TIIE OMAHA DAILY REE: TTTESDAV. AUGUST fi, 1007.
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of full and complete copies of The Dally
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of July, 1007, wa as
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1 36,240 IT 30,700
2 36,180 II 36,480
3 36,180 1 36,810
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1 88,840 11 38,680
36,490 22 37,270
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36,210 25 36,420
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11 30.4J0 27 36,700
12 36,320 28 38,400
11 36,240 29 41,370
14 33,500 80 36,880
15 36,780 11 36,890
1 36,880 ' '
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WHEN OUT OK TOWN.
Sabscrlbers leaving: the City tem
porarily should have The Bee
mailed te them. Address will be
changed a often as requested.
The south promlaea to .become sober
before it gets sane.
Ia politics, as elsewhere, discretion
U usually the better part of valor.
The flue of the Standard, seems to
have even taken Chancellor Day's
breath away.
The authorities at Washington now
admit that the . Filipinos voted the
democratic ticket.
If Mayor "Jim" wants to run for
governor Omaha -will try to muster up
enough courage to spare' him.
There is evidence that Governor
Glenn, of North Carolina is a teeto
taler even If he does not talk like one.
The Douglas county office that
starts out to seek a man will find
several of him sitting on the door
step. It is lucky oil and water will not
mix. Otherwise, the Standard Oil
company might make it up by resort
ing to the village pump.
Tobacco King Duke is a true Ken
tucktan. While he pumped a river
dry the other day, the water was used
Only for decorative purposes.
Elbert Hubbard declares that "the
eredlt goes to the man who scores."
The sacrifice hit that advances a man
on the bases is also credited.
It Is all the more humiliating to the
Standard Oil magnates when they
stop to think that the government
really does not need the money.
The democrats, we believe, have
been insisting for some years that the
Sherman and Elklns anti-trust laws
were wholly Inadequate measures.
With seventeen republican entries
for the district bench In this Judicial
district, it looks like a suburban hand
icap, with all of them off in a bunch.
A New York girl is to marry an
Italian duke who, according to the
girl's father, has no bad habits and
no debts. And he claims to be a real
duke?
George Ade says he is making
money faster than he can spend it.
Might trump up some charge and
have himself taken before Judgo
Landls.
Martin W. Littleton has been em
ployed to defend Harry Thaw. Lit
tleton achieved fame by proving an
alibi for ludge Parker in the 1904
campaign.
The democratic idea of a nonpar
tisan Judiciary as exemplified in these
parts is. a bench made up of republican
lawyers selected by the democratic
'steering committee.
The truBts will probably remember
that it was Senator Knox, then attor
ney general, who promised that the
Roosevelt administration was not
going to ' run amuck" in an anti-trust
crusade.
John Graham Brooks, a Chautauqua
light, says It "costs 15.000 to raise
a child among' the middle classes In
our cities." The man on a salary of
f 1.000 a year who raises from six to
a doten children In city la a real
financier.
rnr. nocui aud the cakdwatk.
Senator Dacon of Georgia has come
out openly and declared himself in very
positive terms in favor of the selection
of a southern man as the next demo
cratic nominee for the presidency. In
an authorized interview in the Wash
ington Post, Senator Bacon said:
Southern men have for so long a time
occupied a back seat when, nominees for
the presidency were being selected that
It has become a matter of habit. I think it
Is a most regrettable habit, and I am op
posed to Its continuance and to Its being
any longer countenanced or encouraged.
There is no better time than this time
to put an end to what has been practi
cally a rule, and. In my opinion, a very
pernicious rule, for the past forty years.
I should be delighted to see a live, ag
gressive southern man step Out and1 make
the fight for the nomination.
Where would you find a man, north or
south, who would make a nobler president
than John Daniel, or one that the coun
try, north and south, would be prouder
of? And there are Culberson and Car
mack and Oeorge Gray and dosens of
others who could be named, all of them
able and of high, unblemished character,
and also experienced in public affairs.
What Is needed ts for some one of them
to step out and say that he seeks the
nomination and will make the fight for it.
When he docs so, and gets the south be
hind him, as either on of them would
do under such circumstances, the nomi
nation will be Ms.
In my Judgment, not only would he se
cure the nomination, but-he would stand
a better chance of election than any north
ern democrat who can be selected for the
nomination. There are many republicans
north who prefer to see the next presi
dent a democrat, and from many expres
sions 1 have heard I believe they would
prefer to see a southern democrat rather
than a northern democrat chosen for the
office.
There are other reasons for this prefer
ence, but. In addition to them, which I do
not mention, there is the fact that no
southern man has been chosen to the
presidency slree Zachary Taylor, and nerxt
year -will round out sixty years since the
date of that .election.
This sentiment in favor of a south
ern man for presidential candidate has
been growing in democratic circles. Be
hind it is an ill-concealed opposition to
Mr. Bryan, an opposition becoming
more pronounced in many southern
states and among many leaders in the
democratic party. John Sharp Wil-
Hams, Just endorsed for United States
senator from Mississippi, is openly op
posed to Mr. Bryan on the government
ownership proposition and several
other Issues. Senators Culberson and
Bailey of Texas are not for Bryan, nor
is' Senator Bankhead of Alabama or
Senator Bacon of Georgia. The south
ern press is also talking out rather
plainly. The Charleston News and
Courier, one of the ablest . papers in
the south, in a recent editorial, ox
plained the situation thus: '
It is generally admitted by reasonable
men that William Jennings ' Bryan could
not be elected if he should be nominated,
and the opinion Is gaining ground that
he corlld not be nominated If he should be
a candidate. A number of worthy men
have been named for the democratic nomU
nation, but the party has been so weak?
ened and disorganised by the experiences
through which It has passed ' during the
last twelve years that It ts almost Impos
sible' to settle ' upon a candidate. There
are no longer any Sauls In the democratic
Israel. At no time In the history of the
party has it been so barren of statesman
like material. There Is really no hope for
the business Interests In the perpetuation
of the Roosevelt policies In the national
government; there Is equally as little, In
deed, there is less, chance for them under
the Bryanlxed democracy.
All of this is interesting, as midsum
mer political gosuip, but nothing will
come of it. All democrats understand
that the party Is in a bad way and
that heroic remedies will have to be
used to save it, but Mr." Bryan may be
relied upon to convince the family that
it should not change doctors while the
patient ia in such a critical condition.
The south will support Mr. Bryan for
the nomination and at the polls. The
south is a victim of habit.
EAR XI NO 8 OF A 31 CMC A II RAILWAYS
Practically complete reports of rail
way earnings for the first six months
of the present calendar year have been
received, with the exception of a few
lines that have' not reported their June
business in detail. The result Is most
gratifying, showing a gain of more
than 12 per cent over the correspond
ing period of last year, which was one
of the most prosperous six months in
the history of American railways. For
the fiscal year, endlag with June SO,
Dow, Jones & Co. estimate that the
railroads of the country earned
$2,578,413,273 gross, an increase of
$258,653,243, or 15.11 per cent over
the previous year. The earnings in
1906 were 11.4 per cent greater than
in 1906 so that the present fiscal year
is a record-breaker on top of a record
breaker. The net earnings for 1906
were $787,596,877, and best estimates
indicate that the net earnings for the
fiscal year ending with June of the
present year will be $841,408,500, or
an Increase of about 7 per cent.
The cold figures discount every claim
made by some railroad managers that
the reduction of freight rates in cer
tain states, new passenger schedules
and the increase in the cost of labor
and materials would make railroading
unprofitable and endanger Invest
ments. The record showa that earn
ings, both gross and net, have In
creased consistently from month to
month, and that there is at the pres
ent time no sign of a reaction. On
the contrary, the movement of goods
and commodities Is larger than ever
at this season of the year, and every
railroad haa business enough In sight
to assure profitable operation for
months to come. The wages of 'rail
way employed have increased at the
rate of about $100,000,000 a year, but
In spite of that fact, and the advance
In the cost of "materials, dividends
have been increased in many Instances,
and In no case hag there been a reduc
tion In dividend rates. Five large
trunk lines in the east report earnings
for June In excess of any month In
their history and only one railroad, a
southern line, reports a decrease from
last year. In spite of, dismal prophe
cies from headquarters, the reports of
business on the American railways
must be very gratifying to stockholders.
uisftsiprra Mir senator.
The people of Mississippi are to be
congratulated upon having, apparently
at the last hour, decided vote for
statesmanship rather than hysteria in
the selection of a United States sena
tor. Final returns from the primaries
show a modest plurality for John
Sharp Williams, present leader of the
minority in the house of representa
tives, over James K. Vardaman, the
governor of Mississippi, who had appar
ently captured the . state by baiting
race prejudice and by inflaming "the
white race against the negroes by
every conceivable appeal to unreason
ing passion. Ills final defeat Is a tri
umph for political decerv.y and politi
cal sanity.
While by no means a statesman,
Mr. Williams, has made a record In
the house as a skillful debater, a firm
ness of purpose and a belief In the
soundness of the doctrines of his
party. He has refused to be swayed
by factions or factional fads and has
stood firmly for what he believed to
be practical and possible reforms. He
Is one of the few able leaders In the
democratic ranks today, and his de
feat by a man of the Vardaman type
would have been a party calamity. Mr.
Williams will not take his seat in the
senate until March 4, 1911, when
Senator Money's term expires.
T7NI RETCBUCAK riUKOS.
The filings of candidates for nomi
nation on the republican county ticket,
which is to be made up by a primary
vote next month, show a healthy com
petition foreshadowing party success
at the polls in November.
Of course, the usual number of yel
low dogs and discredited chronics are
in evidence, but at the same time a
sufficient choice of decent, well quali
fied and deserving republicans is pre
sented for republican voters to make
up a complete ticket, creditable in
every respect, for which they can ap
peal with confidence In the regular
election. ' .
.A proper respect to the estab
lished practice that accords a second
term to faithful officers who have
made good records during their first
terms has - guaranteed renomlnatlon
without contest to four present in
cumbents', and to that extent has de
termined the identity of the nominees.
In a number of cases several worthy
aspirants are seeking the same office,
In, nominating , either of, whom the
narty would, make, jrjo mistake. But
yet to make sure that no weakling or
dead weight ig allowed on it, the
choice must eventually be made with
a view to taking advantage of the
best man and the safest vote getter.'
With the general disposition.! now
prevailing to avoid factionalism and
consolidate the party forces prelimi
nary to the great national contests
next year, there Is no good reason why
Douglas county republicans should not
be able to get together upon, a satis
factory combination of candidates that
will mako the outcome in November
only a question of the size of the ma
jority. The Idea of a nonpartisan judiciary Is
growing in popular favor. ' Nebraska pop
ulists and democrats have attested their
friendly attitude . toward It by failing to
place before the coming primaries candi
dates of their own In several of the judi
cial districts of the , state. In some dis
trictsnotably Douglas and Lancaster they
have shown a disposition to endorse re
publican candidates. World-Herald.
It, is to be noticed, however,, that
the idea of a nonpartisan Judiciary has
not grown sufficiently in favor of the
populist? and democrats to lead them
to endorse any republican candidates
for supreme Judge.
The Union Pacific makes answer to
the complaint about charging 3 cents
a mile for trips between Nebraska
points covering that part of its line
that Jogs across the Colorado bound
ary, that it baa ceased to charge the
old rate and is now exacting only 2
cents a mile. This must not be taken
to mean that the Union Pacific has
embraced the 2-cent fare doctrine, but
merely that It does not believe the
facts at the bottom of this complaint
afford a good case for It to take up to
the Interstate Commerce commission.
Chairman Garber pf the Ohio state
democratic committee, after a confer
ence with Mr. Bryan, says:
While no action looking to the selection
of delegates to the next national demo
cratic convention will be taken In Ohio this
year, it Is proper to say to the democrecy
of the state that Mr. Bryan will not de
cline the nomination If tendered when the
convention meets. -
That Is most quieting and comfort
ing to a lot of people who have been
aliiiObt consumed by the huuntlug fear
that Mr, Bryan would not be a candi
date. The modesty of Lincoln entitles It
to a Carnegie hero medal. It has
publicly admitted that at least two
chautauqua assemblies In the United
States are bigger affairs than that
which Is being held there.
The founders of Omaha did a pretty
good Job In numbering the north and
south streets and naming the east and
vest thoroughfares. It Is a serious
question whether we want to undo
what they did.
The New York World asserts that
Governor Hughes Is needed where be
Is and that New York can not afford
to let him run for the presidency. The
World will do a great favor to Messrs.
Taft, Cortelyou, Fairbanks, Knox, et
al., if It can bersuade Governor
Hughes to recognize New York's prior
claim.
Douglas county will pay $250,000
toward the support of 1he state gov
ernment under the tax levy Just made.
Its requests for consideration at the
hands of the legislature, however, will
continue to be regarded as demands
from a foreign country.
Only four candidates for places on
the republican ticket out of the sher
iff's office and four more out of the
treasurer's office., These two offices
must be peculiarly the breeding places
of candidates.
Georgia's prohibition law Is about
the only measure passed by that state
In a long time that docs not specifi
cally discriminate against the negro.
The Jag recognizes no color line.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw declares that
she will not go on the stage. Now If
she will only refuse to have any more
pictures taken, the country might
begin to think better of her.
Possibly Mr. Rockefeller had a sus
picion of what Judge Landls was going
to do when he explained to friends
that he could not afford to have oys
ters for dinner very often.
It Is a safe bet that the break In
prices of hard coal locally delivered
will, be played as a conclusive defense
in the next coal trust prosecution,
should there be any.
Keeping: Cool.
Washington Post.
For some time Senator Foraker will feel
comfortable only In front of an electric
fan working at full speed and then some.
Where Democrats Win.
Washington Herald.
Three Americans have , been successful
on the English turf this year, and all are
democrats. This shows that a democrat
may occasionally win a race, after all.
Let No Ginlltr Man Escape.'
Chicago Tribune.
The rebates which the Standard Oil com
pany has been convicted of receiving were
paid by the Chicago A Alton road. It was
as much a violator of the law as the cor
poration that got the rebates. It lias not
been punished as yet, but Its turn seems
to be coming, for a special grand Jury has
been ordered to Investigate Its acts. "Let
no guilty man escape." . .
No Assistance Wanted.
Philadelphia Press.
Colonel Bryan la amazed and shocked
that there are some democrats who do not
appear to realize that he has fixed up a
complete platform for the party next year,
and fearing there has been some misun
derstanding he goes over It again in a
little louder tone of Voice. If thero is any
one with the assuranco to think that any
body but Bryan can' have" anything to do
with making a platform' "he is no democrat
and deserves the severest rebuke.
Cutting; Out Dead Timber.
Boston Transcript.
The list of defunct . Massachusetts cor
porations which has been wiped off the
commissioner's books by sanction of the
legislature last winter Is a long one.
Eleven or .twelve hundred have received
the coup de grace, and though the stroke
was delayed, there were no protests even
from those who might fye supposed to have
at least a sentimental Interest In appearing
to be alive. The business enterprises that
come In andei ; he wire are few compared
with those that enter the race.
Menace of Foreign Criminals.
Baltimore American.
The uncovering of a secret society In
New York whose object Is the blackmail of
wealthy Armenians under the penalty of
assassination, coupled with the activity of
the Black Hand organisation there, shows
that these foreign gangs of organized as
sassins evidently regard the American
metropolis as a fruitful field for their mur
derous energies. Emboldened by the diffi
culty of tracing and cdnvlctlng them, they
have extended their Operations until they
have the prosperous and law abiding for
eign element terrorised. Evidently, drastto
means are needed to meet and ovorthrow
this growing evil, and fhe resources of our
criminal law ought to be equal to the task.
POPULISTS IN NEBRASKA.
Protest Against Hyphenated Party
Emblems.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Ind. dem )
The democrats and populists of Nebraska
are announced to have' fused again. They
are to co-operate In politics this year, and
It is likely that the combination will survive
long enough to be a serious embarrassment
to the democrats of the country next year.
The populists are not so numerous as they
were four years ago, apd not so Influential
or commanding. Btlll, they seem to be
strong enough to protract the fidelity of
William J. Bryan, who, though a demo
crat, has always had some nucleus othor
than straight democracy for his Initial
Inspiration In political movements. Every
body will remember the cold proposition to
make the great democratic national con
vention of 1110 a mere echo and ratification
of the platform adopted and candidates
nominated by the populist national conven
tion of that year.
The populists are not strong enough now
to form an Independent party in a national
fight, (or to be an organised ally. The
democrats have suffered much humiliation
to get the votes of new parties, and It Is
now time for them to. take the lead and
present the flag around which to rally. It
was long an axiom of the democratic party
that It was a distinct entity in affairs, and
that It waa entitled to set the pace against
the opposition. It made no alliances. It
generously covered the ground, and In Its
principles, platforms and candidates pre
sented an Invitation to the partlless voters
to Join Its forces at foe election. It claimed
to be the party of the people, and that
there was no worthy popular movement
that was not best conserved In the regular
democratio organization.
Now seems a propitious time to reassert
the old doctrine and the old practice to
aay that the democratic party la an en
during nucleus and house of refuge for
men of detached political Ideas; that those
who are opposed to i republican policies
should vote with tt under the democratic
emblem, and aot coaipllcate regularity.
Mr. Bryan Is still a power with the
people, but the announcement of an al
liance of democrats apd populists In Ne
braska will Inflame those who some of
the Bryan following aay are nut of the
people, but who all the snie have a pro
digious right to say about the resulu of
elections.
FIGl'RIXa 0 TUB BIG FISH.
Statistical Sharps Produce Home
lllamlnatlnal Comparisons.
The bewildering and Impeding lxe of the
fine aseersed against the Standard O'l com
pany by Judge landls of Chicago hrtve
given an edge to the wits of the statistical
sharps of the press, and many illumlaft ng
comparative figures sre the result. Keeping
In mind the robust girth of the fine $.9 S4).
000 the lightning calculator of the Chicago
Tribune observes In solemn paragraphs:
It Is the Income for one year at 4 per cent
on 1731,000,000.
It Is a trifle more than half the money
coined each year by the United States gov
ernment. It Is about t per cent of the national debt
In 1906.
It Is 35 rents for every man, woman and
child In the whole country.
If they contributed all their salary it
would take the presidents of the United
States 68 years to pay the amount.
It would take 48.730 city street laborers
one year to work out the amount.
It would maintain the United States army
and navy two months.
It Is the annual revenue of Mexico.
It Is the cost of five first class battle
ships. It Is nearly one-half the capital of the
Bank of England.
It Is nearly one-half the number of Silver
dollars In circulation.
It ts $3,000,000 more than the "profit-' of
operating the national government laat
year.
It Is twenty-nine times the capital stock
of the Standard Oil company of Indiana,
the corporation fined.
It Ib 4,783 times the annual salary of
Judge Landls, who Imposed the fine.
It Is sufficient to fill with silver dollars 177
flat cars of a capacity of 83,000 pounds.
The expert mathematician of the Inter
Ocean calculates that If Uncle Sam gets
the money he can buy or build five first
class battleships.
On the basis of 6 per cent a year, the $29,-
000,000, If Invested, would yield a perpetual
Income of $1,450,000 a year, or $120,833 every
month, or $4,027 for every day In the year.
In 1867 the total public debt of the United
States was 128.699,831, or half a million less
than the Standard Oil fine
The capitalization of the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey, the parent cor
poration of all the companies of the trust,
is $100,000,000. The fine represents nearly
orte-thlrd of Its total capitalization. '
The average citizen of the United States
would be well satisfied If he had a home
free and clear that cost $10,000. The amount
of the Standard Oil fine would buy 8,024
such homes.
A fairly good automobile can be bought
for $2,500. With the Standard Oil fine 11,090
such automobiles could be purchased.
Placed end to end, these automobiles would
make a line twenty-eight miles long.
If paid In silver dollars the $29,240,000
would make a weight of 1,827,600 pounds
avoirdupois, or 913 tons of 2,000 pounds
each. Allowing that two horses could draw
three tons, It would take 804 double teams
to haul the 'amount of the fine in silver
from place to place.
The average freight car carries 40,000
pounds. If paid In stiver It would require
a train of forty-six freight cars to trans
port the fine across the country.
If these coins were placed edge to edge,
they would extend a distance of 696 miles.
Packed side by side, the money would
form a continuous cylinder t forty-three
miles long. ,
If the dollars were laid over a piece of
open ground, they would occupy an area
of just thirty acres.
Though the Standard oil could easily pay
the $29,240,000 out of Its surplus fund with
out diminishing Its distribution to stock
holders, the extremely conservative policy
It has always pursued In the matter of
parting with Its profits may result In its
holding back all dividends until the un
usual demand upon Its resources have been
mode good by fresh profits.
The men In the Standard oil who are
hardest hit by the big fine are the stock
holders. These men, with the percentage of
capital stock they own, are as follows:
P. C. of stock
Name owned.
John D. Rockefeller 27.4
W. C. Andrews 2 8
Charles Pratt 7.77
H. H. Rogers 2
William Rockefeller 4 6
A.. B. Jennings I t
Josiah Macy eBtate 2.6
J. A. Bostwick 4.9
Charles Lockhart estate 8 9
W. O. Warden 4.2
J, V. Harkness 8 4
II. M. Flagler 8.6
O. M. Payne 7.1
John Huntington 1.7
J. J. Vandesrlft 1.4
The holding of these fifteen men repre
sent 90 per cent of the total $98,000,000 cap
ital stock of the Standard Oil company of
New Jersey. The remaining 10 per cent la
held In very small lots by different Standard
oil men and the outside public
The fine, of course, falls heavier upon
John D. Rockefeller. He must bear 27.4 per
cent of the $29,240,000 loss. His share of
the fine Is $8,011,780.
This Is about one-third of the total he
has received In dividends from th. Standard
oil aliioe 1898. Mr. Rockefeller's yearly
share of the distribution has been as fol
lows: J. D. Rockefel-I J, D. Rockefel-
Year- ler's share Tear ler's share.
189S $ 8,5,0n0H9i3 11.888.800
19 8.894.600!li4 9.P62.000
1SJ0 I2.938.000'1i5 10.7fW.000
19H 11.933.000 1906 10.7ftKO
1902 12.127,600il9o7 6,431.8)0
The total of these Is $104,630,000, or about
three and one-half times the amount of
Judge Landls' fine.
It la figured that the Standard oil Is now
earning profits at the rate of $60,000,000 a
year, so the fine Inflicted, by the federal
court represents half a year's earnings of
the huge money making machine.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The Cleveland man who haa sued to get
his mother-in-law back never wrote jokes
for a living.
Origin of the habit. Barneses II, now
stands accused of carving his name on
monuments a thousand years old.
Rockefeller overpaid his taxes at Tarry
town. However, It ia believed that else
where he has refrained from this course.
It is estimated that New York grocers
make $30,000,000 a year by the use of false
measures. Some statistician kicking on
his grocery bill.
Secretary Taft hopes to spend several
days In Yellowstone National park on his
coming western trip If the arrangements
he has made are carried out. He will go
Into the park at what is known as the
Montana entrance after leaving Denver,
where he will make a speech on August 29,
and will leave the park In time to meet his
engagement to speak at Portland, Ore., Sep
tember 6.
Francis Miles Finch, formerly dean of
the Cornell Law sohool and for fifteen
years an associate Justice of the New
York court of appeals, who died on July
30, at the age of W years, was well known
as a writer of poetry. He was the author
of "Nathan Hale" and "The Blue and the
Q ray," as well as the songs written for the
Psl ' Upsilon fraternity. His smoking song
of "Psl U." is a claaslo of Its kind and
for years It haa been the custom at Psl V.
meetings to alng the title page of his song
book line by line, each line ending with
the prelaws "Pal V. Flock." ,
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NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Fulton Post: Many country editors aro
branding tho new primary law as "a
fraud from start to finish," with variations,
etc. But we predict It will be alright when
the people become acquainted with It a
step In the right' direction. It may need
some amendments as we go along, but a
little mature Judgment on the part of the
clerks and Judges will make the Initiation
easy.
Stanton Picket: Tho robber express com
panies doing business In this state, after
seeing that they were whipped to a stand
still, asked for a compromise. The law
passed by the republican legislature last
winter provided that they reduce their
rates 25 per cent. The courts hetd that the
law was good and now these companies
want to compromise by making a 15 per cent
reduction. The railroad commission should
stand firm and Insist that the law be en
forced to the letter now that Judge Mun
ger has passed on the question.
Beatrice Sun: Is there anything in poll-
tics that makes the trade worth the la
bor? One of the really pitiable. sights Is to
see a young man who has been so unfor
tunate as to have held an office trying to
get It again. Office-holding actually dis
qualifies a man for any other vocation In
life. After a few years the disease takes
a chronlo form. The man who has held
office begins to feel that the people owe
him a living and that he must either
have a place at the publio crib or go to the
poor house. The same amount of effort
made In any other direction will yield a
greater return than In pursuit of office, and
will at the same time build up a man's
character It there is anything to build
upon.
Tekamah Herald: Judge W. H. Munger
of the United States circuit court denies the
injunction against the state, asked for
by the express companies, to prevent the
putting In force of the 25 per cent reduction,
as required by state law. Judge Munger
said that It did not appear to him that an
Irreparable Injury would be done the ex
press companies pending the Investigation
of the legality or Justness of the act com
plained of by the state supreme court,
therefore, the court would not grant the
temporary order of Injunction. We admire
the position of the court; It has fairness
stamped on Its face. Courts should be
careful not to annul state laws unless they
are convinced that great wrong would
follow their enforcement
Columbus Telegram: It Is disappointing
to the Telegram that Mr. Bryan has not
seen fit to declare at this time for govern
ment ownership, and to ask the democratic
party to so declare. Our view Is that
there should be no temporising. With the
federal courts occupied by a majority of
Judges appointed from the ranks of railroad
attorneys, It is Idle to hope for the enforce
ment of any laws against the criminal
rich who own railroads and manipulate
them to the detriment of the publio. We
had hoped that Mr. Bryan would come
over to our view before the opening of the
next campaign. However, the sentiment In
favor of government ownership Is growing
very fast, .and Bryan la helping that
growth, even though he does not ask the
party to commit Itself. And as to the
charge that he has changed his attitude re
garding that great problem, we positively
know It ts not true. To fairly state his
position. It Is not necessary to say more
than that he believes government owner
ship to be the ultimate solution of the
railroad problem, but also believes that
the plan of regulation ought first to be
flven a fatr trial
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MIIITHFI'L REMARKS.
"What was he plr.ched for!"
"Obtaining money under false pretenses.
"How was that!
"Oh, he had a city hall Job, and he pre
tended tlint he was earning his salary."
Cleveland Leader.
"Is Mrs. Wise at home!" inquired Mrs.
Chatters, standing In the shadow of the
doorway. v
"I don't know, ma'am," replied the ser
vant, "I can't tell till I get a better look
at ye. If ye've a wart on the side o' your
nose, ma'am, she ain't." Washington
Herald.
InqulRltitve Constituent Senator, what do
you suppose Japan wants of the Philip
pines! Eminent Statesman My dear sir, that Is
what the Japanese will be asking them
selves when they've had the Philippines as
long a we have. Chicago Tribune,
"A spark fell on her dress and It began
to smoke; in another minute It would have
been on fire."
"Oh, what happened?"
"No smoking Is allowed In that part of
the cur she was In, so the conductor put
her out." Baltimore American.
"Do you think that songs exert a power
ful Influence on human conduct?" Inquired
the man who liked abstruse topics.
"No," answered MIsb Cayenne; "look at
the man who will stay out till 2 and 3
o'clock In the morning singing 'Home,
Bweet Home.' "Washington Btar.
"They call the town you live In 'woman
i live In 'womanVi
the man with t1 A
the women ouW
ilx to one?" 1
paradise,', do tueyT" said the
pointed nose. "Because
number the men five or sin
"Not at all," answered the man with the
bulging brow. "Because the men outnum
ber the women five or six to one."
Chicago Tribune. .. . , - . f.
the: blle and the orav.
By the late Francis Miles Finch.
By the flow of the Inland river,
Whence the fleets of Iron have fled.
Where the blades of the grave-grass
quiver.
Asleep are the ranks of the dead;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day;
Under the one. the Blue,
Under the other, the Gray.
These In the roblngs of glory,
Those In the gloom of defeat,
All with the battle-blood gory,
In the dusk of eternity meet;
Under the sod and the dow.
Waiting the Judgment day;
Under the laurel, the Blue,
Under the willow, the Gray.
From the silence of sorrowful hours
The desolate mourners go.
Lovingly laden with flowers
Alike for the friend and foe
Under the sod and the dew, .
Watting the Judgment day;
Under the roses, the Blue,
Under the lilies, the Oray.
So with an equal splendor
The morning sun-rays fall.
With a touch Impartially tender.
On the blossoms blooming for all;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day;
Eroldered with gold, the Blue,
Mellowed with gold, the Gray.
So, when the summer calleth.
On forest and field of grain.
With an equal murmur fnlleth
The cooling drip of the rain;
Under the sod and the dewj
Waiting the judgment day;
Wet with the rain, the Blue,
Wet with the rain, the Gray.
Badly, but not with upbraiding,
The generous deed was done.
In the storm of the years that are fading.
No braver battle was won;
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the Judgment day;
Under the blossoms, the Blue,
Under the garlands, the Oray.
No more shall the war-cry sever.
Or -the winding fivers be red;
They banish our anger forever
wnen they laurel the graves of our dead!
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the judgment dayj
Love and. tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Orajr.
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