination is concerned. The Knox
boom 1b looked upon, as a tactical move
to prevent Pennsylvania from declaring
for the president or for some man who
wMl be pledged to carry out the presi
dent's policies.
Senator Knox occupies a peculiar
position in American politics. He made
his fortune as a railroad and corpora
tion attorney, yet aa attorney general,
in the cabinets of PreBloents McKinley
and Roosevelt he planned the program
which has resulted in the successful
campaign that has been waged for sev
eral years in the enforcement of the
law end tho punishment of the cor
porations which he formerly served as
paid attorney. He was selected by the
machine republicans of Pennsylvania
to succeed Senator Quay and yet his
record, In the senate has been persist
ently and consistently In line with
President ' Roosevelt's policies. ( He
seem 8 to have been a pretty good
Roosevelt republican. In spite of his
supporters at home. His ability has
never 'Wen questioned, nor has his per
sonal honesty or political Integrity
been impugned. He is handicapped,
howevor, by being the political product
of the Pennsylvania machine, domi
nated and controlled by corporation In
terests and the fact Is a blot on Sen
ator Knox's political escutcheon that It
seems Impossible to erase. While his
official record would entitle him to go
before the country claiming that he Is
a republican of the Roosevelt type,
the country la not prepared to accept
him as such. That he Is not looked
upon by the country as an available
candidate for the Roosevelt success
orshlp seems to be his misfortune,
rather than his fault.
"Calmly and without any ostenta
tion," says the Lincoln Star, "Gen
eral Solicitor John N. Baldwin
of the Union Pacific railway
today Informed the State Rail
way commission," etc. Would It
have been any more effectual If Gen
eral Solicitor Baldwin of the Union
Pacific railroad had been preceded by
a brass band and followed by a regi
ment of annual paseholders? This
latter would have been ostentatious
enough, but hardly more Imposing
than the rotund geniality of the gen
eral attorney In his own proper person.
The Society of Equity should keep
In mind the principles suggested by
Its name. These require that each
applicant for equity go Into court with
clean hands. "He that seeks equity
must do equity," and the arbitrary ex
ercise of power Is never equitable.
The light being shed by our amia
ble popocratlo contemporary on mat
ters of municipal ownership Is quite as
illuminating as some of its former ef
forts at exposition of public policies.
In other words, Its explanations are as
clear as mud.
It the operating and political de
partments of the great railroads could
get closer together, It Is not Improb
able that some of the vexatious and
tedious litigation between the rail
roads and the people would be avoided.
"Billy" Mason announces that he is
going to seek another election to the
United States senate from Illinois.
Mason apparently has a notion that
Illinois Is not wise enough to profit
by its past mistakes. -.
Governor Folk of Missouri does not
want to be a candidate for the presi
dential nomination next year. While
young In political experience, the gov
ernor has a rare faculty for sidestep
ping forlorn hopes.
Health Commissioner Connell Is
making a determined effort to secure
cleanly conditions for Omaha, and he
should have the undivided support of
all citizens, regardless of politics or
official position.
Prof. Stanley Hall asserts that only
25 per cent of the women who gradu
ate from colleges ever marry." It must
be that men object to wives who know
more than themselves.
Joaquin Miller proposes to run for
the United States senate In Oregon.
The Congressional Record la equipped
with about everything but a poetry
department.
Henry James new noei, "The Pre
varicators," makes no reference to
Harrlman and other railroad men who
have had that title thrust upon them.
Wto la Roarers t
Chicago Record-Herald.
H. H. Rogers rises to declare that Roose
velt Is not the law. This being: the case,
Mr. Rogrers ought to have a higher opinion
than he seems to hnve of the law. He cer
tainly doesn't think much of Roosevelt.
Equality In Taxation.
Indianapolis News.
Having raised the assessment of the
state's railroads $5,000,000. the Nebraska
Tax board proposes to stand pat, argu
ing, no doubt, that the state needs the
money quite aa much aa .the railroad va
riety of widows and orphans do.
Uentralned Joy.
Washington Herald.
The per capita dlatrlbutlon of wealth In
this country la reported to be $1,310. The
fact that John D. Rockefeller has cornered
the vast majority of the per caps some
what detracts from the exceeding Joy that
this Hem naturally might be expected to
arouse.
Dangerous Ttnllroad Policies.
Cleveland Leader.
Railroads that threaten to lay oft men
enough to get even for Z-cent fare lawa
and other legislation which they don't HUe
will do well to consider carefully the pos
sible effect upon the damage claims they
may have to pay aa the result bf accidents
due to Imperfect ' tracks and rolling stock
and Inadequate train crews.
"Tib Yonr Thanks and Go."
Springfield Republican.
The oil company that has been fined $1,
G3.G00 on 2.621 counts In Texas, after a Jury
trial, la the one that Senator Bailey says
deceived him so cruelly concerning Its buslr
ness operations. Oil companies may now
be said to have absolutely no friends In
Texas, If they, represent monopoly . Inter
ests. Juries and senators alike are their
deadly foes.,-
Admiral Cocrhlan's Achievement.
Springfield Republican.
It ta not strictly accurate to say that
Rear Admiral Coghlan, who was retired I
I from the navy yesterday on reaching the
ngo limit, won his greatest fame by com- J
mandlng the cruiser Raleigh at the battle j
of Manilla. In splto of that feather In his .
can. his name would never have become a
household word If he had not repeated the
satirical poem, "Hoch der Kaiser," at the
dinner given In his honor at the Union
League club In New Tork In 1KO. It was
an Indiscretion, but the kind of an Indiscre
tion that seemed to suit the traditional
ohuracter of an "old sea-dag."
WALL STREET DIVIDED.
Policies of President Roosevelt Stead
ily Gaining Gronnd.
Wall Street Journal.
President Roosevelt's Indianapolis speech
has served at least to bring clearly Into
view a division of opinion In Wall street
regarding the administration policy toward
the railroads.
It haa been assumed that Wall street was
unitedly opposed to the president and his
plan of railroad regulation. The comments
upon his Indianapolis speech, however,
made very plain the fact that Wall street
Is not united In opposition to the president.
The speech has Indeed Intensified the an
tagonism of those financiers and corpora
tion managers who are opposed to any
federal Interference In what they regard
as their "private affairs." They want to be
let alone and they resent any policy tend
ing to abridge their liberty In any meas
ure. They are opposed, therefore, to gov
ernment regulation of the railroads and
other corporations and profess great fear
of the centralisation of power In the fed- j
eral government which It Involves.
But while the speech haa thus Intensified
the angry opposition of those opposed to
government regulation It haa, on the pther I
hand, brought clearly Into view large and
important element In the financial and rail
road world that favors the president's pol
icy. The speech haa strengthened the po
sition of the element by Its forcible de
fense of the rights of property and Its
equally forcible declaration that ho action
la Intended which shall weaken the credit
or diminish the fair earning power of rail
road Investments.
Thus Wail street appears a divided camp.
It is. perhaps, fair to aay that a majority
la still opposed to the president, but there
Is a strong and apparently growing mi
nority which stands far him.
,BITS Of WA9IUXGTOX HTB.
Minor Iresei and Incidents tketened
n tne Spot.
Miss Helen Hell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles J. Dell of Washington, who
haa Just reached home from a trip around
the world, reports a series of experiences
as a globe trotter, which would put a thrill
or two In every chapter of a travel book.
The biggest thriller of all was a night spent
In an Indian Jungle, where nature stories
abound In every bush.
Miss Bell was spending the winter In
India with friends. One morning the men
of the party stsrted out on a hunt for big
game near Hyderabad. Toward evening
Miss Bell rode out from the ramp to meet
them, but missed the trail and soon became
lost. She got further and further Into the
heart of the Jungle when, with darkness,
there came a heavy rain.
Alone, with only her horse and a few
dogs. Miss Rell faced a night In that lonely
wilderness known for Its venomous snakes.
The night wore on and no help came, and,
unable to find her way In daylight, she was
Still more helpless In the thick darkness. In
the distance she heard the roaring of
panthers and other wild anlmala. Her
horse and dogs heard the sounds and be
came almost unmanageable In their fright.
The rain, which poured down steadily,
waa a blessing In disguise, though she
knew It not at the time.
Her friends told her later It was undoubt
edly the rain that prevented her being ur
rounded by reptiles. It kept them under
cover and she was Unmolested.
Miss Bell's friends sent out several hun
dred ooollee to beat the brush. They failed
to find her, but at daybreak she found her
way. to a clearing, and, meeting a native
who could speak English, waa directed to
the camp.
Speaker Cannon , baa a cold. "It's all
due to the confounded measly weather that
those fellows up In the bureau have handed
out," he said. "If this Is the best they can
do. I guess we will have to cut their ap
propriation next season. What'a the use of
giving 'em money If all we get Is seven
teen changes every hour and a sneese every
two minutes.
"I used to boast about never knowing
sickness, but I'm no match for this damna
ble weather. Think of your 'Uncle Joe'
having to put himself In the hands of one
of those professional fellows that rub you
all over. What's their French nameT Mas
seur? That's It. Say, that chap nrbbed
me for an hour and a half. I guess he did
some good, for I've been able to eat a
healthy man's dinner. . Those weather
sharps will have to brace up or their ap
proportlon will go to a bureau for mas
seurs." Because, of Inaccuracies all the g-old coins
minted at the new Denver mint since
February, 1900, when the mint was opened,
will have to be remlnted. Few of these
coins have gone Into circulation, as the
errors were discovered before many were
Issued. . Those now out will be recovered
as fast as possible.
The inaccuracies In the coins were first
discovered by finding one of light weight.
Reports of fraud began to circulate, and
all sorta of rumors spread. It was reported
that" a shipment of the coin hod been made
to England and had been returned as not '
up to standard. This report was de- !
nled, and It waa shown that nearly all the
new coin waa still In the vaults of the
mint.
A commission was at once appointed to
Investigate the mint and to go over the
books. This special commlslson consisted
of J. B. Eckfeldt. assayer of tbe Phila
delphia mint; F. P, Dewey, assayer of the
Washington bureau, and B. F. Butler,
chief accountant of the Washington bu
reau. This commission recently returned
from Denver, where It worked sixty days
In getting down to the bottom of the I
trouble at the mint and balancing the
books.
It waa ascertained that many of the new
coins were light and almost as many were
of overweight, but that the books of the
mint balanced on the weight of the cold
bullion and the minted coin. The loss Is
all to the government and arises from the
necessity of melting down the minted gold
and remlntlng.
J. R. Purcell, an ex-confederate veteran
who lives at Gainesville, Va., has written
President Roosevelt a letter In which he
suggests that the executive use his In- I
fluence toward the enactment of legislation
providing for the pensioning of the surviv
ing soldiers of the lost cause. Mr. Purcell
commanded the Ewell Guards from 152 to
1SB4, and recently completed a compilation
of the record of the muster roll of that or- j
Sanitation. He is a staunch southerner, :
but he admires the nrealdent exrit1vlv '
and has frequently shown that he pos-'
sessea the courage of his convictions by
defending the executive sgainst the politi
cal attacks of neighbors and friends who
are dyed-ln-the-wool democrats. Ho calls
Mr. Roosevelt "a combination of tho Teu-'
ton and the southern sportsman and sol
dier gentleman," and In his letter proposes
to the' president the toast, "Hoch soil er
leben." 80 far It has not appeared that )
Mr. Purcell's Idea to have ex-con federates
placed on the same footing as ex-federals--In
the matter of pensions Is generally up-
held by his comrades. Many of the south- 1
em states now pay small pensions to the )
old ex-confederates within their respective
borders. .
Stored away In the basement of the
copltol, the old government printing offlco
in the Maltby building, In the old enr
barns, south of the capltol, and In two
rented warehouses, there are said to be
more than 9,600 tons of documents and re
ports Issued by the government In former
years. The pamphlets and bonks are com
paratively useless, and the disposing of
this superfluous literature Is one of the
problems which Is engaging the attention
of Victor Ta Rlcketts, secretary of the
printing investigation committee.
Tt Is estimated that the documents would
fill a frelfiht train composed of 150 cars,
covering a distance of three miles; or sup
ply a cargo for one of the largest ocean
Itners.
In sddltlon to Its own storage capacity,
the government Is paying $1$.500 yearly for
rentals. A large proportion of these docu
ments are obsolete within a year after
publication.
Congressman Dunwell of Brooklyn, W
years old and one of the smallest men In
the house. Is believed to be even a greater
walker than either the president or Sena
tor IOdge. Mr. Dunwell thinks he has
taken no exercise at all If he has not
stepped off at least ten miles before he sits
down to dinner every day. He sets so
furious a pace, too, that few of the noted
pedestrians In Washington any longer try
to keep up with htm. His private secre
tary. Grant Smith, Is a heavy weight and
at times attempts to accompany Mr. Dun
well, but always gives up before the first
mile has been covered.
I'nele Joe's Doom.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Speaker Cannon Is traveling about a good
deal. He does not confine himself to Ill
inois. Senator Hopkins Is supposed to be
looking after his interests In that state.
Fairbanks Is keeping his eye on Indiana. If
Mr. Fairbanks wants It himself, "Uncle
Joe" need not bother about It. The sled
ding over Into Ohio is pretty bard fur a
man . with Cannon runinre.
GOOD RIDDANCE.
SSI SSI 11
RetlrlnaT Federal Jada-e Wallaee'a
Farewell Hneerh.
Portland Oregonlan (rep.).
The retirement of Judge William J. Wal
lace from the federal bench after twenty
five years of service was oelebrated the
other night by a banquet at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel In New Tork. At the head
of the feast sat Alton B. Parker, the most
devoted servsnt of the plutocracy that
ever ran for president of the United States,
and the worst defeated. Among the distin
guished guests wss Federal Judge La
combe, who by the stroke of his pen an
nulled the state legislation which fixed the
price of gas In New Tork at 80 cents a
thousand and continued the monopoly price
of a dollar.
The speech of Judge Wallace In bidding
farewell to the bench must have been
particularly edifying to such men as these.
Very likely the sparkle of champagne, the
glitter of gilt and stiver, the odor of
esthetlo cookery and the presence of the
aristocracy of the metropolis enticed him
to speak with a freedom that he would
not have permitted himself on the bench
and to display openly those sentiments of
hostility to popular government and friend
liness to a plutocratic oligarchy which he
has hitherto concealed under studied
phases of Judicial Impartiality. On the
bench. If he did Injustice, ho would do It
with a parade of legal technicalities and a
smooth pretense of high motives. At this
banquet he spoke out hie genuine senti
ments with brutal frankness. '
Of course Judge Wallace could not forego
a slap at the president. What friend of the
Interests can make a speech nowadays
without some thrust at the man who haa
done more than any' other "to establish
Justice and Insure domestic tranquillity"
In this country? Without Mr. Roosevelt
the courts would be occupied today as they
were a few years ago In confirming the
privileges of the. trusts and binding the
hands of tho people. Naturally those
Judges Who owe their appointments to the
millionaires hold a grudge against him.
JUdge Wallace's grudge Is patent. "The
republican party under Its present leader
ship." he said, "has entered Into a mad
race to secure the votes of the discontented
the prejudiced, the unthinking and the
fanatical believers In socialistic theories."
When Judge Wallace said this, unless he
la a man of the densest Ignorance, be must
have known that he was uttering a false
hood. What socialistic theory does the
republican party advocate today? To what
prejudice does It appeal? If ever a man
appealed openly and frankly to fact and
reason, Mr. Roosevelt does. If ever a man
aimed at absolute fairness, he does. It Is
not the president who appeals to Ignorance,
prejudice and unfairness. It Is not he who
misrepresents motives and perverts facts,
but men like Judge Wallace, who hate the
Idea of popular rule and believe in special
privilege for favored clssses.
Judge Wallace said among other things
that "people of moderate means find their
modest Income vanishing," and be Implied
that the cause of this was the president's
efforts to curb tho predatory corporations.
If his logic on the bench was no better
than this, his retirement comes none too
soon.
Judge Wallace thinks it would be better
to abolish the federal courts than to lot the
people elect the Judges. He does not seem
to know that elective Judges have fully
as high a reputation for wisdom and im
partiality as those who are appointed for
life. His remark that elective Judges
would not be "federal Judges In any true
sense" is merely silly. The president Is
elected, so are representatives and sena
tors. Are they not genuine federal offi
cers? Are the federal judges the only
truly rational public servants we have?
A tinge of modesty In the current esti
mate which some of the federal Judges
place upon themselves would be becoming
and. would bring them nearer to the truth
about their Importance.
PERSONAL, NOTES.
Mme. Melba announces that the de
mands for her autograph are so numerous
that henceforth sho will only sell them for
half a crown apiece (02 cents), donating the
receipts to charity.
Eugene Field's son, the "little boy in
blue" of the poem, eloped with an actress
the other day. You can never predict a
boy's adolescence from the poems ad
dressed to Ills Infancy.
The ways of Providence are strange. A
Kansas man who had secured life Insur
ance to the amount of $450,000 fell from a
roof and was killed. In this particular In
stance Providence la suspected of having
had outside help.
A Benjamin Franklin letter was sold
In London several days ago for $106. It
was dated Philadelphia, June 6, 1764, and
was addressed to Strahan George Thorn,
a printer, chiding him for not becoming an
author , for the benefit of mankind.
The house In which Speaker Thomas B.
Reed was born. In Portland, Me., which is
in danger of being torn down, may be
saved. Elizabeth Wadsworth chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution,
has decided to buy the house. If money
can be raised, have tt taken down In sec
tions and have tt rebuilt on a new site.
Judge UHah M. Rose of Arkansas, one
of the American delegates to The Hague
conference. Is regarded as one of the most
scholarly lawyers In America. His writ
ings, epeeclies and public orations, dealing
with the subject of Jurisprudence In gen
eral, but particularly with international re
lations, lias marked him as a man most
eminently fitted to uphold American dignity j
and Interests at the conference. He Is a
Kcntucklan by birth, and for the last quar
ter of a century he hus been In the fore
moat rank of the Arkansas bar,,
Perfect
Womanhood
The greatest menace to woman's
permanent happiness in life is the
suffering that cornea from some de
rangement of the feminine orpana.
Many thousands of women have
reatized this too late to save their
health, barely in time to save their
Uvea.
To be a successful wife, to retain
the love and admiration of her hus
band, should be a woman's coustant '
study.
If a woman finds that her ener
gies are flagging, that she g-etseaailj
tired, dark shadows appear under
her eves, she haa backache, head
ache, bearing-down senaations, ner
vousness. Irregularities or the
"bines," she should start at once to
build up her system by a tonlo with
speoifie powers, sucb aa
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
the great woman's remedy for woman's Ills, made only of root and herbs.
It cures Female Complaints, such as Dragging Sensations, Weak
Back, Falling and Displacement. Inflammation and IWceration.' and all
Orcranio Diseases, and U invaluable In the Chauga of Life. It dissolves
and Expels Tnmors at an early atoge. Subdues Faintneta. Kervoua
rroatrauon, r.xnaustiou. ana strengthens ana tones tbe Stomach. Cures
Headache, General Debility, Indigestion, and invigorates th whole
female syaem. It Is an excellent remedy for derangement of tha
rviuneya m tuner ecx.
PARCBUI POST RKFORM.
Waalaar Power el the Express Loafer
Revontlaa; Manifest.
Minneapolis Journal.
It la said that one reason why Senator,
Piatt has hung on to his seat In the aena'ts
so tenaciously Is becsuse he wants to be In
a position to head oft the parcels-post re
form. Aa It Is well known that he repre
sents the United States Express company
In the senate, rather than the slate of New
York, tho assertion la no doubt well
founded. The parcels-post system, which
Is In almost universal use In Europe, has
been denied to us because the express com
panles feared It would cut down the vol
ume of their business. Meanwhile the
Washington government lias been making1
parcels-post treaties with other countries
until the anomalous situation has developed .
that small parcels can be sent to Europe
at less cost than between points ,n ou'
own country.
The express lobby, with the subterranean
assistance of Senator Piatt, has thus far
been able to prevent the adoption of a do
mestic parcels-post system, and. In con
quence, the express companies have waxed
fat at the peoplo'e expense. In many rural,
communities a decided sentiment has been
worked up aitalnst the reform by the spe
cious argument that such a system would
build Up the great mail-order houses of
tho cities at the expense of the country
storekeepers. An Identically similar, argu
ment waa made against rural free delivery
when that system was first mooted. But
experlenco lias proved that the country
storekeeper has greatly benefitted by the
rural free delivery system, and there Is
every reason to believe that he will 'find a'
reform In the parcels-post direction also
o his advantage. At any rate, the bene
fits to the farmer would be rhany and
varied, and as the farmer Is far more num
erous than the country storekeeper, his
needs ought to be given first consideration. '
Notice has already been served on the '
express Interests that the great postal re
form Is coming and that In all probability
congTess at Its next session will effectuato
vii Thi mnnns a srreat battle, but there
can be 110 doubt of Its Issue If the peoplo'e
Interests are made paramount to the spe-
clal Interests.
POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
The Cop How did you come to ret hit
by the car? ,. ... .
The Reub-I didn't come ter git hit by the
cai-I come ter visit my son-in-law. Cleve
land Leader.
"Gabble certainly likes to hear hlmsolf
talk "
Yes, he seems to think his conversation
is positively Intoxicating."
,,Well,'rt may be Intoxicating In the sense
that It's 'extra dry.' "Philadelphia Presa.
Miss Flyppe fin gmnd stand) Those fel
lows are excellent musicians, aren't theyT
Her Escort Not to my knowledge. What
makes you think so?
Miss Flvppe They don't seem to know
how to play base ball. Chicago Tribune.
"What do you think of the Initiative and
referendum?" .
"I don't know much about these scientific
things." answered the low-browed person,
"but I should be surprised If It turned out
better than perpetual motion did." Wash
ington Star.
Members of the Interstate Commerce
commission were In consultation.
They had discovered many violations of
tho law aid seemed to be at a loss.
Suddenly the face of one of them bright
ened as with an Inspiration.
"Suppose we punish some Of the offend
ers," he suggested.
The Idea Impressed by Ita very novelty.
Philadelphia Ledger.
"He is a man who never lets his left
hand know what his right hand Is doing."
"80 I should Judge from his piano play
ing." Baltimore American.
"Did I tell you the story of the old
church bell?"
"No. Let's hear it."
"Sorry, but It can be tolled only on Bun- '
day." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"That boy of Smith's who' Is Just home"
from college Is a wonder." '
"In what way?" !
"Somebody asked him the other day
about the easiest and quickest way of set
tling the pressing problems of the time
and he said he didn't know.' Philadelphia
Press. ..
"Is It quite safe to tell her a secret?
said one woman. '
"Yes." answered the other, "If It doesnt
concern yourself. Sho may repeat It, hut
she will never tell who told her." Wash
ington Star.
A man found a small object In the street.
"I believe It Is a fulminate cap," he said,
hammering it against a convenient post.
"Yes, I was right," he remarked as the
object exploded.
Ills curiosity sated, he picked up three
fingers and a thumb he formerly had worn
and went his way. Philadelphia Ledger.
THERE ARE OTHERS.
Chicago News.
Don't Imagine, my boy, If you throw up
your Job
That tne arm that employs you will fall.
That the whole office force la their an
guish will sob
Ana tho senior partner turn pale.
You are. hitfhly efllclent and active and
bright
So you buy. I'm unwilling to doubt you.
But t!.e chance of all this la Incredibly
Bllgllt.
There ura plenty of others without you.
Don't get mad with the girl, and to make
her feel bad
Fall to go -fur your usual call,
It's the truth, though I know It abunda
awfully sad, '
That she may never miss you at all. ,
It's nilKlity poor policy staying, away.
Though t grant that at times she may
flout you,
But 1 know I'm In a position to say
Thtre are plenty of others without you.
Don't get soured on the world and do any
thing raah.
' Not to speak of tire good of your soul.
If you Jump In the lake you may make a
small splash,
But you'll never leave much of a hole.
Don't expect folks to make such a terrible
fUHS ' -
When they think very little, about you.
And, to use common language, aren t car
ing a cuss.
. There are plenty of others without you.
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