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when out or TOWS.
Bobecrlber leavtac th elty teaa
Boraelly ' aald ' have Th Be
mailed "to them. Addrea will h
chaaged aa aftaa aa aat4.
The peek-a-boo waist baa beaten the
dlrectoire gown to the spotlight.
Mr. Bryan uncommonly modest
in aaylng what be. "thinks" will be In
the Denver platform. Aa if he did not
know. --
Mr. Fairbanks Insists that he must
have "first place or nothing." Indi
cations are that he will get his second
choice. ' '., . , ,; . . ,
A , naval surgeon bl&mea Martini
cocktails for' his loss of position. He
should get a tatter of sympathy from
Mr. Falffiaflkr.-T" "
The reported, revelry on one of the
transatlantic liners simply confirms
the assertion of a, Brooklyn physician
thata Imanrean get drunk on water.
It is. announced that the Beef trust
will reduce its capital. It should know
how, after it has had so much experi
ence in reducing the capital of other
folks. . - '
Someone evidently unloaded a salted
mine of John Hays Hammond when
he was Induced to devote his time to
the development of a vice presidential
prospect.
Georgians have nominated for gov
ernor a man who never made a speech.
It would be a great relief to have an
experiment of that kind tried In the
national campaign.
Rallroada have decided not to ad
vance freight rates on July 1. in
other words, "the 'railroads ' have de
cided to drop politics and devote their
attention to business.
If there were need of any other ar
gument for the nomination of Mr. Taft
It la being furnished by the methods
the "allies" at Chicago are using In
an effort to defeat him.
Colonel Watterson says he will not
be a candidate tor the vice presidency
because no one wants him to have it
There may be plenty of other reasons,
but that one will serve.
President Roosevelt has directed
that government employes who refuse
to pay their debts shall be dismissed
from the service. The order relates to
commercial not political debts.
Senator Foraker la aaid to be dis
satisfied with the platform outlined by
the Taft forcea at Chicago. "Anything
that nobody else wants" would Just
suit Senator Foraker for a platform
Bishop Brent has declined to accept
election to the diocese of Washington,
preferring to stay In the Philippines
He Is acquainted in both places and
his choice Is complimentary to one of
them. .
The Missouri river la showing an in
clinatlon to take part in the general
demonstration being made by smaller
rivers in the wost. " When the Big
Muddy reaches flood stage there will
be something doing la the bottom
lands.
The democrats of the Third Ne
braska district are stirring up all
kinds of trouble for themselves and
the other democrats of the state are
trying their beat to restore harmony.
Inasmuch aa the nomination so eagerly
Bought is an empty honor, Interest in
the fight la not likely to extend very
ar VcjronJ the democratic family.
TJFt Bt YOfiD LOVBT.
Those familiar with the game of
politics as it Is played on the eve of
national conventlone will not be and
the unfamiliar need not be deceived
or misled by the action of the. "allies"
In the conduct of the contest cases
being beard by the ante-convention
session of the republican national
committee at Chicago.
These opponents of Mr. Taft are
simply adopting the tactic used, by
politicians, generala In battle, and by
a Ilpartlclpanta In all aorta of con
tests. They are skirmishing, sparring
for wind, practicing the lure-on tac
tics, and employing all meana known
to shrewd and skillful men to develop
the strength of their antagonist- and,
If possible, discover the weak spots.
It has been certain for a long time
that the Taft forces would control the
Chicago convention unless the con
tests In different states and districts
were nearly all decided agalnat him.
It was clear that In a great many. If
not a majority, of cases the contests
were admittedly of a trumped up
character, to be made a source of
strength If the Taft opponenta suc
ceeded In securing anything like a ma
jority of the delegates. The develop
ments of the last week have shown
that Mr. Taft la atronger than all of
the other candidates taken together,
and his nomination Is certain. ' , "
The announced intention of the "al
lies" to abandon the contests before
the national committee and carry their
fight to the floor of the, convention
died in its Infancy. 'The national com
mittee Is not a Taft body. It is rep
resentative of the 'party in all the
states and territories, and many of Us
members are openly opposed ' to Mr.
Taft'e nomination, yet this committee
In a two days' session found no con
test on which It was necessary to take
a vote. In each case' presented, the
facta were bo clearly In avor of the
Taft delegations that the committee
did not even resort to the formality
of a vote. The "contests" are in most
cases a pretext and a sham and even
the anti-Taft members of the national
committee have refused to fto on rec
ord as supporting them.
The "allies" arenot to be censured
for their part Thv are simply play
ing the political game, just as It is
played In the conventions of alt par
ties. Vice presidential booms, plat
form preferences, recognition, of fac
tions or Individuals in. different states,
and varloua interests and ' Influences
conspire to encourage the opposition
to the successful candidate to. make
the best terms possible before the con
vention program is finally arranged.
To this purpose and end the "allies'"
will naturally make a bold front, even
when It Is more apparent to them than
to anyone else that their fight ' has
been lost. Summed 'up, Mr, Taft has
n? wobib ,i.n - organ fci&tlon. Mf.i.
popular support and his nomlnatonon
the first ballot Is assured. - '
CCBA'8 POLITICAL VxriTXES3
President ' Roosevelt's reluctant an
nouncement that the American troops
will not be withdrawn from Cuba this
summer, aa waa originally - planned,
but will be kept there untjll after the
Inauguration of the new president of
the Cuban republic on February 1,
1609, la another demonstration of the
fact that Uncle Sam's problem In Cuba
Is still a live one. The president's de
cision in this natter waa reached only
after a showing by the .most reliable
citlzena of Cuba of the country's un
fitness or unwillingness for self-go v
ernment and the almost Certain pros-
cmi ui lawruii ouiDreaaa ana a re
turn to misrule and riot if the troops
are withdrawn before the next elec
tion.
One of the most prominent men In
Cuba, an American who has been in
business there for years, baa informed
the president that business in the
island has been almost paralysed by
the mere announcement of the inten
tlon of the United States to withdraw
ite troops. He states that a powerful
organiiation of rich Cubans and
Spaniards is already raising funds to
finance a rebellion as soon aa the
American troops are withdrawn. Their
sole purpose is to compel the United
N . ... .
oiaiea io send troops back to the
Island. They have prospered under
American occupation and do not be
lieve that there will be any real prosperity-
or any settled conditions until
the United States takes permanent
control of the affairs of the island
either by annexation or the establish
ment of a protectorate.
Governor Magoon recently has had
an experience which clearly demon
strates the Cuban incapacity for self
government. When Governor Magoon
removed Ave provlnela governors and
appointed American army officers in
their stead, the Cubans complained
that these offices should be given : to
natives of the Island. Governor Ma
goon toia tne leadera of the three
parties that when they agreed upon
candidates for the positions they
wuuia oe appointed. Each of the
three parties has Its own candidates
and la ready to start a revolution if
they are not chosen. , As a result, the
army officers are still filling the posl
tiona and will remain until the elec-
tlona. It Is now pretty generally ad
mitted that the partiea defeated
the election will refuse to accept the
results, Just as they did after the aec-
ond election of President Pal ma.
When the 'American troops , were
sent to Cuba the second time, In 10
Mr. Taft. on behalf of the admlnistra-
uon at Washington, promised the
Cubans that the troops would remain
until the Cubana culd establish a sta
uatil the Cubans could establish a sta
unarawn. lie added- that if they
were called to Cuba again they would
come to stay. All who have anything
at atake In the island are convinced,
that the Instability of the Cuban
character will be demonstrated by
trouble aa soon as the American forces
are withdrawn and they are hoping
that developments between now and
the installation of, the next Cuban
president will lead to permanent occu
pation of the Island by American
forces.
"irtyocMitiTa abroad."
The accumulating eplatolary testi
mony merely adds to the weight of evi
dence that the Nebraaka Bs Bryan
and Berge are a pair of politicians
so Innocent and guileless that they are
almost a disgrace to their profession.
It Is inconceivable that either of these
men, so Inexperienced In the wayB of
practical" politics and so unac
quainted with the devious paths by
which some men pursue the course
from nomination to election, should
have had accurate knowledge of what
was being done behind their names.
Mayor Jim, wise old bird, and
experienced In "practical" politics, ad
mits that he got the money and that
he spent it. This certainly should
satisfy anybody not inordinately curi
ous concerning such events.' Brother
In -Law Tom was privy ' to Mayor
Jim's philandering with the Money
Devil of the east, but was too astute
to even hint to the principals In that
campaign of purity lest a suspicion
might startle them from their Innocent
somnolency and lead to the overthrow
of the plans go cunningly laid to land
Mr. Berge In the governor's chair and
Mr. Bryan in the senate.
Mr. Bryan, righteously Indignant,
proposed at once that, it any of the
tainted millions of T. Fortune Ryan
had found their way into the cam
paign In Nebraska, he would restore
from his private funds the money so
contributed. But now comes Mr. Wil
liam F. Sheehan, making the' triangle
of wicked consplratora complete, and
in his letter states that the money was
contributed from the general coffer of
the democratic party and was handed
out merely as an incident In the ex
pense of the campaign. He gave It to
the democratic national committeeman
from Nebraaka and did not ask of him
any explanation as to where or how he
proposed to use it. Mr. Sheehan had
the utmost confidence that Mayor
Jim would use it.
This, of course, excuses Mr. Bryan
and relieves him of any necessity of
making restitution. Mayor Jim's
admission that the money was spent
principally in Douglas county in the
interest of Berge further relieves Mr.
Bryan and, at any rate, Mr. Bryan,
himself, says that his interest in that
campaign was only general and re
mote. It Is refreshingly frank In him
to thus own up that he did not partic
ularly care whether Parker carried the
state, and It Is certainly good to know
that .the prospect of the seat In the
United States senate had little that
was' alluring to this eminent apostle
of purity in politics.
Innocents abroad. Indeed! And yet
contemplation of the affair painfully
suggests comparisons with Old Dog
Tray. St. Paul might have had his
eye on the Parker campaign in Ne
braska when he wrote to the Corinth
ians that "Evil communications cor
rupt good manners."
OEUKOIA'a POLITICAL REVOLT.
Hoke Smith, governor of Georgia,
once a member of Cleveland's cabinet,
recognized as the leader of radical
democracy in his 'state and one of the
best known public men south of Ma
son and Dixon's line, has been de
feated for renominatlon., after having
served but one year as governor of
the state. Aside from the Interest
aroused In tho Georgia contest on ac
count of Mr. Smlth'a national reputa
tlon, some features of the election are
worthy ot consideration as showing
the trend of southern sentiment and
the drift of the southern voter from
the old-established political lines.
The campaign waa perhaps aa bit
ter as any ever waged In an American
commonwealth. A forceful sneaker.
bitter, vindictive and vituperative,
Smith spoke in every county and al
most every hamlet of the state. He
made a personal warfare upon Joe
Brown, his opponent, charging bim
with being In league with the railroad
interests and the corporations and
with planning to upset all of the re
forms for which the Hoke Smith fao-
tlon ot the party stood. He declared
that prior to his election the people
had been mercilessly robbed and plun
dered and that all be needed was an
other term in office. to clean the ras
cals out. He demanded the Initiative
and referendum, state guarantee of
bank deposits, practical state owner
ship of railroads and every proposition
that has been advanced by Mr. Bryan
and some that have .been advanced
by Mr. Smith on hia own account. He
waa ready to ralue an army, if neces
sary, to enforce the atate lawa which
the federal courta had declared un
constitutional. , Altogether, he put up
one of the old-fashioned, thrilling
campaigns that would Ordinarily have
given him the almost unanimous sup
port of the Georgians.
Joe Brown did not make a speech
in the campaign. He remained at his
headquarters or at his home and wrote
letters to Individuals and cards to the
public. He discussed all the issues ot
the campaign and made a special plea
to the voters to read the arguments
oa both. sides, to consider them in
their homes and decide upon them a
their leisure, without being swayed or
Influenced by the eloquence of the
spellbinders. Ho pleaded for progres-
lve! sane legislation instead of the
rabidly radical program urged by the
Smith supporters. Brown won by a
majority of 16,000 at a state-wide
primary.
The Georgia result is significant as
reaction from radicalism In a party
that la the party of radicalism. It In
dicates that the voters are each com
ing to have a more sober sense of their
responsibilities and duties and are re
fusing to be swayed by the fury and
frensy of the political Jawsmlths and
their exorbitant' and ridiculous prom
ises and pledges.
Chancellor Andrews In his baccalau
reate address to the University of Ne
braska class of 1908 pays an eloquent
tribute to the common ..man. Aside
from the reasonable presentation of
the claims of the ordinary "cltlxen,
Chancellor Andrews' sermon will be
of Interest In showing that tho head
of the great educational Institution has
not gone over body and soul to plutoc
racy, aa his enemies have charged.
The laying of the cornerstone for Its
communal home by a local German so
ciety is noteworthy.' It suggests that
while the Germans love to keep alive
among themselves some' of the social
traditions of the fatherland, they are
permanently fixed In the new country,
where they have prospered and of
whose welfare they are so large a part-
Applications have been made tor
only 2(7,000 of the 11,677 seats In
the Chicago convention hall. It you
know a man who had a chum who was
on speaking terms with a fellow who
knew Chairman New in his boyhood
days, you will have no sort of diffi
culty in getting some choice reserved
seats for yourself and friends.
Senator. Knox refused to give up
$3,000 to pay the expenses of a club
of Pennsylvania republicans for a Chi
cago convention trip. Senator Knox
knows the Pennsylvania republicans
gnd prefers to take his chances at Chi
cago without their help.
Yamato Ichlhashi, a graduate of the
Leland Standford university, has been
appointed an assistant professor in
the department, of economics of that
institution. An expert in economics
Is sadly needed in -Yamato'r honor
able country. '
Butter-makers will assemble In Chi
cago this week to make a fight on rail
road rates. " It is not suggested by
either end of the, argument that the
price of butter will be lower. The
consumer pays the freight every time.
Richard Croker la appealing , to
Americans to subscribe to a fund for
the purchase-and 'transfer ot the Nile
temple of Phllae. It will seem like
old time to' htfve Americans sending
their contributions to Mr.' 'Croker..'..
Bryan is said to be for Culberson IX
he can't win on his own account, but
as he is oertaln.be can win, Mr. Cul
berson will do well to continue the
cultivation of his existing friendly re
lations wtlh his Texas supporters.
Japan Is offering to buy. off . the
Chinese boycott by giving 200,000 yen
to the guilds at Canton. The boycott
is an infant industry in China, but Is
certain to flourish under that kind of
encouragement. r.
t ' .
Tom Lawson declares that nothing
in tho world can-prevent President
Roosevelt from being renominated at
the Chicago convention. That's the
final and fatal blow to the third term
rumor.
Paaalac I p Hla U1U.
Boston Transcript.
Whan Governor Cummins found that
Senator Allison had. th most votea, be
want out to the golf links and did jomt
long dlstacc knoekint. ,
Oh, rortret It I
Kansas City Journal.
In demanding publicity for campaign con
tributions Mr. Bryan doesn't favor going
o unreasonable lengths, of courae. It
would not b neceaeary, for example, to In
quire as to the amounts contributed by
millionaire allver mine owners la 1890.
Get Tosrether Oao Mora.
Minneapolis Journal.
On hundred . year ago th diameter
of th sun waa four miles greater than It
la now. Ten thousand years ago Its
diameter was 400 miles greater than It Is
now. Let that conference of governors
reconvene lnstanter,. . W are using up the
sun. ....
A Baaoath Tambler,
Washington Post
Governor Johnson's recent astounding
feat, towit, turning a doubt somersault
In diving Into a swimming; )H'ol, should
convince the American yof'j stout if ho la
ever elected president Mr. Johnson will
not be content with nv;n ly a lawn U-nnis
cabinet.
Maay In tha Sb Beat.
Kansas City Ti;nes.
8ince the disclosure th-it William Mont
gomery, th defaulting bank caibitr of
Pittsburg, spent practically all of the
stolen funds for worthlesa mining atock,
tha publlo may feel disposed to regard
his downfall more In aorrow tjian. iu an
ger. One touch of nature makes the
whole world kin.
Natar Booatlaar Waterway.
SL Louis Republic.
Look Ilk Jupiter Pluvlua ia In a hurry
to answer that Insistent demand far four-
teen-feet-through-the-valley. A little leas
precipitation In th matter, , however,
would b welcomed by even tha moat In
sistent, aa til energy .threatens to ob
acur too long that other great- industrial
movement, sunshine and prosperity, It
us alone, Jupel .
Sysapathette l'lattlt adea.
Philadelphia Record.
Senator Piatt haa been Invited to resign
en account of hi youthful Indiscretions,
but he can't afford to: ha need the aal.
ary. It coat him $75. 00 and a country
estate to buy off a divorce suit and 10,
000 at least, and probably more, to settle
a breach of promise ease, and th old
man ha got to hav ome resource that
th women can't get hold of. Tht-y can't
tcK-ii a senate salary.
AHMt OOSSIP 1 WASHlJtOTOS
Cart-eat . Event GleaaeaV tram
tha
Arar aaO .vr Reajleter,
Th army signal officer hav failed to
obtain satisfactory propoaala for furnishing
th army with a balloon tent dealred aa a
shatter at Fort Myer, Va., or wherevet 1
It may b needed, for th military balloon.
Only thre bids were received, ranging In
price from tl.OCO to II .Ton, but th bidder
submitted their own specifications, which
wer a radical departur from tha depart
mental requirement In that non ot th
bidders proposed to furnish a balloon tent
aa large a la dealred, or of dimensions
sufficient .to accomodate tha balloon. Th
signal corps officers hav written to the
firms asking for new bids so far without
result.
Th chief signal officer of the army has
received no word from the Wright brothers,
or from Herring, who possess contracts for
furnishing the army with flying machine.
a distinguished from th dirigible balloon.
No report haa been made of th progress
of th work in elthar case, and, so far
aa th signal corps officers possess any In
formation, the contractors propose to de
liver their aerial mechanism In August and
September, respectively, when the contracts
expire. The authorities have been. looking
for some" request for an extension of the
contract periods, upon which event th
question ot bestowing such encouragements
111 ba decided. Under the circumstances.
It would not surprise observers. In the
least, if the contractors found ia Impos
sible to deliver their machines . at th
time specified.
Th War department will adhere to Its
purpose as expreaaed In reoerX general
orders to prevent the attendance at th
camp of Instruction of officer or men be
longing to the organised militia who are
not in proper physical condition to receive
the training and instruction which Is to be
given to the organised militia during th
coming summer. There is no intention to
require a new and rigorous examination It
being only contemplated that men of the
organised militia who, for any reason, are
not physical equal to the performance of
tha dutlea Incident to the Joint exercises,
should not be permitted to accompany their
commands to the places designated In their
Instructions. This would not seem, to re
quire a rigorous physical examination, es
pecially aa the captains of companies must
be sufficiently familiar with the physical
condition of tholr men to be able to pasa
upon Individual fitness with th oppor
tunity of calling the medical officer of
th command for additional advice In cases
of doubt. ' I
The army signal corps officers are still
engaged In the perfection of a proposed
substitute for the' telautograph. . The ap
paratus haa been under test and In course
of Improvement for more than a year and
as aoon aa It la considered In a reliable
working order It will be submitted to the
officers of the coast artillery for further
trial under th conditions ot service, at the
coast fortifications. Th telautograph re
produces writing or any other form In th
way of designs which can be made by a
pencil. The substitute device employs a
modified typewriter which prlnta the mes
sage at tha other end of th line. Th ob
jection which'' haa been found to th nw
appliance la that It too easily gets out of
order and there la difficulty In its . ad
justment. The army medical officers have again
broken a health record In this country.
Reports received at th office of th sur
geon general of tha army indicate that tha
rate for' typh'oidTever' In the army- f or th
last ' year was less than one-Half that ot
the civilian ' population of military ag- In
thla country. Thla result is a direct proof
of the efflcacy of the meaaures taken by
the- army' medical department in camp and
garrison sanitation. It shows what is pos
sible by unremitting compliance with the
rules of sanitation on the part ot officers
of the line.
A case which has attracted much atten
tion In Washington haa .been that which
haa recently engaged the attention of an
army court martial at the Presidio of Ban
Francisco, where Private William Buwalda
of Company A of the engineer has been
on trial for attending and participating In
a meeting of anarchists.. This was the
meeting In San Francisco where Emma
Goldman, the notorious female haranguer
against government, delivered on of her
characteristic defamation of th United
Stales with particular maledictions upon tha
army and navy. Tholdler who appear
to have a pretty good record previously
mad himself consplcuoua by attending
the meeting In uniform and loudly ap
plauding the speaker, .to whom he rendered
special tribute at the close of the session
The court sentenced Buwalda to Imprison
ment for five years, which sentence was
reduced by Brigadier General Funston, re
viewing authority, to three years' Im
prisonment, an action based on th pre
vious, good record of the soldier during his
flftten years of service.
So few of th colleges throughout th
country have submitted through their
presidents th three names of students
who might be regarded aa worthy ot de
signation for examination for appointment
as assistant paymaster In the navy that
th data of that examination in Washing
ton and at Mare Island originally set for
June 29 has been postponed until July 0.
This will enat.l the department to again
advise th heads ot th college that norm
natlona may be made, It being believed that
there Is some misunderstanding at th col
leges as to the desire of the Navy depart
ment to obtain candidates from the class
of young men who might b regarded aa
eligible, and who are graduates of, or senior
students at, the leading colleges and unl
versltles. Only on college president hat
furnished any names.
PERSONAL NOTES.
President Roosevelt didn't regard a little
iMng like tolling Into a creek with a horse
trying to land on him as an incident worth
mentioning.
In Oklahoma hereafter every bit of news
paper matter complimentary to a candi
date must be labeled "Advertising matter."
If th law also compela It to be paid for,
tha newspaper publishers is the new state
may aoon b happy at laat.
Since Hetty Green haa decided (o pat
ronise a clipping bureau writers may be
expected to discover that she i a fin
type of womanhood, generous as shrewd,
and patronises a beauty doctor not from
motives of vanity, but to help a worthy
practitioner along.
To prove how firm are the roots of peace
In thla country, the embattled warrlora "of
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery com
pany of Boaton, an a hint from the mayor,
abandoned their custom of tooting up th
town at sunria on June 1, without a much
a hinting at a warlike den.
Twenty yeara ago tn Ban Pranciaco tha
tetm "tinhorn gambler" waa attributed to
the lion. James Orndorff, who was dealing
In a gambling place on the Comstock lode.
In was said that be remarked to a player
at the game who was playing small:
"You're cheaper than a tin horn." When
th tiueatlon was referred to Orndorff for
settlement he replied, "'Pears to me I
did say something like that; anyhow, that's
what ha was; h was nothing but a tin
4 horn." .
TEl GDGATtiST
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It is absolutely clean, pure and wholesome. Tha
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JIM, BILL AND TUB BOODLE.
Baltimore American: On of th rich
things about Thomas F. Ryan's contribu
tion of $30,000 to the Nebraska Democracy
la that only $111,000 seema to hav reached
the campaign fund. Such things have been
known before. ' ' , '
Washington Post: When Mr. Bryan gets
through repaying Mr. Ryan his $20,000,
would it not be .In order for , him to
sorutlnla tha campaign contributlona to his
silver propaganda of 18967 Tradition has It
that there was considerable dirty money In
that, too much of It contributed by a
Standard Oil magnate.
New York Sun: Mr. Bryan must first
be convinced that the money went to Ne- (
braska; next that any part of It was ex
pended In the promotion of hla plans; next
that ha waa Its beneficiary in any way
directly, and then-but by that time ha
will see a way out ot It and w shall hear
no mor of tha $15,000, .
New York Tribune: It I reported that
$5,000 of tha $15,000 sent by the democratic
national committee to Nebraska In 1904 went
to pay the cost of a special Issue of a pop
ulist newspaper, edited by T. H. Tibbies,
th populist candidate for vloa president.
But such a disbursement ought not to oause
surprise.. A. great deal of good democratic
money was sent to Nebraska and 'other
western state to help along the candi
dacy ot General Weaver, the populist
nominee for president In 188$.
New York World: The World Is not In
terested In the return of Mr. Ryan'a
money. Aa an advocate of publicity It la
chiefly concerned with the manner In which
the Ryan contribution waa expended. Mr,
Bryan needs no assistance from us In pro
viding full publicity. There ia a publicity
act In Nebraska, and no report of this
money has been mad to th proper au
thorities. In persuading Mr. Allen and Mr.
Dahlman to make a sworn statement of the
detailed expenditures, Mr. Bryan will be
carrying out the provisions of th Nebraaka
statutes. If Mr. Bryan 1 to encourage Ms
own political managers to disregard the
campaign-fund publicity laws of Mr.
Bryan's own stat. of what us would a
national law b If It happened to conflict
with th secret purposes of Bryanlam?
' : VPHOLDISO HOME) RULE. ' 4
. r .I, a i. ' ...
Goveraos Hsgket- as a Ckasisls 'b(
- Manlclpal Rlahta.
Chicago Reoord-Herald. '
We have had occasion heretofore to point
out how consistent and stanch a horn
ruler' Governor Hughea haa shown himself
to be In various way Including th cour
ageous vetoing of measures demanded by
large and atrong sections of th electorate
on grounds of publlo policy and principle.
Among' th latest of tha Hughes vetoes
is on which put a quietus upon a com
pulsory three-platoon system for the police
of the big cities. Th executiv did not
go into the merits of the proposed change;
from his point of view It waa sufficient
that th bill Violated the fundamental prin
ciple of municipal horn rule.
It happens that Buffalo, Rochester and
Syracuse have adopted th three-platoon
system In their police departments. But
New York, Albany, Troy and other cities
hav refused to Introduce It, th refusal
of the first named municipality being based
on a limited but to Its mind conclusive ex
periment. The bill in question would have
overruled th Judgment and decision of the
local police auth6rltlea and forced upon
them systems they deem objectionable and
dangerous.
Governor Hughes says that If the three
platoon system Is desirable, the lw gives
thm nlttea amnt. tn adopt It. To
compel them to do so, however, would be
unJustlNabl, "unless we are to give up
local government or remove police admin
istration entirely from local control."
Th veto has disappointed many poli
ticians and schemers, and may cost Mr.
Hughes some popularity among th friend
of th three-platoon system, but he thought
only of home rule, of hla convictions. - of
his duty and of public policy.
ACTIVITIES OP CHCHCHBI.
A Force GrowlaaT Mora Poteat Every
Year.
Chicago' Tribune.
Each year. It would seem, tha great
annual assemblies of American denomina
tions grow In interest ' for tha layman.
Thla la not to say that any religious as
sembly can ever fall of social significance
or can ever fall to dtscloa to the thought
ful mind a profound bearing upon worldly
affairs. ...
But It is hardly to b denied that the
will la Increasingly manifest in th
churches of America to make righteous
ness prevail In the affairs of man through
the exercise of the church's Influence
upon public life, upon legislation upon
social forma and upon Institution. With
th mor and more definite and practical
commitment of our church organisation
to th atruggla forward of what we call
reform," th layman must attend mora
earnestly1 to th convocation at . which
each church formulatea Its purpose. The
utterances of tha churches on such pub
llo questions aa child labor, on working
conditions for women, on th whit Slav
traffic. Indicate only tha beginnings of
force which la to grow mor potent
each year as It growa mor Informed,
moro concentrated, mor concrete and
"practical." Statesmen and politicians
will have to take greater account than
ever befor of thla fore.
And what of th effect upon religion
itself of this militancy of the churches?
There ar servants of religion who fear
that th churches will become "Utapirlt
uallrej" because of this entry upon th
arena of secular affairs. It la a view
that Is not prevailing. Rather it la be
lieved that a deepening and strengthening
of spirituality, a revitalising of religion
and of th churches will proceed directly
from their sctlv enliatment In the ethluul
phases of the secular struggle for aoc-lal
betterment. Salvation through works may
apply aa well to th church aa to th
Individual.
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RAILROADS And' PERSONALITY.
"Commaalty . of Interest" ' I.ai Wlog
Anions; Gmploye. '
J. O. Fagan In, tha Atlantic."
By consultation, or otherwlae, haa any
personality been put Into the railroad busi
ness T Have our organisations aver said
to their members: "Come bys, let ut
reason together-vwhen a man runs a signal,
or disobeys orders. It la a disgrace to our
machine. In reality we, th employes, ars
the principal stockholder? 1n railroad.
When passengers, or our own members,
are killed or Injured, we hrv to pay a
large proportion of the bill.- We pay ' In
loss of prestige and character, and every
time one of u makes a mlstak. it I a
blot on our escutcheon. W should sea tu
It that -this matter Is made personal to
very member of our organisation. We
should co-operate with managers In locating
the blame for the aocldents, -and. regard
less of consequences, we should- Insist upon
the removal of offenders,"
Is there any evidence to show that In
reality this la the actual state of affairs 1
It so, T have yet to meet . a man who Is
aware of It. . But,' on the other hand. If
no such Influence ia being exerted by the
organ I sat Ion a, in all , candor, and in tha
name of publlo safety, I -ask, why not?
SUNNY GEMS.
"I wouldn't let my wife bully and bait
me," said the bachelor, aomnfully. I
wouldn't let her be master In the houss
If I could help It."
"That's it," sighed the married man.
"Neither would I If I could help 1L" Balti
more American. , - '
"Be sure you'r an' den . go ahead."
quoted Uncle Eben; "but befo' goln' ahead
remember dat It takes a mighty smart
man to b absolutely sure he's right dese
days." Washington. Star. . .
"Of courae there will alwaya be aom tu
bercular ailments," taid the conceited young
phyalclan," but If some people would only
take my advice there would be fewer.".
"Yes." replied Knox, "fewer -. peopla."
I Philadelphia Press. . . ...
"Well, boy, what have you learned et col
lege? Can you reconstruct a dlnoaauert"
"Gosh, dad, I'm mare practical than that,
I can put together, an automobile. "Spo
kane Review.
' Maud I understand you hav a new type-
Author No.' secorid hand. Sfie'e A1 wMow.
Philadelphia Enquirer p
"We didn't let-' out burnished Tioue t
the Dllllnghama." i
"Why not?"
"That oldest Dillingham girl Is wearing
short sleeves and she's got elbows that
would dent the hardest of hardwood furni
ture." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Caesar had crossed the Rubicon.
, "Just In time too," ho said, aa th warn
ing bell began to clang. "A minute later
and 1 should have been bridged!"
Thus by the narrowlst or margin was
one cf the great events of all tlm savad
from being turned into a melancholy flssla.
Chicago Tribune.
THE BOY WHO DIDN'T MIND.
Bert Taylor In 'Youth's Companion. '
The father! sadly shook hla head,
Why will not boy obeyT ..' . , v -v
"You ve been naughty again, I hear, he
said.
"I shall hav to send you away. ,
"I've tried' In all way a to ba kind. V
rtv vAntln means to rule: -
But now I must ship you off; I find, .
To a military achool.J ...... ,
"You'll have to mind your P'a and Q's;
They stand no nonsens there. ; 5 ,
You put on your clothe when a bug! '
AndaVrum meana 'Brush your halrl
i
"Another drum means 'Breakfast boyf '
'Bi.hru,l Km,, " tha bnale blows.
And they beat mora' drums, when bedtime,
cimea - ' '. 'i
And so each day H goes,"
Still, stood th bov with hanging, head -The
father thought, "Poor child!
I've been too hard with him, I fear,
H'a not ao very wild, ...
Well, .what do you think of that dreadful -
place? - ,
Come, little man. raise your head."
The boy looked on with shining face.
"It's going" to b great,"- ca saiu. a
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