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4 TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAY 18, 190S. 1 i l i h i it t !l 1! 1 1 I I i Tiie Omaha Daily Ber FOUNDED BT EDWAIVD ROSEWATXH VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOst. Entered at Omaha Postofflco as second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dally Bee (without Sunday), ona year..$ Pally Hm and Sunday, ona year Bunday Bee, ona year Saturday Bw, ona year D ELI V BR ED BT CARRIER: ta!1y Bee (Including Sunday). per wk5? lally Bee (without Sunday), per week..lOe Evening Bee (without Sunday). per wee le Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week.-Joe Addreaa all complaints of lrregulsrltles In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES: Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 1 Scott Street. Chlcogo-!S40 University Building. New York Rooms 1101-1102. No. U Wait Thirty-third Street . Washington 725 Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlcatlona relating to newa and edl torlal matter ahould ba addreaaed: mabs Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, express or postal order rnyabia to The Bee Publlahlng company. Only 7-rent stamps received In payment or nis'l accounts. Personal checka, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglaa County, m.i Oeorae B. TYschuck. treasurer of The oea rubllshlng company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally,- Morning. Evening and Sunday Ilea printed Curing tia month or April, 1808, was as fallows: 1 36,943 '.t I 1 86A30 . . I t 36.TM - ..... 1 37,010 K 2 1 36,800 20 ! 6 37,500 11 j 7 37,340 12 i I 37,040 It . ! 37,140 14 10 87,060 tf It 37,060 2 U 37,060 IT... I IS 87.340 IS I 14 37,330 2 ) It 37,130 SO ,99V BAAOO 7440 30,060 36,830 86,830 36,440 M,eeo se.sso 36,850 36,600 36,760 36,980 36,990 36,70 Totals Less unsold and returned copies .1,108,580 . 11,341 Net total....... ... Dally average GEORGE B 1.897.1T8 86,878 TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 1st day of May. Ifl0. (BaaU ROBERT hCNTER, Notary PubHc WHE1T OCT OF TOWS, nbsertnos- leaving tno ity tnsn o rarity shonl novo Tne Boo nail tm tkeab AASraa will e changed ns often as reqmested. , The Cannon presidential boom using noiseless powder Just now. - Cleveland has 3-cent street car fares and ntinoara to be getting 1-cent service. Governor Johnson is Bald to bo a base ball enthusiast, but Colonel Bryan is onto bis curves. Base ball fielders are expected to oe particularly active in the campaign fox tha extermination of fnes. The country will have to take care of Itself this summer. Chancellor Day is going to Europe for a long rest. A Kansas chief of police raided 8 gambling den and secured $S0O. That's the only way to beat a gambling game. The motto has been restored to the gold coin, but the coins have not been restored, not so you would notice them. Judge Cray's friends say that he "is in the hands of destiny." Perhaps but destiny does not control the dele gates. The Omaha bank clearings continue to show a comfortable Increase over last year a certain sign that business la steadily advancing. Senator Bailey signalized his return to Washington by making an attack on the president The "Roosevelt luck" holds out. Mr. Harriman is said to have weakness for red aecktiea. That may account for his persistence In waving the danger signal. "Are Merry Widow hats paid for by the yard or the piece V asks a reader. Chances are that many of them are not paid for at all. . London Punch predicts that Bryan will be elected president year. Still, some folks contend Punch tever prints a good Joke. Mr, this that Other aspirant for the nomination at Chicago ought to hold a conference and select the man to move to make Mr. Taft's nomination y acclamation A southern base ball pitcher claims to have invented the "Merry Widow curve." He's mistaken. The Merry Widow curve wag in evidence before Chadwlck was born. ' . Congressman Leake of fJsw Jersey is charged with having unwillingly given away some of the nation's naval se crets. A federal plumber should be put to work on Leake. "Where Is ex-Senator Billy Mason? asks the Atlanta Georgian. No one Is complaining over the fact that Ma son has got out of the Spotlight, so why drag him in again? There were 31,000 more deaths than births lu Parts last year. A new edition of the president's treatise on anti-race suicide should be printed for the special benefit of the Parisians. - Competition for the place left -a taut by the death of Secretary Bennett of the State Board Equalisation Is becoming active. It will be s. mistake If this IniporUnt pofaStloo. Is tilled by maa named purely for political ex pediencjr. The state pf Nebraska has too much at interest In the matter to trust such Important work to a mere BoliUclaa. -.- - V TflK TTCE PRgsroiiTCT. With the nomination of Mr. Taft as the republican candidate for president assured a mouth In advance t the Chicago convention, leaders of the party will naturally give more consid eration to the selection of a suitable nranlng mate for the war secretary, and the conditions happily are such as to make It possible for the convention to do a real service to the party and the country by the selection of a can didate for rice president who, It elected, will be a real help to the pres ident and a factor In administration flairs. It has become a custom, founded on usage, to use tne vice presidential nomination to reward some element of the party or to placate another, tak ing geographical and other political considerations Into account, with but little or no effort to consider the real presidential qualifications of the nom inee. As a result of this custom, the vice presidential nomination,, by both the great parties, has come to be looked upon as a shelving of the can didate and placing him in the ranks of outsiders, so far as active partici pation In administration affairs is con cerned. Under the accepted practice, the vice president has less Influence In administration affairs than a chief clerk In one of the departments. While e Is nominally the presiding officer of the Benate, even this service is usually left to a president pro tern., elected by the senators. The duties of the president of the United States have grown so rapidly In the last decade that it would appear be most desirable that the vice president should be chosen with a view to his active assistance in administra tion affairs. A vice president who is In full sympathy and accord with his chief, could relieve the president of a vast amount of more or less Important work connected with the different branches of the government. He might, for Instance, give his 'special attention to diplomatic affairs, to the Panama canal, or to any one feature of Important work, reporting to his chief aad greatly relieving the de mands upon the time and attention of the chief magistrate. This could be done without any division of. either authority or responsibility, but it would elevate the office of vice presi dent above Its present popular dis favor and result in a betterment of the public service. It would adapt to the government service the principle that Is observed with such good re sults In corporation and private busi ness organizations, where the vice presidents, or assistants under any title, have Important duties and do ef fective work. The vice president should have a share and influence In the work of the administration Instead of being limited to the duty of keep ing posted as to the condition of the president's health. THE COMNQ AJRSBIP. The amused Indifference with which Americans have been wont to regard the efforts of Prof. Alexander Graham Bell and other inventors who have been predicting the final and early tri umpn of the airship has received another shock by the success of the Wright brothers, who have been con ducting a series of experiments with an aeroplane on a sandy spit of land on the North Carolina coast The dlrigi- bility of the balloon has been estab lished for some years, but all efforts to produce a real "flying machine' have resulted almost as disastrously as that of Darius Green, who was a pioneer in that line of effort The sue cess of the Wright brothers, however. 1b a long step toward the accomplish ment of the dream of inventors to navigate the air at will. The Wright brothers have pinned their faith to the aeroplane and have succeeded In flying at the rate of fifty miles an hour, facing heavy adverse winds and guiding the ship in any di rectlon desired. There are two schools of experimentalists in this field. One clings to the gas bag, while the other Insists that the permanent airship must be able to maintain itself In the air in spite of weight The Wrig'hts cling to the airship plan, and have modeled their ship after the sea gull, the habits of which they have studied on the North Carolina coast They claim to have already made the most Import ant achievement in the history o aerial navigation, and ask but a little more time to so perfect their invention that it may be made of actual and practical use. The world has almost gotten over the habit of wondering at any new achievements of science, but will take deep Interest in the future development of the airship. THE OA SB AO K QVESTIOS. Anoiner or tne perennial suits In volvlng the right to dispose of dead animals In the city of Omaha is drag gmg Its way through court A private individual claims the exclusive privi lege and Is seeking to restrain other private Individuals and the city as well from interfering with what he claims as his prerogative. It matters not what the Immediate outcome of this case may be, the right's of the tax payers will scarcely be conserved. This ixutdlUoa of affairs has prevailed in Omaha for many years and will as long as the present method of dealing with the garbage question remains. Experience of other and larger com munltles than Omaha has proven that but one satisfactory way Is known and that 1 to take the matter entirely un der the control of tie municipality. When this Is done and the service Is properly administered the city Is kept clean and there is no clash over the right to haul or dispose of the offal and rubbish that is an everlasting source of contention when Its disposi tion Is made a matter for private profit. The taxpayers must settle for the aullng of garbage sooner or later and would be better for all If the matter were entirely controlled by the city nd not allowed to be farmed out to private individuals or corporations. HEED or MORE REVESVE, The cost of maintaining the Amer ican government and encouraging the development of different industries as grown Immensely In the last few years and the provision of means to meet this Increased expenditure will be one of the big problems that con gress must face In the next few years. The democrats will, of course, during the coming campaign charge that the depletion of the government's enor mous Btirplus Is the result of repub lican extravagance, but the facts will not furnish warrant for the charge. Chairman Tawney of the house committee on appropriations, which has the framing of all the big money bills of the government, has explained at length the necessity for economy In government expenditures, and his committee has reduced the estimates of the heads of the different depart ments by more than $100,000,000, nd yet the total exceeds the probable revenue by many millona of dollars. The demands for additional appropri ations for the different branches of the service, the army, the navy, the De partment of Commerce and Labor and the Department of Justice, which have had charge of the campaigns against looters of the nation's national re sources, the forestry bureau and other branches of the service have becomo practically Irresistible and the con gress must meet them. The problem, then, is to devise some method of rais ing additional revenues without im posing new burdens on the general taxpayer. The problem is not parti san and would be as great for a dem ocratic administration as for a repub lican one. The treasury now has a surplus of about $200,000,000, most of which la on deposit In the naltonal banks, but indications are that this amount will be required to meet the excess of ap proprlations made by the present con greee, bo that the treasury will be down to positive needs by the end of the fiscal year In June, 190S. The condition may be relieved by the re sumption of normal conditions In the export and Import trade, but It is doubtful If this can be sufficient to make up the expected deficit. While the revenue question will not be dom inant in the coming campaign and perhaps it is better that It should not it will be the paramount problem for consideration by the congress that will come Into existence on March 4, 1909. tux XATioira popvLATioy. James J. Hill did most effective service at the governors' conference at Washington in calling attention, by striking facta and figures, to the lm peratlve need of prompt and vigorous action for the conserving of the natural resources of the nation, but he appar ently became too optimistic, or too pessimistic, In his prediction of what the population of the nation will be In 1950. In an effort to show the dele. gates to the conference that unless the waste and abuse of national resources were not checked the government would be cramped to support Its peo ple in forty-two years from date, Mr. Hill ventured the prediction that the population of the United States In 1950 would be at least 200,000,000, The records do not furnish warrant for Mr. Hill's prediction. The increase by birth and immigration kept a uni form ratio in this country from 1790 to 1810, when there was a decrease In Immigration, which lowered the ratio. From 1820 to 1860 the rate of in crease was about normal. Then came the war, which upset all calculations and destroyed precedents. After the aar came a tide of immigration, and it was not until 1870 that the census showed the rate of Increase In popula tlon had assumed about normal propor tions. The census of 1900 showed that the population of the nation was about 25,000.000 less than it would have been had the birthrate of the first half century of the nation's life been main talned. It showed also that great as the Immigration had been in the dec ade between 1890 and 1900 it was not so large, in proportion to the popula tlon, as It was a century ago. Mr. Hill makes the error of assum lng that conditions which have ob tained In this country for the last fifty years will hold for the next forty-two years. All indications are that this will not be true, it is almost certain mat the birth rate will decrease, as it always does as oountiies rrow and that the Immigration will not make up ror tne loss. With a present popu uiuon or jjo.ooq.ooo. lt would be VVUK"M' estimate to place the prooaDle population in 1950 at lBfl. uuo.000, or a little less. That will h practically double the uresent tn,,i uon ana give rise to most important economic problems that will have to be settled by the American people, but jesa strain tnan would re- u ii r. iiui's predictions are ful ieorasitas representation at the Washington conference Is especially creaiuioie, oovernor Sheldod has made a record in this regard which will Do nard to equal. lie upheld the dignity of the state in one big epoch making affair on the Pacific coast and then, traveling as fast as the swiftest train could carry him. took his part in an entirely different but even more lm- portant occasion on the Atlantic coast. This shows that our governor Is not only a remarkably vigorous traveler, but is also sufficiently versatile to do the state credit In whatever capacity. The senate committee on postofflces and postroads, which rejected the 600,000 appropriated by the house for an Increase in the pay of letter arrlers has restored the Item. After uly 1 letter Carriers who have been In the service for a year or more, and ho have attended to their duties, will be advanced in wages $100 a year. In addition, they will get a leave of absence on pay for thirty days each ear. The Burlington makes a showing of net earnings for six months in Ne braska of almost $4,000,000. Inas much as these six months cover the period of greatest depression the net profit of above $1,500 a mile for track operated surely shows that the claim that Nebraska was not hard hit is well founded. The Methodists seem inclined to re tain the' traditional terminology of the church. In one case they have acted Isely. It is difficult to see wherein any improvement would result from changing the venerated title of "pre siding elder" to that of "district su perintendent" More permanent Improvements are being made on the State fair grounds and the permanency of the exposition at Lincoln is being made doubly cer tain. Careful management should make the Nebraska State fair more than worth Its cost to the state. Omaha school boys did not make a very remarkable showing In the state competition at Lincoln, but they had the satisfaction of taking part with a lot of husky young Nebraskans in a remarkably active athletic competition. The senate has fixed December 16 as the date for a vote on the Browns ville case. Senator Foraker will have the vote of November 3 before him at that time and may not be so deeply Interested In the Brownsville affair. Colonel Watterson has written a duble-barreled editorial against a third term for President Roosevelt It is pleasing to find Colonel Walter- son and the president agreeing on one proposition. With two Omaha candidates for gov ernor and eacn one an experienced campaigner, the democratic primaries In Nebraska will have a tinge of In terest they have lacked for many years. Railroad reports now coming In do not warrant the assertions made at the time the 2-cent fare and similar bills were being enacted, by the leg islature, r rf .' Every Chin Helps. Baltimore American. In considering the conservation of Amer ica's natural resources the eonferenca lu Washington should see that plenty of hot air Is supplied for the coming presidential campaign. Cemetery Promotion. St. Louis Globe-rjeniwrat. Turlng the last three months of 1!KT the railroad casualties were 20,458, of which l',092 were killed and 19,368 injure 1. Such a showing in the whole of Europe would create consternation there. Aa Example Worth, Following;. New York Tribune. ' You cannot contemplate without envy the good fortune of the consumers of gas In London? One company there has re duced its price from 71 cents to 69, and two others new sell for E5 cents and, 49 cents a thousand, respectively. ' Reverence for Hello. Baltimore Americsn. A man who stole a statue of Diogenes and his lantern from a department store In New York was quickly caught and pun ished. When forced to associate with common shoplifters Diogenes must feel that his lot has fallen on evil days. Packago for Kewa-tiettera, Wall Street Journal. After the Union and Southern Pacific dlrectora' meeting E. H. Harriman called the newspaper men Into bis office and said. You fellows are trying to do our financing for ua. Wa are not In need of any money sow, and we can wait for a better market." Wise Warmers Hetrenta. Indianapolis News. Consideration of the Brcwnvllle affair has been postponed by Senator Foraker until December 16. "In time of war pre pare for peace" Is a mighty good motto. vou know. Senator Foraker may not be wholly discreet In alt things, but he Is probably too judicious to take any chances on losing his Job In the senate. "Let la Alone." The Outlook. For the real origin of that motto, how ever, which expresses so tersely the tem per of the National Prosperity association and which has captivated the New York Sun, we must go back nearly nineteen hundred years. It Is recorded In the gospel according to Mark that there was In synagogue a man with an unclean spirit who, when he "heard One teaching with au thority and not as the scribes, cried out, "Let us alone; what havs we to do with thee? Art thou come to destroy us?" The next time the National Prosperity associa tion or the New York Sun prints with Its enthusiastic approval the motto, "Let us alone," we trust that it will give credit to the man with the unclean spirit. Jaalilal Kats Making;. Philadelphia Press. Another railroad in Pennsylvania has beej taken from under the operation of the S-cent fare law by a court decision. It Is a little road of narrow gauge, running through portions of Greene and Washing ton counties. The court in the latur county holds the law to be inoperative as applied to that road, for the reason that lt ao re duces the company's revenues as to be an Injustice to the stockholders. The judges maintain that a ( per cent dividend ahould be allowed the stockholders, and that in addition a I per cent annual fund ahould be created for extraordinary emergencies and to make better menu. The 1-cent rate did not permit this, and so the road ean charge what It pleases as long as that de cision stands, O rRKMDE'YTI t.I, riRIXO MtK. Progress of (ha Cam pa I an far Parly tanriarel Bearers. Taft's lead told In detail: Total Bomber of delegates to Ctaleege oonvsotlon FO Weoessary to nomlaatloa 4l ror Taft, total 60S for Taft, no contests 480 ror Xnoa , 70 For Hashes 56 For Can aoa F.9 ror Fairbanks 48 ror X.a rollett SS ror Foraker 13 TJninatrneted (many friendly to Taft) 108 Contested (sis by Taft) 188 Instructed for or otherwise committed to 3 3 PS I STATE, ITO. Alabama .... 98 .. .. ... Alaska a Aiisona .... a Arkansas ...IS a California ..80 Colorado ...10 .. ,, .. ., ., , . Connecticut .14 .. .. ,. .. 6 Deiawre . . e Diet, of Ool a riorlda Georgia .... 11 .. 1 , . 1 .. 10 Hawaii a Idaho Illinois a . . . . 48 . . . . 4 India so .. Iowa 86 , . , Kansas ..... 80 Kentucky ... 84 a .. Louisiana ..18 .. ,. Maine 6 6 Maryland . . 14 8 Masa. 80 18 Michigan ... 86 .. .. 8 Minnesota . . 88 . , Mississippi.. 80 Missouri ... 84 a Montana ... 6 Nebraska ... 16 Herada .. . . . ., ,. .. 6 Hew Kamp 8 Hew Jersey.. 13 8 .. 3 1 .. 8 Hew Mexloo. 8 Hew Tork... 3 .. 68 80 H. Carolina.. 84 . . ., H. Dakota... 8 Ohio 49 Oklahoma, 4 .. .. . . . . . ) Oregon 8 .. . . .. . . . . .. Pennsylvania .. 88 .. Philippines.. 8 Porto Bloo .. .. .. . . 8 Rhode Island 8 So. Carolina. 8 8.. 8 Bo. Dakota.. 9 Tennessee ..84 ,, . . .. . . .. Texas 83 .. .. 8 . .. Utah 6 T ernkont .... . .. ., 8 Tlrglnia .... 84 Washington. 10 . . Vf. Virginia. 14 Wlecons.n .. 1 .. .. 88 . . Wyoming ... 8 Totals . . .603 TO 86 M 43 88 108 Foraker gets a from Florida. 3 from Georgia, 4 from Ohio and 4 from Boat Carolina. - Dtaconraared Allies. Boston Transcript (rep.). The "allies" have surrendered, and their original leaders are now hoping not only for Taft's nomination, but that It. may oc cur on the first ballot. This Is because they arc republicans primarily and want to make as e".. as possible the election of the man whom the republican party has already decided to nominate. They also recognise the administration's control of the situation to the extent of being wllUn to take a Roosevelt platform and a vice presidential candidate selected by the same majority Interests. No attempt will Ac cordingly be made to recognise both wings of the party by giving a conspicuous rep resentative of the aJliiiS, or conservatives, the second place on the ticket. The Chi cago convention will thus demonstrate President Roosevelt's continued hold upon the party, and to Insure the success of its ticket will be the present administration's last great responsibility. Ail prospect of breaking the Roosevelt regime by a return to the old-time conservatism at the end of bis eight years of office has now been fully. formally and finally abandoned. BeeonS riaco on tne Ticket. Washington Star (rep.). Governor Hughes would be the strongest man for the place. His letter to General Woodford, Just published, denies his party the use of his name. The statement Is explicit, and doubtless Governor Hughes expresses his true feelings. We may easily believe that he does not desire the vice presidency, and many people would rejoice to see him serve a second term as gov ernor of New York a post he Is fining in an admirable manner and with admirable results. But Governor Hughes puts the case too strongly. To say, as he does, that he woutd not serve as vice president tf elected Is to Invite Incredulity. No man could afford that. A declination would mesn an af front to the people, and would put an end to all of Governor Hughes' Influence on public affairs. Confident as he now may be on that point, he would yield under the pressure of so great an obligation. If the republican party decides at Chicago that It needs the use of Governor Hugbes name and Influence In this year's campaign, and nominates him for second place, be will be forced to bow to the call. Democracy's Only Chssee. New York World (rep). Mr. Bryan has had two opportunities to appeal to this nondemocratlc vote And failed both times. In 1894 he had the demo. era tic nomination, the populist nomination and the silver republican nomination and the benefit of broken and demoralised party lines, yet his vote was less than the combined democratic and populist vote of 1892. In 1900 he had a slmtlsr opportunity and polled fewer votes thsn In 18M. If he is again the candidate In 1906 he will do worse tbsn In 1900. " The only chance of the democratic partr this year is to present A now candidate, Identified with none of the old feuds, who has no record of disaster to defend, who has proved that he can carry his own state and draw votes from the republican ticket. Johnson has twice demonstrated this. Just as Bryap has twloe demonstrated that under tils popullntlc leadership defeat is certain. i An Impartial View of Bryan. Harper's Weekly (ind ). Nothlr-e will teach him political wisdom. His head Is not built to hold 11. His proc essed of thought do not yield It. Ha can not think right on the great concerns of political policy and statecraft. Doubtless he would If he could, but the power has not been given him. What has been given him is a remarkably strong, enduring body, a magnificent assurance, on engaging man ner and a wonderful gift of speectu He is full of talent; he makes many friends; he la one of the best talkers In the world. These gifts have won him the leadership that ha enjoys. He Is A great fellow, Is Dr. Bryan, but he Is not a 'great atatesman and never will be. He Is a fair moralist, a great entertainer, and would probably have made a notable preacher or an extraordi nary actor. That he has great gifts Is in disputable; that be has great personal at tractiveness is cvlutsni. bo aiso Is it evi dent to any thoughtful student of his rec ord that he is unfit to be trusted with tor great roponlbilitles of the presidency. Man Wko Does Things. St. Lulis Times (dem.). Mr. Taft seems to have a way of attend ing to big affairs without brass band ac companiment. He baa visited Panama, settled local troubles, inspected the work, placed A few charges of dynamite under It where they will do the most good and now he is homeward bound, loaded with cam paign speeches and a report for the president. trmiT or the statu rnrss. Falrbury Journal: The following repub lican papers In the Fourth district sre openly opposing the re-nomlnatlon of Congressman Hlnshaw; The Fslrbury Oa sette, Hebron Journal, David City Banner, Tork Times snd Vtlca Sun. McCeok Tribune: Governor Sheldon Is disclosing senatorial qualifications. Since his California visit he Is quoted at stating that the Plntte valley la worth as much a the whole state of California. The gov ernor evidently forgot us out here In the Peerless Republican valley. But It was a doodle of a Jolly Just the same. Norfolk Frtss: The Press wishes to say rlf ht now, before saying so rs.n be applied personally to anybody, that this pftper will r.ot support any candidate for the legisla ture mho will not unmlstskably make a pledge that he will not vote to repeal or annul any of the reform measures passed at the last legislative session, and that he will vote to amend the primary law so that each voting district cn nominate and elect Its own party committeemen. Bradshaw Republican: Mr. L. L. Llnd- sey must be one of the most prominent cltlrens In our capital city. We notice that his name appears on no less thsn six teen petitions for saloon licenses recently published In the State Journal. It appears that we have heard of that name before- better known as the notorious Bud Llnd sey. There ought to be A law restricting a name from appearing on more than one. saloon petition 1n any one town or city. Norfolk Press: Harry Lindsay has been reappointed clerk of the supreme court and will continue to assimilate a - bunch of fees every year that la big enough to make a Judge's salary look like 39 cents. It might be a needed reform to pension every su preme Judge who reaches the age of 70 without starving to death by making him supreme court clerk. That might fix his bank account so ths heirs of his estate would have enough to settle with the under taker. Rushvllle Recorder: Governor Sheldon has certainly been a conspicuous figure In the demonstrations at San Franc Ifco and the Pacific coast. There Is something about Sheldon that commands respect, if not admiration. He Is made of that stern and earnest stuff that counts among statesmen, especially In this Roosevelt age. While he la not anxious to figure in the presidential race, he certainly would make a fine running mate for Taft, and bring honor to the state that gave him birth. Grand Island Independent: Quite a num ber of prominent eerqocrats In this stste are heart and soul for George M. Sheldon, governor of Nebraska, snd a very possible candidate for A renominatlon to that office, as vice presidential candidate with whom ever the republicans name as candidate for president. From s democratic stand point It would be an excellent thing to do. The kindly Interest would cease, of course, with the nomination and Governor Sheldon's sweet reposing oa the shelf so far as the governorship Is concerned. Kearney Hub: Addressing the bankers' convention At Hastings last week, J. P. A Blsck declared that the guaranteeing of bank deposits is wrong in principle, for In fact "a depositor's deposit is liks Any other Investment And no more deserves to be guaranteed by the state than would some Ather class of Investment." This is cer tainly a "high And mighty" view to take of the matter and one that will not be Acceptable to the public even among those who do not have deposits in banks. The proposition has very generally mat with favor. Many bankers favor it and It 1s quite natural that nearly everyone outside of banks should also favor it. Ths guar anty of bank deposits Is a present live Issue and Mr. Black will probably be In the banking business long enough to see it an accomplished fact. Norfolk Press: Edgar Howard, editor of the Columbus Telegram, has Announced himself as a candidate for the democratic and populist nomination for congrees in opposition to Senator J. P. Latta. Howard Is a fellow who talks good and makes a good Impression, but be doesn't Always do an he talks. He Is Just about the biggest falfe in Nebraska newspaperdom, taking equal rank with G. M. Hitchcock or the Omaha World-Herald. He Is Always shout ing for reform with a big R, but when it comes to a showdown he will support Any candidate or policy that bears a democratic, label, however rotten tlther or both may be. Ho hates a populist as the devil doee hcly water, and never bos a good word for that party or Us members, except when he is fishing for votes. Howard will he easier meat for Congressman Boyd than Jim Latta. Fierce County Leader: The republican papers of Pierce county never miss an opportunity to say something detrimental about A democrat, but when one of their own tribe goes astray they are mum-very muni. Not one of these papers, with the exception of the Plaluvlew News, has men tioned A word About County Attorney Van Wagenen being arrested and taken before the Board of Insanity on the charge of be ing a habitual drunkard and a fit subject for the dipsomaniac asylum. If the repub lican papers of this county want to be fair, why don't they mention it? Mr. Van Wagenen is-one of the county offtelala and the people of the county have a right to known how he has been oonaucun ... self. The Leader has always been friendly towards Mr. Van Wagenen, and we do aot wish at this time to do hlra an Injustice, but we are publishing A paper for the news and our readers are entitled to kaow what la going on. Why don't the republican papers glvo their readers the news which tbey are entitled to receive? Aurora Republican: It is too bad the railroad boys have seen fit to take the side of the railroads In the matter of rate regulation. Ail the benefits the boys have reaped In the past In the way of Increased salaries snd shorter hours have come from those who are now engaged In trylne to secure for the public simple Justlcs In the matter of rates and service. We believe that they will yet see before It is too late that they are simply being used by the railroad managers forcaUpaws to pull out of the fire aome very rotten chest jutA By going Into politics, the boys may succeed for a time in defeating their real friends. But in the end Justice must nrevslL On the face of things it does look as if reduction In freight rales might force rinwn salaries and destroy dividends. But it must be remembered that the railroads' figures are all based upon a fictitious valuation resulting from the watering of stock and that the proposed reduction In rates must not be Interfered with until the element of gsmbllng and atock-water-lng la forced out of the railroad business and the railroads get to figuring earnings on the baais of actual physical valuation. The common flavoring extracts in. the market bear no comparison for fine flavor to 1 m aw A FISCAI. WArllXO. DeBcIt In national Tlevenae Aeansalna. Large Proportions. Pittsburg Despatch. ' The summaries of the revenues and en pendltures of the government for the flrsl ten months of the fiscal year are of s char, acter to compel a little sober thouant- Thl pose In customs and Internal revenue fo the ton months Is ,ono,000, while Increase! In miscellaneous receipts make the net loss. 141.397,0(10. At the same time expenditure! have Increased c,72?.ax. Of this Increase a(T.ao,ono ia in the three items or armyt navy and pensions. Last year there was a surplus of M.T5.ono. So far this ya there Is deficiency of 131,644,000. The deficiency for the full year Is estk msted at from MO.000,000 to t70.ono.000. a the rate appropriations are being made. Mr. Tawney expressed a fear that the defS clency next year will be 150.000,00O, Thai with this year s deficiency wilt reduce tha treasury surplus to a narrow margin. Ye the disposition of either the administration; or congress to conform expenditures to the reduced revenues Is conspicuous by Its) absence. If the Increased expenditures were fos. reproductive work such as multiplies ln dustry and commerce It could be accepted as certain to pay for itself in the future. But that class of expenditure is the one our phenomenal fiscal policy Is willing te. retrench or wholly suppress. As stated the present year's Increase for the army, nary and pensions went far toward in counting for the deficiency. Yet those tn creases followed larjre Increases In previous years, and from present prospects are to; be followed by further Increases In the nexj, year. This country used to congratulate tteelfj that It was free from the military and naval burdens of the old world. The new! regime seems to have succeeded in entirely) emancipating us from any undue vanity o4 that score. , " J PERSONAL NOTES. ''8 ' 1 AH up for the merry widow hat It hag caught A thief in Pennsylvania. The yearling prince of the Asturtas ti now enrolled as a private in the Spanish! army. In n Infantry regiment, of course At last A train has been flagged and! saved from wreck by a red bandana. Here-, tofore the red petticoat had been getting! most of this sort of glory. Controller Wilson of Chicago has ruled! that no telephone, traction, electric light OS other public utility corporation can maks contributions to hospitals or other charities, Having been awarded $3S.0u0 for damages) sustained at the hands of. the Kentucky; night riders, the plaintiff will now embark upon the very hasardous peril of collecting the money. Messrs. Carmack and Patterson, who arn. battling for the governorship of Tennessee are both red-haired men, and from ths talk now being Indulged in, it looks As 1 some of their supporters are getting red beaded, too. , Senator Flint of California might, with out great exaggeration, be called the dude, of the senate. He is easily the best dressed senator, not because his clothes Are an finer in quality than those of some of his colleagues, but because they fit him betteg and sre Wore correctly cut to the mode. All the easy marks do not wear alfalfa) whiskers and srarchless shirts. A Chloagd family quartered In a marble mansion signed up some 190,000 worth of orders fo art works. The paper proved to be promts sory notes, which are now coming In front "innocent purchasers" with great regu lartty. The art works snd ths artlaUdj crook; are invisible. Miss Carol Barnes Newberry, daughter of Asslstsnt Secretary of the Navy New berry, has been designated by Ooverhon ' Warner of Michigan as sponsor for thai battleship Michigan, whose launching is ta take place on Tuesday, May 26, at the) yards of the New York Shipbuilding com, pany at Camden, N. J. The governor of Michigan and his staff will be Invited tov attend the launching. , jj POINTED REMARKS. "Why do women enjoy weeping at sj matinee?" said he. "I don't know," answered she. "Why da men enjoy getting angry at the umpire?"- Chicago Record-Herald. "Yes," said the landlady, "a man must be proud who has risen from nothing." "That's so," replied the star boarder, looking sourly at the table, "but no manj likes to sit down to It" Houston Post The isthmus mosquitoes gathered enthu slastlcally around the genial secretary of war. "Here's a candidate." they hummed, "ex actly to our liking." At tha succeeding banquet It was agreed) by all present that a very enjoyable time; was had. Chicago Tribune. "What do you do," asked the fair brldrn player, whispering to the man sitting be hind her, "when you have a hand like that?" "I generally swear," he answered. Chi cago Tribune. "Jane Summers has been trying to de scribe a soul kiss to me." "I don't see how lt could Interest Jans she's so fond of onions." Cleveland Plain, Dealer. "It's hard." said the sentimental land lady, at the dinner, "to think that this poor little lamb ahould be destroyed In Its youth lust to cater to our appetites." "Yea, replied the smart boarder, strug gllng with his portion, "lt is tough."- Philadelphia Press. "So you think lt Is a good Idea to gird your audience much In the way of stalls tics?" asked one campaign orator. "Not too much. Just enough to let hint rest up and get a llttla hungry for anotheg anecdote." Washington Star.. "What are you thinking about?" he asked, as the hour grew late. The girl blushed. "I was thinking of thSj rain," she said. "But you blushed." "Well, I was thinking whether to lend) you an umbrella, knowing you would make It an excuse to come again, or to let you sit out the storm snd have lt over At one dose." Philadelphia Ledger. A TOKE.V. '-'Vwi Above, a red-bird loosed his melting songl Below, a maiden lightly tripped along. Her sunny hair tossed by the breese of morn. Her brow as radiant as the day jdst born, A-down the fragrant, dewy path she sped,' Nor paused 'midst rarest roses, white an4 red. Until she reached A lowly bush tha drooped ; Then over this moat lovingly she stooped. She plucked a bloom Ah, could a rose bul spek! And, sighing, pressed lt to a mantling "Wee rose," she breathed, "most fair of sf) to me. Last night I saw I saw his sleeve brust Omaha. M. C. DOYLE. x . - ...