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STATEMENT OT CIRCULATION. ..
State of Nebraska, Douglaa Coutny, a.t
Ooorge B. Txachuck, trensurer of The
Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn,
saya that the actual number ot full and
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of February, 1008, woe a fol
low! 1 M.T80 16 3b,100
t 89,300 IT 88,800
t N.lM 18 BS,90
4 38,2110 1 39,730
88,810 0 Ba,300
',... 38,030 tl 38,340
7 r.... 38,840 Zt 36,630
( ', . 86,030 ti 85,800
88,000 14.,.., 38,300
10 89,800 15 38.670
11 38,100 2S. 36.490
11 36,800 tl.. 36,660
It........... 88,800 tl 36,380
14 86,100 29 36,890
16 36,110
Total 1,048,690
Less unaold and returned coplea. . 8,437
Net total 1,088,113
Dally average , 35,831
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
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Mailed to tktm. Addreiia will be
changed ftcm mm requested.
"I am not a professional talker,"
says Governor Johnson. Whom can
he ba driving at?
From now on Collector of Internal
Revenue Ross Hammond will collect
the collector's salary.
"Clothes should match; the hair,"
says a fashion writer. A little tough
on the bald-headed than.
According to that eminently trust
worthy authority, Mr. Groundhog, the
backbone of winter la broken.
Former Governor Beckham of Ken
tucky has announced his retirement
from politics. The Kentucky legisla
ture beat him to It.
Otis Skinner says that the theater
"is the hand-maiden to nature." Its
relation to art varies according to com
panies and seasons.
It is well to discount these - com
plaints ot hard times. Eggs and dia
monds are both coming down to some
thing like reasonable prices.
Tammany has .Quarrelled with
Bourke Cockran and will not allow him
to return to congress. It Is up to
Cockran to change politics again.
Mr. Hearst refuses to support either
of the old parties. In the coming po
litical campaign he Intends to be
known as the party of the third part
Oklahoma killed that bill requiring
bed sheets in hotels to be nine feet
long, aa soon as It was discovered that
the state' was for Tart instead of for
Fairbanks.
Dr. Parkhurst wants Governor
Hughes to remove Mayor McClellan of
New Yofk. Dr. Parkhurst and W. R.
Hearst occasionally agree on some pub
lio question. '
"Mr. Cannon Is too old to be presi
dent," saya the San Francisco Call
None appreciates his age more than
Mr. Cannon, but he likes his Joke.
Complaint is made that American
women spend more money for millinery
than for missions. ' Naturally. It
costs a milliner more to live than it
docs a missionary. .
A veracious chronicler has disco v
ered that King Edward "never wears
a nightcap on his head." He may
have adopted the American plan of
wearing Ms nightcap under Ma belt
Senator Lodge says he does not like
the Aldrlch bllL but will vote for It.
The senator would do better if he
' would frame a hill which the people
would like more than the Aldrlch
measure. ,
Fity the poor express companies
doing business in Nebraska, according
to their exhibits," at a constant loss
It is a wonder that they have not long
ago shut up shop and pulled out ot
the state.
This claim that It is impossible to
discover the identity ot the Kentucky
night riders J all nonsense. Why
don't the police round up all the
mon who are found Bleeping in the
daytime?
A well defined rumor seems to have
reached the police board that every
thing that is served in a teacup in
Omaha restaurants onJ3unday Is sot
necessarily tea. Beware, ot tlM -.Sab
bath breaking teacof
hahhima v and tub rnv sDr, :
The democratic newspapers declar
ing that the president Is attempting to
make. true with the railroads, be
cause of his recommendation that Mr.
Harrlman's railroad eystem be reim
bursed to the extent of $1,600,000 for
money advanced In Impounding the
Colorado river, are, either unwittingly
or mallModaly, distorting the facts.
In December, 1906, the Colorado
river troke loose from Its batiks and
for a time threatened to Inundate the
entire Imperial valley In California.
The government, by a system of Irri
gation, had reclaimed thousands of
acres of most fertile lands in this val
ley, peopled with prosperous farmers
and frr.lt growers. The overflow of
the Colorado river threatened to con
vert the valley Into an Inland sea. The
Southern Pacific was building a great
dam, to protect its-property, and Presi
dent Roosevelt appealed to Mr. Harris
man to use the railroad forces and ma
terial, already on the ground, to whip
tho river back Into Us banks. Time
was an essential element of tbe situa
tion. The railroad was equipped for
the work, while the government was
not. The damage would all have been
wrought before the government could
get men and machinery on the ground
for the work.
On this representation, the railroad
controlled by Mr. Harrlman undertook
the task. One of the greatest battles
between the elements and engineering
skill was fought and the engineers
won. Vouchers of the railroad com
pany show that the work cost some
thing more than It, 600,000. ,No
claim Is made that the expenditure Is
excessive. The president is convinced
that the bill is right and has asked
congress to pay It and no political cap
ital can be made out of such a plain
and above board business transaction.
PENSSYLVAtlU GRAFTERS.
The verdict ot guilty against four
men charged with the wholesale loot
nf nuhll., fiinria In rtnnnorHnn with the
construction of the Pennsylvania state
capltol building at Harrlsburg will
have a reassuring effect upon the pub
lic mind, which has, by reason "of un
fortunate Judicial records in the past,
come generally to accept the proposi
tion that it Is impossible to convict
"the' man higher up.'" It has been too
often the case that some scapegoat
has been selected for punishment while
the real bnetlctarles of the corrupt
practices have escaped unscathed. In
the Pennsylvania case, the contractor
of the new building and three former
state officials have been found guilty of
conspiracy to defraud the state in
constructing and furnishing the new
state capltol.
No more outrageous charge of dis
honesty has ever been the subject ot
determination by an American court.
Evidence was offered that the state
capltol, under a contract for $4,000,-
000, finally cost la excess of $13,900,
000. Over against a defense' pitiably
unconvincing, the 'factB stood out
boldly, all through the trial, that mil
lions were taken from the state treas
ury and divided among contractors
and official favorites. .William P.
Snyder, former auditor general; Wil
liam L. Mathues, former state treas
urer, and James M. -Shumaker, former
superintendent ot buildings and
grounds, were shown to have conspired
to secure- money for Contractor San
derson, on false bills ot lading, padded
invoices, fraudulent measurements
and other crooked' methods. The
very nature ot the disbursements was
proof that the contractor could not
have secured the money above his due
without th co-operation of the state
officials indicted and found guilty with
him.
Four men are already in the way of
paying the consequences of the. most
gigantic loot ot recent years, and ten
others are under indictment for com
plicity in the fraud. The verdict al
ready returned means much for the
state of Pennsylvania. Although much
like closing the stable door after the
disappearance ot the horse, it is a no
tice that public contractors and public
officials must in the future respect their
obligations and tho rights ot the peo
ple and that the public treasury is not
to be raided with immunity.
THE SUBMARINE BOAT SCANDAL.
Disappointment evidently awaits
those who expected the investigation
into charges that a submarine boat
company had been using unlawful
means ot influencing legislation to
show that congress or any consider
able number of its members had been
Influenced by corrupt methods. The
investigation has been in progress tor
several weeks and every opportunity
offered to those making charges to
present the proofs. As yet nothing
has been developed except that one of
the submarine boat companies kept
representatives,, familiarly known as
"lobbyists," at Washington to secure
contracts from the government. . Noth
ing has been offered to show that any
ot the efforts of this lobby proved pro
ductive of results.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson,
one ot the members of the naval com
mlttee, promised something of a sensa
tion when he testified that be had been
approached by one ot the lobbyists
with, a promise to get him a place on
the naval committee, If be would favor
the contract of the company. It is
needless to say Mr. Hobson refused the
otter ot Influence. Speaker Cannon,
supposed to be the person upon whom
the" influence in Hobson's behalf was
to be exerted, has testified that he did
not know the boat company's repre
sentative and it also developed, that
Hobsoa bad been assured his place on
the naval affairs comittee before the
offer from the boat company was
made.
Submarine boat companies and other
concerns having business with the gov
ernment, keep their representatives at
Washington all the year round. Just
as commercial concerns keep their
traveling salesmen In the field looking
for orders.. The extent to which these
representatives influence legislation Is
problematical, but clearly it is usually
overestimated. It has been many
years since the old system, of corrupt
ing congressmen and buying legisla
tion hf.B found place In Washington.
The membership Is too large and the
checks on legislation too many to make
possible for long the successful opera
tion of corrupt lobbyists. As a gen
eral rule, there is less ot this class of
work In Washington than In the aver
age state capital during a session of the
legislature. The Investigation In prog
ress will serve a good purpose If, It
demonstrates the comparative Insig
nificance of the lobby influence on
congressional legislation.
ART.
The protest 'made to the Board of
Education by J. Laurie Wallace
against the acceptance of the bronxe
statue to be erected on the high
school groundB, to pay for which the
school children -were employed to so
licit" the funds, rests on the inartistic
character ot the work.
When a man is sick he takes the
advice of his physician and when he
has a law suit he consults an attorney,
and so In this case, not knowing much
about art, we would prefer to submit
to the Judgment of some recognized
artist of standing, like Mr. Wallace,
or better yet, to several of them.
We do not hesitate to Bay, however,
tht if the proposed statue is an ar
tistic monstrosity instead of an
aesthetic thing of beauty, the high
school grounds is the last place where
it should be exposed to. view to per
vert the artistic sensibilities of the
rising generation. What the school
children are taught about art either
by class room instruction or ocular
object lessons should at least conform
tq the accepted requirements of real
art.
Where artists disagree, of course,
we will be at a loss to decide, but if
the proposed statue cannot get a fa
vorable verdict from an art Jury It
should be sent back fox revision.
By the way, why should we have to
go all the way to Vienna to have a
statute made of America's martyred
president?
Ovr in Chicago they are checking
up the churches and the public halls
as well as the public and private
schools on the score ot fire risk and
accessibility of exits. The example
should be promptly followed by
Omaha. An inspection of every build
ing in which .any considerable num
ber of people congregate whose lives
would be endangered by fire 1b
urgently demanded and should not be
delayed.
The, police board has made a rule
that all firemen who voluntarily leave
On department and then seek rein
statement must come back on the
same salary basis as new men. The
same rule for the police department
would deter officers from quitting with
the idea that they can return any
time they please and receive the same
pay they were getting when they left.
"In November next I am sure it will
be found that the American voters will
have elected William Hovard Taft
president ot the United StateB," said
Congressman Dalzell in an address to
the Yale Alumni association. From
past experiences, Congressman Dalzell
knows that the Pennsylvania favorite
son candidate is usually left at the post.
Mayor "Jim" is reported to have
been caught in thf collapse of the
New York to Chlcaeo Ten-Hour Elec
tric raitway alt bubble. Whatever
else may be said about Mayor "Jim,"
he was always known to be a game
loser who never squealed when the
other fellow raked la the pot,
"The brightest man," says Dr.
Forbes Ross of London, "is the man
who comes late to work because he
has overslept himself." The world
would be full of bright men if em
ployers would only share Dr. Ross'
views on the subject of sleeping.
The office of collector ot internal
revenue for the district ot Nebraska
has been transferred from the out
going incumbent to the incoming in
cumbent without seriously disturbing
the political equilibrium. Who would
have thought it possible?
Tbe senate proposes to add 613 of
fleers to tbe regular army. It the sen
ate is not careful the United States
will be like some ot the Latin-American
countries that have more officers
than privates in the standing army..
Governor Johnson of Minnesota saya
he will decide this month whether or
not he will run for the presidency.
Governor Johnson Is taklns too much
time. Mr. Bryan has already decided
that Johnson snail not run.
It the street commissioner would
now put forth as much effort to clean
the streets as he has put forth to se
cure aa order tor the co-operation ot
the police department, he might have
something to show for it.
A petition signed by 400 persons has
been presented to congress protesting
against the construction ot tour bat
tleships. The wishes of the other
79,999,600 Americans have not been
ascertained.
Illtehlnar Id ! a live One.
Chicago Tribune. '
Nebraska, having no son of Its own who
has any chance whatever, has declared for
Taft.
Real Teat f Hope.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Those t'nlon Pacific stockholders who
want Mr. Harrlman to divide with them
are probably destined to be the proprietors
of a long-felt want.
Modern Discover!.
Indianapolis News.
A Nebraska Judge has decided that a
sideboard Is a saloon. One of these days
a bright legal mind may discover that
the man with a case Of beer In hi cellar
la a brewery. -
No Room for Amendment.
Boston Transcript.
It Is difficult to say anything original
In pra'.se of mothers, as President Roose
velt probably fotind In preparing his ad
dress on the subject, but his classification
of them as the "supreme asset of the na
tion" 1 so handsome that It needs no origi
nality to proclaim it.
Coyness of Candidates.
Baltimore American.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota ha
coyl admitted that he will accept the
presidential nomination. It Is the coy
ness about these little admission that
adds to their piquancy. Barklses are all
willing none of them are actively looking
for the Job,
Congressional Bnffoonry.
Philadelphia Record.
Congressmen may be pardoned for Bay
ing foolish things, but not for saying silly
ones. The member who recited eight lines
of limping doggerel In which wretched
puns were attempted on the names of the
candidates for the presidential nomination,
beginning with "a cannon must first be
shot off," ought to bo sent to an asylum
for the feeble-minded. A school boy would
deserve a flogging for the effort which Is
reputed to have set the House of Rep
resentatives to laughing.
The Tragedy o2 Polly.
Boston Transcript.
The Old danger of keenlnir flroarma if
the bedside was shockingly demonstrated
In Washington Friday morning. The wife,
who had risen to attend to the child,
was shot by her husband aa she m
re-entering the bedroom. In the drowsiness
between sleep and waking, Instinct is most
unreasoning, and nothing la more Instinc
tive at such a time than the Impulse
towards self-defense. Between ridiculous
blunders and tragedies such as this one,
the difference often lies In the presence
or absence of firearms. In a I,nuphnlt
where the members are "up and down"
during the night, the only safe method Is
that of tho cautious lawyer who bought an
expensive revolver which he kept locked
in his office safe. ' '
GRAFTIHQ AND TUB NEWSPAPERS
Legal Motto "When Yon Hare n
Bad Case, Deasssee tho Pre."
St. Louis Republic.
In the trial of Pennsylvania capltol
grafter at Harrlsburg the most marked
feature of the case except the final ver
dict of conviction was the violent arraign
ment of the newspaper by the attorney
for the defense. They attempted to Con
vince the Jury that tho defendant had been
forced Into court with their liberty at stake
and their reputation destroyed by the wish
of newspaper to- create a sensation at any
cost. ' " .'rrit i-:1 ,
This appeal Is 'familiar in such cases.
The answer to It, as made at Harrlsburg,
Is perhaps more directly to the point than
any yet presented to a Jury. It was an ad
mission that but for the newspaper the-defendants
at the bar probably would have
had no accounting to make with juries or
with court. It' waived the question of
newspaper motive and all other motives,
except those recited In the Indictment, to
explain the method by which It was
charged that the public had been plun
dered. Finally the Jruy was impressed
with Its responsibility of deciding under
the law and on the evidence whether
crime had been committed, aa charged,
by the men named In the Indictment.
A since reported the verdict In Harrls
burg show the same result aa when St.
Louis Juries have had an opportunity to
meet their responsibility under tne law
and on the evidence against grafting. They
gave the public's- verdict that It must and
shall stop.
PARTNERS IN BUSINESS.
Dependent Relations ot Capital and
Labor.
Washington Poet.
Even if Edward H. Harrlman were a
far worse man than hi enemies say he
Is, he Is a practical man, and hi recent
utterance upon th partnership of capital
and labor I one of the strongest presen
tation of the wise economy that should
maintain at this time. ,
Where Is the man who can successfully
controvert this proposition T
"Just now we are hearing about the
wage problem. But do people appreciate
that, with a given opportunity for the
development of business, the more - we
have to pay for capital the lea there 1
to pay for wageaT I am not referring
to the scale of wages, but 'to the amount
we can spend for wages. In order to get
capital on reasonable terms, we have got
to have good credit, and credit must be
maintained by surplus earnings. There 1
the whole thing In a nutshell."
Mr. Harrlman tflen point out that the
men who manage the railroad are not
the capatlllats, but that the security
holders who advance the money to rail
road enterprises are th capitalist and
the partner of th wage-earner who
operate the road.
The soundness Of thia suggestion must
be acknowledged by all:
"R Is quite obvious that restriction of
business brings about uneconomical con
dition throughout th Industrial struc
ture. When men are working on part
time, or under limitation a to hour
and conditions, there I a tremendous
waste In earning capacity and productive
energy. The whole fabric of Industry con'
tract. There 1 less money to be spent
by the workers, and consequently lea bust
nes .to be done to supply the want they
ran afford."
So It follow that business I good or
bad, according aa consumption I great or
malL In time of strea consumption con
tracts, and that Inevitably make fer
mailer dividend and lower wages.
Mr. Mitchell, perhaps the best authority
in the country on the subject, predicts a
great strike of coal miner on April L It
will be a sore calamity If th event shall
justify hi prophecy. The ooal mine I de
pendent on all the Industrie that employ
steam aa a motor. Just now many Indus
tries are laboring under difficulties. That
necessarily means less profit to the ooal
operator, and less profit to him mean less
wage to hi labor. .
It Is so obVlous that capital and labor
have a mutual Interest that It la th
economlo mystery of the mysteries that
they should quarrel.
Bouquets.
Man Befclna th Oil Can.
Lincoln Journal.
Good nature marked the course of the
republican state convention. The only
chance for a row waa over the attempt of
Mr. Rosewater to become national commit
teemsn as well as dclegate-at-large., and
that was avoided by throwing the Job, as
usual, upon the delegation. The fact be
came apparent early In the proceedings
that the young man succeeded In becoming
very nearly the whol9 thing In this con
ventlon. Hi conciliatory policy secures
support from all quarters, and the sus
picion that he may use a rapier on occasion
makes men with political ambition fear to
oppose him. Shrewdness, Industry and
sweet oil helped by an occasional non
chalant twirl of the big stick, have ap
parently made him a real party leader In
the stute, a position his father spent an
embittered life trying In vain to reach.
The Heiisa WhyOf Coarse.
Bradshaw Republican.
Victor nosewater take great delight In
reprinting clippings from the one or two
Isolated rural papers whom he ha suc
ceeded In persuading to speak favorably
of him aa one of the delegates to the a-
tlonsl convention, always setting forth that
representative men must be chosen.
A Smooth-Rannlnar Machine.
Omaha Examiner.
The republican party of Nebraska la now
happy reunited family, thanks to the
magnetic persuasiveness of the now
acknowledged boss, Victor Rosewater.
It was a glorious day of sunshine for
the republican aggregation, which now has
smoothly-running machine, with an ex
perienced chauffeur.
A the elder Rosewater used to say: Nuff
led.
Thrown with the Left Hand.
York Republican.
Victor Rosewater is some shrewd. All In,
down and out, during the last big political
excitement, he smilingly bobs up at the top
of the heap this year. By rights there la
no particular reason why he should be al
lowed) to attend the republican national
convention In the capacity of a delegate
this year. He doesn't represent the pro
gressive element of the party In this state,
not by a long shot. But that Is not saying
that "Vic" will not be one of the delegates.
As remarked in the beginning, Victor Rose
water Is some shrewd.
Prom Edgar Howard' Posy Garden.
Columbus Telegram (dem.).
They said Victor Rosewater would never
be able to take th place of hi father as
leader of Nebraska republicans. They said
he had neither the nerve nor the brains to
take that place. But Victor has disap
pointed the eayer. He haa made good. He
I today the undisputed leader of his party
In this state. To hi genius, ability and
energy Is duo the overwhelming success of
the Taft-Roosevelt program In Nebraska.
It may be true that a United State sen
ator is the party leader In one section of
the state, and that some congressman Is a
leader in some congressional district, but
It is a settled fact that in the state as a
whole Victor Rosewater la the undisputed
leader. Nebraska may Bend one of Its sen
ators, some ot Ha congressmen and Its
governor to the national republican con
vention, but there will be one Nebraskan
there who will have more to do with mak
ing the nominations, more to do with writ
ing the platform than all the others on
the delegation from this state. That man
will be Victor Rosewater. And his honor
have been fairly earned. .He haa fought
for them and fought well., He la a mag
nificent manager of a cause unworthy of hi
efforts, and there are none to dispute his
leadership In the state of his father's
labors and fame.
Never a Donbt from the First.
i Lincoln Star.
Victor Rosewater'B cleverness and ability
were displayed throughout the convention,
and there was never a doubt, from the time
the first delegate arrived in Omaha, that
this young editor would, succeed In getting
a place on the delegation.' Rosewater'B
strength In tho convention was also shown
when a motion to have the convention
name the national committeeman was laid
upon the table. The delegation will do
that, and such was Rosewater's desire.
He hopes to be tho national committeeman,
and If he lands this place he will be more
firmly fixed in the party organisation.
Still There Arc Other. ' ' '
Kearney Hub.
The World-Herald declare that Victor
Rosewater dominated the republican state
convention, and "aided by the old railroad
machine," made good hi promise to de
liver the delegation for Taft All of which
I rot. Not one man, but many men,
dominated the atate convention. Mr. Rose-
water got the delegateshlp. Borne other
things that he would have done were not
done. He counted a one republican, and
he does not deliver any delegate to any
presidential candidate. Nebraska republi
cans have selected these delegates under
definite and binding Instructions, the same
being agreeable to th candidates, and If
there Is any comfort to be gained by the
old railroad machine It is hardly per
ceptible to tho naked eye.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Th opening of a poetry department In th
congressional record was put in time to
catch the bards of spring.
The French academy declined a gift of
$29,000 to Improve the moral tone of Paris.
Doubtless they couldn't see how the money
could be applied to the effective.
"And each sephyr dances to us with a
rosebud in It mouth," warble a southern
editor. It la hard to figure a man like
that writing about tho tariff with a ,cob
pipe In his mouth.
At a recent dinner which Congressman
Gardner gave the Massachusetts delegation
at his Washington home, Mr. Gardner
remarked that the three Bqston democrats
were all bachelors. "Oh," said Senator
Lodge, her father, "that Is to show their
opposition to th president's policies."
General Odon Guitar, veteran of two wars,
lawyer and politician, died in Columbus,
Mo., Thursday, aged 81 years. Ha rendered
distinguished service In the Mexican and the
Civil warn, and In June, 1863, was commis
atoned a brigadier general. His chief ser
vie was In fighting guerrillas Of northern
Missouri.
The Emperor of Austria makes the plain
ness of his fare something of a hobby, at
tributing to it hla long life and good health.
Milk porridge for breakfast, a little cold
poultry and cheese tor luncheon, and an
equally simple menu for dinner satisfy this
Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary,
Scotch broth Is the only soup tor which h
cares.
Hew Woala Iwo.s Plaeo Dot
Cleveland Leader,
Governor Jobnaon is getting so much
kindly mention it may bo that tho demo
cratic convention at Denver will honor him
with an offer of tha vice presidential noml
nation. If he accept It meekly, who
know but that tha state of Minnesota will
give a fourth or evea a third of its vote
to bis party!
Absolutely
Pare
From Graces,
e
the most healthful
of fruits, comes die
chief ingredient of
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IS THE CONTEST OVERT
Taft Tide Apparently Too Strong; to
Bo Checked.
Boston Transcript (rep.)
It is entirely possible that by April 10,
vhlch will mark the culmination of the
struggle over the election f delegates at
large from Massachusetts, the situation
will be much like that In 1810 in this state,
as described by the National Intelligencer
of that time.
States then actually voted for president
on different days. Just a they now choose
delegates at dlfffcrent times. Massachu
setts' election day came on the second
Monday of November. New York, which
Voted a week earlier, had supported Wil
liam Henry Harrison, with enough other
states scattered along to make It clear that
he had been elected.
Torchlight processions celebrating his
success had paraded Massachusetts' streets
before our voters went to the polls to ex
press their own preference. It was not
strange, in these circumstances, that the
great Washington organ of that day should
solemnly announce: "Several thousand
aged and Infirm whlgs In Massachusetts
did not bother to go to the polls."
It will be contrary to all present evi
dences of the trend of American sentiment
If It is not entirely clear one month from
today that William H. Taft Is the choice
df the republican party for the presidency.
Tho tables, prepared with painstaking care
by the New York Tribune, show that Taft
Is making a highly affective sweep of the
country.
If a summary were made of tho delegates
whom Taft I getting outside his own state,
by comparison with the delegate whom
any other candldato is getting outside that
man' own state, the unevenness of the race
would be brought out In Btlll greater, con
trast. And tha strength of a candidate
away from horn Is the real test of bis
carrying qualities. '
A GUARANTEE OP PEACE.
Toor ot the Battleship Fleet Around
tho World.
Buffalo Express.
The United 3tates battleship fleet Is
to go clear around the world. How many
who read this announcement remember
that this voyago will be tho greatest
spectacle of Its kind Neptune ever sawT
Greater fleota have made shorter voyages;
Rojestvonsky's slow parade toward disaster
was a memorable movement - of a great
armada. But a voyago around tha world
by a homogeneous fleet of sixteen battle
ships of modern type will be a spectacle
tbe like of which the world haa never
seen.
No other nation than our own would care,
probably, to' send such a fleet off on a
tour around the world. Most countries
would feci it necessany to keep their fleet
closer at hand. But Uncle Sam sends forth
his biggest collection of fighting ships
on a voyage that will last months and
that has for Its object visiting and not
fighting.
And this Is why the Japanese foreign
office made this statement when It heard
about the continuation of the voyage:
"It is a guarantee of the peace of the
world." The big warships are on a mis
sion of peace; their long voyage Is an
announcement that they can be spared
away from home.
Shining Consolation.
Brooklyn Eagle.
It will be good news to the army of the
unemployed that at least one commodity
is likely to be reduced In price. Trust
magnates, having quarreled, diamond may
bo 60 per cent cheaper.
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Costs little BrsthMth injurious sm '
or pbetpliat) of lime powders, bat with
Roysl you are tore of pure, He!thul food.
SMILING REMARKS.
"Say," sncorc'd the bulldog, "you don't
know much about aciuntltiu fighting, do
you?"
"Perhaps not," replied tho porcupine;
"however, If you want to try a llule bout
with me 1 think I can give you a lew
points." Phlludrlphla Press.
Ascum Say, what Is the difference be
tween a fourth-clatix and a third-class post
office, do you know? . .
Wise Well, in the former the postmastwr
always finds tlmo to' rend all the postal
cards hlnim-lf; In the latter, sometime he
doesn't. Baltimore American.
Twenty thousand dollars had been be
queathed "to uplift the morals of Ktance."
Ther tender was vromplly rejected.
"Our view in the case," said the authori
ties firmly, "Is that the sum mentioned
couldn't do anything to morals but corrupt
them." l'hiladulpliia LeUgur.
Nolle If you don't love Jack, why don't
you Jilt him?
Belle And be Just as likely as not to fall
in lovo with him tho minute 1 did It? No,
thajik you 1 don't cure. Cleveland Loud' r.
"Is she beautiful?",
"Don't know anything about her; It's tho
first time she hns ever viHltod here."
"But you ought to be able to toll If she
is beautiful or not?"
"Do you supiHiHo I can look at a girl's
face and tell what her bank account is?"
Chicago Record-Herald.
First .Correspondent Senator Lotsmun
says the country Is suffering from too
much prosperity; and he's a man that air
Ways weighs his words."
Second Correspondent Then there's some
thing wrong with his Hcalcs. His words
don't wolgh as much as he think they do."
Chicago Tribune.
"I suppose that ever since the mouse
existed It. haa been a source of terror to
women."
"Yes." answered, tha professor; "the
mouse may bn classed as ns ot ur' pn
hysterical animals." Washington Star.
Sweet Thing What Is that man doing
who Is lying under the automobile in that
fanny way?
Sarcastic Brute Why, enn't you see ho
Is picking daisies? Baltimore American.
HORSE ARTILLERY MAN'S SONG.
We're only a rooky regiment, we've got
our spur to win,
But when the country give the word wo
are ready to start In; -And
when from Malno to Oregon the call
to battle runs
You can bot your stack It will be answered
back by tho thunder of our guns.
CHORUS.
Oh, the booming of our guns is heard in
front of tho cavalry screen.
And tho scarlet of our guidon on the skir
mish line is seen;
We storm redoubts with doughboy, our
ivpertolre is large.
For when our ammunition's gone we lim
ber up and charge.
II.
Tha wagon soldier jolts his bones a riding
on a chest,
A a matter of course we straddle a horse
and gallop with tho best; ' a
The yellow man, tho brown man, the black
man or the white,
Can call on tha Sixth artillery if he's anx
ious for a fiKht.
CHORUS.
II.
We hit the road at break of day, we march;
till set of sun.
And when tho hike is ended our work I
Just begun;
We groom the horses, clean the guns and,
!ollah the harness Up,
And then about 9:30 p. m. on government
straight we sup.
CHORUS.
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IV.
I don't care where the regiment goes, I've
got three years to do,
A-wandering around the universe from
, Cuba to Cebu.
If It's worl: all night or march or tight,
it's all the aame to me.
For that'a the way we look at -things la
the Sixth artillery.
-By Officer of the Sixth Artillery.
Fort Riloy, Kansas.
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