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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btate of Nebraaka. Douglaa County, M.I
George U. Txechuck, treasurer of Tile
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally. Mornlnrf,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of January, 1908. waa as fol
lowi; ... sa,eoo 17 s
aa.iao is M,i4o
36,380 1 35,400
30,400 SO 38.850
1 36,300 31 38,410
36,340 12 39,140
1 38,600 21 36,850
36,290 24 30,460
30,389 26 30,640
10 38,410 2 36,100
11. 36,320 ill 36,140
12 36.160 1 37,120
11 36,430 IS 36,060
l 36,9.00 SO 36,320
1 36,360 Si 36,960
If 36,100
Totals , 1,13300
Less unsold and returned copiea, . 6,450
Mat total 1,114,640
Dally average 36,963
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before ma this 1st Uav of February, 1903.
ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Public.
WHEN OUT OF TOWX.
subscribers leaving; the city tem
porarily should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
chaagesl aa oftea aa req abated.
March came In lanib-like enough.
If It lasts another week, the ground
hog's vindication will be complete.
Owners of Insomnia cures might try
their hands on those Kentucky nlght
rlderi. A noiseless eun has been Invented.
It will not be popular for campaign
purposes.
Wall street speculators have come
to look upon communications from the
White House as massages instead of
messages.
Omaha banks , now hold the largest
deposits In their history. Whatever
else may be necessary for an unusual
business boom In the west, the money
is on hand.
Few men are so able as Mr. Hearst
to organize a third party. He has
money enough to hire the halls and
can print rousing notices of the meet
ings In his own papers.
Just to encourage those New York
to Paris autoists. the snow in Wyom
ing Is not more than twelve feet deep,
except In some places where it has
drifted along the roads.
J "The Daughters of Ceres" is the
name of a new women's society Just
organised In Iowa.' Of course, the girls
who prepare the breakfast foods are
eligible to charter membership.
A Washington correspondent says
that Chief Forester Gl fiord Plnchot
belongs to no secret society. That w ill
surprise folks who have looked upon
him as the ringleader of the modern
woodmen.
"Where 1 Mr. - Bryan?" asks a
Louisville paper. Haven't the name of
the town at hand, but he Is making
that old speech la which he Insists
that democratic prospect are growing
brighter every day. ,
The grand Jury officially declares
that the court house and the county
jail are both of the same vintage of
obsolete and outgrown buildings. The
new court house and jail proposition
cannot be divorced.
As a compliment to Father Dowllng
the students of Crelghton university
have been granted a holiday. With
this precedent changes in the head
ship of that Institution may become
popular with the student body.
Accused men In New York who
have succeeded in evading or delaying
prosecution - will natiirally protest
against this movement that has been
started to induce Governor Hughes to
remove District Attorney Jerome.
Mr. Hearst has not yet decided
whether he .will go Into the national
fight..' In tha meantime, he Is in the
bush, with skill of a sharpshooter,
and the ambition of a man who Is
going te sit close to the head of the
democratic table or raise a row that
will spoil the dinner.
The city council promises to act
pon The Bee's suggestion that enough
maturing paving bonds be taken up by
tha sinking fund to permit the voting
of new Intersection bonds to take care
of ths city's obligations in new paving
work. Ttt Is ths only practical way
oat 4WIlUDatU6mni4v
BKTAlf rXgHTS PRinKBT.
Watch the person lvl of the delegation to
Denver. Money la bMng used In Some of
the states of the Mississippi valley It e-
cure delegations who ll be obedient to
the predatory Interests. VThe democratic
nifirsea must not be betrayAj by representa
tives of thnt system. The Vmmoner.
When nuked by an Afiv.Yted Press
reporter for evidence irl siipptVt of this
charge of bribery, Mr. Dfyan cVld:
I wrot I tint paragraph myself and know
what I am talking about, t have my In
formation from a man whs overheard a
conversation ort th subject.
When asked what interests are be
hind the movement, Mf. Bryan an
swered: I am Convinced that It la the Interests
reprosentlng the trusts and the railroads.
They do not hop to prevent Instructs del
egation In the Mississippi valley states,
but they are trying lo (ret a personnel of
delegates who Will be unfriendly to my
nomination.
This would bo serious enough to
warrant calllnz out the mllltla were
It not for the fact that Mr. Bryan has
a habit of "seela' thins" in presi
dential years. He ha visions of the
"Money Power" and "Predatory
Wealth" tearing through the country,
buying voters and using every corrupt
Influence to send delegates to Denver
nnfrlendly to Bryan. There Is no ques
tion about it, because Mr. Bryan has
his information ' from a man who
overheard a conversation on the sub
ject." If that Is true, "Money Powwr"
and "Predatory Wealth" have lost
their caution, since they are usually de
picted as communicating In whispers
or making signs.
In the meantime, not the slightest
effort to send an anti-Bryan delega
tion to the Denver convention is vis
ible In any state in the Mississippi
valley. Illinois democrats are going to
reserve the right to name their own
member of the national committee, but
they promise to vote for Bryan in the
convention. There U not the slightest
opposition to his nomination among
the democrats of the west, and If the
"Interests that represent the trusts and
the railroads" are spending money to
bribe delegates from the Mississippi
valley states to oppose Bryan at Den
ver, their friends should take steps at
once to have guardians appointed for
them.
GOLD, rOWtR or AMERICA.
Far the first time in the nation's
history the gold coin and bullion in
the United States treasury has passed
the $1,000,000,000 mark, the supply
now in our possession being larger
than that of any other nation in the
world. Added to the amount In banks
and in general circulation, the total is
$1,630,000,000, or over 1500,000,000
more than that of Germany, which
stands second in the list.
The accumulation of this enormous
supply of gold has been most rapid. At
the close of the fiscal year In 1893,
when an era of commercial and finan
cial depression prevailed in this coun
try, the gold supply was 1189,000,000.
It decreased to $131,000,000 in 1894,
and rallied to $156,000,000 In 1895.
From that time the holdings. of the
government In gold have steadily in
creased beyond all precedent In any
country, until it is now in excess of
$1,000,000.
The gold holding of the government
Is divided so that but little of the
amount on hand Is really locked up
from circulation. The treasury holds
$29,000,000 In gold bullion as se
curity for gold certificates In use, and
an additional $15,000,000 is held to
redeem the legal tender notes and the
treasury notes of 1890. This leaves a
balance of about $25,000,000 available
for appropriation in case of need.
The report of the director of the
mint for the year ending with Decem
ber 31. 1906, estimates the gold in
banks, in government treasuries and in
circulation In the different countries,
as follows:
Per
Country. Gold. Capita.
United States tl.693,800,006 $18.64
Austria-Hungary 306,400.000 S.S0
rnlted Kingdom........ 484,700,000 11.03
France 830.400,000 23. 57
Germany 1,080,300,000 17.00
Russia 939,400,000 8.65
Later data from foreign countries la
not available, but the importations of
gold by this country and the increase
from other Bources have brought the
total supply of the United States in
the treasury, in banks and in circula
tion up to $1,628,600,000 on Febru
ary 1, 1908.
JUT TlA'OED IfTH SADSISS
The announcement from Washing
ton that the senate has agreed to an
amendment to the' Indian appropria
tion bill, which practically Insures per
manency to ths Indian supply depot at
Omaha, and that the amendment will,
in all probability, be accepted by the
house, should be received in Omaha
with unalloyed joy.
The Indian supply depot is a recog
nition by the government of this city's
standing as a market In which to buy
the articles required for the Indian
reservations and of its superior facili
ties as a distributing point to the west
ern Indian agencies. It places
Omaha on a par w ith older and estab
lished commercial centers that have
constantly endeavored to keep exclu
sive control of ths Indian supply busi
ness. But this jojr must be a Joy tinged
with sadness. If the Indian supply
depot Is henceforth to be a permanent
Institution the annual fight In con
gress to save It will be a thing of the
past. No mors will ths indefatigable
and vigilant congressman, who hap
pens for ths time to bs representing
this district, be able to discover the
Impending danger just at ths perilous
moment and la the nick of time rush
to ths rescue (like ths hero in the
play), with ths calcium lights all on In
full blais and ths orchestra playing
fast music. Of course, nothing but
the personal popularity and the almost
superhuman work of the congressman
used to persuade the house to vote
down the motion to strike out the
Item, which, by pre-arrangement, had
been offered by the "friendly Injun."
If repetition of this spectacular per
formance Is to be denied us our con
gressman when seeking re-election will
have to work up something else as a
claim for our gratitude and sense of
obligation.
And bo we are not sure whether" we
aliould thank Senator Burkett for
making the Indian supply depot per
manent for Omaha or berate him for
depriving the future congressman
from this district of the political stock-in-trade,
which had conio to "bo re
garded as a perijultlte of the ofllco.
FlOVlttXO O.V PA KAMA.
John F. Stevens, who was engineer
In charge a Panama before the work
of canp.l construction was transferred
to the engineering department of the
army, has gone to great trouble and
large expense to publish a volume to
prove that the Panama enterprise can
not be completed for many years and
that the ultimata codt will exceed
$400,000,000. Not satisfied with that,
Mr. Stevens predicts that the canal will
be a money-losing proposition and
will cost the government at least $10,
000,000 every year in excesa of its
earnings. On this basis he predicts
that by 1950 the canal will have cost
the government of the United States
not less than $700,000,000, counting
the cost of construction and the defic
its caused by Its operation and mainte
nance. No one denies that the strip across
thelsthmu9 of Panama hns absorbed
all kinds of money. In 1880 the French
engineers estimated that the canal
could be built for $120, OOO.frOO. In
the next five years De Lesseps had sunk
$200,000,000 In the enterprise, and
when the crash finally came, It is esti
mated that more than $300,000,000 of
French money had been invested in the
great project, the harvest of which was
nothing but loss of life and money.
But modern science has devised new
methods of battling with engineering
and sanitary problems, and nothing In
existing conditions Justifies the extreme
pessimism of Engineer Stevens.
Let us admit that the original esti
mate of $185,000,000, including the
$40,000,000 paid to the French gov
ernment, was much too low. Lieuten
ant Colonel Goethals told a congres
sional committee recently that he was
not prepared to place the probable cost
at less than $250,000,000, and that it
might exceed that amount. He was
prepared, however, to stake his reputa
tion as an engineer on the prediction
that the canal could be completed and
ready for operation on January 1,
1915, and that it would meet all the
requirements for an interoceanlc water
way for the next century.
The public will prefer to accept and
be satisfied with Colonel Goethals'
statement rather than that of Mr. Ste
vens. While all object to extravagance
no one is going to demand cessation
of the work so long as the canal Is
properly constructed on economical
lines and pushed to completion as
speedily as possible.
Park Commissioner Cornish is get
ting outside of ths record when he
tries to lay the blame for the inability
of the Park board to help out the de
pleted intersection paving fund upon
The Bee's opposition to thepark bonds
last fall. In the first place, these
bonds were not proposed to supply
funds for street paving at all, but
were publicly advertised to enable the
board to buy recreation parks and
public playgrounds In the center of
the city. Only after It was found that
public sentiment opposed the voting of
money for this purpose did the Park
board undertake to save the bonds by
pretending that their purpose was to
furnish money to pave Btreets opposite
existing parks. But even that would
have been simply whipping the devil
around the stump, because the charter
provides how the cost of paving
chargeable against the city shall be
made and the park bonds even if se
cured would not. have relieved the pav
ing situation.
Omaha Is furnishing a witness for
the defense in the suit to dissolve the
Tobacco trust being tried in New
York, testifying as to the relations be
tween the tobacco company and a
wholesale establishment here in
Omaha that has ten branch bouses in
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas,
Colorado and Wyoming. Irrespective
of the merits of the case, this Is pretty
good evidence of the extensive field
covered by Omaha's Jobbing trade.
The redoubtable Charles Wooster
of fusion reform fame has again
broken loose with this tirade:
Roosevelt Is a lawless. Insincere, self
seeking, mouthing egotist and by all odds
the worst president we ever had.
If Wooster will only take this along
with him on an expedition to Wall
street be will be sure of a welcome
there more enthusiastic than that
which greeted Prince Henry.
In his address to the State Press
association at Lincoln Mr. Bryan laid
special stress upon the need of con
science In ths making of a newspaper,
and particularly denounced the news
paper that tried to make a partisan
turn out of every happening. Wonder
If Mr. Bryan ever sees tLe local demo
cratic organ sines he quit his connec
tion with it
Senator La Folletta might have
pleased ths World-Herald with his
tariff revision declaration If he did not
I
"spoil It all" by advocating a tariff
commission. It is plain that the
World-Herald will not be thoroughly
pleased by anybody who does not bear
the democratic label blown In the bot
tle and burned In the cork.
A man was sent to the insane asy
lum In New York In 1860 for trying to
promote a scheme for a tunnel under
the Hudson. New York st least owes
him an apology and a ftcket to the
next bano.uet to honor the engineers
who designed and built tha recently
opened tinder-water tube.
'When the Kentucky night-riders
got over the line and began outrag
ing Ohio tobacco growers, the state
troops were railed out and county of
ficials admonished to enforce the law
or lose their places. Kentucky may
learn a loagoh from its. neighbors.
The Chicago Tribune prints a table
of prospective Tftft delegates in the
republican national convention, cred
iting hlru with a clear majority with
out Including Nebraska, If the Trib
une will correct this oversight it will
give Taft ulxteen votes more.
By the completion of the newest
subway It how takes only twenty min
utes to go from Broadway to New
Jersey. This will be oulte a conven
ience to folks who have to go to New
Jersey for reasons over which they
have no Control.
"I'd rather have my daughter marry
a good, live newspaper man than any
worthless duke In the world," says
Mrs. Hetty dreen. Sounds mighty com
plimentary at first, but, on analysis,
looks more like a resigned choice be
tween two evils.
Denver hotel men insist that they do
not Intend to make any exorbitant
charges during the democratic national
convention. Guests will, of course, bo
expected to understand that the word
"exorbitant" is always used in a com
parative sense.
Those political wiseacres who were
telling how Nebraska republicans
would scramble to hoist the La Fol
lette banner, if only given half a
chance, seem to have put out a Very
bum steer.
Immanea Are Many.
Chicago News.
Some well-meaning statesmen are men
aced by the psrll of a nomination for presi
dent by Mr. Hearst's new party.
Hope of the Hopeless.
Baltimore News.
No doubt Harrlman believes that he will
be doing business at tha Old stand long
after the Big Stick has disappeared from
the White House.
Street' Car Suggestion.
Kansas City Star.
A gallant man In St. Louis proposes a law
requiring1 men to give their seats to woman
in street cars. A.' Vastly better law Is one
requiring this company to provide a ata
for both the women and the men.
Time fop Caatlon.
Wall Street Journal.
We have Btruck a deadly blow at the
thieves and scoundrels who have attempted
to usurp power over the highways of com
merce for their own selfish aggrandize
ment like the robber barons of old. Let
us be careful now lest this work ba un
done by the sealots and demagogues who
would destroy the highways themselves and
overturn the principles upon which our
civilization rests.
Tale of the "Thriller."
Los Angeles Express.
This week the defiling billboards of tho
town portray criminals shooting down of
ficers of the law. Operating on the minds
of the vicious and depraved, such por
trayals are an incitement to murder. The
theater managers who thus teach homicide
incur no penalties from their pupils, who
are taught to point their pistols at those
who wear uniforms. Which of our officers
shall be the first with his life to pay the
cost of this murderous tuition T Let the
offending place of "amusement" be com
pelled to display a algn, "Murder Taught
Here."
SLANDERING WORKING GIRLS.
Thoughtless Talk from Palplt Brlaaa
Merited Hebake.
Kansas City Journal.
From a Kansas City pulpit laat Sunday
a minister mad anxloua inquiry aa to why
men do not mora frequently go to church.
Coincidentally, another minister In another
pulpit unconsciously gave one food reason
why. This waa when he declared that "the
girt who had worked in a large department
store, for Instance, Is not tha kind the
average man would oare to marry. Bhe
must have met with many snares whloh
have been laid for her virtue, and too fre
quently aha baa not the strarurth to over
coma tha powerful temptations with which
she Is beset."
Tlie "aver ago man" la the one tha
churches are seeking. He la also tha hus
band of the "girl who has worked," and it
requires no Involved loglo to understand
that ha does not cars to listen to a minister
who thus casts reflections upon thousands
of good and true young women. In a letter
published In Tha Journal yesterday a sten
ographer makes reply to this minister, and
she doea It with warmth and vigor. Every
word aha wrote waa true. To people of
broad observation thare Is a settled convlo
tlon that evil is not restricted to any par
ticular class or stratum of society. The
minister meant no harm by his quoted
statement, but It certainly was Indiscreet.
It la unjust and uncharitable to, place a
stigma upon working girls aa not being
"ths sort the average man would cars to
marry."
Tha idle woman of means who has time
for Indulgence In all forms of pleasure
giving pastimes Is not less vulnerable than
ths girl, who earns her living in a store or
office. Indeed, the argument leans tha
other way. Girls wtio are employed have
the same Instinctive sens of self-proteotlon
as their more fortunate slaters, but among
working girls tbls sense Is more often
sharpened by necessity. The working girl's
knowledge of ths world is sn asset of
value, for aha soon learns where to look
for danger. Self-respect la not a matter of
money any mors than personal cleanliness.
Your man of tha world knows this and he
quickly gauges his respect for a working
girl In accordance wtih the respect she has
for herself.
The Christian ministry Is one of the most
honorable and most ustful professions In
the world, but It la heavy with responsi
bilities. Ministers should refrain from ran
dem and harmful excursions lnU fields that
lis beyond their ks
ON rRKIDK.TIAI, FIRING MK.
Taft Mroag la Mlrhlaran, While Antl.
Taft Forces There Disintegrate.
Detroit Free Press.
Bay county. In which the beet sugar in
dustry of Michigan had its origin and In
which It Is still the most Important of local
Industries, Instructed Its delrgatea to both
state Rnd district conventlona to support
Mr. TsfU
The Tenth district, of which Bay form
a part and to which as a whole beet cultl
vatlon and beet sugar refining are factors
of large moment, held Its district conven
tion yesterday. This convention also
declared for Mr. Taft and instructed Its
two delegates. E. B. Foss of Bay City
and Judge Norman Sharpe of West Branch,
to vole for Mr. Taft at tho Chicago con
ventlon.
That tho Tenth's representatives in the
state convention at Grand Rapids will con
tribute, to the extent of their numerical
strength to an overwhelming Taft senti
ment In that body Is of course a natural
expectation.
Assurances continue also to come from
the upper peninsula to the effect that those
opposed to Mr. Taft constitute only a
minority In the Twelfth district and that
that district will co-operate to give for
mldableneas to the state's efforts In be'
half of Mr. Taft at Chicago.
What remains, .then, of the antl-Taft
movement in Michigan, Inspired chiefly,
aa was said, by an alleged Incompati
bility between the Taft candidacy and the
welfare of the sugar Interests, but also
fostered by a few other Influences?
Only the Eighth district seems In doubt.
and even there a strong preference for
Mr. Taft is struggling to find expression,
The failurs of that preference to gain rep
resentation In the district convention would
give the Eighth two lonesome antl-Taft
delegates at Chicago among twenty-six
enthusiastic, hrfpeful Taft delegatea from
this state.
But of course the chances are that the
Eighth will not be stubborn, but will prove
responsive to the wishes of the rank and
file of Its own republicans and will do its
part toward making the state unanimous
for Mr. Taft. For there Is no doubt that
the state as a whole has a most decided
preference for Mr. Taft.
If there should be a referendum on the
question of a nominee, and all who voted
for Mr. Roosevelt In 1904 were privileged to
participate In it, probably Mr. Taft would
be Indicated by a plurality approximating
that given Mr. Roosevelt in that 19(H elec
tion.
Democratic Die Is Cast.
Washington Post.
The die is cast, the Rubicon la crossed.
Mr. Bryan is as good as nominated. Ha
will write the platform. He will name
his running mate, and the result will be
thi same. ' Mr. Bryan will bo smitten
under the fifth rib. Just as he oinote
Judge Farker. And does the World knoi?
tnat hundreds of thousanJn if voters, en
thusiastic Bryanltes of 1S96 ani l:0i,
intend to have a share In tho knifing?
Th sole reason why Mr. Bryan will be
nominated at Denver Is that It Is (1
one way to be rid of him. He coulu nave
been beaten for the nomination, and
would have been, but for the fact that
a crushing defeat In 1908 will make an
end of him.
The republicans are going to make a
Roosevelt platform and nominate a Roose
velt ticket. That Is aa much radicalism
as the country Is now ready to assimilate.
Then there will be nothing for Mr. Bryan
to do but make a more radical platform,
Wa know what tha country will do to
that.
Before it elects another president tha
democratic party must again become
democratic. That it cannot be until Mr.
Bryan is thrown out, neck and crop.
Patience, and shuffle the cards.
V
Cannon's Strong- Salt.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
He Is not strong on clothes, 'tis true
For he despises show,
But when It comes to wearing smiles
They can't beat Uncle Joe.
Republican Chances In North Carolina
Judge Walser In Washington Post.
We expect to carrv North Curniino in
the national election next Novemhnr
North Carolina has 83,000 republican
voters, or, rather, that was the number
of republican votes cast in the last na
tional election, which la two-fifths of
the whits vote In the state. From this
It will ba seen that a matter of 10,000
votes may swing the election in h
publicans, and 1 believe the republican
party has been sufficiently strengthened
in the last four years to turn the tlda
this year in favor of the republicans.
There is undoubtedly a strong Roosevelt
sentiment In the state, and there is little
doubt that with him as the candldato
ths state would be safely republican. But
with any other candidate wa bnv ...
cellent chance. Secretary Taft has many
friends In the state, who will support him
in ins convention. Cannon also Is well
thought of.
Still Sticking: to Johaaon.
S. M. Cralger In New York Tribune.
The friends of Governor John
impressed with the stronsr undertone n
sentiment for his candidacy. It has
croppea out in New England, as well as
In New York and Pesnsylvanla. Illinois
Is favorable to him. Everybody la Im
pressed with the businesslike and ef
fective manner In which ha has
his state as governor. The laws have
been faithfully enforced. Abuses have
been quietly put down. Tha s-ovarnnr h..
worked for the welfare of all tho cittxena
of his state, not theatrically or to ad
vance his personal Interests. Aa r.ni.
date he is available, from every point
or view, vy experience In public life, by
demonstration of exceptional unmiiv.
and administrative capacity and by sym
pathy with the American people. Gov
ernor Johnson Is a candidate who will
arouse enthusiasm among every eluas of
cmxens. That Is where ha possesses sn
advantage over any other man in the
field. No ons of them sppeals to more
than a limited group.
Taft tha Man.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
In fine. Mr. Tart's work and achievements
have made ths republican administration
for the last eight years In some shining
reapeots so largely a Taft administration.
that many thoughtful and broad republi
cans like General Winkler are disposed to
regard him as on the record fairly en
titled to preference, and to look forward
to a whole Taft administration with the ut
most confidence. Their line of thought
Is logical at least. Other good party men
and patrlotlo cltlstns can assign entirely
respectable reasons for supporting Mr.
Hughes, or Mr. Cannon, or Mr. Knox,
but with Mr. Taft lies ths advantage
of doss famlaeiity with the large national
problems, especially the now very Import
ant ones Involving our foreign and colonial
relations, that tha next administration will
have to deal with. Trie republican party
Is fortunate In ths character and quality
of tho leaders In ths ante-convention race.
Mr. Bryan's Neat Book.
Cleveland Leader.
After 1I9( Bryan published "Ths First
Battle." By way of forestalling other
kind suggestions of like Import, "The
La,t Defeat" is offered for sn appropri
ate title w ha re wits, to test the market
nest fait
A MAKF.rt OF PRKIDKNTS.
OhU Habit tf rieklnar- Winners at Na
tlsnal t'onventlone.
Washington Letter In Boston Transcript
Ohio has held hef flrt presidential
primary. Bbe has proved herself tho
maker as Well ss thft mother of president
In ths thirteen conventions of the republl
can party. Had It not been for ths loyalty
of the Buckeye delegates to tha luckless
candidacies of John Sherman, Ohio would
have backed ths winners In practically all
or the contests for the nomination for pres
Ident. As It was. Ohio hns played the most
conspicuous part of any state in ths selec
tion of republican standard bearers sines
the first republlcsn convention In lSKs, and
will again be tho great factor In the coh
vention of 1908.
In tha first convention Ohio propoed th
names of Judge John McLesn and Salmon
P. Chase. Both names Wer withdrawn In
the Interests of thw party, but, delegates
Insisting, Judge McLean received some
votes In tho informal ballot that preceded
the nomination of Fremont. On ths direct
and only formal ballot Ohio gavs fifty-flvs
delegates to John C. Fremont and thirty
nine to McLesn.
In 189 Ohio split Its votes for three bal
lota, and st the end of the third ballot,
when twenty-nlna votes were glvsn to Lift-
coin, fifteen to Chase, and two to McLean,
it was Ohio's change of four votes that
nominated Lincoln. The delegation made
Its vots unanimous Immediately.
In 1MM Delegate Delaho, of Ohio, pro
posed Abraham Lincoln by acclamation.
Tho convention agreed with him.
In 1868 Judge Spalding of Ohio presented
Oeneral U. 8. Grant for president and
the stats gave him forty-two votes. He
was nominated.
In 187J Ohio proposd and accomplished
tha renominatlon of President Grant. In
187 Ohio proposed Its governor, Ruth
erford B Hayes, for president, gave him
forty-four votes, and stuck to him until he
waa nominated on ths sixth ballot.
In 1880 Ohio offered Its son, John Sher
man, to the convention as Its choice, snd
gave him all of her delegates throughout
thiflty-flve ballots. On ths thirty-sixth
ballot James A. Garfield 6f Ohio w
nominated, tho state giving him forty-three
votes. Garfield slone voting for Sherman.
1R84 again Ohio presented John Sherman,
but Was divided In Its Support. Twenty
ono votes were given to James G. Blaine
and twenty-five to Sherman. These figures
were reversed on the third ballot, and on
the fourth Ohio withdrew Sherman's name
and accomplished ths nomination of Blaine
1888 Ohio's loyalty to Sherman again put
the state of the Winning column. It gavs
Mm a solid vots Until the eighth ballot,
when forty-flvo delegates voted for him and
one voted for Benjamin Harrison, ths nomi
nee.
1892 Ohio backed Its favorlto son, Mc-
Klnley, With . forty-flvs votes, giving but
one to Benjamin Harrison, who was re
nominated on the first ballot.
1898 Ohio's forty-six votes were cast for
William McKlnley, the convention's unan
imous nominee.
1900 McKlnley, again nominated unani
mously., received Ohlo'a solid support,
1904 Ohio gave its forty-six votes to Theo
dore Roosevelt, who was unanimously
nominated.
NEWSPAPERS AND CRIME.
How ths Yellaw Joarail Propagates
I.anleaanraa and Disorder.
Denver Republican.
The fact thst a crime has been com
mitted belongs to the public ss a matter
of news. Readers of ths dalty paper ex
pect to be told about it and are entitled to
the details. It is ths privilege of the
Individual reader to devour or pass Ovef the
report as ' personal preference may sug
gest. But with gathering and publishing'
the facts ths duty of ths newspaper ceases,
Thereafter It Is for the courts to determine
who was responsible for the crime. Whan
the newspaper goes beyond reporting the
details of the act and ths arrest of ths ac
cused, It begins usurping the prerogative
of and interfering with Justice by Instilling
prejudice In the minds of the public.
Of all the despicable phases of yellow
journalism the worst Is the persistent trial
of criminals In Its pages. It is the applica
tion of the psychological dissecting pro
cess of the novelist to every law breaker,
It prepares the reader to convict or ex.
onerate the prisoner and formulates publlo
opinion long before the Jury hac been given
the facts on which to base a verdict.
Courts in these days here In Denver have
little mors to do than ratify the findings
of ths yellows as to the guilt of Innocence
of those brought before them.' The Jury
man faces the frown of an unprincipled
press should he fall to subscribe to the
verdict the publlo has been prepared to
expect.
An appeal to violence for the suppression
of murderers comes then In extremely bad
grace from a newspaper that has system
atically engaged for years In freeing crim
inals by fawning upon them, making them
publlo heroes and so clouding the waters
that Justice finds it Impossible to act with
precision. There Is, a suspicion in many
minds that at least one Innocent man has
been condemned in this city by ths same
process, It having happened thst the pen
dulum has awung to the other extreme
In the search for sensationalism.
Let the courts bo left unhampered and
ths publlo can rest pretty well assured that
Justice will be done. They do not offen
make mistakes if left to act.
GUNS AND THS GUNNERS.
How ths Naval Marksmen Have An
swered Carp lag Critics.
New York Bun.
Who are the undesirable naval officers
that gave out ths following percentages of
hits with three-Inch and six-inch guns by
the fine cruiser squadron at target practice
In Magdalena bay: The Maryland, 78.89;
the Tennessee, 88.24; the Colorado, 61.68;
ths Pennsylvania, 67.80; the West Virginia,
66.70, and ths Washington, 65.50?
This Is a splendid record, and doubtless
mutation will Improve the marksmanship
of the battleship fleet when It arrives In
April for practice. It has been estimated
by a naval attache with Admiral Togo's
fleet at Tsushima that the Japanese made
19.6 per cent of hits with their twelve-Inch
guns in the fight with the Russians. That
the American crews will do twice as well
or better with the big guns st long range
In Magdslena bay is to be presumed from
ths perfoftnsnces of the Atlantic fleet off
Cape Cod last summer. Secretary Metcalf
published the scores under pressure of a
report that the practice was disappointing.
From Washington now comes the state
ment that Secretary Metcalf Is Inclined to
exclude newspaper correspondents "from
ths ships during target practice at Mag
dalena bay." Such a course would be
shortsighted Indeed, especially If the secre
tary thinks of making a dark secret of the
skill of the American gun crews. Yet there
r.ever was a time whan It was more ex
pedient to lut the world know how well our
men shoot. Everybody knows that when
the battleship and cruiser squadrons are
united the American flag will fly over the
nost powerful fleet In ths Pacific. If, then.
it can be proclaimed that this splendid ag-
gregatkui of fighting ships is filled wlUi
mon who can handle their guns with won
derful spesd and precision, surely ths flet
will be mors formidable In the regard of a
hostile ngwer than If efficiency of the
American gunners wsrs officially con
ccsled. The world will bavs ths scores to
think about.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Representatives Payne, Dalsell and Taw
ney never appear In the house without a
rod carnation In their buttonhole.
The corporation of the city pf " London
will confer the freedom of the rltv nn
Fir
89t!
lorence Nightingale, who Is now in her
lh year.
Miss Mary Woodman of Wotnirn, Mass.,
was Instructor to the late King Carlos of
Portugsl In English, Mstdry. . talntln -and
swimming.
? I'lrsHimi ol
Columbia university. New York, is to de-
tvmn ui imum ii me university
of Copenhsgen next Bttptember.
Miss Anne Morgan, 3. Plerpont Morgan's
daughter, snd other altrutntln wnmon r
leading a national movement to improve
. . . .
wunuiuon oi working women .and men
ma ig cities.
- ..
major Aiexannar lfnixnwaii. rirW .1 h..
nouse or representatives, has Issued th
Congressional PfrertorY In tabloid rnn
Ths miniature directory just fits the avera'
vesi pocKet, Snd It contains sll the rei
necessary Information which Its larger if
bulkier elder brother contains. I
Emperor William hum r..iv. r..t
Bchott, the well-known sculptor, who, w)
fror. rtnemhold I leaa. aim a amiintnri
acuvsiy sngaged In promoting an exhlbll
oi uerroan sculptors In New York. 1
emperor gave his saw-oval of the avhl
for which statuary worth I750.00O has aire'
oeen pieacrea. J
Corporal James Tanner of Waahtnl
u. L. has been appointed a member
ins committee on erection of a atatu i
honor of Benjamin F. Steohenann. fniittArt
or tha orarul jLrmv r ,. i.....kn- t. v
" " ' " .MWUKV.
the erection of the memorial to General x
Stephenson evory post in the national en- V
onmpmetit win rave a part.
Mr. Jacob H. Bcrrfff. the well-knon Vw
York banker, who has long been noted for
his practical charity aa well aa his a-r.at
business sblllty, and who Is now traveling
abroad, spent some time in Egypt A re
cent Issue of the Alexandria Record reports
a contribution from Mr. Schiff of I1.6O0 to
the traveling Ophthalmic hospital.
FOR nLt'E MONDAY.
Knleker Wouldn't vmi Ilk. . ....
Borne morning to find yourself famnus7
Bocker Not If I had to get up when I
was called New York Sun.
"Do you know how to ours ths bluse7"
"You bet."
"Well?"
" Paint 'em red."Naahvllh Amerlcsrt.
"Say," ssknd ths first messenger boy,
'got any novels to swap?"
"I rot 'Tilir-BYiM ttltl'a R..im "
ths other.
"Is It a long atoryT"
"VI.I V A L.l , .
- " 1 .im, i . vaey in iwu mes
sages." Philadelphia Frees.
- ...iv. in., natio wvuiuii k
notice, her engagement ring."
"Did theyr
'MaiMa mtrmlA 4 l -1 ..
j-na iney: nix or mem recognised II al
onos." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Where are you going With FMoT"
"I'm going to take him to the drv clean,
er; he hates to be washed so bad." Brook
lyn JMigle.
Mason iTie temrwrnnre aitnatlnn ta ti
coming alarming, isn't It T
Dixon Yes; It i getting to be root beer o
die. BU Louis Post-Dispatch. ,
"He's telling everybody that she la hU
first lovs."
"And she7"
"She Is confiding to a select few that lv
Is her last chance." Washington llerald.
With a sigh she laid down the magasln
article upon George Washington.
"The day of great men." she said. "I,
gone forever."
"But ths day of beautiful women Isn't
he responded.
tine smuea ana niusnt-a. ,
"I was only Joking," she exnlalried! "Wa'r-
rledly. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Old Beau William, are my eyebrowa or
Straight and is my wig pcuperly crumpud',
Valet Yes, sir; but your cheat has slippvii
down a bit. Life.
A WOMAN'S LOVE.
John Hiv.
A sentinel angel, slttlntz hlgff In glorw
Heard this shrill wall ring uitfroui purga-
"Have mercy, mtgtity angel! -Hear my
atoryi
"I loved and, blind with passionate love, I
ren:
Love brought mo-down to death, snd death
to hei . .
For God la Just, and death for sin Is well.
'I do not raite against His high decree,
Nor, for myself, do ask tlmt grace shall be.
But for my love on earth, who mourns fcr
me.
"Great Spirit, let me see my love again.
And comfort him one hour, and I were fain
To pay a thousand years of fire and pain."
Then said the pitying angel: "Nay; repent
That wild vow. Look, the dial finger's bent
Down to the laat hour of thy punishment!"
But atlll shs walled: "I pray thee, let, mu
got
I cannot rise to peace and leave him sn.
O let me sooths him In hia bitter , woe."
The brasen gates ground sullenly ajar.
And upward, Joyous, like a rixlng star,
Shs rose and vanished In the ether far.
But soon adown the dvlnc sunset salltna.
And like a wounded bird her pinions trail
ing, She fluttered back, with broken-hearted
walling.
She sobbed: "1 found him by tho summer
sea:
Reclining his head upon a maiden's knee--Shs
curled his hair and kissed him. Woe is
me." .
She wept. "Now let my punishment begin!
I have been fond and foolish; let mo In,
To expiate my sorrow and my sin."
The angel answered: "Nay, sad soul, go
hlKlier.
To be deceived in your true-heart's desire
Was bitrer than a thousand years ol
lire.
If you were
a miller
Would you bother to wash
the wheat and scour it?
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Crosby Co. do in milling
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