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4 Trrn omaiia daily bee: Tuesday, decemhei; in. idot. Tiie CJmaiia Daily Bee. TOXTKDVJi BT "KDWATtD BOflHWATTCTt. VICTOR R06BWATKH, F-MTOR. Fntarad at Omaht rwrtofflo aa second :la-ae mat tar. TF.RMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dally Pea (without Bunda.y), on yattr.-MO pally I4i and Sunday, one ear Pumlsf Bea, ona year Saturday Bm, on year ' W DKLIVER1TD 8 CARRIER: pally pee (tnrlndtng- Sunday), per week.llie Ially pee (without Sunday), per week..lOo Kvenlng Bee (without Sunday), per week Evening Baa (with Sunday;, per waak.lDo Address all comr'afts of Irrerularitles In delivery to City Circulation Department OFFICE 8. Omaha The Baa Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council WufTs IS Sontt Street. Chicago 1 University Uullriln. Naw York-IM Homa Lite Insurance Building. WashingtonT26 Fourteenth Btreat N. W, CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to nfwi ana edl torlal tnattar ahould ha addressed, Omaha Ilea, Editorial Department. RRM1TTANCES. Remit by 'raft,' express or postal order payable to Tha Pea Publishing Company, tfnly -cnt stamps received In payment of mall accounta. personal checks, except on Omaha or aaatarn exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. Btata of Nebrsska, Douglas County, ss.: Chart P. Hoaawater, general man (ifrar of Tha Be Publishing company. being duly aworn, sayi that tha actunl number of full and complete coplea of Tha Ijally. Mornln. Evening and Sunday Boa printed during tha mouta of November, 1907, waa a follows: I.. 87,000 If 87.430 l.i 87,820 11 W.80 I , 88.B00 II 88.IE0 4,. , 37,820 If... ..... 87 430 t 9ao to '.9 ...w)9,!0 8S.S70 t 87,380 ' 2 a 87,800 I 87.S40 ', H a?,aeo ..! 87,B0 I 88.X00 10,.. 88,800 IS 87.6S0 37,830 l 87,090 11... , , 87,780 IT 37,340 11 37,880 11.1 8,40 14 87,300 2s... a 88,880 4 87,600 10.... 87,880 Total X,iaa,4no Less unsold and returned' copies. 10,1m Not Total l,113.9fla tally avsrese- 87,108 CHARLES C. ROBE WATER. Oaneral Manager. Subacrtbad In my pre a nee and aworn to before me thla id day of December, 1W. ROBERT HUNTER. . .Notary Public WHE!T OUT Or TOWS. ' . Bafcarrlfrcva 1o.tImst the ly tem porarily afcoala fcav T Dee mailed to tam. Address will be, chugtl M ef tan as rwqaastad. If you are going to shop, now la the tlms to do It. No on has suggested that "In Con gress We Trust" be placed on the new coins. ' ! Mrs. Kubelilt Is quoted as saying she does not care who kisses her husband. Neither does he. - i Council Bluffs is to have the "lid" experience. It Is a mighty good town that escapes "reform" these days. ' It Is not at all too early to remind you that Christmas 4b nearly atrband and that bargains are passing dally. "I expect to see a currency reform bill passed by congress before Christ mas," says Congressman Fowler. In what year?. A Pullman porter narrowly escaped being mobbed in Kansas City. That town knows no color Una in Its hatred of plutocrats. Senator Owen, the Indian senator from Oklahoma, is an ardent Bryan man. Sort . of an aboriginal Bryan man, as It were. A foot ball game for charity' waa played. In Kansas City last week. Of course- the receipts . went to an emer gency hospital. - ' The authorities are now placing an ega limit on battleships. The next necessary step will be to place a treas ury limit on them. It is about time for a reunion and a report of progress by those southern democrats who hare been organising "to eliminate Bryan Eddy For is going to change his t I'Ugd name and play Hamlet. Even that much of a tfisgusa will be hardly enough to protect him. A Chicago professor has been awarded the Nobel prise for researches into the subject of light. One would naturally think that Mr. Rockefeller should have that prize. "Let your children eat all the sugar they want to," says an English physl 4 clan, who has an idea that all Amer icans are rich enough to afford any thing. It is siranxe how men will become x so enrctd in publlo affairs that they forget matters that concern them selves. The Illinois legislature ad journed without considering an anti pass bill. - V ' ' ' Radium has ' been reduced to 11,000,000 an ounce. Women unde cided about what to give their hus bands for Christmas should know that radium makes the cutest shirt studs imaginable. The supreme court of the United States has decided that Allegheny must be annexed to Pittsburg. Remem bering the brand of publicity Pitts burg has been getting lately. Allegheny cua hardly be blamed for wanting to maintain its identity and reputation. The managers of the" Prussian rail ways have been petitioned to provide certain cars on Saturday and Sunday nlaMa for the apeclal use of persona under the lnflueace of strong drink. Such action Is not nec 3aary. The man with the Jag would Just as leave ride in th car UU th crowd- - nOrtffOW ICD POLITICAL. CLOTHES. In his series of spxhas at "Bryan dinners" the Nebraska leader of the national democracy is apparently dlvid'ng his remarks between com mending President Roosevelt for "bor rowing democratic clothes" and con demning him for advocating "some very undemocratic doctrines." Up to date Colonel Bryan has not been par ticularly happy In either his com mendations or his criticisms, inasmuch as in each case he has run counter to some of his own utterances and posi tions In the past. He is, in short, paying th penalty of rbllclty. His remarks and addresses for the past dozen years have been embalmed in cold type end persist in rising up to confute if not confuse him. At the Bryan dinner at Washington Colonel Bryan denounced as wholly undemocratic the president's recom mendation of "the national incorpora tion of railroads and other interstate commerce corporations." The official proceedings of the trust conference, held in Chicago ia September, 1899, are at hand, in bound volume. One of the most active members of that con ference was William J. Bryan of Ne braska who, on the morning of Sep tember 15. In addressing he confer ence Bald: . , " I am ready to adopt sny method for the annihilation of trusti. One that 1 suggest la thja: That congreaa should pasa a law providing that no corporation organized In any state should do buatnesa outalde of the atate In which It Is organized until It receives from aome power created by oongreaa llcenaes authorizing It to do busi ness outalde of its own state. Now, If the corporation muat come to thla body created by congress to aecure permission to do business outside the atate, then that license can be granted upon conditions which Will, In the first place, prevent the watering of stock; in the second place, prevent monopolies In any branch of business, and third, provide for publicity as to all of the transactions and bualneas of the corpora tion. . . Either Colonel Bryan has forgotten what be said at the Chicago conference or has trusted that others have for gotten it. The president. In his most radical recommendations for federal supervision of trusts and corporations engaged in interstate' commerce has not gone nearly bo far as did Colonel Bryan in his Chicago address. On the "borrowed clothes" propo sition Colonel Bryan asserts that the president's position on railway rate regulation, enforcement of th law against trusts, the income tax and arbi tration of labor disputes are all demo cratic doctrines and leaves the Infer ence that the patent on them was taken, out in thb name of William Jen nings Bryan of Nebraska: The written record is against the 'colonel on those propositions. As far back as 1880 the greenback party declared for gov ernment regulation- of railway rates, an Income tax and compulsory arbi tration. In 1892 the populists in cluded those planks 'In' their Omaha platform and Colonel Bryan supported the populist candidate for the presi dency that year, and he- certainly should not now claim, parentage of policies that were urged when he was a mere private In the ranks. National policies and Issues are not made by individuals. They result from the growth of public sentiment on im portant questions. They belong to the people and are not subject . to patent or exclusive possession by in dividuals. CHRItTUJS ASD BVS1HKSS, In some way a connection more or less tangible, but distinct and definite, exists between business and the Christ mas holidays." This - is beyond , and apart from the natural rush in the re tail stores, whera holiday 'goods are handed out in great profusion. . It is In a large way th harvest home of plans laid long before and brought to fruitful conclusion through careful ap plication and watchful attention. . It 1b in December that business men look back over their year nd cast up balances of accounts. If December finds them in normally good condition, or with a reasonable proportion of their enterprises carried through to successful conclusion, they can count the year a good one and Christmas comes to them with extra blessing. In Omaha the year has been a good one. Prior to th disturbances occa sioned by the monetary stringency of November Omaha dealers in all lines were doing business far in excess of any local experience. : Jdbbers re ported trade beyond anything they had ever done, and with Increased profits; and what was true of the Jobbers was true also of the manufacturers and re tailers. Tho contraction of, business during November was not sufficient to seriously disturb any local firm. While each of them felt the effect of the en forced constriction, all of them have found trade sufficiently great to keep their November business quite on a par with that of last year, so that Omaha Is coming up to Christmas with a certainty of prosperity as great as that of 1908, if not greater. And for this reason th day will b Joyously celebrated. . BIX DATS? BICYCLt HACKS. . New Yorkers Lave Cually taken their horse cars out of publlo service, but they still cling to some of the old forms of amusement Rnd graft that have been on the tabooed lit In county seat towns in the west for many years. The press services are carrying de tailed reports of a six-day bicycle race now in progress in Madison Square garden, with all of the prearranged thrill fakes that marked such events hen-they were pulled off la Omaha some. twenty year ago. Crowds turn out and hang over the ropvs for hours while tlV hired performers, biiO have hlrvuif Vinsed uioa ttie . apportion ment of the gat receipts, go through the motion of gaining and losing laps with timely regularity and with a nicely adjusted purpose of making the contest look close and exciting. Of course, th contestants will, a little later, have a fsw quarrels and threaten to kill each. other as soon as the race is over, and thay will resort to all the little expedients to whet ciyloelty, arouse enthusiasm and Increase th gate receipts. Then, when the race is over and the picked team wins the championship, the bloodthirsty con testants will divide the receipts and rest for the balance of the winter. If the gate loot comes' np to expecta tions. The contest serves to remind Omahans of the days when Prince, Eck, "Senator" Morgan, Bullock, Ash lnger, Moth and the others of that bunch of champions used to pull off contests every week in th old Expo sition hall, and later in th Coliseum, in the presence of applauding and pay ing multitudes who refused to believe that the races were fixed and the ath letic idols were parties to the get-rich-qulck conspiracy. Bat Omaha learned its leBson nearly two decades ago and a aix-day bicycle race here now would create about as much enthu siasm as th appearance of an Anti Saloon league representative at a brewer's picnic. In many respects little old New York Is still a Jay town. ' TAB SCALPKH'R F1BJ8B. After a fight for years over one of the most vexatious problems connected with the passenger traffic business, the supreme court of the United States, the court of last resort in thla coun try, has decided that th practice of what Is known as "scalping" railroad tickets Is unlawful end that a per manent Injunction may hold against it. This sustains the action against this Industry which was taken In the Omaha courts, although the case de cided by the supreme court waa on an appeal from Louisiana. The decision marks tha end of on of the most vigorously and persistently fought legal battles in the history of American railroad affairs and the vic tory is a complete triumph for tha railways. The case decided by tha supreme court was originally brought in Louisiana, where an injunction was issued by the lower courts re straining "scalpers" from dealipg In non-negotiable, reduced-fare passenger tickets. The lower court held that the practice was wrong, but that legal re dress could bd secured by tha railroad company only In individual cases. The railroad companies were not satisfied with tha decision, as tha necessity of conducting a prosecution in each case practically rendered the state law against scalping worthless, and both pialntlff and defendant Joined In tak ing the case to tha supreme court of the state, where the decision sustained the first finding of tha lower court but also held that th wrong-doing waa of a continuing nature and issued a per manent injunction against the scalp ers. Tha supreme court of tha United States 'sustained th finding of the Louisiana supreme court, Justice White, who prepared the decision, con cluding his decision as follows: Any third person acquiring a non-transferable, reduced-rate ticket from the original purchaser, being therefore bound by tha clause forbidding transfer, and the tickets In the hands of all such persons being subject to such forfeiture on an at tempt b!ng made to use the same for passage. It may be well Questioned whether the purchaser of such ticket acquired any thing more than a limited and qualified ownership thereof and whether the carrier did not, for the purpose of enforcing the forfeiture, retain a subordinate interest in the ticket amounting to a rlffht of property therein which a court of equity would pro tect The finding effectually ,, puts tha scalper out of business. It hods that th ticket is th property of tho original purchaser and cannot be trans ferred. It frees th railway companies of a problem that has caused them great losses in the past and compelled them to resort to desperate methods of meeting competition caused by tha Issue of such tickets and the nsa of them made by scalpers and rival roads. Incidentally, there la a moral phase to th propBltlon. It relieves th buyer of a scalper's ticket of feeling Ilk a sneak 'every time tha conductor passes through th car. Th editor of th "Junior Yellow" can earn t,000 for charity If h wants to. yOn April JO, 1901, his paper was accommodated by an investigation of its ' circulation by a leading Omaha merchant. They claimed 11,6(7 bona fide circulation in Omaha, Council Bluffs and South Omaha, as an average for six months. Investigation showed that they were paid but for, 7,858 cop ies as an average for this period. Let him prove that the statement regard ing the investigation i not in accord ance with the facts and we will donate 2,0J0 to any charity that he will name. Possibly th books of th com pany have been looked after mora carefully after thlr having Jbad this experience. - Mayor "Jim's" program for tha Sun day closing "very closely resembles much of his other strategy. It would be as efficient to arrest a single person for the making of a test case, but not so spectacular as th plan for arresting on person in each Of the proscribed vocations. It will certainly be a mot ley aa well as a representative array that lines up befor th bar in th po lice court on the "morning after," Promoters of tha proposed Etattle exposition are boa&tiaf of their inten tion not to ask congress for an appro priation, and prociklui that in this re gard tliy are tluguUr. . It th Boattle people can say "after their exposition has closed that they have equalled the Omaha record they will have real oc casion to boast. Omaha not only did not ask the government for a loan, but received no assistance from the gov ernment beyond the exhibit, and closed its exposition by refunding to tho stockholders 98 per cent of the face value of their stock. No other expo sition ever held has even approximated this result. That Denver man who refused to ride to a hospital in th patrol wagon administered a deserved rebuke to Omaha police practice. The patrol wagon has its distinctive, function in police administration and It should not be used to convey persons Injured in street-accidents to their homes or to the hospital. It Is bad enough to be hurt by a street car without being further aggrieved by a ride in the "hobo" wagon. ' Protests are still being made by as sociations of merchants against the adoption of the parcels' post 1 system. How a merchant can be Injured iy an extensive application of a principle of transportation charges bearing no re lation to cost or distance is not easily understood. However, the express com bine will be keenly appreciative of op position to the parcels post plan from any source. James J. Hill admits that th rail roads have raised f 1,000,000,000 for Improvements during the present year. This rather spoils the story that the railroads are bo poor they have trouble in keeping the fires going in the en gines. In connection with its "lid" Kansas City has developed a new Industry. Messenger boyB ! are "boot-legging" cigars down there. This la merely a tip on what Omaha may expect when the various efforts of "reform" get thoroughly aroused. ' The Lackawanna railroad has paid an extra dividend of 10 per cent in ad dition to its usual 10 per cent divi dend. The rata legislation has not caused confiscation to properly man aged roads. It Is announced from Washington that tha United States will withdraw Irom Cuba when intervention there is o longer necessary. England said Bomethlng like that about Egypt a cen tury or so ago. - i: ' Tha South Omaha packing compan ies ara hot apparently discouraged by prospects, as extensive Improvements to th plants indicate. Tha packers realize that people must eat, no matter what else happens.' ; ' , A Chicago womak has asked' the po lice to look after,, her husband, who left home ' with it 1,000 in cash. A man In Chicago with that much money needs police protection or at least needs protection. ?. This talk about Mr. Bryan not being able to carry Nebraska cannot be con strued into an argument against his candidacy. . He can coma as near car rying the state as can any other demo crat, which is not saying much. A revival in the grain business Is noted, shipments for the last week having been much freer than those of November. This ' means that money la getting back into service and that business will soon fill tha cables. "Tha banks no longer need cur rency," Bays the 'Wall Street Journal. Tha banks, then, might, turn it over to th Christmas shoppers, who will take good car that It la not hoarded. A Frtetd la Need. i Chicago Tribune. Cherish a kindly memory of the clearing house check. It was a good friend In time of need. ,' A Dtaeowraa-inar shortage. Indianapolis News. Don't be disappointed If you fall to re ceive one of those 30 gold pleoes which have Just been shipped from the Philadel phia mint There are only 115,000 of them, which, aa you will readily peroelye, are not enough to go round. Ilmalaieaa mm tk mfv. Kansas City Star. Th Harrtman railroads are preparing to expend many millions of dollars on Im provements and extensions. Now, If the railroad business waa all shot to places, as some of the gluna railroad presidents de clare. It Is thought Mr. Harrlman would know It. Law aa lawrlttea Law. Baltimore American. ' It la time that the written law took prac tical notice of the important fact that though the unwritten law Is indefensible both In law and ethics, lta popularity la largely owing to the fact that It makes the lawbreaker pay the penalty, and pays more attention to facts than to technicalities. In other words.. It Is an ugly growth which can exist la community 6nly because of culpable neglect on the part of ' the law ltaelf. Railroads Omt of rolttlea. ' Leslie's Weekly. Recent railway legislation, beginning with the Hepburn amendment of 1VC4 to the Interstate commerce law of 18fc7. and sup plemented by the acta of various legisla tures, together with the suits which have been brought by the government against rebating and other abuses, have w6rked a general reform among, "tha roads, and have cut them loose from all connection with politics of any sort. The tneaeurea against the road a which have been proposed have ail been placed on the statute books, and there la nothing mure fur the loads to fight against. All the legislation In that direction which the people have asked for haf been granted. The roads, therefore, have, nothing further .to fear or hope from the state and national lawmakara, and are now giving their whole time to their legiti mate bualneas of handling? the traffic as expeditiously and cheaply as poaMlble, and of putting their facilities at the service of the public They ahould be Uft unmolested by our lawgivers while the good work la going on. ARMY GOSSIP I.w WAMinOTOX. . Carrant F.renta Cileaaed frem (he Army aad Navy Rala4er. Tha service pay bill will unquestionably go through the senate without appreciable delay. It has the heartlnat support of In fluential senators and there are no signs of obstruction In any quarter. There will not be the same promptness of approval In the housev and there are those who entertain aome apprehension lest Mr.. Hull, chairman of the military committee, may find It Impossible to obtain the consent of Speaker Cannon to get the bill off the calendar early In the session, although every effort will be made to1 that end. It Is understood that the president has pro moted the chance of the bill by sending Mr Mr. Cannon and Mr. Hull and pointing out to them the eminent Justice for prompt enactment of the bill. The occasion for doubt as to the' approval In the house of the measure la through any effort, sincere or Inimical, to add to the provisions of the measure. It Is appreciated by thoae who understand the situation that nothing can be obtained beyond what Is now In the bill, and the principal menace to the hill will come from a disposition to tamper wrtn the existing; phraseology. Arrangements have been made by the army signal office to obtain an Increase. of the telephone systems at interior posts and provide a telephone for each aet of officers' quarters, and ta estimated for In accord ance with Instructions from the secretary of war, It will necessitate the Installation of 1,452 telephones at a cost of tU2.IIS.24. Tha Installations will cover a period of two yearsj therefore, only half of the sum is eetlmated for this year. Arrangements have been made to Install a 200-foot wireless telegraph tower at the army signal corps depot at Fort Omaha, Neb. This will provide for the Installation Of a powerful wireless telegraph set by means of which. It Is believed, there can be communication with Fort Ttlley and Fort Leavenworth, where are Installed stations of less power. The Fort Omaha outfit Is the same as that which has bean pur chased for Alaska and which will be put In place early next year. A soldier recently obtained a furlough and made a trip to Washington at his own expense, from a western post. In order to receive medical treatment at the army gen eral hospital here. It seems that the soldier aid not have confidence In the ability of the post surgeon' to properly attend to his case, and It Is claimed this distrust of the professional ability of the surgeon wss general among the Inhabitants of the post The quartermaster general of the army was of the opinion that the soldier shoutd be reimbursed for the cost of his transporta tion to Washington. When .the furlough was granted, the commanding officer sup posed the soldier had returned to duty status and, consequently ha traveled at his pleasure during the period of the fur lough, and not being under orders to travel the comptroller has held he Is not entitled to reimbursements, for the cost of his transportation. I The army signal office has received a re port of some experiments which have re cently been made by Lieutenant A. C. Knowlee. 13th Infantry, on duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The test is Intended to permit telegraph lo and telephonic com munication between mounted operators without requiring that either man dismount and establish his station by connecting his busier to wire which he was reeling out and tq complete the circuit by driving a metallic pin Into the ground. This was effected ,by making- the horse a part ot the electrical circuity The mounted . operator may transmit messages to base wherever necessary without stopping his horse and he may be called at any time, even while moving. This is, accomplished by placing a small piece of copper (properly connected to the Instrument) against the animal's body, and aa the horse always has one or more feet on the ground while moving at any gait, except possibly tho gallop, which would seldom be resorted to, It Is seen that the ground connection Is completed through one or more hoofs. Of the several horses used In. these experiments, only a fow showed any discomfiture, and those that were affected by the current were soon quieted. They appear to exhibit surprise rather than pain at something unusual, to which they quickly become accustomed. These tests were made over all kinds of around very wet, muddy, moist, perfectly dry and dusty roads and fields, with results of practical value. . With two mounted operators similarly equipped, and separated by five miles of wire, conversation was car ried" on'wlthout difficulty, the horses stand ing in grass. The busier waa loud enough to be heard several feet from the Instru ment. After various tests It Is safely as serted that this arrangement will not only work aa efficiently as that at present In use, but with a great saving of time, and doing away entirely with all the present prelimi naries Incident to station establishment be fore conversation Is possible. The army signal corps authorities are not Inclined to regard the experiment as of permanent value or aa likely to lead to the adoption of this system In the service.' There Is, however, keen appreciation of tho novelty of tho experimentation conducted by Lieu tenant Knowlee. There Is some hope for the Infantry cap tain, at last. In the latest letter written by the president on the subject of military horaemanshlp. He shows that the policy will be distinctly in favor of having the Infantry captain actually mounted, a condi tion which will contribute to the chances of mounted pay for such officers. PBKSOHAL, NOTES. ' ' Jeff Davis, senator from Arkansas, Is keeping his campaign promise of going on exhibition. People who have had a chance to see the new twenty-dollar pieces affirm that the coins look good to them. Hon. Albert Ware Paine, the oldest prac tlclng lawyer In the United States, died at Bangor, Ma., on Tueaday. He waa la) years of age and had praoticed law con. Unuoualy since 1835. Jesse l IJvermore, the plunger, who cleaned up ts.000,000 In Wall atreet, and now has SuO.000 bales of cotton. Is only a. Ten years ago he was marking prices on the board of a Boston brokar'a office. Tha fellow who rode In a Pullman car as booster for Pedestrian Weafon grabbed most of tho funds realised from the trip. In a contest between muscular cheak and muscular legs, the latter are tied to the post An attendant at the Children's museum, Dedford Park, Brooklyn, waa bitten by a Gila monster In October and the worst consequences were feared. He la now all risht, but the Gila monster' Is at the point of death. "The man recovered from the bite; the dog It was that died." After a epeclal study of more than thirty years, Jlannla Taylor will present to congieaa, at the present aaaalon, a memor ial la bhalf of "The Architect of Our Fed eral Constitution, Pelatlah Webster of J'ldladolphia." The purpose of the memor ial is to place in the hands of congress the "data for a new and pivotal chapter In the hlatory of the constitution," and "to press upon eonsress the long neglected duty of honoring, by an appropriate monument, the memory (if an American statesman and patriot." A- v Szn Jones's 7vlovj Gets $l,c:D Th nam and th fame mt Rer. Sam P. Jones hsr gone over the nation. While the noted evangelist preached the Gospel with great power, it now transpires that h provided for his wife with great good tens. As a result of this foresight and self-denial ' The Mutual Life Insurance Company - is now paying year, and will continue to do so during; her life. In a recent letter Mrs. Jones lhanks the Company for the way in which thi matter has been handled. Thil is all good for Mrs. Jone, hut how shout the woman yet unpro tected and the man yet uninsured? v The need is great and certain. 1 tie Company is strong and ready. Write and leam mora about how such protection can ba secured. The Time to For the new forms Th Mutual Ufa I new Or STAXnOPB FLEMING, Manager, First National Bank JSMtZn Corner 13th and Farnnm Streets. Omaha, Neb. NEBRASKA POLITICAL DRIFT. Fremont Tribune: Should Congressman "Pete" Hepburn succeed In getting through legislation that will end stock and produce gambling, he can neve a presidential boom that will make all the others look like 23 cents, but we fear there are too many gamblera of that class In congress for htm to make good. Norfolk Press: The present congress can easily save the country from a financial panlo by falling to pass any fool currency laws. If there were not that danger In sight business conditions would soon right themselves and th sooner oongress gives assurance that there Is no such danger tho better It will be for the country. Wood River Interests: We note that quite a large number of the fusion press are given to roaring and faunchlng over the financial situation, telling how' the coun try Is going to the devil and that tha republican party Is to blame for It When our country i In stress suoh unseemly and Ill-advised conduct only makes matters worse. Bome fellows In their blind parti sanship forget the good of their country. Friend Telegraph: Congressman Hlnshaw tells President Roosevelt that Nebraska is for him and receives the assurance for the sixty-ninth tlm that the president would under no circumstance become a candidate for a third time. Possibly Mr. Hlnshaw had not yet learned that Nebraska republi cans In oonventlon assembled declared for William H. Taft, and that President Roose velt greatly desires the nomination and election of Mr. 'Taft, Congressman Htn shaw's toadyings around the .Whits House to th contrary notwithstanding. , Walthlll Times: There ia no Indication that Roosevelt Is less admired by the Ne braska eountry press than formerly, but country editors ow the state are vigorously refusing to boost for branch' organisations of that Lincoln Roosevelt club. WhyT Because the country editors have not yet been con vinced that the president does not mean what he says. He says he will not run. No doubt, he means It What then is the use of the Roosevelt olubt If the clubs were being organised to boost for certain Roosevelt policies. It would be another matter we would help form one, ourselves but they are not being formed for that purpose. i Nebraska Signal: It ia announced that all the railroads operating In this territory have decided to stop the issuance of cleri cal permits. It has been th custom of the railroads for many years to allow all clergymen to rids at one-half rate or some other special rate, and th first of each year what the railroads called their cleri cal bureau Issued these clerical permits to hundreds of preachers scattered every where. If any excuse ever existed for making a special rat to this class of travelers it has disappeared. Two cents per mil Is not a high charge, and there are objections to issuing special rata permits to any class ot persona Preachers will probably far better in tha long run If they Insist on being entirely removed from the mendicant class. IU)KP WW & sUULftj9 ' CLOTIHNO, FURNISHINGS stnl IIATS on't Miss F getting a little money. Our pre-inventory snle gives you tha chance dont miss it. Suits and Overcoats that sold up to $23.00 all at one price Plain blacks as well as fancy mixtures. 15th and Douglas . r Streets V V s s R.O.WlLCO,Mar. t t n Ctatemcnts of FactsNot Ghost Ctoriss ((21 FT 3 n Mil H2JUULL Clsancst, Ct::;:sff Hcllsst xi E:st Vy::.!:2 Ceil, $7.50 VICTOR WHITE COAL CO., 1214 Ftrwa TtL C, 127 RcvcrccJ :zt Yczv fcr Lilc 4 Mrs, Jones $1,000 per Act is NOW. of policies writs t Insurance Company lork, fi. T - FLASHES OF FUN. "Are you beginning; early Christmas shop- i ping yet Mrs. Bmlth?" J " No; I generally do mine at the last . y minute. You see 1 am kept so busy writ- . f lha; artlelea and giving talks on how to i spare the overworked clei ks." BaiUinore American, ( "I wonder," said Terence, exhibiting his ! uiieiiumrnaiiy canousaa pcaai unoerstnna Iiiks to the critical gaxe of tho chiropodist, "It ye can do anything t'r a pair o' horny handed feet." Chicago Tribune. Large The good die young. 1 Little Thafa the reason I never make i New Year resolutions. Judge., , , - I He had gone out to get a little something; to drink. Boon he came back and deposited a bottle on the sideboard. , "A whole quartT" asked his wife. - Ha turned upon her in surnrlse. ' "What ta a Quart amon onsf" h queried." New York Globe. "Why don't we see men like the novelists describe?" i' "Give It tip. Why don't we see glrla like the Illustrators draw V Louisville Courier, journal. . "Now! such language!" exclaimed the "-an who had Just heard Colonel Bragg for the drat time. "Now I can undaratand why he's called a fire-eater. I never beard such flery words." "Ves," replied the man who knew the colonel better. "I have found that he'a properly called a Hre-eater because he has to eat those flery words so often." Philadelphia Press. "Tou hear so many people nowadays quoting- about 'the way of the trans gressor. What doea that mean to you, anywayt" asked Young. "My boy." replied Hanstteep, "the welch of tha transgressor Is usually 1.700 pounds of coal or less to the ton." Phlladelpnla Press... , .. -. ,,.' , . . ,.u ,. ... , THB DECEMBER QUESTION. ' , Denver Republican. Month of the world's most joyous scene. What Is the problem of death or fatet What can mere fame or fortune meant What do we care for small or greatf Propounded early, and likewise late, This question the , world's attention draws: Making all else of little welshtl "Daddy, Is there a Santa ClausT" What though the day be clouded o'er With portents dire and threats Untold Though cares may weigh on us by the ' score. And doubts com crowding, Insistent, ' bold? From the rush and hurry in search of gold That piping treble now makes us pause. And we hear the question we asked of oldi "Daddy, Is there a Santa ClausT" The grimmer questions ar swept aside' By the query that come from childish tongue. And the rogue who asked it Is hugged, to hide The mist of tears that his query's wrung; Than high In fond arms th tot Is flung, Bllllecho from Land of th Never Was! Comas that upon which great .joys are hung: "Daddy, is there a Bant ClausT", , L' ENVOI. ' 1 prince, can you answer It out of hand Of what avail are your wise, wise eawsf Th question that's heard ..throughout th land: ' , "Daddy, Is there a Santa ClausT" iAiAJa8ij the Chance Suit or Overcoat for iSlh and Dstilaa Streets nn ' i xv Cal CO i 4 ! 7 ) rj r