THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, SEFTEMHEIt 17, 1007.
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STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas county,
Oeorre B. Tischur-k, treasurer of rlie
T n..l.1t.kl J-nmnanV hilllnif (1U 1 T
worn, saya that the actual number fr
full and complete coplei of The yT
Morning. Evening nd Sunday Bee printed
during the month of August, ln. was as
rouows:
1. 36,750 IT.
1 36,940 It.
... 36,640
. . . 38,800
I 37,040
4 , 35,900
......... 37,440
' 6........ 86,830
7.. 30,700
I... 36,580
9 38,660
10 36,830
J 1 38,550
II. .- - 37,340
11 37,110
14........ 36,700
15 36,770
It........ 37 130
20 37,000
21 36,640
II........ 36,390
21 86,990
14.
36,950
35,600
IS.
it 88,780
27 30,880
21 36 480
21 86,500
80 36,640
1 36,140
II 36,850
Total 1,138,320
Less unsold and returned copies. 11,346
Net total
Dally average....
1,136,974
36,354
GEO. B. TZ8CHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this list day of August, 1907.
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public
WHEN OUT or TOWN.
afcserlbers leavtas; the) city tea
porartly shoald have) The Im
saallea to then. Address will be
chanced as oftea as reuuestea.
Brush up (or the coming of the Ak-Sar-Ben
visitors.
A few discarded dbg muzzles should
be for sale cheap In Omaha Just now.
Our royalty-loving; democratic con
gressman Is mad. That's very evident.
It's all over for the base ball fans'
except telling each other Just how It
happened.
The weather man knows that a little
more heat will come In right handy to
dry the corn out.
"God made the Ice," says President
Oler of the National Ice trust. Yes,
but the trust made the price, all right,
all right.
The Central American nations pro
pose to adopt a peace understanding
as soon as they secure an understand
ing of peace.
The czar's yacht which ran aground
was the Standard. It must have struck'
on some submerged Kenesaw mountain
In the Baltic.
Sir Thomas Llpton wants to race
again next 'year . Apparently he wants
to keop 'ahead of Colonel Bryan's recT
ord of defeats.
Walter VYellmau expresses perfect
faith in, ''ultimate success of my plans
to reach the north pole." That word
"ultimate" Is being overworked.
New York has a toew storage reser
voir that will hold 670,000,000 gallons
of water. That's almost as much water
as they sometimes hold in Wall street.
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A campaign tor cleaner streets Is al
ways in order, but to be effective it
should enlist the householder and pri
vate citizen as well as the public au
thorities. Those automatlo sprinklers ought to
be equipped with come kind of a sig
nal device that would give advance no
tice of .when they propose to go off by
themselves.
Governor Sheldon will represent
Ca&s county in the republican state
convention. There is no room for
doubt as to how Governor Sheldon
stands at home.
Pennslyvanla's food commissioner
has sent to a pure food expert samples
of seventy-five brands of breakfast
foods, to find out what Is in them.
Well, for one thing, there's money in
them. 1
President Roosevelt will be com
pelled to accept another nomination,"
says Senator McCumber. The coun
try would like a photograph of the
president being "compelled" to do any
thing. ...-
"The greatest average man in the
world is the average .American," says
Colonel Bryan. It is cheering to find
the colonel raising one issue that will
be supported unanimously by all good
Americans.
Illinois officials are accused of using
dirty dough In making bread for the
Inmates of the poor houses. Dirty
dough has been used a great deal in
the last few years In high finance as
well as in poor houses.
An effort Is to be made to have con
gress pass a prohibition law lor the
District of Columbia. The Maryland
distilleries are Just across the line and
Virginia' saloons flourish on the south
banks of the Putoniao, - v
MlSRKrMCSKXTATIOX. i
Basing Its claims upon Its blgnss am
Its natural location, Omaha has been en
shied to secure freight rates and Con
cessions which give It an unjust and un
fair advantage over every other town
In the state. In order to maintain Itself
In this position It has persistently espoused
the cause of the railroads whenever tho
Interests of those corporations clashed with
those of the peoplo and has never hesitated
to drag rallrosd chestnuts from tho fire
when the corporation monkey expressed a
desire to have It play cntspaw. Its dele
gatlons to the state conventions of both
parties have almost Invariably been con
trolled by the railroads and Its represen
tattves In the legislature ha(vo with few
exceptions and these In lato years been
bold and open In their hostility to any
thing In the way of railway regulation and
have been notoriously under the control
of tho manipulators who have In the past
managed things at the capltot In the In
tereats of tho carrying corporations. Lin
coin News.
This Is the explanation vouchsafed
by a Lincoln paper for the hostility to
Omaha, evidenced in the vote out in
the state against the only Omaha can
dldate seeking nomination at the re
cent state-wide primary. A tissue of
more flagrant misrepresentation could
scarcely be concocted and it goes with
out saying that this sort of misrepre
sentation Is largely chargeable with the
baseless prejudice that has ' been
worked up against Nebraska's metrop
olis.
In the first place, Omaha enjoys no
freight rates which give It "an unjust
and unfair advantage over every other
town In the state." If any town In the
Btate could back up a complaint again6t
any rate as "unfair and unjust" it
would soon get relief from the Inter
state Commerce commission or from
the State Railway commission, as the
case might be. Such complaints have
occasionally been made, but few have
been sustained, though the defeated
litigant is always sure he has not had
a square deal.
As to pulling corporation chestnuts
out of the fire, Lincoln and Lancaster
county stand out as the most chronic
examples of railroad subserviency in
the whole state of Nebraska. Lancas
ter delegations to the legislature and
Lancaster representatives In state con
ventions have been notoriously voted
on orders from B. & M. headquarters.
The exceptions have been so few as
only to prove the rule. The legislative
delegations from Douglas county and
the convention delegations from Doug
las county, on the contrary, have been
more often free from corporation domi
nation than subject to it. Douglas
delegations fought in several successive
legislatures for terminal taxation and
other measures of railroad restriction
and regulation, while Lancaster dele
gations were lined up with the railroad
lobby. There never was a question as
to where the Douglas delegation In the
last legislature would vote on the plat
form pledges, while no one knew how
a majority of the Lancaster members
would be recorded until the roll call
was had.
Another factor in this misrepresen
tation of Omaha must not be over
looked, and that Is the damaging work
done by the railroads in attempting to
beat terminal taxation by arraying the
state against Omaha. People have not
yet forgotten "The Omaha Sponge"
circular distributed by the railroad
tax-bureaucrats nor the' columns of co
vert attacks upon Omaha Inserted by
the railroads in subsidized country
papers to create a sentiment that
would pave the way for the law-makers
to repudiate the promises on which
they had been elected. The harvest
sprung from the seed of "The Omaha
Spongo" circular and similar literature
emanating from railroad headquarters
will be reaped by Omaha for some time
yet to come. But to be told that this
conclusive proof of railroad ' disfavor
is proof of railroad favor savors some
what of "rubbing it in."
TROUBLES OF THE COPPER TRUST
The Copper trust appears to have
got itself into a series of complications
quite as embarrassing and expensive as
anything Tom Law son 'thought of when
he was making his war on the Amalga
mated. It looks as though the trust
had smashed Itself, through overcon
fldence in its own power, overproduc
tion and overpubllcity In certain lines.
At any rate, it has been compelled to
close 1U immense mines in Montana,
owing to a persistent drop in prices
and to the prospect of labor troubles.
Early in the year the Copper.' trust
started a publicity campaign, herald
ing a demand exceeding possible sup
ply and prices to be advanced rapidly
on that account. Somehow the manu
facturers and users of copper refused
to swallow the bait. Big-contracts
were held up, the manufacturers as
serting that the business conditions
were not sufficiently settled to warrant
them in making large purchases at the
high prices demand-id. They pursued
the waiting game, buying from week to
week for immediate needs and watch
ing the progress of copper production.
They soon became convinced that the
trust was secretly hoarding its supply
of copper and that reports of excessive
demand were exaggerated. Recent de
velopments have ehown that the man
ufacturers were correct.
Some time ago copper began to drop,
from 26 cents to 22, then to 20, then
to 18 and finally to 15 Vs. This caused
another complication, for by an agree
ment entered Into last January the
Copper trust agreed to a liberal ad
vance in the pay of its employes, with
the understanding that when copper
fell below 18 cents the old scale of
wages should be restored. The neces
sity of reducing wages threatened
trouble and the trust has decided to
shut down its mines and wait until Its
surplus stock on hand is reduced and
prices forced up again. It is estimated
that the trust holds a stock of 350
000,000 pounds of copper, mined when
'abor was receiving the best wages
ever paid in copper mining, and much
- (
of this will have to be disposed of at a
loss, or at a very narrow margin of
profit. It is estimated that copper can
be mined at about 16 cents, bo there
Is no profit in existing prices. As a re
sult the stock market in coppers is
dead. Boston banks are refusing to
accept copper stocks as collateral and
Indications point to the establishment
and maintenance of copper at a figure
that will be fair to consumer and pro
ducer alike.
gv&ssixu ox TAtra mssiox.
Writing in the Pittsburg Dispatch
Julius Chambers offers this far-fetched
theory in explanation of Secretary
Taft's mission in the orient:
The ability, tact and executive capacity
of Secretary Tsft are beyond dispute, but
his departure at this time tor Japan pos
sesses a significance far deeper than that
of a mere passing call en route to Manila.
Can It be that ha Is going to Japan with
a suggestion that the mikado buy the
Islands?
Many guesses are much less plausible.
There are good reasons for believing that
Japan has been sounded upon this ques
tion. One or two feelers were put out at
various points within the last year notably
during Jamestown ceremonies.
But, seriously, If Secretary Taft can con-
cluda an arrangement by which the In
cubus of the Philippine Islands will be lifted
from our shoulders he will have the ln
dorsement of congress and the gratitude of
the American people of all parties.
No surer path to the White House ever
was blazed out! It Is not a "trail," but
great highway.
The Chambers theory is of a piece
with the efforts being made by the New
York Herald and some leading demo-
brats to revive the Philippines as an
Issue in the next presidential cam
paign. Secretary Taft has given no
hint of any change in the policy of the
administration toward the Filipinos.
On the contraryn his speeches In Mis
souri, at Seattle and other points he
has gone into details In explaining the
purpose of the government in its fu
ture Philippine policy. The entire pro
gram calls for a retention of the
islands until such time as the natives
are capable of self-government. A
sentimental regard for the islands and
their population has grown up among
the American citizens, and it is believed
that our peoplo would reject any prop
osition to sell them. Instead of the
sale of the Islands being a '.'highway
to the White House,", as, suggested, it
would more likely lower him in the
popular estimation.
The Bee originally shared with many
republicans misgivings as to the ac
quisition of the Philippines, but they
came upon our hands without regard
on our part to any money considera
tion, and 1 they are ever relinquished
it will also be without regard to any
money consideration and with a sole
view to the permanent welfare of the
islands and their inhabitants.
The World-Herald is charging the
appointment of Judge T. C. Munger up
to Senators Brown and Burkett. The
World-Herald should not get its wires
crossed. Whatever credit and discredit
may attach to the appointment of
Judge Munger will belong to Senators
Millard and Burkett because he was
nominated and confirmed before Sen
ator Brown received his official com
mission and without his advice being
solicited.
Germany and Great Britain are
fighting for the mastery of the Atlan
tic trade. In other words, they are
trying to see which can offer the great
est inducements to American passen
gers and shippers, who furnish the
bulk of the Atlantic trade.
It Is reported that the insurance
companies will not renew the fire, in
surance on the Louisville Courier
Journal unless Editor Watterson
agrees to go ' outside the building to
write his editorials addressed to Col
onel Bryan. . . .
Andrew Carnegie has filed a ringing
protest against the assessment of his
New York property for taxes. He can
not care bo much about the money, but
probably Just wants to show that be
has the real spirit of the New York
millionaire.
Lewis Stuyvesant Cbanler of New
York intimates that he will not accept
the democratic presidential nomination
unless the leaders of the party get well
enough acquainted with him to have
his name spelled properly on the ticket
When E. H. Harrlman and James
J. Hill were seen walking arm in arm
in New York, the stock market went
all to pieces in a tew minutes. Prob
ably that was the purpose of the ap
parent chummlness of the magnates.
Mrs. Annie Besant, the theosophUt
leader, says that "John D. Rockefeller,
In his next reincarnation will return
with all his good qualities and will be
a perfect being." That's encouraging,
but is he going to pay that fine?
A consul writes that if it were not
for the freight charges there would be
a good market In Malta for American
butter. If it were not for the freight
charges, elephants might be as cheap
in Nebraska as they are in 81am.
It is getting darker earlier these
days, but the local automobile drivers
do not seem to realize It If the po
lice would take in one or two offenders
for falling to exhibit warning lights
the example might be beneficial.
As to the terms of Its contract with
these expert engineers the Water board
is still "keeping it dark." The. tax
payers will dlscoves how much the ex
pert engineers are to get when they
are called on to toot the. bills.
Soaae Coatfart la FlsTarea.
' ftt. Louis Globe Democrat.
The latest ofnctal estimate of the popu
lation of the United States Is (6,01.000, and
the amount of money In circulation la
placed at $J,7S9,00O.0(A which Is 1U.S3 for
esch Inhabitsnt. As this la an Increase of
110 each In twenty years, the per capita
man ought to feel encouraged.
A Bother lassrrmrit.
Indianapolis News.
Possibly the scheme of those enthusiastic
Nebraskans. to make the ticket Bryan and
Johnson may persuade the dilatory and
reluctant Mr. Bryan to permit the use of
his name.
A Ranch, of Sympathy.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Canada deserves a better fate than to be
turned over to Asiatic emigrants, and In
this, matter the Dominion may count on the
sympathy of a neighbor holding similar
views for Itself.
Bathaslasna Oatrnns Discretion.
Boston Transcript.
The gatherings of the Grand Army of
the Republic, veterans are growing more
pathetic every year. With each recur
rence some lives are sacrificed to an en
thusiasm that outruns strength,. It not at
the meetings, soon afterward.
Woidn't This Jar Yot f
Kansas City S'ar,
Of Course, the very friendliest feeling
exists between Japan and the United
States, but didn't you experience a certain
sense of satisfaction In reading the report
that a bunch of Chinamen whipped the
Japanese sailors on a ship sailing from
San Francisco to Alaska?
Reduced Price, More llnslness.
New York Tribune.
Since tho cut In the price of gas In Bos
ton from 85 to 80 cents, sales have In
creased 19 per cent. A cut of 6 per cent
n price raises consumption more then three
times that percentage. We have not the
figures, but there ought to be enough ad
ditional profit from . the Increased con
sumption to make up for the loss from
the reduced .rate, and perhaps more. There
Is a possible lesson In this for all corpora
tions fighting rate reductions.
Penal Laxnrtes for Crook.
. Baltimore American.
Colonel Gaynor, convicted of "swindling
the government out of big sums nnd sen
tenced to Imprisonment, has been enjoy
ing a luxurious stay at a resort for the
benefit of his health, being allowed to leavo
prison for the purpose. He has now petl
tloned for the privilege of a sen trip. If
his request Is granted a government yacht
ought to be placed at tho distinguished
convict's disposal and his expenses paid
out of the public, fund. 10 his health Is
not thoroughly re-established by the sea
air, a tour of Europe might be thrown In.
Bare Care for, 1 he Rlaes.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Escape of the northwest from frost, fol
lowing the current storm wave, gives good
ground for hope that corn may mature In
the regions where It has been backward.
Every day now counts in the corn situation.
The crop Is now reported safe as far north
as Missouri and Kansas, and the prospect
for Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio Is much better . than a week ago,
much of the crop being beyond possibility
of total destruction, . We recommend the
Harrlman plan to dyspeptio Wall streeters
in general. There Is nothing like a trip out
among the great American producers of
wealth to . hearten . up a complaining
of
nancler. See America first!
Sad Year for Pole Hunters. i
' Springfield1 . Republican.
The year Is a sadone for our Arctic ex
plorers and polo hunters,. Commodore Peary
waa obllgod to postpone his .expedition
until next season because his ship was not
supplied with the new boilers he had con
tracted for,- and now Mr. Well man Is
forced to abandon' his balloon sail across
the Arctic sone on account of a very de
testable wind that blew the wrong way
Just when he was ready to start. Mr
Wellman bravely announces that he will
try again next year. Of course, that de
pends on his financial backer. Soma back
ers get discouraged more easily than others
and some have more money than others to
burn. Anyhow, everybody will be glad to
see Mr. Wellman safe at home again. But
for that contrary wind, we should never
have seen him again.
EKJOI.MNO SOVEREIGN STATES
1
Interference of Federal Coarta With
State Laws.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The - state of Nebraska is the latest to
run foul of the federal injunction, and Its
governor is in a state of mind about It. It
Is a railroad rate law whose enforcement
has been enjoined In this case, as In the
others which have lately brought "sover
eign" states and federal courts into col
lision; and this leads Governor Sheldon to
declare himself in favor of a federal con
stitutional amendment depriving the fed
eral courts of the ri&Tht to enjoin state
officials from enforcing state laws. He be
lieves and be Is a republican that the
federal courts "have abused the privilege
of the Injunction enough to Justify such
action;" that "too many state laws have
been tied up by their Interference," and
that "the makers of the constitution never
contemplated such vise of the injunction
in the hands of the federal courts."
That last opinion will pass without much
question. The makers of the constitution,
in fact, never contemplated the possibility
that the equity powers given to the federal
courts would or could be stretched to the
lengths whicri have been freely exercised
of late years. But to make sure that the
authority of the states themselves should
not be unduly encroached upon, the gen
eration of Americans that made the consti
tution caused the' provision to be Inserted
(eleventh amendment) that the Judicial
power of the United States shall not be
construed to extend to suits of any kind
prosecuted against any of the states by
cltlseos of another state, and as such courts
have no Jurisdiction in suits against a state
by citizens thereof, the effect of the elev
enth amendment it to make the stute un
suable in the federal courts by private
cltlsens or corporations.
Yet while the undoubted purpose of the
amendment was to preserve the dignity
and power of the states against the then
much (eared encroachments of tho national
uthorlty, It long since became practi
cally a dead letter except in cases where
there is an attempt to sue money out of
stats treasuiy ,into . private pockets.
Through the device of distinguishing state
officials as apart from the state Itself and
its authority, any state and any or all of its
laws have been exposed to the injunrtlon
of federal Judges scattered over the
country and made subject to be haled Into
these courts at any time as virtual defend
ant at the suit of private citizens and cor
porations. This has been so from at least
the time of Osboin against the United
Btates bank down to the present day, and
about the only thing In which tho amend
ment has protected the states Is the re
pudiation of their debts.
Such being the fate of the eleventh
amendment at the hands of Judicial inter
pretation, what may likely be substantially
gained by an added provision restrictive
merely of the method by which the valid
ity of state laws Is brought under federal
review f Yet It la a real abuse of whloh the
repuhitran Governor Sheldon complains In
common with the democntlo Governor Folk
of Missouri Its correction should come
from the federal courts themselves, which
are able to Interpret the life out of any
constitutional amendment that ma be Im
posed la restraint upon them. i
TUB RAILROADS AND TITO PBOPLB
Columbus Telegram: I am thankful to
that foolish Union Pacific official who Is
making so much trouble for the traveling
men, because he Is doing more than any
other man In America to convert white
men to the cause of government ownership
of railroads.
Tekamah Herald: Governor Sheldon snd
the railroad commission will have th
solid barking of the people of the state In
their tight to regulate ratrs. It la now
question of whether the people or the rail
roads will govern this state. Judge Munger
No. 1 showed his hand early In the game,
that he has lined up with the corporations.
St. Tsui Republican: The railroads have
evidently not yet learned the lesson which
Norrls Brown tried to teach them In th
tax cases. By appealing to the federal
courts for injunctions to restrain state of
fleers from performing their sworn duties
they are but sowing the wind which I
likely to produce another political cyclone
In Nebraska.
Fremont Tribune: The federal court at
Lincoln has granted the railroads of Ne
braska an Injunction .temporarily suspend
ing the order of the railroad commission
In enforcement of the freight rate law re
auclng the schedule 16 per cent. Governor
Sheldon Is making a noise that sounds Ilka
an extra session and Nebraska may wit
ness a North Carolina contest
Kearney Hub: The state railway com
mission is not averse to-fighting If It Is
iiKm mat. me Nebraska railroads want
y tne same sign, Oovernor Sheldon Is In
pretty good fighting trim and the members
of the legislature are sufficiently rested
to scrap another round If they should be
called together. And the people, saying
nine dui keeping mighty close tab on the
Biiuauon, are pretty much of one mind
as to what to do with the railroad rebels
ir they don't lay down their arms and
oeg ror amnesty.
Friend Telegraph: The people are as
cured that the railroads will fight to I
nnlsh every attempt to lower the freight
raies. io this end It Is said that all the
rallroada are In a combine. Oovernor
Hneidon has threatened to call the legis
lature together with the Intent to pass
special legislation on freight rates. The
people of this stato are most heartily tired
or tins attempt on the part of the corpora
none to resist reasonable freight rates lu
iMebraska, and all will stand behind Gov
ernor Sheldon In calling the law making
body toRether. The fight should go on until
the railroads of this state are willing to
ooey the laws as others obey them, and
If freight rates are not high enough to pay
dividends on watered stock then squeese
the water out and do business on a correct
valuation basis.
Tecumseh Chieftain: A Fremont woman
who had the right kind of plnck and the
determination brought an obstinate Burling
ton conductor to time one day last week.
She got upon the train at her home town
with a ticket to Havelock, Intending to
set on mere and take a car to University
Place, where she has relatives. When the
conductor came along he told her the train
would not stop at Havelock and she would
have to watt four or five hours at Ashland
for a train that would. "I'm not going to
ao anytning of the kind." she replied. "I'm
going to stavon this train even If I have
to go to Lincoln. More than that, I have
five friends who are coming down tomor
row and if you don't stop at Havelock. I ll
telephone up home and tell them to take
the Northwestern." ; Nothing- more was
said, but when the train
lock it stopped and the Fremont woman
disembarked.
, Crete, Vldette Herald: "Whom the gods
wisn 14 destroy the first make mad." It
does seem as If tho managers of the rail
roads should give heed to the above an
dent but true maxim. They opposed, pro
tested and refused to pay their taxes in
this state in the same way and manner In
which Individuals were compelled to pay.
They thus Incensed the taxpayers of the
state and in sowing the wind they have
since reaped the whirlwind. They were not
only compelled to pay their taxes at the
point of the boyonet, but an Indignant and
Injured people elected a governor and a
legislature which passed a 2-cent anti-pass
railroad law and enacted a railroad com
mission law, with ample power to redress
wrongs and exact Justice. But again the
railroads are trifling- with the people and
the law. They refuse to abide by the de
cisions of the legal arbitrators and have
resorted to the federal court for a restrain,
lng order. Thank the Lord, we have an
executive with a backbone. If the rail
roads persist in defying the law. In resort
ing to technicalities and legal quibbles for
the purpose of delay, the governor has a
dernier resort, vis., the recalling of the reg
Islature to exact laws more stringent and
which will pass muster when examlnod
even by a prejudiced court. If. the rail
roads have thrown down the gauntlet be
fore the people in defiance of the laws
which they refuse to respect, the fact
might as well be known first as last. If It
Is to be war to the knife and knife to the
hilt, let It come and the sooner the better.
No corporation, however wealthy, should
be above the law, neither should they be
beneath its protection. There was a time
when the railroads were so far beyond the
reach of the law that their presidents could
defiantly exclaim, "the people be damned,"
but times have changed. So "lay on Me
nu (T and damned be he who first cries
hold, enough."
York Times: If the Nebraska Railway
commission has no power to regulate rates
within the state we have been deceived.
When the Times advocated a railway conv j
mission to bo elected by the people and
when the people of Nebraska voted for such
a commission it was not a dummy nor a
hobby horse we wanted and expected.
Tho Times opposed regulation and rate
maklns by the legislature on the ground
that we had a commission that would be
much better prepared to fix rates than the
legislature could possibly be. It was under
stood and believed all over the state that
the commission was to make a schedule
of rates such as would be Just and would
pass muster In the United States court, and
it certuinly must be so. If, however. It Is
the case that the commission has not the
powr to make rates within the' stats the
threat of Governor Sheldon to call a
special session of the legislature should
materialize at once. The people of the
state will not be contented to wait another
two years for what they supposed they al
ready hud. There should be a soeclal ses.
sion of the leglslature'forthwlth to clothe
the commission with power to regulate
rates, or possibly to mske rates. If the
commission la inefficient. The Times is in
favor of a commission and so are the peo
plo of tho state, but no one cares for
commission that has no power and can do
nothing but lUtcn to complaints and argu
merits. They should make the rates; thry
should study the subjrict and become
efficient and should have full power to
regulate the railroads. Otherwise thry, are
worse than nothing. They are like a
broken reed, on which If a man lean It
will pierce his hand. Legislative rate mak
ing is bungling work and Is not satis
factory. We have tried It In Nebraska and
It has not proven satisfactory. But It is
better than nothing at all. Last year the
people decided to have a commission and
they thought they had one, but a commis
sion that cannot rrgulate rates is no com
mission. It Is' a 1 farce and the people of
Nebraska have 1yd too Many farces In
railroad regulation. Again we ssy, if the
commission has not full power to regulate
rates the legislature should be called to
gether at otic io confer that power upon
thvi 4 t
An Increase of
over 25
To Policy Holders
Th Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
hat paid more in dividends to policy holders than arr
other company in the world. Since organization it has re
turned in dividends over $118,000,000. At a result chiefly
of increased earning and decreased expenses the annual
dividends to policy holders this year, on policies issued it)
1905, will be 25 to 30 more than in 1906.
The
Life Insurance
Company
feels sure its policy-holders will be pleased with this great re
duction in cost. The news may be, doubly welcome now
when increased cost in other lines seems' everywhere the
order of the day. If you have others for whose continued
car you are concerned, you should learn for yourself
how and how cheaply it can be guaranteed by tne
staunchett life insurance company in the world.
The Time
For the new
The Mutual
f New
Or 8TANXIOPE FLEMING, Manager, First National Bank Bldg4
Corner 13th and Farnam Streets, Omaha. Neb. 1 "'
"TOO MITCH
nOOSEVELT,"
SUIT Attempts Discredit the Prrsl-
aeat'a Policies.
Kansas City Star.
Predatpry wealth and the reactionary
politicians who take their . Instructions
from the privileged Interests are attempt-
ng to convince the country that It la
getting 'too muoh Roosevelt." The same
element that has persisted In the ad
monition "Let well enough alone" when
ever It has been proposed tot revise the
tariff or undertake other governmental
reforms now cries quits,' taking th other
end of the proposition. That is to say,
Instead of trying to distract the people
by pointing to prosperity, they now try
to alarm them by discrediting th presi
dent. This la done as much to counter
act the Taft movement as It Is to check
the Roosevelt reforms In the remainder
of the present administration.
If you wish to know Whether the people
have had "too much Roosevelt," you must
lay aside all consideration of the small
quibbles that have arisen as to the presi
dent's methods, his occasional lack of tact
In dealing with Individuals and his dis
regard for hidebound partisan rules. You
must look only to the results, for rest
assured that the people look to results
rather than to methods. The masses do
not care especially whether the president
Is loved by this or that public man in
Washington; whether he is on the best
of ' terms -with those party leaders who
are always trimming their sails to largo
political Influences; whether he Is rougu
and ready . or. bland and . tactful. what
they want Is results, and that Is what they
are getting at the hands of the president,
and that is what they will want at the
hands of his successor.
If William H. Taft Should become pres
ident he would place a somewhat dif
ferent Individuality In the White House,
but it would be a strong, determined In
dividuality. He might be more tactful
than the president, but he could hardly
hope to get more done. Certainly he
could not. hope for a mors fruitful In
itiative program. He believes In the
Roosevelt policies, and that Is why he
for them. If he did not believe In
them he would not be a candidate tor
the presidency, for he would see that ho
oould not hope to secure an election If he
opposed them.
And If you stop to thin or it, what
chance would any man have, democrat or
republican. If he opposed the Roosevelt
program of reform in general and stood
against another strong man who cham
pioned these policies T' Let any man,
democrat or republican, announce a plat
form of his own, designed to meet the
requirements of th time and the ap
proval of the people,- now far would he
get without adopting most of ths Roose
velt policies? The country has not had
too much , Roosevelt." It naa not naa
enough. It asks more and win nave
more.
PERSONAL HOTES.
During President Roosevelt's coming trip
through the west and southwest, he will
visit the "Hermitage," near vicasour.
Miss., the home ef Andrew Jackson.
Oovernor Guild 6f Massachusetts, is one
of the most enthusiastic base bell patrons
in the Huh. He never misses a game, but
arranges ' his ofnelal business so that he
may always attend.
Oovernor Hughes of New York, has ac
cepted an Invitation to deliver the prin
cipal address at tne unveiung m w
equestrian statue of General Frsns 81gel,
In New Tork on October la.
Cheklb Bey, the Turkish minister to
Washington, who wm snoniy leave me
Keep a package on a low
ehelf. Let the children help
themselves.
Uneeda
are the most nutritious food
made from flour. '
Always fresh, crisp, clean.'.
In
dust
NATIONAL
in Dividends
Mutual
to Act is NOW.
forms of policies write to
Life Insurance Company
York. N. T.
city, has created an unusual position fol
himself by being for six years an ap
pointed minister without ever having pre.
sented his credentials or being officially
recognised as a minister with full diplo
matic authority.
Ex-Judge Charles Oermman Burton, tbf
new commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic., was born In Cleve
land, O., an'd lives at present In Missouri
He served with distinction during- the war
after which he began the study of law
which he has practiced ever since, and It
at present collector of Internal revenue ai
Kansas City. ' -
The return of Senator pepew from u
rope has not been the occaalon of an;
rejoicing In New York. The Venerabb
senator came prepared to give Interview!
galore, but the newspapers have not showt
any Inclination to hang breathless upoi
his honeyed words,- as In days of yore
They laugh at him Instead, pausing onlj
long enough to reiterate the unwlcom
cry, "Resign!" There are none so pool
to do him reverence.
MERRY JINGLES.
"My wife," he proudly said, "has mad
me what I am."
"That's the way with a man," replies'
Mrs. Strongmind. "Always blaming It or
the woman." Chicago Record-Herald. '
"Why are you so distrustful of the rail
ways?" .. "
"I lost faith In 'em tne" first tlme-tl
noticed that every one of 'em Issued mapi
showing their own line-drawn with a rulei
and the others looking like bent hairpins. "
-Washftigton, Star... :, - .
"I met Roller today. He's a roommate
yours, Isn't he?'". - ,
"Bright fellow; wide awake. Isn't he?'k
"Wall, he seems wider asleep; at any rate,
I never get my full share of the bed."
Philadelphia Prsss. K a t , 1
"That fighting porter of ours that we er
always laying oft and taking back reminds
me of a srun." i
"In what way?"
"It is only when he Is loaded that we
discharge him. and he always kicks hard
when he's fired." Baltimore American.
"We use the low pressure system In this
plant," explained the engineer. "That la,
we use the steam over ana over again."
"I see," said the visitor. "It's something
like the system of ventilation in the sleep
ing cars." Chicago Tribune.
'Pa, what Is an optimist?"
"A man who thinks his wife will be asleep
when he gets home late without a plaus
ible explanation." Chicago Record-Herald.
IORROW IX THK HOME, .
Detroit Free Press.
Ma la In there cryln', . '
81s la weepln', too;
'Auntie's la there trylB,
Awful hard to boo.
Makes a feller downright tick,
He wants to run away:
All this fuss bee ox I had
My curls cut off today. '
Kids they called me "Curllo,"
Never called me Joe;
Called me "His" and "Girlie,"
Cos my hair hung low. ,
Ma says she don't like It.
That's a woman'a way;
Sheddin' tears beoos I had
My curls cut oft today.
What's a feller goln' to do.
That plays at second bass; -Can
t pick grounders off hie shoe.
With hair about his face.
Rnse hall fans will roast him
In an awful way;-
ficliHefer don't wear rurls, an' I
Had mine cut off today.
Ma says she don't Ilk It,
Hays I look so strange;
Auntie says she never will
Get used to the change.
Sis don't like it, either,
But they want- to wait l
Till they hear the kids outsits
Tell rue I look great.
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