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TirF. OMAHA DAILY REE: MONDAY. MARCH 16, IMS. The Omaha Daily Dee. FOUNDED BT EDWARD BOHEWATKft. VICTOIt tlCEBWATEK. EDITOIU Entered at Omaha. Fostoffic as second class matter. TEKM3 Or BCBBCnilTION: Dally Be (wltheut Sunday), on jear..llO I'ally lire ana Sunday, on Jr ' V Sunday on year: J.W Saturday Hn. on year DklLIVKHtD BY CARRIER: pally Bo (Including Sunday), per weeh.lio Ieily ! wltnut Sunday), per week.liic ).rnln ee (without Sunday), per wek So Kvenln U (with Sunday), par wek.ltw Addrosa all complaints of irreeularine la delivery t City Circulation Department. OFFJCES: Omaha Tint Bee Building. Pout Omaha City 1411 Hulldlna. Council Xiarra 1& Pkott ftreet. Chicago HMO fnlveislty Building. New York 1508 Horn Ufa Ineurance Building, f Waahlngtnn-T2S Fourteenth Street K. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new an adl tnrial matt should ba addreeaed. Omaha b. Editorial Department. RKMITTANCEB. ' Ramlt by draft, expreee or postal order payable to the Bee Publishing eompanyi Only t-rst atamPe reared tn payment or mall aonsunta. Psrsonul chk. except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not aocepte STATEMENT CTP CIRCULATION. .. FJtate of Nebraska, Douglas Coutny, sat ' Osorge R. Tsarhurk. treasurer c! Tin Baa Publlahlng company. belntl duly "Vr,! aaya that tha actual number of full and romplrtt cordes of The Doily. MornlnK. hvsnlng anH Hiinday Bee printed during tha month, at February, 19Ua waa aa fol- 17..' i So.TS is..... 30,100 t , ss.300 it.. 3C3oo i ; 50,180 It SS.S30 4 , M.BSO 1 M.TW) I '. MJ10 SO 33.300 80.030 tl. 89.340 T 3B.S40 2t 36,930 t 81,030 IS K,' .800 4 93,000 S4.... 30.300 It SS.SOO 15..... 34,070 11 1 1 30.100 St.. 36,490 13 3,fOO IT It 300 tl 34JS3 1 34V.100 t It. 30.110 Totala 1,040,000 I Leva unsold and ra turned copies. . 0,47 Nt total 1,030,113 Dally average 38,831 aiCOROB B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer.- Subserlbsd, In my preeenca and aworn to befora ma thia id day of Ma roll, 108. . ROBBMT HUNTliH. Notary Public wnnit oct or TOWX. Subscribers leaving tha elty teas aororlly M T inallad tkaiu. Addraaa vrtll ba kaaaad aa afa a raaeatc4. John Burroughs says there will be loot nature faking hereafter. Let hliu wait until the fishing oeaaon la fairly Henry Jameo baa made a plea for a simpler English. He must have been trying to translate the base ball re porter's slang. If Evelyn Thaw gets her divorce and returns to the stage,, she would naturally want to Jela "The -Merry Widow" company. Senator Bailey aaya that President Roosevelt la "a mixture of xood and evtL" la other words. President Itoosevelt is hnman. Those New York to Paris autolsts may find consolation in the thought that none of them has been arrested for exceeding the speed limit When Mr. Bryan urged that dele gates to the Denver convention be In structed, ho did not mean that they should be Instructed for Governor Johnson. Mr. Bryan la going to deliver an ad dress in Chicago on St Patrick's day. He will doubtless pay his respect to Roger Sullivan and other "snakes In the grass." It Is comforting to know that the New York to Paris autolsts still think they are in "a race." Theyt may wake up some time to discover that it is only a procession. Judge Gray Is prorafeed the electoral Tote of Delaware it he is nominated at Denver. That Is a good start lie will need only 239 more electoral votes to be elected president r , ' fc. 1L Ilarrlmaa has given the city f San Francisco IS 0.0 00 with which to make war on rats. ' Evidently Mr. Ilarriman does not like rats any more than he likes Fish. Tha mayor of Cincinnati declares that no woman Is capable of running an automobile. Perhaps not. but she is quite capable of running the man who runs the automobile. Every report from . Lieutenant Colonel Goethalo at Panama Is that he is "making the dirt fly." The first thing Goethala knows he will have a soap powder named after him. In a masastne article, Lillian Rus sell gives "an infallible recipe for catching husbands," Lillian's trouble has never been la catching them, but la holding them after once caught Courage begets supporters. The anarchists and revolutionists cheered the Spanish king when ha visited Barcelona, after he had been warned of their plots to kill him if he came to that city. N The democratic ,World-Herald com plains because the editor of The Bee, while addressing the recent republican state convention, kept his hands in his pockets. Please note that they were his own pockets. 'From wht source will the Inde pendence league draw recruits?" atks the dewocratlo Baltimore Sua, and then answers Its own question with the statement that Kearttst baa enough fol lower "to make the league's move ments Interesting 'and .disagreeable Ur Mr. atTyaa, . Aisri rnvsT law amksdmksts. Practically every legitimate Interest directly or Indirectly affected by the operations ef the law regalatlng cor porate combinations has been con sulted by the president, and the con sensus of tbeir best Judgment Incor porated In a measure which the presi dent will Pah eoitgreB to pass for radical amendment of the Sherman anti-trust law. The president's csbl nct; Seth Low of New York, represent ing the National Civic federstlon; Francis Lynde Stetson, representing i. Plerpont Morgan; th? goneral solici tor of the flanta Fe; Samuel Compere, representing the American Federation of Labor, and a number of leaders of both branches of congress, have taken part in the conferences looking to the framing of a measure that will best serve the public welfare. Out Of these conferences among men who represent Interests heretofore snreconcllable has come a substantial agreement as to the terms of the pro posed amendments that will put a penalty only on the kind of combina tion that does actual harm to public and private interests, without prohibit ing agreements beneficial to the public. It Is proposed by the new law to per mit railroad companies to combine among themselves to maintain rates and possibly for a division of traffic. conditioned on compulsory publicity of accounts, the subjection f books and papers to the inspection of gov ernment officials and a prohibition against the purchase of stocks In one corporation by another without the consent of government officers. Those who hav fctren much study to the subject believe that such an arrange ment would operate both to the ad vantage of the railroads and the pro tection of their patrons. This would slso give the federal authorities data upon which to prosecute any combina tion operating to the detriment ot the public. The rights of labor in combination are also to be defined more clearly in the proposed law. Under the existing federal laws the labor union la aa much amenable to punishment if It attempts to restrict the price of labor on an interstate raiiroaa as is m railroad which combines with another to put In a through rate for freight or passengers. It Is proposed to legalize both the labor union and the traffic association and base the test not on combination, but on the character of the combination. Revision of the Sherman law along these lines, long advocated by the president, should help restore public confidence' In corporate undertakings and thus hasten the complete recovery ot business prosperity. THE "HOVtsSfflFK." The enlisted, man of the army Is apt to get proud enough to put on airs by a vey embarrassment ot good things that are coming his way. After neglecting to adjust the pay of the soldier for neatly thirty yeaVs. con gress has finally decided that .he has been underpaid. It has increased his wages and' made provisions by which humble defender ot the nation, by the exercise of his brains, can make a very comfortable living and be assured of promotion and emoluments formerly denied him. But that la not all. Congress has provided that each newcomer to the ranks of the enlisted men shall be presented with a kit in addition to the regular outfit that will contain a rnLor, brushes for the hair, teeth, shaving and shoes, combs, polish for both black and tan shoes, two towels, toilet soap, a whisk broom, and, most important of all. a "housewife." The women know all about it, but for the benefit ot mere man. it' is explained that the "housewife" In this case Is a small box, containing thread, need les, buttons and patches. With the "housewife" at his com mand there seems nothing left to be desired by the soldier, unless It, la the restoration of the canteen. The en listed man may now spend as much ot his spare time as he wishes brushing his teeth or bis shoes, sewing on bat tons or darning box. He may wash one ot his two towels occasionally, or devise other methods of killing time ith profit by the use ot his new acquisitions. It anyone has other means ot making army life mora at tractive now is the yme to present it to the attention ot congress. CARISO TOR COSVKSTWHS. A thing that Is worth doing la. worth doing well. For this reason it should be more than gratifying to the people of Omaha to have the testimony ot Lincoln that the republican state convention was properly and satisfac torily entertained, and that the dele gates went home feeling that their presence had been welcome. . , This is what' the Lincoln Journal haa to ssy: - Omaha learned how to care for a state convention Juat aa conventions are going out of buatneaa. In tha old days whenever they managed to Set a convention up there tha different factlona of Douglas county war ao buay watching each other that they had no time to get tha vlaltors aa much aa a cua of water. It waa easy for even Omaha to be a graceful boat under the new party unity. Tha Douglaa county delegation maintained a reception room. had tha theater In good order for the meet. Uif, secured a good orcheatra and did ether thlnga for tha convention. AU theae' features helped to make It a pleaaant gathering. A simitar word of commendation Is given by the Lincoln Star, as follows Omaha took good care of tbe convention. Even the must ardent Lincoln pertlaaa will not deny that, The local arrangemeata were well made, tha great fault with Omaha, and one that cannot be overcome, being that delegatea from tha denaely aet. tied portion of the state cannot reach that city as easily aa tbay can reach Lincoln. The convenience of a greati-r numbrr is erred by having such conventions here, hut thera are ao n-greta over the fact that thla one waa glvrn to Omaha. It provided, moreover, a (title Journey for tha repub licans of Lincoln, who were not accuatomed 14 leaving hnma when a at ale convention waa on and whe rather enjoyed the change cf program. So far as the city In which such a convention Is held Is concerned, the after effect is the all Important part. It does no good to get conventions un less those who attend them are made perfectly at home and provided with all the facilities for convenient trsns sctlon of the business In hand and the personal attention requisite for their Individual comfort. Taking care of a convention is a business In Itself and, like any other business, - should be handled la a businesslike way. Ex perience, also. In entertaining conven tions should make it easier to handle properly each In succession. Omaha has the opportunity through these conventions to make firm friends snd grapple thera "with hooks ot steel." It ought to make the most of the opportunity. BRVAX Attn MASTgnX DSMOCRA T3 The eastern democrats of tbe school that look to Judge George Grsy of Delaware, Judson Harmon of Ohio, Grover Cleveland of New Jersey and men of that type as the real represent atives of slmon pure democracy refuse to be reconciled to any proposition con ceding them second place on the ticket The Cincinnati Enquirer, In giving public expression to the sentiment In the Harmon neighborhood, haa the fol lowing: "No; never. Impoaaibla!" ara the replies of Judge Harmon's boomers to the at tempts of Bryan workers In Cincinnati to hand out the olive branch In tha form of aecond place on the ticket. 'Judire Harmon could liave had second place with f'arker four years ago, but , turned it down." aaid one of Judge Har mon's personal frletulB today, who knows tha judge's attitude toward the attempt at peace by the Bryan forces. "Much more now will ha refuse to play second fiddle to Bryan. They represent different Ideals and different brand of democracy. 'The Rryunltea fool themselves If they think with Harmon In second place Har mon's friends would support Bryun. They would not. Harmon quite recently had aecond place offored to htm on that south ern trip with Bryan and refused It then. It can never be. It's Harmon at tbe top or not at all. , Mr. Bryan insists that he has ex pressed no wish or opinion on the sub ject of the vice presidential candidate ot his party, so some questiou will arise over the power that offered Jud son Harmon second place on the ticket. He recently traveled through the south with Mr Bryan and very soon after that publicly announced that be would not accept the nomination for vice president That may be only circum stantial evidence and Mr. Bryan may be able to prove an alibi, yet, at-the same time the politicians would like to know who offered Mr. Harmon the second place. The significant feature of the situa tion, however, is that the attitude ot the gold democrats has not changed. They refuse to be reconciled to Bryan and Bryanlsm, and while, by force ot circumstances, they may be compelled to aid in his nomination at Denver, they leave it plain that they are not going to wear themselves out in fight ing for his election. By the same token, Mr. Harmon and hla friends must realise that peither Harmon, nor Gray, nor Johnson, nor any other democrat, could be elected without the support of the Bryan wing of the inrty. a support that would not be more lusty. In case ot his defeat for the Eominatton. than that which they promise htm. Looked at In any way, it Is evident thst What Judge Parker described as the different ideals and different brands ot democracy" are no nearer tofcMher than they were In 1904. Tbe democratic World-Herald breaks loose with a double-shotted load of black-faced type, purporting to be tbe Lincoln Journal's account ot what Governor Sheldon sald at tbe state convention, over' which .it goes into its usual spasms. The trouble is that the governor never said it that way. It he had. the World-Herald reporter was at the table within hear ing distance, and it would have ap peared in the World-Herald first Mayor "Jim" is to be Immortalised by attaching his name to a new fire engine. Only it the fire engine proves its ability to throw a stream as accu rately as Mayor "Jim" throws a rope the two may trot In the same class. A Carnegie Instltutesclentlst says that "when life la apparently extinct the vital spark can be brought back by the use of magnesium." There are several presidential booms ready tor the administering of magnesium. The Real Estate exchange has finally gotten tn line for the new court house proposition, a few kickers to the contrary notwithstanding. The Real estate exchange should always be pushing snd never pulling back. "If Cray or Harmon or Johnson should be nominated at Denver, would Mr. Bryan support the ticket?" asks the St Louis Globe-Democrat Cer tainly; Just aa heartily as he supported Judge Parker. It Is reassuring to hear Mr. Krutt schnltt talk in a hopeful vein. Most of the big railway men have been so Impregnated with the "hostile legisla tion" virus tbat they have been wear ing blue goggles all the timo. The World-Herald and other demo cratic organs have not yet begun to tell how dissatisfied Nebraska repub licans art with the work of she recent state snd district conventions. That will come, however( before long. The World-HeraM can always find revolt stirring in the republican ranks even If It hss to set up ail the men In buck rum itself. South Dakota has Just gone through Its first experience with a. statewide primary, with a nice bunch of contests In sight By fetching these experi ments in neighboring state Nebraska may learn how not to do It. Another trade excursion by the Omaha Commercial club is ia prepara tion. Tbe beet testimony to the value of the trade excursion as established bere lnpmaha Is the number of imita tors ft has raised up. "Legally speaking," says the attor ney for Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, "Harry Thaw Is dead." In that case. Mrs. Thaw Is a widow and should drop her divorce proceedings and order a mourning cost rime. If "Tooy". Donahoe had only landed in his race for sheriff last fall, would he now be trying to make a disturb ance? Hardly. Tbe Laat May Be tft. Chicago Record-Herald. ' There ara strong- Indications tbat soma of the-atates which come along toward tha end of tha roll call may not get a chance to cast even tha first vote for tholr favoHte sons. Jaafc!aar Uoad 1'hlag Along;. Kansas" City Star. Tha blhop of Buffalo' advises atngle women to pray for- huabands. While ha waa about It, tha hlahnp might have ad vised tha married women to pray for theirs, too. Naval Crlttea II waned. ' Bt. Louie Globe-Democrat. Tha big fleet when It reached Magdalene bay had steamed U.M miles In eighty-alx days. Including atops at various cities, with out an accident of any kind, arriving three days ahead of time. What have the naval critics to say to this reoord? Popular Klevtloa ot Senator. Baltimore Transcript. , Maasachuaotta refuaea to Join the proces sion of statea which are demanding the popular election of senators. If tha preaent plan worked as well throughout the coun try as it does in New England, the advo cates of the change would ba deprived of most of thetr ammunition. And still In New England It gives us Wetmore In ihode Island and Bulkeley In Connecticut, neither of whom would be Judicious candidates for the party to select to go before the people In a November election. . Opea Poora foV Vodealrabtea. Philadelphia Preea. The difficulty of keeping undesirable oitlsens out of the' country, when they make up their minds to get In, Is Illustrated In the ease of Emma Goldman. This notorious woman later attended a con crete of anarchlats in ' Amsterdam, and a government watch of arrivals from abroad was Instituted with a view to her arrest and deportation. But she turns up unex pectedly In Chicago despite the vigils of Inspectors. She does not tell how sh got unobserved Into the Jurisdiction, merely ob serving that she did tint walk across the ocean or come 1n a balloon. THB PRESIDENT'S COTJP. A Bit of Folltleal Stratea-y ftalcklir a4 Cleverly Perforated. Baltimore American. Preatdent Roosevelt seems never to let any thread slip from his hands. His fa mous order , dismissing the Brownsville regiment and prohibiting the re-enllat- raent of any persons who did not olesr themselves of participation tn that offense was not the end of the matter. It Is Quits probablo that had not Mr. Foraker secured the appointment of a senate committee of Investigation President Roosevelt would himself have taken steps to do Individual Justice wherever this was practicable. Mr. Foraker, it is said, had in his pocket for presentation to the senate a bill to grant an extension ot time to the persons affected by the Brownsvllla order to show causs for their reinstatement, but President Rooaevelt has anticipated him by a mes sage to congress advocating tha passag of such a maaaurS. Thla may be regarded aa receding from his position. But It Is fair to Mr. Roosevelt to believe that ha has not felt satlatsction In tha punishment of a large body of soldiers for the action of some of their members, granting that the finding of the committee Is correct. Nothing haa been more unjuat than tha effort tn soma directions to make Mr. Taft a scapegoat tor tha act of Mr. Roosevelt. The country will be pleased to sea tha latter's disposition to act with mag nanimity and absolute falrhess. No one more so than Mr. Tft, who, while officially concurring In the order, showed at the time evldenoe of his personal dissent from H, ' PLAY A MINOR PART. Divorce Mills aa laslawiacant Fea tare of Soata Dakota Product. Chicago Record-Herald. It Is said that tha divorce mills of South Dakota have emiched the state to the ex tent Of S&.000.000 during tha laat decade. A careful computation for the year 1909 Is given aa follows: Total dlvorcea K2, of which i'JO were to nonrealdents. Each non resident must claim a residence for six months. Expenses ef living, setting up and maintaining residence, $200 per month. Additional allowance for - attorneys' fees and court eosta and Incidentals for tha en tire term is 1300. - Total expenae par per son, I1.&00. Total for tha lot, t4SO.O0O, which la counted aa a profit for tha state. Possibly there may be some queatlon about the value of this asact in a moral sense. But we pass over that point for the preaent to suggest that, anyway, Boulh Dakota is not altogether dependent upon the divorce mills for Its support. Recently in yearly periods it has had 7.O00,0UQ from Its gold mines and tha same amount from Its sflver. The value of the horses in tha state was estimated by tl.e bureau of sta tistics of the Agricultural department of tha United States at I,0u0,0d0; awlne, 19.000,01)0: milch cows, tlT.OO.OOO; other cat tle. ta.00e.000; sheep, $3,360,000. Tha state also has an annual output of grain that is valued at a higher figure than Its divorces. Tha wheat crop tn 19ut cam to J. 600,000; oats, tll.eOO.OOO; corn. $18,100,000. This is a partial view, not a complete tabulation. It leaves out divers things that sr grown in the ground snd also the great American hen. which la doing busi ness In the atata with tha usual aatound Ing rvaulta. W are Justified In coaalud- Ing, therefore, that tha divorce mill fall aomewhat ahort of being the chief Induatry of South Dakota, and It may b that tha loaS of tha revenue from them would be hardly perceptible te the atate at larsa. In fact except to a comparatively few people In a few local It le. It may ba aa unknown quantity. From a money aland polnt the population as a whol would aeera te have eonalderabry les te fear from tha abnlttloa of the mllle thaa from s Single bad ssaaoa ftr corn. OX PRESIDENTIAL FIRING LINE. Natlooal Politician Slae t a Repaa Ileaa Presidential Sltaatloa. v New Tork Tribune's Washington Letter. "Personally I would Ilk to Senator Knox the republican nominee. I ballev h would make an Ideal president. I have not before expreased thla preference be cause I aaw no end to be aarved by ao doing, and now I am not saying It for publication, because I am convinced that Taft wilt be the party nominee, and I am advising my friends to abandon a useless resistance and to get together to help Taft beat Bryan." This statement waa made to a repre- entatlr of tha Tribune today by one of tha moat Influential and far-seeing members of tha senate, a man whose name. If ha would permit It to be used, would carry the greatest weight. As an anonymous statement It might not be worUi publication war It not for the fact that It represents the view which Is steadily gaining ground among the politician In the national capital. The entire political situation ks care fully canvaeaed almost daily In the pri vate office of senators and representa tives theae days, and very gradually they sr arriving at a consensus of opinion. A few, of course, ara so fsr committed to th candidacy t aorae favorlta son that they can sea ao one else and a few are so hostile te the president that the mere knowledge that h favors tha can didacy of Secretary Taft affords thera ample ground for latenae opposition. Th majority, however, outline th aitua. tlon aa Indicated In thla dlanatch. and among that majority are many man who personally would prefer tha nomination or aoma other candidate. Looking over the field, they say It I now obvious that Taft will have something over 400 votea on the first ballot without counting any or ire southern states except Maryland, Tennessee and Kentucky, which tha politi cal prophets think they can now divide among tha candidates. The defeat of Taft can therefore be ac complished, they say, only In one of two waya tn comblnlnr of all tha favorite son delegations with tha doubtful statef on a single candidate or the seating of only anti-Tart delegatea from the south ern states. But, they ask. Is It possible to combine the favorite son deleaatea on a single candidate? And they answer no. ror tne reason that tha delegations in. atruoted for favorite aons will be. to use tha Inelegant expression of an antl. Taf tit, "rotten with Taft sympathisers." ror instance, aa they understand tha alt. uatlon, in Illinois thera Is a Taft senti ment so strong that only tha most stren uous work on the part of Speaker Can non's supporters will secure for him a solid vot on the first ballot Already three of tha largest counties In tha atata have Indorsed Taft. and this without n work on the part of the Taft organisation. eenaior jwopKlns. who will be a delegate-at-large. makes no secret of the fact that Taft Is his second choice. Neither can tha Pennsylvania M,niu. which Is heart and soul in favor of the nomination of Knox, ba delivered cn masse to any other candidate. It will .lan k Knox until It abandona hope, but once It Breaks fully half of tha delegate. It la asserted, will vote for Taft. The New York delegation, it la helleveH will be loyal to Governor Hughes perhaps longer man that of any other favorite son, because It la the his tor v nf enn that delegates stand longest by a candidate woo seems to have some chance of becom ing the favorite of the convention. , The Indiana delegation, tha political ob servers referred to say, Is permeated with Taft sentiment, so much so that in Judge Crumpacker'S district, the Tenth, tha dele gates could not be elected until It was known thst Taft was their second choice. Wisconsin will prove an exception to the rule of a delegation's anlna to the candidate. Senator La Follett will dom inate nis delegation, and It Is his disposi tion never to give up a fight, so that ballot after ballot might ba taken without Wla constn's voting for any but her favorite son. The accompanying table repreaenta the views of some of the ablest political fore casters in Washington, segregating certain southern states, some of which It Is be lieved will send two delegations, and tha doubtful states, which they cannot jet place with any certainty: HHBSjflhSM fL cs fa- sf g H g 5 Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut ... Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illlnola Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Loutslana Maine Maryland Massachusetts. Michigan Mlnneaota Mississippi Mtaaourl Montana ....... Nebraska Nevada N. Hampshire. New Jersey.,.. New York North Carolina North Dakota. Ohio" Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania.. Rhode Island.. South Carolina South Dakota.. Tennessee Texaa Utah Vermont ....... Virginia Waahlnirton ... West Virginia. Wisconsin Wyoming ...... Arlaona Hawaii New Mexico.... D. of Columbia Alaska Philippines .... Porto Rico n .. it .. 20 10 10 14 10 s .. 10 .. ti M ., so .. M M to so M U 18 .. It .. 15 10 U 16 28 28 t2 21 M .. ft) M a 1 14 S3 IS .. 10 .. it 54 ao 18 ,. to e f ee ee te 11 24 a o e S I 14 4 12 7t 78 ., 4 .. 8 8 48 4 14 14 8 &. a 18 8 .. .. 18 8 8 84 24 tS .. S s 84 .. is 10 14 14 1' .. U ts I 5 " ee e ee Totals 410 82 74 80 M 24 319 84 Total neceasary to choice 4!1 Taft (exclusive of aouthern stateafr 419 Hughes .-. ai Knox 74 Fairbanks to Cannon M Ia Pollette M Southern tit Doubtful M Deserved Trlbat. Baltimore American. Tha mother over the land must certainly feel deeply the glowing tribute paid them by President Roosevelt. "Th mother," he says, "ia the one supreme asset of national life," and few thinking men will contest his statement that tha mother Is more Im portant than th statesman, the soldier or the scientist. If anything could exalt moth erhood more than it own Inherent dignity, it would P such a tribute from th pead of th nation. A riaartarlss Plalforsaf Boston Advertiser. Tha Nebraska platform, ostensibly written by William i. Bryan, ia as SeHberat a plseo of plagiarism as waa ever sa Is politics. THB AMERICAN WOODPII-S. ladastrlee Which Mako for a Tree, leaa Coaatry. ' t " American Magaslna. Official estimates plsca th standing tim ber supply of tha Vnlted States at from 1.4"0.000,099 to 2,000,000.000 feet Taking first the figures baaed upon th minimum esti mate of 1.400,000,000 feet, with an annual use ot 100,000.000,000 feet ot timber and an annual growth of 40.000,000,000 feet, all th timber will bo cut within twenty-thre years. With 1,000.000,000 feet eetlmated as the maximum of th standing timber sup ply, an annual use of 100,000.006,000 fet and an annual growth ot 40,000,000,000 feet, thera la Just enough timber te Isst thirty three years. Without timber the building of homes would bo curtailed. The heavy timber frames for houses could not be had and sheathing, shingles, lathing and th hardwood f or .finishing would also be Impoaalbl ot procurement Where, In view of this scarcity, would tha 100,000,000 cross ties used by th railroads each year be obtained? At the present ttm books, magsslnee and news papers, which are vitally necessary to ths hspplneas snd Intellectual life of human beings, require about 2.900,000 cords of wood made Into pulp every year. Already we are beginning to Import wood pulp at aa In creased cost and the substitution of an other paper material would raise the prlo of literature. The wood used in making barrels runs to enormous figures and In mlnea of the country about 16,000,000 eublo feet of timber. Most of It, hardwood, Is used- Mora than 1,198,130 cords ot wood are used each year for distillation, and for th seemingly insignificant Item of veneer no less than 326,000,000 feet log scale, ot tim ber are used. The telegraph, telephone and slectrlo light companies us about 1,500,009 poles each year, snd about 120,000,000 cords of wood are burned, A single mutch fao tory, of which thera are mora than 150 In this country, consumes 200,000 board feat of sugar pine or yellow pine logs a day. These are by' no means all of tbe uses to which wood la put, but Immense as Is th tax upon the forests, and as great aa It may become In 1950. It Is no more than the supply of timber will meet If the forests are properly cared for. But before such care oan be exerolsed In this country It Is an actuality In Oermany save upon the national and state reservations which con stitute only 23 per cent of the total area of forests, a spirit of national economy must replace one ot national waste. BANKER DRAKS'S NERVJB. Omaha Incident Contrasted, with the Experience of Raasell Sage. Washington Star. The Omaha man who demanded $5,000 of a banker under penalty of instant death by explosion carried oft his case with enough nerve to get a good breakfast, at least, and at the expense merslja ot a small bottle and a little y alio wish water. The eplaode, ridiculous as It turns out te have been In some respects, nevertheless brings forcibly back to mind the enterprise ot the crank Norcross, who marched Into Russell Sage's office one door about alxteen years ago with a satchel and demanded a large sum of money several hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Saga, being of a thrifty dis position, tailed to see why, hs should hand over any sum, large or small, upon mere demand, and began to negotiate with his visitor, playing for time, Incidentally using the person of a bystander for a shield. Norcross differed from the Omaha crank sufficiently to be in deadly earnest Hs dropped the satchel when Mr. Sage, hav ing maneuvered behind hla human barrier, declined to give up the funds. When the smoke cleared Norcross had disappeared. He 'Was later. Identified by. -a button. Mr. Sage was unhurt hut the man hs had held in front of him was peppered with a great variety of foreign substances and wrecked for life. Incidentally, It may be noted that, although he sought relief repeatedly In the courts, hs never managed to recover a penny In damages from Mr. Sag for hav ing unwillingly shielded him from probable death or disablement. 'It la to ba remarked that the Omaha banker showed a stirrer nerve than did Russell Sage. He met th man half way and Invited him out to dine, using no third parties aa barricades or otherwise showing any fear ot his intrusive visitor. Even though the bottle held nothing mora deadly than colored water, th banker proved himself of tha right stuff when he pur suaded the man who menaced him with It to walk quietly to a restaurant, wher he could be seised neatly and safely. WIRELESS REVELATIONS. Remarkable Achievements y Fore shadow Far Greater Reaalta. Boston Transcript. When once a new and Important Inven tion has attained a recognised practical Standing, Its subsequent developments re ceive comparatively slight publio notice. Yet It is through these successive stages that perfeotlon Is reached and one or mora of them may easily be of equal mo ment with tha Invention Itself. A nsw phase of potentiality has been demonstrated by th transmission of diapatehes by th wireless system from the fleet 800 miles from Magdalene bay, to Fensacola, Fla. The distance tha meaaaga traveled wlthdwt retransmission was about 1,000 miles. But It was not tha, distance alone that was sig nificant. It had to cross landward and sea ward stretches and this complication of service was an extraordinary teat of Its power and trectablllty. it has shown that direct communication by almost Instan taneous processea between the two oceans can be accomplished and holds out the prospect thst with proper apparatus no part of the planet need be cut off from us. To attempt a forecast ef what may be possible by th steady evolution of this system, staggers the Imagination: We can hardly consider more than a single phase of Its possibilities at a time, and ona that la suggested aa of great value to civilisa tion, is th rc-anforcement of tha servics of the weather bureau. Already much haa been don. Warnings of great storms are sent to coaatwls and Inoomlng vessels as far aa too miles from shore. But tha achievement referred to shows that much better work than that caa ba done and it la th belief of the head of tha bureau that ultimately tha dangers of ocean travel will b minimised by the wireless to almost a negligible point, so far aa th element ar a factor. This of course means more money, but it will ba expenditure likely te yield a rich return. Selcaes" of Jarlapradeae. Philadelphia Record. An Illustration of ths queernesa of what lawyers call tha "eclno" ef Jurisprudent comes from the upper part of ths atat of New York. A prisoner Indicted far viola tion of tha ststute for tha protection ot deer under which etatut It la an etfens to have any part of such gsme In one's possession during ths closed aeasoa was discharged on the plea that nothing waa found on him but th hid of a deer. Th hide, asserted his advocate. Is ao part of th animal, and tha argument waa found good enough to warrant tha discharge of th prisoner. How old Prof. Teurfalsdrek would havo roared against tha proposition that th oulaid of aa animal waa no part of It! Shall pluma and alike and tins (Inea b oonaiderod th very ease do of th clothed anlmsl called maa and the fclJa b ao part ef Ui buck? A POPVLAR MEASURE. Mevo for Postal Savlaas Baaka Com asaaal Hearty Sopport. . . Chicago News. Publio sentiment throughout th country Is overwhelmingly tn favor ef postal air ings banks. There can as no reaaonabie doubt of thia In vlaw sf th many great popular organisations which have declared for them. Ths national administration, speaking with th voices of the poatmasle. general and the president also Is heartily for the postal savings hanks. The need of them has been demonstrated tn many ways. During the period of doubt and of money hoarding which the nation paaaed through last November th lack of postal banks ahowed Itself as a grievous defect In the financial system of the coun try. They were needed to keep In circula tion the vast eums then withdrawn from the light of day to be hidden In safety deposit vaults and other places of eonoeal nnt At all times they would contribute a largo volume of money to the uses of business by keeping In Circulation the sav ings of timid persona Senator Knox, who stands as a consarvs. tlva ot wide knowledge, has Introduced In the sonata a postal savings bank bill which Conforms te the vlewe of the' postmaster general aa to the best way to establish postal banke. Though tha eenat s not renowned for its responsiveness te the call ef publio sentiment It would seem, ss It that body ought te tako an active Interest In this bin. It should perfect and pass tha measure long before ths adjournment ef the session. In the house It would com mand strong support AO the old oxcuses for not establishing postal, savings banks have been worn threadbare or have been tossed bodily Into th scrap heap. Th present congress should win a long credit mark by passing th Knox bill. Friends of postal savings banks, who ara numbered by millions, should take up thia matter "with energy. They have the hearty eo-operation of the president pt. th United States something they never had before as well as that of the postmaater general. Right la on, their side. Tha need ot postal banks le so olesr that it scarcely admits Of dispute. ' PERSON At, MOTES. ' The "oldest old maid" is 101 yesrs old. How old would ahe be If eh had called herself merely a bachelor girl? Kentucky legislators have undertaken to make their night-riders good by' statute. They have framed a law to tell the noc turnal gentlemen that they must not do such things, really, you know. An old man in Massachusetts, thinking hlmso'.f about to die, gave away hla fortune. Than he had th mischance to recover, and is In want There was something faulty in hla selection of beneficiaries. M. Archdeacon, Santos Dumont and Henry Farman have posted a bet of $1,200 In Paris against $2,400 posted by M. Char ton, that an aeroplane would b constructed within a year capable of carrying two per sons, one of the persons to weigh not less than sixty kilos (132 pounds) a distance of one kilometer. "Tbe political history ef Nebraska," Says the Philadelphia Publio Ledger, "makes record of Just two democrats. One waa 1. Sterling Morton, who died soon enough to, be spared tha knowledge that his son had turned republican, and the other Dr. George L. Miller, who got out of politics in dis gust when Mr, liryan broke In.'" Former Congrossmsn Allen C. Durborrow of Chicago died Tuesday night at the Rob ert Burns hospital In Chicago, after an Illness of several months. Mr. Durborrow waa born In Pennsylvania In 1967. He was elected to congress over' former Senator' William E. Mason by 8,500 votes In 1800. In 18&S ha waa re-elected, defeating Thomas C. McMillan by more than 11,000 votes. , It was announced last week In Boston that Qovernor Guild has received official notification from the Italian authorit'lea that the king ot Italy haa nominated him a grand officer of the Crown of Italy. It Is understood that tha same decoration haa been sent to President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard university. His majesty wishes to express to the people of Massachusetts by this meana his appreciation of the reception given last year to his cousin, the duke of ths Abrussl. MERRY JINGLES. Bill Do you find It hard to dodge that bill collector now? Jill Sure; harder than ever. He goea about t an automobile, you know. Yonkers Statesman. BJornatjern BJornson had Just been chrlntenod. ' We re a little curloua to know," said his parenta, "what the aptilllng reformera will da when they tackle that name." Thus far, however, his distinguished name has escaped mutilation. Chicago Tribune. dffic Boy I bought our fair typist a bunch o' posies fer her desk today. Messenger boy Wot did youee loosen up like dat furl Offlc Boy TryJn' ter bait da old man ter fir da ehesty bookkeeper. Puck. he I sm sorry you didn't ask father for me yesterday. He But you .ald he was In a dangerous temper. She Yes, but he said this morning thst ha wished he'd seen you yesterday. Cleve land Plain Dealer. Mr. Blllus T wlah I could find aome way to make the hair grow on that bald spot of mine. Mrs. Blllus Don't do it. John. That's tha only feature you've got that over seems to smile. Chicago Tribune. "I sir." remarked th eelf-lmpnrtant statesman, "was never spprosched with a proposition of graft in my life." "That fact" answered Senator Sorghum, "may be a recognition nf your honesty and then airaln It may be a reflection on your Influence." Washington Stst. , , "Haa Billy another new spring salt?" "Yea" . , "What tailor did he go to?" "He didn't go to any. He went to a lawyer." Baltimore Amerlcai. ; "And what la that lever for?" i "That Is to us when I run ever a pedes trian." . "You press that and stop your machine?" "No, liidwdy! I Jam my foot on It and It turns my number up against th tonneau so that it cannot be read while 1 mak my get-away." Houston Post. THB DESPISED NKEDKt'L. Nashville American. No matter how we argue. No matter what we say, Ws all bow down to money And mH the coin, half way, A common human wvakneaa To try to make a mash On evry floating dollar Of unresponsive cash. ', We talk about a dollar Aa though we didn't ear FVr anything ao vulgar. Such language la hot air. For when wa aes on coming. W brae ourselves and try With all our art and ruuacl To M It not pass by. ( When apeaklng largo and earnest before lbs infant class Wa lH them to bunt virtu ' And let the dollar pass. But. whea the talk la ever. And ss we taka our seat. Should w obaarv on paaalng. We chase It down tho troet., Ths root of every ovtl. Aa ws have rt bven told. Tha source or all ir Irwttls. la W. ly gulJ, And. la.au a It we as xsrv ha From it for pity asks. Wa rs tookiae f.c nukS 11 Utate iu IsMut It U.aa