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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1007. The Omaha Daily Del i ' FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROBE WATER. i VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. I Kntered at Omaha Toatofflc aa aecond i class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Iallr Bee (without Sunday), one year.. 14." Dally Bn and Bunrtay. one year " Sumujr tirr, one year ...i IM Saturday Bee, one year IM DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Bee (Including- Sunday), per wk..lSe I'ally Bee (without Sundays per week. .10c Kvenlng Bee (without Sunday), per week to Evening Be (with Sunday), per week. ...10c Address all complaints of Irrwgularltles In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hail Building. Council Bluffs 16 Scott Street. Chioago 1640 University Bulldlnf. New York luS Home Life Ineurance Bulldlnf. WashTngton-726 Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newe and edi torial matter ahould be addressed, Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as: Charles C Rosewater, general manager ' of The 'Bee Publishing company, being J duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during Ihe month of October, 1907, was as follows: 1 88.8T0 IT 38.700 2 36,690 It 38,60 ' 8.4 36.600 1 86,640 4 86,360 SO 40,600 6 , 86,650 11 36.650 6 ... 86.600 il... 86.M0 T.. J. 38,440 21 37,353 I., .... 38,630 24.. 36,0 ' ........... 86,700 it 36,790 10 36360 24 86,700 11...., 86.490' 27 88,680 .12 36,630 , 21..... 87.010 IS 35,300 28 36,980 14...,...,,, 36,830 20.' 36,90 It... ...36,090 II 87,330 1 ,.. . 8,B0 '. Total 1,138,480 0 Lena unsold and returned copies. 8,898 Net total 1,199,668 Dally average 38,437 ' CHARLES C. ROSEWATER, 1 General Manager. ' Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of November. 1907. ROBERT HUNTER, , Notary Public. WHEN OUT OF TOWN. Subscribers learlKsr tbe city tem porarily should have The Be Dialled to tbem. Address will be changed mm often aa reqaeated. t "Congress should have more back , bone," Bays Speaker Cannon. And ' less jaw bone? . In other words. Colonel Bryan says that he would rather volunteer than wait to be drafted. An addition to the currency supply .. helps some, but the greater need is an m addition to the confidence supply. - mm' " 1 Statistics show that 3,000 actors are Mout of employment, and yet theater goers hardly notice the Improvement. At the crucial, point . the bomb throwers discovered that they had pro educed. po$ 8 explosion but only a 'sizzle. .' ii s C , : "Presidential candidates must run on Issues," says the New York Sun. 4 Nothing of the-kind. They must run on planks. Howard Gould is filing affidavits in court calculated to convince the pub lic that he is about the kind of a man his wife said he was. The scheme for street corner bill boards has died abornln' and will make way for the promoters of the next get-rlch-qulck game. There is philosophy in Colonel Bryan's attitude. He knows that what he misses at the polls he gets at the box office of the lecture bureaus. Prof. Garner now Insists that he understands the monkey language. The professor is certain to have his name added to the dinner lists at Newport. , ' Secretary Cortelyou might try the , plan, too, of suggesting to Mr. Rocke feller that the payment of that $29, S 40, 000 -fine would help some Just at this time. While the New York financiers do not like Mr. Roosevelt, they do not ob ject to doing business with the admin istration through a mutual friend like Mr. Cortelyou. The school board wants to keep the money received irora licenses in a separate fund. That Is easily done, but will it prevent the money from being spent any more freely? A Chicago physician prescribes glogersnaps as a cure for insomnia. He must go on trie theory that a man filled with glngersnaps does not care whether he ever goes to sleep. Another big cave has been dlscov ered In Kentucky. The discovery is timely, aa there Is hardly enough tall timber In Kentucky to accommodate the democrats who are seeking cover. Kaiser WUhelm says the world's peace dependsupon England and Ger many. This till surprise those who thought it depended on Editor 8tead and Captain Richmond Pearson Hob ion. One senator has already prepared a bill to be Introduced at the coming session 'of congress regulating tie handling of explosives. That looks like a personal thrust at Senator Foraker. " Secretary Cortelyou urges people to jult boarding their money. They will, t Mr. Cortelyou and the rest of the administration officials will turn in and help Postmaster General Meyer rush his postal tavlngi bank through congress. r TflE BRTAX Di. V.TEH AT If ASniXGTOX Mr. Bryan's courage Is to be put to the test next Tuesday, when he will appear as the guest of honor at a dinner tendered him by the democrats of the District of Columbia, Plans for the affair have been In incubation for weeks and all the details have been arranged. It remains orly for Mr. Bryan to face the 600 prominent demo crats from all parts of the United States invited to gather at the banquet board, fill their glasses and hall him as "The next president." The program for the Washington dinner looks beautifully attractive on paper, but to the initiated It Is clear that great, tact must be practiced by the master of ceremonies and the ushers. If all the democrats and near democrats invited to participate in the festivities appear, it will require wise discretion to prevent a display of dirks and sore fingers where only laurel leaves are called for. It is stated on the authority of the promoters of the dinner that Mr. Bryan will be flanked at the board by such stanch demo crats as Tom Johnson of Cleveland, John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, Champ Clark of Missouri, Hoke Smith of Georgia, Governor Warfleld and Senator Rayner of Maryland, Senator Bailey of Texas, David R. Francis of Missouri and William Randolph Hearst of New York and elsewhere. It is easy to forecast the dire re sults that might follow a break in the seating and disposition of the guests. Suppose that It should fall to the lot of Senator Bailey to walk arm and arm Into the dining hall with William Randolph Hearst of New York and elsewhere? They have scalped each other in the press and on the lecture platforms so often that It Is not be lieved possible they could refrain from fisticuffs the first time they get within arm's length of one another. Neither likes Mr. Bryan and neither would support him, except for regularity's sake. Governor Warfleld and Senator Rayner of Maryland both opposed Bryan In 1896 and flocked with the gold democrats, as did David R. Fran cis of Missouri. Hoke Snilth opposed Bryan In 1896, but has since sup ported him, under protest, for regu larity's sake. John Sharp Williams supported Bryan In 1896 and In 1900, but has been a little testy since 1904, and for the last two years has been recognized as an anti-Bryan leader in the south. Williams has also had all the newspaper abuse Hearst could spare from. Bailey. The committee on arrangements will do well to see that Mr. Williams has a chair some dis tance from that occupied by Hearst. Complications may arise, too, over the presence of John Temple Graves at the feast. Graves' last public utter ance was an appeal to Bryan to thrust ambition aside and to go to the demo cratic' naflonal convention for the pur pose of nominating Theodore Roose velt for the presidency on the demo cratic ticket. Mr. Graves is to be one of the speakers and there will natur ally be more or less uneasiness until he finishes his remarks, as he has never used any governor belt on his oratorical machinery. Mr. Hearst Is also to be one of the speakers. He hasi declared himself out of national politics, but it is just possible that Mr. Bryan would like to have him re iterate (the statement. Humble followers in the democratic ranks hoping for party harmony will naturally look for good results from the Washington dinner, but those familiar with the chief guests and their divergent views will suppress en thusiasm until certain that the dinner has been pulled off without casualties. THE PKItSKCUTlOX Of POWERS. The Cincinnati Enquirer is respon sible for the assertion that the Ken tucky authorities at Frankfort are using the same disgraceful methods in the present trial of Caleb Powers for complicity in the killing of former Governor Goebel, that marked the pro ceedings in the three other trials that have preceded this one. The attor neys for the prosecution, according to the Enquirer, "are making no effort to conceal the fact that they are deter mined to secure a jury composed en tirely of democrats. It seems to be taken for granted by both sides that a democratic jury will vote to hang Powers, and do it for political reasons, regardless of the evidence. Tne de fense appreciates the political aspects of the case and admits that unless at least one republican Is secured on the Jury the verdict will be against Pow ers. The case, as it stands today, Is without precedent or parallel in the criminal court records of the country. The republican governor-elect, Augus tus E. Wlllson, in writing of the re sults of the election in Kentdcky, says: I was elected because of the dissatisfac tion of the people of Kentucky with the group of men who had taken control of the democratic organization and all Its party machinery and had used It to per petuate themselvea In office, and also be cause the peoplt were tired of using the Goebel murder for the third time as a campaign argument. This statement U in no wise exag gerated. Goebel's death' has been used as a political issue since tbe day of his taking off. Governor Beckham has demanded the conviction of Caleb Powers, because In no other way could he Justify the election robbery of 1900. Even the democrats of Kentucky ad mit that Taylor was elected governor in 1899, when the election law, framed by Goebel as a state senator was re lied upon to throw out Taylor. - Goe bel was In the aet of using the strength given him under his law when he was assassinated, after, having been de feated et the polls and by the verdict jcf. Lis; own electloa board, , He had then appealed to the legislature, which declared him governor, and he lived just long enough to receive his com mission and to make way for Beck ham to succeed hlmv Caleb Powers has been In Jail since the death of Goebel, nearly eight years ago. He has been sentenced twice to life Imprisonment and once to death, and thrice the court of last resort in Kentucky has set aside the verdicts. "Jim" Howard, whom Powers declares to be Innocent, has been sent to prison for life. Henry Youtsey, whose wife Insists he was tortured Into making confessions implicating Howard and Powers, has also been sent to prison for life. Taylor, who was elected gov ernor over Goebel, has been a refugee In Indiana, anxious to stand trial or to appear as a witness in the Powers case, but afraid of assassination should he return to Kentucky, Two Judges have passed out of the case because charged by the defense with being personally and politically prejudiced against Powers, and now the fourth trial is being resumed, with a special Judge assigned to hear tt. Judge Morris, who Is presiding at the present trial, has taken Judicial cognizance of the fact that there is still politics In the case. He has de cided that both political parties shall be represented equally on the Jury, If the politics of the members of the Jury is to be considered t all. He has also given assurance that If former Governor Taylor will return to the state as a witness he shall be given every protection possible In all his rights. . The public generally has no interest in either the conviction or ac quittal of Powers, but it does, want him to have a fair trial. That the people of Kentucky appreciate their state has been sufficiently disgraced is evidenced by the overthrow of Beck ham and his machine at the last elec tion, due largely to the fact, as Governor-elect Wlllson says, that the peo ple were tired of having the Goebel murder used as a campaign issue. I WHO SHOULD OIVE THE OBbtCBS. The question, Who should give the orders to tbe police? has again been raised by the statement of the mayor in open session bt the police board that he is the chief executive of the city and that his prerogative is broad enough to cover the police department. The source of authority gver the police is to be found In the city char ter, under, which the mayor and the members of the police board all hold their offices. Section 64 of the charter says: It shall be the duty of the mayor to enforce the laws and ordinances, etc. Section 67 of the charter says: The chief of police shall have the su pervision and control of the police forse of the city, subject to. the orders of the mayor and Board of Fire and Police Com missioners. All ' orders of the board relating to the direction of the police force shall be given ''through the chief of police, or. In his absence, the officer In charge of the police force. Section 68 says: The chief of police shall be the prin cipal ministerial officer of the corpora tion, etc. Section 69 says: He shall be subject to the orders of the mayor In the suppression of riots and tumultuous disturbances and breaches of peace, etc. These sections seem to be plain enough to avoid confusion. The point In controversy with previous police boards was whether the mayor or the mayor and police board together were charged with responsibility for law enforcement and the formulation of a police policy. The present board has been acting on the theory that It has equal authority and responsibility with the mayor, but the most far fetched construction of the charter would require the board to act offi cially and not Individually by its con stituent members. No member of the police commis sion has any more authority to give an order or to promise immunity to any member of the police force than has a private citizen; nor has a member of the police force any more reason to go to a member of the police board with his grievances than he has to a private citizen. Every mem ber of the police force who has a complaint to make should be invited to make It before the board at its reg ular meeting In either Open or execu tive session Instead of Choosing to wake any particular member of the board his special confidant In private. If the mayor and police board will follow the plain nrovlslons of the char ter they wjll have -o conflicts of au thority and at the same time they will put a stop to practices that are -threatening to demoralize and destroy the efficiency of the police. The heirs of the late Count Crelgh ton are to be congratulated on adjust ing their differences over the distribu tion of his property without precipi tating a protracted will contest. This settlement means something for Omaha as well as for those directly concerned, because this city would surely not be the gainer were this large estate to be hung up In the courts indefinitely, whereas Its distribution is sure to put it In the way of invest ment and improvement through the heirs and beneficiaries. Chancellor Andrews of the Univer sity of Nebraska is again In Washing ton, this time attending a meeting of the heads of state universities. It is to be hoped the chancellor will not hang any more editors either literally or figuratively this time while sojourn ing at the national capital. According to the local democratic organ, "the roan of the hour," who Is euUUd to. more credit than anyone else for staying the panic, Is none other than William Jennings Bryan. It devolves upon Rockefeller, Morgan, Harrlman, Hill and the other pluto crats, whose accumulations of a life time were In danger, to show their gratitude now by turning in and help ing Mr. Bryan to achieve his great ambition. The Nebraska Federation of Woman's Clubs has been formally in vited to hold its next annual meeting In Omaha. The club women through out the state should seize this oppor tunity to get acquainted with the metropolis, which was likewise the original center of the woman's club movement In this section. President Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland have both contributed words of encouragement to a new society that has been formed for "The Protec tion of Fish." Mr. Harrlman will withhold his endorsement until con vinced that the protection does not extend to the Illinois Central species of Fish. The Board of Education is again up against the High School fraternity question which, like Banquo's ghost, wllf not down. The only way to deal with the fraternal societies in the pub lic schools is to shut them out alto gether or throw the bars completely down to all of them. George Fred Williams- of Massachu setts says he "sees" a victory for far. Bryan next year. George Fred Is Just as optimistic as he was when he was a member of President Bryan'B cab inet, Just prior to the 1896 election. "They will force Mr, Roosevelt to accept another nomination," says Con gressman Hull of Iowa. Photographs of anybody "forcing" Mr. Roosevelt to do anything would make a decided hit in a moving picture show. That carefully prepared bomb, whjth was to blow Chief of Police Donahue off the face of the earth, has been duly set off "in the still o' night," but the detonation somehow failed to wake anyone out of his sleep. Joslah Qulncy of Boston announces his Intention to support Mr. Bryan for the presidency next year. That makes two Massachusetts votes for Bryan, since George Fred Williams is already; committed. Possibilities f Wind Power. Washington Post. The man who puts In most of his time blowing- his own horn Is seldom heard complaining of overwork. Strlnarlna; the Consumer. Philadelphia Record. The Thread trust announces net profits of I 215,280.625 on the business of the past year. A dividend of 20 per cent with an additional bonus of 10 per cent will be paid to stock holders. The advance In the price of , thread has made a 'srriWrt Increase In the revenues of the trust at the expense, In large part, of seamstresses. Good Tblnar for the Other Fellow. New York Tribune. Mr. Bryan wants to ostracize the corpor ation which controls more than 60 per cent of the output In any line of production. But If he accepts three presidential nomina tions from the democratic party In twelve years he will hlmseir be guilty of taking more than a &0 per cent' share In that or ganisation's political operations and national convention dividends Hope for Straphangers. Baltimore American. The Georgia court of appeals has decided that a common carrier Is legally bound to provide passengers with seats, as compel- i ling them to stand for want of room may cause Injury. The decision was In the dam I age suit of a passenger who had been In jured by a jolting received while standing. Following a similar decision In New Jer sey, th.s movement may extend so that straphangers will no longer be "assets." Union Good for Botb. Portland Oregonlan. The divorce of the Illinois Central from the Union Pacific would be a serious loss for both roads. The former road traverses the best traffic producing section of the south, and since It passed Into the control 1 of Harrlman, has supplied the Union Pa- clflo with an Immense amount of overland freight destined for the far east. Tha Union Pacific has reciprocated by making the Illinois Central the distributing feeder for a large amount of tea, matting and other products from the orient, as well as for a considerable amount of Oregon fruit, lumber and shingles It Is not exactly a Hiawatha case of "useless each without rthe other," but It Is a case where the roads operating together will prove vastly more profitable than If they are separated. VIRTUES OK FHl'U LITY. Some Directions In Which Its Value , la Floated. - ' Pittsburg Dispatch. Senator Shelby M. Cullom Is out In an Interview advising people to be frugal. "If they'd save Instead of wasting their money," says this exponent of old-fashioned apothegms, "they wouldn't care what the market did now and then." This Is first-class If effete doctrine, but as It seems to be aimed at the common expenditure of the masses It falls to touch the marrow of the pending ques tion. It was not the extravagance of the ordinary people in buying fine rai ment for their perishable bodies and costly viands to delight their palates that produced the pending difficulties. In deed, bankers, merchants, brokers and rprill.tnr. Wltlll.1 AifTr frnin Munutn- to go on spending their money or clear ing house checks that the medium of exchange may be kept on the Jump and trade continue active. The frugality which Senator Culljm needs to urge. If he is to be up-to-date, Is the fr.ugal hand In Injecting water In stocks, a marked economy In the use of money to hold the Inflated stocks at speculative level, and retrenchment In the prices of property which corporations buy of their own managers. And when a veteran lawmaker preaches the un doubted value of frugality to the people who find difficulty In producing the means of paying arbitrarily swollen prices for meat, milk, petroleum, coal, gas and sugar It differs In degree rather than character from telling the man perishing of thlrx In the desert that If he la frugal In thf use of water his troubles will soon be over as they undoubtedly will be If the eaferoed frugality continues long enough. WIIK.HE THE rRESIDF.ST STANDS Ilia Latest Sammies; I'p of the Case Against the Trnsts. In an article on "Roosevelt, Wall Street and the Country," which purports to be an authoritative statement of the pres ident's own view, together with an analy sis of the Wall street game, the Broadway Magaalne turns a spotlight on the Impel ling causes of the money game. "The president." says the writer, Llnd sey Denison of the magailne staff, "does not believe that his utterances have di rectly brought about the recent financial stringency. The president believes that the country Is in a naturally prosperous condition. He deplores the fact that the small bankers In villages and county seats throughout the land have not had the spunk and acumen to look around them at the busy and fertile farms teaming with heavy crops, producing fat stock; at rail roads overcrowded with traffic, at the bust ling procession of eager buyers In the vil lage stores; but that, on the other hand, these bankers look at their own com munity through the spectacles of Wall street bankers. They believe, rather than the evidence of their own eyes, what thy are told from Wall street by per sons Interested In the preservation of usurped rights and who hope to achieve their end by destruction of the present administration. And the small bankers regarding, with undue respect, the clamor of Wall street, began drawing In their credits refusing to extend their notes, thus throttling the markets and the pro ductions of their own little communities. Thus has come so much of a panic as we have had. "The president Is credited with having started a destructive movement by saying that Edward H. Harrlman ought to be In Jail. He has not said so at any rate, not publicly. But he has said that the man of great wealth and responsibility, trustee for the wealth of thousands of others, who Is Illegally false to his trust, deserves Jail more than the mere burglar or pickpocket. The president has not said that all the millionaires of Wall street are rich male factors, but he has said that among the millionaires of Wall street are malefactors too many of them. "Moreover, he believes that the man of great wealth, who has acquired that wealth honestly, deserves the thanks, not to say the affection, of his fellow-citizens. Far from believing that the possession of hon est wealth isjin evil, the president never theless appreciates the temptations under .which the very rich man must labor, sub jected, as he Is constantly, to the Intoxi cating atmosphere of his own riches. The president has been known to refer to the 1 fact that he did not originate the thought, Dut that there Is an Infinitely great author ity on record for some 2,000 years, that It shall be harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. "The president believes that his position In the present widespread agitation against enormous corporations Is analogous to that of the sheriff, who, having caught a crim inal red-handed, Is bound to use all means to bring him to justice, but is also bound to protect him from mob violence and lynching. Carrying the comparison farther. If a man Is pointed out to a sheriff by the mob as a criminal, It Is no less and no more than hla duty to eek to bring that man to Justice and a fair trial, whether he be Innocent or guilty. "President Roosevelt clearly Indicated his attitude with respect to the prevailing financial agitation directly on his return to Washington on October 24. Following a hurried conference with Secretaries Root, Cortelyou and others whose judgment he respects, It was decided that everything within the power of the administration would be promptly done to maintain confi dence In those banks and financial Institu tions that could show a clean bill of health. Consequently, government funds. In the sum of many millions, were run tied to New York and deposited In national banks throughout the country to fortify substan tial business Interests, but not to be used In support of speculators masking In the name of honest enterprise. "Long ago when Mr. Roosevelt was a civil service commissioner at Washington, he detected the coming storm of Indigna tion against corporate misdoings. When he became president, the duty which loomed largest before him was that of Imposing himself between this torrent of angry, and often unjust, criticism and the objects of It. The president believes that If ,he had not Imposed all the powers of his office and his popularity between the agitators and the mixed company of miscreant and hon est financiers a flnanciid panic would have already destroyed or Impaired our credit and our Industries for years. "He believes that In time the men who are now his bitterest critics will acknowl edge this. He believes that the clamor of his enemies agatnRt him and their com plaints because of his depriving them of their alleged rights, which they had Ille gally assumed with the tacit consent of the country, have ,iot yet destroyed popu lar faith In him, as the faith of the people In Grover Cleveland was for a time weakened. This faithfulness to him of the people whose president he Is, the chief executive attributes to two main causes: the recognition by the people of the ab solute sincerity and honesty of hla faith fulness to them; second, to the aoUvc and powerful support which has come to him from a few great corporations and Wall street men. like Mr. B. F. Yoakum, of th.i Rock Island railroad, who have supported his policies in deed and word. In spite of their differences with him politically and In matters of detail. "The president greatly desires the elec tion of William H. Toft as his successor, because he believes that Mr. Taft Is the man on whom the country can most thoroughly rely to mend the ways of I erring corporations. It Is aa though a party of straightforward and honest set- tiers had taken possession legally of a ' great tract of land; arm, aa their proa-' perlty had developed, they had extended their activities over the border-line uatll many of them had become squatters. En Joying undisturbed possession, without public resentment. of these squatters' rights they naturally made a great d's turhance when the knowledge of the Ille gal possession was commented upon and the demand finally arose for their ejec tion. "It Is the president's feeling that sudden and abrupt action would work great hard ship and Injustice to those aftiong the usurpers who were willing to reimburse the state for the mistake that had been marie, and who were at once willing to acknowledge the supremacy of the law; but those who defy the government, who seek In every manner to retain authority, using bribery, forgery, embezzlement and everything but physical attack, could hardly b handled too ruthlessly. "The president i-iut-eg there must be a constructive readjust!,.. r -t , porate laws; and It Is known tuat much of the rest of his term, will be devoted to persuading Interstate corporations that their Interests and future prosperity de pend upon their aiding him In persuading the stales to give over t the federal government- all regulation of Interstate com merce. The Importance of Mr. Taft's election to the presidency, In the preal dent's eyes, Is that the present distinc tions between helpful and friendly cor porations and reculcltrant and wilfully criminal corporations shall be maintained. I I nTTD W pl flwsswassl sltiSSSfcsa CrmBaIdMgFwder Is the most efficient and perfect of leavening agents MADE FROM PURE CREAM OF TARTAR No alum, lime or ammonia. There should be no relaxation of the war upon the criminal; no undue or unk'nd pressue upon the amenable." " "I OOD WB TBIST." How the Motto Came to Be IMaced on Coins. Springfield Republican. More light upon the origin of the coin age motto, "In God We Trust," la given by Elmer H. Toungman, editor of the Bankers' Magazine, In a letter to the New York Times. He finds a full account In the twenty-fourth annual report of the director of the Vnlted States mint. It seems that In November, 18B1, Secretary 6almon P. Chase of. the Treasury depart ment received a letter from Rev. M. R. Watkinson of Rldlcyvllle, Ta., which said: "One fact touching our currency has hitherto been seriously overlooked. I mean the recognition of the Almighty God In some form In our coins. Tou are probably a Christian. What If our republic were now shattered beyond recognition. Would t not the antiquarians of suc ceeding centuries rightly reason from our past that we were a heathen nation? What I propose Is that, Instead of the Goddess of Liberty we shall have next Inside the thirteen stars a ring inscribed with the words, 'Perpetual union;' within this rl8 the all-senlng eye crowned with a halo; beneath this eye the American flag, bear ing In Its field stars equal to the num ber of the stales united; In the folds of the bars the words, "God, liberty, law.' " This seems to have mads a strong Im pression upon Secretary Chase, who a week later addressed this letter to the director of the mint; "No nation can be strong except In the strength of God, or safe except In His de fense. The trust of our 'people In God should be declared on our national coins. You will cause a device to be prepared without unnecessary delay, with a motto expressing In the fewest and tersest words possible this national recognition." It was found, however, that the act of 1837 prescribed the mottoes and devices which might be placed upon the coins of the country, and that act did not admit the carrying out of Secretary Chase's or der. In December, ISO, however, the di rector of the mint submitted to the secre tary designs for new one, two and three cent pieces, which provided these mottoes: "Our Country, Our God," and "God Our Trust." Secretary Chase approved of these with the latter changed to "In God We Trust." Early In 1864 congress au thorised the coinage of - two-cent pieces with such devices as might be fixed by the mint director with the approval of the secretary of the treasury, and accordingly It was upon that coin that the legend now under discussion first appeared on the American coinage. The act of March 8, 18G5, made It lawful for the same public officials to extend the legend to other coins of the United States which would admit of the appearance thereon, and It accordingly found Its wV to the gold coins of 5 and up, and the silver dollar, half and quarter, where It has since re mained. The coinage act of 1873, to which we have before referred, continued that provision of the act of 1866. One question stlli remains unanswered: How did It come about that this particular permissive provision of the act of 1873 was dropped out In the codification of national laws under title of the RevlBed Statutes, made In 1874 and amended and added to In 1877 T PERSONAL NOTESt According to James Whltcomb Riley, coin haa become so scarce In Indiana that the bubles are cutting their teeth on cer tified checks. ' The czar of Russia la looking more kindly upon the newspaper men of his country, and has instructed that the Jour nalists' gallery in tha Duma bo granted far better facilities. ' A sale of autograph letters reveals that Daniel Boone spelled the name of a west ern river thus: . "Ohigho." Daniel was always too busy reforming Indians to re form his spelling. Charles N. Haskell, the Governor-elect of Oklahoma, Is somewhat radical In his Ideas, being a strong anti-corporation man. He was born In Ohio, the son of a farmer, and lived on a farm until he was eighteen years of age. former United States Labor Commis sioner Hon. Carroll D. Wright has re ceived the Cross of the Legion of Honor from the French government, in recog nition of his efforts for the betterment of Industrial conditions throughout the world. A man In New York petitioned to have his name changed because It was "dis pleasing to the eye, hard to pronounce" and a millstone around his neck from a business standpoint. Reasons enough for the Judge to authorize Adolph Lozarowltz to become Otto Lorence. Keep ArbuckW Anca Coffee In tK original package, and grind it at home a you ue it Warming it lightly develops the flavor, tnd make the grinding eay. , That delicious appetizing aroma is too good to lose in a grocery store. Coffee loses its identity as coffee after it is ground. If you know and want a good coffee bxxfj Abuckles, Ariosa . Coffee and grind il at home. The cheapest good coffee in the world. ' x I MSMVCKiJb WtOa, New Terk Otjs ( mm BRYAN AND BRYANISM. Chicago Inter Ocean: Aa a matter o fact, It la Mr. Bryan who Is conferring the favor In this Instance, especially 'whe a we oonslder how little his party has been able to do for anyl jdy In recent years. New York World: If eleven years of Mr. Bryan's leadership can reduce the "more united" democratic party to' thlr teen southern states, what will be the re suit of four years more of such leader ship? New York Sun: "What a spectacle It Is; this once great party on Its knees (a th president, begging him to do what nelthel Washington nor Jefferson would do rus for a third term" William J. Bryan. An what a spectacle It Is, another once great party permitting Itself to be hypnotise! by a glib demagogue who wants to rut third time. Baltimore American: After all, why thlt discussion about the democratic candtdatel It has long been an acknowledged, fact thnt it Is not wise to swap horses la th middle of the stream, and the AmnVlcao. people are wlso enough to see that bndei present conditions,, when affairs are Is what may be termed a process of evolu. tlon, a change of party Is not to be con sldered. Springfield Republican: The announce ment of Mr. Bryan's willingness to run hat been a signal success in smoking' out hlf opponents. They are remarkable In show ing enthusiasm directed the reverse way. Yet why should they not rejoice? They believe, apparently" that no democrat could be elected, and Mr. Bryan nomi nation would at least afford them one Tnor Joyful opportunity to bury-him. As for being burled again, of course. Mr. Bryan wouldn't mind. It haa been the great and distinctive experience of his life. LAlGIintl MATTER. "Are the running expenses of aul blllng very large? - omo- "That depends pretty much whom you're running over." 'Baltimore Ameri can. "Here!" growled Mr. Kadley, "what do you mean by waking me out- of abound sleep?" 1 "Because," replied hla wife, "It was euch a distressing sound." Philadelphia Press. '.. After taking anti-fat ' treatment for a week an obese person received a bill. "But, doctor," he proteated. "I haven't lost an ounce. The bill Is too big." "The bill," the doctor Informed him, curtly, "Is part of the treatment." Phila delphia Ldger.; . j.. i j "The only thing I can recommend In your rase," said the surgeon, "la a long Journey." r "Well, If It has to be, doc." the patient groaned, "get out your whittling tools and go ahead with the- operation. Chi cago Record-Herald. Slug 47 What do the letters 'u. P. stand for? i . Copy Chopper Depends on the- context. They may stand either for United Pres byterian or for Harrlman. Chicago Tribune. "How Is It that such a silent girl as Miss Daisy gets all the attention of the gymnasium crowd?" "Because, naturally, they prefer a dumb belle." Baltimore American. " " - I "1 suspect," said the observant citizen, "that people do not pay aa much attentlou to campaign speeches as they used to " "They don't," answered Senator Sor ghum. "The business Instinct Is perm atlng the masses and they regard a cam paign speech merely aa a promlsory - note without any mortgage behind ,11. "--Washington Star. THE LEAKNEU WOMAN. Nashville American. ' When I marriPd my wife ahe had studied sienograpny, i Got that down solid, rarhy. v then took up photog. Mastered that science and started geog raphy, AH In the course of a year. '' 1 She presently took up a course of the ology. Followed that up with a touch or myth. ology. :. Got a degree In the line of zoology, Still her great mind remained clear. So. she took In a course on the theory oi writing. Some lessons and points on the subject of fighting, A long course on house building, heating and lighting, For over her classmates she'd soar. So she entered the subject of steam navl. gatlon, Took also Instruction In church education, And mastered the study of lmpersona tlnn, And still ahe was longing for mora. Next ahe tackled the latest great fad el ectrlolty; "Dress reform'' Institutions taught hei simplicity; Sought the best way to encourage felicity. Oh, she's as smart aa a book. She at last ended up with a course of pho netlrs. r Gave a little attention 1 and tlma to ath- letlcs; The rest of her time she then gave to magnetics, And now sh.e Is learning to cook.