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"1 SJ-J1M1 V -Ul-L. : DAILY ..TlIE Omaha' Bee. OUNDKD'BT EDWARD ROB SWAT E R. ." VICTOR ROSBWATKR, EDITOR. T-Jtntered at Omaha Postofflce as second- ass matter. I'.! ' i TERMS OP UB8CR1PTIOW: 'ally Boo (without Sunday), one year..t.0S 7-l! Km and bunder, on year .today Dm, d year! IJJ Alorday Baa, ana year - ! DELIVERED BT CARRIER: Pally Baa (including1 Sunday), par week.l&o aily Baa (without Sunday), par waak.100 'venlng Baa (without Sunday), par week to ivanlng fin (with Sunday), rar week.lOo Ad.1r.ua all complaints of irTeerularltlee i delivery ta City circulation Department. OFFICES 1 in laha The Baa Building. ISouth Omaha City Hall Bunding. j Council Blurfs la Boott Strait. . I New York -Rooms llOl-UOX No. 14 Wcat erhirty-thlrd Street, (j Washington 7M Fourteenth Street N. W. rnnnramNniEKCIi. '. . .. ... M ...ll.. .iVommuniruiDni reiimi ' a urn. -"Srlal mattar ahould ba addreased. Omaha communirationa relating to newa ana - i M.ea, Editorial Department. K REMITTANCES. at Remit by draft, express or poctal order ., ay able to Tha Era Publishing company. "mly !-cnt stamps received In paymant ot 8isll accounts. Persons! rhaaka. except wmaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. 0 STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. t,tate of Nebraska. Douglas County. ss.! 'George R -Teechuek, traaaurar of Ths rioa Publish. i. e-ieny.. Seine- duly l;worn. aaya that tha actual number of 1 'ill and completa coplaa of Tha Pally. r'lorning. Evening and Bundar Be printed tlurlng tha month of March, IsOS. .was aa Vollows: rl 'ir ' 88,550 . !....' 87.B80 SS . It. ...,.... MM 898 1.... oo 30,430 SO 3-M80 SSJT7S 11 i scseo tik. i. . 88,10 in je.SOO SS.SOtt 14 31,780 38,480 it 3S,eeO SS.300 1 88,840 38,870 " ST 3S.70O 34,800 It ... SS.S70 38,130 11 83,380 3s.rro i s5so 9S.3BO II 3,M0 so,seo ' - .. ......;V..;... ...... Amu .4 &:::;:::: At. 'C Si rt TotaJa Less unsold and returned coplaa. S,1M I Net total. ,1,133,0s ssas pally aversge. asosoa b. TzscHtrcK. it t Traaaurar. In my preeanca and sworn a Subscribed vo bafora ma this let day of April. p (Seel) . - .ROBERT HUNTER,' pj Notary Public '-- " 1 1 whc out or TOWS. AN sakaeiriwara ImtIii tha city aa pararUy aklt tts.ve Tke w J aaallefl tkau. r AtlnM wUI Sl ka(4 ettm ar stl. M" J The peek-a-boo shirt waist is about -itlue for a look in. t . , -, jf . . ' oi Any more lawyers to get money out I, pt the Crelghton estate? The Merry Widow" hat and the widow's mite are strangers. (Score once again for Nebraska in ,its method, of dealing with rsilroad Jrste regulation. ' Certain Oklahoma merchants sre ad- vrtlslng special prices to Indians. Lo n prices, ot course. c : ; Despite the bright weather, It Is llitle rlsklto pawn the overcoat for ahother week or ten days. The thirty-eighth member of the orislntl "Florodora sextet" has lust ''been married In Philadelphia. , t " The success of the labor revival held in. Omaba encourages expectation of a successful employment revival, g ' The- Russian Douma has raised Its i.iy.; The Douma must be' using our A American congress as a pattern. N" j ,; "The democrats can win If they are united,", says Governor Johnson. Yes, si if they are united to about, a million ',t other votes, I. .' 2 . A bill Introduced In the Oklahoma jjj leglslstur prohibits the use ot Indian '? figures ss tobacco signs, Oklahoma In dlsns have votes.. . ' ' 'J 1 ' China want to float a $40,000,000 ' . loan for the Peking-Hankow railway. : No reason, why Mr. Harrlman should not go to China's aid. i I Thus far "VvnUam Randolph Hearst uas snown no tjuspoeiuou to act as jTacfrna tor ids warring oumtr cratic factions U New Terk. ; That .' Immediate and . compulsory purchase of the Omaha water works screed , legislation five years ,ago is still la the Indefinite future. 4 .The" feoston. Q lobe declares that "Guam1 Is the moat lonesome place oa earth. The Globe ought to visit the Foraker presidential headquarters. Colonel Bryan may be interested In the asaertlon of a London ethnologist that Swedes live longer and can run faster than any other race on earth. ' There are some Indications that Mr. Bryan meant it when he stated n a recent 'speech, that he did not know what the Denver convention would do. New York democrats ctuv.&ot.see why they should W expected to Vote for Mr, liryan in the convention, when they do'Jtot Intend, to vote for him at the polls, i S If that .asphalt 'repair plant should infract' the elht hdur law by working overtliae on'til the.hples In our .streets are air pitched it would sot be con sidered a rery aerlous'ofiense, , CopgretismaQ. pourke Cpckranhas fathered a bill for. a national automo bile Bi9.iftr from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Omaha stands ready to fur nish the crewsing over the UUsouri 1 1 t-r. Congress kfts pasBed a law prohib iting betting on the Bennfng rtcs and tb Wsshlogtoa police are making a war oa poker and krldge whist The : luiety ct members for aa earty ad- journmaiit of the ieshloa Is explained. rru9tt CCBHtKCT C9MMIS8WN. The encouragement lent to hops for thorough-going currency legislation by th present con (treat, by tha tabling ot the Aldrich bill sod. lbs pranUtIon of the Vreelsnd bill ss s subitltote, does not promise to be long-lived. Op ponents of the bond-secured currency system assert that the Vreelatid bill Is simply the Aid rich measure in dis guise, retaining most of Its objection able features. As s substitute for both propositions, Congressman Fowler, the leader of the asset currency advocates, pepposes 'a novel and peculiarly made up currency commission to report to the next congress. The VreAland bill follows the lines of the Aldrich bill quite closely, but omits requiring banks to keep in their It- -. t ... V. I.. ILLJ. vu uui wau n,-vmii of their legal reserves and prohibiting loans te concerns In which bank offi cials sre financially interested. It per mits national banks, not less than ten in number, with aggregate capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000, to form national clearing house sssoola tlons, with rules subject, to the 'ap proval of the secretary of the treasury, whose certificates, based on commercial paper approved and held by them, may be deposited with the treasury as security for emergency currency. The Vreeland vblll contains the entering wedge for the asset currency proposi tion and, for that reason, mar find favor in the house, although the sen Ate has so far been rather pronounced in opposition to' the principle. The house republicans are to consider the subject In Conference soon, and It Is possible that legislation to provide ma chinery for sn emergency circulation In time of parties may be sgreed upon, without waiting for a more compre hensive reorganisation of the nation's banking and currency system. Whatever final action may he on the Aldrich bill or any of the substitutes offered for It, conditions favor adop tion of Mr. Fewler's resolution' for a currency commission. This commission is to be. composed of eleven senators, eleven representatives and twenty-one members appointed by the president, so chosen as to give six banking econ omists, and three groups of five each from the Atlantic coast section, from the Mississippi valley and from the Pa cific coast ststes. These groups of five shall each Include a banker, a farmer, a representative of labor, a merchant and a manufacturer. The commission would be required to report with a bill not later than January 1, 1909. Heretofore recommendations to con gress of currency legislation have come chiefly from the bankers' associations, and the bankers have been as success fulas doctors la constantly disagree ing. Mr. Fowler's proposal would, at least bring the thought and judgment ot all classes of cltlsens to bear upon the subject and start a campaign; of education on the currency question that would eventuate in the needed leg islation. ' TBB VSStZVtLAy PBOBLEM According to Washington dispatches, congress leaders have about decided to pass a resolution before adjournment giving President Roosevelt blanket au thority to proceed against Venesuela In such manner as he may deem best to protect American interests, if this action Is taken by congress, 'the presi dent will undoubtedly adopf aji agres sive program in dealing with the wily Castro.. j WhU there Is no doubt that some of the Americans who have been thrown into jail or deprived ot their property by Castro deserve the treatment, peither la there doubt 'that some of them have been robbed, either by cor rupt Venesuelao courts 'or at Castro's dictation. Castro persistently and ar rogantly refuses to make any distinc tion between these claims, but Is treat ing them all alike. Under the circum stances, our government has a duty to protect the Interests of Its citizens who have suffered injury and serious wrong at the hands ot a tyrannical, Ir responsible and seml-clvillzed govern ment. The United States Is on record against the use ot force to collect debts against weaker nations, but some drastic action may be ziecessary to bring Castro to a realisation of his obligations to a nation that has often stood between Venesuela and trouble with European powers. - If congress gives the president a free, hand In the matter, as it is now promised It will, it Is a safe prediction that a solution of the Venesuelan troubles, satisfactory to this country, will be had without needless delay. , TBB BATVRAU MARKBT. ' There should be no hesitation on the Part of Omaha business interests in taking up the project to establish a wool market here because there is no good reason why Omaha should not be th6 nstural market for the wool grow ers f Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and the western part ot this state, : - Omaha has achieved success' as a live stock market not dreamed of by those who first took up the idea, be cause this point Is the nstural market for the live stock raised" on the plain sad rangt.. to the west of ue. " Omaha Is tsst becoming an Impor tant grain market because It "occupies a strategic point of outlet for the corn, wheat, oats, alfalfa and all cereals grown la the rich surrounding agri cultural territory. . - Omaha has become the biggest but ter market ot the country because it is the natural entrepot for the butter fat produced i0 neadtly Increasing amount oa the farms of this partof me west. L Omaha can neyer hope to become a J tobacco market, qr a cotton market, Tim OMAHA or a steel market, because these com modities are not produced in the terri tory naturally tributary7, but Omaha can and will in course of time, become" a primary market for all the products snd byproducts of the soil on which rests the future prosperity ot this great corn belt region . Omaha can become a great hide and leather market It can become a great flour maVftet With develop ment oTlhe sugar beet Industry it may become a great sugar market One thing at a time, of course, but as the situation develops favorable to centering trade and traffic here In any of the lines for which Omaha is the natural market Omaha must be ready to reach out and set the necessary ms chlnery in motion. THE FVTCRB OI CVBA. Colonel Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, who has been spending some time in Havana, confirms sn opinion very generally en tertained that Cuba Is still some dis tance from the point of being able to maintain stable self-government; Writ ing from Havana-, Colonel Watterson says: I have seen and talked with everybody worth seeing- and talking- with here to reach the concluvlon that order will not very long outlaat tha exit of the pro visional government. It la hard to have to say It, but It ap pears true to say-that there Is ho Intel It Kerjt patriotism among the Cubana that la, no fixed principle of nationality and enlightened sense of the responsibilities of government each of the parties led by ambitious men having a personal follow ing, tha objective point being the spoils of possession. Graft is the conscious, or unconscious, asset of each of them. The population Is divided Into threa classes trie taxpayers, who want stability and scarcely expect it ahort of annexation, or a protectorate; the . politicians, who are out after all they see, or fancy they sea. In sight, and tha masses, made up largely of mongrels, taho know riot what they want . Governor Magoon recently found U necessary to remove summarily six gov ernors of Cuban provinces and to put American army officers in their stead. The approach of the date for with drawal of American troops, has appar ently been a signal for the renewed activities among the office-seeking Cu bans who fatten in official positions when relieved of - the supervising watchfulness of the United States. Several schemes for insurrections, with offices sad loot as the prospective prizes, have alreadV ''been uncovered", and the ybetterj class of Cubans and the foreigners who have investments in the lBland believe that the native government will not last six months after the withdrawal ot the American forces. , It is even Intimated that the planters' and business men are so fear ful tbat they are encouraging the dis content in the hope that congress may extend thtlma of the existing pro tectorate. It is difficult to predict the effect of another failure by Cuba to manage Its own affairs.. The American troops were withdrawn from Cuba In May, 1902, after aiding the Cubans in es tablishing their, government "The re public lasted less than four1 years, when It was again necessary for' the United States to restore order. , Since Americanreoccupatlon the affairs ot the island have been admirably man aged, industries have prospered and there is a balance of some millions In the Cuban treasury. All arrangements have been made to withdraw the American forces from the Island In May of next year. If the Cubans again demonstrate their incapacity for self government, annexation sentiment will surely be given a great Impetus. - The tax agents of some of the rail roads doing business in Nebraska have apparently been re-arranging their as sessment returns with a view to evad ing the terminal tax law by shifting values outside of municipal boundaries where they would be free, from city taxes. If oujvcUies and towns art to have the full benefit of the terminal tax law to which they are fairly enti tled It will behoove them to see to It that no juggling of the returns is per mitted. United States Senator Fulton of Or egon has been exceedingly active in denouncing the president and other members of the administration for their persistency ln punishing those en gaged in land frauds in the Pacific coast states. Senator Fulton will retire from public life at the request of the republican voters of Oregon. Mr, Bryan has had a conference with "Flngy" Connors In spite of the World-Herald's denunciation of the latter as a political traitor. Mr. Bryan is not so particular now as he used to be about the company he keeps. Des Moines is moving systematically for "a city beautiful." Omaha pre sents a . pretty, good appearance, but there Is plenty of roojn here, too, for Improvement along the line of mu nicipal embellishment , It Is claimed that 0,000,000,000 pills are made annually In Detroit, but peo ple are not expected to swallow every thing that comes from Detroit ' It i seems to be a neck-and-neck race betwoen the starting of that Missouri river barge line and the opening of the Loup river power, canal. ' Kadla that Vlalt. ladianapolla News. . After a pleaaant six months' sojourn In tha United Btatea te study our Institution! dualng a period of at rasa, gold la ones ore returning te Europe. Firework far ralrrlaw. St. Louis Poet-Democrat. The New York demberatic mjatform contains soma paaaagaa tntercating to Mr. Bryan. It says 'tha party ta tfraatar than any o its umbr." that Naw Tors U DAILY HEE: MONDAY, AritIL 20, -190H. "a state whose electoral vote Is essential to democratic victory." and that the New Tork delegation Is "unpledged, unfettered and unlnatructed." All of which will strike Mr. Bryan aa ferociously predatory. la the Middle af the Road. Iiulsvllle Courk-r-Journal. Governor Johnson position Is that t. Isn't too radical, but Just radical cnou gh; And it doea look aa If the democracy might yet decide that It wanted that sort of a candidate. Pride of lalra stock.' Chicago Record-Herald. Wooden Indians as algna for cigar stores are to be legally abolished in Oklahoma, owing to the wlshea of the Indiana. The time may come when tha Indians will rise In their might and -object to the stage Indian, too. v , . -k I'nlltlral Reciprocity. Minneapolis Journal. In he last democratic convention Will iam J. Bryan waa a delcgate-at-large who made much trouble for Alton B, Par ker. In the next democratic convention Alton B. Parker will be" a delegate-at-largo who may do as much for William J. Bryan. California Buttle Fleeting Time. New York Sun. t .. PYom Siskiyou to San Diego, from the Sierras to the aea, California Is golden decked today. The color Which dominates all decorations in honor of the fleet is not symbolic of the state's gold mines nor of her orange groves; it is the color of the stats flower, Eachscholtila californlca, the yellow poppy which even at this early season throws In. splendid prodigality far spread flames over the suave foothills of the coast range. ' A r'amoaa Valedictory, - , New' York Sun. The cause of the suspension of the Peking Qaxette ater bearing the whips and scorns of 1,000 years of press censorship la no longer a mystery. It was when the editor received command not to use vigorous language In discussing the boycott that he forever laid aside his ancient and honorable marking brush with the remark. "Wo are done. We can moderate our language on the subject of transfers, the tariff. Denis Kearney and the Peking expedition loot ing, but when It comes to the boycott, as for us It is vigor or bast. With this issue wbust."v CIVIL WAIl TELEGRAPHERS. V wamwasBBaaasB Mr. Carnegie Provides a Pension for ' Neglected Members. Philadelphia Inquirer. ' It Is amusing that oongress has persis tently refused to place on the pension roil the veterans of the military telegraph corps which did so much service in the civil war. Many persona imagine that these men were simply civil officials, ensconed in safe places, who had nothing to do but take arid send messages. On the contrary many of them were in constant' danger, some were killed and others wounded and their perils In the field were as great aa those of the average soldier and certainly greater than thosa of the average surgeon, for Instance. Late -in the wrr they became adept in erect ing military lines along the battlefields and often when thera was a sudden retreat they were caught. There were some twelve hun dred of these Intelligent, daring and brave men, and all that, cohgreaa has ever dons for them Is to give them certificates of service. It was left for Mr. Carengie, who waa one of the founders of this service, to take up the work, which the nation has neglected. About two hundred of these men survive, and some are In needy cir cumstances. Mr. Carneglo will put on Tils private -pension spit! at . 1144 rear all sur vivors who are recommended by their as sociation. This Is a generous act. It Is true that the drain is not apt to bo very heavy on the Carnegie purse and will soon disappear, but It is a fine recognition of a set of men who hate been neglected. IMPROVING III MAN EFFICIENCY Dnbiona Buslneaa Proapect Pictured for Doctors. Cleveland Plain Dealer. , That earnest apostle of thorough food mastication. Horace Fletcher, talked to a New York audience the other day on "Hu man Efficiency." Aa'Mr. Fletcher's theory Is a sane and helpful one, and quite re lieved trom any suspicion of personal ad vantage, what he says will be received with Interest and poaajbly with benefit. Aa proof of the manner In which his hobby is Im pressing the public it Is stated that at one of tha northern Ohio colleges tha authori ties are seriously considering the time al lowed for meals, the Fletcheritea claiming that tha present time allowance la too brief. At the New York gathering tha lecturer told his audience that people should est when they feci Ilka It, eat what they crave at tha tlma, and, above all, should chew their food. They ahould even chew their soup a bit of advice that fnight eound ridiculoua, but I worth trying. As for himself, the lecturer explained that ha had no set rules. He doesn't ,care fof meat, but eats what ho pleases and when ha pleases of other foods, alwaya remember ing to eat moderately end alowly. Tha lec turer aaid that ha believed that fasting was nature's universal oura for all manner ot bodily dlaeaaoa, and ha told of a number of well attested cures that wero due, to ab stention from food. By care In eating h believed the efficiency of the human fam ily could be Increased 60 per Cent, and ha emphatically added this somewhat remark able prophecy: "In five yeara from now It will not be . considered respectable to be sick,' VOLT OF NO AVAIL. Maa'e Tall Hat Firmly Battreased in repwlar Eateoas. Kanaaa City Journal. We look with little confidence upon the latest crusade against tha silk hat which has been launched In New York. While unusually strong-minded men of Gotham have repudiated the somber plug, It Is al most oertala that they will backslide as others have done after the first flush of enthusiasm has subsided. Men prats with full chests of their freedom front the bind ing ties of fashion, hut all the time they are as vainly servile to its dictation aa their gloriously gowned sisters. Whether It be the faded "gent" of the curb In bat tered dicer which still bears visible sem blance to Us mnsa resplendent prototype er ths man of Irreproachable elegance In grooming, the tall hat exercises Its irre slatlble fascination. Sometimes thla bat tered remnant of a bygone period of pros perity is hideously saeoolated with sokleas shoes and abraded clothing, yet tta owner clings to It aa a cherished token of an abandoned S respectability. Men of refinement and discrimination revile the silk hat and honp execrstlons upon its scintillating nap. They know that It la archaic and out of harmony with modern dressing. They realise that it Is hot. hard, awkward. -and uncomfortable. Yet they put It on their beada and wear It In martyr resignation simply because it Is the uslveraal vogue. Cab drivers hold it a badge of responsibility and atandlpg and stage villains could not act successfully without Its unmistakable Index of men dacity. Politicians, undertakers and vaude ville comedians, senators, bridegrooms ani circus ringmasters It touches us all. high and low, nd In all walka and rides of life. Manifestly Its very universality sr. sues against Its ObsuUsueacs. The new re volt must fell. M rSFJlDRXTIH, FIHIXa LtXFi. . PrVsrreea. of Campaign for Party Standard Bearers. Chicago Record-Herald. Minnesota gave Taft his chief boost last week, handing him k solid .delegation. Summary to date Is: Total delegates to Chicago convention SflO Heoeaeary to a aomlnatloa 41 Itelegatea aelectea to Sate 4 For Taft , 870 Per Xnoa . , , , 68 Tor Cannon. 69 For Bngbea SO For Fairbanks SS For X.a Follstte ., SS Vnlnsti-cted (mostly friendly to Taft) 87 or a :? fa h I i : 8 Arlsona a Alabama ..... S , . . Delaware Florida a Hawaii Illinois a Indiana Iowa se ., Kansas SO - . . Kentucky Louisiana Maryland .... S Massachusetts 14 w "w 4S 30 e a 10 Michigan .... S Mlnneeota ... SS - . Mississippi . . g Missouri 33 .. Nebraska . ... IS Wew Mexleo . . S Hew Tork . . . a , . Ho. Carolina. . 8 Ohio S8 Oklahoma .... 14 Fennaylraala. . . 68 Philippines ... a Porto Bioo Haode Island. . ., Bo. Carolina Sonth Dakota. 8 BO 13 a ! Tennesaee ... IS Virginia 14 .. West Virginia S ,. Wisconsin y . 1 Totals.. . .S70 aa 10 88 as 69 eo aa er Opposition to gryan. Cleveland Plain Dealer (dom.). Tha Bryan managers did not underesti mate the Importance of securing New York's delegates to the Denver convention. Without them the Nebraska man may be nominated, but their loss will .certainly shake the confldenoe of his supporters. With Governor Johnson making a dignified bid for support, with the powerful Senator Tillman asking that southern democrats do not instruct their delegates, Delaware firmly for Gray, Illinois still inclined to, listen to the doughty Roger Sullivan,' Penn sylvania looking with much favor on Gray, New England admittedly lukewarm toward the "peerless' one and now with New York foot loose to support whomever It- chooses, the outlook for an easy victory at Denver cunnoj be called bright. Signs multiply that the nomination will not be allowed to go by default. Anti-Bryan democrats must regret that they did not show fight sooner, sorry that they remained In a comatose state until Mr. Bryan had corralled all the early delegations. While In some Instances Mr. Bryan Is to be honored for' the ene mies he has made, these elements of the party of Jefferson muft be figured Into any estimate of the opposition that the Ne braskan may expect at Denver. Onward March of Taft Forres. Kansas City Journal (rep.). On the republican side the campaign for the nomination Is more than Tialf over and Secretary Taft's star Is in the ascendant with apparently good reason for the belief that ha will be nominated on the first bal lot,, and possibly by acclamation, notwith standing the instructions given by several states for their respective "favorite sons." Mr. Taft has a majority of. tha Instructed delegates, with' a probability of getting the voteaof the contested delegations. Inas much as the contests will be decided by the national committee, and hia - friends claim that 'a majority of the committeemen favor his candidacy. The convention has the right to review the action of the com mittee, but the contested delegates will have no vote and Taft's supporters will have a clear majority over the others. With his friends working with greater confidence from now on, and with the deaire which animates most politicians to be on the winning aide, It appears likely that the Tat column will grow even faater In the remaining electlona than it has In the past Waterson for President. Barrels snd Bottles. What's the matter with Henry Watterson for president of the United States? Dean Cf American Journalists, prince of good fel lows, fcaul amid the towering array ot great men Kentucky has given to the world, like Milo,' he has carried the democratic party ever since it was a calf until now when, sitting securely astride Mason and Dixon's line, he alone Is able to sustain the enor mous bulk of unterrlfled bovine that slakes its thirst in Lake Itasca and alaahes Its tail around" Flagler's railroad until its tip hits Key West. For the democratic party Is a water drinkerwhen It wsnts water! Not since tho days ot Grpver Cleveland has the democratic party had a candidate who Inspired a tthe of the wild enthusiasm with which the name of Watterson would welt Its shattered fragments from Texas to Massachusetts. The idol of the south, the brother uf the north and the friend and defender of men who love liberty and Jus tice everywhere Henry Wat torso n stands today. In the ripe maturity of his powers, his party's grand old Cyclops and his coun try's CinclnMttus! Mr. Jefcatea'i Isaerttaeaee.M Chicago Inter Ocean (rep.). The effort of Willis J. Abbot, head of Mr. Bryan's personal press bureau, to sneer st ss "Impertinent" sny mention of Governor Johnson of Minnesota as a democratic pres idential possibility,, and. to describe Mr. Johnson ss an "interloper," la bad politics snd worse taste. The Hon. John A. Johnson has rlstgl from the ranks on his merits. He has won a fair degree of material prosperity, not by the reckless srts Of a demagogue, but by the constructive work of a cltlsen who grows up In and with Ms tnvntry- . He haa pollttcsU power butuuc he has deserved pub!!' 3;if id'.co. Ho', n.- any of ua may disss? ;th soma of his noll tlcal ldeaa, hi is rooognlsed by all who have taken the trouble to learn any;!lng about him as a ruau of sound, and si tcere character. . A Tygtc.) Platform. New York Bun- (rep ). The platform of the democracy of the Empire state la firat class both in what It ssys and in what it refraina from saying. Its utterances and Its reticences sre equally the product of Intellect. I'P to the time of the convention at Denver no candidate but1 opportunity! N The Kllllaar Pace. Hartford Times. Science Is making tremendous strides these daya. Prvfesaor Chamberlain of the University of Chicago haa found a dloon, and Professor Verrlll of New Haven has discovered the skeleton of a soleaodon psra doxua i ' Harmons- with Clab, Kanaaa City Times. The factional row among tha Nw Tork democrats makes It svident that Mr. Bryan is going to have fully as much difficulty carrying New York this zear as he had In IMS and lkvO. REMEDY FOR PRESENT WRONGS Propose Restriction ef Power of Lower Federal Coarta. Sprirprfleld (Mass.) Republican.' The bill reported unanimously from the senate Judiciary committee, restricting the powera of the lower federal Judges In suspending or nullifying state lswa. ought to be ehacted. It doea not deny to theae courts their "equity Jurisdiction In sucn cases. Rut It does undertake to deny to single federal Judgea, sent out from Wash. Ington on a life tenure of office, the right to elevate themselves st will Into a power overshadowing that of a whole ' state. . If the bill attempted to take awsy from the lower federal . Judiciary all power to sus pend the operstlotr of state laws when federal questions are raised. Its cnnstllu tlonallty might be seriously questioned. But when it goes only so far as to re quire three lower court Judges to sit In such cases snd give notice snd grant a hearing with direct appeal to the. t'nlted States supremo court from the ensul Judgment, there can st least be no mc Ing more question of its constltutlonsllty than of a somewhat similar provision contained In the recent railroad rate law In relation ti the rate orders of the Interstate commis sion. . ' This Is the answer which the lawyer of the senate committee, republicans snd democrats sllke, would make to the recent decision of the Vnlted Ststes supreme court sustaining the performances of lower federal Judges in their off-hand, ex-parte suspension of state laws snd state Judicial processes st the snap of the finger of some corporation doing business Jn the state. It is the answer which congress should snd doubtless will make; for even that political party which has stood for the enhance ment of the national power as against that of the states Is beginning to feel that centralising tendencies in the government of the t'nlted States sre going too far, while the other party promises to make a direct and strong issue of. the matter In the coming elections. Something, Indeed, might well be done ta force Into the state courts theae pre liminary suits to test tha federsl constitu tionality of state enacptient. where Such suits used to go In the days of the re public prior to the war amendments of the constitution. When a corporation in stead runs off to a federal court, it Insults the courts of the state where It la doing business snd pays no compliment to the federal Judge appealed to; for It in effect assumes that Justice cannot .be had In thet one court, and that possibly something more than Justice can be had In the other. But the bill reported to the senate, if enacted, might have some influence In this desired direction of restoring to the stste courts that position of greater dignity and Importance generally held by them, re specting stste legislation In relation to the federal constitution, throughout the life of the republic down to within about forty years. If this should not prove to be the case, the more effective device may finally be insisted on of absolutely denying to the lower federal courts Jurisdiction in such cases. . - WASTES OF FIRE. Losaea in Vnltea States Approximate a National Dlaaater. Wall Street Journal. - Tho losses by fire In the United States this year are already greater than In the corresponding period of 1907. and the con flagration at Chelsea will add largely to the total. The fire losses In the United Stales Involve a waste that assumes the proportion' of a national disaster, and In asmuch as moat ot the wssta Is prevent able It can be described by no less harsh a term than "criminal." In the last three years the losses by fire in the United States have amounted to WO,OOO,0OO. This year, even before tha Chelsea fire, the average .loss per day was nearly tSOO.OOO, and If this average Is kept during the rest of the year the total loas by fire during 1308 will amount to over ti00.000.000. After every big conflagration there Is nearly always a good deal of talk about the "benefit" which such a loas confers upon certain trades as if destruction ef property could ever be In any sense ef the word a benefit. After the San Francisco disaster, tor Instance, much was said about the immense activity which the destruction of that city would give to the building and kindred trades, lis It would stimulate an unusual activity by reason of the large demands for materials.. The fact that the disaster at San Francisco meant ths wiping out of property, a total loss wTtlch had to be borne by somebody or other, did not seem tp appeal to certain minds. No doubt that sdtna people regarded the Insurance paid them for property destroyed by fire as In Trie nature of money found, or at least of a quick and convenient way of transferring real estate Into cssh. There Is a little ot such reasoning now. The panic of 1907 is now seen to have had a starting point In the San Fjanclsco earth quake and fire early In 1M. Then began that liquidation and decline in tho stock market which has kept up ever since, and which, in October, 1907, culminated in th? great crisis. While the San Francisco fire was not, of course, the main causa of the panic. It was one of those big wastes, ltks war and famine, which go to make up a heavy loss to the world, and which must be psld In some way or another. It is about time that something effective should be done to prevent the Wrrlfle waste by tire which Is the rule in the United States We are now paying attention to the prevention of wastes of our national re sources, such ss wastes of forests and waterways. We ought to add to this move ment the prevention of the waste by fire. Certainly some scientific method of deal ing wtlh this subject could be established. At least T5 per cent- of the snnusl losaes by fire in the United States sre prevent, able. It would be money In the pocket of the country It we spent even 150,000,000 to save 1160,000,000. MORE "N A TIRE FAKES." Denver Perorations Sagajestlva of Party Treason. New York Tribune. We note wirti surprise the reported Inten tion of the Denver reception committee to supplant tha donkey with the tiger aa the emblem to be used for decorative purpossa In and about the meeting place of the democratic national convention. This is a gross breach ot historical and naturalistic Urerlty. Mr. Bryan In Washington last winter pronounced an eloquent eulogy on tha donkey and proudly claimed that friend of man aa appropriately aynibollsing demo cratic tradition and the democratic aplrit. Since Governor Johnson oi Minnesota be came an active candidate for the presi dential nomination he haa had a photo graph taken for campaign purposes show ing him astride of a Kentucky. donkey. The donkey must not be done out of his honors snd prerogatives by a few "nature fakers" In Denver. He snd the shado of Jefferson sre the only things Immutable in the changing panorama of democratic politics. . ' Tho Aaswer Coarleoas. St. Louis Republic. When Italian dukes snd Parisian princes confine their, speculative operations to their own aide of the Atlantic their possible fatUeis-ln-law will not need consistently to ask American newspapers to cease publics, lions about. them. Tlte consistent Interest In them htglna fur tha publto on this. side only when they are Inconsistent enough to Intsde our lustrUnonlai market ARRIMA I1F.ACHES THE SEA. SlgnlSraace (of Financial Relief Af forded tho Eric Railroad. St. Louis Glohe-DemoCrat. In two spota Harrlman'S march to the sea, has been accompllehed. ,Th off trial snnouncenVnt by the Illinois Central that Its jiew Birmingham division will he opened for traffic crt April 19 finishes the last link ' In the chain which Joins the Union. Pacirio end Illinois Cetitrsl and gives dlnct com munication between the two oceans. By his rescue of the Brie road the other day Harrlmangets another outlet on the At lantic. By preventing a receivership for the Erie Harrlman has done a good work tor the country and also haa won a notable vic tory in his ambition to span the continent with rails of his own ownership. With all our so-called transcontinental lines, begin ning back In ISfie. when the rails of Oakes Ames' road met those of C. P." Hunting ton's at Promontory Point. Xtah, Harrl man Is the first -man who haa achieved an actual continent-spanning railway sys tem. The rest of them stop at Chlcsgo, St. Louis or some other point In the in terior. Harrlman. however, can step on ' one of his cars Irf San Francisco and strike the Atlantic st Savannah or New York. Thus he beats the Vsnderbllts, the Goulds and all the other railway kings.' Incidentstly, In saving tha Erie from bankruptcy Harrlman scores a double vlo tory over Morgan and his allies. In ths fight In the Erie a little over a dosen years sgo between the Morgan snt the Harrlman Interests Morgan triumphed, and when Morgan's plan of operations on the road went Into effect Harrlman predloted the wreck which has recently come to It. Now Harrlman Is the controlling factor In rbe road. At the same time he has de feated Morgan and the others who have been trying to stop him on his conquering march toward the sunrise. He has won not only the most spectacular victories In the whole annals of railway financiering in the United States, but some of his big operations, ss the one now (n Erie, hsve not only been for the benefit ot tha stock holders of the properties directly involved, hut have helped the country. A wreck of the Erie would have given a bad setback to financial confidence. - Harrlman has averted this calamity, snd In a greater de gree than It Is aware, he has done a favor for the country. PERSONAL NOTES. J. Ogden Armour haa donated IM.tm to the $1,000,00 anntveraary fund of the Young Men's Christian association In Chicago. His gift raises the total so fsr contributed to 30, 000. Emperor Nicholas of . Russia, has ex pressed through Foreign Minister Iswolsky his sincere thsnks for the commemorative volume presented ta his majesty In connec tion with the dedication of the Carnegie Institute building In Pittsburg. April U of last year. ) If congressman Hobson Is so afraid some body will take the Philippines he ought to grab a musket snd get right over there. ' The Russian duma Is reported to have voted to increase the salaries of its mem bers. The Increase Is probably demanded tm the theory that doing nothing Is hard work. - . The weather bureau's stsrt on Its pre diction of a week's weather by asserting "During hia week typical April conditions will prevail" seems to partake of tha dla cretWn of the almanac maker of a pre cious century, . who used to print a Una running up and down the April calendar with the Judicious warning: "About this time look out for showers! ,r Miss Annie S. Hall of (;tnclnnaU, daughtsr of the Arctic explorer, lost the case which she argued . before the- supreme court ss her own attorney last week. . The case was that of Annie 8. Hill against Attorney T. B, Paxton, growing out of a controversy over a contract by which Paxton repre sented her as counsel In the case arising In tho administration of her father's es tate. : PASSING PLEASANTRIES. Ul Doesn't It cost a good deal to do as nruch roller skating at the rink aa you do? Jen Naw! . More cheap skates there than any place I know of. Chicago Tri bune. , "Whit kind of a fellow Is Binksley, any. howT" "Well, I think I csn best describe him by saying that he keeps Lent In his wife's name."-Chicago Record-Herald. "Young Mutanhed who Is dangling after that frisky Mrs. Highroller. who has only worn tho willow six months, is strictly in the fashion." , "How soT" "He la a merry widow beau." Baltimore American. y. "TV VIIH f mmlJt IHkt.l. . t. - ' ' ' inmii III rw IS at.j thing dangerous In Ice cream T" "Yes.'r replied the Impolite old bachelor, "I knew a fellow once who Invited a girl ... ui.ii out jiin;0 j i ft ner before she had finished H."-Ch!easo Record-Herald. "Why don't you insist on having all of ficea filled by strictly careful and conscien tious men?" "One reason," replied Farmer Omtoasel. "Is that it seems to be against the rules to let the offices stand vacant while we lock for them." Washington Star. . Thla Is early In too field. A goat found a "Merry Widow" bat and ate all he could of It. Then he died of ovsreatlng. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Prosperous Cluhman When I first ar rived In thla town, forty yeara sgo, I hadn't a shirt to my back. Old - Clubman Woree than that yi hadn't a tooth In your head. Chicago Trlt buna. , ' "Why don't you watch the game, Laura?' "What's the use? You told me the um pire man waa paid to watch It. Let htm look after it, I'm sure I don't want the Job." Cleveland Plain Dealer. . Two Scotchmen occupied the same build ing, one of them living on the lower floor, and the other upatalra. One evening the nian on the firat floor, hearing a commo tion in the hall, went out to aea what the trouble waa, snd found that hia friend bad fallen down stairs. "Did ye fa' doon, Rnl.T" he asked. "Aye." said Hob, "I fell doon, but I was comln" doon whether or no." Everybody's Magazine. , . , WAiTlN rOR A 0ITB. Joe Cane In New Tork Sun. ; A barefoot boy I stood upon -- The little bridge of plank. Or down beneath the cotlOnwood Along the shady bank. .. A crooked pole within my hands, ' My heart filled with delight; My eyes atrlearn upon the stream. Jest waittn' fur a bite. What though the nibble never come To atrip my bent pin hook? 'Twas Joy enough fur ine to bo Down there beside the brook. An tnus 1 pssd the happy hours, . Half hidden out of sight, In Wile dieam beslile the stream While waittn' fur a bite. '. The yeara hev coins and gone sines then I've lingered by the brook Of life where trade goes rushing by ' With ready lino and book. I've stood upon the crowded bank . liy day. an' then by niaht; . I'v sngied there Jn storm an' fair, J. si w ait lu' fur a bite. I've waited fur the fish "success" To oomu an' bite my pin: They come an' sniff like them f Old, An' then swim vff ag'tiu Yt anil I'm atandln' on tha bank- Krum morn In' uutil niht An' I shall stay the same old Until I gtt a bite. i. t I) V r f