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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1007.
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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
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"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.