THE OMAHA DAILY KEEt TUESDAY, FERtttTAUY 18. 1008.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, .:
Oeorve U. Tssctuck. treasurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of lull ana
complete copies of The Dally. Morning,
Evening anil Sunday Bee printed during
the month of January, lHOS. was as fol
lows
I , 36,800
1 36,180
1 36,320
4 36,400
t 30,300
36,1140
7.......... 36.600
36,899
36,383
10 36,410
11 , 36,330
I J 35,160
U 38,430
14 36,303
II 36,360
It 36,100
17 86,300
II 36,150
jj 36,400
20 36,550
21 36,410
12..... 36,140
13 36,350
24 36,460
Uw.. 36,540
26 36,100
27 36,140
2i 37,190
29 36,060
10 36,820
11 36.9B0
Totals 1,183,890
Less unsold and returned copies.
8,460
Net total.. 1..X.114.840
Dally average 35,968
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn tq
before me thla 1st day of February, 1308.
ROBERT UUNTltiR,' ,
J , !., )' Notary. PubHo. I
' WnKN OUT OF TOWN,
8bcrtbers leaving the city tern
porarlly should bars The Be
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Senator Foraker gays be is going to
continue the fight. He haB nothing to
more to lose.
.', Count Bonl waa fined $20, but has
not yet j paid , up, The, Goulds know
,,tfcat th count nevr pays. 1 . ' -
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New Jersey ' democrats are divided
(to to three tactions: Bryanltes, antl
Bryaa men and fishermen. .
jjt' Those Lancaster county politicians
may have taken k slap at Burkett, but
i they evidently did not help Rose.
Women's hats are to be smaller this
year. The checks demanded in pay
i merit, however, will be the usual size.
, '. Secretary Tatt refused to make any
speeches ( while going through Illinois.
Probably afraid of scaring the Cannon
boom.
Banker Morse returned from Europe
to be met at the pier by some gentle
men ready to extend him the glad
handcuff.
Another of the men who aided in
the capture of J. Wilkes Booth' is dead.
There) can't be morto than a thousand
of them left.
Wu Tlngfang la coming with & new
lot of questions. His curiosity, how
' ever, is no more pronounced than his
gentle sarcasm.'
Former State Chairman- Rose Is. to
be congratulated at any rate on taking
the position that he is not asking for
"something Just as good."
Senator Tillman says that some
thing should be done to check the
banks. Tea, and something should be
done to bank the checks.
"What's the difference between the
Big- Stick and Bryan?" asks the Nash
ville American. Something, like
2,000,000 votes at the last test
Mtlukoff has been advised to resign
from the Russian senate. He has de
clined, as he has visited Washington
and met Senators Piatt and Depew.
A tailors' convention in New York
accuses Mr. Roosevelt of. wearing
ready made clothes. The tailors are
late. The charge was first made by
Mr. Bryan.
Bandit Ralgull has been engaged to
appear In vaudeville In London. The
engagement will not be a success, for
Ralaulf has fully demonstrated that
he Is a bad actor.
Kvery Omaha police officer prepar
ing to tackle m desperate criminal here
after should heed the lesson and have
his own shooting Irona unlimbered for
action at the outset.
Rear Admiral Converse has used
35,000 words replying to a magaclne
writer who alleged that the battleships
were ; worthless and the navy ineffi
cient The admiral would have found
more readers if he had simply used "a
short and uglier word." .
Omaha now boasts an Anti-vaccination
league, whose avowed object U to
have the law for compulsory vaccina
tion of public school children declared
unconstitutional and void. It is to be
hoped that by the time the courts are
ready to prescribe for the case the pa
tient will be fully recovered.
BRTjur. opponents btwl hopeful
The anti-Bryan democrats,' who
failed to muster courage to tell him
that he ought to get out of the race.
have not abandoned hope that they
may be able to defeat him for the
nomination at Denver. The Charles
ton News and Courier, one of the lead
ing democratic papers in the south,
has started In afresh with appeals to
the democrats of the north to save
tho southern democrats from Bryan
ism, and the Philadelphia Record,
while asking the couth to name a can
didate, reminds democrats everywhere
that it takes a two-thirds majority in
a democratic national convention to
nominate a candidate for the presi
dency and It is making an appeal for
the stalwart one-third to get together.
The Boston Transcript's Washington
correspondent has discovered "a sys
tematic and determined effort afoot
among democrats to prevent the nom
ination of Bryan and to secure thnt
of Governor John A. Johnson of
Minnesota." The Transcript corre
spondent lets the -public Into the se
cret to this extent.
Ai far as surface Indications go, the
plan of the party leaders Is to accede to
tho known wishes of Mr. Bryan and In
struct the delegates from the various
states In his favor. Care will be taken,
however, to see that not enough deleKii
tlons are so Instructed as to give Mr.
Bryan the nomination on the first ballot,
while there will be a tacit understanding
with many of the delegates enough to
carry out the plans of the leaders that
the Instructions shall not bo held to be
binding after the first ballot. It will be
borne In mind that thin scheme would be
easier of execution In a democratic than
In a republican convention, for tho demo
crats require two-thirds to nominate,
while with the republicans a majority Is
BUff lolent. ; If It can be clearly demon
strated that Mr. Bryan cannot win on
the first ballot, the plan" will go tiirougli,
for 'the fact that Bryan does not control
the convention to the point of nomina
tion will be prima fade evidence that tho
Johnson boom will have been so success
fully handled as to make the nomination
of uny other candidate Impossible.
All of this Is, 'of course, interesting
ante-convention gossip, but we doubt
If 'Colonel. Bryari will be much worried
over this alleged conspiracy to accom
plish hiB undoing. ''He appreciates,
perhaps better than any any other man
prominent in democratic ranks, the
absolute hopelessness of any effort to
unite the rival factions of his party
upon any candidate or any platform
opposed to Bryan and Bryanlsm. They
may not want Bryan and they may op
pose the platform he has outlined for
him, but any attempt to unite them
effectively must come under the head
of amusements. New YoVk may send
an uninstructed delegation and Penn
sylvania may instruct for Judge Gray,
while a few other states may send un-t
pledged delegations to Denver, but the
south, from force of habit, and the
west from choice, will dominate the
convention and swallow Bryan and
Bryanlsm without winking! '
The democratic slate is made up
and, all the convention at Denver vlll
have to do will be to accept' Mr.
Bryan's platform and name hiB. choice
for second place on the ticket.
. THE FEDERAL INCOME.
The warnings of Chairman Tawney
of the house committee on appropria
tion about the danger of a big deficit
in federal revenues at the end of the
next fiscal year are being discounted
a little by the returns of the customs
houses. When Mr. Tawney made his
statement the government receipts
from Imports had been declining
steadily for several months, with little
prospect of an early recovery.. The
January returns, however, showed a
gain of $2,000,000 over December and
the February returns to date mark a
further Improvement.
" At this time last year there was a
surplus for the seven months of the
fiscal year of nearly $40,000,000,
which increased rapidly until the year
closed In June with a surplus of $84,
000,000. At present there Is a deficit
of about $20,000,000 In receipts, as
compared with expenditures for the
seven months of the fiscal year, but
estimates of the officials of the Treas
ury department, based on reports from
Europe, Indicate that the Increasing
business of the- next four and a half
months will wipe out this deficit and
end the fiscal ear with a good balance
between somewhere near even income
and outgo for the year.
PBtSEBVINO PEACE BT TBE ATT.
Haying succeeded in Inducing the
Central American republics to sign an
agreement by which all their future
differences shall be settled' by arbitra
tion instead of invasion. Secretary of
State Root is apparently enlarging the
policy and preparing to make the
United States a party to similar agree
ments with other great powers of the
world. He has Just secured the sign
ing of a convention between France
and the United States for the arbitra
tion of any issues that may arise be
tween the two countries. It is under
stood that the agreement, or treaty,
has been drawn along lines recom
mended by the late peace conference
at The Hague in favor of special ar
rangements by the signatory powers,
for the settlement of disputes among
themselves by arbitration.
An agreement similar to that Jus,
made with France was prepared be
tween the United States and Great
Britain several years ago, but it fell
through because the . senate insisted
upon objectionable amendments. It
is understood now that new treaties,
modeled after that Just made with
France, are being negotiated with
Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy,
Portugal and Switzerland and will be
submitted to the senate for ratification
at an early date. If they are ratified,
without any patchwork anj tinkering
on the part of the senate, they will fur-
nlsh a reasonable guarantee of peace
for many years, at least with the only
powers of Europe which we would
consider worthy foes in case of a war
SEE1N' THINGS AGAIN.
Our old friend, Edgar Howard, must
be seein' thiugs again. It will be re
membered that about a year ago he
described in all its circumstantial de
tails an alleged midnight conference
between the editor of The Bee and all
the Omaha brewers to arrange for the
delivery of the liquor vote to Governor
Sheldon. When pinned down to name
the time, tho place and the persons
present at this imaginary conference,
Judge Howard flunked completely and
practically admitted that the yarn was
made up of the whole cloth.
Now the same Edgar Howard has
conjured up in his mind's eye another
meeting "about two weeks ago," at a
day and hour when "a certain repub
lican postmaster" and "a certain re
publican boss in Platte county," and
"a representative of Congressman
Boyd," mot the editor of The Bee "un
der the rosebush," at which meeting
all kinds of diabolical schemes were
hatched against the life, the liberty
and tho political happiness of the re
publican party of Nebraska.
Judge Howard, of course, knew
when he wrote this fairy tale that the
editor of The Bee had not talked to or
communicated with, directly or indi
rectly, the republican postmaster, or
the republican boss, to whom he refers
by name, or any representative of Con
gressman Boyd, individually or collec
tively, at any place within a year, to
say nothing of "two weeks."
Edgar Howard did not have the de-1
cency to retract his former fiction
about the midnight meeting with the
brewers and it is not to be expected
that he will retract his new yarn about
the meeting, "perhaps In Omaha," two
weeks ago. It is too -bad that every
once in a while he Rets in condition
where he can't help seeln' things.
BRSTOir OUT FUR THE SENATE.
More than local interest will be
aroused by the announcement that Jo
seph L. Brlstow is to be a candidate
for the United States senate from
Kansas to succeed Chester I. Long,
whose term will expire on March 4,
1969. .
Mr. Brlstow has made a national
reputation in the service of the gov
ernment. He was fourth assistant
postmaster general when tho Cuban
postal frauds were developed. He took
personal charge of the case, visited
Cuba and started an . investigation
which Bent some high-up officials to
prison and caused a reorganization of
the postal service.' Later he led the
investigation into graft and fraud
cases in the department at Washing
ton, resulting in landing ten . former
officials of the department in the fed
eral prison at Moundsville, W. Va. He
Incurred the enmity of many officials,
but he carried out his program until
bis work was done. Then he returned
to Kansas, where he has been con
ducting a daily newspaper for the last
three years.
Mr. Brlstow Is really one of the big
men of the west. He is a leader of
the progressive republicans of his
state, a supporter of the Roosevelt
policies, a fighter and a stickler for a
fair deal. His candidacy will be cer
tain to arouse deepest Interest in Kan
sas, where the Interests he has fought
have long been prominent and potent
in political affairs.
IN THE LINE OF UUTT.
The killing of a tried and trusted
officer of the Omaha police force in the
line of duty while attempting to ar
rest a murderous prisoner at South
Omaha haa naturally shocked and in
censed the whole community. ' An un
fortunate occurrence like this wakes
many people up to a fuller realization
of the personal risk and dangerous du
ties Imposed upon our law officers.
Whether any precautions could have
prevented this cold-blooded mur
der may be seriously doubted, but It
should teach a lesson of care and vig
ilance to other members of the, force
who may have similar calls.
The suggestion of Police Commis
sioner Cowell that the citizens of
Omaha raise a fund in moderate
amount for the benefit of dependent
children left by the dead detective
should be taken up at once, and we
endorse it heartily. We believe It
could best be carried out If the mayor
would take the initiative in receiving
and soliciting contributions. The
raising of such a fund would be a fit
ting tribute to a life lost In the fear
less performance of duty in the public
service.
And now comes George W. Berge,
one time nominated for governor by
the "allied reform forces," and accuses
another leader of fusion reform of
buncoing him in a newspaper deal by
which the would-be governor acquired
a Veekly paper without a subscription
list Without going into the merits of
the case, which are to be passed on by
the courts, the question suggests itself,
How could a man take care of the
business of the state successfully who
admits that he is unable to take care
of his own business?
The senate has appropriated $350,
000 for American participation in an
international exposition at Toklo in
1912, It will also appropriate some
battleship money as a guaranty that
Japan will not Indulge in a different
kind of exposition before that time.
Count Hadlk is out with an em
phatic denial of the report that he is
to marry Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt.
The count's denial will have to be ac-
tcpted-, inasmuch as Mrs. Vanderbllt
declares that she never saw the coun
but once, some ten years ago, and did
not like his face well enough to re
member what he looks like.
Colonel Bryan has publicly declared
that his wife is qualified in every
way to appear to good advantage as
mistress of the White House. No one
has ever doubted that. The suspicion
has always been as to the fitness of the
other part of the family to. boss the
Job.
The demand of James Hamilton
Lewis for a fee of $26,000 for profes
sional services as a lawyer in a crimi
nal case in Chicago doesy not look bo
bad when checked up beside gome of
the fees taken out of the Creighton
I eatate by lawyers for the beneficiaries
New York's offer of $50,000,000 In
city bonds was oversubscribed five
times, with an average bid of 103
Wall Btreet will be surprised to learn
there is thnt much real money In the
world.
Having secured a temporary truce
between the warring democratic fac
tions, the local democratic organ Is
again finding time to resume its ef
forts to foment discord among repub
licans.
The progress of the around-the
world motor race is being delayed by
snow in New York. If those motor
ista balk at a New York snowstorm,
what will they do in Siberia, Alaska
and Canada?
. And now we are told that the Ken
tucky legislature Is In a hopeless dead
lock, and that in spite of the pil
grimage of Mr. Bryan to Frankfort
last month to settle it all for Beckham
with a single word.
Four lines of hose burst at a New
York fire and department officials are
convinced that , there is Bomething
wrong with the equipment furnished
for their use. The graft bug must have
been feeding on the hose.
The professional thugs and thieves
and murderers recognize no dividing
line between Omaha and South Omaha
and there should be no dividing line in
the administration of the police de
partments of the two cities.
It is not a question with congress
whether $10,000,000 is too much to
pay for a battleship. The question is,
how many of them the country can
afford at that price. ' ' : ' ,
Hope! Airy Bula.
i ' Minneapolis Journal. ,
Bryan expects to sweep through Nebraska
Jike a strong wind. I Unfortunate simile.
Thnsder Mm the Index.
- Philadelphia Press. ...
It turned out to be so easy for Taft in
the Ohio primaries that people . have a
right to wonder what all . the fuss was
about ....... ,. , ,
' Opportanltr'a Laat.Call.
Washington Post
Borne day a genius 1 going to make a
fortune by Inventing a telephone trans
mitter that will not hold for an indefinite
period the odor of tobacco and onions.
Surprise for Senators.
i "Washington Herald.
The senate appears to be very much sur
prised to learn that a Florida postmaster
Is serving under-presidential appointment.
notwithstanding his nomination was for
mally turned down in that august body
last winter. After all, those Ohio post
masters probably need not necessarily de
spair. Where Cairo la Smothered.
Washington Post.
If there have been any hard times, Wash
ington has not known It. Lively and beau
tiful and pleasure-loving aa It haa ever
been, the capital of the nation has gone
through the winter aa a beautiful woman
goes through her first season out the
trulmphant center of magnificent aooial
pageants, wherein luxury reigns and care
la smothered behind silken curtains.
School for Telephone Eethlcs.
New York Herald.
Paris has a school to teach telephone
girls how to be polite and amiable. The
greater need In thla country la for a school
to teach those virtues to telephone patrons.
Omaha Bee.
Excellent Idea, and there should be a
special course In ethics, with accommoda
tions for a large class composed of those
busy gentlemen who value their own time
so much more highly than they value
yours and who have their minions ask
you to "please hold the wire" while (hey
finish having their shoes shlned, complete
letter or two or come back from
luncheon. ,
NATIONAL DECADENCE.
Growing; Solidarity of the World
Makes It an Empty Phrase,
New York Evening Post.
What renders much of the present talk
about national decadence particularly
empty Is the unmistakable growing soli
darity of the world. The primitive theory
of commerce, still adhered to In the Congo,
perhaps, and at Washington, held that one
of two parties to a bargain -was bound to
be the victim. Economists have now
taught us that free exchange will benefit
buyer and seller alike. One of the two
may get tbe better of the bargain, aa we
call it but the whole process Is based on
the principle that both get a certain
amount of good out of It It la largely
the same with modern historical evolution.
Nations may compete, but even when one
nation gets so decidedly the better of the
other, as Germany did of France In 1870,
good accrues to both. Germany attained
the hegemony in Europe, but France, out
of the ashes of defeat, built up a more
complete democracy than It had had since
the revolution. No nation can progress
without drawing other natlona along with
It. Our own unparalleled material devel
opment does not Imply retrogression for
Europe. On the contrary, -Great Britain,
Ireland, northern Europe, Italy, In giving
us tfcslr surplus population, have them
selves profited tremendously. By com
merce, by the telegraph and the cable, by
the triumphs of science which knows no
country, by such international movements
as socialism and the emancipation of
women, it la being made less and leas pos
sible for one nation to Sicken and decay
without inflicting hurt beyond its boun
daries or to move forward toward a
healthier life without Impelling others In
the same direction.
ARMY tiOIP IX WAMIIXdTON.
Carrent Events Gleaned from the
Army and Ifatr Register.
The court of claims on Monday, February
J. announced Its decision In the test case
which has been pending before It for some
time Involving the right of officers on
army transports to the 10 per cent Increase
for service "beyond the limits of the states
comprising the union and the territories of
the I'nlted Slates contiguous thereto." The
court holds that ,-Only such officers are to
receive the extra pny aa are actually sta
tioned either in some foreign countries or
in some of our outlying possessions." It,
therefore, holds that officers doing duty
on army trnusports are not entitled to the
10 per cent Increase.
The army commissaries believe they have
come upon a satisfactory continuous baking
field oven with the various types of which
tests nave been In progress for some tisie.
The weight jnf the oven has been reduced
in later designs to a little more than 1,000
pounds, which Is within the limitation re
quired in an outfit of this sort, and It Is
believed that a now- oven, which has now
been designed, will weigh much less than
that. It will have a flat. Instead of a
domed roof, and an arrangement by which
thes greatest amount of baking may be
done.
There has been completed In the quarter
master general's office the calculation of
the tolal cost of the heavy furniture which
will bo supplied to army quarters. It (s
estimated that the cost will be lIC,06-t, or,
approximately $.t00 per set of quarters to
be supplied. The contracts to be awarded
during the present fiscal year contemplate
an expenditure of about one-third of the
total cost and will furnish each building
with a dining room table, eight 1 dining
chairs, a desk and a sideboard. Later on,
there will be supplied curtain poles for
each window, two bedsteads, one chest of
drawers, one bookcase, one hatrack, one
parlor table, one Morris chair and one
kitchen table. Estimates on the cost of
these articles have been obtained, except
ing in the case of the curtain poles, the
Morris chnlr, and the kitchen table. Bids
will shortly be opened by the depot quar
termaster In New York for the furniture
which It Is Intended to purchase out of
the funds now available..
The following work haa been authorised
at army posts: Fort H. G. Wright, N. Y .,
top dressing on road In front of officers'
quarters; Alcatrag Island, Cal., remodel
ing part Of two sections of new barracks to
fit same for temporary quarters for offi
cers, and plumbing In same (work will
probably be done by purchase of material
and hire of labor); Fort Bayard. N. M.,
constructing additional roads; Fort Crook,
Neb., repairs to railroad track; Jefferson
Barracks, Mo., Heating apparatus for build
ings converted into barracks, purchase of
plumbing supplies for buildings being re
modeled, and heating In remodeled building
and plumbing In remodeled stable (work
will probably be done by purchase and hire
of labor); Fort Leavenworth, Kan., con
structlng board walk; Fort Lincoln, Neb.,
addition to hospital. Including plumbing,
wiring and heating; Presidio, San Fran
cisco, Cal., constructing small gun shed
(will be .done by purchase of material and
hire of labor); Fort Worden, Wash., en
larglng ordinanco repair shops.
The army general staff la hard at work
on the text of a bill which It is now In
tended by Secretary Taft shall be presented
to congress during this session. At first
It waa he-Id that a proposition of this kind
might very ,weU be laid over for the next
session, In view of the large number of-
recommendations I which have been- made
to congress by the War department for
army legislation.' Secretary Taft has ap
proved of the project Increasing the infan
try arm. He has also approved of the
recommendation for a reorganization of
tho cavalry and has decided against an In
crease of that arm. Ire has also endorsed
the project for the Increase In the signal
corps, having been Impressed with the
representations made to him by General
Allen and by his own observations at the
signal corps school at Fort Iavenworth,
Kan. Secretary Taft Is imbued with
the Idea that it is necessary to
increase tho efficiency of tho army
and that the only means to that end la an
Increase In the military establishment. He
has come to the conclusion that there Is
current example of the need of this In the
employment of 5,000 troops In Cuba. He
does not commit himself, of course, to any
prediction that It will be necessary to keep
the troops there Indefinitely or for a force
there permanently. Secretary Taft's views
on the subject of the army, aa expressed
In his testimony before the house military
committee, will be found Interesting.
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- PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
So many British suffregettea are breaki
ng into Jail as to create suspicion that
they are housewives worn out by the ser
vant girl problem.
A man tried to steal two blonde tresses
from a counter in a New York hair store.
but the watchful salesgirl held hlra until
the police arrived. She was not asleep at
the awltchl
vQeneral Adna R. Chaffee, retired army
officer, has been appointed commissioner
of the department of public works of Los
Angles and will have charge of the pro
ject of bringing the water of Owen's river
to the city.
A "private banker" In Chicago who began
business with capital enough to pay one
month's rent and the cost of painting the
lgns, assures depositors who are seeking a
deposltorshlp that their money Is safely In
vested In an Island in the gulf off the coast
of Texas. Both Island and money are out
of sight.
Kaiser Wllhelm of Germany, once said to
Cecil Rhodes: "I wish you were a Gorman,
for I would appoint you director of my for
eign affairs." "That," replied Rhodes, "is
great compliment, sir; but I respectfully
assure you that.Uyou had been an Eng
lishman I should have engaged you as my
general manager."
Conrad Skarstedt, a prominent Swedish
horticulturist, is in New York, having come
from Sweden with tho object of attempting
to Introduce Into America the llngon berry,
which Is similar to the American cranberry.
The berry is one of the popular fruits of
Sweden, and Mr. Skarstedt believes that It
will prove no less popular In America.
Once more the obituaries of "Coal-OU
Johnny" are going the rounds. The oil city
millionaire of forty years ago who blew a
fortune as quick as he made It, and that
was going soma. Is now reported to have
ad a finishing round with John Barley
corn at East Grand Fork, N. J., last week.
nd gave up the ghost. Johnny was a
anger-on at East Grand Forks for the
oast eiirhteen years, a statement which de
molishes the story that Ashland, Neb.; was
his habltal and finishing a truck his forte.
for some back years.
An eminently respectable and prominent
Itisen of Medicine Hat resents the sneers
nd contumely heaped on that famous
weather factory by Chicago, Intimating
Ith some heat that Chicago hasn't any
weather to brag about. "The temperature
haa been below i. ro only ten times this
winter," he exclaims. "I think that when
comes to a showdown Medicine Hat
asn't such cold weather as some people.
who shoot off a lot of hot air and dun't
now the facts in the case claim it has."
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A Novel Situation Opens Senatorial
Eyes.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
That Is a remarkable situation created by
I he demand of the senate for the reasons
of Postmaster General Meyer for keeping
in the postoffice a postmaster whose nom
ination wjs reflected last session. The post
master general replies very courteously
that under the postal laws a postmaster
is prohibited from surrendering his office
until his successor haa qualified. The
postmaster as Ponsacola cannot surrender
his office because no successor haa been
appointed.
Of course, the senate haa ordered a fur
ther Inquiry, and. the postmaster general
will be asked why no successor to the post
master at Pensacola lias been appointed.
The reply to that query not yet officially
propounded, can only be conjectured. But,
suppose Mr. Meyer, should answer that he
had not boon able to (ind a fit person for
the office, what will the senate do about
It? The senate cannot nominate a man for
office. The appointing power Is vested in
the executive "by and with the consent of
the senate." When the senate refuses to
consent tho executive has the power to
make another appointment, but constitu
tion and laws' are silent upon the particular
time when he shall do so. We know of no
interpretation by the supreme court that
will shed light upon the power of tbe
president to neglect making an appoint
ment for an Indefinite period.
Jn Pennslyvanla the question haa been
raised whether an official can draw sal
ary after his appointment has been re
jected by the senate.. This issue waa raised
during Governor PatUson's second term,
when he re-appolnted a man whose first
appointment bad been rejected. The Issue,
however, waa not tried out. We take it
the "advice and consent of the senate'
provision must have some forqe, and. In the
present situation, It Is probably the senate's
duty to give advice to the executive, having
refused consent to bis initiative.
A MAKER OF v EPIGRAMS.
Governor Frank Black's Latest Out
' flow of Thrills.
Washington Post. -Former
Governor Frank B. Black of
New York la nothing If not eplgrammatlcal.
Consistency Is no Jewel to him, but base
metal. If he can coin an epigram by mak
ing his own course ridiculous, he does not
hesitate to coin It. As a lawyer, he re
tains the right to take up either side of a
case. His client of four years ago Is his no
longer. The Chicago convention of 1904 was
charmed with Governor Black's eulogy of
Theodore Roosevelt. There were many
persons who believed that Governor Black
waa In earnest Perhaps ha believed him
self that he, was speaking the truth. But
It appears now that Governor Black was
not really In earnest for he declared re
cently in his speech before the Home
Market club that the country has been
getting worse during the last ten years, and
Is now on a great debauch, in which the
big stick Is running amuck among the
Institutions of the land.
Governor Hughes of New York, who is
now lauded to the skies by former Gover
nor Black, may not be especially flattered
by such attention. At least, he may be a
little dubious until he knows whether Mr.
Block la serious now and was only Joking
when ha placed Mr. Roosevelt In nomina
tion. If Mr. Black Is only Joking with
Governor Hughes, and lauding him merely
for the sake of absorbing a little limelight
at second hand, the governor of New York
may decide that somebody else with a lit
tle more seriousness and a little less pun
gency of antithesis would be better as a
nominator.
The country t large might be mildly
curious to know Just when it was that
President Roosevelt lost the admiration of
Frank S. Black, but It does not show It.
It is so Indifferent aa to go ahead without
stopping to ponder over the carefully
turned thrills In Governor Black speeches.
Penltenttarr Beats Publicity.
New York Journal of Commerce.
Publicity can never be an effective sub
stitute for the penitentiary. Exposure is
not enough. It is only when It la followed
by lgnomlnous punishment that It will be
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effectively deterrent. The disgrace of being
shown up In a dishonorable light Is not suf
ficiently poignant and lasting to prevent
men with criminal Instincts, whether en
gaged in burglary or promotion, from re
newing their efforts to profit by appro
priating the earnings of others.
Not only will bucIi men continue to take
chances If they escape with nothing but
exposure, but the reprobation In which they
are held will become weakened by their
Impunity, and the general standard of
Judging their conduct will be demoralised.
The public will think more lightly of the
offenses If they are not punished and the
effect of the exposure will be gradually
weukned until nobody minds IU
L.AIGIUNU GAS.
"How'd your last cook turn out?"
"Sho turned out in my wife's senlskln
sack and new hat on her first afternoon
off." Houston Post.
"Now, here's a piece of goods," said the
voluble drummer, "that speaks for Itself.
"All right," Interrupted the weary buyer,
"suppose you keep quiet for five minutes
and give It a chance." Philadelphia Press.
Barker What do you do when you have
a cold?
Hiiggjoos Depends. If it la caused by a
blast from Medicine Hat I treat it homeo
pathlcally. 1 take a sort of er medicinal
nightcap for It. Chicago Tribune.
"I seen a man has been using his auto
mobile to cut wood."
"That's nothing. Anybody around here
with a good machine cuts a lot of Ice."
Philadelphia Ledger. , .
"I've got to reduce," remarked the heavy
weight cltison. "I'll have to atop eating
iu mucn.
"Why don't you Insist on reading the
pure food labels on everything that's served i
you?" Washington Star.
"But you didn't half examine the en- i
gagement ring Jack gave me." i
"1 didn't need to; it's the same on I ,
returned to him." Houston Post. 1
a wife--who--can) give 4
"My boy. marry
v m i tL hnm. 1 '
"I'd like to. but so tew ' girls' I know
own their own houses." Baltimore Ameri
can. The professor had been quisling his psy
chology class, and was evidently somewheat
disappointed with the result.
"Gentlemen," said he, as the bell rang
for dismissal, "it has been said that fish
Is good brain fond. If that statement Is
true, I advise some of the men In this
class to try a whale." Harper's Weekly.
"That sharp tnngued Miss Redpepp has
been saying some mighty mean things
about you and yoUr wife."
"What, for Instance?"
"Says you picked her up at a bargain
counter."
"Great Scott, I did! She was the pret
tiest girl that ever stood behind one." Chi
cago Tribune.
SOME DAYS AFTER.
inn
Baltimore American.
Young George had sent a pretty girl
The prettleet box of all.
And thought with rapture she would beam
When next day he did call,
So ho was taken all aback
When darkly sho did frown.
And look as though prepared quite hard
To call the young man down. .
"7"u sent," she said. , valentine
Which I got yesterday;
And what you meant by what you did.
Will you sir, tell me pray?" ,
"I do not understand," quoth he; "
"I meant a compliment.
But what was t like, this vatontine
Which unto you I sent?"-
"It was." said she, "all poetry. '
And little Cupid boys,
And ribbons gay and violets
And other flowery Joya,
"And 'there was writ you loved but me.
No eyes but mine could shine
For you, and would I give consent
To be your valentine."
"All this Is right" the wondering youth
Replied. "Was that so bad? .
What waa In this, my little gift.
To make you get so mad?"
"My name," she said. In freeslng tones.
"Is Annabel, but you.
Began the writing of this versa
Unto your dearest Sue,"
"Great Scot!" he cried, quite off his
guard,
"I m queered, for sure, by fate.
I'll bet I got them all mixed up,
And sent Sue's box to KateP
Now Annabel and Sue and Kate
Have felt uprise their gorge.
Each pitied each to be deceived.
And all boycotted George.
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