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TTTK OMAHA DAILY BKrJ; THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1909. Tite Omaha Daily Bee. TOUNDBD BT IDWARD BO B WATER VICTOK ROflSWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Fostofflo oood das matter, r TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Pall? Bs (without Sunday), en jrar..$4"9 Pallv Bm and Sunday, on year runnay en year w Saturday B. on year 1W DELIVERED BT CARRIER: Pally Bo (Including: Sunday). per week.IRo 'any (witnnut Hunday), per weK..iua Evening Bn (without Sunday), per week to Evening Bee (with Sunday), per wek...l0o Addreaa all complaint of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES: Omaha The Bea Budding. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs IB Scott Street. Chicago 1M Marquette Hldg. New York Rooms 1101-1102, No. SI Wt Thirty-third Street. Washington 72" Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating- to newa and edi torial matter ahould ba addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Depaitment. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft. ezpres or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only I-cent stamp received In payment of mall account. Personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchangee, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION: State of Nebraska. Douglas County, .5 George B. Tsxcnuck, treasurer of Th Bea Publishing company, being duly sworn, aaya that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening ana Sunday Bee printed during the month of May. 130(1. was as follows: I M.HO 16 96,100 M.B80 17 M.060 S .TOO ' 18 86,930 ,...88,080 It 88,860 ......36,660 80 35,830 86,600 81 86,830 7 86,610 83 86,860 86,670 83 86,800 t 36,180 84 36,100 10 36400 86 ..86,000 11 36460 86 .....36,800 13 ,.36410 87 36480 13 86,180 '83 88480 14 36,00 88 88480 ....460 30 35,460 1, .86406 Totals i,lfl0,B0 Less unsold and returned copies. . 8480 Net total 1,110,710 Dally average 36488 GEORGE B. TZ9CHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my I presence and aworn to before in this 1st day of June, 190S. M. P. WALKER, Notary Public. WHEN OUT. Or TOWH. aasarlbsrs laavlaa- the city tern rarllr tsesli kav Tha Be taall ta taaaa. Adra will b eaaaja aa fteai aa reqaeated. It la fitting, logical and natural that the World-Herald should discuss Mr. Bryan's chances under the caption, "Grave Questions." I The construction of another viaduct over the railroad tracks In the south western part of the city is but another itep In Omaha's growth. Colonel Bryan has made a speech bitterly denouncing perpetual fran chises. ' Perpetual candidates are In a different class, evidently. In another day or so the "allies" will probably decide that it would be better to ride on the Tatt bandwagon than to ba run cver by it. Japan Is making a splendid record in pacifying . Cprea, providing you don't mind hue bloodshed and shame that nearly obscure the record. Senator Dick of Ohio insists that Foraker's presidential boom must be taken seriously. Most persons take it with a liberal allowance of salt. It 1b announced that Mr. Roosevelt is going to Africa to shoot elephants. It smacks something of party disloy alty to think of Mr. Roosevelt shooting at the elephant Wheat Is quoted at 60 cents or bet ter, corn at about 70. cents and beef at fancy prices, but what's the odds? The sheep sorrel pie is making its reg ular annual visit The telegraph editor is having a hard time of It. The .best he can do Is to think up variations of "Taft Vic tor Again; Has Twelve More Votes from the South." . Governor Sheldon Is not worrying about the vice presidential nomination, but a lot of eminent South Platte statesmen would like, to see him on the national ticket. It is unfair to blame Mr. Bryan for refusal to admit knowledge of cam paign funds that some other fellow was allowed to receive and expend If he did expend them. There Is a cheering prospect that Senator Gore of Oklahoma will regain his eyesight. At that. Senator Gore has never been so blind as some sena tors who think they see. Commander Peary now wants to or ganise an expedition lor the discovery of the South Pole. ;The North Pole ought to bring suit tor damages, al leging alienation of affection. SSSSS1aaSjBasaajBji Even the Washington Post has dis covered that Mr. Taft will probably be nominated on the first ballot at Chi cago. The Post is usually more prompt In capturing newa Hems. John Hays Hammond has opened his vice presidential headquarters in Chicago. The next notice probably will be, "Nonpaylng. Abandoned. John Hays Hammond. Mining Engi neer." If all the nice thlngswritten about Governor Guild of Massachusetts when It was thought that he was hopelessly ill were true, he should have little op position for the vice presidential nom ination at Chicago. It ie semi-officlally announced that Omahans consume about 100 gallons of buttermilk daily, regardless of the fact that the Omaha support of Mr. Fairbanks' presidential boom would Indicate a buttermilk baa. TJie CHICAGO rLAIFOHM. Fully as Important as the nomina tion of a candidate for the presidency will be the work of framing a platform by the republican national convention which, will meet In Chicago next week Reports from the ante-convention con ferences indicate that there Is some difference of opinion smong leaders as to Just what the platform upon which which the candidate will go before the people should contain. Enthusiastic friends of President Roosevelt will In sist that the resolutions shall be In every way an endorsement of the ad ministration and a pledge for the con tinuation of the Roosevelt policies. Some of the "allies" are disposed to urge a more conservative policy on railroad legislation and the tariff. The convention should not make the blunder of listening to any proposition for a backward step this year. It is certain that Secretary Taft will make his attitude clearly understood. Just as he has done upon every proposition presented for his consideration and discussion. He has made it plain that there shall be no turning back in the path which the Roosevelt administra tion has chosen, wisely and right eously. There Is no smooth and com fortable way out of evils In the Indus trial and transportation affairs of the country which have gradually grown and spread until they have become a menace to general prosperity and the public welfare. Many of these evils have been wholly eradicated under the administration of President Roosevelt and plans have been outlined for ef fective legislative cure of others., Mr. Taft stands for the carrying out of the Roosevelt program on those propo sitions and the party at large will be satisfied with nothing less. Secretary Taft also Insists that, In the Interests of fair play and good poli tics there shall be no hesitancy or un certainty about the party's attitude on tariff revision. The secretary Is in favor of tariff revision, at a special session of congress to be held Imme diately after March 4, 1909. He asks that the question be put in the scale in all of Its proper weight, and that the voters be asked to decide whether they want the tariff revised by Its friends or by the enemies of the pro tective principle. Revision, as every body now concedes, is coming and the only question Is whether it shall be by democrats or republicans. Mr. Taft proposes a revision along the lines of protection, but a reduction of schedules that foster any monopoly or that Increases the price of any com modity not produced in competition with foreign manufacturers. He in sists that the voters should be in formed of the time and method to be adopted by the republicans for the re vision of the tariff. There is no room for argument as to the wisdom of , Mr. Taft's position. Wlti Secretary Taffas the' nominee and a platform framed in compliance with his suggestions and recommenda tions there is little question that the work of the Chicago convention In June will receive the sanction and approval of the people on November 3. RAILWAY HATES AND EARNINGS. The official announcement by the leading railroad managers of the coun try that no advance in freight rates will be made before October 1, if at all, furnishes evidence that the rail road managers have become convinced that it would be a mistaken policy to advance rates at a time when the cost of doing business should be kept down as much as possible and that relief cannot come from increasing charges of any kind. It also furnishes evi dence that railway managers have re alised the fact that railway conditions are rapidly Improving and that a gen eral revival of business is being felt all over the country. Back, of these conditions affecting the railroad situation of the Immedi ate present, however, are considera tions which doubtless had their weight In Influencing the decision of the man agers against an advance In freight rates. The railroad managers have been laying special stress on their de creased earnings and Increased ex penses. That the roads suffered dur ing the four or five months beginning with October is admitted, but there is nothing to Indicate that their losses were any heavier than were felt in other business and industrial enter prises. Statistics furnished by the roads show that, despite the depres sion in business, transportation inter ests have been quite profitable thus far In the present year and are im proving with each month. The New York Evening Post presents the fol lowing table of six typical roads, giv ing the gross earnings for April the last previous April, when lower gross earnings were reported and the date of that statement: Before Thla year, thla year. Date. Southern Ry $3,936,356 $3,M9.&27 1 906 Bait. Ohio (.024,785 4.142,640 1902 Erie 1.639,733 1.517,263 1906 Penn. (east) 10,63.876 10.N9.188 1906 Atchison 7.361. 388 6.492.316 1906 Union Pacific .966.864 (.339,806 1906 According to these figures four of the roads earned more In April of this year than they did in April, 1906, when new high records were being es tabllshed in the history of American railroad earnings. In the net earnings Tor April the Union Pacific and South ern Pacific showed increases over the same month in 1907, while the Atchi son. Pennsylvania, Erie, Baltimore & Ohio and the Southern about equaled the 1905 records. While In tuost cases the net earnings have failed to equal those of 1906, it must be re membered that the earnings that year were abnormal, while the earnings of 1907 and for the four months of the present yesr still show a handsome margin of profit for the stockholders snd Investors of the road and contain no cause for alarm over the outlook for the future. While the roads are not making as much money as they did In the banner year of 1906, they are still making money at a rate which makes their ownership attractive and profitable. The records show that since January 1 eighteen American railroads have,' by the Issue of bonds, stock or notes raised funds aggre gating in excess of $260,000,000. That these debentures are being taken read ily by investors Is the best proof that railroading in America is not un profitable and perhaps the most potent Influence in the decision of railway managers not to attempt to Increase their revenues by advancing freight rates. THE CfTF CHARTER. The city council has adopted a reso lution intended to bring together rep resentatives of the several organised bodies of the city for the purpose of debating changes needed in the char ter. In a way this movement is to be commended. It proposes to bring about a discussion of the city's needs at a time when Judgment and possible action will be as free as possible from partisan bias. It will also be had at a time when more deliberate action may be taken, for the session of the legislature Is not immediately pending. That the charter needs changing in many respects is admitted. The pro vision 'or caring for the streets and alleys of the city at present are lamen tably Inadequate. There Is a duplica tion of control and a shortage of funds. If the matter of maintenance were under one department head the administration could be made more efficient and economical. Another point In this line that must be consid ered is the fact that during the last few years not only has the area of paved streets In Omaha been consid erably extended, but the traffic of the street has been increased with a tre mendous ratio. This means that the pavements are worn out more rapidly than ever before and, consequently, the need for repairs is greater. The amount of money set aside for repair purposes has not been sufficient. The same is true of the amount of money set aside for street cleaning. Other phases of city administration will require careful attention, but the two points mentioned are those that are most urgent. The formation of needed amendments to the city char ter cannot be undertaken too soon, for It would be well to have them thor oughly discussed before being offered to the legislature, so that Douglas county members will know with reasonable accuracy what the citizens of Omaha wish at their hands. MOKET FOB MUV1NQ 3 HE CROPS Bank circles throughout the coun try are becoming deeply Interested in speculation as to the amount of money that will be needed for crop-moving purposes by the great producing west In the next four or five months, and out of the developments of the condi tion may come a test of the merit of the emergency currency measure passed in the closing days of the ses sion of the late congress. The bank ers of the east have been accustomed for years to raise the cry of a need of "harvest money" whenever there was a prospect of securing additional gov ernment deposits. Some of this de mand has been Justified; much of it has not. However, the situation is different this year. The government now has something like $145,000,000 on deposit with the national banks, of which $28,000,000 is held by New York banks. This year the treasury will not be In posi tion to Increase Its deposits in the na tional banks, In response to real or fancied needs. Owing to the deficit in receipts under expenditures and the necessity for keeping a working bal ance of about $60,000,000 in the Treasury department at Washington, the secretary of the treasury will be unable to Increase the deposits of fed eral money in the national banks, whatever the demand may be. The recourse, then, in case there is a legiti mate demand for more money with which to move the crops to market will be to issue the emergency currency provided for In the Aldrlch-Vreeland bill. Bankers who have been studying the conditions under which It will be possible to secure Issues of this emer gency currency are more and more convinced that interior banks will hes itate to take advantage of the plan offered. The tax of 5 per cent per annum for the first month, 6 per cent for the second and so on up to 10 per cent would make the use of the emer gency notes extremely expensive to bankers and patrons and result in a complete upsetting of . existing loan and call rates. The disposition is to leave the issue of emergency note6 to the eastern banks that have large sup plies of bonds and other available se curities and to let them make pro vision for furnishing the interior banks with 'needed funds. Western bankers are already keep ing a larger amount of currency than usual on hand in order to take care cf the harvest demand. The promise of a bumper crop and the high rate of wages will make"- necessary the em ployment of more funds than usual for taking care of the crop. If the prices maintain a high level the crop will move to market promptly, otherwise the farmers tor the most part are in position to hold their crops until prices are attractive, thus retarding the movement of grain to market. The harvest will be on a couple of weeks and the result will be a positive in crease of the prosperity and free buy ing at interior points snd a momentum to the trade movement throughout the country. The proposed removal of Bellevue college to Omaha Is a matter that must be finally determined by the col lege board. The location of the school at Bellevue had many advantages, but none that would lead to the develop ment of a large school. Omaha offers these advantages, and that fact has already been recognized by the Pres byterlans in the establishment of their seminary. The development of the University of Omaha Into a useful and influential Institution will undoubtedly be accomplished more speedily by the concentration of the buildings. The cltlsens of Omaha are always ready to help in a movement of this sort, and the definite announcement of the in tention to remove the school from Bellevue to Omaha will be greeted with warm approval hero. All of us are for Mr. Bryan. Those who formerly opposed him, equally with those who always supported him, Join heartily with an overwhelming; majority of our friend and brother In proclaiming him aa at thla time the most appropriate and the strongest leader. Whatever may have been the argument alx months or a year ago, the argument now Is conclusive with enlightened and disinterested observers "of the political situation. Louisville Courier Journal. Still, Mr. Bryan will hardly make any liberal use In the campaign of the arguments Colonel Watterson ad vanced in the Louisville Courier-Journal six months ago to prove the abso lute unfitness of the Nebraska leader for another nomination by the demo cratic party. The superintendent of a Missouri military school writes to The Bee in praise of two young men from Omaha who attended his institution during the last year. While The Bee grace fully acknowledges the compliment paid, it begs leave to assure the super intendent that we have many more at home Just like the two he praises. The Omaha boy is a paragon of his kind. Mayor Brown of Lincoln has vetoed an ordinance Intended to place , the city in line to . compete with private corporations in commercial lighting. While Mayor Brown's action is In ac cord with prudent municipal adminis tration, it hardly squares up with the ideas of government ownership ex pressed by his distinguished fellow townsman. The reduction of the floating debt of the state accomplished under the administration of republican officers Is the most convincing reply to the alle gations of extravagance made by the popocrats. It Is also an excellent reason why the affairs of Nebraska should be continued in republican hands. Mr. Bryan says, he does not know much about niuslo. Of course, then, the song, "Maryland, My Maryland," will not appeal to him, particularly as the vote of the delegates stands 14 to 4 In favor of the nomination of some other candidate at Denver. John Sharp Williams refuses to can cel certain lecture engagements In or der to attend the Denver convention. Mr. Williams is not willing to fight for Bryan, and has learned the folly of fighting against him this year. I 'At least Emma Goldman has never worn a dlrectolre gown," says the Mil waukee Sentinel. Nor, it may be ad ded, the neck ornaments which were much in vogue with some of her Chi cago associates some years ago. Thomas F. Ryan is going to Europe this week. It is understood that he will pay his expenses from current funds, and not from a promised rebate on his contribution to the Nebraska 1904 campaign fund. Experience aa a Teacher. St. Louis Times. John A. Johnson of Minnesota la ad mirably fitted to write a book on the sub ject of "Fool Friends I Hava Known." Bsmplsf the Bumps. Cleveland Leader. Not the least of the entertlanlng features to be pulled off In Chicago will be the sight of several .well known gentlemen climbing down from their lofty ambitions. Overflow Watcher. Philadelphia Press. The Chicago convention hall will accom modate about 11,600 persons, which means that about 7,860.000 republicans will get their account of the proceeding som- whe elsre. ( Simplifying; the Job. Kansas City Star. Mr. Fairbanks la quoted as saying that he will have first place or nothing. This simplifies the work of the Chicago con vention o far as the tall man from In diana Is concerned. Browns Swat he Smiths. Philadelphia Record. That time-stained theory of the numeri cal . supremacy of the Smith family has been rudely shattered In Georgia, where Brown won over Smith In the gubernator ial primaries without ever making a single speech In behalf of his own candidacy. Books and Food. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Vnlted Slates supreme court ha de cided that book publisher holding copy light can not fix the prlcea at which their -book ahall be sold nor combine with others to do so. Perhapa the man with th market basket may yet sec the day when meat and vegetable will be relatively as cheap as books. Political Stratearr. Phlladlphia Record. Mr. Bryan la Indignant at the alleged purpose of corporations to reduce the wage of their employe. This 1 a mat ter upon which all candidates for presi dent or any other office ar substantially agreed, no matter what their party. None of them I quit ao dull as to provoke the hostility of tha labor vote by sug gesting that there are time when reduc tion of wagea la the only alternative to certain loaa of employment. Whatever th view of th candidate on thla phase of th labor question, li keeps them to himself. BITS Or WtJIUVflTOt t.tFK. Minor Wcenea and Incident sketched n the Hoot. Pefore many werks have passed federal machinery will bo set In motion deified to crmh the life out of white Slav traf firkcrs In large cities as effective as tha Taft toad roller Is doing business In Chi ragn. The plan of action embrace an In ternntlonal agreement, already effected, but awaiting the Initiative of the Tnlted States, by which th agreed government will co-operata In exterminating the lin moral monster trafficking In Innocent life on both sides of the Atlantic. President Roosevelt Is uhout to proclaim the treaty and Secretary Root la working out the detail to make the treaty ef fective. Owing to the fact that the United States government has no fed eral police It ha been found difficult to obtain the co-operation provided for by the convention In keeping down th. number of women and young girls brought to the I'nlted State from abroad by the "white slave" dealers. The plan of Secretary Root will ba to hrlng about the co-operation of the Imml gratlon official with the polios of the large cities, particularly those on the At lantlo coast, to prevent Importation or ex portatlon of the women. The carrying out of these plans will be placed under the direction of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Thla department will proceed to take active measure as soon as the president's proclamation is Issued. John N. Elliott, a clerk In the Postoftlce department, last Saturday celebrated the fifty-first anniversary of hi appointment. He is still as active a a man of as many years as he ha seen service In the de partment and Is now detailed to tha second assistant' office on work in connection with the letting of mall contracts. Mr. Elliott is reticent concerning his ex act age. When he was appointed a cleric from Delaware James Buchanan was pres! dent and Aaron V. Brown of Tennessee was postmaster general, and he ha aeen the entry and departure of many president and postmasters general and expects to aee others come and go. Since his appointment Mr. Elliott has drawn from the government In salary approximately $82,000. He rarely misses a 'day from the department. Mr. Elliott's hair and side whisker are snow white, but with his ruddy skin he present a picture of perfect health. When asked to what he ascribed his health and clearness of his mental faculties, Mr. El liott said with a smile: "Don't worry." The selection of Senator Julius Caesar Burrow of Michigan a temporary chair man of the republican national convention la deemed by a Washington paper suffi cient warrant for digging up a tory about the senator's orr.torioal powers when he became a member of the house of repre sentatives, thirty-five year ago. Burrows was then a spellbinder and one of his earlier efforts secured him the title of Columbian orator." On one historic day Mr. Burrows enthralled the house and the galleries with his eloquence. Btrong men and weak women wept, and everybody cheered, and until Ha close the speech was pronounced to be "the finest burst of ora tory ever heard In congress." As Mr. Burrows soared Into the heights of his matchless peroration, and aa his eloquence grew louder and more penetra ting, Mr. Cox was suddenly carried back In memory to his barefooted boyhood days In the little red school house In Ohio. He saw again the playmates of his youth and heard again the Friday afternoon attempt to imitate Demosthenes and the other great orator of ancient day. Something In the speech of the Michigan man seemed' strangely familiar, and as Mr. Cox followed It In his nimble mind from line to line he began to recognize It aa an old friend. Full conviction came upon him at last, and while Mr. Burrows, was yet rejoicing In the sound of hi own voice Mr. Cox sent a page boy to the li brary, then In the capltol "building proper, and the lad aoon returned with a volume which caused the face of the New York member to glow with amusing and joyful recollection. Rising In his place after Mr. Burrows had concluded and the thunder of ap plause had rolled away. Mr. Cox, from the little volume In his hand, read to the house, in the midst of a burst of aston ished laughter, the Important passages of hi Michigan colleague.' speech. The book was his boyhood' friend and companion, "The Columbian Orator." The talk about Vice President Fairbanks being an Iceberg, cold, and all that, says the Washington Herald, Is a mistake. He Is the warmest thing In the United States senate. Ordinarily he sits In a high-back chair, up'.iolsterod In eat and back, but the last few days have been too warm for such a warm member, and he has dis carded that chair, now using a much smaller one with cane seat. When not using the gavel, and he doesn't have need for that Instrument of torture just now, he wields vigorously a large palm leaf fan. The human Iceberg Idea of Fairbanks must be dispelled, and Instead he must be thought of and pictured as the "warmest baby In the bunch!" PERSONAL NOTES. Says a Taft leader In Chicago: "It 1 no onger a question of Taft' nomination. The problem Is to get sideboard on the band wagon, so that the eleventh-hour convert may be accommodated." Wrllllam F. Walker, who tole $000,000 from trusting friends In New Hampshire, declines to come back from lower Cali fornia and explain. Strangely enough, the courts back him In till display of diffi dence. In commemoration of th thirtieth anni versary of his graduation. Secretary Taft will attend the commencement exercises at Yale, June 22, and deliver an address. He will leave Washington on Sunday, Juno 21, for New Haven. Secretary Root ha decided on the per sonnel of the commission to represent the United States at the Toklo exposition In 1912. The commissioners general will ba Francis B. Loomls, former assistant secre tary of state; Frederick J. V. Skiff, di rector of the Field museum In Chicago, nd Francis D. Millet, the well known ur- tlst. Prof. HCnry C. Adams, chief of the division of statistic and accounts cf the Interstate Commerce commission, expects shortly to relinquish his work for the government. He will return to Ann Ar bor, Mich., to resume his work as head of the department of political economy In Michigan university. The man who wa first president of th Chicago and North west rn has asked admia- don to the poorhouse at Milwaukee. He la said to have two daughter who are married to wealthy men, but who decline to know him. Why should Lombroao wast hla genlua on an analysis of Mrs. Guinness while there are available such type aa these daughters? T. P. O'Connor was presented with his portrait In oils, at Leeds, Saturday night, by the Irish league of Great Britain, in commemoration of hla unbroken presidency of the league for twenty-five years. John H. Redmond made the presentation and paid tribute to Mr. O'Connor as a safe, consistent and courageous guide for the Irish people in Great Britain. John Dillon also made a speech. Makes the Biscuit and Cake lighter, finer flavored, more nutritious m wholesome CREAIV Made from pure Grape Cream of Tartar No alum No lime phosphate ft! ! V J "aIi.5 V V sc-rft--.,.-M-uw. . r.-t.rtif. . . i MYSTERY OF THE BOODLE FUND, More Light Wanted on the Deal of Tom and Jin. New York World. In 1904 the Democratlo National commu tes had a very modest campaign fund, as recent campaign funds go. The spirit was willing, but an alert and vigilant republican organisation saw the corporation first. In October of that year, when tha demand for funds I most urgent, T. 8. Allen comes to New York. Mr. Allen I Mr. Bryan' brother-in-law and is chairman of the Nebraska democratic state committee. Mr. Allen wants money for the state cam paign, Jamea C. Dahlman, the national committeeman, having already written to William F. Sheehan that there la no chance whatever to carry Mr. Bryan's state for Judge Parker. Strangely enough Mr. Allen gets the money. Thomas F. Ryan, who has already been the heaviest contributor to the na tional campaign fund, Sends down 820,000 more In currency In order that Mr. Bryan's brother-ln-law and Mr. Dahlman may elect a fusion state ticket and a fusion legisla ture In Nebraska. The national committee la hard pressed for funds. It cannot obtain the money It want to carry on the Parker campaign, but It can give up at least $15.(00 of Ryan's money for local politic in Ne braska, Nobody knows how the money wa spent. except that the editor of one populist paper in Nebraska admits having received $6,000 of It for a special edition of the newspaper. A for the rest, the manner of expenditure remalna a mystery, no report having been made, as the election laws of Ne braska provide. Mr. Sheehan, In his letter to Mr. Bryan, ays the transaction was "a perfectly legi timate one on both aides." We do not doubt It. The fact that the Hon. "Blue- Eyed Billy" Sheehan la Involved In the matter must be convincing proof to any body familiar with his political record that It was "a perfectly legitimate" transaction. But certain things remain to be cleared up. How did Thomas F. Ryan come to have such an Interest In the success of a fusion ticket In Nebraska that he waa wiling to contribute $20,000 to help It along? Why did Mr. Allen and Mr. Dahlman forget to report the receipt and expenditure of the money to the state authorities? How does It happen that Mr. Bryan la not in the least shooked by thla violation of the pub licity laws of his own state, and has said nothing about forcing a detailed account of the expenditure? The World IS willing to accept the word of Mr. Bryan and Mr. Sheehan that It was a vtrtou and upright transaction, but It Is still puisled to understand how Mr. Bryan' political manager found It o eay to get Ryan money for local purposes when other state managera found It so hard. Wa Thoma F. Ryan hypnotized? Treasure' Toll In I.lfe. Baltimore American. During the labt seventeen years over 23.000 men have lost their lives In Ameri can mines. Figures like these show that the earth exacts a heavy price for the treasure It gives up unless the greatest care 1 taken to prevent disaster, for, while many of the accidents are unavoid able, the majority could have been pre. vented. It is to be hoped that the next acventecn years will not present such a gory record. Will They Do Itf Pittsburg Dispatch. Well, If republican legislator In Oregan vote for a democratic United States sena tor bcause the people voted to have them do It it will at least bo a alight Improve ment on the case of democratic legislators In Pennsylvania voting for a republican United States senator because political ne gotiation made It worth their while. Speculation and the Finish. Brooklyn Eagle. It Is the old story. Bank Teller Rei ner of Pittsburg and Young, the hank auditor, lost their own money In specu lation. Then they threw $1,105,000 of the bank' money after the little lump they had lost. Each will have a long period ten year In the penitentiary to coglat upon hi own deliberate Idiocy. Let no food impair the powers of the stomach. Eat WHEAT FLAKE CELERY which is the most perfect food for the brain workers, clergy men, lawyers, merchants, grow ing children, and the muscle working classes. M Fop salt) by all Grooors mmm I mm X 1 LlUliOlJ n VnhdnnnUllnlnannnwZsanVMV PASSING PLEASANTRIES. "Remember dla on," said Uncle Kberv, "dar aln' no work you kin cut out foil youae'f aa hard as tryln' to get th'oo life wlfout workin,." Washington Star. "Her Is another proof that the world Is preparing for universal peace." "What's that?" "While the men sheathe the swoikl the women sheathe themselves." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "So Wild Bill died of a snake bite? Whar did he git bit?" "Oh, th' sruike didn't bite Bill. Th' snake bit Tough Tompkins, an.' Tompkins drank two quarts o' th' remedy an' then shot Bill." Judge's Library. "Would you use an appeal to sentiment as political capital?" "My friend." answered the astute cam paigner, "that sort of political capital Is a sort of credit account to be used when no reliable campaign fund is avalable." Washington Star. "I see they are printing President Madi son's love letters." "I'll b't they are not the kind a mnn would pay ST.OoO fur In order to got them back." Cleveland l'lnln Dealer. Gentleman (to cigar dealer) Have you and So-and-so brand In stock? How are they? Dealer First class, sir. This last lot is an extremely fine one. Oentleman (departing) Thanks; you wrote that they were very poor, but I am pleased to find you were mistaken. I nm the manufacturer. Good day. Philadelphia Inquirer. MY MOTOR, . .. , Puck. . . . Who was by Satan a st'lf deslgni-d, Who hH more whims than womankind. And never uema to know her miml, My motor. Who doesn't meet mo at the (rain EllrKmg remarks profane. 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