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." VICTOR ROSBWATKR, EDITOR.
T-Jtntered at Omaha Postofflce as second-
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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:
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88,550 . !....' 87.B80
SS . It. ...,.... MM
898 1.... oo
30,430 SO 3-M80
SSJT7S 11 i
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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
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In my preeanca and sworn
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vo bafora ma this let day of April.
p (Seel) . - .ROBERT HUNTER,'
pj Notary Public
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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.
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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,
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2 . A bill Introduced In the Oklahoma
jjj leglslstur prohibits the use ot Indian
'? figures ss tobacco signs, Oklahoma In
dlsns have votes.. . ' '
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' 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
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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 , .
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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.
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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.
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