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n THE OMAHA DAILY REE; TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1908. Tite Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROBBWATER VICTOR ROBBWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omth4 Poetofflc as soond class matter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION: Pally B (without Sunday), on year..Mn Dally Bra and Sunday, on year Punday Be, ona year IN Saturday Ba. ona year 1M DELIVERED BT CARRIER: Pally Bee (Including Sunday), per weok.lBe Pally Bra (without Sunday), par ek.,10i; Evening Pe (without Sunday), par week So Evening Bee (with Sunday). per wek...lo Address all complalnta of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES: Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 16 8cott Btreat. 'lilraao ir,4 Marquette Blrtg. New Tork-Rooma 1101-1102. No. l Waat Thirty-third Street. . Washington 726 Fourteenth Ptreat N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communicatlona relating to newa and edi torial matter should bo addressed: Omaha Uee, Editorial Depattment. REMITTANCES. Rmlt by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company, t.nly 2-rent atampa received In payment of mall accounta. personal chocks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION: State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as i George B. Tsschuck. treaaurer of Tho Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, saya that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during me montn or May. 108. waa a ioiiows: 1. . .36,640 16., 4. 1AA .. 36,060 36,830 , 35,960 , 36,830 , 38,631 , 35,880 38,800 36,100 .........36,000 . 66.6O0 , 38,680 , 34,680 ........85,880 , 38,460 , 3o,M ,.S6,B30 ..39,700 . .36.880 ..36,660 17.. 16.. 16.. B0.. 1.. 83. . 33.. 94.. as.. 66.. 67.. 38. . 89.. 30.. 31 e. . . .38,680 36,616 36470 t 36.1M 10 36JO0 11 36,950 13 36,310 13 36,180 14.... ........ 38,090 IS 30,980 Totala 1,130,680 Leas unsold and returned copies.. 6,660 Net total . ..." 1,110,710 Dally average .................. 35,883 GEORGIA B. TZSCHL'CK, Treaaurer. Subscribed In my i remm e and Kworn to before me thla 1st day of June, ). M. P. WALKER, Notary Public. whew out Or town, Subscribers leavlasj the city tem porarily shoald have The Be Balled to then. Address will he asage4 aa often aa fe,aeated. W. D. Haywood is to take the stump against Mr. Taft. Lucky Mr. Taft! So far as tho "allies", are concerned It Is all over but the shouting and there won't bo much of that. ' Three of the biggest piano manu facturing concerns in the country have been merged into a harmonious trust. James K. Ilacket has promised to tone down the dramatic version of "Three Weeks.' - Two weeks ought to bo enough of it. Anthony Comstock has declared against the directoire gown. That's all right. He wouldn't look well In one of them, anyway. Senator Foraker will have three votes for tha presidential nomination. He can get along with a buckboard in stead of a band wagon. Nebraska is making a very respecta ble showing at Chicago. As Nebraska la the old original Tart state, this showing Is quite appropriate. Virginia democrats have endorsed Mr. Bryan and he now is assured of almost as many votes at Denver as Mr. Taft will have at Chicago. Richard Pearson Hobson says he la afraid we will lose the Philippines and all the rest of the democrats In the country are afraid we von't Nebraska will be without a governor of any kind for the next few days, but It is not at all likely that any serious difficulty will grow out of this condi tion. The weather man apparently has his map turned upside down and thinks he Is furnishing June weather for South America instead of North America. (Mayor Jim says the Ryan $15,000 contribution to the Nebraska cam paign fund in 1904 is a closed inci dent. In other words, the coin has been spent. The price of structural steel has been reduced. $2 a ton, leaving no ex cuse for further delay in starting the work on the new Union Pacific head quarters building. The Dunkards refused to consider any radical change in the feminine beadgear. The wise Dunkards have probably been getting prices on Merry Widow hats. George Ad says he la going to sup port Mr. Fairbanks for president to the last. George may not have great political wisdom, but he has a very good sense of humor. Judge Parker might be induced to accept the nomination for vice presl dent at Denver, Just to show his ap preciation of th support he received from Mr. Bryan in 1804. Of course, Mr. Taft has not been nominated, but he might as well tell the carpenter to go ahead and fix up :he front porch of his Cincinnati home foi the entertainment of visitors. It you hear any loud or unusual noise in the neighborhood of Kountc park, don't ba alarmed, It Is merely Ig Dunn rehearsing his nominating speech to the Denver convention ' Water Intoalcatlngl No wonder w sao pickled herring. American. And soused mackerel. Brooklyn Ragle. And skatea. iloaton Globe. And boUed lobsurs. Minneapolis Journal And bloater PATTLKTULV or TBE CAMP A ICS With the certainty that' Mr. Taft will be the nominee of the republican party at Chicago and that Mr. Bryan will be named for the presidency at Denver, political wiseacres are al ready surveying the field and picking the battleground for the coming cam paign. The consensus of expert opin ion thus far expressed is that the con test will be waged most fiercely in the middle west. This conclusion Is based upon the assumption by the republi cans, the truth of which the demo crats admit, that Mr. Bryan is no stronger in the east than he was In 1896 and 1900, and that any gains he makes this year will have to be In the middle west, In the states of Illi nois, -Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Nebraska. Leslie's Weekly, discussing these phases of the political situation, as serts that republicans must remember that the majorities In 1900 and 1904 were abnormal and calls attention to the results of the campaign In 1892, when Mr. Cleveland not only carried New York and New Jeraey, but cap tured a bunch of middle western states. This is the usual talk of those ho claim to find hope for the Bryan campaign in the middle west. They figure that the campaign of 1892 is to be repeated, but they fall to take Into account the changed conditions in the different states that went for Mr. Cleveland in that campaign. ' Illinois gave Mr. Cleveland 26,993 plurality in 1892, but the republican majority In 1888 was but 22,100, so Mr, Cleveland had to change but 11,- 000 votes to tut the state In the demo cratic column. President Roosevelt s plurality in Illinois in 1904 was 305, 039. Mr. Bryan will have to 'change more than 150,000 votes in that state this year to make 1t democratic. In diana gave President Harrison, a na tive son, but 2,348 plurality in 1888, and gave Mr. Cleveland 7,125 in 1892. In 1904 Mr. Roosevelt's plurality was 93,944. Where Mr. Cleveland had to turn but 1,000 votes to arry Indiana In 1892, Mr. Bryan starts out in 1908 Ith a handicap, of nearly 50.0QO voters who must be switched to the democratic ticket in order to carry the state. Wisconsin was 21,000 republi can in 1888 and went democratic by 6,644 In 1892. The republican ma jorities have grown 6teadlly year by year, Mr. Roosevelt carrying the state in J904 by 166,054. Minnesota 'has never gone democratic on a nations' ticket. The republican majority over the fuslonists in the 1892 campaign was 12,237. Mr. Roosevelt carried the state In 1904 by 161,464. Kansas gave a republican majority of 80,159 in 1888 and a populist majority of 5,874 in 1892. It gave a fusion ma- orlty for Bryan in 1896 of 12,269, but defeated Bryan in 1900 by 23,354. It gave Roosevelt a plurality In .1904 of 126,093. Nebraska was republican by 27.873 in 1888 and by 4,083 in 1892. Bryan carried the state by 13,676 In 1896. but lost it- by 7,822 in 1900. Mr. Roosevelt's plurality in .1904 was S6.682. In the eight states classed as "de batable" this year, Mr. Roosevelt had a popular majority over Judge Parker in 1904 of about 1,340,000 votes, fairly well divided among the different states. That gives a hint of the hand icap with which Mr. Bryan will start In the coming race. The people in the states named are fond of Mr. Roose velt and approve his policies, and the strength in the republican situation lies In the fact that Mr. Taft is Identi fied with these policies and pledged to continue them. WHtBK DOES THS GOLD OOl The London Statist, In reviewing the financial situation in European countries, again calls attention to the mysterious disappearance of ' a good proportion of the gold supply each year. The yellow metal, while Its annual production is constantly Increasing, does not remain in circulation or avail able for currenc purposes. The Statist calls attention to the fact that the Bank of England is $100,000,000 poorer in gold than It was five years ago, while the banks of othr coun? tries do hot show a gain, over the an nual production, that would account for the absorption of any considerable part of this amount. Just now France is suffering because the peasants are withdrawing their gold from the sav ings banks and hoarding it. Mr. George Roberts, late director of the United States mint, made a com pilation about a year ago in which he showed that in the last twenty years something like 11,000.000,000 of the gold supply of the world available for coinage had dlssppeared. After mak ing all allowances for the value of the gold used in the arts and sciences, a vast amount of it is still missing. The United States on June 10 held gold coin and bullion, In the treasury at Washington, to the value of 1848,806. 180. the largest supply owned by any one nation in the world. The director of the mint estimates that the gold In actual circulation and that held by individuals will bring the total up to nearly $1,400,000,000 as the United States' stock of gold. The production of gold in this country is about 140, 000,000 a "year and the world produc tion about $160,000,000 a year, but the gold keeps on disappearing. Where does it go? One of the treasury officials at Washington offers the explanation that the disappearing gold stream ends in India and Egypt. H calls attention to the fact that while the Egyptians are paid about $100,000,000 a year for their cotton and paid in gold, but very little of it is used in the currency of that country a.nd but a small por tion of it returned to the channels of trade through Egypt'a purchases abroad. Even a greater drain is made by India. Gold going into India is lost, so far as trade and commerce Is concerned. It does not appear In India banks and the commercial world loses the use of It. These conditions lead to the sug gestlon that some remedy should be provided, by International agreement or otherwise, by which the civilised nations might be protected from the economic Injury that comes through the hoarding of the gold supply by the Ignorant natives of India and Egypt The annual increase in the production of gold avails little when It Is for the most part absorbed and withdrawn from circulation by the ignorant or the timid. The gold belongs, theoretically at least, to the governments as a me dium of exchange and there should be some way of preventing its hoarding The thrift that hoards capital cripples enterprise and industry. OMAHA AKD CUNVESTIOKS- Omaha once laid claim to much con sideration as a convention city and In times past has had the honor of enter taining some of the most Important gatherings of representative bodies ever assembled in the United States. The generous hospitality of the citi zens on these occasions has been such as brought the warmest of complimen tary acknowledgement from the vis itors and fairly established the city as one of those splendid western commu nities whose people were always ready to welcome strangers. For some unaccountable reason dur ing several years last past no very seri ous effort has been made by Omaha to secure any of the more important gatherings. Several are now reaching out for an Invitation to hold next year's sessions and the Commercial club is offering assistance through the proper channels to induce these bodies to come this way. Omaha's hotel fa cilities have been wonderfully In creased during the last year and In every way tb.e city is better prepared to entertain visitors than ever before. The effort of the Commercial club to secure these gatherings should be sec onded by the citizens to the end that Omaha shall regain its former prestige as a convention city. HURSE RAC1KQ ASD QAilBLISQ. The final passage of the antl gambllng race track bills by the New York legislature marks a triumph for Governor Hughes in one of the most exciting and dramatic legislative con tests the country has witnessed In' many years. It required a long, bitter fight to put the measure through. It was recommended for passage by the governor at the regular session of the legislature, but the race track own ers and prcnoteis mustered strength enough In the senate to defeat the measure. The governor promptly called an extra session and appealed to the people to bring pressure in sup port of the bill. It was finally passed by one vote, a state senator being car ried from his sick bed to cast the de ciding vote in favor of the bill. - In the fi lal analysis the passage of the bill was a triumph for law and or der. It has been admitted for years that the race track gambling has been carried on in open defiance of the state constitution. The laws ostensibly au thorizing and legalizing' betting on races were in violation of the consti tution, but the influence of the gam blers was sufficiently strong to prevent the repeal of the obnoxious laws or their overthrow In the courts. In the fight against the adoption of the Maw, at both the regular and special session of the legislature, Governor Hughes was opposed by prominout politicians In his own party and by tho almost united vote of the democratic mem bers. He was assured that his action would alienate the support of the sporting fraternity and would injure his political chances in the state, as under the adroit provisions of .the old laws the farmers and county fair as sociations got a liberal rake-off from the earnings of the pool that con trolled the race tracks near New York City and held a monopoly of the book making and other gambling privileges. Governor Hughes refused to yield, de claring that as the constitution of the state expressly prohibited gambling, it was his duty to repeal any laws passed In defiance of the constitution that were designed to legalize larceny at the race track. He has won his fight fight. Just what will be the effect of the new law on racing throughout the country remains to be demonstrated. The men engaged in the raising and running of racehorses contend that with the betting feature of the game removed organized race meetings can not be carried on, as the patronage from gate receipts will not be sufficient to pay the expenses of keeping up the racing stables and the prizes necessarr to encourage horsemen to go to the expense of training for the contests. They contend that no large number of people will attend racing when the possibility of wagering on the track Is removed. Be that as It may, the exposures of the methods by which the race track gambling syndicate has an nually mulcted the patrons of many millions of dollars, much of which amount has been used In bribing law makers and officials, furnishes all of the justification needed by Governor Hughes for his crusade against the gamblers. It, as the racing promoters assert, there can not.be racing with out gambling and without racing the breed of horses will not improve, the best answer is that given by Governor Hughes when this argument waa pre sented to him. His reply wsb: "It Is better to breed men than horses." It Is asserted tlut some of the Pennsylvania delegates will be shut out of the convention at Denver on the ground that they are not demo crats. Which reminds us that the question, "What Is a democrat?" has not been answered to anyone's satis faction. A Pennsylvania man has been sent to jail for ten years for stealing a hat. Now, If he had stolen the state capitol building or a bank or two he might have retained his standing as a prominent citizen. Those Penn sylvania have little use for petty thieves. Wall street Is reported to be not over-pleased with Governor Hughes victory against race track gambling, but there Is a suspicion that Governor Hughes does not care a continental about what Wall street thinks on that subject. Omaha will be called on to entertain at one time or another a good many distinguished democrats during the coming summer. These, men should be made to understand that Omaha's hospitality has no partisan tinge. Mayor Brown of Lincoln Is to tote Mr. Bryan's platform to Denver. If he wants any pointers on how to carry out the Job he might get them 'from Dick Metcalf, who carried the Bryan platform to Kansas City. Some enterprising manufacturer of agricultural Implements ought to get on the market with a plow that can be attached to a motor boat or a skiff. It would be in big- demand in the semi-arid region. The codntry would be better off If the conventions at Chicago and Den ver should decide that the currency question is a business and not a polit ical proposition and so leave it to congress. A drug called sclorln Is now touted as an infallible cure for snakebites. Perhaps, but the old fisherman will continue to pin his faith to the an tidote he has always taken with him. Some of those presidential aspirants who have been sawing wood for a year or more may find consolation In the thought that the exercise was good for them. Bare Thing?, Cleveland Plain Dealer. Says Bill to Bill: "What's the use of these conventions anyway." A Wkeletsae Jolt. Minneapolis Journal. Tha naDer truat. having had the scar of its Ufa, has decided to be good or at least as good as It has to be. Helpla the Party. Minneapolis Journal. From secretary of tho treasury to vlca president would bo a step down, but Mr. Cortelyou would probably take it rather than see tho party stuck. Cootlaaj Dsns .'Uracef ally. : Kansas City Times. Even' a bad fighter can do something for himself by showing that ho Is a good loser, and about all the "allies" can do in the Chicago convention is to lose as gracefully as possible. , lave the Palpi St. ' Louis Globe-Democrat. Owing to tha scarcity of the timber supply the several political parties of the present year should try and get along with as tew planka as possible In their platforms. Save th pulp! Lingo of the Oam. Kansas City Timea. Being possessed only of a four-card flush after the draw, the only hope of th 'Allies" is to persuade the Taft forces to divide the jackpot But Taft has four aces and he got them on a square deal. too. Fanaoaa Motto Reversed. Philadelphia (Record. Colonel Henry Watteraon, one of tha truest of the old democratic guard, ha surrendered with the declaration thai th nomination of Bryan Is unavoid able." This, it appears, is a reversal of Cambronne'a famous motto: "The old guard dies, but never surrenders." General Prosperity Ha the Floor. Wall Street journal. The panic of 117 brought to an end the era of paper Inflation and was followed by th resumption of sped payments. Tha panio of 1893 brought about the retail of th silver purchasing act and later the definite establishment of the gold standard. The panio of 1307 has produced a law for panio Insurance by establishing th machinery for th Issue of emergency money. On It Laa Lent. Boston Tranacript. Th death of the square piano is an nounced in tho decision of the piano deal ers, who held their annual session In Now York recently, not to accept It any longer in exchange for newer styles In pianos. For some years It has been generally known that the square piano was on Ita last legs, so to speak. The doom that has now over taken It has beea expected, yet Its depar ture to many is pathetic. Memories and aaaociatlon cling to It that cannot be trans planted to planoa of a different shape. It was the heart of the household; the spot where It stood waa the gathering place of th family and Ita friends. Besides. It was something more than a musical Inatrument. It wa a convenient piece of furniture for the accommodation of newapfcpers, maga sines and bric-a-brac that have now no auch general ground upon which to meet. In all Its ways it belonged o a different genera tion. "There Staada Maaaachaaetfa." Boaton Globe. ' . Every now and then somebody who la dreaming, riaea to remark that Massachus etts has lost a large share 'bf Its' Influence in national affairs. Is that so? No, It Is not! Proof to tha contrary can be found In the newa dispatches from Chicago, which la for the nonce, th center of political In terests in this country. In session. In that city, are the member of tha republican na tional committee, sitting In Judgment on th clalma of conteattng delegation to aeats in tha republican national convention. Their declalona may make or mar the for tunes of aspirants for th party nomina tion. N Prominent on tha commute are three man of distinguished ability from the old Bay state Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator Wlnthrop Murray Crane and Frank H. Hitchcock, th manager of lb Taft campaign. ARMY GOMIP fx WAtHHOTOV. rarreat Rveata Gleaaed from th Army aad Navy Readier. Captain F. E. Buchan. IT. 8. A., acting Judge advocate of the Department o( the Missouri, on duty at Omaha. Neb., la re ceiving congratu!atlona on the result' of tji case of Charles E. McCullnugh, fer merly.an officer of th army, wnose re lease from the1 penitentiary has hen sought on hsheaa corpus proceeding. The de cision In this case? which was conducted by Captain Buchan. Is considered Impor- tant aa calculated to greatly strengthen the position taken Sty the Judge advocate general's office In view of the decision In regard to a somewhat similar case ren dcred a few years ago, which earlier de cision the authorities have been Inclined tn regard aa too drastic. It la a satisfaction tor the military authorities to observe that court-martial jurisdiction has one more been fully sustained. The clause In the army appropriation act signed on May 11 forbidding army bands from receiving pay for services rendered outside of military posts where such work brings them Into competition with local musicians continues to call for official In terpretation. Th latest question to be pre sented Is whether the "competition" re ferred to ha to do with members of the Musical union, or whether It refers to local musicians generally without regard to membership In unions or federations. It Is held that H is beyond the power of any branch of the government to add to, or subtract from, the conditions Imposed by congress In Its legislation in respect to the military establishment. It la consid ered that th competition which Is prohib ited to army bands Is that In connection with local musiciana. Independently of their union affiliations. The army medical officers have this year continued their Investigations which have been under way for three yeara at all army posts with a view of determining tha de struction of disease carrying mosquitoes. Mosquitoes have not been reported at two army posts. Fort Walla Walla, Wash., and Fort Mason, Cal. Reports have not been received from some eight or nine posts, but at all of the other the mosquitoes have been reported as present In more or leas vigorous and dangerous form. With this knowledge In th possession of the army surgeons, of course. It Is compara tively eaay to take steps against the com munication of disease. . Much Interest attaches to the regulations which will shortly be promulgated from the War department governing the dtsbuse- ment of the allowance provided for In the army appropriation act for horses owned by army officers. As la well known, the allowance Is 160 for on horse snd 1200 for two animals. Tha question before the military authorities has bee;, ss to the form of certificate which must be filed In order to obtain the allowance, and In this I Invoved ownership and the legality of dlabusement In the case of an army officer who may be on temporary duty and to whom la furnished the mount. The appropriation for th payment of expenses of such part of the organised militia as may participate In encampments ss are established for the field instruction of troops of the regular army und?r au thority of the secretary of war cannot be made available to pay th mileage of offi cers of the regular army who travel under orders directing them to participate therein. The assistant comptroller of the treasury holds that the appropriation for the Joint encampments snd maneuvers of the militia and regular army stats specifically the purpose for which them ony Is to be ex pended and doea not Include such an ex pense. REQUIEM OF OLD DEMOCRACY. "Ye that Have Tear to Shed Prepare to Shed Thena Now." David Bennett Mill aailed for Europe on Wednesday, not despairing of his country, but despairing of his party. Almost his last words were: "There is no democratic party!" Then the hope that springs eternal flushed up for a moment, and with th astuteness of the veteran he pointed out the weakness of Mr. Taft, as the probable republican candidate, and how the democracy might take advantage of this and regain atrength by putting forward aa Ita standard bearer a well balanced man of the people such as John A. Johnson of Minnesota. But the flickering flame died down In an argument that Mr. Bryan waa never wanted" by the democratic party that he had "forced" hlmaelf upon It, etc., etc. so that th end of It all waa: "There is no democratic party!" Of course, in one sense, Mr. Hill la en tirely mistaken. There is a democratic party growing dally in practical vigor. It is without American traditions, and Us Ideals are not historic American Ideals. But It is there, a visible force to be reckoned with. n It Is not th democracy of Jefferaon, flinging th boundaries of th republic across the Mississippi to th Rocky moun tains. It is not th democracy of Jackson, sternly repressing disruptive tendencies snd standing fast for honest payment of honest debts. It Is not th democracy of Polk, proud of the republc's strength, push ing Its banner to th Pacific, and wisely providing for Ita future growth. It Is not the democracy of TUden and Cleveland, standing for efficiency and economy In government and for national honor and honeaty. It is not the democracy that alood always for the reign and government of laws and not of men merely. Of that great and old democracy, of which he and drover Cleveland, In hi honored age and, retirement, are almost the only aurvlvora who, in their day, played effective parta the words of David Bennett Hill arc the requiem. DOES BRYAN FAVOR PUBLICITY f why Not Tell Where the Wall Street Boodle Weatf New York World. In another column of this page the World reprints certain section of the Nebraska publicity act. Docs Mr. Bryan believe In the enforcement of the law? If ha doea, la It not time that T. 8. Allen, Mr. Bryan' s brother-in-law, ac counted for the campaign contribution made by Thomaa F. Ryan for use in Ne braska In 14? Mr, Allen has already admitted that he received l.j.OOO. la It not time that Jamea C. Dahlman, Mr. Bryan's national committeeman, reported how this money waa uaed? Mr. Dahlman admita that he spent th money and that all of It went into the state campaign. Mr. Bryan talka about restitution If proof Is furnished that Thomaa F. Ryan con tributed the money. The Nebraska public ity law aaya nothing about reatitutlon. There la no aection which provide that money secretly apent lu a state campaign shall be restored to the contributors If the alory happena to find Its way Into print. If Mr. Bryan wanta further proof as to the Ryan contribution, why doea he not writ to Thomaa F. Ryan? If he believes in publicity, aa he pretends, why doea he not demand that hla kitchen cabinet respect tha atatutea of Nebraska and report In de tail how thla money waa spent? If Mr. Rygn'a money la good enough for Mr. Bryan's political managera to accept, it la good enough lu tell lb truth about. (WSUVEGZQD Sixty-six Years of Superiority. ; Just the thing to go with all kinds of fresh or stewed fruit, either as a delicate sauce to pour over the fruit or as a blanc mange or pudding to serve with it. Before another meal drop postal for PEERLESS IGNORANCE. What Bryan Khow Ahoat Rallroada and Things. New York Tribune. Of Mr. William. J. Bryan, after his talk in Chlcaga on banking, a leading Chicago bank president fa id he could discover no evidence that the speaker even had a con ception of what the nature of a bank de posit is. Yet Mr. Bryan goes about the country advising the government guaranty of bank deposits and telling how to avoid a panic. The Instance is characteristic. Lack of Information exercises no restraint over the Ne-braskan's volubility. In his, talk about railroads at North Piatt, Neb., tho editor of the Commoner r ad statements which any attentive n wa paper reader could really dispute from hia Knowledge of what h appeared In the press within recent nvmths. After Insin uating that 'the discussion by railway managers of the possible necessity of re ductions In wages was Intended to "coerce" railway employes Into circulating petitions against the enactment of legislation af fecting the railways, Mr. Bryan contin ued: "I have been unable to learn of an Instanc where these officiate have aug geated a reduction of their own salaries as well as those of the ordinary employe." Shortly after last fall's panio it was widely published that the Erie railroad had reduced the salarlea of all Its officials and of Its clerical force. The news has also appeared! in the papers from time to time that the Southern Railway, the Louis ville Nashville railway and the Balti more A. Ohio railway have followed the example of the Erie. We are sure that In stead of there being no Instance where the officers have suggested a reduction of their own salaries that very thing haa been done on several lines beside those we have mentioned. If Mr. Bryan will make the necessary Inquiries or search the files of the dally presa In his office he will prob ably learn, too, that not only has the pay of the higher-salaried railway men been cut, but that, usually. If not universally, the percentage of reduction has been greater In th case of salarlea than that applied to tha lower paid employe. Not only have the higher aalarlea fallen, but on a number of roads dividends also have been cut, and yet there has been no reduc tion In the wages paid to th mechanical forces of the railroads. Mr. Bryan has been "unable to learn" of these things. As an editor how does he dodge so much of th common news of the day? PERSONAL NOTES. In the list of reasons why Bryan should be nominated. Willis Abbott neglected to mention the Abbott salary. People scared at high prices of meat may get over It by 'Xluttvatlng the fad of being afraid of the meat. Former Governor Samuel B. Van Sant of Mlnneaota was unanimously Indorsed for commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the Minnesota state en campment irl Minneapolis. "When you teach children to avoid kiss ing, swapping gum and eating half-baked foods and to be clean, you will be doing something to prevent tuberculosis," de clared Dr. B. A. Knopf of New York, al th recent convention of the American Med ical association in Chicago. A genius with a nose for "news as Is news," sends to The Bee from Cascade, Colo., this chunk of Information: "Prof. Starr, the great clairvoyant, prophesied on Pike' Peak a few days ago that W. J. Bryan would be elected president. Angels were seen by several persons when the professor said It." In an autographed copy of his "War- ypath and Bivouac," sent to a member cl The Bee staff, many years ago, the lute Colonel Finerty of Chicago penned this sentiment: "In th sanctum the pen is mightier than the sword, but in an Indian fight a good American rifle double dis counts both of them." Ever since King Alfonso of Spain married Prlnceaa En a of Battenberg he has been sn advocate of outdoor exercise and has done everything 1n his power to promote physical culture in Spain. He Is particu larly fond of yachting, and has just or dered three sloops and two motor boats at Ferrol, which he hope to enter In the races between Biarrits and San Sebastian this summer. Eleven years as secretary of the I'nlted States Department of Agriculture, during which time the efficiency of the depart ment haa been elevated triple-fold that la th record of Jamea Wilson. And now It Is reported from Washington that Mr. Wilson la going to lay down the office and aeek a quiet life The atrenuousness of his work has won him plaudits from the en tire agricultural community. They Maat Show Mlaaoarl. Kanaaa City Times. Attorney General Hadley lias decided to demand of the railroad's proof that the i cent fare la unprofitable. Thla merely goes to show what th railroad lawyers have contended all along, that they can't be t6o careful this year In filing aucii an Important office aa that of attorney general. 1 A pW. w imJmammmejAWSf w hich uitt AyLwiaiuiiiuniti must pass is so fraught with dread that the very thought fills her with apprehension. There is no necessity for the reproduction of life to bo el?.er very painful or dangerous. The use of Mother t Friend pre pares the system for the coming event, and it is passed without any ' . . . ti. I I - 'J iU A...e.a danger. This remedy is applied externally, and has carried thousand with but little suffering Writs far hook staiaia iBfematlea of vala to ail aspacUat awtaare. BHAoranja hcoula ran oo, conm smncii " Original Recipes and i' Cooking Helps" snd learn what a practical cooking aid Kings ford's Oswego Corn SUrch really is.. Its rainy uses will surprise you. for making custards, bUnc manges. Ices, puddings all dUhes that depend for goodness upon corn starch quality Kingsford's has been chosen by best cooks lor three generations. , Grocers pound packages toe ; T. MNGSFORD A SON. Oswego, N. Y. National Starch Cs, Saccessers TENANCY IN AMERICAN FARMINO -Ownership aa a Conservator ol l.a Yalu.- Wall Street Journal. There are now In the United States not less thsra ,ono.ono farms eprntJg- an Investment of fully 3,000,0,in. Eighty per cent of this, or $:o,000,000,00o, represents the value Invested In farm lands and Im provements, including buildings. ; When th census of 1900 was taken 66 per cent of In farms of the country were being worked by their owners, and So per ' cent,' or ever one-lhlrd, were operated by tenants.' If tenancy now represented a like proportion of farm values, there are In the hands of cash and share tenants property of ,tbe value of $7,000,000,000. an amount equal to the entire capital stock of tha railroads of the I'nlted States. . . ,. , As between ownership and tenancy there are about two of the forme to on of the latter In the management of . th farms which produce crops valued at over 7,cm0, ono.ooo a year. It Is not always the casa that ownerahlp la coupled with, good farm ing, nor that tenancy la a sign -of bad -X farming. The fact la that there is no guarantee against slipshod farming, in tha tenure of the occupant of the land.'; Many v tenants bring out much better results .thSn their owners could. But as a rule owner- snip is more likely to ba. conservative of the permanent elements of value In landN. while tenancy In American farming Is con cerned with getting the maximum' result ' from each year's efforts and investment, with only minor regard for th enduring value of the property. ' The value of farm lands haa been steadily rising for some years. Th effect has been rather to Increaae than to decrease tenancy. But the area within which Ion- . ancy has enlarged lie near enough to city and town markets to encourage a business like management of the resources of the soil tn order to yield the largest net re- turns. To this end rotation becomes a rule of maximum net profit, th use of fertilisers is Judiciously applied and In tensive methods of cultivation confine the effort of the tenant to a few acres where formerly he attempted to work a whole ' farm. The result Is not only a better Use of land, but a better system of farm man agement, taking both present, and futuro values Into account.. . . . , .. ... , , LINES TO A LAUGH. ' " "Is your husband a Congregationallst, a Presbyterian or a 8wedenborgian," "N'm; he's a plumber." Baltimore Ameri can. Actor There Is one thing In a production of "Hamlet" which Is worse than playing the piece with Hamlet left out. Critic What is that? Actor When the ghost doesn't walk." Baltimore American. An old friend of the family had dropped In to wee a young lawyer whose father was still paying his offite rent. "So you are now practicing law," th old friend said genially. "No, sir," salil the candid youth. "I ap pear to be, but I am really practicing economy." Youth's Companion. "Maw, what's paw doing down in tha basement? Patching up the Ice box?" "No, dear; he'a putting new wire, gause on the acreen doors." "How do you know?" "By the language he li using,, dear," Chicago Tribune. "The learned counsel for the defenc," said the plaintiff's attorney, "appears to be afraid of losing his case. Otherwise why Isn't he. ready to go on?" "I've got a good excuse," replied counsel for the defence. "Nonsense! Ignorance of the law ex cuses no one." Philadelphia Press. "You are one of the city's most famous lawyers, are you not?" "1 believe so." "And meni of different pursuits are Con stantly coming to you for advice?" "Constantly." "Now, who profits most by your advice?" "I do." Houston Post. The Squallops were preparing for a day's outing. Mrs. Squallop was putting up the lunch eon, while her huaband waa looking at tho first page of the morning paper. - - "Rufus," ahe said, full of forebodlnga concerning the weather, "what . doe , the paper aay ia the outlook?": a I' "Taft," answerer Mr. Squallop. Chicago Tribune. " THE DIFFERENCE Baltimore American- . "I will break his will," said the wife,' Though the lawyer shook hla head, "1 did It many tlmea living, ' And I'll do it now he'a dead, I'll get every cent he had, . . , Ah I got It In hla life. ' -And Khe went to court-and she, broke his will. - ,. - hhe was an experienced wife,.. . , v i - . 4 "I'll break her will." aald the husband, "Tlioufcli obstinate she may be: Though she wanta to rule.-Ill teach her She a found her maetwr in nie." So he started to make her obey On the lines of hla confident plan. . But quitted the Job with a low, s(lfld SOD, A sadder and wiser man. And thla Is the way It goes . , . Since first the world began. The notion hla will la the stronger - Haa been the delusion of man.,. A woman will have her way. . But the man is trying still To find a wav where he II have nit ay, And break the woman's will.. .i . i No woman can be happy without children; it is her nature to love them as much i so as it is the beautiful and pure. The ordeal through mm.