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STATEMENT OF CIRCUL.ATION.
Rnii tif N;hr.k nnusriu County, as.:
Charles C, Roswater. general manager
of Th Be Publishing company, being
duly sworn, says that th actual numner
of full and complete coVies of Ths Daily
Morning, Uvenlr,- and Sunday Bee printed
curing tn menu or isovemoer, iiui, -
as follows:
1 87,000
1 87,820
I 00,600
4 87,830
I 8S 680
89,S0
7 87,888
87,890
10. . 80,900
11 07,830
13 7,7S0
It 87,380
X4 87,360
15 87,000
1 87,430
If.. 88.480
II., 38,160
II. ,4 87,430
20 87,090
11 38,070
II 87,800
13.. 37,380
24.......... 38,100
26..... T.... 37,590
.. ....... 37,000
17 87,840
21 36,940
S 89,000
10..... 37,090
Total 1,183,420
Less unsold and returned copies. 10,188
Net Total
Dally average
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1,113,8ns
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CHARLES C. ROSJTW ATEIt,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn
to before, me this 2d day of December,
1107. ROBERT HUNTKK,-
Notary Public
WHEN OUT OP TOWIV. k
gabeerlberS leavlasr Iks city teas
' porarlly atenld bar Th Be
utile to taosa. A 4 Are will b
ehamareal as oftea as reqeested.
A "dark horse," flying to the top
roost In the Eagles' aerie, looks like
something of a nature fake.
It is announced that the president
will pay no more1 attention to the na
ture fakirs. He has had his fun.
"Gold Is the slave of the wise man,"
say tho Baltimore American. The
slave seems to have been on a strike
recently.
Harry Thaw has not been dropped
by Flttsburg society. His name was
simply transferred from tho blue book
to the black book.
Secretary Metcalf declares the
United States is second In the list of
the world's naval powers. It is hoped
we will never have to prove it.
A Michigan man wants the state to
pay 13 to every man who votes. That
man ought to movo'to St. Louis, where
they pay $3 and sometimes 35 tor
votes.
It may helfl some if Senator For
aker's presidential boom demands
enough of his time to keep him out of
legislative misohicf during the present
session ot congress.
Mayor "Jim" will watch New. York's
alr-tlght Sunday with more than mere
cariosity. He will need some pointers
on how to keep Omana quiet during
the following Sunday.
"we should work together like a
foot ball team," said John Sharp Wll-
Hams to the democratic caucus. Still,
it seems needloss to advise the demo
crats to do any more kicking,
An autoniobillHt In Baltimore has
been fined 325 for running down and
killing a man. Severe penalties llko
that are calculated to make the opera
tors ot motor cars more careful.
Speaker Cannon Bays he is tired ot
all this talk about making every river
In the country, navigable. . Folks had
Dent oe careiui or Mr. cannon may
take their rivers away from them.
Bamsons naaie, according to an
Omaha authority, is being answered.
The failure of the Kansas City bank
will bring good to the other banks by
stopping gossip that was dangerous.
Henry Castaway Davis, aged 84.
rated at . o. uuu.gov, is to marry a
young woman. Mr. Davis is a very
active man for his age and has been
a hustler all his life, except In 1904.
when he was a candidate tor the vice
presidency.
Judge Landls of Chicago has refused
an Invitation to deliver a public ad-
drees, explaining that "a Judge may
with propriety limit his activities to
Judicial work." Judge Landls Is evi
dently not using Mr. Justice Brewer
as model. ,
James Hasen Hyde offers
3100,000 tor immunity from
to pay
punish-
tuent for his connection with the life
Insurance frauds. His offer should, be
rejected. While the country may need
ths money, it to worth mors than that
to keep Hyde In Paris.
Bishop Potter's frank confession
that, under extreme weariness, he
drank a Manhattan cocktail In Japan.
comci too late to help Mr. Fairbanks.
The vice president would hardly dare
to claim that he was suffering from
txtrcrr.o wtarlness while entertaining
the president at dinner.
CVBBKSCT REFORM rLAXB.
Of the 67S bill Introduced In ths
bouse on tbe dsy of the opening ses
sion of contross, thirty-two pro Tided
for reforrm in the present currency
system mod only a small portion of the
'counties" bare been heard 1 from.
Probably a full 100 measures will be
offered on this subject, and the house
committee on banking and currency
111 hare its hands more than full It
It attempts to giro snythlng like seri
ous consideration to the different rem
edies suggested for evils that are al
leged to exist In the present system.
On this proposition It must be con
fessed that the president has not of
fered much assistance to the lawmak
ers. He simply urges the need of
"immediate attention" to legislation
on the subject, but does not commit
himself to specific recommendation of
any of the many solutions of the prob
lem that have been offered. The pres
ident has never posed as a financier,
and he wisely leaves to congress the
discovery and application of a remedy
for the evils he admits exist
AU reports received thus early indi
cate a radical difference of opinion
among members of congress as to the
form of action that should be taken
to accomplish the desired roliot.
Chairman Fowler of the house com
mlttee on banking and currency is
pledged to the support of an asset cur
rency plan, which ho has championed
at several sessions of congress without
any encouraging results. This has
been indorsed, in part, by the Ameri
can Bankers' association, but it has
not received any enthusiastic support
from the country nor from members
of congress. . The central bank plan,
recently urged by both the treasurer
of the United States and the director
of the mint, has found many converts,
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give promise of Us adoption 1 by this
congress. Back of. all this difference
of opinion Is the fact that Speaker
Cannon, who described elastic cur
rency as "the kind that has a rubber
band around it," is opposed to any
currency legislation, and will use his
more or less autocratlo power to pre-
vent any legislation on the subject at
this session. The prospect is, there
fore, not promising for any legislation
by the house that will meet what ap
pears to be a very general demand for
action on this question.
The outlook in the senate la even less
promising. The finance committee of
that body is headed by Senator Ald
rlch, who is an ultra-conservative In
the matter of financial legislation. He
secured at the last session of congresa
the adoption of a bill allowing cus
toms receipts to be deposited in tbe
national banks, instead ot being
hoarded in the treasury vaults, and
the passage of a measure allowing cer
tain gold notes of large denomination
to be retired and their place supplied
by notes of smaller denomination. It
Is understood that he is opposed to
any financial legislation at this session
other than, the adoption ot a measure
relieving national banks from the
necessity of keeplDg 25 per cent re
serves against federal funds deposited
with them, and for which they have
already placed face-value securities
1th the Treasury department at
Washington. The enactment of such
a law, it Is contended, will serve ta
lighten the burdens of bankers In
maintaining the lawful cash reserves
and 'give the full amount ot federal
deposits to the volume ot circulation
Instead of requiring one-fourth of
them to be held in the bank vaults
s reserve funds. Senator Allison, tho
second and most active member of the
senate's finance committee, expresses
the conviction that gold will be a glut
on the market in a few months and
there is no necessity tor action by con
gress on the currency problem.
All of this is, of course, calculated
to discourage those who have been ex
pecting early action by congress on
currency masters, but the preliminary
utterances of the statesmen must not
be taken too seriously. The problem
is peculiarly complicated, and it is
perhaps well that there should be no
hasty compliance with the demand for
legislation. Out of U will doubtless
come some remedial legislation, either
in the form of new laws or provisions
for strengthening and enforcing exist
ing measures to the end that a ban
will be placed on wild-cat financiering
methods, such as have obtained in cer
tain eastern banking circles, and that
ths currency supply of the country
may be used for legitimate business
enterprises instead of being manlpu
latd for the benefit ot the speculative
interests.
time for pa n titer.
Just now is offered an excellent op
portunity for the exercise ot patience
by the business men of the community,
Having borne with the somewhat irk
some conditions that have prevailed
since the latter days ot October, the
public can afford to wait Just a little
longer before full head ot steam Is
turned on.
Through the anticipated failure of
a large banking house In Kansas City
something ot a shock was given tho
business community again. Even
though the knowledge that the bank
was in a precarious condition, had been
in possession of the other banks of the
country for some time, and they were
protected to the extent that the shock
was minimised, it was still sufficient
to disturb business throughout the
United States and was felt eve as far
away as London.
This merely emphasises the tact that
confidence has not yet been entirely
restored and that further action on the
part of the bankers of the country is
reeded. No doubt exists as to what
course will be pursued by the con
servative banks, but the pubUo at large
should give cheerful support to any
plan or measure that Is intended td re
store business to Its normal safe" con
dition. The showing made by the Omaha
banks In response to a sail from the
comptroller is most gratifying. The
state banks make a showing that Is
even more satisfying than, that of the
national banks, all of which is proof
conclusive) that the local situation Is
well in hand, and that no real cause
for fear exists, if the people will be
patient Just a little longer.
TBE POWER OF THE SPEAKER, :
Volume 42, No. 1, ot that esteemed
contemporary, the Congressional Rec
ord, Is at hand with an official account
of tbe method by which Joseph a. Can
non, representative from Illinois and
speaker of the house, has been again
clothed with the power which makes
him practically the nation's legislative
autocrat Members ot congress, mag
azine writers, editors, publlo speakers
and Individuals who keep In touch
with the proceedings ot congress Will
find material tor elaborate discussion
end protest against the system whloh
allows one man ta appear as practical
legislative boss of a nation ot 80,000,
000 people, but the fact remains that
the members of the house ot repre
sentatives, republicans and democrats
alike, have the remedy In their own
hand and should be made to shoulder
all ot the responsibility for the failure
to spply It . The speaker is the crea
ture ot the house and has only suoh
power as Is accorded him by the votes
of the majority of the members of
that body.
At the opening of the ' session on
Monday, ' Representative Dalzoll of
Pittsburg, one ot the house tri
umvirates, offered a resolution pro
viding that the house of the Sixtieth
congress should be governed by the
rules that obtained in the Fifty-ninth
congress. Not a member of the house
did cot know that the adoption ot the
resolution meant the readoption of the
Reed rules, framed to meet an emer
gency, giving the t speaker ana the
committee on rules absolute authority
in the dictation of legislation. Mr.
Cooper of Wisconsin was the only re
publican to protest against the adop
tion of the Dalsell resolution. He de
clared that he knew his protest would
do no good, but he said the rules gave
too much power to the speaker and
left too little opportunity to the mem
bers to represent their constituents.
He caused something of a sensation by
declaring that because he had refused
to vote for one of the speaker's pet
measures the speaker had refused to
recognise him for any purpose for sev
eral years and Virtually deprived him
of his privileges as a member ot the
house tor that period. His reference
was to the late Speaker Reed.
Mr.' Cooper's protest was against a
system which has made the speaker
the sole Judge ot what legislation shall
be considered. Under the rules the
sneaker, with two members ot the
committee on rules, decides absolutely
what meauures shall be reported and
what shall be killed. The work of the
other 801 members of the house goes
for naught if tho committee on rules
withholds Its approval. As a further
means of strengthening the speaker's
grasp on the legislative program, he is
allowed to name the committees and,
being human, has no hesitancy in ap
pointing men at the head of these com
mittees who will agree with him upon
any. legislative program upon which be
has decided. The net result is that
nothing but a revolution In the house,
the vote ot two-thirds ot the member
hlD. can override a decision once
made by the rules trlujpvlrate. Mr,
Cooper'8 contention is that the house
should elect its own committees and
should have the power to make Its
Own rules and its own decisions as to
legislation that should be enacted and
bills that should be killed. It is per
haps unnecessary to state mat tne
Dalzell resolution wss adopted, some
of tho democrats even voting for It,
with the result that Speaker Cannon
will remain, at least during the pres
ent session of congress, as a legisla
tive autocrat, deciding upon all pro
posed legislation and allowing it to
go before the house or not, as suits
his pleasure.
No room exists for argument .In sup
port of the merits ot this plan. It
Is unrepubllcau, undemocratic and un-
American, but tbe fact remains that it
has been adopted. The time has
passed when the public can be de
ceived by the impression that there 1h
no remedy possible short ot a consti
tutional amendment or congressional
act. The remedy lies with the mem
bership ot the house. Just as It did
when the democrats were in the ma
jority Jn that body and did not have
the courage to break away from the
Reed rules. The inlqultlous system
will be overthrown when a ma
jority ot the members become as in
dependent as Representative Cooper
and decide to do without the speaker's
recognition rather than forfeit their
Independence of thought and action.
Licensed saloons have been driven
out ot fourteen populous counties la
Illinois. Now look out for a great In
crease in tha demand for Jugs and bot
tles and a revival ot the boot-leg traffic
which has been dormant In tbe Sucker
state for many moons.
According to the last semi-annual
report ot Warden Beemer, the convicts
In the State penitentiary had earned
more than two-thirds the cost of main
fenance. This does pot quite come up
to tbe prospectus issued a tew years
ago. when It was said that the peniten
tiary would become self-supporting,
but It is a long step ahead of experi
ence In the days of Bill Dorgan, tor
example. It State Treasurer Brian
will be as good as his word, the con
vlct labor in Nebraska may yet pay
not only the cost of maintaining the
penitentiary, but pay a little balance
Into the treasury of the state.
Even the few men put back to work
by the Union Pacific will help some.
No piece of track owned by that com
pany is needed more than the Lane
cut-oft and Its early completion means
Increased earnings for the great Over
land. It Is quite likely that once the
start is made the general resumption
ot construction work under Mr. Moh-
ler's direction will" not be long de
layed.
Secretary Wilson says that every
day of fine weather last fall was worth
$50,000,000 to the farmers and the
nation. The secretary should speak
to the Weather bureau officials, who
are underlets department about fur
nishing some of those $60,000,000
days in the spring instead of the
marked-down variety they handed out
last May.
The Union Stock Yards company is
about to measure strength with the
State Railway commission, the official
body having determined to go into
court to test the matter. It Is unfor
tunate that such a step muot be taken,
but the traffio of the stock yards is too
Important in the business ot Nebraska
to be allowed to stand In an indefinite
position.
Boni Castellane is reported to be
UBtng, a 'common street cab, as he is
too poor to keep up his stables or to
own an automobile. There is no ex
cuse for his riding at all, as, Mme.
Qould left him nothing but walking1
papers.
Mrs.' Taft, who accompanied her
husband on his globe-girdling trip, is
not coming home with her husband
until she sees the best part of the
show. She Is going to spend a week
In Paris shopping.
"Whisky selling to the natives ot
Alaska should bexnade a felony," said
the president in his message, and the
prohibitionists are censuring him for
not leaving out the words "to the na
tives of Alaska."
Chicago has finally decided to take
an active part in the effort to secure
the location of the next republican na
tional convention. It found Kansas
City 'and Denver qnlte too formidable
to be ignored.
. The December dividends will reach
$87,000,000, compared with $78,000,
000 in 1903 and $55,000,000 In 1905.
That's another reason Wall street has
begun spelling panlo with a small
"P."
Proof of Greatness.
Baltimore American.
This Is certs Inly a great and wonderful
country in resource, and endurance. When
this congress adjourns, the country will
have survived sixty of them.
For Home C'oneamstlon.
trdlanapolls News.
Don't be alarmed. Most of that multl
tud of bills ara Introduced not neoesiarlly
as a guaranty of good faith, but merely
for publication in th horns pater.
Wsrk fr Talentea Htuaas.
Indianapolis News.
The fact that there Is a great searolty
of corn shuckera In the middle west Is re
spectfully called to tho attention of thoss
4.000 actors who are now Jobless. It Is
splendid and useful work, and quits worthy
of tha talents of most of them.
Coining; Down a Pes;.
Buffalo Bxpress.
Men are offering themselves In large num
bers again for enlistment tn th army and
navy. Also for cutting: cordwood, for clear
Ing land, and for farmwork. There will be
mors Industrial and less speculative effort,
among all classes. We simply hsd to "got
down."
A war fra Teaasitntea.
Kansas City Times.
Th suggestion for a central bank of the
union, as proposed by soma currency re
formers, might be received with mora
unanimity If ther was soma assurance
that It would be located somewhere near
the center of th union and not In Wall
street.
Hall (ho Cheery Propbet.
Chicago Record-Iierald.
President Dinkey of the Carnegie Bteol
cumpany predicts that next year will be
on of the most prosperous the industrial
world tas ever known. In view of the fact
thtt Pre.Ulent Roosevelt's term will not
expire until March 4. 1900, Chancellor Day
la likely to regard Mr. Dinkey as an Idle
dreamer.
Bappre.a Wall Street Ganahllna;.
t. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Wall street Is not the foundation of
American finance. Its speculative methods
snd praatlors do not command confidence,
snd those who go there to play at hazards
take such chances as are to be expected
the gaming table. It would pay good Ulvl
dend properties to be excluded from ths
margin maelstrom. They would sell on
their merits, to small as well as large in
veetors. if plungers and schemers would
let them alone. The country has hsd
proof of Us own financial soundness and
essential honesty. Well street gambling Is
another thing, and calls for udy sp
srately.
Me. ana ... f ,ae Fleet.
Bom Interesting dt-talis lunvemlng the
fighting strength of ' th great battleship
fleet which will sail for ths Psclflo nsxt
month, ar furnished by Walter Scott
Meriwether In an artlc-l In Ihs cdrrent
Harper's Weekly. These details, which
Wer acquired officially, give as follows
th strength of tha various sixteen battle.
ships tn guns and men. respectively: xh
Connecticut. K Ml; th Kansas, 14, ISO; th
Louisiana, It, 11; th Vermont, U, til
ths Virginia, 14, 111; th 0orgla, 14. Ill
th New Jersey, 14, 112; the Rhod Island,
14. Ill; th Alabama. IS. T1JJ th Illinois,
U. CM; tha Ksarsarg. M, ); th Ken
tocky. tX CM; th Ohio, 20, 000; th Maine,
10. til; th Minnesota. 24, Mi th Mis
souri, 9 779. ' Th totsl tonnes Of th
battleships is eailmated at (B.tSf
OTHER LA.1DS TH AX OCRS.
Whenever a business scandal develops In
th United States of sufficient magnitude
to provoke English comment, tt is seised as
text for a sermon on ths commercial
morals of th republic With, characterlstlo
airs of superiority and Invulnerable recti
tud, w ar held up as an awful sxampl
Of crooked methods and shady transactions.
ooupled with a mocking not of sympathy
for tha nation. A knock en dishonest com.
merclallam Is to be welcomed In behalf of
publlo morals, no mstter whence It cornea.
but when accompanied by preachments sug
gesting tha higher morals ot th preacher,
It Is proper to tnqutr whether th preacher
Is spotless. A year ago tha British Parlia
ment passed a law designed to sttmp out
th evil of commissions, whloh was sapping
th Integrity of agents, business solicitors
and lawyers No attempt was mads to
snforc th law. Recently an organisation
was formed in London for th purpose of
collecting evidence of law violations and
submitting it to tha law officers. A pre
liminary report on th evidence collected
shows a common system of business sod
professional bribery, which, undsr th
flimsy guise ot commissions, ramifies th
middle and lower levels of Ufa In London.
It Is a common thing for agents to demand
fees from merchants from whom they buy,
and to divert th business of their em
ployer from dealers who refus fees. Every
branch of business Is said to be Infested
by the system. .Among ths worst offender
ar the lawyers. Tbe report shows that
th profession exacts double fees In cases
of Involved estates, and from ths insolvent
owners and another from the auctioneer.
Even mors scandalous Is tho unqualified
statement that It la common pr actio for
lawyers to accept a fee from th other
side and for architects to receive commis
sions from contractors. Nothing quits so
decayed as th foregoing specimens of
business and professional morals has yet
com to th surface In the United States.
Until something approaching it appears on
this side of tlie Atlantic th English critics
could profitably occupy their energies fumi
gating their own premises.
Th systematic ffort f the French gov
ernment to check th dacreaalna- birthrate
and tne Consequent decrees In population
have not achieved th results expectsd.
Vital statistics ot th nation for 1& show
an Increase In marriages, the number for
thear being 804,487 against an averags f
only 2,C4 for th preoeolng n ten , years.
But divoroes are increasing in number and
much mors rapidly. There were 10,678 tn
1906, against an average of only 8,106 in th
preceding ten years. Thus, while marriages
hav increased by only 15 per oent, divorces
have Increased by more than 10 per cent.
or nearly nine times ss fast. Marriages, too,
are less fruitful than they were. In 1906
there wer only O0S.S47 births, against an
average of 131,041 tn the preoedlng ten ysars.
Th death rate baa declined some, but th
excess of births over deaths was only 26,4BL
a net Increase of population of only sixty
eight In 100,000. "What to do about It." com
ments the Nsw York Tribune, "Is a question
much discussed, but upon which there Is
little agreement. The causes of the troubls
have been variously described, as religious,
moral, eduoatlonal, social, industrial, agrar
ian and political, and corresponding reme
dies have been prescribed. Thus far, how
ever, no effective means of correcting the
evil has been discovered, and the world Is
confronted with the anomalous spectacle
of an active, energetic, ambitious people, of
exceptional mental power, executive ability
and patriotic fervor, occupying a region
which for productiveness of soli, geniality
of climate and convenience of situation Is
unsurpassed If not unrivalled In the world,
and yet unable to sav themselves from
stagnation or to avert the menac of actual
decav.'
Famine again casts Its awful shadow
over India. The cause ef the trouble Is
tha fallur of the usual rainfall. Th mon
soons that bring th needed annual mois
ture was looked for In vain. In the famine
of 1900 the British . government expended
$70,000,000 In measures of relief; but It Is
estimated that In spite of all charitable
effort 1,000,000 of the population tn th
stricken districts died of disease or-starvation.
There is likely to be a repetition
of this terrible calamity upon a more ex
tended soale. India Is a country of farm
ers, sjid th facilities of transportation ar
so meager as to make the task of dis
tributing food exceedingly -, difficult. Th
lack of food Is made more terrible by the
lack of water. "When the wells become
dry," says an English observer, "th peo
ple use water from any foul hole where a
little moisture may be discovered." Cholera
follows In the wake of destitution. The
task of feeding and saving millions of
starving people which must now be fttoed
by the Indian government is on of ap
palling magnitude. Much has been don
In the building of railways and the ex
tension of Irrigation works tn making re
lief practicable and In warding off, more
serious crop failures; but In the face of the
Impending calamity a shuddering fear will
fall upon the hearts of men the world
over.
A letter In an English journal from a
correspondent In Rome, summarises the
conditions which have thrown th munlol
pal government Into tha hands of the
popular party. It points out that during
the lat few years ther has been a grow
ing discontent with the condition of life
In th capital, and a growing disposition
to attilbut these conditions to the negli
gence of the municipal government. Th
cost of living, of house rent and food has
increased unbearably. The main causa Is
the extraordinary Increase Of population.
During the last thlrty-slx years the popu
lation has been more than doubled. At the
close of 1170 tt was 226.000: at ths close of
1S0S more than 631.000. The greater part of
this Increase, nearly 10 per cent of It, is
due to Immigration from all parts of Italy.
Only one-half of th actual population
Was born tn the flty This influx is still
on the Increase. Home has always pre
sented peculiar difficulties In the way of
housing and feeding Its Inhabitants. The
failure of former building speculations has
checked ths ordinary development of hou
propnrty. The geographical situation of
the city In the center of a large unpro
ductive area makes the food supply more
costly and more uncertain. . a result to
which the condition of the railway service
has also contributed, and tbs middlemen
hsve seised the opportunity to exact extor
tiorate profits for all the things the
municipal authorities has been accounted
responsible. The Roman Cathollo party
held slnof from the election on the ground
thet the radicals snd socialists were con
ducting an antl-cleiicsl campaign.
The reports of a coming reunion of the
Irish nationalist party, embracing not only
Mr, O'Brien, but Timothy Healey himself,
tndlrat that the Binn Fein psnlo that
upset Mr. Redmond and his lieutenants
last spring is passing swsy and that the
parliamentary movement will not be al
lowed any longer to dissipate Its ener
gies by petty factionalism. Mr. O'Brien's
return home was the occasion of a sharp
criticism on his part of the Irish party's
rejection ot the Irish council bill offered
by the liberal government, but his return
to ths party fold may not signify that ths
party's position on that measure wUl soon
be changed. It Is potable that th na
tionalists seam dlspoted to support the
Irish university Ull that CbUf Beoretarr
Btrrell Is xpct4 to Introduce at th
omlGg scssisa, U agTsrjaa agitation
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Without question it m&ke the finest, th
most
healthful food. Dr. PricVs Cream
Baking Powder has been used through
ont North America for three ccneratior.s
and is acknowledged to bo the standard
baking pwder for case acd economy.
L
should happen to be suspended this win
ter, through the Influence ef th national
ist lenders, the fsct would Indicate that
th Irish party and the liberal government
had reached an understanding one more.
POLITICAL DRIFT,
The first thing th Oklahoma legislature
did was to bounce lobbyists frem th cspitol
grounds. .
All congressmen interviewed by a New
Tork paper favos currency reform, but
each one has a reform brand of bis own. '
An enthusiastic third-termer In Oregon
shouts, "For president In UOS, Theodore
Rsosevelt. Platform: Put a ring In ths
snout of orgsnlsed greed."
The visit ef Speaker Cannr-n to a dentist
Just before congress assembled Indicates
that he won't botlier with a "mechanical
contraption" to clip the ends ef bis cigars
this session.
After du notice that th populists will
nominate their national eandidates at Bt.
Louts April S, it will be yeur own fault If
this exciting contest passes off Without
yeur being aware of Its occurrence.
Boston's municipal debt is $111,000,000. It
ha a doubled In twelve years and is arrow
ing seven and a half times faster than th
population. From which it appears that
the Hub cultivates the main chance with
uncommon seal.
The Los Angeles Times, published down
In the lunger' belt, suggests this ticket,
"For president, John A. Johnson of Minne
sota; for vice-president, Tom Johnson f
Cleveland. Platform: Te much Johnson,
but tt ts better than toe much Bryan."
There was a free-for-all fight tn the
Illinois senate the other day, and th man
who started the ruction was ordered te
apologise. "Ail right," he responded, "If
I went too far luring en your perch climb
ers and thieves, I'll apologia to them."
Michigan has developed a robust financial
embarrassment, due to the fact that the
state treasurer worked a pipe line from th
treasury to his prlvat bank and sugared
his prlvat Interests with publlo funds,
His speculations did not ran out and the
state Is likely to hold the sack.
Commenting Incidentally on various sug
gestions about taking public honors, Editor
Watterson says In the Courier-Journal: "If
he were elected a senator In congress by
the legislature which Is about to assemble
he would refuse to go to Washington to
take the oath of office; that If he should
be chosen by the next democratto state
convention to sit In the next national' dem
ocratic convention he would deolln to
serve; that h wants nothing, will hav
nothlne. except what he has already, the
right-of-way of a free man to th pop'
through the columns of a sclf-sustalnlng
dally newspaper which can neither be
bought, nor bullied."
Vncle Ism's A war Works.
Baltlmor American.
TTncie Bam Is a good employ-. With
I06449 persons In his employ, ther If never
a strike or suggestion ef ore. At ths sams
time his business 1s conducted with profit
If hi. methods were Imitated by large eor-
poratlons and Industrie having long
f mninvcs there would k a deoided di
minution of what, ar knwn a labor
troubles.
Kansas City Star.
The Washington report that Mr. Bryan
received a greater "ovation' from tn
democrat in congress than was accorded
"tlncle Joe" Cannon by the republicans,
was probably no surprise t Mr. Brysn.
Blno 1W6 he has been secuetomed to receiv
ing "ovations," whll the republicans hav
secured the votes.
Btowiiiiio, Wtsig i Co
CLOTHINO, FURNIJJHINOS rw IAT9
Quality t op Boyo
Clothing of the ordinary sort for Boys may do for rery
ordinary Boys.
Wo aim to make our Boys' Suits and Overcoats good
enough for your particular Boy.
Nothing is too good for him. ' ,
Norfolk, Russian and Sailor Suits, $6.50 to $12.50.
Overcoats $5 to $25.
15th and Douglas
Street
t t n. O. W1L-C07i
A Jolly Good Fellow Makes a Jolly Poor Hutband
julymll
Is a :" C::J C:J, C!::i, i::l cnJ L::t!:;, S7.C3
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SAVINGS THAT OO ABROAD.
Aw Ai-sxwaaeat la Favor ot Postal SaW
lasxa Banks.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Postmaster General Meyer In his annuaa)
report gives figures of th funds that th
pstofflc money order department trans,
mils to foreign countries each year. They
reached th enormous total of 171.111,000 '.
the last fiscal year.
Most ef the money consists ef the savings
ef Immigrants, whloh they send to their
relative In the eld countries or whloh they
end there' for their ewn us when they
return. Almost 118,000.000 went to Italy
aln, and almost all of this was probably
Immigrants' savings. Th same Is tru of
r,4CSvt ,ent to Austria and 17,250,000 sent
to R.tssia, and of most of th remaining1 re
mlttanoe.
Mr, Merer beMevss that If we had a
government savings bank operated by the
Postofflc department, not only would th
Immigrants keep their funds In It )ht1 ac
cumulating the amounts they wish to re
mit, but, moreover, large part ef th
money would be left ther permanently
instead ef being placed On deposit abroad.
Immigrants end some money abroad
through the eommeroial banks, and prob
ably the amount sent that way Is mora
than enough to offset postal ramlttanoas
for other purposes than this. Th total
postal remittances probably fall short ot
Immigrants' remittances, and nevarthelesa
Jhey approximate In vale the entire
amount ot gold that baa been Imported
from abroad for tho aid of our banks la
the last month.
Ths provision Of a reservoir, temporary
or permanent, for this money is a most
excellent reason for the establishment of a
postal saving bank.' -
And" It Is enly on among many good
reasons, - -
tVXHX GEMS.
Tm sorry," said the soprano, "that t
didn't get to that bargain sals. I'm told
some very lovely thina-s went for a song."
"Yes, dear," replied the contralto, "but
da you think any of yitur mtee would hav
been high enough T" Philadelphia Press.
"I understand that the poker club h
belonged to broke UP when he left ltT"
"Yes."
"He must hav been jpopularT"
"He, he was easy." ftoubton Post.
"Why don't you tak fresh air and ex
ercise?" "Where?" '
"Out In the hlrhways, fit course."
"Why, dear sir, the highways are al
ready oocupi-d and th smell of gasoline
mske ms ill." Washington Star.
Mrs. Blffers Aren't you going down
town with me this morning? They're ad
vertising some , great holiday bargains nt
Hrmnant's.
Mra Bcraggs rd Just love to go, but I
can't. Borne new people are moving In
next door and t must see what they've
got. Philadelphia Press.
"My! Ol mr,M sxclalmed Caser "but
Oarrlfran do love to hear himself talk,
don't he?"
"Aye," replied Pssaldy, "shure, If he had
the habit o' talkln' In his sleep he'd sit
up all n I rtit tn listen an' applaua." Cleve
land Plain Dealer,
RBCOOWITIOIT.
New York Bun.
. It always was his youthful dream
In life's great race
To win some very noble goal.
Borne honored place.
Then relative and friends, he planned.
Would 'reund hint crowd
And claim acquaintance, ties of bio
So pleased and proud.
Tim passed; to congress he wss sent.
Ambition's end.
II. thought how glad th.y all would b
To hall him friend.
' Alas, when he arose to speak
With wisdom's flow,
lie was not even recognised
By Uncle Joel
15th and Dwghv
Ctroet.
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