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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1907.
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VICTOR R06EWATF.R, EDITOR. ''
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; . STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
fJ Plate of Nebraska, Douglas county, sat
i, Oeorge I. Tmchucfc. treasurer or The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn, says that the actual number of
I full and complete ooplet of The Pally
Morning, Evening and Sunday Boe prlntel
during the month of August, I'ilt', was as
p follows:
1 38.TSO
17 ;.. 3C640
' t 30,940
I 7,040
' 4 30,000
37,440
' f 38,830
i so,roo
I 36,089;
36,KJ0
10 36,t30
11 M,60
It 87 ,80
II 87,110
14 38,730
Vli 3Q.770
14 86,eS0
Total
13
,19....
.20....
11....
22
23...,
39,800
37 iJO
37.000
30.643
36,390
30,980
It S6,960
55...
26...
17...
28...
I...
10...
81...
3 "5,600
30,780
so.rso
30 4E0
30,000
30,840
38,140
,.1.13310
'. Less unsold and returned coplea. 11,340
Net total 1,136074
Pally average.... 30,364
OEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this list day of Augun, 1 b 37.
(Seal) M. B HUNUATK,
Notary fublla.
WHEN Ol'T OP TOWN. '
Babacrlbera leaving the city tm
pararll anoald save Tbe Bee
Mailed to them. Addreaa will be)
chaaged as often aa rrurati-d.
Nebraska la euro of the hoi.s
tha Western league this year.
in
"Car shortage" 1b goins.to be too
xcuse for the high price of fuel this
winter.
Winter has arrived si Modiclno Hat.
No objection to It resting there for
about three months.
Cans and prltt have demonstrated
that a prize fight' may be as dangerous
aa a meeting of the Illinois Central
directors.
, Fifty-eight socialist ballots were
cast the Douglas county primary.
The rest of them wero busy preaching
the goapel.
Some Ohio people seem to have an
idea that President Roosevelt and
Colonel Bryan aro running for mayor
of Cleveland.
"I approve of President Roosevelt
and all of his policies," says Senator
Depew. Is it possible that the "Rqose
velt luck" is waning?
Tho French government has gener
ously decided to let Morocco pay all
the expenses. Incurred In making the
country a French province.
' ' Statistics show that 81.721 persona
are In jail In the United States. There
J ia no Way Of ascertaining the number
Of those who ought to be.
Senator Depew Is as crafty as ever
In political affairs. He takes pleasure
in publicly endorsing politicians an!
candidates whom ho does not like.
.-A telephone company at Portland,
Mo.; has asked for a receiver. The
trouble was all caused by the frjluro
of patrons to keep the transmitters
basy.
Southern papers aro 6how:nr; rare
powers of suppression. None of .them
baa had any "I-told-you-so" edltorlalo
on those ce riots out on, the Pacific
coast.
Latest reports from the Walter Well
nan expedition Indicate that the wind
insists upon blowing toward the lec
ture platform Instead of toward the
north pole.
Fish, Harrtman and Harahan will
come .together at the meeting of the
Illinois Cefitral directors on October
1 5. That leaves or a month for train
ing purposes.
."Senator FornUer does not stand for
the republican party," says the Cleve
land Leader. And, by tho same token,
the republican party does not stand
for Senator Foraker.
A New York woman wants a divorce
because Iwr husband threw beer Into
her face. The average New York man
refuses to throw beer into anyone's
face except his own.
The New York World is making a
fuss over the political campaign funds
Of 1904. Republicans and democrats
alike are nioro concerned about where
the campaign funds fcr 1908 may bo
secured.
Hall.Calne's physicians have advised
him to -tafce the rest cure. Those
doctors ought to be induced to pre
scribe for Foraker, Tillman, Hobson,
Dcrcw ?.rsi rams other statesmen and
ccar-r.ateeuen who might be men
tioned.
THE lirCBEAMNO FBXBlOIt ROLL. .
Contrary to all calculations of
Washington officials and other experts
in pension matters, the appropriation
for pensions by the next congress will
not show any reduction from the
$145,000,000 appropriated the fiscal
year ending In June, while there are
some indications that the amount may
be Increased. When the McCumber
act, granting a pension to each veteran
who had reached the age of 62 years,
was adopted by congress it was esti
mated that the death rate among the
pensioners, which In increasing rap
idly, would so reduce the appropria
tions that the pension expense would
not be materially increased by the op
eration of the new law. Commissioner
Warner's forthcoming annual report,
however, will show that about 350,000
applications for new pensions and In
creases have been filed under the new
law and that these are being granted
at the rate of 1,600 a day. For the
last fiscal year the increase under the
McCumber act watf about 14,000,000
' and the pension commissioner esti
mates that this will be increased to
$10,000,000 for the coming year. This
will about offset the lapses by deaths
of pensioners so the appropriation for
tho next fiscal year will be about
$145,000,000, the same as for the
present year.
Reports presented to the encamp
ment at Saratoga show that the mem
bership of the Grand Army of the Re
public is 227,748, or about half what
It was in 1900. In the last year
9,052 members died and 6,506 old
soldiers joined the organization. This
shows that about one-third of the vet
erans of the wais belong to the Orand
Army of the Republic. The total
number of pensioners In 1906 was
958,971. of which 712,419 were veter
ans and the others widows and minor
heirs. The largest number of pen
sioners were paid In 1S98, when 993,
714 persons were on the rolls. While
the veterans have been dying at the
rate of 100 a day, congress hag been
increasingly liberal la passing new
Tension laws, so that the number of
pensioners has not been reduced very
rapidly and but little decrease has
been shown in the amount appropri
ated each year for pension purposes.
The largest pension appropriation was
for 1893, when the amount was $158,
155,342. Reductions were then noted
until the low mark was reached at
$138,000,000 in 1902. This was
maintained for three years, when the
more liberal laws caused the increase
to be $145,000,000, which has been
the. appropriation for the last two
years and, according to the commis
sioner's, report, will be required for
the next year.. Since 1861, Including
the fiscal year endingwith June, 1907,
the government has paid In pensions
to. its veterans and their dependents a
total of $3,657,994,667.
. triors. TARIFF AXD FOOD PRICKS,
The federal bureau of labor at
Washington has just published the
results of its investigation Into wages
and retail prices of food, the figures
showing that a gain in both items,
with a slight advantage in favor of
wages for the year 1906. It Is un
fortunate that the investigations of
the bureau deal with the cost of food
only, instead of including the other
items of living expense, like fuel, rent
and clothing. This is the finding of the
bureau's investigation, brought down
to the end of 1966:
As compared with the average for the
ten-year period. 180 to 1899, the average
wages per hour In 1904 were 24.1 per cent
higher, the number of employes In the
ert"bshnt investigated was 42. per
cent greater, and the average hours of
labor per week were 4. per cent lower.
The average earnings per employe per full
I week In 19(6 Were 111.6 per cent higher than
i the average earnings per full week during
1 the ten years, 1880 to 18a9. The retail price
of the principal articles of food, weighted
according to family consumption of the
various articles, war 15.7 per cent higher
In 1M6 than the average price for the ten
years, H99 to 1(36. Compared with tho
average for the same ton-year period, the
purchasing power of an hour's wages In
19j6, aa measured by food, was 7.1 per cent
greater, and of a full week's wages li per
cent greater, the Increase in the purchasing
power of the (ull week's wages being less
than the increase In the purchasing power
of hourly wages because of the reduction
In the hours of labor.
According to that showing wages
were from 2.4 to 7.3 per cent ahead
of the game in the race with food
prices for 1906. The record does not
deal with the figures in 1907. It is
known, however, that food stuffs have
shown an advance so far this year,
while there has also been marked in
crease In wagea in many industries
The indications, therefore, aro that
there has been little comparative
change thia year from the showing of
last.
The New York World and other
domociatlc papers, reviewing these
figures, contend that one of the princi
pal factors In the fight for a proper
balance between wages and the coat
of living must be a reasonable reduc
tlon of the tariff. In the ten years prior
to 1900 the number of manufacturing
establishments in the country Increased
4 4 per cent, with an Increase of 35
per cent in output value, while wagea
increased 23 per cent. Capltallxatlon
and production both grew faster than
tie wage fund. Between 1900 and
1905 wages and production both In
creased 29 per cent, but both were far
turpasaed by the Hue in salaries,
superintendence and miscellaneous ex
pense, and by the swollen capital re
ceiving fancy dividends. On this show
ing, it is argued that the tariff benefits
by opening new markets to American
mannfacturers and adding largely to
the wealth of the country, hajre been
largely to the big operators, the cap
tains of finance and Industry, without
being shared In proper proportion by
the wage earners.
The net argument offered by the
labor bureau's figures Is that the manu
facturers and the farmers, as the pro
ducing classpg, have largely gained by
conditions of the last eight years. The
bureau's wage inquiries appear to have
been confined to selected industries,
where labor 1b aggressive and highly
organized, while its price inquiries
were confined to food alone, which of
the total cost of living forms only that
part most subject to the restraints of
competition. The burenu's figures are
not conclusive as to actual wage earn
ings and omits all inquiries into the
pay of salaried employes, which notori
ously have not kept pace with the ad
vances paid to organized labor in the
industries.
THF. LATEST "BICGKfl" RHW.
The Lusitanla's arrival In New York,
with a record of five days and fifty-four
minutes from Queen6town, breaks the
record In steamship travel across the
Atlantic. ' It marks another epoch in
the evolution of ocean navigation, the
most pronounced, perhaps, since the
Great Eastern reached the port of New
York, in June, 18C0, after an eleven
days' trip from Southampton.
The Lusltanin's claim to distinction
is that it is the largest, most powerful.
and, it Is believed, tho fastest trans
atlantic liner ever launched and the
greatest turbine steamer ever con
structed. It Is 785 feet long, with a
maximum displacement of 43,000 tons.
a horse power of 6S.000 and a speed
Capacity of about twenty-nine miles an
hour, tho culmination, at least for the
present, of the turbine type of marine
propulsion. Compared with it, the
Great Eastern would look like an ex
cursion boat.
The use of the turbine in Bteam
navigation has grown rapidly since
1894, when the first vessel englned
with a compound steam turbine was
built. The success of that vessel at
tracted the attention of the British
admiralty, which has since used the
turbine system In many torpedo boats
and fighting ships of the smaller class.
The first passenger vessel thus pro
pelled was the King Edward, built on
the Clyde In 1901. Since that time
the progress of the steam turbine has
been rapid, so that now vessels of this
type are in service all over the world.
The United States government has au
thorized the use of the turbine in one
of the big battleships in process of con
struction.
In addition to thi3 test of the turbine
a sentimental factor enters into the
work of the Lusitanla. Great Britain
wants to regain Its . old-time speed
supremacy on the ocean, now held by
Germany. Some years ago a German
vessel broke the record between New
York and Southampton, and, as it
Eteamed Into port, broke out a broad
blue banner bearing the inscription,
"Made In Germany." The Britons have
never got over feeling sore over that
incident. The Lusitanla Is "Made in
Great Britain," and, If it comes up to
promises, England may again sing
"Rule Britannia," without arousing a
snicker In German maritime circles.
ITS CHIKF ADVERTISING FKATUltK.
The old story about a prophet being
seldom appreciated In his own home
Is strikingly recalled by a communica,
tion said to have emanated from a cor
respondent in Lincoln and embodied
in an editorial In the current number
of CoIller'B. Slightly condensed, this
classic Is reproduced as follows:
Politics Is the great theme of conversa
tion In Mr. Bryan's town. Of course, every
Lincolntte knows Bryan, knows him well,
and even, In reminiscent mood, speaks of
him as "Bill." For It is a matter of great
pride with the Inhabitants of Lincoln,
Neb., to know Bryan personally, when
away from home, at least. It Is not un
common to hear one of theoe cheerful liars, 1
when In a -distant town, speak with fond
recollections of the evenings he has spent
on the capacious porch at Falrview, blow
ing smoke rings into the air and gravely
discussing the probable result of the next
election. Tho traveling Llncolnlte has
spoken to Bryan and has felt Ills kindly
handshake and received that broad smllo
which Is given to friend and foe. Maybe
he has gone out to Fulrvlew to see tho
Jersey cows and Shorthorn cattle that Mr.
Bryan delights In, and stood on the front
porch and viewed the "fair view" thero
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apparent. But none of the Inhabitants of
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Lincoln have the keen vision of Willis J.
Abbott, the magazine writer, who stood
on that porch and gated upon the broad
bosom of the placid Platte lying fifty miles
or mora to the north. A member of the
clubs' of the city, he seldom takes his lunch
with the business men, becauso of stress
of work during the few days he spends In
Lincoln. On rare occasions, when he doe
lunch at the Commercial club, he Is the
constant center of -an Interested crowd, and
the topic of conversation there for days
afterward. Lincoln recognises that Bryan
Is Its chief claim to the notice of the world.
It regards him as its chief advertising
feature, and if he is ever again the candi
date for the presidency he will receive the
votes of many ardent republicans beraus.
they want to see a fallow townsman ex
alted and their city advertised.
The admission that Bryan Is re
garded as Lincoln's "chief advertising
feature," and that he constitutes its
paramount 'claim to the notice
of the outside world, must ,be a con
fession Intended to relieve the soul.
It explains, however, why a majority
of the good people of Lincoln would
prefer to have him continue an Itiner
ant advertising agent for their town
rather than be cooped up within the
narrow walls of the White House at
Washington, with Lincoln relegated
to comparative obscurity.
Lincoln people occasionally boast
about various attractions which make
their city pleasant to visit er com
fortable to live In. But now we know
that Its chief feature is Colonel Bryan
and that he Is so seldom in Lincoln
that he ran be more easily met with
elsewhere. "
The local organ of the socialists pro
nounces the World-Herald to be "enlg
statical
in its attitude on socialismJ
and the World-Herald admits the soft
impeachment. In this as la all other
subjects on which public opinion Is
sharply divided, the double-ender
wants It distinctly understood that It
does not want to be understood.
The University of Nebraska has had
an Inquiry from the nenhew of the
president of the Arsentlne Republic
and a distant relative of King Al
fonso of Spain, which is advertised
far and wide as foreshadowing the ad
rent of a representative of royalty In
the student body. If the ftfty-elev-
! enth cousin of the Spanish king wants
to enjoy the benefits of -Nebraska's ed
ucational facilities he should be ad
mitted on the same terms as other
nonresident students.
It Is reported that the Union Pacific
has leased the Pacific express building
for a five-year term for office accom
modations for some of its departments.
Such p. lease would Indicate that the
new headquarters building is far in
the future. Inasmuch, however, as
the Union Pacific practically owns the
Pacific Express, it Is really a lease
made by the railroad with Itself, which
it could doubtless easily terminate by
mutual agreement.
The railroad lawyers Insist that they
have been forced to seek protection of
federal court injunctions against the
Nebraska Railway commission. They
insisted they were forced to ask fed
eral court Injunctions to help them
evade paying their taxes a year or two
ago. It doesn't take much to force
the railroad lawyers to run for cover
to the federal courts.
A great many adverse criticisms
upon the direct primary as held in Ne
braska are ahead of the game, partic
ularly those which complain of a light
vote. When the figures are footed up
they will show that the vote was by
no means light. In fact, most of the
Other objections will also In all proba
bility prove to have been premature.
Public school attendance in Omaha
shows a marked Increase over the cor
responding period of last year. Part
of this la due to new legislation rais
ing the age limit of compulsory school
attendance and prohibiting child' labor,
and part of it is due to a steadily
growing population.
The populist candidate for supreme
judge swears to spending just 20 cents
more in his preliminary campaign than
the' democratic candidate for supreme
judge. This looks a great deal like a
gentleman's agreement In restraint of
political trade.
"Taft loves the dollar first and the
people next, if at all," said Colonel
Br yah In an address at Tulsa, I. T.
Mr. Taft might retort that he does not
make the people buy tickets to hear
him talk.
Lightning struck "Uncle "Joe" Can
non's barn the other day and destroyed
his hay crop. "Uncle Joe" will prob
ably want the Dingley schedules
r.rjosnded to Include a prohibitive tariff
on lightning.
The eale of tlcketn on North Carolina
railroads haa a little more than dou
bled since th- 2-cent rate law went
Into effect. -The railroads must be
having trouble in trying to show that
the new rate is confiscatory.
Breathing Time Detween Worries.
Philadelphia Press.
The predatory corporations do not have
much timo between worries. The president
will hardly be through with his six speeches
in the Mississippi valley before he will hand
In his annual message to congress.
Cash obi Vnaecurtd Note,
Kansas City Times.
A bandit walked' Into a Nebraska bank
and demanded $00,000.- The cashier promptly
offered him a package containing 11,000.
Btlll, this Is better success than most of us
have In securing money at the bank, con
sidering the security offered.
Pnaa the Prise.
, Baltimore American.
A lawyer In a New Tork police court
testified that he had never done anything
wrong In his life. And yet, up to date, he
not received an offer to go Into vaude.
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villa or had a bid for the National museum
or Smithsonian Institution a ons
greatest of all living curiosities.
of the
"Judlcloaa Perception" of Railroads.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Nor Is the ruling (on the 1-cent fare law)
entirely unexpected, since the resort to a
Philadelphia court of a corporation that has
accepted a similar enactment without con
teat In other states Indicates a Judicious
perception of the quarter where theories of
law favorable to It were most likely to pre
vail. POLITICAL lift I FT. .
Minneapolis votes on a home rule char
ter next Tuesday.
Uncle Joe Cannon did not give up cigar
smoking entirely. The most Imposing pose
Of the speaker Is still true to life.
Boston's debt haa passed the IIOO.OOO.OO
mark, making the Hub rank second to
New York. Both ( tiles Illustrate tho close
alliance of debt and democracy.
The Louisville Courier-Journal aaya that
"hell Is full of such democrats as Tom
Watson and Hearst How the editor se
cured the Information la not stated. '
According to a decision of the supreme
court of Michigan, the voting machine de
stroys the secrecy of tha ballot and the law
authorising lta use Is unconstitutional.
Governor Hughes of New Tork Is opposed
to annual sessions of tne legislature. He
thinks all the laws needed can be put
through a three months' session every two
years
A poll of the Kansas republican editors
on the presidential question shows a pre
ponderance of Taft sentiment. It also
shows that Ohio was a big contributor to
the early settlement of tha Sunflower state.
Hon. Roswell B. Burchard. who is promi
nently apoken of as the candidate who will
be nominated by the republicans of Rhode
Island for governor, is one of tha most
versatile men In tha state. Ha la at pra-
sent speaker of the house of repreaenta-
h" h spndit success in busi-
neas ana as a isacner, a lawyer, an editor.
and Is an authority on yachting, canoeing
j and suif
-vi. w
OTHFM l.nft THA OI K.
The warning note of "the yellow peril"
sounded by the German emperor during the
progress of the RUFSo-Jnpsnes war, and
widely ridiculed St the time. Is brought
directly home to the people of the raclflo
coast by the Increasing Influx of Asiatics.
San Francisco's opposition to Japanese
coolie, which caused a furore In official
clrrles last winter, Is emphasised by tha
recent outbreaks In Belllngham and Van
couver. National boundary lines are
brushed aside by American snd British
Columbian In making common cause against
the oriental horde. It Is destined to be an
Irrepressible conflict, or which the recent
outbreaks are tha preliminary symptoms.
i Mr. Goodwin Smith, the distinguished
Canadian scholar, sees In the Invasion "a
common difficulty and danger" for Canada
and the I'nlted States. "Chinese and
Japanese are unasslmllable by us," he
writes. "The gulf which divides them from
us, morally, mentally and In the case of
the Chinese politically, appears almost Im
passable: at least to bridge It would be tho
work of generations. Tet come apparently
they will. England, has in fact, bound
us to admit the Japanese by Its alliance
with them, the fruit of a prejudice against
Russia and fear of Its designs which
might almost be called hallucination. Wo
see In this that the foreign policy of Great
Britain is not always Identical with ours.
Admitting the Japanese, we could hardly
exclude the Chinese especially If, as seems
highly probable, a close relation should
ba formed between China and Japan. Al
ready they are settling here In consid
erable numbers, may being made for the
Introduction of their labor by the strikes.
The Influx of Japanese coming here under
thu shield of the Anglo-Japanese alliance,
Into the United Btates can hardly be pre
vented, and ma? oause trouble with the
American government. The Influx of
Japaneso Into Canada Is now stated to be at
the rate of 800 a month. Since January
last over 4.0n0 had arrived In British
Columbia. 233 of them In one week, while
2.TO0 more were en route. During July 133
Chinese paid the poll tax of $500 on enter
itis. Of 858 Japanese arriving at Victoria,
flil were males and only seventy-seven
females. It Is needless to say what moral
dangers such a disparity of sexes, which
Is still greater In the case of the Chinese,
Involves, will government ever pay at
tention to this matter?"
Hall Calne, author of many stories of
more or less human interest, weaves a
wreath of romance and approbation and
places It on the brow of Ralsull. He calls
his hero Rals U1L The novelist protests
that the Moroccan chlof. Instead of being,
as " commonly, designated, a kidnaper, a
blackmailer, a bandit and all round crimi
nal. Is a high minded rebel leader, an
enemy of oppression, and fri.nH e k.
poor. He emplovs hia akin
'purely as a political weapon. With It he
wrM tunas to wage his campaign to force
the government to grant desired reforms.
"Such men In history and In literature
when rightly understood," writes Mr. Calne,
"become, the mont moving and Impressive
of human figures. Karl Moor, Rob Roy.
Monte Crlsto, Garibaldi, David Laziarettl
the avengers, the protectors, the deliverers,
the liberators, the prophets of the poor. The
brigand becomes more and more terrific
as one by one his enemies fall before him.
lie has no misgivings about the vengeance
he executes upon them, for his crimes are
not crimes, because they are commissioned
by Allah. He Is the emissary of the Most
High, going about as the arm of Justice.
Having reached this stage. Rals I'll Is a
figure around which legends begin to
gather. Incredible stories are told of his
physical prowess, of his personal beauty,
of his tenderness, hla humor, pathos, and
charm. A certain atmosphere of melan
choly gathers about the outlaw and lifts
htm Into the region of poetry and romance.
The final development Is reached When
Rals Uli begins to be accredited wKh
supernatural assistance. Why is It that
the armies of the Sultan cannot capture
him? Because Allah is guarding Vis own.
How did he escape from prison? By the
help of saints and angels. It may be all
very crude and fantastic, and almost
grotesque and vulgar, but It has a creepy
resemblance to certain great Incidents In
history and biography which mankind does
not laih at any longer, but talks of with
bated breath."
The Danish government has voted 15.000
crowns for decorating the stations of the
state railways artistically. The sum Is not
large, but the experiment of using these
stations as a medium of popular artistic
culture will be watched with Interest else-
"n"9' new periodical specially devoted
to the cause of beautifying Germany, the
Schwablscha Helmat. suggests that the
government of that country should follow
the example of DenmirU n i
The writer admits that paintings would
nuraiy De in place In the railway stations
of a large city, where everybody Is In a
hurry, and where time-tables and adver
tisements take up too much room; but he
thinks they would do much good In similar
places, where they would be sure of ap
preclation by the rural .folk.
A correspondent of the r a an.....
" " .nuiuuii .:j;ri iaiJ
calls attention to one nha e t,. c ..
government's antl-clerlcal policy that
cuna urn icnsxns to wnicn hatred of re-,
iBious iorms carries the authorities. In
Its decree of absolute di
nhd state the ministry has deprived the
army of Its chaplalna, removing them not
only from the field, but from the military
nuayiiais, wnere melr ministrations are
required In time of near aa wall .1.1.1--
war. The correspondent relatea an Incl-
uc.i uL-vurnng near (."bianco, where a
nrncn soiaier, mortally wounded by a
Moorish bullet, could not obtain the
SDlritual onnarttallnn k .4 i
. n ipiicu ,ii ma lull
moments. And such funeral services as
were hold beside his grave were conducted
by a trooper, who recited one or two brief
p. a j i a,
Probably there has been no attempt t0
frame a graphic conception or the stu
pendous aggregate of China's millions half
so successful as that of tha veteran Ameri
can Baptist missionary. Rev. Dr. William
Ashmore. It was first worked out during
his residence at Swatow. China, In 1888.
and printed there. But it will serve ex
cellently well at the present moment, when
In various relations, political, military and
aortal, as well aa Yiumnianltartan and re
ligious, the world's attention Is being con
centrated upon China. Dr. Ashmore's
method Is vividly described In tha current
Harper's Weekly. It Is to Imagine tha
population vt ,000,0o0 on the march in
review. Befora he gets through, the read
er'a head fairly swims and reels at the
passing of the Interminable multitudes.
Tha authorities differ on the population of
China. The old official census of 1812 mad
It 3dO.OCO.000. A late statement based on
partial returna puts It at tS2.CO3.0u0; but it
Is often quoted In round number at 4CO.000.
000. Dr. Ashmore takes tha lowest of all
these figures In his calculations. He mar
shals the Chinese by the great provinces
sixteen of them In all. The first of them,
Chlahll, the capital province of the em
pire, is about the stxe of the state of Illin
ois. In that space Is packed a population
or n.W0,l71. They would reach nearly 7,161
mlloa, stretching from tha steps, of the
capltol at Washington across the continent
and far away Into tha middle of tha Pa
cific ocean, and would require 197 days In
paaslng. By tha time tha population of tha
remaining fifteen provinces had passed, tha
reviewer would have been watching a con
tinuous procession of Chinese for mors than
thirteen years.
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DIB RESPECT FOR TUB STATES
0e SlgalSeant Fes tar of tst Penn
sylvania Rat Case.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
But the point In this case to which at
tention should be especially directed is
that the Pennsylvania company brought
Its action against the new state statute
In a state and not In a federal court, and
It Is In the state courts that It gains pre
liminary satisfaction. There will there
fore be no disturbing claah of state and
federal authority, no threats from either
to crush the other, no collision of Injunc
tions and writs of habeas corpus and tha
like. Instead there will be a quiet appeal
of the case by tha state to the state su
preme court, and If Judgment then goes
against the railroad In reversal of tha
lower court, only then and very properly
may the case be carried up to the I'nlted
States supreme court on such federnl ques
tions of constitutionality aa may be In
volved. How much better thli procedure is as
compared with the course taken by the
railroads In Virginia, In North Carolina,
in Alabama, In Minnesota and In Missouri,
every one ought to recognlxe. The superior
propriety of the Pennsylvania's course
from a strictly legal standpoint must also
be conceded. It Is a state law which Is
In question. It Is a law applying to rail
road business wholly within a state. State
constitutions as well as the federal consti
tution undertake to afford protection ' to
the rights of property, and If they did not
the state courts are competent to enter
tain cases raising a question of the validity
of a state statute under the federal con
stitutional provision that states shall not
deprive persons of their property without
due process of law. But note the Penn
sylvania constitution on this point: , "Nor
can he be deprived of his life, liberty
or property unless by the' Judgment of his
peers or the law of the land." which ia
similar to the Massachusetts constitutional
provision and which Is the precise equiva
lent In Judicial Interpretation to the "due
process of law" so frequently Invoked In
such cases finder the fourteenth federal
amendment. The constitutions of the south
ern states, adopted since the civil war, are
more cloaely worded to the fourteenth
amendment model, and even less excuse
exists for appealing in the first Instance to
the federal courts in those states over the
heads of the state courts against a state
law than existed In this Pennsylvania case.
Let us have from railroad and other
large corporations more respect for the
state courts and tha state authority and
state disposition to do Justice. The Penn
sylvania Railroad company has set a good
example. To appeal in the first Instance
to a federal tribunal on a question of
state law r.s affecting business within the
state Is to Insult the state and cultivate
a hostility of local sentiment which can
never lie o the advantage of the railroad
or other corporation In that ntale.
FULFILLED HIS MISSION.
Roosevelt Hat Rroarcht Abont n .ew
Era In National Politics.
New England Magaslne.
To the discriminating man It Is rlaln
that Americans are living In a new political
era. The . presidency of Roosevelt has
wrought many changes in our national eco
nomic and Industrial affairs, but Its
effect upon our politics has . been no
lens powerful and fundamental. For
good or 111, the old days Of manipulated
national conventions have passed away.
The people seldom are denied their wish
for the highest candidate, but from now on
they will have their demands obeyed with
out question. The bosses usually try to
favor the strongest and most popular can
didate, anyhow; but the people of the par
ties henceforth will hardly pay as much
attention to the actions or pronouncements
of the bosxes. Tet It Is this almost dic
tatorial attitude . of the masses that Is
causing tha bosses tha greatest perplexity
and concern today and for a most peculiar
reason. That reason ia the aeemlng apathy
or Incomprehensible silence of the masses
on the question of the next presidential
nominee. Eleven months from the time
New England Magaslne subscribers are
reading these pages all the various parties
will have made their nominations and the
campaign will be under way. Yet today we
re without the slightest Indication of the
popular choice for president; wa see abso
lutely no enthusiasm whatever In the re
publican party and very little in any other
party for ante oertatn man for leader. No
such cridllion ever appeared before. It, Is
strange, and needs careful scrutiny. Why
Is It?
The men whose sad "booms" -are being
presented to the public are above the
average of candidates for the nomination.
Take the republican party first, for U Is
tho party to which the president belongs
and tha party of the majority as tha coun
try stands to day. Taft, Fairbanks, Can-
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Mr. Bryan. The reason Is the mine. Pnr.y
lines have been largely broken down, and
the democratic party Is not ready to fix I s
faith upon any man until It knows what
the republican party will do.
The towering figure of Roosevelt cats
a shadow, a blight upon all other men;
and until the figure passes this blight will
remain. Of course, In time it will pa?. It
must pass, and tha country will arouse
iltrelf from Its day dreaming and set Itself
I seriously to the Job of selecting n candi
date. But it will not be the same public
It was before Roosevelt came to them as
j their chief magistrate. Their Ideals wlil
be different and their demands more exact
ing. They will. In a sort of rage at f alllnx
to get Roosevelt again, "take It out" of his
successor In various ways. He will luu j
to walk more circumspectly than any other
president has done, and his conduct Hn.l
policies will be scrutinized as no oilier
man's in that ofilce.
I.AKllll.NU UAS.
"A penny for your thouxhta. Jones."
"I was Just wondertng If It would hi
safe to touch you for $10."- Cleveiutwl
leader.
"Remember," snid the fcerlnua pair 'r.t,
"that you aro making history."
"Well," nnswerrd Senator S irlns'",
"I'll do my best. Hut history Is l'ke r.nst
results of human endeavor. I nevef y t
saw any made to suit everybody." W'aj'.i
lngton Star.
"Jack Strong looks like a pretty he.ilMiy
fellow."
I "Healthy? I should say! ' Why, In
doesn't even get nervous at the t.iouji.
or being examined for lire Insurance." -
l Philadelphia Tress. .
I Amhlsh Is there anything In this olory
1 writing business?
I Naggus Is there? Rich girl fell In hvn
(With atory written by friend of mine aud
married him. Should say. Chl u-jo
; Tribune.
I "That compositor Is awful mad with tho
literary editor."
I "Why?"
! "Because the literary editor threw hl,i
Roetry out of the window and then toU
Im to follow copy." Baltimore Atne.l
can. "I never spent a dollar without Rett in
value received," boasted the shabby-looking
old millionaire.
"Well, dsd," replied his sin. "I'm not
going to find fault with you on that ac
count, but you must remember that yo:i
never could nave made much of an appear
ance, even If you had been willing to lonson
up." Chicago Record-Herald.
"The conscience fund Is a curious Insil-
" M (Vie atrnnirpr In the Citv.
I "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, "an I
If all the money thnt belongs there C'liiM
be collected the government would luiv
1 enough to run without collecting any taxes
' for a long time." Washington Slur.
"What's the surest sign that a man U
getting old?"
"When he belns to tell people thnt. h-i
feels Just as young as ho ever did." Cl" f-v
land Leader. A
"I'm mrrv tbev've aceoniTillFhed SO 11. tl'1'
I .1 T-V.A ln,' anl1 the m I1l-m.1 11 Mori'il
man. "War Is a terrible thing; tf-rrlhle."
"Oh! I don't know." replied the other.
"You don't mean to Bay you approve :
It?"
"I certainly do. I'm a publisher of ma:'
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WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR.
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Who Is my neighbor?
He who comes
And my unread newspaper bums,
Who d roiis around famtllar-llke
And wants to ride my brand-new bike,
Who like to tell me to my faco
The way I should conduct my place?
Well, not If I can help It.
Who la my neighbor?
He who alts
And on my veranda spits.
Who drops In when he cannot stay.
But t ill hangs out most all the day.
Though uninvited comes around
Uls tedious theories to expound?
Well, not If I can help It.
Who Is my neighbor?
He who bids
Mr wife look after all his kids
To let htm and the misses go
To spend an evening at the show.
And to repay the modest debt
Says, "Thank you," if he don't forget?
Well, not if I can help It.
Who la my neighbor?
He who tries
To borrow everything I prize.
Who takes my tools when they are brlgh
And brings them back to me a sight.
Who asks the loon of nil my wares.
From redhot stoves to teddy beam?
Well, not If I can help It,
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