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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglae County, aa. :
George. B. Tzschu'ck, treasurer of The
Hee Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that tha actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning,
Kvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of December, 1907, was as fol
lows :
1..... 38.400 17 1... 36,840
2 37,180 II ... 36,4130
t 37,370 1 38,840
4 37,380 20 36,880
6 37,390 II , .. 36,050
6 36,880 22 38.300
7 37,090 23 38,400
t 38,800
24..
, . 36,890
"V
9 36,930 2S , ... 36,800
10 87,030 2 36,880
11 37,000 J7 36,890
12 38,740 28 38,360
IS 87,80 29 35,800
14 36,810 38. t 38,110
13 88,950 II 86,610
II 36,960 i
Total ...1,133,880
Less unsold and returned copies. 9,804
Net total 1,109,776
ally average 36,444
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
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before me thi 2d ay of January, 1.
ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
( WHEN OUT OP TOW!. .
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porarily should hare The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed aa often as requested.
It is no longer a signal for shooting
when a man reaches for his hip pocket
In Georgia.
Of course, the Burgeon in command
of th navy hospital ship will write his,
orders In Latin.
A Georgia paper states that "Kube
lik, the violinist, is the on of a
pheasant." Another nature fakir.'
"Bim, the Button Man," doubtless
has his plates all made for getting out
pictures of the democratic nominee.
Thus far there has been no bitter
rivalry among cities' for the location of
ithe national convention of the Tom
Lawson party.
Howard Maxim is out with a predic
tion that there will be a terrific world
war within the next decade. Mr. Maxim
is a gunmaker.
"The popularity of the teddy bear
is wanlng.ln this section," says the At
lanta Journal. Its place has doubtless
been taken by the blind tiger.
The Department of Justice is pre
paring to use a blotter on that ink
graft unearthed In , the government
bureau of printing and engraving.
"The stories of Sunday's happenings-1
should be written in red ink," says a
Chicago paper.; -In titles where they
use th lid, the story is written in blue.
That Omaha postofflce plum may be
ft little late to no Into the Christmas
plum pudding, but It will probably be
none the less welcome to the recipient.
. The Indianapolis News is shouting
for "Harmony and Fairbanks." It Is
the first hint thit the vice president is
again willing to take second place on
the ticket. ; ,.v .
Mayor "Jim. says he ta going to
Lincoln the coming 'week with tola
lariat and rope tha democratic state
convention for Omaha. it is up to
His Honor to deliver.
The Interesting tale . comes from
Cleveland that John O. Rockefeller
sever tips the barber 'who cuts his
hair. Mr. Rockefeller has reasons, one
ot which is that he has no hair to be
f
cut
Colonel Bryan proclaims, "Let the
voice of democracy, be heard all along
the Una." toes this mean that wa
are to have' a compulsory statewide
democratic primary 'la Nebraska? if
toot, why notf "? 5 !
Lower prices In building materials
are stimulating construction work
hero in spile of mid-winter. This
ought to help the building trades peo
ple, who usually expect enforced idle
ness at this period of the year.
. The State Railway commission's new
rules require' It to hold its sessions in
lho open. But so does the law under
.which the State Railway commission
Is organised jand gets its power and.
ron6equently,i the rules could not have
provided differently.
Inasmuch as the persounel of the
executive committee or tne umana
Commercial' club looks very much
alike from year to year, it cad not be
referred to now as a netj ' broom.
There la no gbod reason, however, why
It should not 'get busy with the sweeo-
ing and do (ootLJuU. , ,..-v-. . . .
OKLAHOMA FOH MR. T4fT.
The action of the republican state
committee of Oklahoma endorsing
Secretary Taft for the republican pres
idential nomination has more political
significance than appears on the sur
face. It is a notice that the profes
sional politicians and place-hunters of
the state, who have heretofore had
control of the republican organization,
have been compelled to recognize the
rentiment of the party. It also means
that Oklahoma is not to be relegated
to the ranks of "solid south" states,
where the republican organizations are
mere matters of form to use their con
vention votes to further personal in
terests. It is a special tribute to Mr. Taft
that the Oklahoma republicans are for
him. He visited Oklahoma in the
early fall and told the people of the
territory what he thought of their con
stitutional plans, then being formu
lated. He minced no words at all, but
frankly criticised their methods and
scored them for some of their marked
shortcomings. It was strtinge talk,
perhaps, to them, but it seems to have
appealed forcibly to the rank and file
of the voters, who have already begun
to appreciate the fact that Mr. Taft
was telling them the truth and advis
ing them to protect themselves against
the professional politicians. They have
accordingly, organized and declared
for Taft, while the leaders were Insist
fng upon an unlnstructed delegation.
Oklahoma's outspoken position
should have a wholesome effect upon
the republicans in the southern states,
where the federal patronage brokers
are always up to the old tactics. It
would be to the credit and improve
ment of the standing of the republi
cans of southern states If they would
send Instructed delegates to the Chi
cago convention, Instead of sending
men who can be manipulated, traded
or handled for patronage only. Under
present conditions, Oklahoma Is reck
oned In the democratic ranks. With
Mr. Taft as the republican nominee, It
Is not out of reason to anticipate that
the state would be taken out of the
democratic column In the coming elec
tion, or at least placed on such a fight
ing and aggressive basis thaMt would
come under republican control in a
very short time.
IMPOTKST CRIMIXAL LA rtS.
The decision of the' California ap
pellate court declaring void the indict
ment on which former Mayor Schmitz
was convicted of extortion must be as
discouraging to good citizens of Cali
fornia as it is pleasing to grafters.
The case is peculiar, in many respects,
and is on a par with the famous
Cudahy kidnaping case in Omaha. The
guilt of the accused was clearly estab
lished, but punishment was evaded be
cause the law, by a strange defect
failed to make the offense punishable.
In the Schmitz case, certain San
Francisco restaurants,; recognized as
dens of infamy, were allowed to exist
by payment of monthly tribute to Abe
Ruef, a cunning and corrupt political
boss, and this corruption fund was di
vided between Ruef and Mayor Schmitz.
When affronted decency revolted and
the movement for a moral house clean
ing started, Ruef and Schmitz were in
dicted. Ruef plead guilty, while
Schmitz stood trial and was convicted.
The appeal has resulted in a decision
which releases Schmitz, because, ac
cording to the court, however explicit
the proof of the charges may be, the
California laws do net make extortion
a crime or even a misdemeanor.
The decision, it is true, seems to be
repellant to common honesty, but it is
doubtless in accordance with the law,
technically interpreted. In other
words, men holding office in San Frah
clsco -jr-onld use their office and thir
authority to betray public trust, prac
tice blackmail and resort to extortiou
and encourage Infamy, for a price,
without Ibeins "liable to punishment.
In the particular case of Schmitz and
Ruef perhaps no serious harm has been
done, as bo tit have been again arrested
on other charges, the punltshment for
which Js clearly , set . forth in the
statutes. The tncldtmt but serves to
emphasize the fact tha.t the criminal
code of California, and probably of
other states, is in need of very
thorough revision and amendment, if
any tangible and lasting reforms are
to result from the crusade, for better
government apd the punishment of
grafters and boodlers.
rjMiD-i grbvaax.
The handful of ma!con(ents who are
being actively aided and abetted by
the democratic press in an effort to
foment dissension in the republican
ranks in Nebraska are looking hard for
H grievance. .They are anxious chiefly
to make people believe that they havo
been misused and. abused und they
would have been even more saly dis
appointed had they gotten what they
demanded of the republican state com
mittee. The fact is, however, that their pro
posed statewide primary would havo
been tho most unfair and jug-handled
scheme that could possibly have been
Inflicted upon the republicans of the
state, with a certainty of misrepresent
ing their wishes and preferences. The
rejected primary plan, which, by the
way, was withdrawn voluntarily by its
author, proposed to take .a straw vote
on president and bind the Nebraska
delegation to Chicago to the candidates
for president in the order of their vote,
bo that If they should ever leave the
high man they would have to go for
second choice to the next high man.
although he might be neither the first
choice nor the second choice' of but an
infinitesimal fraction of the . party
membership. Ia a word,' the demand
was for a trick, device designed to let
the minority, and a small minority at
that, plaster Instructions upon the na
tional convention delegation.
Not even the malcontents proposed
a primary vote to select the delegates
to Chicago because It Is too plainly
seen that a ballot containing the names
of all republicans throughout the state
who would be willing to serve in thai
capacity would Include hundreds of
names and be so long and unwieldy as
to amount to actual disfranchisement.
The action of the state committee In
providing for an optional primary on
presidential preferences In reality
gives the republican rank and file full
opportunity to secure correct represen
tation in the conventions, which, by
Ipw, must be held to choose the na
tional delegates. The republicans of
any county who want Ao hold such a
primary to instruct their representa
tives may do so, but they are not re
quired to do so. They may instruct
them by primary vote or by resolution,
or leave them unlnstructed just as the
majority prefers, and this will be rule
by the majority.
Where there is no difference of opin
ion among republicans as to who
should succeed President Roosevelt,
and this is the case In more than half
of the ninety counties In Nebraska,
there will be no need of going to the
expense of time, labor and money re
quired to hold a formal primary. It
there Is ahy county In Nebraska where
a primary vote Is required to disclose
the presidential preference of the ma
jority of the republicans, there is noth
ing in the way of them having this op
portunlty. But so far as assuaging
the grievances of the malcontents is
concerned, they would still be com
plaining even if every county in the
state gave them the primary they are
pretending to crave.
KESTVCK.Y'S POLITICAL MVDDLt.
National political significance at
taches to the coming senatorial elec
tion In Kentucky, out of which the
democrats have little to expect In pres
tige or" advantage, whatever the result
may be. While Kentucky went repub
lican in the elections last November,
the holdover members of the legisla
ture give the democrats a slight ma
jority in that body, pledged to former
Governor Beckham for the United
States senate. But democrats and re
publicans alike agree that the republi
can ylctory In November was caused
by a revolt against the Beckham dom
ination of democratic affairs in the
state. On this account, some of the
democratic members feel that their
pledges to support Beckham for the
senatorial toga are no longer binding.
On a full joint ballot of the legisla
ture the democrats have a majority of
eight. It is asserted that five of these
will not support Beckham, and republi
can leaders are confidently predicting
the election of former Governor W. O.
Bradley to the senate.. If these dis
affected democrats should decide to
vote for Bradley, his election would be
assured. If they refuse to vote for
Beckham, his defeat is certain. There
is possible, therefore, a deadlock, the
election of a republican, or the choice
of a dark-horse democratic candidate.
The resourcefulness of Beckham
should not be underestimated. He
denied Editor Watterson a nomination
for governor. He defeated Senator
Blackburn for re-election and gave
that senatorship to Mr. Paynter, and
then defeated Senator McCreary for
the democratic nomination for the
other senatorship. That is something
of a political record for a man still
under 40, who nine years ago was glad
to secure the inconspicuous office of
lieutenant governor.
Even Beckham's most loyal friends
do not claim that he measures up to
the requirements of a senatorship. He
has few, if any, of the qualifications
of a Beck, or a Carlisle or a Lindsay.
but he is a politician of rare ability.
Leading democrats of Kentucky do not
hesitate to assert that the election of
Beckham to the United States senate
would mean a republican Kentucky in
this year's presidential campaign.
Colonel Watterson, in an appeal to the
democrats of the legislature to vote
against Beckham, says:
It ex-Oovernor ieckham be elected a
senator In congress, a premium is put upon
machine methods and a franchise .' Issued
to office-brokerage, an indefinite era of
bucket-shop polities is eataWlshed among
us. and Cameronism and Quaylsin, under the
new style and title of Beckham, Haly. Brown
A ("0.. la set up to do In Kentucky what
Cameron and Quay did in Pennsylvania,
that is to extinguish upright and courage
ous individuality, to annihilate aspiring
intellect, to blot from the Kentucky vocab
ulary such terms as patriotism, disinterest
edness and manhood, limiting the field of
official selection to the control of a one
man power, and Beeking to reduce all con
ditions lo Ita banal will and to levul all
nun to lis unclean and shallow mediocrity.
Under the circumstances, it appears
to be a case of "Heads, I win tails, you
lose," so far as the democrats of Ken
tucky are concerned. . Beckham's elec
tion would emphasize the disaffection
of democrats whose votes repudiated
his administration in the state election
lust November. His defeat would ac
centuate the grievances of his support
ers and arid new .elements of party
weakness.
The New York Sun has discovered
that Secretary Garfield is a candidate
for the United States senate from Ohio
and might decide to be a compromise
candidate for the presidency in case of
a dc.arMocV. in the republican national
convention. It seems unfair, however,
for the Sun to give Mr. Garfield's
secrets away like that.
The Missouri Pacific Insists that
those passes were made out for the
Nebraska railway commissioners by
mistake. There is no question about
that. The Nebraska law makes It a
punishable offense to issue railway
passes outside of specifically excepted
classes, and so does tfc Interstate com
merce law, and the members of the
Nebraska State Raljway commission
are not Included within the exceptions.
Federal authorities are asking that
the bond of the Standard Oil company
in that C83e before Judje Landis be
Increased from $6,000,000 to $29,240,
000, the amount ofthe fine. Of course
some such action should be taken If
there were any danger of the company
Jumping the country. On second
thought, if there is any danger of the
company leaving the country, It might
be as well to leave the bond alone.
The plea for nonnartlsanship and
bi-partisanship always comes from the
minority political party. The doleful
complaint of the local democratic or
gan against the pending constitutional
amendment for the enlargement of the
state supreme court la convincing proof
that the democrats entertain at heart
no hope of regaining political as
cendency in Nebraska for years to
come.
Mr. Cleveland has been framing an
other platform. He declares that the
country needs "conservatism, recupera
tion from nervous prostration, rein
statement of constitutional observance,
but none the less safe' end pendent
Americanism." No living American
can take a fountain pen and a diction
ary and beat Mr. Cleveland in framing
platforms.
In the six months ended with De
cember imports from Germany were
more than $5,000,000 In excess of the
record for the corresponding period of
1906. The figures furnish congress
with an interesting illustration of the
operation of reciprocity tariff agree
ments, against which the standpatters
are so loudly protesting.' ' '
The jingo press in New York is a
little relieved at the thought that if
the Japanese attack the United States
they will make their first assarlt on
the Pacific coast. The easterners will
have time to reach the cyclone cellars
before the Japs subdue the Pacific
region and march overland to the At
lantic. I
The United States attorney for the
district of Colorado has Just resigned
because he wants to re tut to. his pri
vate practice. The last United States
attorney for the district of Nebraska
who returned to private practice failed
to take advantage ,of his chance to re
sign. The currency bill offered by Senator
Aldrtch pleases no one in particular,
and for that reason it may be passed
by congress. Since the retirement of
Senator Spooner, Mr. Aldrioh is clearly
taking the leadership title as the great
compromiser of the senate.
Bimplaf the; Ban pa.
Indianapolis News.
Still it was not to be expected that a
young man could travel at young Mr.
Heinle's speed without striking an occa
sional bump in the highway. .
Inspiration of a Fat neward.
Philadelphia ledger.
Much of the tro'.ble of Caleb Powers is
due to the fact that Kentucky offered 3100,
000 reward for the conviction of the Goebcl
murderer. To let such an opportunity pass
was not reckoned shrewd financiering.
Short-Lived Popularity.
Philadelphia Record.
Maximilian Harden finds that the posi
tion of a popular hero ia as precarious
In Germany as anywhere else. When he
looks between his prison bars he has leisure
to reflect that only a month or so ago
he was borne In triumph on the shoulders
of a Berlin mob.
The Bennington Monument.
Buffalo Express.
It is a worthy act to erect a lofty monu
ment to the memory of the men who were
killed by a boiler explosion on the Ben
nington, but a more useful monument would
be the re-establishment of,, the engineer
corps In the navy, which oould be easily
accomplished If the naval Una officers could
be persuaded to allow the United States of
America to confer positive rank, or mili
tary titles, upon the engineer officers.
Lively Lot ot Candidates.
Boston Journal.
Joe Cannon smokes and swears; Charley
Fairbanks takes an appetiser; Bill Taft
sits on the lid when requested to; Knox
has a penchant 'or fast horses; Hughes
consumes half a dozen fat, black 25-cent
cigars day, anu scales Matterhorns and
Mont Blancs to pass the time away In
the summer; Bryan can take a hand at
anything from old maid to bridge whist,
and well, our leading politicians are a
lively galaxy, no mistake.
Seeking- a famous Klaar.
Springfield Republican.
The Massachusetts branch of the United
States Daughters of 1813 have resolved to
buy the flag of the frigate Chesapeake,
which was captured by the British frigate
Shannon off Boston harbor in 1811 This
flag, it will be remembered, is advertised
to be sold at auction in London on the
30th, and perhaps Senatora Lodge and Crane
will be auked to appeal to the American
ambassador at the court of St. James to
give his attention to the matter, and ascer
tain whether tha flag Is properly labeled
and ran be bought at a reasonable price.
Bleeding- for the "Common People."
New York Sun.
Mr. Bryan made this admission at Omaha:
"I know that some people are giving much
thought to the money question, but that Is
not woVylng me much. The people of this
country have made It possible for me to
acquire an Independent income for all time
to come, so I have no worry on that scare."
What worries Mr. Bryan is that some
men are richer than he and have got their
money out of some other business than lec
turing, although even this profitable pro
fession Is exploited by selfish "syndicates."
And Mr. Bryan's heart bleeds for tha "com
mon people,", that Is, the peopla who
haven't an Independent Income. Hia lines
have fallen In pleasant places, yet even at
fifty odd thousand a year he doesn't put
the dollar above the man. His job pays
better and la less confining than the one
which he has sought so long. lie is better
off and the country is better off. So no
body can grudge Mr. Bryan that fat pros
perity which his devotion to calamity Las
earned.
oy pf KJinuvTi i. kirhio i.iiK.
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"I napeakahly Mean Taellra' of On no.
aeats of Secretary Taft.
Chk-Ngo Keoord Herald lnd. rep.).
The Record-Herald ia not a partisan
newspaper, and It has nothing to do with
the management of aity candidate's boom,
but it believes that every lover of fair
play should condemn the unspeakably
mean tactics that have been employed to
Injure the secretary with tho people. The
fact Is that this man has given us a very
exceptional and Inspiring example of de
votion to duty. He was sent to the Phil
ippines in the first place because Presi
dent McKlnley thought that he was an
Ideal agent for the government in the
emergency that then presented itself. In
that view distinguished democrats and re
publicans, bis townsmen who knew him
well. fuHy concurred. Subsequently he
justified the confidence that was felt in
him hy handling a very delicate situation
that aboundi d in difficulties political,
racial and religion, with consummate
ekill. As a member of the cabinet he has
exerted a far-reaching influence, for there
can be no question that his advice has been
potent in the councils of the administra
tion. His services at the time of the Cu
ban troubles were of Inestimable value to
the country. He Is a highly educated law
yer, and was an able judge, and in this
connection It Is well to remember that he
has repeatedly rejected offers of a place
In the supreme court of the United Stales,
whose acceptance would have gratified a
long-cherished ambition, because the ad
ministration needed him for executive
work. And In all that lie has done he has
merely fulfilled the expectations formed of
him many years ago. He was the most
conspicuous student of his time at Yale
college, the one most generally looked up
to, the one for whom the greatest future
was predicted, and he has commanded the
respect due to superior ability and a fine
charaoter ever since.
To pursue such a man with detraction Is
about as despicable a task as a writer for
the press can be employed upon. Repub
licans and democrats should all be glad
that he is In public life and be proud of
him as a representative American cltisen.
New York Electoral Vote.
New York Press (rep.).
Our Judgment of the public's temper
regarding the progressive mevement be
gun by Mr. Roosevelt and the reaction
ary attitude of thoee elements that are
bitterly opposed, quite Impartially, to Mr.
Roosevelt and to Mr. Brvan alike. Is that
there is not the slightest doubt that next I
Vear UlA Cnmmnno MmtA " n ...... xj. v 1. I
against a Knox, a Fairbanks, or a Cortel
you. 'He could do this, if we understand
anything at all about the sentiments of
the people of New York and of the United
States, because they know that he repre
sents their views and their purposes vastly
better than anr of the other three whom
we have mentioned. The voters of the
country do not, by any manner of means.
Indicate that they believe Bryan has the
capacity to do for them the things they
are determined to have done before they
relinquish their present mission of making
political revolutions. But they know that
Bryan at least, Is In sympathy with them,
and nothing could convince them that a
Knox, a Fairbanks or a Cortelyou would
dream of fulfilling the resolve of the peo
ple or of serving their Interests before the
special interests. And the American voters,
without the slightest hesitation, will choose
the man who Is for them, though he may
lack the gifts to perform their program,
over any candidate who is known or merely
suspected to be against the fulfillment of
their will.
Nothing could be more foolish for the
republican party and more stupid for any
body than to Ignore this vivid truth that
Bryan will carry New York and tha coun
try against any representative of the re
actionaries, whoever he may be. On the
other hand, a republican committed by
both word and deed to the progressive pro
gram oi ine American people and or a
proved capacity to get actual results, the
right results, that they are resolved to ob
tain, will beat Mr. Bryan In New York
and In the nation just as surely as the sun
will rise and set on election day.
Johnson of Minnesota.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind..
Extended interviews with Governor John
son of Minneaota on the national Issues
of the time indicate a receptive attitude
on his part toward the democratic presi
dential nomination. His expressed views,
moreover, are such as to present him In
the light of a possible compromise between
the radical and conservative wings of the
party. He would make tariff reform the
paramount issue, and this will please the
conservatives; he is for an Income tax, and
that will please the radicals. He is ao
much more of a state's rights man than
Bryan that he opposes federal licensing or
regulation of Interstate trust combinations,
but is not forgetful of the radical vote in
making some remarks on enforcement of
existing laws against monopolistic aggres
sion. But lest this be deemed obnoxious
to the conservative element, he speaks of
"enforcement" of the law as perhaps too
radical a term and substitutes "adminis
tration" of the law. Inheritance taxes are
all right, but should not be used, aa Presi
dent Roosevelt would use them, to place a
limitation upon excessive individual ac
cumulations. On the whole. Governor John
son is better calculated to please the con
servatives than the radicals, and the New
York World has undertaken to boom his
candidacy. In this, by the way, Mr. Pulit
xer's paper follows the Baltimore News.
Taft and the Others.
Kansas City Star (rep.).
There la a good deal of significance In
these facts:
1. Of all the republican candidatea for the
presidency. Secretary Taft Is the only one
who has made, progress ; outside of his own
state.
2. About the only states where some im
portant expression of Taft sentiment has
not been given are those having "favorite
sons."
S. Even these "favorite sons" have had
less encouragement in their own states
than Secretary Taft has had in fk. number
of states other than, hia own.
4.Mr. Taft is the only candidate who has
based his candidacy squarely on the policies
of the present administration, which he
has continuously and oons.-trntly upheld
and advanced, not only In word,' but also
In deed. '
Brian Can't Win.
- New York Herald (deni ).
No democratic candidate for president can
by. elected in IS08 unleaa he wins nlnty-flve
e'ctoral votes from states carried by The
odora Roosevelt in 1901. Mr. Bryan cannot
possibly do it. In the present demoralized)
and disintegrated condition of the party
perhaps no democrat can do it; but there
are democrats who can come nearer It than
Mr. ' Bryan, and one of them Is John A.
Johnson, governor of Minnesota. In the
two areat debatable states of New York
and New Jersey he would be at least 100,000
votes stronger than Mr. Bryan.
A Demoeratle Ideal. '
Philadelphia Record (dem ).
If George Oray lived in Pennsylvania or
New York he would be universally hailed
as an ideal democratic candidate for pres
ident. He is no less an Ideal candidate in
tha fact that he resides in the state of Del
aware. In a great question ot personal
fitneaa like this Is not the "smiek of
locality" absured and unworthy of all true
democrats;
ROM.
CAM.
Matrimonial Mlatlta of American Heir
ruses and Korrlia Tltlea.
Baltimore News.
The suit 'or the annulment of the mar
riage of the Counteas of Yarmouth, form
erly Miss Thaw, makes the latest addition
to the long catalogue of matrimonial dis
asters of the same kind. Imagine a Hrt
drawn up of the American girls whose
wealth has purchased for them husbands
with big titles, and Imagine that It were
possible to summon all these women to
answer the roll call as this list was read
off, and tell their experiences. What a
dismal, what an appalling, muster of
wrecked lives would be exhibited to tha
view! One after another, with a few
notable exceptions, they would have tha
same tale to tell, with variations to bo
sure, but variations that do not affect tho
main purport of the story.
Attracted by the glitter of title, blinded
by vanity to every consideration that ap
peal to their sounder and more wholesome
Instincts, these young womer, one after
another, have sacrlfieed the happiness that
IS within the reach ot the humblest pf their
countrywomen in order to grasp at lbs
unsubstantial . and superficial Joys of a
life of unaccustomed splendor and social
prestige. Evrn If these expectations were
realized without the addition ot those
vices and weaknesses, and not infrequently
brutalities, which are ao apt to character
ise the fortune-seeking grandee who car.
rles off tho American heiress, the result
would in most cases bo but a sorry com
pensation for the normal happiness of a
good American home. Unless there Is ex
ceptional fitness for tho new Ufa on tho
part of - tho pride, aa well as true . and
whole hearted Affection between- the pair,
the transaction Is almost sure to result In
a woeful misfit. But In a great proportion
of all the cases the trouble Is Infinitely
worse. There is the dissipated or blase,
or degenerate or heartless titled suitor and
the American girl who, though she may bo
sound at heart, has her head turned by
foolish desires for social distinction and
forgets everything else In the glitter of the
temptation to her vanity. The combina
tion is an ominous one, and the result is
such as we see it in case after case of
wretched matrimonial shipwreck. No
amount of warning by these object lessons
seems sufficient to keep new victims from
committing tho same folly and Incurring
the same punishment; and they have not
even ihe poor satisfaction of being the ob
jects of sympathy, for everybody feels
that they have reaped precisely as they
have sown. ,
THE LATE BISHOP WORTHIXGTOV
Achievements In Many Flelda ' of
Endeavor.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The Protestant Episcopal diocesan of Ne
braska, Rt. Rev. George Worthington,
whose death at Mentone on tho French
Riviera has been noted, was a man of re
markable acquaintance with other men and
of a high capacity for organizing activities,
so that he constantly had work of Im
portance given to him, and was one of the
"Indlspensables" of the house of bishops.
Dr. Worthington was born at Lennox Octo
ber 14, 1840, and In his boyhood It was de
signed that he should go Into trade, so
that he went to New York City Into fhe
employ of a mercantile uncle, who regarded
his success as assured. But the young man
thought otherwise, and became a priest of
tho Protestant Episcopal church, being
graduated In 18W) from Hobart college at
Geneva, N. Y., and then three years later
from the General Theological seminary.
He served as assistant rector ot St. Paul's,
Troy; thon as rector of Christ church, Ball
ston Spa. and being called to St. John's
at Detroit In J868, he grew into large prom
inence through his able administration and
extension of the large parish, so that he
was for years president of the diocesan
standing committee; and as acting bishop,
in the early '70s, In the course of the un
fortunate last years of the then bishop. It
was his fortune to advance many new
churches. Here he remained until 1S85; In
1SS3 he had declined his election as mis
sionary bishop of Shanghai; in 1884, he was
elected bishop of Nebraska, but declined
that office also, when a special convention
reappointed him. and he accepted and was
consecrated in 1885. Of his bishopric it Is
to he noted that It was a period of largo
increase tn every way; In church buildings,
parish houses, guild halls; and from his
own moneys he gave much, but alwaya un
der conditions that the parishes should
clear their churches from debt. Biahop
Worthington's Judgment was regarded
highly by business men. He had for seven
years been troubled with a heart disease
which rendered it impossible for him to
dwell in his diocese; and he had lived in
Pittsfleld and New York City, refusing to
accept the 'salary of tho diocese. Recently
he had succeeded Bishop Patter of New
York in charge of the Episcopal churches
of Europe. He had received honors from
Hobart college, the degrees of D. D. and
LL. D.; last year fros WHllamo college,
th degree of D. D. He belonged to the
old school of what used to be called In his
youth, "John Henry Hobart", churchmen,
and his character was oonservative.
A!CIET THEORY SHATTERED.
Party Policies rati te Sway the 8a-
preme Coart. .
Bt. Paul Pioneer Press,
An analysis of the opinions of the su
preme court Justices in tho employers' lia
bility case does not tsnd to sustain tho still
somewhat persistent theory that because
a Judge was a democrat before appoint
ment he is likely to be jealous of tho rights
of the states or that because he was a re
publican ho is -likely to be a broad con
structionist. For ef the three democrat
only one, Justice White, to judge by tho
news reports, based his opinion as to tho
constitutionality of tho act in question on
the theory that it was an encroachment
on the police, powers; and with him was
associated Justice Day, a republican. Tho
other two democrats, Chief Justice Fuller
and Justice Peckham, held tha law uncon
stitutional, not becausa they believed that
congress had no right to regulate the re
lations of employer and employe, but be
cause tho act by its language applied to
employee engaged In Intrastate as well
as to those engaged in interstate com
merce. Furthermore it is noticeable that In the
lower federal courts soma of the strongeat
believers in the necessity of developing
tho constitution by Interpretation to fit
present-day conditions, some of tho stanch
est believers In broad construction are life
long democrats. .
The theory that political affiliation Indi
cates a bias toward broad or narrow con
struction and that there la a predisposi
tion of the democratic Justice to maintain
supposedly democratic doctrine and for re
publicans to bo broad constructionists la
hardly borne out by the facts, as indicated
by the decision of the court on Important
constitutional questions.
Aa Instructive Eaamale.
New York Press.
. ia an I nt In a- bit fit Infnrmatinn
dropped by Prof. Sellgman in a lecture on
the present railroad situation He was dis
cussing recently enariea ieu ai ibwb. eucn
as the ono forbidding railroads to own
coal lands. The ableat lawyers, he said,
were now in consultation to devise means
and methods to evad the, law. A fine ex
ample, urely, to ordinary citizens.
MKllMUOtY
rAll.t RE OF LAST YEAH.
Severity of the Plnanelal Harry Mad
Apparent.
Philadelphia Ureas. .'
The panic of 1907 was remarkable for no
preparatory warning In an Increase of fall
ures. Inateod, for th first nine month
of the year tho failures in number and In
the amount of their llabllltlea were among
the loweat ever recorded, far lower than
ever before, taking the total of credits Into
account.
iri,. ihM mnnlhi nf I H- vear. how
ever, made up for this. The total number
ef failures for the year still remained low.
10.285. This wao larger than 19n and 1W.
with .SM and l.ro failures, but slightly be
low 1904. with 10.422 failures, and 1901 with
10.667. For ten years, 18M to 1807, failures
have averaged annually t.114. The number
for 1007, 10,286. was therefore, not large.
But It Included In the last quarter several
largo banks. It was not the number of
failures, a In 1893 and 1873, that made th"
collapse serious, but the slso of a few
with very large liabilities.
Tho severity of tho convulsion is made
apparent by tho aggregate liabilities of fail
ures in 1907: These are Bradatreefs
figures: $371,42.692, the largest since 18M.
when liabilities were i 402. 400,009. These two
years aro the' largest on record. In the
Interval firms havo grown In numbers 37
per cent; clearings, a measure of credit,
have" tripled and the 'gross wealth of the
country ha grown at least . one-third.
While liabilities are therefore larger than
in any year but 1893, and run close to
that, their proportion to firms Is two
thirds, to credits a third, and to wealtn
about one-half of the proportion the total
liabilities of failure bore fourteen years
age to tho firms In business, tho credits
and wealth of th land.
A revival may be expected relatively
quicker. In 1891. four lean years followed.
Tho new year predictions, with which th
papers teem, generally look to next au
tumn, after the November election, as the
probable time for a revival.
PERSONA!. NOTES.
The rich Chicagoan who married an Eng
lish barmaid didn't do it so as to get a dis
count on drinks, for the bride left the Job.
Never allow a locomotive to bump your
railway carriage while you're being shaved.
Thla la bow Padcrewskl got It In the neck.
A New York alderman has Introduced a
measure forbidding women to smoke In
public- Probably it will not pass, but such
evidence of aldermanlc goodness is refresh
ing. ,
United States Ambassador to Mrxico
ThonjBson has received a fine oil painting
of President Roosevelt, which he is n
structed to present to President Diaz. The
presentation 5lll be made In a few days.
Judge Charles A. Dewey, who has Ju(
celebrated his 77th birthday at Mllford. ha
the distinction of being the oldest Judge sit
ting on the bench in Massachusetts. He
was appointed trial Justice on July 20. lWfl.
theaame day the Battle of Bull Run was
foughtTHe has been head of the Third.
Worcester county district court since 1861.
Senator Clay of Georgia is one of the tall
est men In the seriate, and his hair, worn
standing straight up as the comb of n
fighting1 rooster, makes him appear at least
two inches taller than he 1a. His moat dis
tinguished mannerism Is the habit of clutch
ing that, pompadour wildly with theftngers
of his right hand when he becomes excited,
as If ha intended to lift his ecalp frntn his
head.
King Victor Emanuel of Italy has ap
pointed Nelson Gay of Boston, who in now
living In Rome, a Knight of the Crown of
Ttalv In 'recognition of his writings on tlu-
resurrectlon of Italy. Mr. Gay for a long
time devoted himself to the study of th
period of the revolution In Italy snd re
cently lie presented before various historical
and national societies Interesting documents
which he had found relating to Italian af
fairs. '
SAID I
"I notice." said the new gueat, "that
everybody calls that hallboy of yours 'Bui
tona.' "
"Yes." replied the hotel proprietor: he It
so called because It la hia duty to gather
up from the dining room floor after each
meal the numewm buttons the gentlemen
burst from their vests." Philadelphia
IreM'
"Are the preparations all made for your
husband s trial?" ,
"Not quite," responded the prisoners
wife. "One of my dressmakers got the
grip and disappointed me." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"Hello, Jinks, old fellow! You look u bil
seedy. Got the grip?''
"No."
"Well, vou look like It. anyhow."
"Confound you. the grip's got me!'' Bal
timore American.
Tho dark horse was Inclined to be non
committal. "I'm not asking anything of snybody."
k aiH "hut onlv a fool horse would kick
a bucket of oats over."
Thereupon his roiiewers announced mm
as in tho fight to win. Philadelphia
ledger.
"Pimnvie, what la your father's objection
''Ha aays you don't amount to anything,
"Was that all he said?"
"No; that waa only a email part of It."
"Tell me the ret, Plmmte.
"Tho rest of it consisted of strong adjeo-
tlves. You don't expeot me to repeat
those, do you, Percy?" Chicago Tribune.
SKEIN' THINGS.
Eugen Field.
I ain't af eared uv snakes, or toads, or
bugs, or worms, or mice,
An' things 'at girls aro skeered uv I think
are nice.
I'm pretty brave, I guess; an' yet I hate to
go to bed.
For, when I'm tucked up warm and nug,
an' when my prayer aro said,
Mother tells m "Happy dreams," an' takes
away th light, ,
An' leave me lyln' all alono ,an' eeln
thing at night!
Sometimes they're In th comer, sometime
they're by tho door.
Sometime they're all -standln' in the
middle uv the floor;
Sometime they're a-alttln down, some
time they'r walkln' around
Bo softly and ao creepy-Ilk they never
make a sound I
Sometime they're aa black as ink, an' -
other time they're white
But tho color ain't no difference when you
see things at night!
Once, when I had licked a' feller 'at had
juai niovea on our ixeei.
An' father sent mo up to bed without a
bite to eat. -I
wok up In the-dark,, an' saw things
standin' In a row
A-looUln' at me crosa-eyed, an' polntln' at
me sol
Oh, my! I win ao sheared thai time t never
slop' a mlto
It' almost alius when I'm bad I see things
at night.
Lucky thing I ain't a girl, or I'd bo skeered
to death!
Bein' I'm a boy. I duck my head an' hold
my breath;
An' I am, oh! ao sorry I'm a naughty boy,
an' then
I promise to bo better, an' I say my pray
era aaaln!
Gran' ma tell roe that's th only way to
max It ngni
When a feller ha beea wicked and see
things at night.
An' so. when other naughty boys .would
. coax me Into sin.
I try to aquah th Tempter' voice 'at
urgea rno within;
An' when they's pi for supper, or ekt
lat's big an' nice. ( 4
I want to but I do not pass my plat f'i
them things twice! -No;
rutlier 'at atarvatlon wipe mo slowl
out o' slsht ...
Than I should keep a-llvln on an' aiiln'
thing at night.
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