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TTfR OMAHA DAILY BTTR: TUESDAY, DECEMBEK X 1907.
The Omaha Daily Dee
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VICTOR ROSE WATER. EDITOR,
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claaa natter
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Charles C. Kose-vater, general manager
of The Be Publishing; company, being
duly sworn, says that the actual number
of full and complete eoplea of The Dally
Morning, Evening and Bunday Bee printed
during the month of November, 1807, was
as follows:
1 t7,000 II 87,430
J 17.880 IT 36,450
J aS,60O 1 38.1E0
4 97,830 1 37,430
C 89,680 20 v 37,090
4 M.e0 11 36,970
T 'i.f rwo 22 ,. 37.300
I 37340, 22 37,380
37,850 J.v. 86,100
10 8S.S00 2B 87,890
11 37,830 2 6 37,090
12 87,730 - 27 37,340
II 87380 , 28 36,940
14 87,360 29 39,690
II 37,600 30.... ...... 37,590
Total 1,133,430
Lass untold and returned copies. 10,168
Net Total 1,113,363
Dally average 37,108
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn
to before ma this 2d day of December,
1907, ROBERT HUNTER. .
Notary Public.
WHEW OCT OF TOWN.
Babseribers leaving the cltf teas,
porarlly sheald 1st - The) Ba
mailed to them. 4 drees will be
cbaaieal aa oftea as rqaeated.
Cody, Wyo., has had a wild west
how that was a disastrous enterprise,
owing to the oversupply of fireworks.
Nancy Hanks, has been sold for
$1,600. She was worth much more
than that when she was leading a fast
life; ' ' ' " '
Something Is the matter with Kan
sas. Its governor positively refused
to give an Interview to an Omaha re
porter. "It 1 time for flnant.ers to sober
down," aaya James J, Hill, who ap
parently forgets that example Is better
than advice.
Memorial services by the Elks recall
the fact that the roll of dead for the
last year contains a number of distin
guished names.
If "In God We Trust" Is to be re
moved from the new gold coins, why
Vould not "Don't Hoard Me'" make a
alUble substitute. .
Colonel Bryan Is preparing to ctand
a third trial and' doubtless will be
ready with his old claim that the juiy
was packed against him.
The first report of the Nebraska
Railway commission will soon be given
to the public. It is Important If only
for the fact that It Is the first.
Mr. Carnegie says a man at 70 la
better than a man at 40. Every man
at 40 will be anxious to live thirty
more years to test the truth of Mr.
Carnegie's claim.
Moat authentlo information from
New Tork la that the banks there are
beginning to get ready to prepare to
start to commence the resumption of
currency pymc.
Mr. Bryan's proposal to conduct a
campaign without funds or a commit
tee la not bo impracticable as might
appear. He has a fine rating with the
Chautauqua managers.
Even good advertisers overlook an
opportunity occasionally. The country
has sot been informed what brand of
shoes Weeton wore on that walk from
Portland, Me., to Chicago.'
Some traveler
Is now Drtntlnar a
story to the effect that in Corea brides
are allowed to apeak only when neces
sary. Still. It la a little late to work
up aa excursion to Corea.
Friends of the rooster are protest
ing because Mr. Bryan has selected the
donkey as the democratic emblem. The
warring factions might get together
and compromise on the goat.
The Nobel prize for literary achieve
ment has been awarded to Rudyard
Kipling. It Sri 11 be up to the commit
tee on award to explain how George
M. Cohan came to be overlooked.
John D, Archbold of the Standard
Oil company says that all his money
came "from fifty years of hard and
honest toll." Aa Mr. Archbold la worth
sometsttg like 1160,000,000, he must
have had a steady Job Instead of work
ing by the day.
The treasury haa about 1350,000.
000 in the national .banks of which
more than 1100,000,000 (a In the
banks of New Tork and other eastern
cities. The fiction about "money to
move the crops"- la getting a little
frayed around the edge
, . ISKlTTRLVat A flfRt
Disturbing reports come from Wash
ington to t'.ie effect thnt Senator Kltr
tredge of South Dakota is planning to
repudiate the agreement for the divi
sion of federal patronage In his sttte.
This distribution, it will be remem
bered, was decided upon by the flip of
a coin at the White House. Senators
Klttredge and Gamble had been un
able to agree upon recommendations
lor a number of positions in the kov
ernment service. They carried their
endorsements and their differences to
the White House and after a confer
ence it was decided to flip a coin to
settle the dispute. Both senators, ac
cording to the report, agreed to the
plan and the coin was tossed. It is
even reported that Senator Kittredge
got more than his share of the spoils,
but he la still dissatisfied, and It la as
serted that he now proposes to oppose
the'sunatorll confirmation of some of
the men appointed upon the endorse
ment of Senator Gamble.
The public will not be particularly
concerned as to the outcome, but some
interesting questions are raised by this
new phase of the dispute. Under the
"courtesy" rules of the senate the op
position of Senator Klttredge would
prevent the confirmation ' of any ap
pointment In his state, unless the sen
ate should adopt the unusual course
of going Into an Investigation of the
case on its merits. In that event the
question would be raised as to the
legality of the proceeding ' by "tfhlch
the division' of patronage was agreed
upon. It might embarrass the senate
to ask it to formally approve coln
tosslng, dice-throwing or any of the
other expedients resorted to in win
ning the favor of the goddess of
chance and It is more than probable
that the august body would refuse to
commit itself on afcjr. such proposi
tion. Then, again, if Senator Klttredge
refuses to abide by the agreement.
Senator Gamble la released of all obli
gations and might decide to retaliate
by opposing the confirmation of the
men appointed as Senator Klttredgo'a
share of the loot That would leave
the appointments of the candidates up
in the air and would probably result In
the president taking a hand and nam
ing men who might be objectionable
to both the senators. Such things have
happened, as Senators Foraker and
Dick of Ohio can testify, and 'in such
cases the senate is faced . with the
necessity of choosing between the pres
ident and lta own members.
Aside from such possible complica
tions, however, the west will be disap
pointed In Senator Klttredge If the
report la true that h la going to re
pudiate the agreement made at . the
White House. Out In this untutored
country a welcher does not have a
very high social rating.. The folks like
a "good loser," the man who takes
bis medicine and pretends that he likest
it at least until he gets a chance to
play even. There la no evidence that
marked cards or loaded ; dice were
used In the game between the South'
Dakota senators tnd so long as the
game was on the square the players
should abide by the results. '
PnUSS U S PI.AHS IN VOIAKD.
Germany's proposition to dlspogses
the Polish landholders Is a thinly dis
guised plan to end the Polish-National
agitation ai.d to place the' Prussians
In control in the Polish provinces.
Chancellor von Buelow'a explanation
of the proposition falls to relieve it in'
any degree of lta bald tyranny. It la a
direct challenge to the patriotism of
the Poles and a notice to them that
they must become "good Germans" or
lose their identity and perhaps their
possessions.
The Germanizing of Poland haa keen
In process since Russia, . Austria and
Prussia perpetrated the crime of parti
tioning Poland, in the eighteenth cen
tury. Frederick the Great began the
work by purchasing the lands In Polish
Prussia and settling Germans npon
them. Bismarck followed the same
policy, the purpose being to secure a
preponderance of German influence In
that part of the kingdom. Through it
all. however, the Polish national spirit
remained strong and steadfast. The
Poles refused to adopt the German
language or the German customs and
finally refused to sell their lands. To
meet thla obstacle Chancellor von
Buelow announces his determination
to force a bill condemning the Polish
lands and allowing Its resale to Ger
man citizens. His explanation that the
government's action Is planned to pre
vent land speculation in Poland Is
flimsy on the face of It. The plan is to
forcibly dispossess the Polea of their
lands and homes to make room for
state-aided Prussian settlers. -' Under
the terms of the proposed bill an ap
propriation of 87,000,000 is made to
pay for the lands as they are con
demned and to resell them to the
Germans on easy terms.
The effect of thla method of sup
pression id already being made. mani
fest. The Poles are emigrating by
thousands to the United States, but
those who remain are as strong as
ever in adherence to their determina
tion to retain their national and ra
cial identity. Edicts prohibiting the
use of the Polish language In public
assemblies and prohibiting the teach
ing of Polish In the schools are en
forced by the law of might, but every
Polish home la a school. The children
are taught the Polish tongue and Po
lish history. The attempts to kill the
Polish language and spirit from the
outside have served only to Intensify
the patriotic spirit in the Polish home.
Austria has made some concessions to
the Polea, but the other partlea to the
partition of Poland, the Russians and
the Germans, have sought by every
power of tyranny and repression to
smother and stifle the Tollsh spirit.
Those efforts have proved futile in
Russia and It Is hardly probable that
they will be more successful In Ger
many. They are calculated to promote
disturbance rather than peace.
THff tHBI&TMAS SHOPPING.
The entire spirit of the Chrl-ttmas
season, the spirit of love And cemfott
and peace, is marred by those who
postpone their purchases until tie last
hour and thus vex their own spirits
and cause actual suffering to the tired,
overworked employes In the' atorea.
This Is becoming generally recognized
and efforts are being made in all parts
of the country to improve conditions
relating to the holiday trade. The Con
sumers' league and the Women's Fed
eration of New York clubs have Joined
In an effort to bring this question di
rectly home to the shoppers. They are
circulating literature' calling attention
to the desirability of early purchases
and, In the course of their appeal, offer
these words of wisdom:
The celebration of Christmas grows more
and more elaborate and tho problems of
the merchants are, correspondingly, more
complex. The remedy undoubtedly Is In
extending; the Chrlatma shopping through
a longer period of time.
The possibilities of extending "the
Christmas shopping through a longer
period of time" are limited this year.
But twenty days remain in which the
purchases may be made and each day's
delay curtails the extension and
makes what should be a pleasure and
a labor of love, a real worry and bur
den in the crowds that defer their
buying.
Merchants have done their share.
The advertising pages of The Bee bear
ample testimony to this fact. Better
bargains and better selections are of
fered now than will be possible later
In December. The attractiveness of
the goods displayed, the variety of the
stock, the - leisure offered for Inspec
tion and the ability of salesmen and
saleswomen to give ample and proper
attention to the desires of customers
combine to make early shopping a
pleasure rather than an exertion. It is
the part of common sense and wisdom
to do the Christmas shopping early.
TUB VA1L7 BOLVCP.
, The Omaha Junior Yellow weaves
for Itself a dainty crown of virtue and,
adjusting the same with a coquettish
air, sidles up to the Omaha saloon
keepers and tells them that they are
being held up because they do not ad
vertise in the Junior Yellow,
The law of Nebraska requires that
notices of application for license to sell
liquor must be published In the uews
psper having the largest circulation In
the count in which the applicant In
tends to do business. This provision
of the' law has been upheld by the
courts on many occasions. In Doug
las county The Eyenlng Bee long ago
established the fact that its bona fide
circulation is larger than that of any
other newspaper published In Douglas
county. This position The Bee has
maintained and established again and
again both before the Board of Fire
and Police Commissioners and before
the courts. It is still In position to
establish the Justice of Its claim.
Bundles of newspapers printed and
scattered recklessly about at. saloons,
hotels, restaurants and clubs, without
money and without price, do not con
stitute circulation aa contemplated by
the law. Advertisers of experience
realize this. The Bee la ready now,
as It always has been, to show by its
books and accounts the number of pa
pers actually delivered to paying sub
scribers and this number by far ex
ceeds that of any other Omaha news
paper in Douglas county. Saloon
keepera know thla and know that In
order to comply with the provisions of
the law they must advertise in The
Evening Bee. It they prefer to con
tribute to another publication rather
than submit to annoyance that la
equivalent to blackmail. It la their
own affair. If the Junior Yellow de
clines to Join the Senior Yellow In lta
hold-up of the salooDS. that Is Its af
fair, but The Bee Is still conscious of
the rectitude of its position as being
the paper intended by law for the pub
lication of these notices.
The World-Herald welcomes Marse
Henry Watterson back to the Bryan
fold with aa much Jubilation as though
there were ever any real question as
to where the eloquent Kentucklan
would eventually land on the presiden
tial platform. Having had his little
Joke with a dark borae that wore a
mustache, and enjoyed it to the ut
most, Colonel Watterson now retires
hla nature fake and takea up his posi
tion at the head of one of the divisions
of the grand army of disunited de
mocracy prepared to march aa oft be
fore "through a slaughter house to an
open grave."
Just how the Omaha doctor who en
dorses osteopathy, Christian Science
and other things that are heterodox
from a medical, standpoint will Justify
hla heresy before his scientific brethren
remains to be seen. One thing la cer
tain, he will have to make something
of a showing on thla point.
The government'e new blue book
shows that 306,000 persona are em
ployed in the government civil service.
It Is a safe wager that at least 504.000
of them feel that they are entitled to
promotion, if the government can be
brought to a knowledge of their su
perior abilities.
South Omaha cornea to the front
with the meanest man recently discov
ered. He defrauded a blind news
dealer by telling him a bank bill
J
offered In payment was one of larger
denomination than It really was. f
he Is ever caught he should certainly
be given the prize belt in addition to
as severe a penalty as the law will permit.
The State Journal announces that
the cigar store arid the billiard parlor
have taken the place of the saloon In
the social economy at the capital. And
now comes the announcement that
"owl" service has been established on
the Lincoln street car linos. Whether
there is any connection between theso
two conditions Is pot determined, but
the situation is one that ought to In
terest sociological Investigators.'
Employes at the city hall at Cleve
land have been denied the use of to
bacco during working hours and have
also been required to put in full work
ing time or have their pay docked.
The country is in a bad way if city
employes have no more right! than
other folks.
A Massachusetts minister declines to
pay his subscription to a college be
cause he finds the college does not
teach the story of Jonah and the whale.
It Is a safe wager that the courts will
hold the subscription to be orthodox
whatever it may decide about the whale
story. t
Japan has received a check for $29,
000,000 from Russia for Japan's care
of Russian prisoners during the recent
war. The $29,000,000 which Uncle
Sam is expecting for his care of the
Standard Oil prisoners has apparently
been delayed In transmission.
Secretary Whitten of the Lincoln
Commercial club is entitled to credit
for persistence, at leaBt. If some of
the energy he is expending In his fight
against Omaha were directed to pralsef
worthy efforts to build up Lincoln, re
sults might Justify his course.
Robbers went through a train in the
station at Cleveland and relieved the
passengers of their cashiers' certifi
cates. Incidents like that are not un
common in frontier towns like Cleve
land.
Shedding; the Headache.
Minneapolis Journal.
Tight money la beginning to sober up.
The Tempter.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Just as a good many of us have succeeded
In accustoming ourselves to a vegetable,
diet, a goneral reduction In the price of
meats is announced, ... .
Beyond Explanation.
Kansas City Times.
Senator Joseph Benson Foraker seems
determined to leave no effort unemployed
to place beyond the power of rational ex
planation his protracted prominence as a
politician In Ohio. ' '
Let It Co at' That.
Washington Post.
The designer .of tha new gold coins may
have had no authority for putting the In
dian war bonnet on a woman's head, but
his critics hava even, less authority for
going on tha warpath on account of It.
A. Ghost ia tha War
Wall Btreet Journal.
Mr. Btlckney argues powerfully in favor
of a central bank. There Is certainly a
growing sentiment In favor of this propo
sition, but It is still doubtful whether It
will become powerful enough to overcome
the long existing prejudice against such a
measure of financial concentration. An
drew Jackson has been dpad' a great many
years, but the Influence of his hatred of
banks Is still felt.
Tls) for Nominating: Speech.
New York Bun.
It may be assumed that somebody will
make a speech putting Mr. Bryan in nom
ination for prealdent at the democratic
national convention neit summer. Too
much stress will probably not be laid on
the fact that Mr. Bryan halls from Ne
braska, for a truthful orator would be
obliged to say: "He come from Nebraska,
whore, In spite of his constant appeals to
the electorate the republican purty has con
tinued to roll up increasing pluralities until
at tha election last November, when Mr.
Bryan made a supreme effort, the republi
can pluralities for atate officers ranged
from 2t.40 to 8t,274, the highest recorded In
twenty years."
Shipped for the Voyage.
Brooklyn Eai'lo (lnd.-dem.).
In the vernacular of the turf, It Is the
Nebrosknn ogatnst tho field, with no takers
for tha field. That Is a cumulative or ac
cumulative effect. Its mystery Is only
superficial. It Is skin deep.
Since the stampede on the banks of Lakn
Michigan. the democratic party lias
adopted as Its own Mr. Bryan's estimate
of himself. It has done this always, some
times with enthusiasm.
It accepted as founded upon fact h's
claim that wealth could bo nilntod for all:
elo his proposition that with 60 cents worth
of silver tha nation could honorably liqui
date a dollar debt.
It took no exception to his statement,
made in tha high tide of the country's pros
perity, that the only full dinner palls were
la penitentiaries.
NEEDS AX EYE-OPENER.
Easterners Unable to Grasp the Re
' source f ulnrss of the West.
Kansas City Times.
If conditions in the west had been as well
understood In the east as eastern conditions
havo been understood in the west, there
never would have been a serious disturb
ance In the money market. But it Is char
acteristic of eastern people, even financiers,
who ought to know the whole country, to
fancy that the nation revolves around New
Tork, mora especially around Wall street.
This misconception cannot work havoc, but
it can cause disturbance, for, after all,
most panics, monetary or otherwise, are
based on misconceptions. i
Tha weat, having lta eastern business,
family and historic connections, keeps bet
ter track of the country as a whole than
the east does. Tha most provincial people
of the country live in the states eart of
the Alleghenles. And In tha merely re
strictive sense of the term, the most strik
ing examples of provincialism are found
among those who bave lived and carried
on Uuir business In New York City. Prob
ably In no other place In the country would
a full realization of western resourceful
ness In all directions be such a surprise as
to the self-sufTclent and ail-Important New
Yorker. But It would be a good thing for
the country and for the New Yorker tn
particular if this realisation should be
drhcu borne In some way
X KB ft AS K A POLITICAL POINTERS.
Elgin Review: Borne -of ho tallows are
trying to politically resurrect ei-Senator
Allen of llndlnon and run him fof gover
nor nrxt year on the fusion ticket. The
senator showa no signs of taking kindly to
the resurrection process.
Tork Pemorrat: The editor of the York
Republican has entnred the ranks of those
who propose to Insist that the president
shall break tils word and accept a nomina
tion for a third term. It would seem to us
that the man. who h good enough to do
erve to bo fleeted president for a third
term ought to be too good to violate a
solemn promise.
Beatrice Express: It Is said 6late Super
intendent Mct?rlcn leans to nonpartisan
politics, and exemplified his leaning by ap
pointing a democrat to a place In his of
Men. In case he wants another term, It
might be advisable for him to hold in check
his nonpartisan proclivity until after the
primary election In which rarty affiliation
is very Important.
Central City Nonpareil: Judge Reese car
ried the state by a plurality of J4,36. The
two candidates for regent secured plurali
ties of S2.00J and 3t,C00. If Mr. Bryan or
any of bis fatuous followers tan extract
any encouragement out of these results
the republicans will generously concede
them the favor. The vote la a aslendld
endorsement of the progressiva movement
In the republican party and Indicates that
the voters can tell what is "fake" reform
and what Isn't. They evidently believe
that what the republicans have been giving
them is the genuine article.
Bushvllle Recorder: We have received
a blank from Lincoln asking us to form a
Roosevelt club In Rushvllla. Rooaevelt Is
all right and we believe In his great poli
cies, but we have not yet got It out of our
head that he means what he says, and does
not desire another term. With a man like
Taft to succeed him, tha people need not
fear but that the Roosevelt policies and
reforms will be carried out, and If It is the
president's desire to retire from the presi
dential chair we believe It should he re
spected. Thla la not to say we oppose the
Idea of again nominating the great re
former if It Is tho universal will of the
country.
Burt County Herald: If the recent elec
tion In Burt rotintv I a fair sample of re
sults In nominating under the new primary
law. the fiun falls to see where the Im
provement enrno in. It is a safe proposi
tion that never was the ticket worse
scratched. Lyons Bun.
If the Sun will recall the election of two
years ago and then again last year. It will
And that the new primary law has nothing
to do with the slaughtering nf republican
candidates at the polls. It la the result of
a rule or ruin policy which la the out
growth of machine methods In polltlca.
The direct primary is all right and la here
to stay Just as sure aa the Australian act.
It will be amended to strengthen weak
places.
Blooming-ton Advocate: The republicans
of Douglas county, or the leaders perhaps,
gave a banquet one night last week In
honor of their recent victory, aa the guests
of Victor Rosewater of the Omaha Bee. It
was said that the meeting was for the pur
poBo of bringing out the young editor of
The Bee aa a candidate for tha United
States senate to succeed Senator Burkatt.
Edward Rosewater, before he died, had one
ambition that was never gratified, that of
being elected senator from this state, and
It looks as If the young man had fallen heir
to that ambition. However, Mr. Rosewater
says ha Is not a candidate tor any office,
but It will be well to keep an eye en him.
Schuyler Free Lance: The World-Herald
ia trying to figure out consolation in tba
late election and claims to get It in the
fact that the democrats gained a district
judge and elected- a, great many county
officers. That Is poor consolation when the
atate went ao strongly republican In this
off year. The World-Herald haa to go
away from home to get Us consolation, for
Douglas county went over 1,000 republican,
elected all seven republican district Judges
and all the republican county ticket The
World-Herald has nothing to offer aa eon
eolation so far aa It Is concerned, for any
victories as In Colfax county, was local
and not la any way due to the World
Herald. Fremont Herald: The talk la going the
rounda that former Senator William V,
Allen of Madison will be a candidate of the
fusion forces next fall for governor. There
are a number of good democrats and popu
lists, too, who do not like the Madison
statesman very well, but those who know
him best realise that ha la often misunder
stood. But, to the great rank and file tn
Nebraska, William V. Allen Is appreciated,
and it Is not too much to say that there Is
not an abler man In the atate. If ha were
nominated, William V. Allen would un
doubtedly be elected, and If elected, Ne
braska would have a chief executive worthy
of the name in every way. It will take a
mighty atrong man to defeat Governor
Sheldon for re-election, and William V.
Allen Is that man.
Bloomlngton Advocate: A lot of politi
cians in Lincoln are making an effort to
create a little cheap notsrlety for them
selves by organizing a Roosevelt club which
lias for ,lt object to further the nomination
of . ThoodSre Roosevelt for a third term.
We have been sent a full quota of blanks
and requested to perfect such an organisa
tion In this county. The writer Is personally
a great admirer of the president, as most
of the people of tha county are, but we be
Ilevo he means what he says when he em
phatically intlmntes that he will not be a
candidate for re-election. For thla reason we
do not deem It prudent nor wlae to help
in organizing such a movement as tha poli
ticians of Lincoln are trying to build up.
If the president would only aay the word he
would be renominated without the aid of
any clubs of this nature. Let's take him at
his word.
Falrbury Gsiette: Frank Harrison of
Lincoln la making himself ridiculously con
spicuous In the part he Is playing with
other pie eaters around the capital. His
greatest ambition la to make people be
lieve he la cutting aome Ice In the organ,
nation of Roosevelt rluba, when, as a
matter of fact, he Is Just making a noise
because there la a federal clerkship at
stake. Ho don't care a cuss who Is presi
dent so lung aa he can hold his Job. He Is
the same Frank Harrison who formerly
did what the great reform party now calls
"dirty work" for the Union PacMo Rail
road company. He mingled with the
crowds In the hotel lobbies buying their
votes and Influence with meal tickets and
ru1mad passes. And scores of the men
who sold out for a song are now lambast
ing the railroads to a frlssle. Are these
true republlran principleaT Nit!
Fremont Tribune: But there can be little
hope for democracy In Nebraska. Not even
w' Mr. Bryan a candidate again can this
state be taken out of the republican column.
Since McKlnley restored It to Its odd
allegiance In 1900 Its republican majorities
have been steadily Increasing. With li.if
for Reese and 34,000 for the regents on No
vember t; there la little rncouragmeut
for our friends, the enemy, next year. In
1904 Roosevelt carried the state by the phe
nomenal majority of U.SS2. Next year the
candidate will be either President Roose
velt or some one equally acceptable to the
people and this will mean a routing repub
lican victory again. With Roosevelt the
nominee there would be no need for a cam
paign. He would sweep th'j state without
a struggle. Taft could carry Nebraska
with almost equal ease. In fact no repub
lican candidate except a reactionist could
loae the atate, and CO reactionist will be
nominaUd,
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TOO MirCIf TAGOART.
Presiding; Sport of Preach Uek
Iarlted to Come Down.
Philadelphia Record.
Thomaa Taggart has come before the
public twice within a few riuva rin it,
first occasion ha was entertaining the dem
ocratic national committee at hla casino at
French Lick. On tha aecnnrf
Indianapolis dispatch reports thnt "the
cases of the French Lick and West Baden
resorts, in which the state confir.inrt v,
gambling apparatus of Taggarfa and Sin
clair's casinos, were decided by the superior
ouri ioaay in favor of the state." The
court alao held that the charters of the
two companies may be revoked. In the
course of Its opinion the superior court
said:
"It la averred that h r,in,i..i -. ....
habitually and peralstently violated, that
tha resort haa bean Kid.i .....,
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throughout the United Statea aa a place
wnere gammers may be lavlahly entertained
and engage In their unlawful nrHM.
without fear of molestation, and that the
local authorities are unable to enforce the
law."
Tarrart waa a aerlnn. ,.a .u
democrat lo ticket three years ago. and If
the party la to win next yaar one of the
first thlnga to be done la to eliminate
French Lick as a party haadmmrr n. .
center from which party Influence radiates.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Emperor Francis Joaeph of Austria la
One of the finest linguists in Europe. He
speaka the languagea of Poland. Bohemia.
Italy, Hungary and English with equal
nurncjr.
Residents of a Pittsburg suburb are much
disturbed because at a beauty show the
first prise went to a mulatto girl. Still,
they don't claim that any white girt there
was prettier. -
The moat Important foreign tribute paid
to Prof. Charles Elliott Norton on his
eightieth birthday, which he recently cel.
brated, was an Illuminated address from
the Ruskin society of Glasgow.
With one trust making the bottles, an
other the pasteboard stoppers, another put
ting the fluid in the bottles, and another
collecting tha supply, Chicago authorities
do not know where to begin an attack on
the milk combine.
DeWet, who so atoutly led the Botr
forces In their final' resists. c, has now
assumed the role of Clnclnnatus, being
Minister of Agriculture In the Orange Free
State. This Is more dignified than going
around the world on exhibition.
Thomas Nelson Page, the literary ' Vir
ginian, always addresses the president aa
"Hla Excellency." This term Is rarely used
at the White House offices, except when a
foreigner or a southerner, tenacious of the
old ideas, calls to see Mr, Roosevelt
By the birth of the little son and heir
to Prince and Princess Alexander of Teck
the number of unmarried English princes
ia now Increased to eleven. If the two sons
of Prince Louts of Battenberg are added
there are thirteen princes for whom wlvea
will have to be found at some time.
The State department has been advised
by American Minister Graves at Stock
holm, that Prof. A. A. Michelson. of Chi
cago, Is to be awarded the Nobel prise
for physicists. Dr. Michelson Is the discov
Browning, Ming io
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I5th and Douglas l
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erer of a new method of determining the
voloclty of light. Prof. Michelson Was
born In Germany, but came to this country
at an early age and was appointed a mid
shipman at the Navat academy. He grad
uated In 1871, but resigned his commission
In 1SS1 and Is at present professor of phys
ics at tha Chicago university.
FLASHES OF FU7T.
"Help you!" snorted the stingy clttsen,
"you look like a fske." 1 ,
Falx, aor.r replied the blind (T) beg
gar, "I'm too polite to aay the same o'
ye; besides ye have yer hat pulled down."
Philadelphia Press.
"Fa, what's the difference between em
ploed and hired t"
"The man who Is employed draws a sal
ary, but the man who la hired merely gets
wages." Chicago Record -Herald.
"Do you believe that autoa will soon be
within the reach of all?"
"I don't know; but there are a couple
of chauffeurs of autoa I have txxsn dodging
that I'd like to have within my reach,"
Houston Post.
"I suppose you want to know how I made
my money?" said the high financier. .
"Not that exactly," replied the reporter.
"Everybody knows the way you made It.
The point on which we need Information la
as to how you have kept out of Jail."
"You are askln.l lie," rejoined the mag
nate, "to betray a professional secret."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"I've lust been thinking," aald Wlllltboy.
"Thinking what?" demanded Sllliman, to
whom the Idea of Wlllieboy's thinking waa
somewhat disconcerting.
"That In Adam's case It must have been
a real re-leaf to change his clothes," said
Willleboy.-Harper's Weekly.
he'He's devotln all his time to her,' isn't
"Yes, he's pawned his watch to buy her
presents." Louisville Courier-Journal. .
"Mike," said Plodding Pete, "what would
you say If some one waa to offer you
work?'"
"I wouldn't aay anything. Such a bad
Judge of human nature wouldn't be worth
talkln' to." Washington Star.
"Well. Jack, what are you studying In
economlca?"
"Graft, father."
"Now, of what earthly uae will that ever
be to you?"
"Oh, I dunno. Say, dad, for twenty
plunka I won'.t let mother know why you
were late to dinner laat night, and I II fix
It ao you can go to tha club this even
lng."Cleve)and Plain Dealer.
A WOMAN'S TOAST TO MAN.
Detroit Free Press.
Here's to the men. Since Adam'a time
They've alwsya been the same;
Whenever anything goes wrong.
The woman is to blame.
From early morn tp late at night,
The men fault finders are;
They blame ua If they oversleep,
Or If their miss a car.
They blame us if beneath the bed,
Their collar buttons roll;
They blame us if the fire la out
Or If there la no coal.
They blame ua if they eut themselves
While shaving, and they swaar
That we're to blame If they decide
To go upon a tear.
Here's to the men, the perfect aBeatl
Who naver are at fault;
They blame ua If they chance to pet
The pepper for the aalt.
They blame ua if ther bualneaa faila,
Or back a losing horse;
And when It rains on holidays
The fault la oura of course.
They blame us when they fall In love,-
And when tl.ey married get;
Likewise they blame us when they're sick,
And when they fall In debt,
For everything that crlss cross goes
They say we are to blame;
But, after all, here's to the man.
We love them Just the eeme.
Goods!
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