TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY.
SEPTEMBER. 37. 1907.
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.kaerlbar leaving? the elty tem
porarily afconleV 'have ' The - Baa
mailed ta thesa. Address will ba
chanced aa eftea aa rea. nested;.
Although t a little paradoxical, the
(act remains that chocolate drops are
lOlng up.
While Secretary Taft 1b at sea most
if the other presidential aspirants are
op In the air.
Kentucky should suspend business
ong enough to take a- census of the
aen whot killed Governor Ooebel. ' "
rAmong the other policies 1 ot the
resident which the Standard Oil com
pany does not approve is that of pub
licity. "' ' v A
The one good thing about the James
town', exposition is that, io one has
suggested that jt,, be kept open for an
other year. ' ' .: .r-.r.-.-Vr-.'
it. . .
Evidence is accumulating that the
vaudeville managers have overlooked
the old adage that one good turn de-(
serves another.
"Richard Croker has begun wearing
a -monocle. It is now explained why
he was willing to surrender bts Ameri
can citizenship.
. Standard Oil officials propose now
to change the name of loa company.
A change bf p-.actlces woili be more
appreciated .by the public.
Congressman Lilly of Connecticut is
evidently opposed to the president's
anti-race suicide doctrine. He favors
the death penalty for gratters.
. Columbus has made application to
Governor Sheldon to be declared a city
of the first class. Columbus has been
first class city tor a long time.
; Editor Spreeher Is convinced that he
has lived long enough in the cow coun
try to recognize a corporation brand
in a polltldal maverick when he sees
1- -.. , ,
-The local, car thieves , who were
loaded down tlth. dry goods might
have made their -escape if they had not
attempted to take on ft load ot wet
foods. J
"Very few men are defeated for the
third time in the race for the presi
dency," says Colonel Bryan. Very few
men have had nerve enough to try It
for the third time.
Editor Spreeher expresses a ready
willingness to accommodate Candidate
Loomts with a bill ot particulars In
the ease which he is conducting before
the court of public opinion. .-
"A wife should always get half of
her husband's salary," says a Chicago
club woman. . The average husband
would look upon such an arrangement
aa a liberal concession' on the part of
his wife. ,
Tom Lawson has announced his In
tention' ot making ninety speeches
against' lien ry VI. Whitney, the demo
cratic candidate for governor ot Mass
achusetts. - Whitney has been unusu
ally lucky.
. ueaerai lanevucn .aeciares mat war
with Japan would be "the most awful
.txperlenee America could undergo."
litievitch oomrut ii4ea th. Kmsu'.b i
'trees Is the Manchurian campaign
and hi knows the Jape. ;
; , Uepreaentatlve Longwortn says he
would not accept the nomination for
mayof of Cincinnati or for governor
of Ohio. From which we Inter that
Mrs. - Lqugworth prefers to live in
Nvi8hLton pert of the r't
V V mm . a4.ftA tm to a m m. B
The two planks In the state platform
adopted by the (Nebraska republican
contention, relating to desired changes
In procedure of federal courts, seem
to require elucidation to make them
more clearly understood by people not
versed in the Intricacies of the law. -
The first plank calls upon congress
to give a new definition of corporate
citizenship for purposes of the Juris
diction of the federal courts. It asks
that a corporation, no matter where
it may be chartered originally, which
is required to file Its articles of incor
poration in any state in order to se
cure privileges granted by the laws of
that state, shall be deemed a citlsen of
each state in which' it enjoys these
privileges. If this were done a rail
road like the Union Pacific, Incorpor
ated under the laws of Utah, but ex
ercising the right of eminent domain
in a dosen 'different states traversed
by Its lines, would be for purposes of
federal court jurisdiction a citizen of
each of those states, and in cases to
which it might as a corporation be
plaintiff or defendant would have to
submit to the state courts, subject only
to the same right of removal r appeal
to federal courts, where federal .ques
tions are Involved, as is enjoyed by
every other citlsen of that state.
Tho second plank favors the curtail
ment of the power of federal courts
to issue writs of injunction nullifying
state laws by prohibiting state officers
from enforcing them. The suggestion
is made that to do this might require
an amendment to the federal constltu
Uon. Even this would not deprive
anyone of any constitutional right to
test the validity of any law, but it
would probably make it necessary to
institute such suits in the state courts
with only ultimate appeal to the fed
eral courts where federal questions
are involved.
These two planks are intended to
meet tho situation presented by the
suspension - of state laws by federal
court Injunctions directed against
state officers charged with their en
forcement. They are Intended to
make the corporations which take ad
vantage of privileges extended to them
by state laws more fully amenable to
the authority of the state courts and
by ' requiring them" to confine them
selves to the right of appeal to the
federal courts to avoid in large part
such conflicts of authority between
state and federal tribunals as we have
bad several very recent examples.
. ASOTHKB BLOW AT RKBAfEBS. !
The United States circuit court ot ap
peals, sitting at Denver, has rendered
a decision which goes far toward put
ting a quietus on the claims of Sena
tor Foraker and other opponents of
the president that the new rate law
had nullified the .Elkins anti-rebate
act and had opened the waj for a re
turn la the old practices In the inter
est of favored shippers. l The ruling
made at Denver1 Is. that" the intl-rebate
law is simply strengthened by the new
federal rate law. '
The case In point arose over an ap
peal by the Great Northern railroad
from - a decision in a federal district
court In which the railroad company
had been found guilty and fined for
granting rebates. , The accused, cor
poration argued that the Hepburn bill,
which repeats, a portion of the Elkins
anti-rebate law,' repealed the , Elkins
law, in effect, and made nugatory all
suits against corporations for rebating
prior to the passage of the new rate
law. The court holds squarely against
the contention of the railroad company
by declaring that the Hepburn law is
a mandatory and not a repealing act
and that the only way It affects the
Elkins law Is by omitting or repeating
certain parts ot th,at law. The part
which It repeats or reproduces is con
tinued without a break in the efficacy
of the old law.
The Importance of the decision . Is
manifest when it is remembered that
all the prosecutions for rebating waged
by the government In the last two
years were brought under the Elkins
act. It the contention of the Great
Northern had been sustained It might
have seriously Interfered with further
prosecution of rebating cases.
TH3 HATT0NAL BjJf RESERVES
The review ot the condition of the
national banks, Just made public by
Comptroller Rldgeley, contains a num
ber of points of special' interest to
those who, are studying bank condi
tions with a view to currency legisla
tion. The statistics Show that an unusu
ally large number of the banks of the
country are tailing to keep their re
serve funds up to the required 25 per
cent." This Is particularly marked in
the south, where the explanation is
offered that an immense cotton crop
has created a demand tor money that
has compelled the banks to lower their
leserves In order to meet urgent ap
plications tor loans.' Among the cities
where the reserve carried on August
22 were below the legal requirement
are Baltimore, Savannah, New Or
leans, Louisville, Fort Worth, Hous
ton, Cincinnati," Cleveland, Detroit,
Kansas City, Albany, Pittsburg and
St. Joseph. i
In the central west, . extending
through to the Pacific coast, conditions
are much better. Omaha, Denver, Salt
Lake City, Seattle, Portland, Pueblo,
Ban Francisco and Los Angeles banks
all had a liberal excess over the legal
requirement, Denver heading the list
with 28.65 per cent, with Omaha sec
ond with 28.20. Comptroller Ridge
ley's explanation of. the situation is
that the west, la which banking condi
tions s re the be it, was the first to
withdraw from speculative enterprises
and put itself la a protected position,
n a firm and substantial business ba
sis. . "y
No attempt Is made by the treasury
officials to conceal the fact that the
banks In many reserve cities are fall
ing short of legal requirements in the
matter of holding the required amount
of reserve, but the offense has been
condoned, owing to the unusual con
dition of the money market. With
the transfer of the crops to the eastern
markets, however, the volume of
money released should place the banks
in position to recover the reserves.
The present showing is most creditable
to the western banks.
KCLirSK OF SENATOR BAIL ft.
A preliminary canvass of the demo
cratic senators Indicates that the
leadership of the minority will be
given at the opening of the coming
session to Senator Culberson of Texas,
instead of to Senator Bailey, who was
figured the logical candidate for the
honor. With the death of Senator
Gorman, Bailey's natural gifts, his
oratory and debating force marked
him for the minority leadership and
the position waa tendered him by his
democratic colleagues. He declined it;
with tbVexplanatton that lt,Bhould go
to Senator Blackburn, whose long ex
perience in the senate entitled him to
the honor. As Blackburn had already
been defeated fr re-election, it was
generally .understood, that the real
leadership should go to Bailey with
the opening of the Sixtieth congress.
But things have been happening to
Bailey and he is now out of the run
ning. Senator Bailey has been under
fire at home,' and, while he escaped
Vlth his political life, he did not come
out of the fight unscathed. For this
reason, it Is Intimated, he is particu
larly anxious to be selected as his
party's leader in the senate. Such an
honor would carry more than a sug
gestion that his colleagues In the sen
ate fully exonerated him from the
charges made against him before the
Texas legislature and from which he
escaped with a coat of whitwash very
inartlstlcally applied, . However, ac
cording to indications, he is to be de
nied this desired vindication. Mem
bers ot the senate who do not feel like
vindicating Bailey are grasping with
marked avidity the excuse that as he
was once offered the leadership and
declined it, he cannot expect to be
coaxed. Therefore they have about
decided to give the place to Senator
Culberson.
This will not afford Bailey much sat
isfaction. He and Senator Culberson
are far from friendly and Culberson's
selection would be like rubbing salt on
a sore. However, the selection would
be a wise one. Culberson ranks Bai
ley In point of ability and his record
Is clean.
. THE STANDARD OIL JOKER'
The petition of the oil producers of
Russia to the crar, asking for a repeal
of the .Russian law 'placing a prohibi
tive tariff on American oils, throws
a new light on the success of the
Standard Oil In its manipulation of the
markets and the tariff question. The
impression prevails in the United
States that there is no tariff protect
ing the American oil industry. This
is only partially true. The Dingley
law automatically places a tariff on oil
from countries which impose a duty
on our oil, the American tariff being
equal to that Imposed by other coun
tries on the American product. Some
years ago our trade with Russia was
threatened because a duty was im
posed upon certain products manufac
tured in England from petroleum pro
duced in Russia. England placed . no
duty on American oil, but Russia did,
and the Dingley law was promptly In
voked to bar Russian oil from the
American market.
Russia is now learning the lesson
taught by the Standard Oil monopoly
which, while controlling the home
market and keeping prices up to the
top notch, has Invaded the European
market with a cut-price proposition
which has driven Russia out of Ger
many, -France and England, so far as
the oil trade Is concerned. Russian
oil producers are now asking for a re
moval of the oil duties against the
American product, believing that by
making this kind ot a fight they may
force the Standard to reduce prices in
America, thus compelling the trust to
raiBe prices on its export. The Rus
sians realize the trick of the Standard
in using the tariff for a convenience
by compelling American consumers to
pay the cost of its campaign against
Russia for the control ot European
markets. Standard Oil may yet have
a little competition In Its home mar
ket. The Lincoln Star seems to be deeply
distressed for fear that the new meth
ods of direct primary nominations,
limiting the opportunity for'' getting
the political masses together, has de
stroyed the partisan spirit. It heaves
a sentimental sigh In recollection of
"the Illuminated parades of the dis
tant years, the sweating faces of ora
tors, the conventions set on fire by
spellbinders of magnetic presence and
eloquent words," all of which have
slipped by. The sentimental Star,
however, Is a trifle far-fetched In Ita
Ideas. of cause and effect. The polit
ical world has beon moving as well as
the Industrial world, and the only
thing to do is to keep up with the pro
cession. The local democratic organ Insists
that on the principle ot nonpartisan
ship the democrats and populists are
entitled to one judge on the supreme
bench. . On the same theory the pro
hibitionists and socialists are entitled
to one Judge on the supreme bench
and every other . political party that
may be organized Irrespective of
strength or votes is entitled to one
Judge on the supreme bench. The
supreme bench will have to be enlarged.
Mayor "Jim" Is surely foslng all his
cowboy characteristics. His procla
mation asking the people to .keep the
streets clear during Ak-Sar-Ben pa
rades does not contain the slightest
element of ginger displayed In his
honor's early pronunclamentos. In
stead of winding up, "This goes. See?"
he says, "I respectfully ask that this
order be observed." What's the mat
ter with Mayor "Jim?"'
Nebraska fuslonlsts are, up against
the difficulty presented In one or two
judicial districts where the scheme to
nominate the same candidates on both
democratic and populist tickets failed
to connect and where to get together
now requires the withdrawal of one of
the successful nominees. This ought,
however, to be easily accomplished by
promising the other fellow "some
thing Just as good."
The corporation lawyers do not like,
the two planks in the republican state
platform designed to make corpora
tions seek their legal remedies first in
state courts and only by way of appeal
in the federal courts. The consumma
tion of this purpose would Interfere
with the alacrity of the corporations
to Jump into court and consequently
with the size of the fees earned by
their lawyers.
The democratic World-Herald criti
cises part of the republican state plat
form because it does not, in its opin
lonrJlne up with Secretary Taft's posi
tion on the subject and then criticises
the whole platform because It is "thor
oughly in harmony with the candidate
endorsed for president."' That Is
"thoroughly in harmony" with the
World-Herald's usual attitude.
Former Senator Chandler of New
Hampshire has resigned from the
Spanish Claims commission. As the
commission has been maintained for
several years without any other ex
cuse than to give Senator Chandler
a chance to stir up things In Washing
ton occasionally, the next congress may
forget to make an appropriation for
keeping it in existence.
Discussing the proposed require
ment of a 81,000 license for clubs to
dispense liquors, a member of the
Dahlman Democracy la quoted aa say
ing, "We could maintain our organiza
tion without a single social feature."
On this point some of ua are from Mis
souri.
It Is announced thafnany English
girls are coming to America to look
for husbands. "They j will have one
advantage over ' the'' 'American girls
who have gone abroad!! to marry for
eign titles. They run a. Recent chance
of getting good husbands.
Notice Chance of Taae.
Washington Post, '
Tha newspaper rumors as to 'the state of
bla health give Mr. Cleveland an oppor
tunity to see how highly he la now re
garded by men who were knocking him a
few years ago.
Soma t'bssct Probable.
Philadelphia Record.
The worst the Standard 'Oil company can
expect from Its threatened dissolution by
the courts la the change of Its title. Dut
the monopoly' will smell "aa aweet under
any other name.
. Frattlaaa Talkfrat.
Philadelphia Press.
Whatever else The Hag& conference may
do, It will certainty not take a gun from
the hands of a single soldier In the world.
It will not dismantle a aoUtary warship.
It will not cloae ona arsenal nor chill the
forging of a cannon anywhere.
Getting; Oat of the , Phtllpplnea.
Baltimore American,
Admiral Dewey's views on the Phlllp
pinea are well known, and many of his
arguments for their retention are sound.
Their permanent possession Is, however, a
problem with many aldos, and there are
thousands of Americana who are convinced
that if tha government can dispose of them
with honor tto a friendly power. It would
be a wise policy to do so.
Boastfal Arrsgsace.
Philadelphia Record.
The arrogant eKultationa of the two tele
graph companies over -the defeat of tha
atrlke are anything but creditable to their
authors in their betrayal of a want of tact
and good feeling. Great corporations, with
their treasuries gorged with numey, may
easily triumph over workingmen with
limited resources; but there is little In
that to warrant boasts of .victory and
plutocratic acorn of the defeated.
Good Principle to Practice
Portland Oregon Ian.
Just before sailing for the eaat. Secretary
Taft addrcased the people of Seattle and
In opening he uttered thla aound and alto
gether satisfactory sentiment: "I con
gratulate you on having a good municipal
goverment, and I don't care If It is beaded
by a democrat. What' we want la muni
cipal politics and In all politics, la decent,
honest government. In the Interest of the
people, and when we get that It ia not so
Important what the color of the politics ia."
Cheer fee Melon Eaters.
Boston Transcript.
The latest phase of the popular alarm
over the use of preservatives in connection
with food products la the disquiet in some
households occasioned by the belief that
watermelons and cantaloupea are belnt
"treated" with something to prevent theli
decaying. A company, it so happens, is ad
vertising a preservative to be applied ex
ternally to these fruits to retsrd theli
decay, something which Is declared in th
circular to be healthful and wholesome
Whether this la yet on the market la no
clear, but even if it doea find buyers, th
fact remains that trie melon Is not tapped
aa some alarmists have reported, and
preserving fluid forced Into It. Such a
thing aa that the State Board of Health
baa never heard of, or the beat Informed
men in the trade, and they cnll attentioi
to the more rapid decay which wouM re
sult from breaking the protecting covei
which nature haa put on the fruit. Ll
melon eaters cheer up! No corps of federa'
Inapectora of melona is yet proposed. Th
danger la remote.
Straws that Show the Wind
Philadelphia N
Rooseveltlsm Is the creed of the mass of
the American people. That Is the chief de
duction from the elgnlncant test ballot of
leading republicans throughout tha t'nlted
Stales., made by the Chicago Tribune.
The votea were cast by congressmen, com
mitteemen, editors, manufacturers, baitkers
and merchants. Men were chosen In town
and country of every one of the forty-five
states because they were considered repre
sentative of the sentiment of their respec
tive communities In regard to the presi
dent's policies and the rmtat -desirable can
didate to succeed him.
But the full meaning of their balloting
doea not lie In the figures for Roosevelt
lem, 4013; against Rooseveltlsm, 143. They
are Impressive enough. But tho votes were
cast In the main by the very class of the
population In closest touch with the enemies
of the president and his policies.
No class of people outside of tha ticker
erased Islanders of Manhattan holds a
larger percentage of enemies of Roosevelt
and the measures he personifies. Yet fewer
than one-twelfth of these men express op
position to his policies.
In the Insignificance of that opposition Ilea
tho real significance of the vote. It fur
nishes a line for guessing how overwhelm
ing would be the Indorsement of a ballot
gathered, from the real beneficiaries of
Rooeeveltlemfrom the men who work In
a small way for themselves or for others
with their brains and hands.
'Emphasis and more pregnant meaning aro
added to thla remarkable expression of pub
lic, opinion by the table showing the per
sonal preference for president. The figures
are worth study, coming, as they do, spon
taneously from every quarter of the coun
try: Taft 2512
Roosevelt t!S)
Hughes (W
. Cannon 2X1
Fairbanks
Knox ., aw
I .a Follette 3
Root lt
Foraker ' 74
Cortelyou 42
It la evident beyond dispute that the coun
try accepts Taft aa the man to sustain and
perpetuate Rooseveltlsm. It may be taken
for granted that, the president being out
BITS OP WA5HIXGTOVI.1FE.
Minor Scenes anal Incident Sketched
on the Spot.
John F. Coad of Omaha, president, of
the Packers' National bank of South
Omaha, was in Washington tha fore part
of this week and talked about prosperity.
finances and politics to a Washington Post
reporter. Discussing industrial conditions
in Nebraska Mr. Coad said tha people of
the state have never enjoyed such a period
ot business activity and prosperity aa that
through which they are now passing.
"Such a thing aa a mortgage on Nebraska
farm property la almost unknown," he said.
"For the last eight or nine yeara our farm
ers have had good crops, and they have
been able to pay off all their Indebtedness.
Tha savtnga In the banks of the state have
grown rapidly. A dosea yeara ago Ne
braska and Kansas were large borrowers
In the eaat; now both states are loaning
money to eastern banks."
Mr. Coad's political observations are par
tlcularly significant coming from a demo
crat dyed in the wool. As -quoted in tha
Post Interview Mr. Coad said:
"William Jennings Bryan , stands Just as
well with the people of Nebraska today as
he did when he was the democratic candi
date In but the demoorats of Nebraska
do not believe he could be elected In 1908,
and hope to see some other man ohoaen.
If President Roosevelt were, nominated by
the republloana, there , would be no need
of nominating a democratlo ticket. Mr.
Roosevelt would receive the votea of 20
per cent of the democrats of our state, not
withstanding the fact that Nebraska Is the
home of Bryan. They are afraid. of Taft,
and do not think he would be able to carry
out the Roosevelt policies. I have, just re
turned from a trip throughout the south
west." continued Mr. Coad, at tha New
WHIard last 'evening. "In Texas I was as
sured that President Roosevelt and his
politics met with such cordial approval that
If he were to permit his name to be used
and tha republicans made him their candi
date, he would poll 25 per cent of the demo
cratic vote of that democratlo stronghold.
In Missouri democrats told me the state
would give hint a still greater vote than
it did In 1901 It is remarkable the hold
Mr. Roosevelt has on the masses of the
people."
"At the White House,'wrltes President
Roosevelt In Scribner's Magaslne, "we- are
apt to stroll around the grounds for a few
minutes after breakfast; and during tha
migrations, especially In spring, I often
take a pair of field glassaa so aa to examine
any bird as to the Identity of which I
am doubtful. From the end of April the
warblers paaa In troops myrtle, magnolia,
chestnut-aided, bay-breasted, blackburn
ian, black-throated, blue, Canadian and
many others, with at the very end of the
season the black-polls; exquisite little
birds, but not conspicuous as a rule, ex
cept perhapa the blackburnlan, whose bril
liant orange throat and breaat flame when
they catch the sunlight as he nits among
the trees. The males In their dress of
courtship are easily recognised by any one
who haa Chapman's book on the warblers.
On May 4. 1906, I aaw a Cape May war
bler, the first I had ever aeen. It waa in a
small . pine. It was . fearless, allowing a
close approach, and aa It waa a male In
high plumage, it was dnmlstakable.
"In 1907, after a very hot week in early
March, - we had an exceedingly eold and
late spring. The first bird I heard sing In
the .White House grounds waa a white
throated sparrow on March 1, a song spar
row speedily followed. The white-throats
stayed with ua until tha middle of May,
overlapping the arrival of the indigo bunt
ings; but during the last week in April and
Mi at week In May their singing waa drowno 1
by th music of the purple-, finches, which
t never before saw in such numbers around
tha White House. When we sat by the
south fountain, under an apple tree then
blossoming, sometimes three or four pur
ple finches would be singing in the frag
rant bloom overhead. In June a pair of
wood thrushes and a pair of black and
white creepers made the'r homea In the
While House grounds, in addition to our
ordinary home-makers, the flickers, red
heads, roblna, catbirds, song sparrowa,
thipples. summer yellow birds, greek lea,
and. I am sorry to aay, crows. A handsome
apaucker spent a week with us. In thla
?ame year Ave night berons spent January
and February In a swampy tract by the
Potomac, halt a mile or so from the
White House."
The marble L'nloa station of Washing
ton is under roof and work on the in
'ertor f.nlsh la under way. It la considered
the finest terminal station In the United
states. Oje of the most Important matters
1ealt with la that of lighting (be building,
and a number of the country's fore moat
nechanical experts and electrical engineers
-rave this subject careful attention.
The lighting plana of tha atation as
now developed contemplate the use of
bout 4f SuO-watt are lam pa. 808 high
-fflciency lampa a ad, about I.eO aixteen-
andle power incandescent lampa.
Owing to the unusual site and height
if th celUngs special lighting schemes
orth American,
of the race, the votea cast for him would
go to the man who personifies his policies.
.-But discarding them altogether we sea that
Taft leads by more than twenty per cent
all his opponents combined. '
The party leaders are bock of Taft be
cause the country Is back of the man whose
name spells Rooseveltlsm. ' '
The further meaning of the ballot la plain
reading. Fairbanks and Cannon are out of
the- running as much as Root, Foraker and
Cdrtelyou, who never Were, and probably
never expected to be, In M.
La Follette has a radical following so con
siderable as to give htm respectable rank
aa a factor In tha convention, though his
strength Is not widely enough distributed
to make It likely to Increase Into a chance
for victory.
Hughes makes a remarkable ahowlng.
"Conservative" Is a flexible word. The
North American believes that men of the
type of Taft and Roosevelt are the true
conservstlves. But the man In the atreet
applies the term to advocates of taking the
back track away from Rooseveltlsm to the
old-time tolerance of wrong. Bo, using the
word In Its common, Wall atreet definition,
it Is evident that the conservatives have
massed to the support of Hughes during tha
past few weeks. i
On the face of the-retums Hughes stands
out plainly as the choice of the forces of
reaction.
There Is this to be said, however. No
conclusion concerning Knox can be drawn
from tha figures other than that Pennsyl
vania's candidate, at this moment, has no
chance for the nomination. But It ia the re
cent flocking of the reactionaries to Hughes
that causes the poor showing of Knox.
There is no reason Why that following
should not swing back to Its first allegiance.
Any one of a hundred causes, that might
eliminate Hughes from the contest would
leave Knox aa the likeliest heir of the New
Yorker's strength. .
This balloting, of coarse, la merely an In
dicatlon, not a decision. Many changes
may come between now and the naming of
a candidate. But it Is a straw that ahows
that all the wind of Wall street haa blown
unheeded by the mass f the American peo
ple. .Unmoved and th'ihovlng,. the country
stands back of Roosevelt.
were resorted to. Thia la especially true
In th general waiting room. Natural
light la provided by the use of semt-cir-cular
windows.
The electrio light will be furnished by
180 Inverted aro lampa located In the al
coves of the balcony over the vestibules
In th north and south sides of the room.
These balconies are divided Into five gen
eral groups or alooves on each aide. Each
group is in turn subdivided Into three
sections by statuary pedestals on the par
apet walla Behind these parapets, con
cealed from view, the Inverted lamps will
be placed, arranged in groups ot eighteen,
or six per section, making ninety lamps
In each side of the room. In addition to
the above general lighting scheme, floor
outlets are provided, permitting th plac
ing of clusters of Incandescent lamps on
the backs of seats In th central portion
of the room. With the walls of white
granite, the ceilings of ornamental plaster,
and the toor of white marble, th effect
will be very artistic
The ticket lobby will receive natural
light through the roof, the roof covering
and celling being of glass construction.
- As the lunch room fronts on a well
lighted concourse, and the women's wait
ing room and the men's smoking room
front on the open portico, extending across
the entire front of the station, no special
expedients for natural Illumination were
resorted to. The above rooms ' win ' be
lighted artificially by . suspended chande
liers and wall brackets.
Twenty lamps of high efficiency will be
used in lighting th central pavilion or
main entrance, twelve in the state entrance
or eaat pavilion, and thirty-six in the west
pavilion or carriage porch, making; a total
of sixty-eight. To light the remainder
of th portico, fifty-five lampa of a lower
efficiency will be uaed.
PERSONAL NOTES. '
As a "good thing" for thirsty hanaera-on
at Hamburg, th King of Biam ia In a class
by himself.
Whiting, Ind., will be known as tha place
where the Standard has its big oil refinery
and the Alton has Its whitewash refinery.
If Richard Croker Is really wearing a
monocle It's a good thing for him he Is
doing it a few. thousand miles away from
Tammany.
Wu Ting-fang, tha former Chinese envoy,
who Is to return to Washington, has been
gone from this country so. long that the
editors must learn all over again that
his name Is spelled -with .a hyphen and
lower case f. . -, i r
Ellery Cory fltowell, who has been dec
orated by Queen Wllhelmlna for his ser
vices as secretary of th Panama delega
tion to Tni Hague conference, la a son of
Rev. George I Stowell of Cambridge. He
Is a graduate of Harvard, class '08. and Is
also a graduate of jSc-ole, de Science Poli
tique of Paris, and la llcencie of th Uni
versity of Paris.
"Bill" Macabee,' the oldest sailor In the
United States navy,; celebrated Ma 104th
birthday Monday at the United Statea naval
home. Philadelphia. Little gifts, packages
of tobacco, or relics pf some battle were
pressed upon him. Then came a big dinner
and then an assembly of ail the . veterans.
Mr. Macabee waa born in Baltimore In U03.
He has never been out of the, service of his
country since he enlisted. He enjoys fairly
good health. . ' .'.''.
Protection in
Selling of plants
In thla stor has
ever b$en con
ducted in a man
ner comporting
with their world
wide eminence.
Dignity in the of
fering, fairness In
the price, uniform
Tht Immorality ,ql
two prltti for a com
modify and sptcUl
fon bf ushis
aicn Is special ptr
tont Bars bun rsc
ognlztd In tbt minis
ot fht ptoplt, and
fixed In ttdtrallaw,
all within two YW'
lime. 1
- Eberf Hubbtrd.
M-harge to every
one these are
characteristic fea
tures of our busi
ness methods.
Never - In maiur
yeara. of th
store's existence baa an effort been made
to advance prices beyond the figure thit
yields a legitimate profit.
You may look Into a Piano with experi
enced eyes and try it with trained Angers,
but what do theae tests tell you other
than the preaent condition? Do they tell
you what th piano will be five, three,
two even on year hence? Veneer and
A frep souvenir to every lady yig
iting our store during Ak-Sar-Ben
Carnival. You are welcome '
A. HOSPE COMPANY
1513 Douglas Street, '
Goin to ritrrtnt. ' ' "
For Social tterogalMon r th Wa r
ahls f Uedf
New York Outlook. ,
The ladles' Home Journal recently sent
a woman on an experimental tour through
th metropolitan churchea. Her reception
varied from warmth to frigidity. The Infer
ence naturally to be drawn from the record
of her experience la that the churches
which received this woman coldly were
blameworthy, and that those which re
ceived her warmly were praiseworthy. Such
an Inference Is based on the notion that
one who goes to a church service to worship
has the right to think of her personal
treatment.
The conception of the church" service
as an occasion for promoting the Inter
change of social courtesies among Us mem
bers and for extending aortal courtesies to '
others places on a low level, if It does hot
altogether destroy, the motive of ehurch
attendance. It la based on the conception
of the church hi owned by Its members,
that those whe attend Its services do a,
upon sufferance, and that It Is therefore
the business of the members of the church
to make any stranger who enters Ita walls
for worship feel like an honored guest.
It la the weakness of American .Prot
estantism that this club conception pre
vails among the Protestant churchea of thla 1
country. No one would think of attempt
ing to take the social temperature of
Roman Catholic churches by applying te j
them a Journalistlo thermometer, In
Roman Cathollo church no woman would
expect personal attention unless she had
made her wants known to the priest or to '
some one who would take her case to th '
priest. To the credit of Roman Catholics
be it said that they attend church services
for the purpose of worshiping God.' They
do not expect to receive a welcome In
church, any more than the user of a
public library expects a welcome when h
1st down to read. The real test for the
social value of a church would be tho
experience of a newcomer who, desiring
really to participate In the life of the
church, made his presence known aa one
who had a right to share th religious In
stltutlon of the community. But this test
is not here under consideration.'
The experiment of this . Journal s .repre.
sentatlve cannot be accepted too seriously.
If she had gone to church to hear th
truth, or so much of the truth as th
preacher might give her, If she had gone'
to worship God, she would not have been
greatly concerned whether she was warmly
or coldly received. She did not go to listen
or to worship. She went to see whether
people would pay any attention to her old
clothes. As a test for the true character
of the churches she visited:, we do not see
that her purpose was valid.
GUMS,
dleBffll!l"me" 1 W0U,d lmot be' willing l
. ;;lf what. dearT" ' ' . ' ' " '
If one could send post cards back froia '
heaven. "-Chicago flegort-Herald?
'Why don't you make some effort to cut
down the length of your speeches T"
-oul.?,1 t!1,?k of H'" nwered the states,
man. it might Improve my work for the
Congressional Record, but It would spoil
my atyle for the regular aeason when people
Stan money's worth." Washington
"You don't seem to lose ' none of youf
spryness, 81m," said the country cousin,
, .? .PA. chanst since I moved ta
the city, Both. Everybuddy makea me ateo
dumed lively," Loulavllle Courier-Journal.
"A man ought to get out and do his best
to help people along." . "
V- rtainly." answered the man with 8
tr" . or car; l'half the fun of th spin i l3
, w tr IU.HUI Via BUD
lively.-VVashlngton Star. " ., ?
She Nothing at all seems to be denmndedl
t," T,etljr lrl no matter how. silly aha ia?
He But you muat conalder that beauty
la one of those things alwaya taken at theuf
face value. Philadelphia Press.
Mrs-r Digs You. used, to .say, X, wag the
MP. rls fin T riiri ' . -
Mrs. Dlgst-And now you stay out night
after niuhL.
Mr. Ultra Well, one can't expect Sunshine
after dark, you know. Judge.
"So, Archie, you hav proposed to the
girl, have you? .
"Yes."
"What did she sart"
"She said she would refer my proposal
to her father." ' . !.
"Well, have you seen him?"
"No; I'm a little dubloua about that. Sh
referred it to him with er power to act."
Chicago Tribune,
"I se the widows are after that man wha
wants a wife," remarked FIJJIU "They ar
II willing to marry him."
"Yea," assented Wljjlt. "Troubles never
come singly. '"k-St. Ixiuls Dispatch.
"Don't you think when people tell you
the same thing after an interval ot years
that It la apt to be the truth?"
"Hard to say. Miss Oldglrl told me tea
yeara ago that she was twenty-eight, and
last week she told my younger brother
the same thing." Baltimore American, ,
AN APPHKCIATIVH At'DIEXCB. .
Washington Star.
Dar's gwine to be a lot o' apeechlfyln out
our way;
De lampa will all be lighted an' dey'U let
de music play.
An ev'ry time dat sumpln' sounda right
plcasln' to yoh ear
Dey'il talk about de tariff an' da folks
dat'a over rich.
An' give you argumenta until you don't
know which Is which;
But It's mighty elevatln' an' It keeps you
feelln' fine
Unless dey gets you all stirred up about
de color line.
Dey'il take de trusts an' scold 'em till dey
ou't to be ashamed;
Dey'il show you Jes' esackly how a rail
road kin be tamed.
Of co'ae. dem trusts keeps runnln', an' you
mustn't be too slow
'Bout dodgln' locomotives when you hears
de whistle plow. -But
even if de plans day mak don't alius
seem to work, '
Dey does detr be' at apeechlfyln', an' dey
never shirk
De 'spontsibility of settin' up a mighty
sound '
An' givln' lonesome people some excus
(dh hangin' 'round. , '
the Bospe Plan
varnish are so appealing, the newness t
so attractive, the mechanism so pleasing,
that a alxth aense would' be required to
tell you what you need to know.
You must rely on the reputation and
the honor of the dealer-these are the
beat guaranteea of satisfaction. Ask
yourself and others if tha name of any
piano dealer can offer you assurance of
protection, equal to that ours offers?
You need no one'to help you select a pi
ano here. You need know nothing of th
essential that go to the making of a
good piano. The maintaining abaolutely
of one price, no commission plan of sell
ing is in Itself an assuranee that what
you pay for a piano Is the lowest prlc
available.
The pianos sell represent the best
known manufacturers In th world. They
Include the Kranich Bnoh, Krakauer,
Kimball, liallet A Davla, Bush & Lana,
Cable-Nelson, Krell. Melville Clark, H. P.
Nelaon, Conway, Cramer, etc., etc. New
pianos for 14S. Il5. 1190 and tiii.
Terms on any of these monthly.
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