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TilK OMAHA DAILY BEKi THlfKSPAY. JANtTAKY lfi. lOOfl. j Tim Omaiia Daily Bee ...... . - XtNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATlCfl. 1 VICTOR HOSE WATER, EDITOR, t. , . . t' Kntered at Omaha I'ostofflce as econd lass matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: T!Ir Be (without Hunday). ore year..!1" J 'ally Re ami Sunday, one year " Sunday Hre. on year 2 Saturday Bee, one yar 1'Ei.IVERED BY CARRIER: Tally Pea (Including Sunday ), per week..l!! 3 'ally Br (without Sunday), per week.. Wo JCvenlng Re (without Sunday), per week c livening Bee (with Sunday), per week... 10c Address all rnmplnlnt of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. ! OFFICES. ; Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. ' Council Bluffs 15 Scott Street. ' Chicago ltvtO Cnivf rally Building. Nfw York-15ft Home Life Insurance 3ulldlng. Washington 72S Fourteenth Btroet N. W. i CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addressed, Omaha SJee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Be Publishing company. Only a-rent at am pi received in payment of mall account. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. ' STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Plata of Nebraska. Douglas County, u.: George B. Tzschuck, treasurer of The Pee Publishing Company, being duly sworn. iays that the actual number of full end c-omptpte copies of The ally. Morning, JSveping and Sunday Bee printed during he month of December, 1307, wea aa fol low: 1 86,400 IT 36,840 X 37,160 II 18,690 S 87,370 II 30.640 ' 4 ... 37,990 20 36,580 I i 37,330 II 36,380 , f 36,960 SI 86.300 T 87,090 .. 21 36,400 I 36,900 24 36,890 ' ... 36,930- 25 . . 36,600 1 87,030 26 86,680 11 37,000 ' 17 86,890 U. . 36,740 21 36,360 1.... 37,630 21 36300 14 8610 10 36,110 I. ......... 36,960 II 36,610 Hi 36,960 - Total 1,12,980 C"s unsold and returned copies. 9,304 L Net total 1.139.776 tlly average 36,444 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. I ' Treaurer. t Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before me this 2d day of January, ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Public. 7 l WHK. OUT OP TOW1, ! Bafcaorlbers leaving; the city teas. ' gtoimrlly- should bar The Be walled ( them. Addrea will be . caaag mm aftea aa reqaeated. Ml , f I Brazilians arts getting a good look i the Monroe doctrine. The 'Washington Herald has a Beau tiful faith. It sees dally evidences of In "crumbling of the Taft boom." , If Senator Burkett does not want to o as a delegate to the Chicago con tention no attempt will be made to forca him. ! Milwaukee is straggling along un ifier sixteen Inches of snow and an in crease In the price of beer. , Troubles diever tome singly. ..i-.r.- i It !.' i ' i'. "The army needs looking after," pay the New York 8un. History ahows that the army has always been bla to look after itself. According to latest telegraphic ad fices. God reigns and the government t Washington still lives. In spite of Jiatronaga differences ' between senators. , Most of the editors who are calling attention to "faults in the Aid rich bill" Apparently agree that one chief fault la that it was drawn by Senator Al- flrldi. - , tfi.na now a statewide Bryan club is a) be formed. What for? Is there Sty Question as to whether the ma jority' of Nebraska democrats are really og Bryant (fudge Parker warns the country gnat It would be dangerous to put "un tutored Idealism" in charge of national Affairs. Wonder whom the Judge is miming at? ' ( Senator Reed Smoot says the num per of Mormons living in polygamy in XJtah' has been greatly reduced In the last two years. . Due to the Increased ost of living T The humor of the local postofflce situation, la to be found in the specta fcle of an ex-confed coming to the front to help keep the Job in the possession 1 fef the Qw A. R "Pittsburg reports an Increased de mand for pig iron, that sensitive busi ness barometer which reflects the ac tivity or depression of every branch of the building Industry. ' ' The proceedings of the State His torical, society Just concluding Its 'an nual seseioa emphasizes the persistence of that comforting and comfortable frule, "de mortuta nil nisi bonum," "Of course I would accept the dem rcratlo presidential nomination," says atudson Harmon ot OLlo. Mr Harmon a scheduled for a telegram from Un to In saying. "Of course you won't." John Sharp Williams has been ooked BOlid for Chautauqua engage ments next summer. It may develop, sifter all. that Mr. DeArtqond was only acting a the press agent of Mr. Wil liams. - The claim of admiring democrats that Mr.' Bryan was defeated In 1896 because he was not known rounds all right, if tt did not recall the fact that he was defeated In 1900 because he was known. The state of Kentucky U furnishing another graphic object, lewon In the way of a senatorial deadUxl; to .sup port the growing demand for the elee tlon of United States senators by dl- rtKt popular vote. - bmsaTor A9 tir.LlQATta. According to dispatches from Wssh ington, Senator Burkett has reconsid ered his expressed desire to represent Nebraska. In the Chlcsgo convention as one of the delegates-at-large, giving as his reason "misgivings as to the pro priety of one who tins been honored by public office 'being a candidate for del egate." There has always been more or less debste on this subject, the real point Involved being the wholesome rule that honors should be passed around Instead of being all hcnpod up on one man. and that those who have served the party without emolument or reward should occasionally have recognition In the party councils. If, however, Senator Burkett's newly taken position Is Intended to rule out at the same time, as It is plainly in tended to do, both Ms colleague, Sen ator Brown, and Governor Sheldon, we doubt whether It will be accepted by the republicans of this state as a hard and fast rule. No one should be forced to serve as a delegate to the national convention who does not want to go, but because Senator Burkett has con cluded that he does not want to go need not invalidate the claims of any one else,' even though likewise "hon ored by public office." If to avoM having men already honored we have to go to the other extreme of selecting delegates-at-large unknown outside of their own localities, who would be lott In the convention hall nothing what ever would be gained. The fact is that the great national conventions are meeting places of the leaders of each political party. The democratic convention as well aa the republican convention will count in its membership representative men from every state in the union, including governors and senators and congress men, and men distinguished in all walks of life. In the last republican national convention held at Chicago Illinois was represented by delegates- at-large, consisting of the two United States senators, the speaker of the house and the governor. Iowa was represented by the two United States senators and its governor. Massachu setts was represented by the two United States senators and a former secretary of the navy. Minnesota by the, two United States senators and the governor, New Jersey by the two United States senators and the gov ernor. New York by the two United States senators, the governor and a former governor, Ohlov by the two United States senators and the governor, and so on in the great ma jority of the states in which repub licans are in control. In the demo cratic national convention at St. Louis a similar situation was presented. The idea rightly govornlng the make-up of national convention dele gations ,1s to send thn strongest men to the front to give each state its proper standing through those who have the widest acquaintance and greatest Influence. In the selection of these men, whether to represent Ne braska at Chicago or at Denver, the respective political parties should con sider "not only the individual claims and merits, but also what is best cal culated to keep Nebraska to the fo:e and to secure for this state the recog nition in national party councils that it deserves. MR. HKARSTS SOF1 FEDAL. The political world, which knows William Randolph Hearst, editor of a chain of more or less sensational news papers between New York and San Francisco, will have to sit up and take notice of a change which has appar ently come over the spirit ot the dreams of this stormy petrel of Ameri can Journalism and politics. Ameri cans with memories that survive through a dozen years can not fall to recall the Hearst part in bringing on the war with 8paln, his abuse of Presi dent McKlnley and his assaults upon President Roosevelt. In view, of this record, nothing but wonder and aston ishment can follow reading of the let ter he sent recently to a conference of the leaders ot the Independence league at Indianapolis. The letter was over 6,000 words in lengjh. but here are some of the salient excerpts from it: I firmly believe that all reforms uhould be made with as little disturbance of ex isting conditions as possible. -Business condition are in a certain way like the condition under which life exists on this planet If those renditions are too Mud denly disturbed. ' life is destroyed, anil If business conditions are too suddenly dis turbed, prosperity It) destroyed. I do not believe that tt would be wise at this time to further disturb business condition, and I think the plan to Issue a flexible currency through the banks is a good one and as much an we ran ac complish In the near future. An Immediate and radical revision of the tariff would certainly upuet buslmms In terests and probably do more harm than good. It is something of a gasp-producing proposition to find Mr. Hearst insist ing that "all reforms should be made with as little disturbance; of existing conditions as possible." Heretofore he has been wont to demand that the existing order of governments, empires and worlds be changed over night to suit his fancy. That be should "about face" so suddenly Is more significant than would appear from surface Indi cations, and he need not be surprised if the political public shows some curi osity as to the reasons for the change. Mr. Bryan, for Instance, may be at a loss to understand the kaleidoscopic change. He and -Mr. Hearst have fought with and against each other in the political arena and are now living under the terms of, an' agreement for armed neutrality. ' While Mr. Hearst has declared that he Is out of politics, his Independence league is working overtime. In every state in the union. It Is barely poaafble that Mr. Hearst at last realizes that a majority of the American prople are fundamentally conservative snd may be training for the role of heir apparent when the democratic party wakes up to this fact. HAlLllOAVS AXD SAFKTT AFrLlAKCGS. Nearly every important rstlroad In the Unified States is Involved in the action of Attorney General Bonsparte In directing federal district attorneys to Institute suits for penalties for vio lations of the safety appliance law. The suits will turn for the most part on whether the number of airbrakes employed on freight trains is adequate to the protection ot the lives and limbs of employes. The institution of this . proceeding serves to call attention again to the culpability of railway companies in deferring compliance with the law un til forced to do so by action through the courts. When the law requiring the use ot airbrakes on frelsht trains was passed by congress, the railroads rrade the defense that It would be physically impossible to add. the needed equipment ' within the pre scribed time. An extension o. time was granted and the Interstate Com merce commission finally made a rul ing to the effect that "at least" one half the cars In, a train should be thus equipped. The railroads ars now con tei'ding that compliance wits this 53 r-ef cent equipment order is all "hat Is necessary. Evidence shows thai 'a 5'.i per cent equipment permits a train to "buckle" and that serious accld-ints frequently follow, while the la v re quires airbrakes in sufficient Quantity to keep the train under control. The public will not be specially con cerned about the technicalities ot the dispute between the law officers of the government and the 'railroads. TLe mortality list resulting from the opera tion of American railroads, however, amply supports the contention that railroads should be require! to euilp freight trains and other rolling stock with every approved safety appliance, to the last car. If necessary, to insure tn passenger and employe the greatest measure of protection against acci dents. Until the railroads Iook upon safety appliances from this viewpoint they will have little sympathy from the public in any litigation for enforc ing safety appliance legislation. APOLITICAL FALSE ALARM The Chicago Inter Ocean makes th astounding discovery that the republi cans of the middle west have become convinced that "If the rural voters can't get a candidate who will con tinue Roosevelt's policy, they will vote for W. J. Bryan." The Inter Ocean is making no sweeping assertion on the subject, but insists that it bases its opinion on 'letters received from repub licans and that "about 15 or 20 per cent of the men who vdted for' Mr. Roosevelt in 1904 will vote for Mr. Bryan in 1908 if a republican reaction ary la nominated at the Chicago con vention." All this might be more or less Im portant,, if true, but the Inter Ocean Incurs the mistake ot asserting that this policy, so strenuously demanded by the republicans ot the middle west, and labeled as the "Roosevelt policy" Is "the policy of agitation which brought on the panic." If any con siderable number of republicans or democrats for that matter In the middle west have been found who be lieve or assert that the panic -was caused by the Roosevelt policies It would be an Important discovery. That edifying fiction had its origin in the east among those who have profited enormously by corporate over-capitalization, stock watering and stock Job bing, manipulation ot bank and trust funds and expert practice of frenzied finance generally. The west has not been disposed to label .as a panic breeder any person who helped to ex pose corrupt conditions in order to ap ply the cure for it. At the same time, the west does not demand a perpetual "policy of agita tion." It is satisfied that the disclos ures made within the last year will prevent recurrence of the evils which have aroused such public Indignation and that the enforcement of laws passed wlthlri the last four years is all that Is needed to safeguard the future against return to conditions that pre viously existed. The west would doubtless resent the nomination of a reactionary on the republican ticket, but it has too much faith In the logic of events and In the integrity of the party to promise to embrace Bryanlte democracy as the alternative. The . democratic World - Herald amuses itself by pretending that Sec retary Taft declared in his Cooper Union speech that the time has not yet come when the tariff "can be abol ished or remedied." But this Is only another example of putting into a man's mouth something he never said In order to contradict him. The words "or remedied" have been interpolated by the. Imaginative reporter of some hostile newspaper and do not appear In the accounts of the speech In the most reliablo New York papers. There Is nothing easier than putting up a straw man to knock htm down, and that is a ravorite trick of the World Herald's. John S. McDonald ot Boston has bet Thomas Shevlln of New York $5,000 that If Governor Johnson of Minnesota is nominated for the presidency he will be elected. Mr. Shevlln need lose so sleep over his bet. After they have practiced up on one another sufficiently our county com missioners and our city councllmen may be expected to sally forth to the middle of the street for a fistic scrim mage to determine whether the cham pionship belt should go to the city hall or to the court house. "Ho, every one that thlrsteth," was the announced theme ot an Atlanta preacher's aermon the Sunday follow ing the Initial enforcement of the state prohibition law. Still It seems hardly a Christian spirit to add humiliation to suffering. Speaker Cannon Is said to have used violent language on a newspaper cor respondent who asked him, "Do you drink?" The correspondent was evi dently new to Washington or he would have changed his question to, "Will you drink?" What is to be done in the way of in spection of Omaha theaters to prevent some terrible catastrophe like that In Pennsylvania? Should Omaha have a theater holocaust after all warning the community will be guilty of crim inal negligence. . . v A Nebraska naval cadet wants to be transferred from Annapolis to West Point to avoid being consigned to per petual sea-sickness. A practice cruise may yet be a necessary" part oJ the entrance examination for admis sion to the naval academy. "The government lost at every point," says the attorney for Oberlin M. Carter. The fact that Carter served four years in prison and mas forced to return $400,000 to the fed eral treasury shows that the govern ment is a pretty good loser. It had to come. The New York Commercial asserts that "although it Is winter, the Thaw season is here." The worst feature ot the case Is that, like extortion in Sfn Francisco, there Is no law against it. A Japanese widow baa sued a Chi nese bachelor In New York for breach of promise. However, pessimists will continue to assert that the orientals are slow in assimilating American ideas of civilization. "Senator Scott of West Virginia," says the Washington Herald, "is not the most approachable man in the sen ate." In these days of suspicion and charges it is a little mean to use that adjective in referring to a man in pub lic life. Worth the Price of Admission. Minneapolis Journal. When General Miles and Admiral Brown son meet, we would like to be there. Xow Von See It, Perhaps. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The inventor of the wireless telephone say the difference between the sparkling wireless waves an. hi damped wireless wave accounts for Ills success In having a conversation 250 miles away without the aid ot wires. In this Invention, as In other ot an elect flo nature, the explana tion leave the Inquiring mind as wise aa before. Gov. Ma stood 'a New Year Itecejitloa. Springfield Republican. The New Tear's reception at Havana by Governor Magoon of Nebraska was bril liant, for such receptions always are. This one was peculiar, In addition, Inasmuch as the Cubans, In very many cases, bent the knee before the ruler and occasionally a man went clear to the floor In his genu flections. The good Magoon could not stop It. He received literally like a king. What alls the Cubans? Soger Trust See the Light. Philadelphia Record. Secrecy was all right under former con dition, say the present managers of the American Sugar Refining company, or Sugar trust, btft now 'conditions have changed" and a policy of publicity seems to be advisable. Quite so. Even the Stand ard Oil company has begun to do a lot of talking. If not to give full publicity to Its financial ,affalrs, and we may soon begin to hear from the Amalgamated Copper company, another of those offensive "blind pools" whose secrecy has done so much to arouse the public agalnat the trusts. PERSONAL NOTES. A simple .method of preventing shooting affray would be to enforce the law against carrying concealed weapons. Ecuador had a railroad wreck the other day In which twenty persons were killed and forty were Injured. South America Is not so backward. The spectator of a play at Lynn, Mas., jumped upon the stage, whipped th vil lain, rescued th distressed heroine and all he got out of it was what the press agent had arranged to give. Representative Bird 8. MacGulre of Okla horns has been a wanderer. Born tn Illi nois, he went to Missouri with hi parents when 10 years of age, then to Kansas, and later to Indian Territory, and finally to his present state. James C. Courts, who lias received a re appointment as clerk of the appropriations committee of the house of representatives, 1 now servtnT his thirtieth year In the employ of the house, having first been appointed by Representative Atkins of Tennessee In 1877. After the new senator from Florida, William Jame Bryan, took th oath of of fice last Thursday and entered Upon hi senatorial duties, he was assigned to a seat next to Senator .William Pinkney Whyte. the oldest of the senators. Mr. Bryan I the youngest member of the sen ate. Omega Oil COLDS IN CHEST AND SORE THROAT are often cared in one night by Omega OiL The Oil takes imme diate effect upon the inflamed or gans, and the o.eneB toon disappears. There ia no am monia or turpen tine in Omega Oil, so yon can use it freely trpon your children aa well aa yourielt It la aaie and aux BITS OK WtllM(JTO 1.IFF. Mlaor Srenea aad Ineldeat kerhed n the jiiot. lnce order went forth about a year requiring an eight-hour day of the department employe", a succession of kick have been registered by tho em ploye and the press of Washington against .what was termed "the oppressive demands of the government." Seven hours of labor was deemed the limit of department en durance. Another hour, the victims as serted, would bend the camel's back to the breaking point. The extension of the time limit ha not materially Increased the output of the department factories and another effort I being made to accomplish the object. The plan reported by the Keep commission to congress contemplate the retirement of the aged and Infirm and the substitution of young blood and muscle. A pension system 1 proposed for tha benefit of the retired employe, the funds for which will bo secured by retaining a percentage of the salaries ot all department employe. It proposed to empower tha sec retary of the Interior to Invest such fund In recognlxed bonds, either municipal or In dustrial, and that when payment I made to a government, employe only suoh In terest shall be paid to him aa the bonds representing his share shall have earned. The recommendation of the Keep commis sion, which has the support of most of the employe In the executive department In Washington, will go to the committee on reform of the civil service, of which Representative Qlllett of Massachusetts ia chairman. , The last row of seats on the democratic side of the senate, say the Washington Herald, 1 remarkable at this session ot congress. In that every one of It occupant I distinguished by some unusual charac teristic. In the seat next the center aisle sit Sen ator Jeff Davis, the Iconoclast of the sen ate, who ha already fractured the pre cedents of that august body respecting the conduct of new solons, and would put an end to trust and to trading In futures. On his left sits "Fiddling Bob" Taylor, senator from Tennessee, famed for his abilities aa a raconteur as for ills aptness In playing the fiddle. Then comes the youngest senator, Wil liam Jamrs Bryan of Florida, who Is Just 33 years old, and enjoys the privilege of being the Adohls of the upper house, as well as Its most youthful member. Right beside him sits Senator Whyte of Mary land, the oldest senator, who In more than a half century older than Senator Bryan. Next Is Senator Gore of Oklahoma, the blind senator, and on his left sits his col league, Senator Owen, In whose veins run the blood of a long line of chiefs of the Cherokee Indian Nation. The row Will be completed by Senator Bankhead of Alabama, who ran for the house and found himself In the senate when the race was' over. There has been for some time a warm contest among senators as to whose state grow the very best apple In the world. Benator Ankeny of Washlngtpn started It by shipping Into the capltol a number of boxes of excellent specimens of that state' abilities In the apple growing line. Then, In the opinion of many apple connoisseurs. Senator Bourne of Oregon went him one better by flooding the senate cloak rooms and press gallery with a consignment of the fine red Hood Valley Spltzbergens, ac companied by a letter challenging the world to beat them. Senator Johnston of Alabama owns a beautiful home In Birmingham and takes great delight In donning a pair of overalls and a split hickory hat and working in the garden. One day shortly after the expira tion of his last term a governor a fash ionably dressed woman, who had resided In Birmingham only a short time and had never seen Johnston, called on hi wife. No one answered the bell, so he walked out among the flowerbeds where the ex governor was hoeing some geraniums. He bowed and she asked him how long he had worked for the Johnstons. "A good many years, madam," he re piled. "Do they pay you well?" "About all I get out of it is my clothes and keep." "Why, come and work for me," she said. "I'll do that and pay you so much a month besides." "I thank you madam," he replied, bow ing very low, "but I signed up with Mrs. Johnston for life." "Why, no such contract ia binding. That 1 peonage." "Some may call it that, but I have al ways called It marriage." An exquisite member of the fair srx was taken down to see how , the house does things by one of the representative the other day, and she was Introduced to a large number of congressmen. She did not pay much attention to names, for she was too busy acquiring knowledge. Finally she had a short, slender, deep voiced man presented to her, and she caught the title "congressman." "Oh." she said, "and were you here when the Wllllam-De Armond scrap was pulled off the other day?" "Perhaps," suggested the congressman, with dignity, "you did not catch my name."' "Your name? Why, I don't believe I did," she replied, with engaging frank ness. "My name." continued the congressman, "is DeArmond." .Representative Charles G. Edwards of Savannah, who achieved a certain amoiyit of a certain kind of fame recently by re fusing to shake hands with a delegation of colored postmasters from Georgia on the alleged ground that he did not repre sent negroes, added to his laurel In the house with a very brief speech. "Mr. Speaker," he said, "earlier In the afternoon I voted twice against a certain dam bill which provided for the granting of certain valuable privileges on the Snake river In the state of Washington to a private corporation. I now winh to an nounce that I am opposod to any other dam bill which interferes with states' rights." Only seventeen state have furnished speakers of the house of representatives. Pennsylvania leads with five, Massa chusetts, Virginia and Kentucky coming next with four each. Other states have been represented aa follow: New York, three; Indiana, three; Tennessee, two; New Jersey, two; Georgia, two; Maine, two; South Carolina, two, and Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa and Illinois have each sent a man to the speakers' chair. Sinners Welcomed Home. New York Sun. Mr. Bryan now say that he feel no re sentment toward democrat who opposed him In 1S9S and 1800, and he declare a gen eral amnesty.' A Mr. Bryan never con cealed hi resentment until recently and has been in the habit of serving notice on conservative candidate that they could not be regarded a democrat because they did not aupport him In lt'M and ltoo, doe not hi eleventh hour tolerance look auspi ciously like the overture of a candidate who fear that If he fail to conciliate th conservative element tn his party he may lose the coveted nomination after all? una m militant tf hornii BAKING POWDER T. I. . . .1 ... ai h yui. up uuuer ine chemist, from the finest insuring the user light, Therefore, CALUJIET physicians and chemists. Porfoct in Quality Economical In Uso r.lodorato In Prico , ,0 carefully and saleatt&cally prepared that the eatrathtattoa of th Ingredients Is absolutely perfect. There fore, Calumet leaves RocheUe Rait er Alum In the food. It Is eheaaleally fmt. " For yar tentaeh.'a N " vauaaaec. For a 1,000.00 gives tor any snbalaac fa iurlou to health found ia Calnaaet. TAFT ON CAPITAL AND LABOR. Emphatic and Coaraseoua. New York Evening Post (ind.). Mr. Taft appeared to exoellent advan tage In hi addree at Cooper Union last night. He stood up as hi own man to express his cwu views, and they were In th main sound and pertinent. No one can make a long speech on capital and labor without saying a great many undis puted thing In a solemn way, and the sec retary said them. But on ,the chief point at issue, and especially those which have been made against his own presidential candidacy on the basis of his decisions when a judge, he spoke with emphasis and courage. A I.acld Exposition. New York Herald (Ind ). Talent for lucid exposition was displayed In the speech delivered by Secretary Taft at Cooper Vnlon last evening. The origin of private property, the growth of capital and the relation between capital and labor, the rights and wrongs of corporate and Individual employers and employes were presented in such form a made the matter clear to even the least Intelligent of his hearers. His purpose In selecting this toplo for discussion at the present time appears from . the closing words of his address. As an effect ot the recent monetary panio ho argues that we must expect Industrial depression which mav be fruitful In labor controversies, and, by Inducing both side to adopt a more cen ervative and conciliatory attitude, he would avoid the destructive truggles of the pas)., , ,, . , Broad Lesson of Tolerance. Philadelphia Public Ledger (Ind ). Mr. Taft has come before the country with no past to explain away and with no obligation but to discuss on their merit and according to his light the national problems awaiting solution. The only trace of organised opposition to him, other than the natural preference of partisans for other potential candidates, has come from the ranks of organized labor, and ha been based upon some supposed antagon ism on his .part as revealed In hi de cisions from thd bench In cases where the labor unions and the burning questions of the Injunction were involved. This op position has-been united and persistent, and while It might be possible to exag gerate It Importance as a controlling poli tical factor. It has been a source of anxiety to those who believe that Mr. Taft Is the best man available for the republican nomination next June. It Is this circum stance which gave Mr. Tal't'a speech In New York Its great significance, and those who looked to him tor a masterly exposi tion of sound and reasonable views on the, subject of capital and labor were not dis appointed. There was no demagogic ap peal to prejudice by denunciations or evil- i doing on either side, but a calm statement of the principles governing the relations of the two essential element of Industrial existence, and of the policies and mean by which Just relations are tn be main tained and the Interests of both employer and employed conserved and advanced. Broad lessons of toleranoe, needed by the arrogant among the employer a well as among labor leaders, were temporarily laid down, and a sane and Just exposition given of the real meaning of the processes of the law they are commonly Invoked In labor disputes. HEX "FAKE" MaavasaBaBSBBaasaBaaaBBBBaasaaaaaaasaasMaaaaawMMHaMBaMBasaMnaM Browning, Ming & Co CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS and HATS A REASON. FOR IT ! - less than it costs, it is usually because it is un desirable stuff and would nJt sell at a profit. Our sale of Men's and Boys' new Suits and Overcoats is not. to be confused, with these "fake" 'sales. We are making a reduction of 20 per cent because a backward seasou and depressed commercial conditions compel us as a matter of good business to' dispose of stocks that are larger than usual. We do not carry goods over from season to season. The 20 per cent discount also covers all our winter under wear, fancy vests, flannel shirts, smoking jackets, bath robes, hats and caps for men, boys and children. OTHER SPECIALS: $3.50 Stiff Bosom Shirts $2.50 $2.50 and $2.00 Stiff Bosom Shirts. . . .$1.75 $1.50 Stiff Bosom Shirts....- $1.15 $1.00 Stiff Bosom Shirtt. 85c Broken line of Men'js and Boys' Soft Shirts 55c 15th and Douglas jy7 15th and Duglas Strts Wi Streets' '' 'y4 t i R. 0. WILCOX, IVior. ' I i . , i . ii . . . . supervision vi m competent materials possible to select. wholesome, easily digested food. is recommended by leading economy's sake bay Catlaatet. MERRY JINGLES. "Your daughter," said the jollying friend "has such a comprehensive sweep upon the piano." "T '!h," muttered the overworks mother,"ahe had that same about 'tin house." Baltimore American. "Well," said the obedient husband,' "now that I am In politics, 1 hope you are satis fied." "Getting In politics," replied hi amhi tlous wife, "Is comparatively easy. Get ting out araln gracefully Is what counts these days.'' Chicago Record-Herald. "What sort of a time did you have at th theater?" "Perfectly lovely," answered young Mrs. Torklns. "Some ef the scenes were so pu thetlc that I wept, and others were so funny that I laughed till I cried." Wa;i Ington Star. "Some people say 'lunch' and snn'u 'luncheon," and yet, of course, both i. the same thing." "I don't think ao. My Idea Is that 'It Is masculine and 'luncheon' femlnli: Philadelphia Press. Mabel Weren't you scared to death wh' ii you asked Harry to marry you? Nell Not so much that dear bov, he was so simple and willing not a bit of coyness or coquetry about his shy answer. But oh. Gladys, It was Just dreadful asking his mother and answering all her stern ques tions of how I expected to support Harry. Baltimore American. "I don't know who that woman is, Yu; thev tell me she Is a Mrs. Soiuebodv. 81.. ' certainly I an awful flirt; I wonder hn husband doesn't keep her In better order. Doesn't he try to?" "No." "Why doesn't he?" "Because, you see. his wife Is a widow." Philadelphia Press. "I suppose you have studied the United States constitution?" "Of course." answered the statesman of highly modern tendencies. "I have beer obliged to study the conHtitutlon in ordei to point out reasons for not paving anv particular attention to it." Washington Star. "It is hard," said th state's attornev. "to get positive evidence against tliesu railroad officials of rebating." "I can give positive evidence against una railroad official," said the mild young man. . "Sure?" asked the state attorney earerlv. "Yes, sure. I saw him out fishing do It with his hook. Baltimore American. , AFTER THE IMTIATIOV.' New York Sun. Thn houso is full of medicine And mystery profound; We cannot even run about Or make the slightest 'sound ; ' They keep the big piano ehut. We cannot strike a note; The doctor' been here twenty Units Since father rode the goat. He Joined the lodge a Week ago Got In at 4 a. rn.. And sixteen members brouglit him home Though, lie say he brouglit llie.m. His leg was sprained, and one bin rip Had rent his Sunday coat The members had a Jolly time, When father rode the goat. He's resting on the couch today And practising the sign The hailing, signal call, and grip And other monkey shines; He titters pasiiwords 'neath his breath And other things he'll quote The members had an evening's work When father rode the goat. He has a brilliant uniform, All red and white and Iblue. A hat with plumes, and scarlet braid, And golden badges, too. But, i somehow, when we mention it. His visage waxes grim We wonder if he rode the goat Or If the goat rede him. Merchandise 'is offered for I