Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 28, 1907, Page 6, Image 6
TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1907. 15 TllE OMAIIA DAILY Bee. FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEJWATER. VICTOR ROaKWATKR, EDITOR. r Entered at Omaha Fostofflce a second cag0. He regards Mr. Bryan'a noml class matter. , I .. . .ni think tfia hat. I - I i TRBMi op subscription SiKmSSM under ue. on year Seturday Bee, on yeer 1 " DEUVERED BT ca.uuhr: atiy Bee (including Bund), per wek. 15c fimlly He (wltliotit Sunday). per week..lOo Kvenlng Rn (without Btindayi. per w wj Evening Bee with B-.ndy . IJSrtUeS Address all complaint of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department OFFICES. Oma!ia-The Bee Buifding. 'South Omaha-City Hall Building Council Bluff 16 Bcott Street. Chicago 1 Cniveriily Building. New Vork-lWS Home Lite Insurance - - I CORRESPONDENCE. no desire for a repetition of such an Communications relating tt new; ana eai- innai matter should be addressed, Omaha experience, no matter what his .rela te, Kdi,orlaR'E9. t,on to ,h campaign management in Remit hy drft, express or postal order next year's fight may be, but he is Just fsyable to The Bee Publishing Company. crtalnlir in the realm of anecula- Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of as certainly in me reaim oi apecuia nan accounts, reraonai inr,.-, "-,-,-; i Omaha or eastern exchange, not accep STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. B:.Wcr"oer: 'rir TJfS f full ana complete copi "" . . 'A I diunf iha noiitB of November. iw, wa. f follows: 1 S7.B00 a avao h : aa,aoo 4 . S7JI90 .' ' t M80 ' t 3,C90 7 37,30 a 074 - ,9 37.9S0 10 3S.S00 37.4W it'.!ll!lll. it' t)o9 itt 'i 37 i'' "1 36,70 37100 ....... t4 !!!."!!' 9,io 21... 37ao i?!!!!!"! 3740 28. a, 3S,eaO It. .. 37,830 . . 7,73C .. S7,330 . . 3790 II.. It.. 14.. II.. 37,600 to 790 Total .l.iaa,4ao it uniod and returned copies. 10,19 1 Nat Total XJ13.3M tally verage...... ............. ao uenerai Manager. Subscribed in my presence and sworn t before me this 2d Jay of December, 1317. ROBERT HUNTER. Notary, Public. WHEN OUT W TWS. Sabscrljeera !! tk etty teas, porarlly ahonld aar The Be uaia t tkeaa. A4raa will b ckBBCeel a ttnm reqaeated. James Hazen Hyde cables from Paris that he will not return to the The state has since elected a demo United States. Thanks. . cratlc governor, but the fight was 3 i 1 1 1 x largely on state issues. , Republicans Only a few days more to decide on are confident that the "Mysterious the subjects to be included ln those good resolutions for the New Year. . Tom Lawson says he Is not going to make any more effort to save the coun try. The ' country should be duly grateful. '-- Michigan democrats are said to be divided over the support of Bryan. When did another democrat locate In Michigan? - r Political tailors are busy taking measurements for "favorite son" suits, which promise to be popular for spring wear ln 1908. Mayor "Jim" confides to his closest friends that ha is still a candidate for governor. At any "rate,: he is more still than usual. It should be noted that Mr. Cortel- you did not break his policy of silence until Senator Piatt had endorsed him for the presidency. A Philadelphia clergyman says that bpeaker Cannon should be removed. Impossible, the constitution provides for a lower branch of congress. Mr. Bryan says he cannot undertake to referee all 4he differences between leaders of his party. Mr. Bryan has to have a little time to lecture and to write. Senator Bailey denies the report that he Is going to resign. The sena tor seldom gets his name in the pa pti's any more except' when denying something. ' :- The loneaomest persons in the coun tr' Just noW are the members- of that Wall street literary bureau that started ln to prove that the Taft boom "dylng out." . rormer fatmaior BiacKourn eaya he did not see eight mosquitoes in the eight weeks he spent at Panama. We do not expect to see any here for eight weeks, at least. . i ' ' ! A Kansas banker haa made a bid for a- Carnegie hero medal. Though his bank haa suspended, he has refrained from declaring that the "depositors wfll not lose a dollar." S. It is announced that a surplus of ChrUtmas trees has been left on local dealers' bands. This must be a case either of. overproduction or of under consumption, and perhaps both. The United States is already plan- nina to maki aidtsDlay at the Japan ixpoaltion lul 112. The plan is. of course, subject to veto by Richmond Pearson Hobson and the New York gun, . Tom Johnson Is going to deliver an address In New York and tell "Why Bryan Must be Nominated." Bryan must be nominated because he will not allow any other democrat to be nom- lasted. Competition for the presidency of Ihe school board, which used to be brisk-in former years, seems to have fallen into almost innocuous desuetude, The school board, however, may be able to work up some excitement to warrant its existence before the end of the year. JVffXr TEAR'S RATTLKQROUJtD. Chairman Thomaa Taggart of tb democratic national committee has de clared In faror of conducting next year'a campaign of hl party from Chi- UUV1U ao annul V V. auu tie will be fought In tha middle west northwest, with the .olid acuta avowedly for Bryan and the cast nope- ...n. leasly against him. n s evident that Chairman Taggart ,,, v- .... nu uv iwi (uucu ir.. .v. "04, when, aa nominal chairman of ... . bis party, he found himself tied, atrA anl hfclnloaa In thn committee e " r o v " ' ' - headquarters in New York, while the immediate advisers of Judge Parker 11 Vi a r tVid tnna H laa of mil v Vi. V II V fCltl. W V V iiivu w awtw w tion wnen ne predicts aemocrauc gains in the west and northwest. The suggestion that Chicago be made the campaign headquarters is, hTerr: l,r,y' " battleground win ue in me weui ana in iu suuiu. where the contest will be to prevent further defections, from the democratic column. Kentucky will be a contested tate, with the chancea favoring the republicans, . and Missouri Is possibly debatable ground. - Oklahoma! with f its sixteen electoral votes, will proba- bly be found In the democratic; cplumn. but ln no part 0 tne mjddle west or northwest can the democrats ground any present hope of ' regaining. Ihe .-nnnd i0t bv them since 1896. It is hardly probable that Chairman Tag- gart 9 banking upon a change of eentl- ment that would shunt into the Bryan column next year the states that gave these pluralities to President Roose- velt ln 1904: Colorado 34.MJ Indiana 83,894 Illinois 30S.039Kansaa 129,093 Iowa 158,76Mlnnesota iei.464 Michigan 227,715 Nebraska ....... M.fftt Montana 13,139 North Dakota.. 82,323 Oregon 42,934South Dakota.. 50,111 Idaho 29,303 The republicans carried Missouri in 1904 by 26,137, while the democrats carried Kentucky by 11,813. Mr. Bryan received 20,000 less votes in Missouri in 1800 than he did in ih"6. Stranger" will give its 1908 vote to the republican candidate. Kentucky was carried by the republicans last month by about 80,000, and even the democratic leaders in the state admit that the odds are against them for next year. The battle2round of. 1908 will, as Chairman Taggart says, be in the west next year, but the outlook holds no great encouragement to the democrats EVADIXQTJW CHARTER, An ordinance introduced .into the city council by apparent agreement of la majority of the democratic council- men aeeka to evade one of the plain provisions of the city charter intended t0 Prevent Just such treasury raids as tn,s ordinance contemplates. It is proposed to set aside and ap propriate $5,000 out of the unappor tloned remainder of the general fund for the purpose of grading five deslg nated streets and alleys. The . real purpose is to hold $5,000 at the dis posal of the democratic administration whlch should by express provision of the charter be transferred at the ex- piration of the year Into the slnkin g fund and be devoted to the extinguish ment of maturing municipal debt. To find a color of authority the council manic combine has had to gather up applications for grading work, the ex pense of which is borne half by the city and half by the abutting property owners, that have been lying dormant, some of them for years, giving prefer ence to these few designated streets and alleys to the exclusion of a great many other sections of the city where grading should be done and where the people are entitled to equal considera- tlon , To use language expressive, If not elegant, the members of the demo- cratlc council behind this scheme are arranging to steal $5,000 from the sinking fund ln defiance of the char- ter, to be spent on grading Jobs of their own personal selection. While this is such a palpable evasion of the law that wa An not hnllavA It wnnM hold water one Instant if brought to a test, it still ought to be throttled at Its inception before it goes through the council, and certainly should never be allowed to pass by the mayor. JTIHG LEOPOLD'S CVNSISQ. The action of the liberal party ln the Belgium Parliament in refusing by a unanimous vote to approve an innocent-looking treaty purporting Ho cede the Congo Free States to the Belgian government nas served to uncover an- olber niple of shrewd cunning by wnlch K,n Leopold has achieved an unenvlaDl distinction. Aroused by tne Protests of the civilized world over tne atrocities in tne Congo, Leopold proposed a cession of his personal do- main in Africa to Belgium and a treaty to that end was presented. to Parliament. The document, .. on Its face, was a simple compliance with the terms of the original agreement, but an appendix contained the provision that all the officials designated to eov- em the annexed territory were to be appointed by the crown subject to the king's pleasure. This provision is what led to the revolt In Parliament Under the provisions of the treaty Leopold was to retain practical, if not nominal, posseasion of the vast rubber I regions of the Congo, the proceeds of which were to be ued for "literary, artistic and educational advancement of the Belgian people." The record Is sufficiently plain on Leopold's desire to promote the welfare of the Belgian people. Money that should have been used in the past for auch purposes has been squandered in royal dissipations that have made Europe gasp at their extent and audacity. In company with certain syndicates, he has been revel ing in the proceeds of extortion from the rubber regions and squandering revenues that should have been de voted to the welfare of his none too prosperous subjects. While the Bel gian Parliament has been a free acting body, it has, up to date, been unable to loosen the royal hold on this rich loot. If the rejection of the proposed treaty means a step toward real reform in the Congo, It will prove a consummation devoutly to be wished by all lovers of civilization, liberty and progress. THE FRKK SEED FARCE. In the face of the warnjng of Chair man Tawney of the bouse committee on appropriations that national ex penditures are likely to exceed na tional revenues for the next fiscal year, the one bill recommended by a com mittee for favorable action by con gress, before adjournment for the boll day recess, provides for an appropria tion of $50,000 for the free distribu tion of seeds. On the subject of this seed distribution the secretary of agri culture, ln his annual report, says: The work of securing, packetlng, assem bling and mailing the seed for congres sional purposes was carried on the same as in past years. This work is now so systematized that it goes along smoothly, despite the large quantities of seed that must be secured and sent out. The total number of packages put up and dis tributed has remained the same for the last six years. In the annual distribu tion (,400,000 packages of miscellaneous vegetable seed are put up and sent out. each package containing five packets, and 80,000 packages of flower seed are put up and distributed ln the same way, each package containing five packet Practically every farmers' organiza tion In the nation has protested against this seed distribution. Origin ally the appropriation was made for the distribution of "rare and valuable seeds and plants" for experimental purpose. Today it is used to dis tribute over 7,000,000 packages of garden seeds, such as any farmer may buy at a cross-roads store. The farmer does not plant them, as he selects seeds for his crops with the greatest care and takes no chances on the pack ages sent to him by the government. The appropriation is simply a cam paign contribution to make the con gressman solid with the wives and daughters of certain classes of their constituents who amuse themselves wh posy gardens. Congress has the same warrant for furnishing farmers free garden and flower seeds that it has for furnishing cobblers wtth free thread and shoe nails. If La Follette were nominated to run against Bryan there would be no danger of progressive policies losing out, no matter who was elected. World-Herald. Suppose La Follette should be nomi nated on the republican ticket and Bryan lose out for the democratic nomination, would the World-Herald support La Follette? Or would It re peat its performance of four years ago, when It blindly embraced Alton B. Parker as against Theodore Roosevelt? The democratic organs and organ ettes throughout Nebraska may be ex pected to go the limit in offering aid and comfort to republican dissension fats. , That is the proper play for a mouthpiece of a minority party that sees no possible, chance of regaining political ascendancy except through dl vision of the majority. The simultaneous news that former Senator Tom Patterson of Colorado has accepted an invitation to speak at the Bryan dinner at Lincoln next month, and has also just emerged from a street encounter in Denver, would ordinarily be accepted as the work of an advertising agent, but in this case we feel sure it is merely a coincidence Those who are complaining about the cost of the coal that will be con sumed by the fleet on its cruise to the Pacific seem to overlook the fact that the fleet would have burned coal' all winter even if it had remained on thd Atlantic. The battleship does not hibernate nor go into winter quarters Having settled for the present the question of habitation, the Commer cial club ought to be free to bend its energies more systematically to the various problems of' promoting Omaha's prestige abroad and growth at home. Chancellor Andrews has been hon ored with election aa president of the Nebraska State Teahera' association It will be a wonder if the local demo cratic organ does not immediately dis cover some deep laid Rockefeller plot at the bottom. In addition to furnishing fresh snowballs to the delegates to the dem ocratlc convention, the committee on arrangementa might bring about a few casual meetings of Denver editors in convention hall. 'The republican ranks are sadly divided," exclaims a New York paper Democrats have learned to their sor row, however, that republican division doea not necessarily survive the nomi eating convention. The New York Evening Post winds up a critical review of the Union Pa ciflc financial report by declaring that "It is for the directors and share holders to aay whether they are wlllln any longer lo have this magnificent property operated as a speculative ma chine." The patrons of the road and the public generally may also want to ave something to say on this proposi tion. And now we are told'that the Wil liam J. Bryan who haa been appointed senator from Florida has a chance to show that there) are two William J. Bryans. He also haa a chance to show the difference. District Attorney Jerome says he has not yet decided what course he will follow In the coming trial of Harry Thaw. Why not make the novel experiment of trying him on the law and the evidence? The Test of Brevity. Washington Herald. If the president becomes an editor when he retires, as has been suggested, he will learn to curtail and condense, after he has paid a few bills for white paper. Ge Where Scope Awaits Tatleat. Louisville Courier-Journal. The Nebraska woman who killed her hus band, was convicted, got a pardon and col lected the Insurance, should hasten to New Tork and become a traction magnate to give ber undeniably large talents suitable scope. Celenel ant Senator. KantasCity Times. W. 3. Bryan may mean William Jen nings Bryan or It may stand merely for William James Bryan. It is really due to Nebraska's favorite son to spell out in full the name of any Bryan with "W. J." initials. Scrimped Ills Opportunities. Minneapolis Journal. The treasurer of a Canadian railroad dmlts thH he has been stealing from the company- for eighteen years. What makes American grafters look down on thia Canuck is that he got away with only tlM.Ooe in that time. Mlfldfal f Limitations. Pittsburg Despatch. Perhaps the governor of Nevada might plead to the president that If enough of the population of the state to get up a good-slsed riot are on one side, there will not be enough left on the other side to keep thera In order. A Shade Too Fresh. Philadelphia Press. The confederate veterans of Alabama show great sense by opposing Hobson's proposition that the national government hall pension those who fought for the con federacy. Nothing of that kind could get through congress, anyway.. No Canac for Worry. Kansas City Star. 'Ton for ton and gun for gun, we have the best warships In' the world." Is what Rear Admiral Melville says ln reply to the charge that American battleships are de fective In construction, and, after all, suc cess In a naval battle depends on the man behind the gun, so What'a the use for the United 8tates to worry? Royal Bid for Pepalarttr Springfield Republican. As a bidder for popularity, the new king of Sweden begins his. reign with the master stroke of dispensing entirely with coronation ceremonies. He haa, the crown already. and the people will new-Siave more money ln their pockets. Coronations are as costly as they are useless, and as useless as they are foolish when, the people feel the pinch of poverty. ... , . ' Lone Reach of 8 agar Trust. Philadelphia Record. The Investigations made by federal of flclals in the underwelghlng of sugar car goes in New York, from 1897 to 1907, lead to the belief that the aggregate of the frauds may reach $1,000,000. The Sugar trust Is a monopoly built up by government favoritism. It is ari astonishing revela tlon that petty theft should have been re sorted to to swell the enormous profits de rived from legalized extortion. But the appetite of the trust seem to have been Insatiable. To the Hlarhest Bidder. Indianapolis News. The business of nominating a candidate for the . presidency Is about the most solemn one in which an American citizen can engage. And the great conventions which do that work Ought to be conducted from their very inception In the moat dignified way. This cannot be If a com mittee Is to say to a certain city: "We will nominate our candidate ln your city If you will pay our party for doing so." That Is what the practice amounts to. It ought never to 4e"resorted to again. 19 A FRANCHISE PROPERTY f Important Qoeatlon Involved In a New York Decision. New Yqrk World. Judge Hough, y3terday. In the United Btates district court decided that the 80- cent gas law was unconstitutional. The broad ground ror tnis decision is that the reduction ln price is "confiscatory" and In violation of the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States. According to the testimony of the offi cials and reports of the Consolidated Gas company, the profit of SO cents a thous and feet would not be enough to pay In terest and dividends on the company' capi talization. This Involves most Important questions which should be promptly carried to the supreme court of the United States and clearly settled there. Is a franchise property, or Is it a license or permit? If a franchise Is not property. the fourteenth amendment doea not ap ply. If it Is like a liquor license or a push cart license, or a sidewalk permit, then It Is revocable or amendable. No theater or Intelligence office or saloon can Invoke the fourteenth amendment to prevent Its regu latlon. If a franchise Is property, what is the value an Impairment of which is confisca tion? A franchise for fl gas would be less valuable than a franchise for $1.26 gas. If the value at a franchise Is what It can be capitalised for. then any reduction In price would be "confiscatory," unless It could be proved that there was more profit at the lower price. N If this should be the v logical result of Judge Hough's decision, then the capitali sation la aacred, more sacred ln fact than the capitalisation of tanglblo property; for while gas tanks, retorts, pipes and ma terial property wear out and diminish ln value, a franchise being Intangible, cannot deteriorate, and whatever Its earning power. the capitalisation based thereon cannot be Impaired. Thla view of the fourteenth amendemt-nt makes thv railroad rate law uticonatltu tlonnl. The free street car transfer law could be set aside on the same ground. No franchise could be repealed, for that would deetroy "property." No franchise once capi talised could be amended If profits were thereby reduced. Whether New York City has so-cent or SO-cent or 11 gas Is of little consequence compared with the great question of whether a franchise Is superior to legis lative restriction or regulation. OTHER L.AMDA THAW OIRK. The Prussian government presents the remarkable spectacle of attempting by eighteenth century methods to destroy the racial Identity of Iollsh subjects In the light of twentieth century civilisation. Since the foundation of the German em pire by Prince Bismarck systematic efforts to Germanise Trueslan Foland have been resisted successfully. Owners of land wnuld not sell to German Immigrants. Germans settled there at the Instigation of the gov ernment have either been absorbed by the Polanders or compelled to flock by them selves. Balked In Its plarv Prince von Bulow, minister president of Prussia, re cently presented to the Prussian Diet a measure expropriating the land of the na tives and settling Germans thereon. The methods proposed by the government did not meet the approval of the Diet and have been modified to the extent of vesting In the Diet the right to say what land shall be taken by the state and limiting expro priation to certain districts. The measure In Its modified form has not yet become a law. It serves to show, however, the desperate character of the scheme to strip the Poles of homes and lands and make them exiles from the land of their birth. "The Polish land owners are rich," relates a correspondent of the New York Evening Post 'They have sought to buy up every German estate ln the market, so that as much land as possible may remain in their hands. These Polish aristocrats are a strange race they live ln proud retreat in their mouldering old chateaux, speaking French among themselves and Polish with the hordes of servants who a rello of the old feudal system live, marry and die on their lords' estates. The differences, national and religious, between the chil dren of the soil and the Prussian Invaders seems Insuperable. Faults there are on both sides, but It Is aafe to predict that peace will never be restored until the govern ment recognizes that a civilized. Independ ent people cannot be ruled by police methods, and that firm handed liberalism Is a vastly superior weapon to blind bureaucracy. Religious bodies of France which ap plauded the government for abolishing the concordat and taking over church property are taking stock of the results of one year's experience under the new dispensation. Results do not appear to justify the optimistic prediction of those who believed a crushing blow dealt to Catholicism would bring substantial ben eflta to minor organizations. The con trary Is the rase. All bodies have buf fered alike. Even the bodies which com piled with the law by forming puDllc worship associations are declining and disintegrating. The Journal des Debats of Paris reports that the superior coun cil of the union of reformed churches Is this year short by 398,009 francs upon a necessary budget of 1.438,000 francs. The deficit Is likely to grow as the Charges Increase through the cessation of the clerical pensions, and already the lit tie parishes, and churches are being marked out for extinction and abandon ment. So the gradual disappearance of Protestantism In France Is likely to be one of the first results of the measures that received such hearty support at the beginning. A reputable correspondent of the New York Sun Says though the Cath ollc church has suffered tremendously In loss of property, reorganization Is pro ceeding slowly, but surely. What the state has gained by confiscation of church property, is not apparent ln treasury re turns. The chief beneficiaries of con flscatlon and sale have been the auc tioneers, trustees and lawyers, many of the latter receiving fees rivalling the stipends -of ba;a receivers ln New York. The liquidation of the property of 115 congregations out of a total of 677 taken over since 1901 has been completed and the net returns to the state is 138,000, or 1320. on the property of each congrega tion concerned. Should this ratio hold on the remaining properties the state will realise $217,810 out of church property claimed by anti-clericals to be Worth 2,000,000,000 francs. About four years ago some British en gineers were very busy looking for the most feasible route for a railroad to tap the commerce of the red baeln of eastern Sechuen. They found no route that exactly suited them, but the Chinese of Sechuen told them It was all right. "Don't worry about it," the natives said, "because you will never get the concession to build the road anyway. When a railroad Is built Into Sechuen- the Chinese will build it with Chinese money and we will raise the funds right here ln Sechuen province." This was Interesting because Colonel Manifold and other Englishmen ridiculed the idea that the Chinese could finance the enterprise. or that they could build the road even If they should raise the money at home; also because the red basin Is a wonderful region. It Is nearly twlco aa large as the state of New York and supports ' about 50,000,000 people. In large areas covered by this soft red soil the density of population Is greater than In any other agricultural region In the world. According to the Zettschrlft of the Berlin Geographical so ciety the Chinese may prove themselves true prophets. They are likely to build the road "to the great garden of ' Inner China, and they estimate the cost at about $45,000,000 from the lower Yangtse river to and across the red basin. It Is said, how ever, that the subscriptions to the capital stock are not yet coming In as rapidly as was expected, and the native financiers are stimulating interest by figuring out that the road will certainly be more profit able than the Peking-Hankow line, which la now paying dividends of 0 "per cent. The Chinese evince ambition at least to keep some of their most promising railroad pro jects ln their owrf hands. Charles Denby, the United Slates consul general at Shanghai, furnishes a brief ac count of the Initial trip over the nyly completed portion of the Shanghai-Nanking railway. He says: "The road Is 194 miles In length, and the trip Is made from Shanghai to Nanking In six hours Instead of twenty-four hours, as now by steamer The line was formally opened on October 15. It passes through several districts well known for rice, silk and cotton prodoc tion, and touches at several Important trade centers, auch as Boochow, Wusleh, Changchow and Chlnklang. It la expected the road will render easier exit for native produce, and that railway communication with tho Interior of China will tend to overcome the llkln obstructions, which are at present ouch an obstacle to foreign bUMlness Inland." ... According to a report to the Department of Commerce and Iabor by Consul General Thackara, It must be a fine thing to be mayor of Berlin. Mr. Thackara says: One or tne principal requirements or a mayor In Germany la unqualified honesty for In the municipal administration of this country graft In any form would not be tolerated; In fact. It Is unknown. To be come the mayor of a city like Berlin Ihe applicant must have established his reputa tion for efficiency In governing other Ger man citlea His career is carefully scroti nlzed by the members of tho town council who select him, for not only must he be competent, and successfully perform the duties of his high position, but still s young as likely to remain competent for many years, for a mayor In Prussia Is elected for a terra of twelve years, and If not re-elected after that period la entitled to a life periekm nf half tho amount of his salary. After a service or six years his pension Is one-fourth of hhi salary, and after nerving twenty years two-thirds." POLITICAL DRIFT. Secretary Cortelyou says he Is not a candidate, but does not Intimate that he could not be persuaded. Colonel Bryan'a vecat epigrams on har mony might reach a sore spot If printed conspicuously In the Congressional Record. Immediately following the Inauguration of the republican governor of Kentucky the night rider districts experienced heavy frosts. Vocal assurances are given by Denver that the purse hung up for the democratic national convention does not contain a gold brick. Oklahoma must have several experienced legislators. 1e first measuro which went thrOtigh both houses with a whoop was an appropriation bill. The new mayor of Boston avows he "paid nothing, promised nothing" In conducting his successful campaign. To Boston an unhobbled mayor Is a rare exhibit. Senator Foraker balked at departing from Washington on track 13, train 23. The senator is not superstitious, either, but If he should dream that a large man re cently returned from a long Journey waa destined to make trouble for htm perhaps he would believe It Hon. Arnold C. Sheer has become an ag gressive candidate for nomination next year as governor Of West Virginia. lie Is now serving his second term as state auditor and has made a favorable record. He has . been a lifelong republican and active in politics for the last ten years.' Imbued with the notion that whiskers will enjoy a political revival next year, J. Ham Lewis of Chicago Is airing his pink chlnkera and 'flirting with the democratic nomination for governor of Illinois. J. Ham parts his locks In the center and can maintain perfect balance on any Issue that may come up. Governor Johnson of Minnesota was in troduced at the "recent gridiron clubfeet In Washington by a parody on the melody, "John, Poor John," and as the strains of the band Wed away Governor Johnson got upon his feet with thess words: "I don't think It will be 'John, Poor John,' but It may be 'Bill, Poor Bill.' " The advantage of Denver as a convention city in July are at once demonstrated by the offer of David Moffat's railroad, which runs through very high mountains, to deliver a carload of snow eaeh day at the convention hall. The scheme IS en tirely practicable and beneficial. It will acclimate the faithful to the chilling blasts of the day after. The six principal sources of revenue of New York state are the tax on corpora tions, tax on organisation of corporations, tax on transfer of decedents' estates, tax on transfer of stock, liquor tax and mort gage tax. For 1907 these yielded $:n.000,000. The expenses of the slate for the year were 128.799,000. The. state debt Is $17,290,000, an increase of $6,900,000 Over the prnccdtng year. ' "The delegations to the national conven tions have a rare way of Indicating pros-, perlty," says the New York Sun. "For Instance, when the republicans are In power the trains to the national conven tions are loaded down with champagne, whereas the democratic trains are glad to have beer." Next year both the repub lican and democratic trains will be glad enough to-have beer. Graft of the Saarar Trost. Philadelphia Record. The government has undoubtedly struck pay dirt In the exposure of the deliberately contrived frauds in weighing sugar at the port of New York. The underwelghlng appears to have been continuous for ten or twelve years past. There Is also reason to believe that like frauds have been perpe trated ln determining the saccharine quality of Imported sugars. The Sugar trust has never been ln business merely for Its health. The Inquiry now going forward In the courts cannot be too vigorously pushed. ' Browning, Ming & Co CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS and HATS Saturday E will place we will place them 11 You cannot afford to miss this op portunity to get a suit at this price. Only two days, Saturday and Monday. . We have a few Overcoats which we have put in at the same price. .., 15th and Douglas J 15lh nnd Dauglaa Streets Vg Streets jR. S. WILCOX, Mgr. t t A World of Comfort Best Wyoming Coal, Clean, Hot, and Lasting, $7.50 VICTOR WHITE COAL CO., 1214 Farnam. TtL Biu,12 1. OM All A IMITATOHf Olobe Trotter Anserta We Copy front tho Old World. New York Tribune. Retrenchment was the subject of discus slon In a down town restaurant, and as a shining example of the signs of tho times one of the debaters spoke of the "check your cigar" signs which had been placed lit front of the coatroom of an Omaha theater. We are growing poor," said the broker, 'When men leave 'butts' to be checked and call for them between acts or after the show." "Not necessarily," said snother. "Last summer I went to a bank at Frank-fort-on-t he-Main with an cxgovernnr cf Indiana who wanted to make a draft on his letter of credit. We were both smoking flno 20-pfennlg cigars of the Kaiser WU helm brand. In the vestibule a porter wearing more gold lae than one of our major generals, politely asked us to ceasn smoking In the building, and we were about, to throw away tho cigars when he re strained us with a gesture which showed his amazement at our extravagance ami pointed to a highly polished metal rack on which several cigars reated. We placxd ours there also, and When we came away and did not claim our property we rrobahlv fell In the estimation of the thrifty Ger man. In Omaha they are simply dolnir what has been done ln Europe for years.' SIX .MY OHMS. "Do you think there are any great orator leflj" "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum. "My observation la that great orators are nearly always left." Washington Star. "That fellow Busby never seems to have anything to do." " He's very busy now. he tells me." "rat! What's he doing." "Getting his right-of-way for a wireless telephone company." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Former Resident How things have changed here In twenty years! I wouldn't know the town.' What has become, of Floogus, who used to shave notes and lend money at '1 per cent a month? Hotel Clerk He's gone to his reward. Former Resident What ! Is he dead? Hotel Clerk Dead? Not on your IIM He's president of a trust company In Now York. Chicago Tribune. "Come, come!" exclaimed old Mf. Good ley, "don't beat that dog! You should have mora consideration for dumb brutes'' "Sny," Interrupted the angry man, "It Jon hud to llslen to this brute at night, us do, you'd know he Isn't dumb," Phila delphia Press. "Has tho young man any avuncular rela tives?" "No sir; he's got only two uncles and they're as sound as a. dollar. "Baltimore American. - ' - "De man dat keeps talkln' all de time," said Uncle Eben. "Is generally de kind of person dat aln' got no reason to be afraid anybodys' gwlneter steal his ideas. "Wash ington Star. , ' "I met my tailor out sleighing, and ha looked sporty, I tell you, in his new sleigh." "Well, of all vehicles where could a tailor find a fitter one than a good cutter?" Baltimore American. Reporter What shall I do with this arti cle on "How a Husband Should Treat a Wife's Allowance?" Kdltor Cut It down. Reporter And how about this story on "How to Acquire a Good Figure?" Kdltor Pad it. Reporter What's to be done with tills report of "A ieaderless Parly?" Editor Put a head on ll. Baltimore American. WHEN Till! WISH MAX FELL. Chicago Record-Herald. He never bucked tho tiger and ne never bet a cent That he could find the cup that held the pea ; He never at a circus tried to crawl beneath the tent. Nor tried to pet a fretful bumble bee. He never nought's, gold brick and he'fiever rocked a boat, J He never teased a bulldog In his life; He never rushed In madly to lay hold Upon the throat Of a bully who was pummellng his wife. He never pulled the trigger of an ancient, rusty gun. Just to see If It contained a load or not; He never, when the gas leaked, started In uuon the run With a lighted lamp to find the leaky spot. He never signed a paper till he'd read It through and through. He never skated where the Ice was thin; But they coaxed him Into Wnll street when thn sky was soft and blue. And they casually striped him to the akin. tmwm on sale about HOO suits, (broken lines), left from the season's selling, which we. do not care to inventory when! we take stock next Tuesday. These suits sold to $25.00 and on Saturday and Monday at the low price fThOO t t Rests n Three Words f lis? 1