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THK OMAHA DAILY BKK: TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1907. ! Hie Omaha Daily Dee. j irXCED BT EDWARD ROSEvVATER. i VICTOR ROEEWATER EDITOR. I i i ii i i i ; Altered at Omaha poatofflca as soood ! m matter. j TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ! fry R (without Sunday), one yeaf..MJg ) II Re and Sunday, one far f "0 i ndsy Be, one yesr. IS 1 turaay Bee, on year L66 DELIVERED BT CARRlER ; fty Mwa frnrtudlng Sunday), per wek..lo 1 .Uy H- (without Sunday, per week..Jc j entng Baa (without Sunday, per weak, ao i -enlng Bee (with Sunday), per week... .100 1 iddrvsa aJI r-on, plaints f irregularltiee In : livery to- City Circulation Department. hneha The Bra Building, loulh Omaha Crty Hall Building. cunrJI JRIorTs 16 Soott Street, 'h'csgo 1M Cntty Building. -w irark 10 Horn Ufa Insurance Bldf. .Ysshmglo-n 601 Fourteenth Street. ' CORRESPOHDENCK. "ommunk-atlons relatrog to news and edi--laj matter should ba nddreasad, Omaha . Editorial lepartmeiit. REMJTTANCER lemlt by draft, express or postal order, yabla to The Bee Publishing Company. i!y -cnt itampa received In payment of J1 account. Personal checks, except on naha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATElfiENT OF CTRCTLATIOI. Mta of Nebraska, Douglas county, aa: "hs-rlee C RoMWtifr, general manager The n9 Publishing Company, being ry sworn, aaya that tha actual nnmhor full and complete coptea of Tha Dally, wnlng. Evening and Sunday Bee printed Tro tha month of Jane, 1S07, waa aa Hows: M430 it 8,aa 38,800 II.. 3M0 J8.S30 If M.480 1.. aeeao t.. Mio 36,410 ii .io 36,610 21 M.B10 86,630 ' ti i8.7S 38,800 14. 36,300 38,900 18... 38,880 M.0M If. ....... 16,806 33,330 27 36,870 33,830 21 36,470 36,640 2 36,660 36,930 20 38,880 3T.176 - 3800 Total... l,0Mm aa Unsold and returned copies. . 1 0,33 Net total 1,03331 Uly average 38,137 CHARLES a ROHKWATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my pretence and sworn to fre mo thla lat day of July. 10T. ISeaJi ta. a HUNOATH. Notary Public. wukm ovt or TOWI, Sabarrlaora leaving- tna alts' taav. oorsrlly shoal hare Tit Bt "ailed ta tlia, AMran wlU fee eaaagra a rtaa aa rartr. King Corn baa no kick coming on ils July sultriness. ; Chauncey Depewthinks but really j one cares much what he thinks. aBB6M6JBaaafBjbHaaaj3MaMBa The preachers are going away for ie Summer. The ditll Uke no Taca- on. , '.i Ohioans must be relayed to learn lat the MAcLean captur by bandits Morocco la. Harry not Jobb R. Gallant Captain Clark and the 6r on once made a trip from the Pacific j te Atlantic In something of a urry. .... ... . .. Governor Vardaman deniea the re- ort' that he has professed religion. Ie Is still a candidate for the United tates senate. Mayor 'Jim" ought to hare lassoed few "dollar gas" plants while . out est; to bring them home for the bene- t of his constituents. 'Who Is stronger' than' Bryant" sks the Kashville Tennesseean. Oh, 1 ni oat any republican aspirant for the residential nomination. "Forget what the other man hath," jays Edmund Vance Cook. An ama ' eur can tell how long Edmund Vance ; Vok would last In a poker game. The German physician who asserts hat strawberries are a cure for ner ; ousnees should know that the kind n the market thla year Is a cause ather than a cure. . J With the Inspection controversy be ween the meat packers and the com- ' olsslon men settled, the poor cow will lave to resume her former subordl- ; iate place In the beef family. 'i Omaha Italians have celebrated the nteanisj anniversary of Garibaldi's ,)irth. Our Italian friends are rapidly Tklning a due appreciation of the lib erties and privileges of American citi zenship. j The excise commissioner at St. Louis mspended the Sunday law in order to llow beer to be served at a German redding. Now look out for a rush of ,"Urmn weddings In St. Louis every Sunday. Governor Johnson of Minnesota de niea that he has said he did not want U be president of the United States. All he said was that he did not want .to be the democratic candidate for president ' I Admiral Brownson says the transfer of the America navy to the Pacific Is to demonstrate to the country bow quickly the fighting fleet can be trans ferred from one ooeaa to the other. Doubtless he trusts Japan will hear about It 5 The Iowa supreme court has re versed a verdict of guilty In a murder trial because the district attorney ap pealed to the 'unwritten law'1' in the prosecuting; speech. '.The "unwritten law" applies only to the defense, and j principally in Virginia. Colonel Watterson now declarea that his dark hone la whlte Inside and 'out." He has shown that It also has a mustache and a winning smile. It the ro'oiiel keeps bn. he will convince the : public that his dark horse belong In a dims museum Instead of in a presi dbat al race. - mar nmTjRtcAL nrtoixo. An agitation has been started at Lincoln for the Immediate transfer to the state of a piece of- ground called Haymarket Square In order to make effective an appropriation of 125,000 by the last legislature for a historical building. The appropriation, as in corporated Into the law, is conditioned on the cession to the state of this par ticular piece of ground, or another piece of ground "Just as good." The argument offered for post-haste action Is based on the danger of the whole movement falling and is supported by this convincing evidence: Tha erection of such a bulldln- will re deem that whole neighborhood wblch is now devoted largely to aaloons and Junk ahopa, and greatly Increaae the value of tha neigh boring property, yet under Dome dark In fluence, aald to be that of ona of the fac tions In tha aoclety, tome of the neighbors era working againat the action of tha coun cil. ' If, as is asserted, "the whole neigh borhood is now devoted largely to sa loons and junk snaps," that is one of the best reasons why a building to house the state historical collection and library should not be located there. Aa a matter of fact, It Is too bad Governor Sheldon did not exercise his veto power on this appropriation item. It is notorious that the $26,000 is only a starter. It will not pay for more than the foundation and basement, and Do one knows how much additional will be required to put on the roof and finish the Interior, if construction is once begun. The donation by the city of Lincoln of a site which originally came into its possession as a gift from the state should not be the deciding factor. If the people of Nebraska can once get their state out of debt they will be ready to favor the erection of a new state house, creditable and commodi ous, and the proper thing to do with the state historical library and collection- would be to install It In the state honse in connection -with the state li brary "bo as to centralize the adminis tration and economize in the cost of maintenance, which would be unneces sarily heavy In a separate building. It may take a few years before conditions are ripe for this program, but nothing should be done in the interval to pre vent Its consummation at-the proper time. If the Lincoln city council by refusal to relinquish Haymarket Square helps pave the -way for a new state house it will do a commendable public service. PBOPgB TREATMENT FOK SCORCIltBfi. An up-state judge it New York, whose name Is not given in the dis patches, has set an example which might be followed in the interests of justice and the public safety, by sen tencing a reckless motor car driver to '100 days In the county Jail, with: out the privilege of evading the pui Ishment by the payment of a' ftt In the case before the court the reckless motor driver ran down a carriage and then sought to hide his identity by running away. Fortunately, he was captured and hla cowardly effort to escape punishment frustrated. The automobile has become recog nised as a vehicle of transportation, as much as a carriage or a street car, and there Is no disposition anywhere to prevent the growth and expansion of the automobile Industry, but there is a growing demand throughout the country for some drastic legislation that-seems absolutely necessary to Im press npon motor car drivers that they have no monopoly of the roads, streets and other thoroughfares. There is no excuse for Inexperienced chauffeurs. but the dangers that they cause is less than that due to reckless chauffeurs, the owners and operators who have be come victims of speed mania and ap parently take no thought of the safety of others. Intelligent use of automo biles should be encouraged, but the careless and reckless drivers should be required to take a dose of the medl clno administered by the New Tork Judge. THE PULLMAN MELON. The financial statement of the Pull man company, for the fiscal year end ing July tl, furnishes another elo quent reason for the company's effort, before the Interstate Commerce com mission, to prevent being listed as a "common carrier" under the new fed eral rate law. . Under that law the company would be compelled to make regular reports of Its earnings and be subject to the Interstate Commerce commission in the matter of fixing and adjusting rates, which Is just what the Pullman company wishes to avoid. It has trouble enough now to dispose of Its surplus earnings, without at tracting too much attention, and Is preparing now to cut a 'very juicy melon representing Its last year's prof its. Pullman earnings for the year which will close with this month are estimated at $31,000,000, an increase of $5,000, 000 over last year, and just about double the earnings In 1900. Prior to 1898 the capital stock of the Pull man 'company was $36,000,000, on which dividends of 8 per cent per annum were paid. In October, 1898, the company found itself with a sur plus of $18,000,000 and declared an extra (0 per cent1 dividend and In creased Its capital stocK to $54,000, 000, reducing the annual dividend rate to 8 per cent, but this was increased the following year, when the Wagner company was absorbed and the capital stock lncr4fc'ed to $74,000,000.; In November,' 1906, the company found its surplus getting bigger again, so its capital stock was increased another i:.000,000, making it $103,000,000. In other words, the company with no bonded debf, has Increased its capital stork almost too per cent since 1898 and Is still pa;ior ft per cent dividends, or 2 4 per cent on the original stock, with a surplus g'tllng bigger and bigger every year. "v Members of the legislature in vari ous states will now be able to under stand why the Pullman company has not be$n able to reduce Its rates. The company's revenues have been needed to pay dividends on an ocean of wa tered stock. MKETINO TUK DEMAND ICR "CHAKOE" Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou has taken advantage of the provisions of the Aldrlch currency bill, passed by the late congress, to meet the de mand of the country for more bills of small denomination, and the sub treasuries of the country are already being supplied with $1, $2, $5 and $10 bills, which, to the tune of $40,000,000, will take the place of bills of larger denomination In circulation. For many years a positive small note famino has existed in all the large cities of the country, the merchants having the greatest difficulty in secur ing small bills to supply their custom ers with change. Under the old laws regulating the volume of currency, former secretaries of the treasury have been viable to afford relief. The Aldrlch bill author izes the secretary of the treasury to call in silver certificates at discretion and cut them up into issues'of notes of smaller denominations. These sil ver certificates are issued in $10, $20, $50, $100 and $1,000 denominations. These certificates are not "legal ten der" in the eyes of the law, and bank ers and big financial concerns are not anxious to keep supplies of them. For each $1 worth of these certificates called in, a silver dollar will be re leased from the treasury vaults, and the government will issue $1 and $2 notes to a large amount. At present there are in circulation $103,000,000 la $1 notes and $48,000,000 in $2 notes, said to be insufficient to meet the demands of trade. The action of the Treasury depart ment will meet the approval of the business Interests of they country. In these days when so much of the busi ness of the nation is carried on through the banks.Mn the form of drafts, notes and pthei- forms of ex change, there is really no legitimate call for bills of $100 denomination and larger, In which- something like $100, 000,000 of dnr currency Is now tied up. Secretary Cortelyou's action will not increase the volume of currency, but will have that effect, so far as ordinary-trade is concerned, by making available as mediums of circulation tb vast sum in bank vaults In The form of bills of big denomination. It will result In a convenience which will be appreciated fully by retail dealers and their customers. ' It is worthy of note that the city engineer, who was pronounced incom petent by the intelligent democrats In the Omaha city council bent upon dis missing him for political reasons, has been engaged by the city of Chicago in an advisory capacity because of his high professional standing and experi ence, although it had all the eminent engineers in the country to pick from. The king of France and 10,000 men marched up the hill and then marched down again. Our hyphenated contem porary has gotten out all its military paraphernalia and laid in a supply of double-shotted editorial ammunition. If we do not get that war on the Pa cific all these deadly utensils will have to be put back In cold storage. ' ' The Croatian delegates to the Hun garian Parliament went on a strike because the majority voted to make It compulsory for railway employes to use the Hungarian language. The Croatlaus will have the sympathy of the traveling public In this country where so many railway employes speak nothing but Choctaw. ' The child labor law is law, of course, but it will strike a great many people that good, wholesome employment during vacation may be much better for some boys and girls than forcing them to run wild about the streets and amusement parks in idleness. After eight years of litigation, for mer Senator W. A. Clark of Montana is to be called into court to tell about where he got a certain $800,000,000. Here's a guess that Clark's memory Is no better than Mr. Rockefeller's. Damage by storm is always regretta ble, but It Is one of the incidents of this season of the year. All the storm damage In Nebraska sinks to insig nificance beside the value of the grow ing crops that are left unharmed. Kald General MacLean, who Is being held a captive by Bandit Raiaull, has one consoling thought. He will not have to read the newspaper sugges tions comparing him with a rare book because he Is bound in Morocco. "If you are ever near my home, I hope you will call on me," said John D. Rockefeller to Deputy United States Marshal Fink. He mirht have added: "If I know you are coming, I will not be at home." If It la true the express companies pay the railroads' 65 per cent of their receipts for hauling express cars, It Is plain where a 25 per cent reduction In rates on local Nebraska express bus iness would strike. Carter Harrison, the former Chicago mayor, he haa not heard from his presidential boom since he placed It in the hands of his friends. Carter may consider himself lucky if he never hears of It sea In. Then, too, this sending of the bat tleships to the Pacific may be just a scheme to make Japan angry enough to rush over and take the Philippines away from us. Wlckeeaeea la ta Batteraallk Belt. Philadelphia Preaa. It looka aa If Vice President Fairbanks would art out of the cocktail dilemma all right. A friendly clergyman haa dis covered that caterers often serve cock- tulle with lunchea' when nobody orders them, which Is a particularly wicked thing to do in the buttermilk belt. Every Hoar a Baay Oae, Brooklyn Eagle. Army offlcera must heteeforth reply promptly to official communications. As the average officer haa to put In one hour a day on drill and fourteen hours a day on official red tape,' the chances are that official communications will ba answered with exemplary brevity. War Talk of the Jlnaoes. Bprlngfleld Republican. It la a solid aatlsfactlon to observe that our jingo friends have not yet reached that acute atage of their war talk distemper known among the learned as the casus belli. It Is a serious omlnsion on their part not to have the awesome casus belli In evi dence. There must be such a thing In ordsr to have a war. It Is Indispensable. But they can search even Sarr1 Francisco, the brainstorm center of JapophoMa, and not discover Its presence aa a factor In the situation. The alarmists may be forced to advertise for the thing; desperate, they may have to offer a reward for Its produc tion. In all the record of war scares there have been few facta funnier than thla. Alast where It that wretched casus belli? SENSIBLE RAILROAD VIEWS. Gradaal Appreciation of Government Hesitation. Bprlngfleld, (Mass.) Republican. The number Increases among those railroad managers who subscribe to the policy of closer government regulation. Especially worthy of mention In this con nection Is B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail way, who presents his views succinctly In tha current number of the World's Work. They may be summarized In the following: The time has gone by when the railroad could go ahead and work out lta plana and carry on Its operations without con sulting the Interests of the people. The railroad must fall In line with the demo cratic Institutions of the country. The Hepburn act is effective, and Is both Just and wise. The enlightened railroad managers will co-operate with the gov ernment and with the people to enforce the law. The builders of new railroads should be allowed to make a profit through the capltillzatlon of the same, but the law should make It Impossible to receive these profits more than once. Future serurlty Issues should be restricted by federal law to the actual capital needs of the rail road. . . . There should be uniformity of accounts and a reasonable publicity In the same. There should be no mystery In the rail road business. Railroad porlls should'' not be legalised, but traffic associations tinder government regulation ahould be allowed. And finally Mr. Yoakum doea not see how an effective and uniform system of national regulation of rates can be made consistent with state . Interference to the extent of disturbing Interstate rates. Ha evidently favors a pretty complete na tional control of all ral)roads. And while not able to sea how a valuation of railroad properties ' can be made'' of any particular value In government" ' regulation of rates, ha does not consider1 that It" Would be of any disadvantage to tha roads. Thla Is, generally speaking, a broad and liberal platform In full' harmony with that upon which the Roosevelt administration stands. It Is of particular Massachusetts Interest to note that In tho matter of gov ernment restriction of capital Issues by established railroads, this western railroad manager holds views more In harmony with the Massachusetts policy and quite out of harmony with tho attacks upon that policy frequently coming from the president of the Boston and Maine system. OVR MMHEHLKS ISLANDS. Task of Rounding; Them I'p Consid ered Honrleaa. Washington Post. "How many lalands are under the aev erelgnty of the United States?" Is the question over which two western news papers are waging an animated dispute It la doubtful If any person on earth or ven the National Geographic society and all lta auxiliaries In convention assembled could furnish a correct answer to that Inquiry. It Is known, however, that tho number of Islands under the sovereignty of this republic Is greatly In excess of tha number under our constitution. We made a new departure In our treaty with Spain by which we took over more than 1.200 Islands, leaving the political status of their Inhabitants to be determined by congress, thus for the first time setting up our flsg over peoples to whom we de nied our constitution. The precise num ber of tha Philippine Islands has not been definitely ascertained and probably never will be. That number la variable. To some of the smaller islands there Is likely any day or night to come "the time for I disappearing," and when It conies they "take a header, down they go. Hut while that Is going on new Islands of diminutive size "bob up serenely from be low." Along the Atlantic and Palflc coasts, and especially along the Alaskan cosst, ther are many Islands. Massachusetts and Maine are highly favored In this re spect. The group under our constitution that is most remote from the mainland Is the Sandwich or Hawaiian group. Lit tle Guam, between Hawaii and Manila, Is governed by a naval officer. The In habitants are amiable, but not enterpris ing. In the South Pacific we have one of the Samoan Islands, not a large one, and that, too, ta governed by a naval offi cer. The Inhabitants are docile and of ktndly disposition, but they are disin clined to patronize tailors, dressmakers, milliners or dealers In harberdashery. There Is no appearance of what John Wanamaker calls "Paris thoughts' wrought Into thetr lingerie. Time and space would fall us were we to undertake the task of rounding up each of our Islands. Our supply Is simply Immense. Ws might say of It aa tha old-time dry goods merchant used to solemnly remark In his unchanged and unchangeable ad vertisement: "A large and varied assort ment constantly on hand." And yet, great as la their number. Infinitely varied as ara their attractions and boundlesa as are the facilities they afford for business, pleas ure or health promotion, there ara thou sands of Americana who cannot find In all our slock and store an Island that sulti them; hencs thty seek Islands that arc not under tha atars sni stripe. Home go to "the Isles of Greece, where burning Kappho loved and aang." Boms prefer Japan. Dutch and French Islands In th orient are affected by many Americans. Others resort to the Danish and British West Indies. Bermuda, In Its Incompar able onion, possesses a lure that drawn and holds a few discerning cltlseua ul lbs ImttJ eluUs. ARMT OOMIP 17 WAUHHOTOS. Cnrreat Kvears Gleaae4 from the Arar anal JTitr Jesraal. It la not etpected that the contem plated experiments In military bolloonlng will be held much before next September. There are several reasons for this, but the principal ona Is that it wlU take the Inter vening period to obtain the hydrogen plant for which bids were received by tha chief signal officer of the army last week. A plant Is proposed of a character never be fore constructed, and some difficulty has been encountered in Interesting anyone In Its erection and Installation. The plant wtll be located in Omaha and by the new pro cess It will be possible to make hydrogen at a rata cheaper than coal gas can be made. It Is estimated that the plant will cost $30,000. The hydrogen thus manufac tured will be compressed Into tubes and In thla form shipped to any point where the balloon train may be located. The ex periments will probably determine the value or lack of value of the military bal loon as a part of the method of observation. Some of the officers are Inclined to regard the system as more of a fad than of prac tical value, but of courae the advocates Nof ballooning will not be satisfied with any such dismissal of their claims to consider ation. The tests at Omaha will demon strate whether or not the balloon haa the value asserted In Its behalf, assuming, of course, that the problem of Inflation and the manufacture and transportation of gas la adequately solved. The policy of the War department In the matter of effecting the punishment of thosi who unlawfully purchase or accept In pawn the clothing of soldiers Is In no respect al tered by the decision of one court at vari ance with the view of the war department on the subject. It la believed that tha weight of legal authority will soon be so great that the question will no longer be open to argument. It is considered ad vlsabie that army officers continue to re ceive the clothing as -authorized by the statutes and prosecution continue wherever feasible. Should a seizure of clothing be made In a district where the local federal Judge holds that the clothing Is the pri vate property of the soldier and that a prosecution will not lie. the goods. If seized, should be held and the alleged civilian owner forced to seek recovery by legal process. This will enable tha gov ernment to appeal In the case of an adverse decision and thus ultimately obtain a ruling from a court of the highest Jurisdiction. Every effort will be put forth to discourage this traffic and to punish those engaged In It. The blue uniform of the army may come again into conspicuous use by soldiers. The War department has under considera tion the draft of a general order which shall accomplish this and Shall place the khaki and the olive drab uniforms where they belong. It haa been observed that soldiers who appear In the public streets and In places of amusement In tha khaki or olive drab dres are noticeable for the general lack of trimness, or, aa thn British call It, "the smartness," which attaches to the well kept and neatly fitting blue uni form. As a matter of fact, the khaki ta the working dress of the soldier for the summer. Just as the olive drab Is for the winter, and4 is considered that theso uniforms should be kept for work at the garrisons or when' the soldier Is In tha field or on duty. When the soldier Is on pass, however, It Is believed by the as slstant secretary of war, who takes great Interest in the subject, that the soldier should be required to dress In the neatest manner possible and make the best show ing, and that this can be accomplished by requiring them on such occasions to wear the blue uniform. It may have some In fluence with tha, sentiment .which at pres ent operates to exoluda khaki or olive drab dressed soldiers from theaters and other places of amusement. . . It Is amazing that southerners In the neighborhood of Chattanooga ahould have awakened to the enormity of the offense which they have imagined, according to a dispatch from that city, out of the staff ride which Is being made by some twenty five offlcera from Fort Leavenworth. Thla ride will extend from Chattanooga to At lanta and la the same as tha rlda which waa taken last year by the officers from the Leavenworth school. At that time, the participants of the ride found that the southerners whom they encountered were most cordial ond hospitable. There is no reason to expect that there will be any other feeling shown during the pres ent ride. The dispatch from Chattanooga must be regarded as baaed on utter Ig norance of the situation, especially as It makes the statement that last year'a ride had to be abandoned. That was not the "ride to the sea," which was given up after a good deal of newspaper talk and to which the original objections were raised on account of the aon of the late General W, T. Sherman, who proposed to go over the same ground as his dis tinguished father, There could be no ob jection, of course, to army officers In their study of history taking a staff ride from Chattanooga to Atlanta. The War department has received a re port of the effect that two enlisted men who were traveling with their arms were prevented from entering a railroad train becauaa of the presence of these weapona. Of course, it is clear that soldiers of tha army traveling on duty which requires them to be armed may not be interfered with by either a state agency or a rail way company through any rules which may have been established Intended to cover the general traveling public. It Is considered entirely proper, however, that, where aoldiera with arms ara traveling as ordinary passengers and not on duty which requires them to have their pieces loaded, they should comply with the regu lations of the railroad and open tha cham bers of their rifles. If requested to do ao prior to entering a car. Thla rule la es tablished by the railroads or the protection of the general public and Is regsrded by the military authorities aa a sensible ona. PKRSONAL NOTES. A new York paying teller who walked away with mono and left $21.0W behind him evidently thought he knew when he had enough. Governor Vardaman admits he went ta the mourners' bench, but denies hs was converted. The Mlsslsalpplans ara propor tionally consoled. Michael William Balfe. aon of the late composer, la living In dire poporty In London, a chronic sufferer with rheuma tlsm and bronchitis, at 70 yeara of age. The Japanese gentleman accused of steal ing a Korean pagoda explains that he merely took It to prevent somebody from t11n It Rllt h!..'...... V. I o W Iw.lu the motive, the pagoda la atlll gone. Health Commissioner William A. Evana cf Chicago la out with a ststem -nt that tha government spends more money in bac teriological labor for the bem-tit of hogs thun for man, and that lis would rather be a hog. T'.ie Lincoln fellowship, a national or ganization, tha object of which will b4 to peritetuate the memory and keep alive tha prlnclplra of patriotism of Abraham Lin coln, waa formed In New York City re cently. Major Genural Lambert la the president, and among the vice presidents Is Alonxo Rothschild of Foxhoro Mass., author mI "Lincoln-Master of Men." rOLITICS OUT It mCBKAStXA. Columbus Journal: If there la going to b three parties, let there be three partlea If not, let the third party alnk ItaMf and not try to fasten Its diseased fangs Into any other party. A principle that can't stand alone Is not worth much, and if- a populist Is a true populist be cannot ba a true democrat. And there can only be one object for a fuslonlst office. Fremont Herald: The Herald la con vinced that the democracy of Nebraska should fall Into line and give the new primary law a fair show. Let us try tha new law this year, and. If It proves un satisfactory, call a convention next year. This Is an "off-year" election, and we have nothing to lose In trying on this unpopular measure at this time. Grand Island Independent: The Import ance of the approaching state election has been Increased somewhat by the fact that a railroad eommlaaloner must be elected to fill the vacancy caused by the flunking of Mr. Cowell of Omaha. Commissioner Clarke of Omaha, appointed by Governor Bheldon to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Cowell's refusal to act, will be a candidate and will no doubt be nominated at the re publican primary election and elected. Schuyler Free Lance: The democrats and populists In the last legislature sup ported the primary election law with the understood idea that the law would permit of further fusion between the two parties, but they were not wjse enough to size it up for themselves and know wherein It waa to come. Now It la too late and It Is Impossible unless conventions are held In advance and candidates agreed upon, and even then It la almost Imposslblo. Well, fusion Is a fake at best and It Is well. The primary election law is some good. Central City Record: Tom Majors, who haa long held the position of one of the members of the Normal School Board of the state. Is down and out, tha governor having appointed an "Independent" repub lican (B. L. Shellhorn) in hla place. Now Tom will have a knlfa up hla sleeve for the governor, and It remains to be seen how long tha Nemaha politician will stay down. The republican party has been hav ing a hard fight to throw off such barnacles as Majors, and It Is a certainty he won't give up without a struggle. York Times: There Is a strong sentiment in favor of repudiating the endorsement of the Lancaster bar and voting for district Judgea at the coming primaries without regard to It. The endorsement Is In a sense a repudiation of the primary law and certainly is not in harmony with the aplrlt of it. If the lawyera of Lancaster county can get together and make a ticket why can not the farmers or editors of York county meet and name a ticket they will unitedly support at the coming primary. The result of the endorsement may be the nomination of the very candldatea it was Intended to defeat. The people In Lin coln do not like It and talk as though they would make it the occasion of vindicating the primary law by administering a lesson to those who engineered It. Papllllon Times: While the Times has been and la opposed to the calling of a state convention for the purpose of recom mending or noiol'iatlng candidates for tha several state offices, yet it would be a moat excellent plan to hold a state conven tion for the purpose of framing a state platform. It seema the height of Incon sistency to nominate a man for a atate office or any other office and afterwards frame a platform for him to stand upon. It la the wrong attitude to take, and the democratic state central committee ought to call a state delegate convention for tfie purpoae of framing a platform In which ara enumerated the principles which the several candidates are expected to support and upon which the fight wtll be made. It la high time that some action be taken. HUdreth Telescope: The democratic populist powwow held at Macon waa at tended by about twenty of the faithful, who still see a gleam of hope through the louds of gloom, but they were mostly from a few of the townships, several of the townships not being represented at all. While we were unable to learn much about the meeting we found out that our friends of tha opposition, or a majority of them at least, didn't take kindly to the new primary law and will obey only that part of It absolutely necessary. They de cided to hold a county convention at Ma con, date to be announced later, when they will nominate a ticket to ba voted for and nominated by the democratic electore at the primaries If they wish to, a case of a possible double nomination. Now wouldn't that Jar you? The object of the new primary law was to bring the matter of naming . candldatea cloaer to tha people, but a few of the leaders who have been for so many years in tha habit of meeting In some back room and fixing up a alate evidently find It difficult to break away from the old order of things and adopt the new. The republicans, however, have con. fldence enough ' In the rank and file of their party to trust them the matter of se. lectlng its standard bearers. Plea of the Innocent Spectator. Bt. Louis Globe-Democra. The most sensible proposition yet pre sented to the peace conference la tha one providing that the Innocent bystander shall not be molested when two fussy nations get Into trouble. Aa Appropriate Proviso, Bt. Louis Republic. Nothing could ba mora timely than the designation of a Central American presi dent aa "president pro tern." Usually It Is pro a very brief tern. In those tumultuous republics. Try them for lunch and you will-have them for dinner. Une The most nutritious staple made from wlieat. In dust NATIONAL ADVERTISING THAT BimtmBI Vldeareaa Horrors af tfca IMllnaar' KstMsre. Hsrper's Weekly. One of the things that are going to hsr pen as Amerlcsn civilisation progresses It the regulation of out-door advertising. 11 will come, little by little. In dlffrent statai as local taste become Irritated by the dis figurement by advertising signB of the land scape, and the streeta and parks of cities A Cincinnati paper (the Commercial Trib une well describes what the billboard ad vertisers do In the clt-lei. "There Is not t street," It says, "nor a public place, nor hillside, nor a park neighborhood, nor 8 residence street, nor a business street It tinclnnetl exempt from the (billboard) null ance. From the windows of every ohool house In Cincinnati the children can se the hldeousnrss nnd the indecencies of thl billboard. No church can dismiss Its Con gregation but the billboard will stare th congregation In the face as it leaves th portals of the church. The nuisance Ii everywhere In nil Its completeness, Tht blllboarder, untaxed and unrestrained, Ii adding to the nuisance everywhere an every day; and If the Clnclnnatlnn takes U the hilltops or the suburbs, the blllboar4 Is with him continuously. It Is not alto gether creditable to Cincinnati center oi art and of music and of culture! Will Cin cinnati allow the nuisance to be cnntlnue4 and Increased?" The case of Clnclnnat thus described Is the case of every eon1d erable city in the country. Along all th railroad lines the rural scenery Is blotched by the billboards and the advertisement! painted on bulldlntrs bordering the tracks On the roads leading nut of every prosper ous town there are advertisements of local dealer painted on barns and fences, an great numbers of tin advertising slgni nailed to the trees. All this disfigurement of the comeliness of nature and of th works of man Is-an abuse for which therf is no reasonable need and no sufficient Justification. A movement is afoot to cheel It by taxation, which seems to be a rea sonable method provided that the necessary legislation Is wisely drawn. Out-door ad vertising signs ran be taxed, and we pre sume they can be taxed In proportion tfl their ugliness; but the laws that affected them world need to be drawn with discre tion, discriminating between temporary and permanefnt signs, leaving the circus post ers to stimulate the Imaginations of tha children of the countryside, and letting alone the auction bills and all auoh notices of local public Interest. SIN NY OEJMS. "How Is It that so busy a man as Mr. Golt ever found time to study law, with all hla socii:l duties, too?" "He kept his law books In the house and when he was ready to go out any where he studied while he was wsltlng for his wife to be ready In a minute." Balti more American. 'Come In here and I'll buy you a claar." "No; come up to that store on the next "Hc!r cigars there?" "No; but there's always a box of matches on the counter there and you can take aa many as you please." Philadelphia Preaa. "Were you glnd the Jury disagreed?" the prisoner was asked. "Not altogether." he replied, thoughtfully. "After hearing the lawyer's plea lor me I really had some curiosity ss to. the ques tion of my guilt." Philadelphia 'Ledger. Tha Fellow You shall not make a fool of me! The Girl I c xildn't. Someone finished that Job long before I met you. Cleveland Leader. "De worst thing about a lazy man," said t'ncle Eben, "Is dnt ho aln' satisfied to take life easy his se'f, but Insists on comln' aroun' durln' workln' hours, tellln' stories." Washington Star. The Passenger How dare you use euoti terrible language to the poor horse? The Cabman Can't help It, . ma'am ; but If you was a real lady you wouldn't under stand It. Harper's Weekly,' "So your husband Is very fond of ani mals. Mrs. Youngbride?" "Yes; but we haven't any pets at homo, because he thinks the care of them would be too much for me." . . "But he really likes them." "Oh, yes; there's a little kitty at the club he's Just devoted to." Baltimore American. "You seem to think It's pretty well as, tied," aald Miss Paasay, "that I'd marry him if he propoaed." "Yes." promptly replied Miss Knox. . "The Idea! to you think a girl should be ready to say 'yes' to any man who asked her?" "No, I don't say that a 'girl' ahould." Philadelphia Press. He Don't you dislike to meet with a lot of foreign phrases when you are reading anything aloud? She I do, Indeed, but I must say my dla. like for them Is not pronounced. Baltimore American. TUB SHIRTSLEKVC: TOWN, Chicago News. I was nurtured In the country, where the barefooted boys are found, And with each recurring summer I would fain be next the ground. I can stand It in the city when the win ter's grip is chill. But In spring I want to wander o'er the meadow and the hill. I can stand the clothes conventional when cold and snow are here. But the coming of the aummer makes me hate m all, I fear. In the winter I can stand it where the tall skyscrappars frown. But I want to spend the summer In a shirt-sleeve town. Oh, you know the kind I'm thinking of the kind where, In the heat. You can e-e the leading citizens out cost less on the street: Where the banker and tha preacher ven ture out before the throng In a clean shirt and suspenders and gv sauntering along, Caring naught for others' scruples, fearing not their neighbors' coff, 'Cause tha neighbors, too. most likely havt their coats and weskltn off; . Where you wear whatever suits you, nevat dreading scowl or frown Let me siind my every summer in I shirt-sleeve town. moisture and proof packages. BISCUIT COMPANY Vt - j