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.THE -OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MAKCTI 21.-1908.
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STATEMENT OT CIRCUr.ATION. ..
State of Nebraska, Douglas Coutny. ai.:
George B. Tnarhuek, treasurer of The
Be. puhllBhlag company, being duly sworn,
ear a that the actual number of full and
complete ceoles of The Daily, Morning.
Kvanlnff and Sunday Bee printed daring
J he month of February, 1308, was aa fol
ot: 1 M.reo
I 88,300
W,1M
4 nesto
I s.ai
86,030
f..... 88,40
t.. 36,030
88,000
1.. I. 89,800
11 840
11 88,800
II 800
14 88.100
it... 88,100
17 88300
H..,..; 8tt,990
It 88,790
tO 36.300
II 86,340
31... 30,830
tl 36.S00
14 86,300
11 36,470
14 38,490
ST........... 116,560
tl 38,380
2... SesSSO
..... M410
total 1,048,430
Ia unsold Ml returned copies
8.437
Net total... , 1,039,113
Dally average i , 38031
OKORGB B. TZSCHUCK,
Treaaurer,
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to Before ma this id day of March, 1901.
ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Public.
WHE7 OUT OP TOW.
Subscribers leaving the city tem
porarily sha.ld kar ' The Be
small. them. Address will .
aa of tea ava eaet. "
"Why Democracy?" was th
of Mr, Bryan's Chicago speech,
tad what?
topic
Why
The peotl of a little Nebraska Til
lag called "Smartville" are moving to
hav th name changed. Do yon blame
themt .
"Bourke Cockran . Is not a demo
crat," says a New York paper. He is,
even if he does not work at the Job all
the time. .
This discussion whether Abraham
Lincoln ever drank whisky Is not Im
portant. He Is not running for office
this year. " .
"Will Mr. Bryan withdraw?" asks
the New York World, thereby confess
ing that It does not know Mr. Bryan
very well.
Mme. Anna Oould denies the report
that she is to marry Prince de Sagan.
It Is difficult to kill the hard sense of
the Goulds. ,
Opposition to the Aid rich bill does
not eeem to be based entirely on' the
fact that the bill is being urged by
Senator Aid rich.
"The outlook for coaching is not
Fiomising this year," says the New
York Herald. The coach Is not as
popular aa the bandwagon.
China may expect to be compelled
to apologize to other nations so long
as it continues to stndy the art of war
In a correspondence school.
Omaha's automobile show is on. It
Is up to the management to make it
com as near to the speed limit as pos
sible without overshooting the bounds.
fin politics everybody, wants an up
per berth," says the Charleston News
and Courier. Oh, no. Most of them
prefer a cushioned seat on the ground
floor. "" '
"J'd ko to hades for the people of
Oregon," says W. 8. U'fien. who is a
candidate for the United States senate.
Senator Fulton doubtless wishes . he
would.
"Mr. Bryan will hav to select his
Tic presidential candidate soon," says
th Philadelphia Press. It aeems to
be a case of coercion or draft. No
one is volunteering.
Washington is still overrun with
thieves, tnugs and pickpockets, ac
cording to the newspapers of that city.
Washington is a very quiet place when
congress Is not in session.
A foftnor Omaha man who has been
sent t prison in Ohio promises to dl
vulge some "startling . secret" . that
will send a lot of Omaha bankers to
Jail as soon as he himself gets out.
What's the use of waiting? Do it
now.
The local Iryan organ is not at all
pieasea witn me worn or me iowa re
publican state convention. Repub
licans may as well give up, trying to
satisfy democratic critics who ran see
nothing except through partisan spec
tacles.
The Nebraska State Association of
Commercial Clubs bas endorsed the
National Corn show to b held in
Omaha next December and pledged Us
support. Anything that help to lav
prove tb agricultural output of th
tat will glv t corresponding boost
to business.
rrREJVcr reform rnosrccrs.
Congress has begun tbe work of
eliminating tho extremely radical
features of both the Fowler and Al
drlch currency reform bills. The pro
vision of the Aldrlch bill permitting
tbe un ai railroad bends as basis for
increasing national bank circulation
bas been cut out by the senate and
the provision of the Fowler bill for
the guaranty of bank deposits has been
cut out In the house. These changes
remove some of the morn radical ob
jections to both measures, though still
far from making either of the bills
wholly satisfactory. In , the changed
form the Aldrich bill simply provides
the machinery for an emergency cur
rency upon an enlarged basis similar
to the present financial system of the
country. The Fowler bill contem
plates a complete reorganization of
our banking institutions and Is. even
in the amended form, considered too
rsdical to get through this session of
congress.
So far as congressional and public
support are concerned,' tbe Aldrich bill
has been greatly strengthened by ex
cluding tbe railroad bond feature,
Discussion of that feature of the meas
ure developed the fact that it would,
In the general opinion, operate' to
boom the prices of railroad bonds,
without any corresponding public ben
efit. Under the revised bill the gov
ernment would be empowered to ac
cept government, state or municipal
bonds as security for emergency bank
note circulation. This naturally would
have a stimulating effect upon tho
bond market of states and municipali
ties, the effect -of which would re
dound to the benefit of communities
instead of to private corporations.
The Fowler bill proposes to elimi
nate the bond-collateral element in
bank note circulation and to base note
issues on commercial paper represent
ing goods or products in process of
conversion from producer to consumer,
th notes returning to th issuer after
having served that purpose. The
Fowler bill also provides for the re
tirement of the $854,000,000 of green
backs remaining 'as a relic of war
times. It proposes a number of dis
trict organizations of national banks.
each, with a board of managers and
deputy comptroller of the currency
with inspection powers and charged
with the work of redeeming the
emergency not issues. It provides a
plan for distributing government de
posits and eliminates the treasury as
factor. in influencing tbe money mar
ket by use of these deposits.
Under existing conditions the Indi
cations are that if any measure is
passed at this session it will be Borne
modified form of the Aldrich bill to
make possible an emergency currency
in time of need. At the same time it Is
generally admitted that complete reor
ganisation of the currency system can
come only through tb Fowler bill or
some measure equally comprehensive
and far-reaching. The provisions of
that measure, however, are so revol
utionary that there is slight prospect
of final action upon it in the short time
now remaining before adjournment.
It 1s more probable that a commission
or Joint committee will be provided for
to investigate, study and report on the
whole .subject and to formulate a
measure acceptable to the majority of
th American people a .task that
should be possible now that discussion
of these bills has cleared away much
of the confusion of thought that has
so far prevented any agreement even
upon essentials.
SUPRK3SE COURT KSLABQBMXST.
The resolutions adopted by Ne
braska republicans in their recent state
convention very properly endorse the
work of the last republican legislature
in redemption of campaign pledges and
in addition thereto its submission to
tbe people of a constitutional amend
ment enlarging the supreme court.
The Bee has already discussed this
proposed amendment and pointed out
that the only objections urged against
it resting upon the method of filling
the new Judgeships when created are
at most of merely temporary nature
The present convention declaration,
while without Question reflecting pop
ular sentiment, is sot necessarily bind
lag as a sufficient endorsement to au
thorise th makeup of the ballot next
fall to count all republican circle votes
as "yes" on the amendment. But it
will probably be followed up, so far as
th republicans are concerned, by a
formal endorsement as contemplated
by the law in the platform convention
to be held in September.
There is no good reason, however.
why all the other political parties
which will have representation on the
official ballot should not likewise en
dorse this amendment not at all from
partisan motives, but purely with i
patriotic purpose of remedying an ad
mitted defect of th organization of
our .courts In the constitution. The
enlargement of our supreme court and
the Increase of Judicial salaries to
something reasonably compensatory
for the service demanded should not
be allowed to create division on party
lines, but. oa th contrary, should en
list the support of th public generally
without respect to partisan affiliations.
- Our supreme court bas again com
inu'.ed a death aentence to life impris
onment which seems to us to come
perilously uear to usurping the execu
tlve's functions of pardon and commu
tation. An appellate court always has
the right to'order a new trial, where
la its Judgment error has been com
mitted In th lower court or th vl
dene does not support th verdict, bu
th Intention of our constitution mak
ri plainly waa that th governor sign
should be vested with authority to re
duce sentences out of considerations
of mercy.
SAME OLD GAME.
Recognizing that the lead of Mr.
Taft makes his nomination at Chicago
almost a certainty, Bryanlte organs
are bnsy now trying to make people
believe that his ascendency has been
brought about solely by the expendi
ture of large sums of money. The
story Is being retailed that $760,000
supplied by a wealthy brother bas al
ready been used up in promoting th
Taft preliminary campaign, with the
insinuation that the republican nomi
nation is a purchaseable commodity,
while the democratic nomination is to
be awarded to Bryan by a spontaneous
outburst of uubought popular favor
No one will dispute that It costs
money to run a political campaign cov
ering the tremendous expanse of terri
tory Included in this great republic. It
costs money to run such a campaign
Irrespective of the candidate. Huge
gobs of money supplied from various
sources have been spent to promote
the Bryan boom, only, so far as Mr.
Bryan has footed the bills, the outlay
has been spread over a number of
years and ha has more than recouped
himself through the profits of his pa
per and his lecture engagements.
As to how much money Is being
spent in the Interest of any one candi
date no outsider can tell, but t,he fig
ures advertised for Mr. Taffs cam
paign are plainly inflated. So far as
Nebraska Is concerned, The Bee can
speak advisedly that no money what
ever was put out by Mr. Taft's man
agers or In his interest here, and that
the expenses of whatever contests took
place over presidential preferment
were met by the republicans of the re
spective localities themselves. The
situation in Nebraska, which finds
repetition in a great many other states,
Is the best refutation of the democratic
innuendo that a Taft. "barrel" is being
tapped for illegitimate purposes,
AKAZIKO TRADE FIG t RES.
Completed statistics of foreign trade
for the month of February and for the
eight months of the current fiscal year
make a remarkable showing of the na
tion's ability to curb its expense and
increase Its revenues without disturb
ing domestic., conditions. European :
countries are so situated that they can
not quit buying abroad, in order to se
cure a better adjustment of financial
conditions at home. The United States
bas demonstrated in the last few
months that it practically can quit,
making purchases from other countries
and at the same time force them to
buy from us. The result of such con
ditions is a natural Increase of the bal- -
ance of trade la' America's favor, leav
ing this country in position .to draw
upon Europe when our commerce and
ndustry demand relief. '
For the month of February Imports
from foreign countries shrunk from'
123,000,000, the Feburuary record In
1907, to $79,12 5,000, while exports in
creased from $169,517,221 in Febru
ary of last year to $167,867,762, show
ing an excess of exports amounting to
over $88,000,000. Enlarged to cover
the eight months of the fiscal yearr
ending with February, the excess of
exports over Imports reaches the amaz
ing' total of $520,889,724, a record
breaker In the nation's trade history.
In the statistics on exports it is Bhown
that our increase is derived about
equally from farm products and manu
factures. '
It is pointed out that the export of
manufactures has not been very profit
able, as it has consisted largely of
'dumping" sales, the manufacturers
using th foreign markets for getting
rid of accumulated stocks. There is,
however, an element of encouragement
in such a condition. Its result is to
lessen the danger of continued indus
trial depression by reason of over
production, and thus hasten the day for
the resumption of full time in the mills
and factories of the nation. As the
stocks in the factories dwludl the
manufacturers will be compelled to re
sume operations in response to the de
mand for home consumption.
"ABOV BEN" TORAKtn. ,
In dire extremity for some excuse
to abuse the administration, the New
York Sun has undertaken to rescue
Joseph Benson Foraker from political
oblivion and paint him as a martyr to
his principles and noble resolve. De
nouncing as "parasites of the adminis
tration" those who have referred to
Foraker as "down and out" or
"beaten," the Sun insists the people
must not forget for what he was beaten
and records the reasons as follows:
For Inflating on Justice, even to black
men. ror perrormina wnn consciennoua
IndtiDendrnca his duties aa a senator in
congress. For loyalty to the constitution.
For defending the courts. For maintaining
the legal and tradttlonal American reapeot
for the rtghta af property. For Insisting
upon the nonttlMstlonal functlona. of the
senal. For refusing: to fall down and
worahln the braaen calf.
The country doubtless will be sur
prised to learn that it bas entirely mis
understood Foraker and his motives
The Impression prevails that Forakei
got In the way of public sentiment in
his home state, amoug the people who
know blm. He tried i: dominate Ohio
and elbow Taft out of tbe presidential
rate, only to find that Taft waa the
bigger man and had the larger follow
lui:. Fciaker attempted th dog In
th manger role In th Ohio contest
demanding that he be tb presidential
candidate or that Ohio should not have
on. Th republicans of Ohio favor
th Rooaevelt polities. Foraker has
been against all of them. Taft has
supported them and promises to con
Unue them, la th tac f tis estab-
llshed farts, the efforts of the New
York Sun to make a mortal hero out
of Foraker will come under the bead
of amusements.
A very Interesting account of the re
suits at The Hague peace conference
as explained by Joseph Choate and
Horace Porter before the Harvard
University union was printed the other
day. The story was not given In full,
as the telegraph editors had to make
room In the same Issue for details of
the Haytlan revolution, the launch
ing of the Oermaa Dreadnought, the
wiping out of an uncivilized tribe by
the British forces bri the Indian fron
tier, the clash between Japan and
China and th latest developments in
tho French invasion of Morocco.
A Spokane paper prints a cartoon
of Secretary Taft "ready for the Chi
cago convention," carrying two basket-
fuls of delegates labeled for the differ
ent states with other delegates simi
larly labelled peeking out of his pock
ets, climbing over his Shoulders and
sitting on his hat. In this perspective
the foremost top place is occupied by a
bunch beating the banner "Nebraska."
Everyone vidently agrees that Ne
braska oughtto stand high with Mr.
Taft when he becomes president.
The secretary of the Builders' ex
change figures on the erection of 1,000
new dwelling houses In Omaha the
coming season. At five to a house,
that would provide shelter for only
6,000 people. Taking Into account the
number of houses that may be burned,
torn down or transformed, estimating
Omaha's annual Increase of population
at between 4,000 and 6,000, cannot be
exaggeration.
According to the art editor of the
World-Herald, the Lincoln statue
which is to be erected on the high
school grounds may not be artistic,
but It provides all the art that can be
expected for the money. The , rule
thus promulgated Is: "Buy art If you
can if not, buy near-art but don't
fail to spent the money."
If the conservative democracy will gvl
tog-ether and organ hie and work effectively
Mr. Bryan's surety will soon become an
uncertainty, and perhaps In the end a col-
lapac Cincinnati Enquirer.
The conservative democracy has
been talking In that vein for some
time, but it Is apparently talking la Its
sleep, while Mr. Bryan is getting the
delegates.
The French academy has decided to
refuse the $20,000 bequest of Mile.
Lelerc, who willed that the money
should be devoted to "raising the
moral tone of France." The academy
must have concluded that the amount
was too small to be worth bothering
about, r . . -.'
'"Five hundred persons at a church
sociable in Ohio were made , 111 "by
eating a chicken." Just illustrates
the folly of overindulgence so common
at church sociables. Tbe good women
In charge should have served that
chicken in smaller portions.
Instead of Bpeaklng at random, as
Is his custom. Senator Tillman care
fully prepared his latest attack on
President Roosevelt. He. makes the
announcement himself, otherwise the
public would never have known It.
The day that the American fleet
reached "Magd&lena bay In . fighting
trim, after a Journey of 13,000 miles,
the bankers of England and France
refused to advance Japan funds for
th construction of a new navy.
San Francisco has voted $1, 600,000
for park Improvement. The. amount
that will go to the Improvement of the
parks is uncertain, as th supreme
court of the state has declared certain
forms of grafting not a crime.
Dr. Chin Tao Chen, secretary to the
Chinese board of finance, has come to
America to make a study of the cur
rency question. Most of the Chinese
who come to America come on the
same mission.
He Haa Leave Prlat.
Plttaborg Dispatch,
epeaker Cannon a not talking for pub
lication about submarine. But that does
not aaeaa that he la not talking. It only
oonveys the entirely credible Intimation
that his conversation Is not exactly eligible.
; I.awa Aasalnst Monopolies.
Philadelphia Record.
After years of procrastinating delays we
have the opinions of the United 8tates
supreme court affirming the validity of the
laws affecllng the trusts and other monop
olies In restraint of trade. This la a dam
onatratlon of the fact that tt la not mora
laws we need, but the enforcement of the
laws aa they stand.
GItIx Too Btoch Detail.
Chicago Tribune.
Senator La Follette seriously Impaired
his standing ai a man of gumption when
ha undertook to make out a Hat of the men
who control the finances of the country.
He should bav stated the proposition In
general terms. VUhuut trying to partlcu
larlse. Thereby he might have saved his
face, evea with that pompadour.
Reclaimed by Irrigation.
New York World.
Sometimes Uncle Bant la a particularly
Improvident uncle. For tnataiice. ha will
hav for sale In May MS6 farms out of
land reclaimed by Irrigation In Oregon,
Nevada, South Dakota and . Wyoming
Like energy and forethought In foreet
preservation would bear splendid results
for the nailea of fifty yeara from now.
Thla Saaaeka mt TrraMB,
Cincinnati Inquirer (hid. dera.).
Governor Johnson Bays he doean't wSnt
the second place on the Bryan ticket. Is
Oovernor Johrieon right sure that thera Is
going to ba a Bryan ticket? A good many
democrats, who had been for long time
dormant, hava of lata manifested a dlapoal
tlon to have something to say about tt
Mr. Bryan ought to be Invited occasionally
to take a aucood plccs himself.
OTHKll I.AM) THAW OIRS.
The sharp, drclvlve defeat of the unm
ployed workmen's bill In the British Ilouap
of Commons marks the dividing line of the
liberal party and Ha radical allies. Hera
tofore tho ministry maintained a friendly
attitude toward measures designed to amel
iorate the condition of the working clane.i,
and secured the passaga of several remedial
laws. But the radical socialistic element
pressed- for further legislation and Insisted
on making the unemplof-ed workmn"s bill
a party measure. Acting Premier Aaqulth,
supported oy jonn Burns ana his asso
ciates In the ministry, rejected the propo
si tton, and the Commons sustained the
ministry by an overwhelming vote. The de
feated bill embodied the first of many de
mands for parliamentary action on the so
delist program, and was put forward as an
entering wedge. It required the govern
ment to provide work at standard wnges
for every unemployed person who regis
tered as such. Although 116 votes were
mustered for the bill, the number does not
indicate permanent cleavage In the liberal
party ranka. Poasibly one-half of the fa
vorable vote was actuated by th Usual
political motive of assisting a defeated
cause. The affect on the country, with
hard times widely prevalent, Is food for
speculation. Many observers agYee that
the socialistic propaganda throughout Great
Britain is deeper and wider than ever be
fore, 'ana the Industrial depression fur
nishes ready converts. But there Is no
opportunity of expressing the present
temper at the ballot box, and tlma Is a gen
erous political emollient.
The exact figures of the 1907 census of
Japan are not yet available, but tha esti
mates place the population of tha empire
at ,a;7,000 native-born Japanese. More
than that, there are figures In the official
records showing that at the end of 1906
there were some ,300,000 Japanese abroad
and mat figure has been very largely In
creased during the last year. Exclusive of
China and Core, there were 36,000 Japanese
settled In various parts of Asia, whIH the
nearer territories of the two exceptions
named were credited with 100,000. Europe
had 490, Anstralsla and the Islands of the
Pacific 70,000 and the United States 90,000.
The Japanese native papers comment with
satisfaction on these proofs of Japanese
progress, especially when compared with
the falling birth rate In certain western
countries. They also claim that Where
there has been objection to Japanese Im
migration It haa never "been on the ground
that they Were undesirable citizens because
of being of a low type or addicted to objec-
tionabia Tiubfts On the contrary, they have
oeen objected to because of their industry
and simplicity of Jife. "They have been
accused," says tho Asahl. "of hnlnv am.
gtesslve. There Is not the smallest Justi
fication for such an epithet. Thev have
beaten back the aggression of other pow
ers, but no aggression on their own sc-
count can be laid to their charge."
The burden of the latest news from
Morocco Is that things have been going
well with the French. The cause of Mulai
Haflfl Is on the decline. The other day
a dispatch told of the offer made by two
of his supporters to deliver his head to
Ahd-el-Asls. Today Mulal Hafld Is re
ported to be seeking peace with the French.
The Bhawal tribes of the realon about
Casablanca and Managan, in which General
d A made has been carrying on his cam
paign, have fought well. Mulal Hafld's
own army aeems to have done no less. But
the French commander was quick to realise
that he was confronted with the possibil
ity of war on larger scale, and adopted
measures accordingly. The policy of mere
resistance was abandoned for one of active
aggression, the system of sttack by flying
columns, which hsa been recently used
with remarkable success by General I.y.
sutey on the Algerian frontier. In tha
course of the last two months severe en
gagements have been fought with Invariable-
success for the French. Yet as late
as the first week of March the government
took the decisive step of dispatching a
reinforcement of 4,000 men, making the
Frenoh strength in western Morocco over
,000 In all, together with the experienced
General Lantey In a sort of advisory
capacity. Before this method of war on a
large Scale Mulal Hafld's power is ap
parently collapsing.
Consul Frank B. Hannah says that ac
cording to statistics recently published In
a Maadabur nan.11 th mimh., rt Am.
ployos In the service of railway, post and' r" W." b" e
telegraph In Germany has now reached
the unprecedented number of 1,000,000. The
consul further summarises: In the year
1906 the entire number of employes, In
cluding the apprentices and women engaged
in the service of the railroads, was 648,437.
In the postal service at the end of the same
year 296.T38 persons Were employed. In
these figures for the past are Included
all employes of the telegraph and tele
phone service. This gives a total num
ber of employes at the end of 1906 of 946,-
175, and a proportionate Increase since then
would make the present number 1,000,000.
Germany, with Its approximate population
of 63,000,000 people has, therefore, for every
sixty Inhabitants, about one employs of
the railroad or post. The railroad em
ployes received during the year 1908 1230,
860,000, and for the year 1907, for which the
figures have not yet been published, the
amount thus expended Is estimated at
4238,000,000. Similar statistics for the post
and telegraph are not published, but, tak
ing Into consideration the number of por
sons employed, this amount cannot be less
than SUt.Ooa.OOO. This makes a grand total
of wages pakt to railroad and postal em
ployes of $357,000,000.
A Word tar tha Railroads.
Ray Stannard Baker In the Century.
Great as Is the power and prominence of
tha road In the west, it is Itself only the
Instrument b;.' which a mighty nation la
making progress. The road was the effort
of the east to knit to itself with steel the
far-outlying Rockies and the Paclflo coast.
Without the road, the west and the east,
dlverae In Interest snd sentiment, never
could have been held together. With the
Interchange of Ideas and commodities which
tt encourages, the American people have
been able to build up a great empire, hold
ing together vast territory, firmly founded
upon national unity.
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POMTIC.1, DRIFT. (
A bill Increasing the salnry of governor
from llD.OOO to $30,000 was defeated In the
New York state senate.
Mr. Holler, candidate for vice president
on the prohibition ticket, is not justifying
his name.' But tho campaign Is young.
The discovery that the eighth command
ment had not been repealed In Pennsyl
vania proves very annoying to state house
contractors.
Explaining that he is not a prophet nor
the son of one. Colonel Watterson declares
Bryan has "a chance of election" to the
presidency.
The municipal combine In control of Bt.
Lrfnils rivals, that which District Attorney
Folk drove from public life. So shame
less are Its methods that no paper In the
town utters a word of friendly defense.
With Lieutenant Oovernor Draper of
Massachusetts to be nominated for gov
ernor next fall to succeed Governor Guild
there are already five candidates for the
nomination for lieutenant governor to suc
ceed Draper, and according to the best
information more are to be heard from.
The office Is always desired because In
variably It is a stepping stone to the gov
ernorship. This from the New York Sun throws
some light on the action of Tammany in
declaring for an uninstmcted delegation tb
Denver: "Governor Johnson ef Minnesota
has beel , Importuned for many months
to come out and become a. candidate for
the presidential nomination at Denver. He
declined to have anything to do with tha
matter, directly or Indirectly, until Mayor
McClellan t New York City and Charles
F. Murphy re-established harmonious rela
tions. As a matter of fact,3overnor John
son desired harmony among the demo
crats of the state of New York, and after
this had been accomplished tha democratic
state committee of Minnesota saw its way
clear to bring Johpson to the front."
TO TEST THIS HUKKHEXDl'M.
erearon'a I,w Be Reviewed by the
Hapraraa Curt.
Portland Oregonlan.
It can hardly be deemed probable that
the appeal to the supreme court of the
United States against the initiative and
referendum amendment to the constitution
goes up on the motion of certain munic
ipal service corporations of Portland,
that deny the vslidity of taxea levied
under the new system, which. It Is as
serted. Is (ti conflict with the provision
of the constitution of the United States
which requires that each state shall have
a republican form of government. Such
form, it is asserted, tha new system of
lawmaking overthrows. .
On this proposition a very strong ar
gument may be put up against direct
legislation. But tha logic, though but
tressed on our history and practice' of
representative government, may not carry
it. It would have done so, most probably.
In former times, but hardly now. The
direct method of legislation has been a
slow growth, and haa gained much recog
nition. The supreme court will hesitate
to reverse It.
The strongest recognition It has yet
BkWiiiinfit nieg Si
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Our Plaza, button - through,
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Any one of half a dozen styles that we
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There is variety in both fubrics and
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Our Furnishings and Hat depart
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obtained was upon the admission Into
tho union of the state of Oklalmma,
whose constitution establishes the system
for the stale. Congress admitted Okla
homa, and the imlltlcal and legislative
department of the government may be
said, therefore, to have passed on tho
question. Very probably the supremo
court will be glad to find refiiRO In the
conclusion that It Is a political, not a Judl
clnl, question: and that-as congress Ims
already mndo decision upon It, tho su
preme court will simply accept tiie action
of congress as the rule.
BIEZY TKIFL.ES.
"Don't you think a msn ought t- tell his
wife everything?" said the Inquisltivu
woman.
"Not if he's a Juror In one of these sen
sational trials." answered Miss Cayenne.
Wsshinaton Star.
"Say!" growled tho man in the chair,
"hurry up and get through sliavliiK me."
"Why," replied the barber, "you said you
had plenty of time."
"I know, but that was before jmu bet"
gan to UBe that razor." Philadelphia Press.
St. Bernard Do you really get anything
out of these cat chases?
Terrier I ought to. I conduct them on
a purr scent basis. Baltimore American.
"It fairly took my breath aWBy!"
"What did. John?"
"The clovo I chewed after that
drink." Houston Post.
hut
"The Kngllsh oupht to send a haront t aJ
representative at the court of Algiers."
'Why so?"
"Because then they will strike the na:uial
combination of a knight and a Ut . ' H.
tlmore American.
N"Bo you've decided to become a subtii
banlte?"
"Yes. No more of the crowded city for
mlna."
"Which Is to be your speelulty. babies or
chickens?" Philadelphia Press.
"They've come to blows, haven't they?"
asked the underslied reporter, who was
trying to force his way to the center of
th crowd.
"Yes," answered the tall man, who roukl
see the two disturbers of tho peace. "First
one of 'em blows, an' then the other, but
that's all. Ther' hain't been a lick struck
yit." Chicago Tribune.
WIIEM BAIIY WAKES.
Chicago NeWs.
At 6, when the baby goes to bed,
HIb carnal cravings satisfied.
Ho la bo plump and rosy red,
So dimpled, sweet, and drowsy eyed,
That to hia crib I often reep
And watch my wee one sleep.
'Tla then I vow this babe, somehow,
Is more than all the world to me,
I cannot say I feel that way
When baby wakes at J!
When baby rounea me at 6
O'clock I really do not care.
I put him through hia InTant trlnka
And toss him gayly In the air.
Most thoroughly I then enjoy
The darling little boy.
And gladly cry: "No gold could buy
Thla roly-poly winsome wee!'.'
I must confess I prise him lees
When he wakes up at S! t .
One night in pain our wee one slept,
The fever on his restless brow:
And then, es to his crib I crept.
In grief, that makes me tremble! now,
I wondered If our little one a
Would wake to greet the sun.
The long night through 1 watched with you.
Dear wife and, oh, what Joy to see
Our darling smile, at last the while
He woke at 3! . ,.
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