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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. MAKCH SO. 1908.
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them. Aedreoa will fro
a seo.
Germany Is evidently trying to ma Its
a mountain out of a diplomatic molt
H11L Tho senate has paased the ship sub
sidy bill and the house is prepared
to scuttle It -
The householder who buya another
load of coal at this time of the year
seldom regrets It. ,
Nebraska cannot have the comptrol
lershlp of the currency this time. But
there are other times.
In the fight among the' democrats
in Indiana, Tomj firaggart has given
his opponents a ffcoclj. Licking.
"Haytl's future Is tright," says a
Washington paper. Its past and pres
ent are dark, for obvious reasons.
The burning question of the hour
now Was .Lincoln smooth shaven at
the time of his first inauguration?
t The Boston Globe wants to know
what has become of Saturn's rings.
Might search Wnus. It's leap year.
"Dollaka are., not mis-demeanors"
aays Senator Knox. No, but they often
come near being fugitives from Justice.
It must be a novel experience for
the president to find that no one is
criticising his latest message to con
gress. Vermont maple sugar is selling for
Si cents pound at Boston... It should
have a certificate of good character at
that pries.
Congressman Heflin of Alabama has
furnished Washington with an illus
tration oX,the south's method of set
tling the negro problem.
The Knox presidential boom acta as
though it had received a note of warn
ing from the Society for the Suppres
sion of Unnecessary Noises.
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The weather bureau mu ft have been
keenly interested In the triangular
debate in the house between Congress
men Mudi, Moon and Rs.lo.ey.
Is picking -the one hundred men
mho "own the country" it Is evident
that Senator La Follette did not get
the names from the tax receipts.
Mr. Hearst la playing pretty shrewd
politics by keeping all the presidential
candidates m suspense as to which he
is to handicap with the nomination
of the Independence league.
Governor Johnson is declared to be
"really a. step or two In advance of
many radical thinkers." Perhaps, but
be la a ate? or ..two 'behind In the
matter of delegates. r.
The State 'Food commission is said
to be Inundated with applications for
appointment to the position of cream
tester. 'Just wait until it is time to
appoint some one to the position of
"ks cream tester."
German 'naval authorities Insist that
the American ships will he fit for noth
ing but th junk heap after tbey finish
their cruise. 'Spain felt that way once,
but It waa not the American ships that
went to'the Junk heap.
After Senator . La. Follette haj
spoken far three days on the Aldrlch
currency bill. Senator Teller asked Mm
what it was all abeut. They do aome
atrsage things under the guise of
"zeaatorlij courU.
roror for omara.
The railroads are already making
arrangements for excursion rates on
convention travel to Chicago and Den
ver. Much of this travel both east
and west will use the Omaha gateway
and with favorable conditions permit
ting stopovers the excursionists will
be glad to break their journey at
Omaha between trains. If not from
One dsy to the next. Oar people ought
to urge upon the railroad passenger
associations that stop-over privileges
at this point be granted on all reduced
rate tickets either east or west over
lines that converge here. "
To put In these stop-overs will re
quire the reopening of the validating
office at Omaha, formerly maintained
In this elty, but closed last year. The
railroads are entitled to Insist upon
the necessary safeguards to prevent
ticket scalping at stop-over points; but
by meana of the system of deposit and
validating which they have put into
effeot for thla purpose they are reason
ably protected. They are not likely,
however, to restore the validating
office at Omaha of their own accord,
but proper pressure from this end
might, and ought to. make them see
it to their advantage to make Omaha
a stop-over station for all transconti
nental excursion business.
somb a&xiovs be Bator
The desire of some of the leaders
on both sides for sn early adjournment
of congress la not based wholly on
eagerness to participate in the presi
dential campaign. The crossed wires
of politics are making a good many
of the United States senators uneasy
and most of them want to get back
home to take active charge of their
campaigns for re-election. The sena
tors who will come np for re-election
In the legislatures next January, are:
Allison of Iowa.
Ankeny of Washington.
Brandegee of Connecticut.
Clarke of Arkansas.
Clay of Georgia.
Dillingham of Vermont.
Stewart of Vermont
Foraker of Ohio.
Fulton of Oregon.
Gallinger of New Hampshire.
Gore of Oklahoma.
Hansbrough of North Dakota.
Hem men way of Indiana.
Heybiirn of Idaho.
Hopkins of Illinois.
Johnston of Alabama.
Klttredge ef South Dakota,
McEnery of Louisiana.
Long of Kansas.
Newlanda of Nevada.
Overton of North Carolina.
Penrose of Pennsylvania.
Perkins of California.
Piatt of New York.
Smoot of Utah.
Stephenson of Wisconsin.
Stone ef Missouri.
Teller of Colorado. -;t .
Senator Allison has Just been en
dorsed by a convention in his state,
but Governor Cummins' shows no hint
of yielding to the expression of prefer
ence and will carry the fight to the
next primary. Senator Klttredge has
been defeated In the preliminaries by
Governor Coe I. Crawford of South
Dakota, but will not yield without an
other contest. Senator Hansbrough
has a hot flgbt on hla hands in North
Dakota and baa been home several
weeka shaping his campaign lor re
election. Senator Long of Kansas has
a rival In Joaeph L. BrUtow of post
office fame.
However the fall elections go. Sen
ator Teller will hardly be returned.
He haa not affiliated with the demo
crats and baa been out of republican
councils since 18 4. He appreciates
the conditions and haa announced that
he will not make any canvasa for re
election. Senator Smoot will have a
contest for re-election, even If the
Mormona control the Utah legislature.
A bitter fight is being made againat
Senator Fulton of Oregon, with the
chances against his re-election. Sena
tor Piatt of New York would like an
other term in the senate, but with
small prospect. Senator Foraker'a
aeat la In doubt. His friends, insist
that he will be sent back to the sen
ate, but the prediction doea not rest
on present political indications in
Ohio.
While many republican senators will
have to flgbt for re-election, the con
testa are with other republicans and
the senate will remain, republican, Ir
respective of the November election.
A PLETHORA OF PARTIS -According
to promise of the differ
ent, political lineupa for the coming
campaign, the voter who cannot And
aome candidate with a., platform' that
suits him will be difficult, to please,
Indeed. Vhile the old-line parties are
going ahead as usual with the pre
liminary work of selecting candidates,
framing platforms and preparing to
ollclt the suffrages of the voters, new
organizations are being formed nearly
every day to appeal for national sup
port. . I
The latest addition to the new or
ganizations la proposed by the railroad
men of Chicago, who have taken steps
looking to the formation of a railway
party. The promoters ssy it should be
easy to enlist 1,600.000 railway em
ployes and others directly Interested
In railway operation and all they are
looking for now Is a competent leader
to rur, for president on their ticket
The advocates of the new party con
tend that while they could not hope
to elect their candidate they would
exert an Influence that would put a
stop to hostile railway regulation by
the old parties.
It la doubtful If the new organisa
tion will be given attention enough to
warrant IU existence through the pre-'
Hmlnary stages of a campaign. The
fact Is that the people already have
about as many parties as they mill
support. The populists will meet at
St. Louis on April 2 to nominate a
uatlonal ticket. The Christian party
1I1 name a ticket at Rock Island, 111.,
on May 1, and will adopt a platform
for the exclusion of all but Protestanta
fror. public offices. The republicans
will meet in Chicago on June 16 and
the democrats at Denver on July f.
The prohibitionists will name their
national ticket at Columbus. O.. on
July 17, and Mr. Hearst will assemble
hla followers In nstlonal convention
about July 20 and name the candi
dates for his newly launched national
Independence party. The socialists
have not fixed the dates for their na
tional convention, but they will prob
ably be In the field, as usual, with
two or more tickets.
Under the circumstances, the pro
moters of another national party are
apt to get lost in the crowd before the
summer is over. ,
INTEREST ON FEDERAL DEPOSITS.
The Aldrlch bill, as It has passed
the senate, contains one meritorious
provision, at least, in requiring na
tional banks to pay interest at the
rate of 1 per cent per annum upon
deposits placed by the secretary of
the treasury. The lack of a legal re
quirement for the payment of interest
y th national depository banks has
been the source of much criticism in
end out of congress for years, bui
efforts to enact a law compelling inter
est payment have always failed.
Perhaps the only complaint against
the provision as adopted by the senate
will be found in the fact that the rate
of interest is too low. In nearly all
the atates in the union the banks are
required by law to pay not less than
2 per cent upon funds deposited by
state treasurers, including state school
funds, and most cities receive a like
Interest on their deposits. No reason
able argument has ever been offered to
Justify the placing of federal funds In
the banks without any Interest what
ever. The deposita are increased
largely in times , of financial stress,
when the banks feel a currency short
age and have no difficulty at Sny time
In reloanlng at profitable rates. The
amount of money on deposit by the
government In national banks Is now
more than $250,000,000. The banks
should pay a decent rate of lntereat
upon this amount more even than
demanded by the Aldrlch bill.
REJECTION OF DR. BILL.
In spite of all the explanations sent
out from Berlin about the refusal of
the German emperor to accept Dr.
David Jaynes Hill as American am
bassador at Berlin, it must appear
that the American government and
Dr. Hill have . been placed in an em
barrassing, If not humlMattng position,
that could easily have been avoided.
None questions the right of a ruler
to decline to receive an accredited
ambassador or minister from a for
eign country. The recognition of this
right has led to a custom among the
diplomatic representatives of "feeling
out" the ground before such an ap
pointment is announced. This custom
was followed by our State department
authorities at Washington and the
record ahowa that the German em
peror expressed satisfaction, it not
positive pleasure, at the prospect of
having Dr. Hill assigned to Berlin. If
the kaiser has changed front without
naming against the formal appoint
ment of Dr. Hill it la difficult to aee
how he Is going to Juttlfy his action,
by which Dr. Hill's diplomatic career
receives such a aetback.
The only plausible explanation of
fered for the rejection of Dr. Hill is
that be haa served aa a diplomatic
representative only in Switzerland
and The Netherlands, and ia therefore
not regarded as having had sufficient
experience In practical diplomacy to
entitle him to be accredited to one
of the first powers of Europe. If this
is the real objection it will be gen
erally regretted that the emperor did
not think of it before he led our au
thorities to believe that the appoint
ment of D. ,11111 would be acceptable
to him.
Still another theory rests on the
assumption that the position of the
emperor has been misrepresented,
either in the first instance or later in
bis alleged objection to Dr. Hill. In
that event It will devolve on the two
governments to place the responsi
bility for the mistake and to hold the
blameworthy parties to account.
One of th "prime movers" of the
proposed new bridge between Omaha
and Council Bluffs discusses the pur
pose of the r reject, but "declines to
permit the use of his name." If thla
bridge Is a good thing, why should
not those behind it come out In the
open and tell ua all about It? Push
ing a big enterprise like that "Incog"
la apt to bring down suspicion upon it.
A justice of tbe supreme court of
Nevada has won the 11,000 prize of
fered by Senator Jonathan Bourne; jr.,
of Oregon for the best argument In
support of the proposition that
Theodore Roosevelt should and would
be selected and elected for "a second
elective term." Senator Bourne has
not decided upon hla next plan to se
cure self-advertising.
Due de Chaulnea, who recently mar
ried the daughter of Theodore P.
Shouts, baa been sued for $3,000 by a
London tailor for clothes furnished
him In 1111. The due sa?a be could
have paid the bill at any time if he
bad been so inclined. It is perhaps a
ducal privilege, to plead a lack of in
clination aa an offset for a lack of
cash.
If the bill should become a law
makini: municipal bonds available for
securing emergency bank note cur
rency, the broker who picked up the
last batch of Omaha's 4H per cent
bonda at a shade premium will make
a nice stake. Moral: Don't sell any
more city bonds until It Is definitely
known what congress Is going to do.
Seen through democratic spectacles,
the recent Iowa democratic state con
vention Is said to have been the most
enthusiastic democratic gathering held
in that state In years. Tbe Iowa dem
ocrats certainly have not bad anything
to get enthusiastic over in a long time
and need the lung exercise.
The local democratic organ can al
ways aee huge cobs of discord in the
republican camp, but never a ripple
among the democratic faithful, yet It
haa the nerve to fly at the top of Its
flagstaff the motto, "An Independent
Newspaper."
Nebraska's two United States sena
tors divided on the final roll call on
tbe Aldrlch bill. It has been a long
time since Nebraska has had two sen
ators at Washington who stayed on
the same aide of the fence.
Governor Johnson says he does not
believe any man should be an active
candidate for a presidential nomina
tion. Here are three more reasons
for estrangement between Minnesota
and Nebraska democracy.
I.obatera.
Philadelphia Press.
After accepting- $100,000 from Denver as
the price of the national convention, the
democratic national committee find out
It could have had $250,000 Just aa easily.
And It needed the money o much, too.
A Slla'nt Redaction.
St. lyouts Globe-Democrat.
It la, stated that the April dividends to
be paid by railroad, Industrial and traction
corporations will be $126,000,000, compared
with $134,000,000 a year ago. The recent
flurry fall a long way short of an old
fAhloned panic.
Father Gives m Show.
Washington Post.
While this country haa had a congress of
mothers and a congress on the well-being
of the child, Belgium now announces a
congress on the education of the family.
That country is apparently determined to
give the father a chance to be heard.
Romance f the Dollar Mark.
Baltimore American.
The atage and real life aeem to be ex
changing places Just now. While the stage
la rejecting romance and devoting Itself
to studies of commonplace life, princes of
th blood are in actual life giving up titles,
prospects and ambitions to marry for love's
sweet sake. Just a I usually! done only in
romances and fairy tales. It simply goes
to show that romance dies hard In the
human breast, and when refused one outlet
promptly seeks another.
Close Watch eat Anarchist.
Baltimore American,
Vhcre must be a closer watch on anarch
ists In this country- They have been given
too much liberty, which they have Abused
and have led the weak-minded to murder
and assassination. It Is never easy to con
vict their leaders, for these are wise enough
to keep out of direct participation in open
crime; but In truth they are more respon
sible than the men who become their tools.
Only by careful surveillance In every city
can they be convinced that the law Is
stronger than they.
SIGN BOARD M ISA-VCE.
Effective Way of Glvlaar Public
Sentlmeat a Boost.
I.eslle's Weekly.
The city of St. Louis has a Civic league
that doea things. It has succeeded in get
ting the leading merchants of that city to
agree to stop advertising on billboards
when their contracts expire. Thla agree
ment wa secured by showing the mer
chants that billboards were spoiling the
beauty of the city and by proving that
such advertising did not pay because citi
sena were opposed to the boards and to the
advertising displayed thereon. If there ia
on city in the United Slates that needs a
sermon on billboarda it is New York.
Whether on rides in the surface or the
elevated or the subway cars he must see
unsightly boards. There ia no reason' why
the present state of affaire should continue.
On ounce of public sentiment Is worth a
pound of legislation atrang as It may
seem. Th advertiser who carea more about
money than ha doea about th appearance
of a city Is a good one to let alone.
OI B OISY t ON KNTJOS.
They Differ Greatly fraoa Those at
Slaty t'eara As.
Boston Globe.
For many yeara national conventions
were comparatively quiet and business
Ilk affairs. Th delegates Journeyed from
their homes singly to the place of meet
ing, where they convened In an ordinary
hall. No nominating speeches were made
and there r-ere no cheering crowds. Bal
loting proceeded with as much decorum ss
In a parish meeting.
Now cities clamor for the "concession" of
a national convention and aubscribe a
$100,600 guarantee in order to obtain the
privilege. Delegates go in special trains,
attended often by bands and banner bear
era, and each delegation takea up a sec
tion of a hotel for its exclusive accommo
dation. The convention hall la a vast auditor'-i:n
and speculators hold tickets to the w
at prices which are the envy of an op-idiic
Impresario. Into the large atructure lv.OOO,
11,000 and even 90,000 people swarm, com
pletely surrounding and hanging over the
few hundred' delegates.
Id th shouting and tumult, there is no
opportunity for deliberation, .while dabate
ia a physical impossibility except to the
few whom nature has endowed with
throata like organ pipea.
A national convention voice is a rare
gift. Some of th peakers in the country
are flat failures In thla extravagant and
roaring arena. Of apeechmaklng there Is
no end. but argument would be Ill-timed
and misplaced. Th true and only aim of
convention ' oratory ia to rip th blue
tiupyrrau and split the ears of the
clacqulng boomers.
Well may Mr. Bryce have aald In his
American Commonwealth: "A European
Is astonished to se 800 men prepare to
transact the two most difficult pieces of
business an assembly ran undertake, the
solemn consideration of their principles,
and th (election of th person they wish
to plac at th head of th nation. In the
sight and bearing of &(iot other men and
women."
O rHKIDETIAI. FIRIXTf! I.IXTi
ftepabllcaa Momlnstloa,
Chicago Record-Herald.
Illinois and Tennessee held the center of
the convention stsge last week, with Rhode
Island and several scattering dlstrlcta on
th side. Th result Is a further gsln for
Taft, an expected Increase in ths Cannon
total, and several mora unlnstructed and
contested delegates. The summarised lineup
to date Is as follows: .
Total delegates to Chicago 80
necessary to nominate 4S1
Dlf tea selected to dat BS
Xnatraoted for Taft, total 1M
Xnetructed for Taft, a oontests 1B
Instructed for Tab-banks (S contested) S8
jnnraoiea ior cannon
VnlBstruct (14 friendly to Taft)
Contested (4 by Taft)
99 H
- a
TATS, ZTO. .
so
SS
34
ps aeie t o
Alabama S 4 .. .. S S
Florida s 8 4
Illinois 84 II a S . .
Indiana BS g
Iowa 84 as .. , . . .
Kansas go 80
Kentnoky a 8 ,. S
Louisiana 4 4 ..
Maryland 4 . . , . , . 4 , .
Michigan 4 S .. S .. ..
Mississippi a 8 . . ., S
Missouri 30 30 , , . , . . S
Habrask IS IS
Ww Mexico S S
Worth Carolina.. 8 8
Ohio 3S 36 S
Oklahoma 14 14 .. ,. 8
Philippine a 8
Slhod Island.... 8 S ..
South Carolina.. S .. .. S ..
Tnns 18 18 10
Virginia, la 4 .. .. S ..
Total 868 188 88 88 88 34
Forecast ef Denver Convention.
John T. McCutcheon In Appleton's.
On the democratic side everything seems
to be Bryanesque. To th casual observer
the Peerless One appears to have the nomi
nation trained to eat out of his hand. Ha
has it filed away In his vest pocket, nnd,
at the proper moment, will take It out and
present It to himself. There Is little ap
parent reason for democratic delegates to
travel all the way out to Denver except
to get In on the boundless hospitality the
Denverltes are preparing to extend them.
The Denver program will probably be as
follows:
DENVER. July 7. 8peclal.l-The conven
tlon assembled today at 10 o'clock and
listened to a scholarly Invocation by Rev.
Maltby. Mr. Hryan was then nominated,
a platform was adopted, and at 10:15 the
delegates marched In a body to have their
photographs taken. At 12:30 a magnificent
luncheon wss served at the palatial resi
dence of 'Mr. and Mrs. Quartz. At 2:30
they were taken on a carriage ride to the
Carnegie library, the cemetery and the new
soldiers' monument, and at 4:30 the dele
gates repaired to the sumptuous home of
Mr. and Mrs. High Graders for tea. A
banquet was served at the hotel at 7 o'clock
and Mr. Bryan made a speech Indorsing
the democratic nominee.
DENVER, July 8. (Special. 1 The conven
tion assembled at 10 a. m. and passed reso
lutions of thanks to Colonel Bryan for the
platform he had prepared. Miss Pearl
Panner, daughter of Delegate Panner, then
recited "Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight,"
after which the delegate exchanged confi
dences and autographs. Mr. James J. Jig
gttt of Alaska made a rousing speech, be
ginning with "We view with alarm," and
ending with "We'll rally around the stand
ard of that peerless statesman, that splen
did patriot, that etc., etc., William Jennings
Bryan." Lunch was then partaken of at
the magnificent residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Orr and a delegation of school children
presented Mr. Bryan with a flag worked
out with pink stripes srid pale blue stars.
The nominee acknowledged the biautiful
gift in a apeeeh replete with words. Tho
convention then adjourned to watch a ball
game over on the commons. In the even
ing a splendid collation was served and ap
propriate speeches Were made.
DENVER, July . (Special.) The conven
tion met at 10 o'clock, but ther being-no
quorum present Mr. . Bryan and a few
friends selected a. candidate for vice presi
dent, and the convention was adjourned.
It Is not yet known wlio was named for
vice president, but he Is said to be a well
known pstrlot. of advanced years and throe
or four millions of loose cash.
Of course this program Is not official. It
may be changed In some of Its minor par
ticulars, but from this dlstsnce it seems to
be the probable one. We reserve, however,
the right to a second guess.
Plana of Antl-Taff Allies. '
Boston Transcript (rep.). .
The present attitude of the allies seems
to bo tflat If the convention were held to
day, their cause would be hopeless, but
that by holding their forcea In line some
thing may happen to occasion a revulsion
of popular feeling between now and June
16. and accordingly that It Is not necessary
to surrender now. The possibilities In this
line In the uncertainty of the business sit
uation, the allies believe to be worth tak
ing, at least to the extent that they may
be utilised quietly and without Incurring
too serious personal risks In the event of
failure. It is natural In these circum
stances that some of the more thrifty lead
ers in the allied camp should be making
secret overtures to the Taft management
in the shape of agreements for second
choice support. The Taft management has
on its desk some secrets In this line which
would startle the country If It were prudent
and honorable to disclose them. Enough
opposition leaders. It Is said, have agreed
upon brldgea over Into Taftland, after they
have fulfilled other obligations In the pre
liminary skirmish, to make Taft'a nomina
tion sure, If his own direct strength be not
sutflclent.
Bryanlam ln Rhode Island.
Springfield Republican (lnd.).
The Bryan men are probably less satis
fled than they appear over the Rhode
Island democratic convention Saturday
when the resolution instructing the eight
delegates-at-large for Mr. Bryan failed of
adoption. It U undoubtedly true that nearly
all of the delegates are now favorable to
Mr. Bryan'a nomination and expect to vote
for him at Denver, but the plan of Mr.
Bryan'a Rhode Island managers was to
bind the delegatea to him by rigid instruc
tions. Th democratic state committee had
previously adopted a resolution endorsing
such a course. The convention's apparent
Independence may have been the result of
National Committeeman Greene's maneu
vering to weaken the opposition to his own
re-election to the democratic national com
mittee, the salient point of his compromise
being the sacrifice of the Bryan resolution
to save his own place. But whatever the
Inslda facts may be. there was no such
Bryan walk-over In Rhode Island as was
anticipated.
Ia Bryan'a Xssilsstlss Snref
New York Times (lnd.).
The tide Is running against Mr. Bryan,
He haa visibly lost ground In the last two
weeka The chance of beating him in the
convention Is very much brighter than it
was two months ago. If the' effort to
spread the light of reason among the demo
crats la intelligently kept up ther will be'
arrayed against him at Denver more than
a aufficlent number of delegates to pre
vent lils nomination.
Haaanser Throw at Johnson.
St. Louis Time (dem.k.
Governor Johnson knows thst the demo
cratic party Is pledged to Mr. Erjiin. The
moment It drifts awsy from the admitted
trader It writes defeat for Itself In charac.
tera a larg aa those employed to spell th
fate of Alton Brooks Psrker In 1904. '
Kern Xet of Pathos.
New York Post.
Promising young senslors lika Bryan of
Florida mar die, energelio veterans like
Spoon er of Wisconsin may resign, but Piatt
and Depew continue to represent New York.
I
I
n ttLROAU ItATR II KC l.lt..
- Qnestloa of State'a Riant.
Philadelphia Record (dcm.).
Duly considered, the decision of the su
preme court In the Minnesota and North
Carolina cases are as much of a protection
against encroachments of congresslonsl leg
islation as against stst legislation.' From
this point of view ther Is no question of
state's rights In them.
Knock for State t.awasahrra.
Washington Post (lnd.).
Once more the supreme court ha dem
onstrated that the rights cf persons and
property will b protected against Injustice
In the form of law. If the legislators of
all the states will take this decision to
heart, they will no longer attempt to cir
cumvent the constitution of the Vnlted
Ptates by enacting laws which reflect public
passion, and have In them vindlctlveness
and tyranny, but no Justice.
Thla I Nation.
New York World (dem ).
For it practical effect the decision should
be welcomed. Procedure In the federal
courta Is prompt, well Informed, uniform in
all the states, authoritative, free from local
influences. It commands confidence. Jus
tlce will be dons to shippers and passengers
against extortion, to public carriers against
confiscatory rates, to their employes
sgainat eWtreme and exaggerated penalties.
The right of the states are secure under
this decision. But this la after all a na
tion.
Law and Common Sense.
Philadelphia Ledger (lnd.).
That the supreme court is administering
not only good law, but common sense.
will be apparent to any one who gravely
considers what property would b worth
in the Vnlted States If a populist state
under the stress of demagoglsm, should
fix railroad fares at a quarter cent a mile,
and then when the rate appeared to be
confiscatory should take refuge against
a review by the supreme court behind the
plea that a state cannot be sued.
Calhooalsn Destroyed.
New York Tribune (rep.).
There Is no getting away from the logic
of the situation. The fourteenth amend
ment, as now universally construed by
the federal courts, contains the most
radically federalist Ic grant In the whole
constitution. If the federal courta can
upset any state legislation when tt de
prives a citlten of personal and property
rights "without due process of law," and
can themselves define what "due process
of law" meana, their verdicts are the
only ones which will hold In crucial cases
affecting great property Interests. Cal-
hounlsm with Its dream of forty-six sov
ereign states and forty-six different legal
Jurisdictions, has passed Into "innocuous
desuetude."
State Railroad Commissions Menaced.
Springfield Republican (lnd ).
One passaae In the United State. n.
Preme court's opinion concerning the
Minnesota railroad rate lawn la until ne.
daily to attract the attention of official
Washington. It is this: "Still another
federal question Is urged, growing out of
the assertion that the laws are, by their
necessary effect, an Interference with
and a regulation of Interstate commerce,
tne grounds Tor which assertion It Is not
now necessary to enlarce unon. The
question Is not. at anv rate, frlvnlnnit "
This certainly squints very strongly to
ward the possibility that the court may
come to nullify state power to regulate
rates orr Interstate traffic throus-h the
difficulty of applying such regulation
wunout.an incidental Interference with
interstate commerce. It la matter m-hlr-h
may well cause perturbation among the
state railroad commissioners of the coun.
try. They may soon find themselvea all
at once deprived of their Jobs.
SHAM A D CANT,
Analysis of a Solemn Bryanlstlc l't
terance. Washington Post.
Somebody had the curiosity to nsk Mr.
William J. Bryan this question: "What
chance has the poor boy, and how enn
brains win In a contest with wealth?" This
is an assumption that every poor boy ha
all the brains the law allows, and that
every rich man has more money than
honesty allows.
In Ills response Mr. Bryan did not heed
the admonition of King Solomon "Anrwer
not a fool according to his folly. It thou
also be like unto him" but made this de
claration that the faithful must accept as
ex cathedra:
'The poor boy has no chance unless
he can arouse the people by using his
tongue. The corporate powers are busy
misleading the people and are responsible
for shutting out the poor boy."
Such miserable rot aa that coming from
the late Denla Kearney would only have
excited disgust and derison; but coming
from the "Peerless One" It excites admira
tion and gets applause.
So we have It that the eloquent tongue
Is the one thing that can make wealth
stand In the corner and behave. Mr. Bryan
himself Is example. His Is the gift of
gab, and he makea constant patriotic In
cursion in the Sod6m of wealth and the
spoil is said to reach $70,000 per annum.
May we ask what poor boy without the
gift of eloquence has a chance against Mr.
Bryan?
The catechism does not rise above the
level of the silly. It is an undeniable
fact that the successful business men of
every state, county, town and village of
this country this day a big majority of
them began poor boys. Of the directories
of the railroads, banks, manufacturing
concerns and all other corporations t Is
not extravagant to aay that more than 70
per cent of their seats are filled by men
who were born the children of toil and
achieved success by their own unaided
energies of mind and body.
The laboring man of 1908 is Infinitely
better sheltered, better clothed, belter fed,
better educated, and owns many fold more
property, real and personal, than did the
worklngman of IsoS of 1W, or 1873. In
the savings banks of the I'nlted States are
deposits exceeding $4,000,000,060, the prop
erty of more than l.OOO.OuO depositors, and
when to this stupendous sum there is
added the other acquisitions of labor real
estate and chattels-it la gross Ignorance,
or shameless mendacity, to say that the
American worklngman is an object of pity
or an object of charity.
To ssy that the corporations of the coun
try seek to beggar the masses their cus
tomersIs to say that corporations lire
managed by idiots.
Let us be done with the sham and the
cant of it!
I nele ham ns 'Cnstoainn.
New York Evening Post.
Ten millions growing moldy in the United
State treasury suffering for an owner!
iVImt a burden to an overworked govern
ment to have to sit up o' nights and watch
it, and nul know lu wl.or,. it Wu.a.! For
something over forty years this vast atore
has been gathering oust, being the pro
ceeds of "abandoned property" captured
by the union soldiers, sold for cash and
the money turned Into the treasury. To be
strictly accurate, there still remains, after
millions have been distributed to approved
claimants, $10.028. 1 88 for which Unclx
Sam ha never been able to find a proper
owner.
AFF.Ut ARD150 AX EPOCH.
Activities of Reactionaries Stamped
The World Today.
It Is not every man who can road th
signs of the times. Some of us are blind
and some of us have hallucination. Rut
one thing Is plain even to the, blindest.
The last few years In the United State
have closed one epoch and have begun a
new. They have been years of storm and
stress. Even more than we have been
aware, democracy Itself has been on, trial.
Are laws to b obeyed,, or are they to be
evaded?
We are by no means saints as yet, but
we have begun to learn the meaning of
the word law. Our courta are not all they
should be, but they are more respected
than they were ten yeara ago. Our con
gressmen are too friendly with lobbyists,
but they ar mors susceptible to public
opinion. Business men maybe ar no more
honest than they were once, but they are
less Inclined to play upon the brink of
dishonesty. This new epoch Is not the
work of any one man, although President
Roosevelt deserves gratitude for hla share
In bringing It to pass. It Is a new phase
In the development of democracy to b
seen in national, municipal and vn state
government, aa well as in every walk of
life.
It Is no wonder that men who nave
played fast and loose with the law should
think themselves aggrieved. A man with
privileges that he has come to believe are
vested rights, dislikes to be told that he
must bow to a higher law than that which
his attorney formulates. Notoody likes to '
bo less Important than he haa been. But
It would be worse than Idle to attempt to
bring back the past. It would be shear
foolishness.
Unless we utterly mistake the temper of
the country at large, we have reached a
very simple alternative: Is the American
people strong enough to regulate the ad
ministration of great corporations, or are
we to have fastened upon ua an oligarchy
from which there Is no release except
through revolution? And there Is no ques
tion that the country chooses the first al
ternative. PERSONAL NOTE".
It is In McLean county, Kentucky, tliHt
a vein of whit coal has been discovered.
What a pleasure It must be to rebuild a
furnace fire there.
It eeems that aome members of th
second Duma did not get sent to Siberia,
and Russian assassins are now Using
them to practice on.
J. Pr Morgan 1 In Rome, and the
Romans are guarding th Vatican gal
leries, chaining th dome .of St. Peter's
and nailing down tbe Forum.
When Pope Gregory fashioned the calen
dar he must have had In mind In shifting
Easter Sunday of 1908 to the limit In April
that husbands and fathers would need the
extra time to consider the scale of price
for Eester hats.
At the annual town election In Dalton,
Mass.. United States Senator W. Mur
ray Crane was elected cemetery commis
sioner for three years. Senator Crano
will accept the office on condition that
it does not conflict with his senatorial
duties.
The duke of Montebello has written to
Premier Clemenceau asking for author
ization to remove the remains of hla
grandfather, the illustrious - Marshal
Lannen, from the Pantheon' to tho family
vault in Montmartre cemetery, before the
body of Zola, "the Insuiter of the army,"
s placed In the Pantheon on April t.
Young. men. or Uiose ot mature years .
who are about to wed. can give their kcx
an uplift by emulating a courageous,
Hooaler. Resenting tho common idea of
the brido being "tho whole show," ha de
layed his wedding an hour, shed the conven
tional dress suit and put on a check suit
loud enougli to be heard In the next counly.
The bride was there, but was not audible
above a whisper.
PA SSI U I'LliAS A 'I HIES,
Absentniinded Wall Street Operator (at,
soi'ial function) Excuse me. madam, but
your fae seems rather familiar. Haven t
I met you before?
Society Leaner Oil, yes;. I remember you
very well. We met In the church the day
we were married. Baltimore American.
"Pardon me," the plioTogranhcr said, "but
I think .your smile Is unnecessarily broad.
It will show all your teeth."
"Those teeth cost me $00. growled tlm
sitter. "1 want 'cm to- show. "Chicago
tribune.
China lias deter-ted (he Jananes smug
gling arms into Us territory and arrested
lh offenders.
"You saucy thing," paid Japan. "Apolo
gize at once for catching lis."
After consideration China yielded to the
overtures of diplomacy. Philadelphia
ueuger.
"So you don't hdu-i congress to do
much?"
No. You sec every memher feels that
It is more his duty to prevent ether mem
bers from doing something he doesn't ap
prove of than to do anything himself."
Washington Star.
l""8o the plaintiff's counsel tried to pump
you today, eh?" said Lawyer Dubley.
res, It was Ijiwyer Sliarfie; but I told
him you were looking after my Interests."
said the defendant.
"What did he say then?"
"Asked me why I didn't engsge a law
yer." Philadelphia Press.
Prudent Smain If I were to steal a kiss
would it scare you so that you would
scream?
Timid Maiden I couldn't. Fright always
makes me dumb. Baltimore American.
"Do yon believe," asked th pretty little
widow, "that every man and every woman
in the world haa an affinity?"
"Sure," replied the man who had re
cently been married the third time, "dozens
of 'em, but circumstances often make It
hard to get In communication with "em."
Houston Post.
Lawyer Here are your divorce paiicrs .
madam. I advise you to take good car ol
them.
Charming Souhrette Why, certainly. Mr.
I.eesem. I shall put them In my "safety
deposit box. where all the others are.
Chicago Tribune.
LE.TL DIVERSIONS.
Baltimore American. '
"Are you keeping thi Lont time, my pretty
niaid?"
"Oh, Indeed I am, kind sir." th said.
"Do you really do penance; my pretty
muld?"
"I'll let you be judge of that, air," she said.
"I felt the need of a mental rub.
So I Joined at once a Browning club.
"Twu a set of Intellectual frumps,
Who wer either quarreling or In the
dump
"Of what was meant by the lines they'd
apeak.
And it sounded to me they were talking
Greek.
"It was a penance of awful kind,
But I went each time to improve my mind.
"Then all the classical concerts, too,
I look In. and sat them right straight
through,
"Fugues and sonatas and opua things.
And virtuosity bang and blngs,
"I said th words that I knew I mmi.
And cried. 'Encore!' when I woulj have
Cusaed.
"Then I went to lecture o long and dry
By fossilised fogies who mado ni cry."
"I think vou'v dons penanc. my pretty
maid."
"You bet I've done penance, kind sir." she
said.