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OMAHA DAILY ItKE: MONDAY. JANUARY'" 110. 190.1.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCUUATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglaa County.
Oeorge B. Ttwhuek, treasurer of The
Pee 1'ubllshlng Company, being duly "worn,
says that the actual number of full iw
romplrte copies of The Dally. M"-n'T"";
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of December. 1907, was aa fol
io wi:
1 36.400 IT Vf
I 37,160 II aCOSO
I -. 37,370 II 30540
4 37,290 I" 30,580
1 37,390 fl a6'380
3,90 II. ......... 300
T 37,090 II 3"-00
30,300 14 30300
30,930 26 30,800
10 37,090 54 30,080
II 37,000 17 30,890
12 30,740 21 36,300
II 37330 !..... 30,000
14 36,010 19 30,110
1 36,960 II 86,610
If 30,980
Totals 1,138,980
Less unsold and returned copies. 0304
Net total 1,109,770
Dally average 30,444
GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK,
Treasurer.
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before ma this 2d day of January, 1908.
ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Public.
WHES OUT OF TOWH.
Snbserlbers leaving; the city tens
norarlly should ksrt The Be
mailed to them. Address will be
ftaanged aa often aa reqaestea.
It is astonishing bow busy congress
ran get In keeping from getting busy.
A postal savings system would fur
nish the best guarantee of bau.i de-
OOblt!!.
"Tim" Woodruff seems (o think, he
has a "vested" right to the vice presi
lentlaf" nomination.
Hall Mulal Hafld, .having been de
clared sultan of Morocco. Abdul Asis
I now Abdul as was.
A Michigan Judge has formally ruled
that "Bausage Is sausage." It Is, no
doubt, but what's the answer?
What has become of that "People's
Lobby" which was goia? to shape con
gressional legislation this winter?
A Japanese firm has bid for the job
of constructing the United States coast
defenses at Hawaii. The .Jap i aro
great Joshers. 1
Just at this moment a winter garden
would be calculated to start up more
excitement in Omaha than a plan for
another summer park.
Miss Money of Montana has married
Mr. Spender 6f" New York. Trouble
may be expected, as a Spender and hie
Money are soon parted.
The Washington Herald wants Mr.
Taft to make peace with Senator For
aker. The Herald is doing everything
possible to discourage the Taft boom.
Owing to a war among rival manu
facturers, the pride of wooden legs has
been greatly reduced. Now is the time
to lay In your supply of wooden legs.
"What Lobsters Eat," la the title of
a scientific treatise in a current maga
sine. Observation indicates that they
eat about everything on the bill of
fare.
Former Governor Douglaa of Massa
chusetts suggests a democratic- plat
form. He will learn a little later that
the platform has alrtady been made
and Is not subject to changa or amend
ment. "Unless something unforeseen hap
pens," says the Washing Post, "It will
be a Bryan convention, a Bryan plat
form, a Bryan ticket and a Bryan cam
paign." Why not add, "and a Bryan
defeat."
"There la. a general moveme nt for a
declaration of independence," says
Senator Foraker. In that can. Senator
Foraker and Senator Dick aro going to
experience some pretty bard political
sledding.
A bill has been Introduce giving a
seat in congress to tho president after
tho expiration of his term In office.
Tho disposition of the people, however,
la to reward ex-presidents, not to pun
leh them.
"Denver ha, the purest drinking
wutor of any city In tho nation," says
thi Denver News, l'orhaps, but that
bad nothing to do wid tho decision of
tho democrats to hold their national
convention there. ...
"The world cannot belter," aays tho
Nw York World, "that tho domocrstla
party Is going to make iUelf a mere
machine for recording the personal de
sires of Mr. Bryan." Tho World'o pro
test corns too late.'
THK onto TIGHT
The political situation in Ohio is
showing new developments dally and
the coming contest over the selection
of delegates to the national conven
tion will rivet the attention of every
one deeply interested -In national poll
tics. Senator Foraker has declared
that ho will make no compact and
listen to no peace overtures from the
Taft forces. Inside circles understand
that he makes this declaration because
the; supporters of Mr. Taft have de
clined to Adopt the old plan of making
peace with Mr. Foraker. the considera
tion demanded being an unobstructed
right-of-way for Mr. Foraker's re
election to the United States senate.
Altogether, therefore, it begins to look
like a real fight for political control,
with every Indication that Senator
Foraker will be duly whipped.
ln this connection, a little review of
Senator Foraker's political history Is
Interesting. In' 1895, when Mr. Mc
Klnley was governor of Ohio, Foraker
took Issue with him on every conceiv
able point and had to be placated in
order to give Mr. McKlnley the solid
delegation from Ohio to the national
convention in 1896. Mark Hanna did
the conciliation act whereby Mr. For
aker was elected to the United States
senate. He had to be placated again
In 1903 and has now started another
fight against Secretary Taft. He has
opposed President Roosevelt for seven
years and his alleged new-found re
sentment against the president on ac
count of appointments of federal bffiee
holders in Ohio Is just another form
of the old grudge, revamped and re
burnlshed for Immediate purposes.
Late reports from Ohio Indicate that
many of the men who have stood by
Senator Foraker loyally in former
fights aro now 'either lukewarm or
openly opposing him. He Is compelled
to admit that he is making a fight
really without an issue, his talk of the
Brownsville incident and his attempt to
revive opposition to the federal rate
law being mere subterfuges, poorly
calculated, to appeal to the voters of
the state. The fact seems to be that
the senator has simply gone on a poli
tical strike, at a time when everybody
else appears anxious to keep on work
in k. Neither Mr. Taft nor the presi
dent appears disposed tb do any bar
ga ninfe and the senator is faced with a
nw proposition. The Taft candidacy
Is being strengthened by a square
defiance of Foraker and It looks as if
the old warrior had left the reserva
tion once too often.
If A AC S. MASCAL.
With the death of Isaac S. Ilascall
a stormy petrel of local politics has
passed away. Judge Hascall had
many good traits and some not so
good, but the latter need not now be
dwelt upon.
Almost from the day he took up his
residence in Omaha in 1865 he pushed
to the front as a public character and
held his own amidst ups and downs
almost until the last call. His persis
tence and pugnacity, coupled with his
shrewdness and resourcefulness, made
him a leader who had to be reckoned
with. As probate judge, as council
man, as legislator, and once almost
within reach of tho governorship, he
kept in the thick of the battle and
whenever there was a political fight
brewing ho was always on one side or
tho other, without being very particu
lar as to which side.
In the actual recording of political
history in Omaha it will bo found that
Judge Hascall had more to do in de
termining what was to bo written than
many more pretontlous men figuring
In higher official positions. The com
plete biography of Isaac S. Hascall
woifld throw much light on many sup
posed mysteries in the evolution of
Omaha's municipal government.
POSTAL SAT WQS FACTS.
Consul General Mason, writing from
Paris, furnishes a detailed report of the
operations of the postal savings system
in France, which is timely and Interest
ing and is attracting considerable at
tention in congress. In spite of the
fact that Speaker Cannon has declared
that there will be no legislation at this
session' along this line recommended
by the president and the postmaster
general.
According to Mr. Mason, the stability
of tho French monetary system is duO
largely to the operation of the postal
savings banks, a fact clearly demon
strated during the recent financial
flurry that up6et affairs both In this
country and throughout Europe. He
asserts that tho French peasant and
art 'sans have been recognized for years
throughout Europe as th moa: frugal,
industrious and intelligent of the Euro
pean working people. They have an
abiding faith in the postal savings sys
tem and their deposits In those Institu
tions form the foundations of tho ft
sandal prosperity and stability of
Franco. Tho poatal banks were estab
lished In 1881 and there are now about
8,000 of them, with deposits aggrega
ting In excess of $340,000,000, divided
among 4,060,000 depositors.
The report of the consul general
explodes one argument against tho
adoption of tho system In this country
the fear that the postal bank would
interfere with tho standing or success
of other savings banks. Tho report
shows that the government places a
limit of $250 on deposit In tho postal
banks and that depositors who have
accumulated that amount usually
transfer their accounts to other banks
or Invest their savings In government
securities. The result has been
steady and consistent growth and de
velopment of all the savinr lnstltU'
tlons of France, public and private
The deposits in the municipal and prl-
vato savings banks of Frsnce amount
to $660 000,000. or nearly three times
as much as the deposits in the poatal
banks.
The story of the experience in
Frsnce sustains the contention of Post
master General Meyer that the adop
tion of the postal savings bank in this
country would draw depositors from
the class of persons who do not patron
ize banking Institutions and would. In
the end, add to the available supply of
money and encourage the business of
existing bsnks. It would foster the
growth of savings habits and thus di
rectly benefit all banks.
COLOKEL BRYAS'S WJRMSQ.
Eastern democrats who may have
been cherishing a delusion that
their voice and influenece might be
felt In the democratic convention at
Denver and in the future counsels of
the party which the hav 'j-n Keek
ing to rescue from the slouch of de
feat, may as well take noticti that tbev
have been reckoning without their
host. To some of thvae eaitor:i demo
crats who have ba-.-u shown? signs of
activity Colonel Hryan, through the
Commoner, serves this notice of wii.rn-
ing:
It la an Insult to the intelligence of the
party to say that any man or coterie of
men could, for selfish or clique reasuna,
dictate the course of the party In 1908. Cer
tainly democrats learned something- In the
experiences of 1904 when the New York
World and the special Interests It repre
sents had Its way, so far as concerns con
vention results. Democrats know, too, that
at this time when the American people
are demanding relief from trust Imposition
the candidate and the platform must be
representative of the Interests of the
masses.
The rank and file of the democratic party
must, therefore, write the platform and
name the candidate. Mr. Bryan tias not
sought to Influence the choice other than
to the extent of saying that the dlschargo
of this important duty shall not bo rele
gated to individuals with power to act to
the detriment of the party and the public,
and to the advantage of the very elements
from whose oppressions the American peo
ple are at this very moment turning.
It is interesting to learn from such
official source thst Colonel Bryan has
not sought to Influence the party in the
choice of a candidate, except to insist
that the right kind of a man be named.
If the eastern democrats do not agree
with Colonel BryanNas to who the right
man is, that Is their misfortune and
not his fault. In other words, tho
eastern democrats aro welcome to par
ticipate In the future conventions and
counsels of the party If they will con
fine their activity to such distinguished
service as seconding motions made by
Colonel Bryan, and supplying cheers
when he tells them In well rounded
sentences how they are to be congratu
lated for agreeing with him.
The eastern democrats evidently
have not profited by the experiment of
1904. They tried then to pry Colonel
Bryan loose from the party and suc
ceeded only in accomplishing a defeat
at the polls equal to those achieved by
the "Nebraskan In former campaigns.
Out of that failure came Bryan's evi
dent determination to cinch his hold
on the organization and prevent any
repetition of the 1904 experiment with
strange candidates.' He has succeeded
beyond tho record of any other man
who has ever attempted to control the
destinies and dlotale the policies of a
great political party. He has cxarish
grasp Of the organisation and will do
just as he pleases at Denver. Eastern
democrats who cannot read this in the
political signs of the times can read it
In Colonel Bryan's paper, in the form
of an official and authentic notice of
his plans and intentions.
The change in the attitude of the
Independent Telephone people toward
the Bell Telephone people since the
opening hi Omaha to a second tele
phone system Is interesting to say the
least. Up to a year ago the Independ
ents were clamoring . for exchange
agreements and denouncing the. Bell
folks for refusing to connect up. Now
tbe Independent people aro resoluting
against "any affiliation or connection
or sublicense contract of any Inde
pendent Telephone company with the
Bell company." The public cannot
help but be struck with the equal sel
fishness of both concerns.
It Is not for any one man or set of
men to say who shall represent Ne
braska republicans at the Chicago con
vention, but neither is It for any one
man or set of men to say who shall
not represent Nebraska republicans at
Chicago. Tbe atate and congressional
conventions that have been called will
select the delegates to the Chicago con
vention. Another Nebraska law that la being
constantly vindicated is that which
provides that all legal executions ahall
take place within the prison walls of
the state penitentiary. The removal
of these executions from the localities
of the crime for which the penalty Is
exacted has proved to be the accom
pllshment of a great reform.
The first act of Treasurer Furay in
his capacity- aa custodian of city money
Is to secure permission to invest sink
Ing fund resources In Interest-bearing
warrants which shall produce a reve
nue to the city of aeveral thousand dot
lars. That is a pretty good start.
As far as anyone can judge from the
exhibit of resources and liabilities
made by Nebraska banks, the necessity
of an extra session of tho legislature
to enforce deposit guaranty is not aerl
ously demanded by present conditions
In this state.
The Council Bluffs Commercial club
t)as indicated Its readiness to eloper
ate In the plan to bring the National
Corn show to Omaha. It Is up to the
Omaha Commercial club to jump In
and' take the lead.
Congress Is plannlcg to t away
front Washington early in .Tunc. There
ir. little pleasure In staitns In Wssh
inaton after the Washington brill team
tets warmed up for its aimunt lHe.
The eagerness of the local demo
cratic organ to give advice to repub
licans with a view to Improving demo
cratic prospects in Nebraska should be
thoroughly appreciated.
Lawyer Whedou is now a member
of the Taft league, organised at Lin
coln, which would Indicate that he now
knows where he Is at. Congratulations.
For a forty-year-old the Omaha
Young Men's Christian association is
a pretty lusty and vigorous infant.
Consolation of Chops.
Indianapolis News.
The ordinary variety of home main
tained however, will be able to take
comparatively scant Interest In the se
rious depression of the diamond market
aa long- as the price of pork chops re
mains what It Is.
Cheer I t and llc.
Baltimore. Amerkan.
When you suffer financial losa and pole
cat defeat, look the situation square In the
face, laugh at misfortune and go to work
immediately to clear away the ashes, cin
ders and wrecks and dig a deeper founda
tion for future success.
Tho Rotarn Call.
Philadelphia Press.
The fuss that la being made by the
aafe and sane democrats over the next
presidential nomination la amusing.
Those democrats ought to Just let
Bryan be nominated and then see to It
that he geta as good a drubbing as the
Bryan elements gave Parker In the last
round.
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A Solemn Warniox.
1 Philadelphia Press.'
Aa the long procession of funerals
winds through Boyertown ,the leost that
can be done to display grtef elsewhere
and the best monument that can be
raised to this terrible tally of dead, alain
In a happy moment of recreation and
relaxation, is to set these rural halls and
opera houses In order, to reduce the risk
of fire and Increase the chance of escape.
Pllsrht tho Army.
Springfield Republican.
That the condition of the L'nlted
Btates army should command the moat
Intelligent attention that congress can
give to It at this session Is entirely be-J-ond
controversy. An army that. In
spite of the best efforts of recruiting
officers, la almost 20,000 below ita au
thorized enlisted strength and whose
commissioned officers at the year end
were too few by 3S4, notwithstanding
that commissions have been freely of
fered ,to young college graduates in civil
life that such an army needs some
consideration la an assertion that calls
for no argument.
Peenllarltlea of Song; Making;.
New York Sun.
t James R. Randall, who died last Tues
day at Augusta, Ga., In his seventieth
year, sprang into fame through a aingle
lyric. "Maryland, My Maryland." which
he produced In the stress of excitement
caused by reading about"" the Baltimore
riot of April, 1811, when a Massa
chusetts regiment on its way to Wash
ington was attacked by an antl-unlon
mob. It Is a curious coincidence that
"Dlsle" was. written In New York by a
profesalonal negro minstrel, "My Old
Kentucky Home" by a , Penneylvanlan,
and "Maryland, My Maryland," the
Bouth's best war song, by a native of
Maryland, a state which never seceded'
from the union.
GOVERNMENT DEPOSITS.
aatreatlo that Banks Pay Intereat on
Monthly Balances.
Wall Street Journal,
Tbe principle of government depoaits
In. the banks Is sound, but In the ap
plication of that principle certain dif
ficulties arise, some of which have de
veloped In a striking manner during the
recent crisis. Practically these de
posits are government loana to the
banks without Interest. It Is question
able whether It would not be advisable
for the government to charge a certain
small rate of intereat upon these loans,
especially under the present ayetetn
when as soon aa the deposits are mads
In tho national banks they ara checked
against by tbe government and can
with difficulty be withdrawn and only
under such conditions aa exist when the
money market Is favorable to tha op
eration. With all except 110,000,000 of
tbe treasury's cash balance deposited in
the national banka the treasurer of the
United States becomes practically
merely a clerk of the banka. He is no
longer a custodian of Independent
money.
It may be well to conaider whether
the system of government . deposits
might not be changed so aa to make
them either a definite loan by the gov
ernment of money at a certain rate of
Interest, to be repaid at a certain time,
or else a deposit subject to withdrawal
by check, the same as any commercial
deposits received by the bank. It la
sound doctrine to say that tha govern
ment should not be tbe only great busi
ness corporation of tha country to re
fuse to adopt the check system In all of
its operations.
But when this is said, some notloa
should be takes of certain facta which
have developed during the recent panic.
Think of It! Here was tha government
of the United 8tatea with deposits of
over f2tO.000.OOS in the banks, and yet
at Its wits' end to obtain the money
necessary for Its pay rolls, Its post
office money orders, and its disbursing
officers' requirements. Some of the
banks seemed to regard tha govern
ment depoalta as practically their own
property, and aa aome thing which tha
Treaaury department could not wltn
draw without its consent. There were
many Instances of tha banks Interpos
ing obstacles against tho tranafer of
government depoalta from one inatltu
tlon to another, aad from one aoctioa oH
the country to another. Thero were
many other Instances of banks refusing
to pay cash to government disbursing
officers; in other words, refusing to
honor the checks of government offic
ials on government money deposited In
the banks. In some Instances the sec
retary of tho treasury was obliged to
exercise all of tho power that he pos
sessed to compel tho banks receiving
deposits from the government to per
form ths most ordinary functions of
banking. Certainly such facts as thess
do not glva force to tho argument that
the government should keep all of Us
surplus money In tho banks, or to I ho
contention that the government should
establish in entirety tho chock system
of tranaactlng fta business. It will be
seen that there ara two aides to ths
queatlon of the treaaury" a sttttudo to
ward tho banks, as regards tho matter
of government depoalta.
o rir.iDKTii. nniio l.inr.
'Taft aa .tetontahlaal- Ciood Fellow
for a Renahllean."
Philadelphia ftecord tdern.l.
If there were ever a man born with a
liver spoon In his mouth It was William
H. Taft. and the best of It la that hla
temper haa never been spoiled by an extra
ordinary run of success. With everything
calculated to tempt him to take his ease
and consult hla personal comfort, he haa
worked like a heaver for the public good.
Ho began life with all the advantage of a
father of ample means and distinguished
In the public service. Two fathers and sons
have served as secretaries of war Simon
and Don Cameron and Alfonao and William
Taft. The last was Immediately successful
at thear; he waa a very young man when
made a state Judge; he left the bench to
be aollcitor general of the ignited States;
ho returned to the bench aa a federal cir
cuit judge. Then he was governor of tho
Philippines, now secretary of war and the
administration candidate for the president
ial nomination. "Glamls thou art, and
Cawdor, and ehalt be what thou art prom
ised."
Let It be remembered, too. to the eternal
honor of this man that with an ambition
for a seat upon the supreme bench un
usually strong even for a lawyer In love
with his profession, and never concealed
by any false modesty, he has twice declined
to be an associate justice because he felt
It waa his duty to remain where he could
advance the Interests of our wards In our
conquered Islands.
John Sharp Williams is said to have ex
plained to Speaker Reed that his partisan
ship was due to the fact that he never saw
a republican till he was S8 years old, and
somehow he never could get used to one.
But the good humor and ths common sense
and the public spirit of tho secretary of
war are such that even a democratic war-
horse ought soon to get over shying at him.
Considering that he Is a republican. It Is
astonishing What a good fellow William H.
Taft Is. i
Taft Hla Own Man.
Washington Star (rep.).
It la hardly correct to ssy that In his
Boston speech "Secretary Taft put him
self fairly and squarely on the Roosevelt
platform." He was already on that plat
form. He belonged there. He had helped
construct It. Where else could he have
beenT If he had shuffled or qualified, or
had taken open ground against the ad
ministration, his cake, not only as a pres
idential aspirant, but as a member of tho
cabinet, would from that moment have
been dough. How .pould he longer have re
tained the portfolio of the War depart
ment? All he did in Boston was to sup
port and explain policies to which he was
already committed. The speech was a
model of clear statement and courage.
But the new days will bring now issues.
and new duties toward some of the old
issues. The Philippine question will re
main. Would the sdvlce of sny other man
from the White House carry the weight
with congress and the country that Judge
Taft's, would? Does any other man in our
public affairs understand the question In
Its practical aspects as thoroughly? The
canal matter will go on, requiring presi
dential recommendation from time to time
and Judge Taft, from personal inspection
of the work. Is well qualified for that.
Cuba is still on our hands, and may re
main ao for some little time to come.
Judge Taft is familiar with that aituatlon,
and has the confidence of the Cuban peo
ple.
In all domeatic matters Judge Taft la
well versed, and his grasp Is that of a
well trained lawyer and hla temperament
that of a Judge. Hs is familiar with the
constitution, and by next year his experi
ence In executive office, In tha Philippines
and here at home, will have ,covered full
ten years. Such a man In the White
House a mere deputy? Not by any means!
Ho would be loyal to his party and Hs
history, but at the time an Individual la
his own right, snd equal to whatever
might arise. Let us give Judge Taft and
all his rivals a square deal.
Taft's Strength.
New York World (dem.).
The World doubts if Mr. Roosevelt shot
so very wide of the mark when he predicted
the nomination of Judge Taft on the first
ballot.
Since the secretary of war returned from
the orient hla candidacy has shown a re
markablegain In strength. This gain Is
likely to be continuous. Taft Is the most
convincing and winning personality among
all tha aspiranta for tha republican nomi
nation. The demonstration at Cooper
Union shows , the kind of Impression he
can make on an unfriendly audlencs when
he devotes himself to the practical side of
politics.
Moreover, he has the whole strength of
ths Roosevelt administration behind him;
he representa Mr. Roosevelt's policlea
more ably, sagely and Judicially than Mr.
Roosevelt himself represents them, and un
less the republican party Is prepared to
emancipate itself .from Mr. Rooaevelt,
Judga Taft la the "logical candidate" In
every aenae of that much-abused express
Ion. Issae la Cold Storage.
Wall Street Journal (tnd,).
William Jenninga Bryan eccueea Secre
tary Taft of being "tho Great Pootponer."
Inasmuch aa these two estimable cltlsens
are not unlikely to lock horns later on In
public issues, it is only proper to say that
Mr. Bryan haa a few Issues of his own on
ths postponed list. For Instance if to 1 Is
a postponed Issue carried on the profit and
loss account of the party for several years.
Now Mr. Bryan proposes that his party
shall declare for government ownership of
railroads "not to bo discussed during the
coming campaign." Both of these issues
have excellent keeping qualities for cold
storage.
Will He "Caaao Rssalagl"
Cincinnati Enquirer (ind. dem.).
An "intimate friend" of Charles E.
Hughes says the governor would not walk
across the street to get the nomination for
president. We know a man of sporting
proclivities who will bet that the governor
would "come running" if he had any
reasonable aaaurance of getting It. The
governor la a well equipped man, but aus
tere and secretive, and people in politics
arc afraid he would maintain a barbed wire
fence at the portico of the White House.
And If they ever got in by strategy they
would find no fire and would escape to get
warm.
All Over Bat the Shoatlaar.
Brooklyn Eagle dein.).
To all Intents and purposes, Bryan Is
already in tho saddle. Aa tbe next nomi
nee, hs is shouting democracy."" He save
that the country la ripe for the application
of democratic principles, adding that If the
people can bo convinced that the party will
be democratic, "we ahall have a victory
that will bo fruitful In blessings to every
part of tha land and to every element of
our population." Of these principles l Is
tho chief. If not sole, custodian. All rights
reserved, including the privilege of making
now ones.
A Conditional Bet.
Louiavillo Courier-Journal (dem.).
Tho Courier-Journal bets halt a dollar
Bryan will bo ths next president of the
United rttatea, in case ths crops aro bad
snd tho banks continue to hoard their cash.
,,I:spIccTL; i.n THir.tr.s-.
Colorado's Plea for tho Pollle l)r
maln l.aatero.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Congressman George W. Conk of
Colorado Is the lateat lo step Into the lime
light as a defender of the orginlied. sys
trmatlo and shameless exploitation of the
public domain through the fraudulent viae
of the land laws. Ills attack upon the ad
ministration for prosecuting the robbers in
tho federal courts and seeking to compel
restitution of lands fraudulently obtained
coal, mineral, timber, agricultural and
other beara a very strong resemblance
to the attacks made upon Folk for his course
toward the St. Iula grafters; upon Heney
and Markham for their prosecution of
Schmits. Ruef and the ring of 8an Fran--elco
capitalists whose tools they were;
and upon Roosevelt and Hughes for their
exposures of graft and "succeasful dis
honesty" In Wall street.
For tha main plea of Congressman Cook
Is that the men whom the government Is
prosecuting for land frauds Include God
save the mark! "a number of Colorado'a
most honorable, upright and lawabldlng
business men," "worthy and reputable clt
isens," "unnecessarily branded as crimi
nals." And unfortunately that has been
tha plea In practically every case where
great exposures of organised and sys
tematic public plunder have been made.
Tho corruption of the "business con
science" t.f the community haa gone to
such lengths, and fraudulently acquired
wealth has been given such social recog
nition and "respectability," that just as
ths ancient Rpheslans resented any at
tack on the Worship of Diana as a blow at
the prosperity of their-city ths . people of
many American communltiea have coma to
view ths enforcement of tho land laws as
an attack on vested rights. The privilege
of getting land by fictitious entries, per
jury and pretended Instead of actual com
pliance with tho laws, has assumed In
their eyes the aspects of an "Inalienable
right" along with "life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness."
The public opinion of the nation, out
side the "Infected districts," will support
the president snd the Department of
Justice in their determination to continue
tho prosecutions, and meanwhile to carry
ths cases wherein the Indictments have
been quashed by Judge Lewis to the su
preme court for review. Duty to the
people of the Infected districts alone de
mands this. . They - need the reformation
of conscience snd ths awakening to the
real Infamy of fraud against the govern
ment which is pretty sure to follow a de
cision of the supreme court sustaining the
government, and the sending of a few
'highly respectable" Isnd thieves to
prison.
EUROPE'S INRUSH AT EM).
Effect of the Paale on the Tldo of
Immigration.
New York Evening Post.
More than a month ago the steamship
companies were startled by a sudden and
unprecedented rush of applications for
steerage transportation back to Europe.
This last week they were equally astounded
by the fall In Immigrant arrivals to al
most nothing vessels which brought 2,000
or so a year ago thla month, now reporting
only 100 or ao on their lists. People dis
cussed these movements as a novel and por
tentous phenomenon. In reality, they were
a perfectly familiar sequel to financial
panic.
In tha fiscal year ending June SO, 1873,
all records of Immigration were broken;
total arrivals. 4S9.S03. rising 55,000 above 1873,
which Itself surpassed every precedent. In
1874 only H3.83S Immigrants were reported,
and the downward movement lasted until
low level w&s touched In the 138.469 arrivals
of 1878. '
Immigrant arrivals of the fiscal year 1893
were 602,117. Panlo was followed "by a drop
to 814.467, In 1894, snd to 279,948 In 1895. On
this, occasion, emigration cut much such a
figure as it is doing now. The 135,496 de
partures In 1893 rose to 190,840 In 1894. snd
to 216.C6S In 189S In which last named year,
the outward and Inward movements of
labor nearly balanced. Since our immigra
tion figures, for the twelve months ending
last June, had reached tha extraordinary
figure of 1,285,459, no one need be surprised
at the pressure on outgoing steamers, now
that tha labor situation has so sbruptly
changed.
How comes It that labor responds so rap
Idly and surely. In Its International move
ments, to financial conditions? Partly be
cause of organisation under bureaua which
watch conditions of employment; partly,
nowadays, because international labor
stoves in masses, and has no permanent
abode. This Is one curious Illustration of
tha extent to which labor and capital, in
such matters aa organization and mobility,
act on parallel lines.
TAFT'S STRENGTH IJV THE HOUSE
Slgaiacaat Resalts of Poll of Mem
bers of Congress,
Kansas City Star.
One of the most significant Indications
of Taft atrenglh yet shown Is the result of
the poll of the republicsn members of the
national house of representatives. It la
well known that Speaker Cannon dom
inates tho house on many points outside
of parliamentary rulings. Hs Is feared by
many of those who must look to him for
hearings and other advantages favorable
to their personal interests and legislative
measures. It would not have been strange,
therefore. If a majority of tho republican
members had declined to express a prefer
ence for a particular presidential candidate
Inasmuch as the speaker himself is In tho
race. Thla would have seemed tho easy
way out for those who aro not in favor of
Cannon, but hesitate ta oppose him. But
only fifteen members declined to express
a choice, the result being: Taft, 93; Can
non, 89; Knox, 26; Fairbanks, 13; Hughes, 8.
The significant thing about this poll Is
that ao few representatives outalde of
Speaker Cannon's own state declared for
blm. Only same extraordinary pressure
from constituents, or from tho general
drift of sentiment, could have prompted so
mlnv of thaae renubllcans to declare them.
selves for any candidate opposed to Cani
non. Leaving out the "favorite son" aup
port altogether, Taft received 79 votta.
Cannon 19, Knox 1. Fairhanka 3 and Hughes
none. In other words, the republlcana of
ths house, omitting those from Ohio, Indi
ana, Illinois,' Pennsylvania and New York,
each of which ataUa has a candidate, and
leaving out those who are non-committal,
give Taft 79 votes agalnat 23 for all other
candidates. All of which goes to show
that Taft la distinguished from his rivals
In tha fact that tho support of hla own
stats is wholly incidental; ho Is ths "favor
its son" of the party at large.
Uncle Sana aa a Debtor.
New York Sun.
Tha United States ss a debtor Js slow
pay, If not sure. Among the claims al
lowed by ths auditor for the War depart
ment In ths last fiscal year were those
of Hexekiah Davis, George Dixon, Edward
Gervals, Ingram M. Richardson and An
drew J. Fstherow for "transportation serv
icea and auppllea of Oregon and Washing
ton volunteers In 1866 and 1854." Ths Rich
ardson claim waa for 83.87. Tha Navy de
partment allowed a number of claims
dating from 1861, one of them being for
83.41. The Southern Pacific company auo
eeeded In getting 65 cents on a claim five
year a old. Thla looks like favorltlam to
S great corporal ion, or It may prove that
the smaller tho claim tho more quickly It
will ho passed.
KIi MTI STIO ORMl..
A Fete Remarks on the tearing Fi
nancial kv.
Philadelphia Presa.
A mil plus resrrve la a tliluw which the
Net" York batiks had not enjoyed for thre-
n'ontlia until the last uri-k. They are now
back In about their nnt-ntal condition paalu
after going through the worst money pHnlo
In fourteen years. A flood of cash from
the 8.000 banks in tha Interior has filled
up the void In Wall Btreet vaults.
The return of this atream haa been far
leaa swift than waa the outward flow in
October. As the sequel to rascally work
In a few of them, a doxeii banks failed In
one week. That, made the interior banks
tVlnk New York was a bad pl:u-e In which
to keep money, snd so they withdrew 11
by the scores of millions. The result rd
the extraordinary movement was to de
plete New York's reserve and to build U9
to abnormal proportions the reservea ot
nearly all the smaller banka of the United
States.
Njw Wall Street plumes Itself by con
tending that It "hoarded" no money durlni
the panic, but that every other place did
True enough, so far aa It goes. Hut It wai
unfortunate for the great number ot thor
oughly honest bankers in New York that
the acta of a few conspicuous rascals anions
them should so Inspire tho people at largt
with fear that they withdrew tho money
which belonged to them.
In this unique transaction It should a),
ways be remembered that not a dollar ot
New York's own money was taken sway.
The rest of the United States nte-rely too
what It owned and what It haa the right
to take at any time. "The fact thst It only
exercises this privilege on rare occasion I
does not abrogate that privilege. Nor II
anybody now blinded aa to the reason!
which Inspired tho recent depletion of
Wall Street's supply of cash.
PER SOX A I. NOTES. '
Possibly the honorable Wu Ting-fang -m
coming back because there are a few ques
tions, he forgot to ask when here before.
If ths New York Stork exchange sus
pended every member guilty of an Irmgu
larity there wouldn't be anybody left In thi
place to defleecs the lamb.
Captain Koneo. a Japanese military of
ficer, has arrfved vln Springfield, Mass.,
with permission from tho War department
to study the methods of manufacturing
rifles at the United States armory there.
Dr. Francis I. Burnell, tho new mayor
of South Norwalk. Conn., was put In an
embarrassing position on Monday when he
came to read his message to tho Board
of Councllmen. He was compelled to de
liver it through an Impromptu speech, his
pet collie having eaten the written message.
Henry Far man, the French aeronaut, who
won the Deutsch-Archdeaoon prise, says
he forseea the time when' an aeroplane
omnibus will cover the distance bntwnen
Paris and London in five hours. He says
he feels certain that within twelve months
aeroplanes will be abe to travel seventy
five to a hundred miles at nn insignlfleent
cost compared with the expense of running
an automobile for the aame distance.
John Mulholland, loan banker, who eight
een years ago began lending money in a
small way to employes on tho security of
their wages and developed a loan and bond
business involving the use cf millions, has
debts of 31,804,000, according to a statement
filed In bankruptcy proceedings at Dan
ville, 111. His assets, which he values at
33,000,000, aro said to be worth only a tenth
of that sum. Mulholland at one time had
seventy-two offices throughout tho coun
try. His operations began In a saloon at
Kansas City in 1889. The money h used
in loans on wages he raised by tho sale of
bonds. The holders of these bonds aro tha
principal creditors.
BRIGHT AXD BREEZY,
"111 never forget the first jackpot I
ever won," said the veteran at the game.
"What did you hold?" aaked the- young
ster ' '
"My breath, for one thing; I don't re
member what else."-Phlladelphla Press.
"If a man wlf a million," said Uncle
Bben "listens to all de advice he gits
bout what to do wlf it, he aln" got no
time to answer questions 'bout how ha
got it." Washington Star.
Admiring Constituent Senator, you liavo '
your own opinion of thla currency question,
haven't you?
Senator Ixtsmun Yes, sir. and I sup
pose I have answered it hundreds of times.
It's nobody's business how a man gets his
currency. Chicago Tribune.
Returning to Japan, the spy reported
that America was preparing for war.
"Your proof," demanded the Elder States
men. ...
"I have evidence." resumed the spy,
"that the yellow journals have laid In
enough red ink for a long and desperate
campaign." .
Apprehension in their eyes, the Elder
Statesmen sat in silence. Philadelphia
Ledger.
"Ixok at Jigsby, how solemn and Im
portant he appears. Has he got the nom
ination to congress or the presidency of a
trust company that he Is so visibly exud
ing pride from every pore?"
"No, but his first baby's Just cut a
tooth." Baltimore American.
Boreas, the son of Aatraeus and Aurora,
had started out to aee the world.
"Here's where 1 blow myself," he said,
taking the air line route for the south.
Finding no trouble in raising the wind,
he has been blowing j himself ever since.
Chicago Tribune.
"Does you w'lfe light your cigars for
your"
"Not quite, but if I go into the house
with one in my mouth she makes it mighty
hot for me." Houston Post.
READING THE PAPER. . j
' New York Sun.' ' - '
Ma reads the "Woman's Column" sn' atitmt
the "Women's Clubs."
An' slater reade the "Beauty Hinta" and
of the aocial dubs. "
I read the "funny paper" an' the latest In
base ball, -,
An' brother reads the sportin page tho
races, fights an' all. '
But pa skips all n' that, you bet. an' puts
In his best licks . . ..
A-readin' what the paper hrs to say nn .
politics.
Ma reads the advertisements, an' she goes'
out "bargain days,"
An' comes homo tired out. but, Jest tho
same, she says it pays.
An' sis looks in the panr for ths Jaesdln'
"Theaters;"
Thsy's other things she reads, but that s
a favorite o' hers.
Sometlmea I read the "fight by rounds
when there has been a mix.
But pa don't read a blessed thing at SI!
but. politics! f
An' uncle reads about the crops an what
the prospects is . .
Fer gfetttn' bumper harvests, fff .hsa V ..
the farmln' bis. ' '
An' auntie ses the "Home and Health do
pari men t takes her eye.
'Cus there she gets the new receipts for
makln' cake and pie. .
An Cousin Henry reads tho "Poultrr
News" he's raisin' chicks-.
But pa don't care a durn fer anything out
politics! '
An' gran'pa reads the story that's ''contin
ued iu our next,"
An' gran'ma reads the sermons, an remem
bers ev'ry text.
She hunts (he "dally tiuzsle" up an' alts
there half tha night
A-figurln' the answer, an she alius gits Jt
right. ' ' i
We have to give the paper up to pa from
flvo to six.
'Cus he cornea home to supper then an
Jest reads polltUs!
Ths column headed "Mouse Beautiful" ma
ses she must enjoys;
The "Juvenile Department Is the Toully
thing for boys.
An' then there is tho "Art News" sister's
interested there.
But for the "Fashion Notes' they print ma
doesn't seem to rare.- r -
xn ier !, u wmnfi mai ins esiiors
would fix
Things in the paper ao they'd print a lot
more politics! - ... -
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