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10 TIIIO DM AHA MAMA UF.K: SATUKDAY. AIMIL 4. 190. I!. The Omaha Daily Her FOUNDED BT EDWAltD ROSE WATER. VICTOn RGSliWATEIl. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha rostofNcs aa second claaa matter. TERMS 6K SUBSCRIPTION: pally Baa (without Sunday;, one ear..K0O Ialljr bo and Sunday, one year a W Sunday Bee, one year H-W Saturday Bee, one year l.W MIUVKKKD BT CARRIER: pally Bee (Including Hunday. ficr werk.l'c Ially Be (without Bundav), per week.luc Evening Bee (without BuncUj). per week 60 Evening Bee ,(wlth Bundayi. per weeK.lw: Address all complaint if irteaularitles ill delivery to Clly Circulation Department. OFFICK8: Omaha Tha Bee ButlcllnR. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffa 14 Bcott Street. Chicago l4o Vnlveraltr Hnlldlng New York-Rooms HOl-linj. No. 34 West Thirty-third Street. Washington 7'S Fourteenth Ptreet N. W. CORRE8FONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed, Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, exprenn or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing; company. Onbjr 1-cent stamps received In payment of tnail accounts. Personal check, except on Omaha, or eastern exchangee, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Down I an County, ss.: George B. Tsschuck, treasurer of The Be Publishing company,, being duly eworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Pally. Morning. Evening and Sunday B"u printed during the month of March, 1908, wan as louowa: I 38,880 .. 38,044 -.. 3AV360 36,430 1 38370 .. 88,660 T 38,190 38,600 36,480 19 36.3O0 11 36,670 11 36,600 la.,... 36,180 14 38.370 15 36,380 16 36,660 Totals 1,133,350 Less unsold and returned copies. . 6,183 17 37,580 IS 38,630 19 36,000 20 36,680 21 36,580 22 36,400 2S T 48,900 24 36,730 .'5 36,680 20 36,840 27 36,700 28 86,570 29., 36,350 20 36,550 31 36,930 Net total 1,133,098 Dally average 36,328 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and eworn to before me thla let day of April. 1908. (Seal ROBERT 1IUNTKK, , Notary Public. WHBM OCT OS TOWN. Babaerlbers leaving tha city tern rarlly shaald have Tae Bra aaatled to tkaas. Addraaa wilt ba caaa4 aa a flea aa requested. Confidence and the thermometer are coming up. The usual admonitions about spring house-cleaning will now be In order. Next Monday will be Taft day in Omaha. Let the weather man govern himself accordingly. An Inventor U now trying to Inter est congress in an abstract theory tor building concrete ships. The Commercial club committee on municipal affairs is strangely silent under great provocation. Castro must be believing those re ports that the armor belts of our war ships aro not on straight. Oeorge Gould recently lost a $5,000 bulldog and Is now refusing to pay any pile for a French poodle. When William Allen White comes here next week he will find that there'a nothing the matter with Ne braska. ' co.Wf.vfj to tariff hkvimos. The action of the Indiana republi can at thrlr state convention places all the presidential aspirants of the party on record for revision of the tariff at the earliest practicable moment. While the New York state convention has not yet been held. It Is known that Governor Hushes tnd the republican leaders of the state are In sympathy Tilth th" movement for readjustment of the Bchedules, and even the Penn sylvania republicans, through John Dalzell, the foremost standpatter in congress, have expressed a willingness to jleld to the general demand to meet thanked Industrial conditions of the times. Credit for first voicing this public demand for revision belongs to Secre tary Taft who. more thaft a year ago, In a speech at Bath, Me., declared his personal belief that the time for tariff revision had arrived and promised to use his efforts to secure action In that direction. Before starting upon his trip to the Philippines last fall Mr. Taft, in an address at Columbus, O., declared flatly for tariff revision im mediately followlnz the inauguration of the new president and in the Ohio republican platform adopted a few weeks ago placed his declaration in specific form. I'p to that time republican party leaders and aspirant for the presi dential nomination nad refrained from committing themselves unreservedly on the tariff. President Rooaevelt Is known to have favored tariff revision ever since his accession to the presi dency, hut has held the matter in abeyance, believing legislation on rail way rates and other Questions, come to bo known as the "Rooaevelt poli cies," more urgent than the tariff. With his legislative program well to ward completion in congress, the president has followed Ihe lead of Mr. Taft by .recommending plans for the tariff revision at a special session of the new congress to be elected in No vember. Nebraska republicans were the first to second' the motion Jor tariff re vision aa proposed by the Ohio plat form. Iowa promptly fell Into line and was followed by Illinois. Indiana has added Its assent and the call of republican states promises that the Taft plan will soon be adopted unan imously. The recommendation of the Indiana republicans for revision at a special session of congress immedi ately after the November election is not important. The time remaining between the election and! the assem bling of congress would , hardly per mit proper consideration of the subject and the three months remaining of the life of the Sixtieth congress will necessarily be devoted to appropria tion bills and ' unfinished business of the present session. The best Judgment of the country, we believe, favors the Taft plan of having tho revision effected by the new congress in special session soon after March 4, 1909. "Th6 moral life of Chicago is better than ever before," says Rev. Johnston Myers. It must be, In the very nature of things. George Gould declares that he loves his youngest sister devotedly. At the same time he execrates her taste In husbands. Indications are that the Aldrlch- bill will have to travel under an alias If it makes its way through the house unchanged. - Porto Rico's delegates to the repub lican national convention are unin structed. Perhaps they will vote for General Miles. Th physician who performed the autopsy reports that Chester Gillette's brain was normal. As much cannot be said about his conscience. The authorities at Washington con tend that this country has good grounds for refusing to buy any more Venezuela coffee until Castro settles. The Agricultural department la I o again asking what it costs to keep a j hen a year. Under proper conditions il a hen may be kept a year with profit. Georgia has passed a prohibition law and is now enforcing the law against gun totlug. That state must have a grudge against the hip pocket. The Maryland legislature has ad journed' without passing any laws worthy of notice and tho Maryland people .do not know whether to be glad, or sorry. I ' ' 'What Is the necessity for painting the picture blacker than It U?" usks Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane.. Respectfully referred to James J. HIU for reply. ' ' aBBBBBBBBBSBaSBBaaBBBBSBBBaaaBBSgBBBBSaaaaBBBI Just to show that he Is still In the saddle and has not lost any of his kill at roping things in, Mayor "Jim" seems disposed to make the Jackaon lans take back seats not only on the convention train, but in the conven tion hall as well. "" The battle between the "wets" and the "drys" throughout the various Nebraska towns seetu. to be getting close to the combustion point. For tunately only a few days remain until the verdut of the ballot box will serve reduce the temperature. THE VOTE OX DEPOSIT GUjRAyTT- Judged by the test vote in the sen ate, the leaders of the democratic party in congress are no "more enthusi astic over Mr. Bryan's proposed law guaranteeing deposits in national banks than they were over his at one time enthusiastically-urged plan of government ownership of railways. When the Oklahoma legislature passed a law to create a fund, by a levy of tax on the banks, for the guaranty of depositors in banks that might become insolvent, Mr. Bryan warmly approved the , measure aud has since been advocating its enlarge ment to include all banks, state and national. This proposition was placed before the senate in the debate upon the Aldrlch bill, and the recprd shows that It received the support of but three democratic members, two of whom .are from Oklahoma, while twelve democratic senators voted against it and fifteen democratic sena tors refrained from voting. The "depositors' guaranty" amend ment, offered to the Aldrlch bill by Senator Nelson, embodied all the main features of the Oklahoma law, en larged to apply to national banks. It follows: That one-half of all taxes to be paid by national banking associations upon the average amount of their notes In circu lation, pursuant to the provisions of sec tion 4 of thla act, shall be. and hereby Is, sot apart In the treasury of the United States as a permanent special fund, termed "depositors' fund. to be used and ex- uendi-d In paving- all depositors, except the r. . . . . . - I mtefl states, me amount ui ineir uc posits In any such aKKoclation that has become insolvent,-and for which a receiver has been appointed: and wlienever any bui h association has become Insolvent and a receiver has been appointed therefor by the comptroller of the currency, the sec retary the treasury sIihII. aa soon as practicable, under such rules and regula tions as he may prescribe, pay all de positors of such association, except the I'nited States, the amount of their then subsisting deposits out of and from the uni.i unwiiil f ind: and after making? such j payment the I'nited States shall, as to sucli deposits, be subrogated to all the rights and remedies of the depositors, and shall be entitled to recover and receive from the assets of such association all dividends and thu sums which the de positors would .be entitled to if not paid from aald spccUl fund as aforesaid, and the amount so recovered and received shall be placed to the credir of nnd be a part of said special fund. Bald tpecial depositors' fund shall not b, allowed to exceed the sum of 3i.(H'0.0. and all aums in excels of that amount shall be covered Into the general funds of the, treasury. Senator Nelson explained that the proposed plan would create a fund of about 120,000.000. ample,; In his Judg ment, to ujeet' all possible losses sentiment supported the contention that banking Is but one of our many industries and that the government is no more called on to Insure payment of the debts of a failed bank than the debts of a failed meichunt. or manu facturer or other business man. The vote as recorded in the Congressional Record shows the only democratic senators enswerlng in the affirmative to have been Core ttnd Owen of Oklahoma and Taylor of Tennessee. The democrats voting against the amendment Included Hankhead and Johnston of Alabama, Clay of Georgia, Culberson tf Texas, McCrcary and Paynter of Kentucky, MeEnery of Louisiana, McLaurln and Money of Mississippi, Overman of North Caro lina and Teller of Colorado. The re publican senators supporting the measure were Ankeny and Piles of Washington, Borah of Idaho. Brown of Nebraska, La Follette and Stephen son of Wisconsin, M Cumber of North Dakota and Nelson of Minnesota. Thirty senators fifteen republicans and fifteen democrats did not vote. If this roll call reflects party senti ment, it is doubtful whether a deposit guaranty plank will be able to get into the democratic national platform even with Mr. Bryan's help. "s.vo.v i'cke nipcirsTs." The pronunclamento Issued by the secretary of the populist state com mittee, who is at the same time serv ing as a delegate from Nebraska to the populist national convention at St. Louis, reads as follows: We do not propose to be trampled on and we are going to fight for our rights. v; claim to represent more Simon-pure popu lists than any other state. This raises the very delicate ques tion of what constitutes -a "Simon pure populist." If there are more "Simon-pure populists" In Nebraska than in any other state, then the whole body of the populist party mur.t have become simply a column of disguised Bryanite democrats trying to use the name of populist to inveigle people into voting the democratic ticket who would never do so with their eyes open. Are the "Simon-pure populists" in Nebraska those who last time voted for Wataon and Tibbies, or are they those who Tarkerized under the lead of Bryan and the Wall street bunch, or are they those who asserted their manhood and independence by voting for Theodore Roosevelt in 1904? The chances are that more of them fol lowed Roosevelt than followed Bryan. Are the Simon-pure populists iu Ne braska those who voted for Free Pass Shallenberger in 1906, or those who were disgusted with the railroad alli ance made in his behalf by Brother-in-law Allen as chetrnian of the dem ocratic state committee, and richer voted for George L. Sheldon or stayed at home? Are the "Simon-pure populists" those who hid behind closed doors In Omaha last month and gave out their number as 122, and entered into a bargain with the Bryan managers to give him the populist nomination, but to postpone the consummation of the deal until after the Denver meeting in order to avoid the evil effect upon the democratic convention? When it comes to drawing the line between "Simon-pure populists" and "masquerading democrats" in Ne braska It will be found a difficult task. But the line probably will be drawn In some way before the 1908 campaign is closed. Convention," and In July to "Ne braskans In Majority at Democratic Convention." Mr. Rockefeller advises people to be content with what they have. The people would be more content If they had what they have and also what they think they would have If Mr. Rockefeller did not have what he has. Reading the description of Mr. Bryan's reception In Des Moines, we learn that "the whole day was sugges tive of his famous campaign of 1896." It does not strike us as proper courtesy to the guest to recall 1896. Members of the Nebraska delega tion to the populist convention at St. Louis complain that there are dele gates there who are self-appointed. That Is real humor. Who appointed the Nebraska delegates? Pork has been advanced 50 per cent in price In the last month. The only consolation lies In the fact that pork has not yet become too haughty to associate with the meek and lowly bean. Objection U entered to the installa tion of billiard and pool tables in the Young Men's Christian association as being "equivalent to the Inauguration of a school of crime." Forget it. While poking fun at the Duke do Chaulnes for refusing to pay a tailor bijl of $2,000, It Is well to remember that it takes something of a financier f jto run up a $2,000 tallor'B bill. The political situation summed up: Fairbanks has Indiana, Cannon has Illinois, Knox has Pennsylvania, Hughes will probably get New York and Taft has the rest. . In effect, Mr. Bryan has notified the New York democrats that he would rather go hungry than attend a ban quet and be denied the privilege of making a speech. A Hasardom Ocrnpa t lou. Chicago News. It now appears that the only nutn killed by the New York bomb was an Innocent bystander. Being an Innocent bystander undoubtedly Is one of thu most hazardous occupations on the list. Brokerage looking I ji. New York Commercial. v A seat on the Stock exchange has been sold for $S0,0w0, a considerable advance over previous sales. Tho congressional threat to put the exchange out of business seems to cut no Ice; returning prosperity ii evidently' taken as a fact. Kins; Artists In Action. New York Sun. The house of representatives of the Six tieth congress presents Messrs. Heflln, Williams, Do. Armond and Frank Clark, a quurtct of accomplished gun, rough house and ring artists, with complete confldenco that no other legislative assembly In the world can produce their superiors in this line. Correspondence solicited. x Pulllna; "Old Faithful's" KxtrcmUj. St. Paul Pionoor-Prcss. President Roosevelt hns transmitted to congress a recommendation for an appro priation to reimburse those who furnished the money to ransom Miss Kllcn M. Stone from tile Bulgarian brigands. That is al waya the way. It matters not what hap pens In I'ncle Sam's family It always Is the old man who has tp settle In the end. oTifr'.n i.tMit tihv orn. The defeat of the liberal candidate In the by-election In the Peck ham district of ln don is considered the most damaging of a si-rles of similar Mows dealt the dominant party In Parliament since It rode Into power on the crest of a political tidal wave. The district is In the heart of Industrial Ixn don, lit which working-men control. Yet the liberal majority of 2,339 two years-ago was transformed Into a conservative majority of 2.4X. a change of 4.&S3 In a constituency of 12.40 voters. A variety of causes com bined to produce this result. The chief fac tor, however, wa Industrial distress mag lined by socialistic agitators. The cam paign was one of the hottest ever waged In the district. Socialists assailed the gov ernment for Its failure to produce pros perity by law. Tories egged on tho dis contented, .guffragettes appealed to the voters to rebuke "the tyrannical ministry'." A house-to-house canvass was waged by both sides. Naturally enough the victors make the most of their success, and pro claim It as a clear expression of the coun try's sentiment, while tho liberal leaders keenly feel tho sting of defeat; they are not disposed to swerve from, the party pro gram, and this fact was announced by John Burns,, coupled with a vota of defiance. ny a voie 01 ffl 10 101 llie nrmsii xaouse of Commons reaffirmed the principle of home rulo for Ireland expressed In the resolution of John E. Redmond, leader of the Irish nationalists. The vote serves sev eral useful purposes. It will help to quench the backfire of the Irish Sinn Kelners, who are exceedingly active In discouraging Irish reliance on British politicians; renew the Irish nationalist alliance with tho liberal party, and clear the way for the long de ferred Irish university bill. The debato on ihe resolution revealed the Irish chief secre tary, Mr. Blrtell, as an uncompromising home ruler at d the chancellor of the ex chequer, Mr. Asqulth, as sympathetic but hesitant. Mr. Asquith is generally regarded as tho' coming liberal premier, hence his sentiments on the question are significant, lie declared in favor of home rule, with a Btltish executive veto, but Insisted that action in that direction was impossible until tho question was submitted to the voters at the next general election, a challenge which the nationalists promptly accepted. The chancellor of the exchequer has been regarded ns one of the cabinet obstructions to home rule, and was considered the chief force in switching the ministry from a real home rule measure to the repudiated county councils bill. The smoking out process does not reveal him as a home rule enthusiast. It Is likely, however, that political necessity will improve him as timo passes. . That China feels deeply the humiliating terms exacted by Japan In settlement of the Tatsu Maru affair Is evidenced In vari ous significant ways. The bald facts In the case reveal smuggling of arms Into forbid den Chinese territory. The smugglers em ployed' a Japanese ship sailing tmder a Japanese flc.g. China caught the smug glers with the goods and captured the ship. Japan acknowledged tht China was Justified to pursuing smugglers, but de manded an apology for capturing the ship which carried tho smugglers' goods. Symptomatic of the feeling of China Is the action of Shanghai merchants In discour aging the purchase of Japanese goods and encouraging the placing of orders through more .friendly agencies. Last week the steamer Manchuria left San Francisco, carrying the first cargo of cotton sheeting which left . the Golden Gate direct for Shanghai. It is likely the feeling of re sentment will spread throughout the em pirn and teach Japan, through trade cur rents, a needed lesson In neighborly moder ation and good will. To the woman who bakes, Royal is the greatest of time and labor savers.' Makes home baking easy,1 a pleasure and a profit iakme'IPbwdcr The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar With minimum trouble and cost bis cuit, cake and pastry are made fresh, clean and greatly superior to the ready made, dry, found-in-the- shop variety. Our friends or uerman nativity or descent will please take notice of the offensive cartoon in the World-Herald picturing Emperor William sneaking Into a pawnbroker's shop to raise money on the family relics, together with the insulting doggerel intended to be a parody on the German lan guage. The congressman-editor of this democratic organ will a little later be professing undying love for Germany and the Germans and appeal ing plteously for the German vote. Please Foraet It. Kansas City Times. Emperor William's plea to President Roosevelt to regard the messages, from whatever source, regarding the nonac ceptabllty of Dr. Hill as ambassador to Germany as not having been sent, will prob ably be effective. It would probably be a good deal easier for the president to "for get It" than It was to the emperor to make the request. ith through Insolvency of pa All of the arguments tha offered for and agalavt tion were reviewed in thtf debate, but when tha vote came, the tierwhelmlng lional banks. have been ha proposl- The case of Involuntary bankruptcy of an over-zealous democrat, with a dual ambition for running for con gress and running a string of banks at the same time, is explained on one sldo aa "too much politics" aud on the other side aa "too much panic." A safer guess would be too little concen tration of energy and not enough business capacity. The I'nited States has served notice on Russia and Japan that their prom lsfs to keep an "open door" In Man churla must be observed. The de cision, wfrne it is proving bene fleial to American trade, will also serve as notice to foreign powers that this nation is going to do its share helping preserve the integrity of Phlna y "If the democratic party desires to nominate me for tho presidency, 1 could not do otherwise than accept," Grover Cleveland U sr.ld to have, said In an interview at New Orleans. All that Is now necessary Is to Induce Mr. Bryan to make the nominating speech for Mr. Cleveland. Senator "Jeff" Davis of Arkausas has been chased around the block by a mild-mannered constituent. Davis may have to make a new reputation Ly going hack to Washington and shooting a negro through the window of a street car. Our amiable demo-pop contem porary flaunt the' , headline, "Ne braskana In Minority at Populist Con vention." Never mind. It will have a chance In June to change this to "Ne braikana la Majority at Republican Safety Devices in Coal Mines. St. Louis Republic. The calamity following explosion In the Hanna mine In Wyoming ls dreadful enough to put It in the same class with those of Pennsylvania, where the sys tematic use of safety devices was expected to make mine horrors of this kind Impos sible, Whether safety devices are used or not, calamity increases with the Increased demand for coal, which exposes more men to the danger of mining it. The record In all parts of the country shows that no sys tem in use anywhere has proved reliable enough to keep down the average cost In life of an average annual coal product. . ANARCHISTS AND DvSaMITK. Need of Stringent l.a Aitalnat the Bomb Propanaada. New Vur Sun. The events in Colorado- and in New York recorded recently leave no doubt abdut the anarchists. There is no doubt, indeed, that they are bolder In this country, more ac tive and less hampered by restrictions than anywhere in Europe. Kor that reason they come here in large numbers to hatch tljolr plots and preach their doctrines and defy society. The anarchists are hce not only in Paterson, but In New York, Chicago, all over the country, and they are advocating and practicing murder by dynamite. It is easy to believe that there are no present lawa under which they can b.; run down and prosecuted before they put their theories Into practice. Some years ago, however. Dr.' Thomas A. t'hatard, then president of the Society of Chemists, delivered an address at Wash lngton, D. C, In the course of which h proposed a very simple if constitutionally practicable remedy for the worst features of the anarchist dynamite propaganda. II suggebted. In fact, a national law making It a penal offunce to have dynamite or other deadly explosives in possession, an thoriting domlcliary visits by the police and providing for suitable and effective punishment of all offenders. I'nder the law outlined by him it would not be necessary to prove murderous Intention a thing lm possible; the offense was to consist In th possession of the explosives by unauthor lsed persons. The promulgation of tli law would give fair warning. After that the victims would have to look out fo themselves. Dynamite and its congeners are simpl enough. They have useful offices to per form, and outside of that they are agen cles of terror. Enact the Chataid (de; either as federal law if constitutional or aa state legislation, uniform in all tha states give it a vigorous and comprehensive axe cution, and three-fourths, if not more, t the dangers that now thrvaten us would t averted. King Toffa Is dead. Toffa ruled- over Porto ' Novo, West Africa, for thirty-two years. A great monarch was he, yet none of the brilliant pageants of his reign shone resplenilantly as his funeral. French soldiery turned out to honor him dead; the governor of the colony, the resident of tile protectorate and other functionaries and merchants Joined the long procession that ould have been imposing even If confined to the members of Toffa own family. The 300 widows and the numerous progeny left to mourn him were all in line, adding tnelr lamentations to those of thousands of his subjects who knelt beside the road to the tomb. It takes a large grave to hold all the things that a king of Toffa's Importance my need In the other world. Everything from wine to matches and candles, Including 20,001) francs In sliver, went Into the tomb with his body. This liver Is not lost to the world. Tho royal hade will need only the (hosts of the sub- tantlals that surround his ashes and in four years from the day of his Interment he silver Is to be dug up to pay the ex penses of a memorial fete In honor of good Toffa. Deep resentment is said to exist among the Cxechs and tho Austrian Slavs'in gen eral in consequence of the sentences pro nounced at RoKsahegy, In the Slovak coun ty, asalnst the Slovaks arrested by the Magyar authorities after the Csernova af fair last October. It will be remembered that twelve of the Csernova villagers were shot dead and many others severely, some mortally, wounded while protesting against he consecration of their new parish church by tlte Magyar clergy In the absence of the pariah priest, Father llllnka, by whose ex ertions and pecuniary sacrifices the church had been built. None of the gendarmes nor Hacking priests were harmed, or, at least. none required other medical treatment than the application of sticking-plaster to cratches received. Nevertheless, a num ber of the more prominent villagers who had escaped the gendarmes' bullets were arrested and imprisoned pending trial on charges varying from "rebellion against authority to robbery of churches," the latter charge having reference to the re moval of ecclesiastical ornaments pre viously given to the church by the vil lagers, when they heard that the Magyar clergy Intended to cunt-ecrate It by force. The 'trial,' which was conducted bv m notorious Magyarisscd Slovak Chuduvsky with as little publicity as possible, ended in inu coiiuemnaiion 01 r amer llllnka s sister to three years' penal servitude; of three other Slovaks, one a married woman, to two years' penul servitude as main pun Ishment and three years' imprisonment as subsidiary punishment; of three Slovaks ctfiiiiruu iiiuiiina, eleven ciovaKS to a year; eight Slovaks to eight months, and fifteen to six months' Imprisonment. Only six of the accused were acquitted. In some cases the fact that relatives of the accused had been killed or wounded In the disturbance was admitted as an extenua ting circumstance. POLITICAL DU1KT. In the republican mixup In Massachu setts Senator Crane was taken out of the wet and laid on a shelf of Cabot ixidge. The contest In the New York legislature over the. bill prohibiting race track betting promises to make this session a prosper ous one. Four democratic representatives and one democratic senator, members of the Six teenth congress, have achieved notoriety as scrappers since congress assembled. Are republican members in the mollycod dle class? Former Senator Chandler of New Hamp shire is doing vigorous publicity work for Senator. 1a Follette. Chandler regards the Wisconsin senator as "the best represen tative of t lie radical relorru policy of the republican party" and shoulds be mad the standard bearer of the party in the ap proaching presidential campaign. William H. Hearst has announced that he will not be a candidate for president on the independence league ticket, as he Is expecting to move Into the city hall in New York about June 1 and to remain there as mayor until the end of 1909. The recount of the ballots cast In the New York municipal election will begin within a few days. Considerably more than one-half of the republican membership of tho house of representatives will support Secretary Taft for the nomination as the presidential candidute, according to a (Kll just com pleted. He received 1L0 votes as compared to 33 for Cannon, '2o for Kmx, 10 for Fair bunks, 19 for Hughes, and 3 (for La Follette, with 13 noncommittal. Senator Railey of Texas it up against a ent day. and neemi-d especially int-ri sli 1 in tlic epilations of high f In.m -. "These fellows." he muttered. "Kiio v a lot more jihiiut holdliiK up the i-nvtli tlut'i we 'did in my young d i.vs." -Hulllni 'i ' American. Cassldy Harrigun was it'ui::il lii'liv hraggin' alioiit th' li .iiiii' 1 aev Finn. -pan hist Munda'. Casey Last Mond.V? Shun-, that's n. ni a week ago. "I'ls a I wonder he wasn't around sooner. Cassldy -Vyt ! I .tit It Se.-ms he i.nly yy covered ' f nun It this moniln'. i'liilud. 1 phla Press. strenuous campaign to hold on to his Job. Among his supporters lie Is "Our brilliant senator;" In the npixising camp he Is dubbed, "Coaloil Joe." His opponents have succeeded In having the names of their candidates for ilelcgatcs-at-large to Denver pujt on the official ballot voted at the statewide democratic primaries and are holding rallies which they proc'.sim are enthusiastic. They profess confidence Oiat even should they fall short of defeating Railey they will cast a popular vote of such significance that Railey must tender Ills resignation and seek re-election to the senate as a justification of his record. In that event they will carry the fight into the legislative districts. TIIIMv Allot I IT. Frank 1.. Stantnn. W hen you come to think about it mi thi. v 1I terrestrial ball. Rimmed with rosep. .n tie- spriiiKtiiiie, heaped wllh fruitage in the fall: Though we all were born a-BioHlin - thoug-li we re axle-deep in il.iuhi. There is really verv little I'.ir the win Id to growl about. When you come to think ulioui ii eli.l your growlin' ever pay? Did It ever bend a rainbow chase il thui di r cloud away ? Don't It deafen till the an?els when tin v try to sins, an' shout? Don't they know that there's but little In the world to growl wtijut? When you come t-o think ulxiut it-hut th best way s not to think: There's a spring there, bv the wavsldi slop ye travelers, an' drink! There's a Bie.-n tree in die desert, "in uth a firmament o' blue. An' a hive (hat's dripping Inuiev for tin famished lips of you' A NEW COAT PI.KASAXTLY PIT, "I say, Pat. did you Impress that mus tard plaster on your mind?" "No. nor; on the back of me neck." Baltimore American. Racklotx That newciftner is very rich. Isn't he? Bub bubs He's either very very rich or very ignorant. He says he's going to raise enough vegetables In his garden to supply his table this summer.--Plilladel-phla Press. Caller "Is Ihe professor of applied physics In?" Boston Butler "No, sir. He Is at present occupying the chair of applied lather." Harper's Weekly. "Mr. Rryan Is credited with saying that a poor boy's only fortune Is his tongue." - "I that so? Then I know several poor but profane buys who should economize heir words. leveianu j-iain i-femey. Newton has Just discovered the law of gravitation. "Hilt 1 won i ne a on surprieeu ir me supreme court declares It unconstitution al," he mused, sulierly. Puck. Atlas from his retreat among the shades, was looking over the methods cf tha pres- Aavaataaes of Primary System. Richmond Times-Dispatch. It is true enough that In every statu n wnicli primaries have been established thoy imo oecn louua py certain machine politicians ana corrupt bosses who had learned to manipulate the old system wllh ceriainiy ana precision, and to dictate nominations without consulting the masses of the party. These patriots for profit find that primaries are exceedingly Incon vcnlent and, in many cases, wholly ungov ernable. To the same extent, and for tha same reason, the people find them grateful and refreshing aud will refuse to givs tnem up. XOW o-lUlltul! Sack Suit for Sprina; is or,; llonloy. You'll like it. t lias hroacl, Ions lapels, a close fitliiiff col lar, !roal but not exagger ated shoulders and a smart "dip front." The edges are wide-stitched and there is a variety of new notions in cuffs. This is hut one of a dozen of the best styles that we shall offer for this spring all of which will hp imitntcd elsewhere later. - BroWrirg- lath and Douglas Street n. a. Wilcox, Mor. Many Pianos Selling At the Hospe Sale T1b high grade3, the medium and tho chcapor instruments, each and every one, are subject to smoke allowances. . This gives the customer an advantaK1 of from J..') to $100 lens than our regular lowest prices; this with the well-known low prices prevailing In this "in price" piano house, gives competition the run. Kranlch & Hach Pianos aelliug as low as $300; Krakauer pianos as low aa $323: Kimball pianos as low as $220; Ilallet & Davis as low as $275; Cable Nelson pianos as low as $245;; cheaper rHanob as low as $139 this for brand new goods at brand new pikes, less for the smoke allowances made us. Nowhere In this western country can this be du plicated, nor the terms offered which run as low as $f per month and up. Pianos for $74, $88, $98 for good, used, service able upright Instruments from well known factories. You buy now, you save money. Our guarantee has been made good thirty-four years. Our pianos sold In 1874 are used today, and we hope to see some of them used thirty-four more years. 9 10 KEXKS ONK HOMK, IO A. HOSPE CO., m D"gas st- 1 I ft 1 i IK if
