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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1908. 4 Tiie-Omaha Daily. DeL FOUNDED BI EDWARD R08E WATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha poetofflce a second class matter. TERMS Or FUBSCRIFTIOTf : Pally Bee (without Sunday), one year.4 01 Daily Bx and Sunday, one year S.0O DELIVERED BY CARRIER. I .ally Bee (without Sunday). pr week.10 Evening Pee (wlthoot Sunday ) perk o Evening- Bee (with Hunaay;, per wn.i ot Z"?lVZ:."lJZ,lr I"!: lis AHArmnm all rnmnlatnts of Irregularities i in urn. ci, i"" v,.. u. , OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluff" li faott Street. Chicago 164 Marquette Building. New York Rooma 1101-1102, No. Went Thirty-third Street. Washington 72t Fourteenth Street, U N. W. CORRESPONDENC1B. .. ! fAMaiin.allAfia teaklnHn sT to W . ana I dUcx-la. matter should bs s4drsssd Omah Be, Krt.tor.al Department. REMITTANCES. Sab!. ThSV.'ra.h'nrcSmn; I. - . . . ... T navmant 1 Uniy . iCni HieWTijwi rcceivwi k of mall accountir. Peraonal eneexs, eiwm on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not ac cepted. ,- STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Dougtae County, sa.: Oeorge B. Taachurk. treaaurer of The Bee Puhll-hlng company, being duly worn, aaya that the actual number of full and eomrlete coplea of The Vmift a . ' - , . i I Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the mooth of July. 10. wa aa follows; 1 tS.TM ' IT 2.......... 86,740 ; 1 30,400 80,900 I 38,710 . It 4 34...00 ' 20 35300 , 21 36,400 . : 21 T 38,880 21 t 38,030 24 9 35,960 25 10 38,400 28 11 38,100 27 30,000 80,400 30,900 30900 80,780 aB.aao 30380 13 30,100 29. 12 3S.0S0 29. 9D,9DU . 88 380 soivso ,150 14 80,330 SO li..,.....,. 30,300 11........ II........... 80,180 ' Totals Less unsold and returned copies. 1,110,460 -04 Net total 1,100, 418 I Dally average 35,780 georob b. tzschuck. Subacribed In my presence and sworn to before me tnn 1st aay or August. ius. (Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. '. WHEK OCT Or IOWH. abacrlfcera leavlasr tttm ettr tem porally Bheml4 fcatve Te Bee tailed te them. Addreea will b chaaged aa eftea aa reeiaeeted. It's fine for corn. The would-be 'candidates lut the voters dispose. propose, The man who invests in an airship Is certain of quick returns. The crop prophet 1. busy making Tiredictions on the crop profit. ' ...L" v... uoiorauo ia oniy o years uiu, om acta like sixty most of the time. Nowata is the name of a new town I in Oklahoma. It 18 naturally a dry -.own. It may be noticed that the laundry man is not kicking weather. about the hot Iizet Pasha, the sultan's secretary, has been dismissed. In other words. Izzet isn't it. What is meant by the term, 'the term, me law of diminishing returns?'" asks i reader. Ask Mr. uryan. . . - i ww . njn,n. au v I I 1 vauuiua- iu u. u v... .v. a r h.m cioeeu, uui iu. v,. '.q withdraw is still open. The Corn show io growing with the Remember tho time and the :orn. place at Omaha next December. It is now asserted that Mrs. Oun- less Is living In Texas. In that case the is being punished sufficiently. Thirteen lawyers aro fighting over the will of a Chicago millionaire. The ielro will, find the number unlucky. TTT Who are the three greatest railway men In the country?" asks a corre- lpondent. They are b.. n. namman. Take note that, notwithstanding the Industrial setback, Omaha real estate value have shown no signs of re ading. . - rtit v.. nraanlced in u v... Janan and the mikado will never have money enough again to make war on i foreign power. Annarentlv the makers of all the ' nost nonular brands of cigarettes have been selected as members of tne new Perusal of the names listed tor the primary ballots of all parties herea- hnuta forces the concluoion that oome mika et the habit ! The sultan of Turkey admits that he has had great trouble in securing a menU between the states. For lllus- the populist votes in Nebraska in good advioor. The sultan evidently trationt the commission contends that tended to be cast for Watoon and to a.a no brother Charley. Queen WHhelrolna is anxious to give Castro a spanking. The Monroe doctrine should be too gallant to re - fuse the lady'o request. -f :-Tr.7.. if there jnusi o aa "" "."! it.. ..urd tnaiat nnon nredlct- war, aa w ....... - ing: why not have it pulled off between Caetro and King Leopold? r.....n, pQik has called out the National Guard to keep the Sunday lid Kt ivMiia county. There Is also - on In Missouri. - It may occur to Mr. uryan mat no made mistake In not caning on nr. Hearst and Mr. Watson for assistance in writing that Denver platform. .a. If- Some enthusiast may aiscover mat while Mr. Bryan will not accept a eon tribytioa of $10,000, ho mlght.be In- j est lng, ao tho Canadian roads have Lvoint of view, financially and ofher ducod to take 10,000 half-dollar. . Joined with tho . Harriman and HUll,i,e( the Bellevuo Chautauqua bao MR- BRTA9 Aft VKW YORK. 'The claim of ovr-'nthuslaBtlc dcm- ocrats that Mr. Bryan can be elected without New York la not easily recon- clled to existing political conditions of the country. It is true that it would be a fine feather in Mr. Bryan's cap If he could be elected without aid from "the enemy's country." but there are some stubborn facts that loom largely in the path M obstacles to the consummation Buca nopen. I The total vote in the electoral col- i. tit fclK 5e in noraa- 1 Kl, la tnr Bar IU B, 1 113 jjiuuicui id .v.. Mr. Bryan to find 219 electoral votes rithln his reach outside New York. He can accomplish it only with the en- tlre vote of the southern and western tablished by tne report of tn Amer states.' Tor electoral vote purposes, lean Bteel corporation. Jut made pub- h states be classified thus: . Eastern state-connecticut. 7: Delaware, ; Maine. ; Maryland. 8: Massachusetts, U; New Hampshire, 4; New Jersey, 12; I New York. 39; Ohio. ; Pennsylvania. 34; a . r..A. J nal Ifif) nnuon jvibiiu, tchiivui, w, . Southern State Alabama, 11; Arkansas, I; Florida, 6; Oeorgla, IS; Kentucky, 13; Loulfllana. t; Mlaaiinlppl, 10; North Caro lina, 11; South Carolina, ; Tenneeeee, 12;' Texas. IK; Virginia. .12; Went Virginia, 7; total, 140. Weatem 8tate Colorado, 6; Idaho. 8; Illinois, i , luuiaiia. iu, , ... . , ... wi.-n.-rt 10; Michigan. 14; Minneaota, 11 Mleaourt. w; Montana, i; iNeDraaKa. ; iNeraoa, North Dakota, 4; South Dakota, 4; Utah, 2; Wiaconaln, 18; Wyoming. 3; total. 17. Pacific Coaat Statea California, 10; Ore gon, 4; Waahlngton, (; total, 19. Conceding Mr. Bryan the solid south, which is by no means assured to n,m thlg yar' he wou'd tart wIth 140 votes to bis credit, or 99 short of the number necessary to an election. u. ,.U. A .tn,!. Y,at (Knan r,oa iiiruua .u iii ii. buv v ii ,'i must have from the west. Of the states designated as "western" and "Pacific coast" Mr. Bryan in 1896 car- ried Colorado, 4; Idaho, 3; Missouri, '. . . rr i n . x"v. l, - 1 ' molilalia, o, nauM, i", iicuionr., 18; Nevada, 3; South Dakota, 4; Utah, u. Waghlngtont 4; Wyoming. 3. and mt olsrtnral vote, in California: total, 63, In 1900 all of these states slipped away from Mr. Bryan except Colorado, 4; Idaho, 3; Montana, 3; Nevada, 3, and Missouri, 17; total SO. In 1904 these four states went into the repub lican column, leaving the democratic party, under the Parker leadership, without a vote in the "electoral college from a state north of Mason and Dixon's line. Mr. Bryan received 155 electoral votea in 1900, of which but 30 came from the states to which be must look this year for 99 votes, in order to win the election without New York. .... nit ... . ' j v " " .l i at i ninrann lnnnn. muumua. ij iaii( i Lt.v. i,. m.ii, sn,,th .nnkntft and ncuiMa, .. . i Missouri, a total of 47, he would have 187 votes, or 62 ohort of a majority in the electoral college. Wisconsin ..... and Indiana are both republican, dui UhA democrat, nrofess. to believe that fo,tinn.i fiehta in Wisconsin and Kerrj., Btrength in Indiana will place m th democratic column. Mak- thut rhane for the sake of argu- ment, Mr. Bryan would gain 15 votes i Indiana and 13 in Wisconsin, a total of 28, which, added to hlo 182. would give him 210 or still 29 short of the required number. n.,iH number. Giving Ohio to .,,., v. -9 vntP or Dr,u.' . " . at ill' k innri ana eveu . u fcto" i were tnrown in ior guuu uui, 1 . . .. - i.i... .nM laeir tn finve nirn a umjuiuj. ww.v. . Aa after nf fact. Bryan na8 only - the Slightest chance or carrying .m- diana. Wisconsin. Colorado. Utah, Montana or Nebraska, while he is not ,ure of holding Missouri. Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee. Mr. ... md it nractlcally Impossl- ki tn rarrv New York, and without New York hlo chance of being .,. I. -,iht-v slim. ' " " Trewht rates akd foreign trade. The announcement by the trans- continental rauroaas tnai iney win, on November 1. quit bidding for the for- egn trade of the paCific. brings up an enttrely new and decidedly knotty problem for the Interstate commerce commission. The railroads simpiy elect to withdraw from thfs trade, whlch they admit Is profitable, rather than to comply with the order of thC - I .Mnl...lnn n Irl l . Ih.m tf mfilCAl , (k. ..-, ,ta " ' to the orient they absorb. Two diametrically opposed interests conflict at this point. The Interstate Commerce commission, wnne n nas no power over foreign traffic. Insists that u nas m ntm io uuw nuai. charged by American rauroaas on shipments destined for foreign coun - tries. The contention is that it is necessary tor the commission to knowcratic organ would have us believe if these rates are exceedingly low and maintained by a discrimination against domestic commerce, which may be re- ,re1 t0 pay.a higher rate on ship- freight shipped from Omaha to Seattle should pay no higher rate than similar goods shipped from Omaha to Seattle and destined for delivery In China. 1 rallroad reply that Bhpmento to the orient via the Pacific aro made in comDetitlon with the Sues canal route i - ,ust be made low enough to meet auu ui that competition. The Interstate Com merce commission reports : that the American shipments to the orient, via tho Pacific, have been carried only ny oubsldlary steamship linos, woraing in co-operation with tho railroads and that Independent steamships have been I ... 1 .- Vw.il unauie to serure any auarc ui mo vue,- neoa. The commission conwuue iu . . a aa a till there anouia do open companion Pacific ports, and that the roads should not place to heavy burdeao on domes- tic shipmenU In order to mane low i rates to too orient. - Tho situation Io particularly inter line. Should the witfidrawai 01 these roads from activity in the orient trade be permanent, it woum mean me serious injury, if not the destruction, of American shipping interests in the Faclflc. There should be little dlf- Hculty In arranging a satisfactory solu- Hon of the problem. In, the Kansas City rate case the federal authorities affirmed the right of carriers to meet competitive rate rorced flown ry pnranhlral conditions and the same " - - - . Principle must be applicable to the Oriental rates THE improved steel trade. That the country is fairly well cm the road to industrial recovery Is es- He, for the three months ending with June 30. steel is generally recognise". ag the in(ju.tral barometer, being the rCka injAT artiTitv in railway, bnild- Ing and other industrial line. The report shows that while there wag a marked falling off In the steel business beginning with last October, the reve nues were still sufficient to meet the fixed dividend payments and leave a far margin of surplus. The net earn- ings for the months of April, May and June, in spite of the general depres sion, were full $1,000,000 larger than expected and about $2,000,000 greater than for the first quarter of the pres ent year. The company e net earnings for the three months ending with June were $30,2 65,756, as compared with $18,229,005 for the first quarter of the year, and with $32,553,995 for April, May and June of last year. Or ders now booked call for operation of all' its plants at 72 per cent of their working capacity, or but little below the condition of normal business years When Jt ia recalled that leso than three months ago the steel corporation was operating its many plants at less than 45 per cent of their capacity, It will be seen that a very material In crease .has been made in the produc tion and consumption of steel. The report also showc that nearly all of the Improvement is due to ordero outside of steel rails. When railroad business revives, as It is certain to do, the or ders for rails will undoubtedly bring the business of the oteel plants up to their full average capacity IS TBS CRCCIVLE- The nomination of candidates by 'di rect primary vote as ono of the expert mental "tages of our political evolu tion is now in tne crucmie In moot of the states which have taken the direct nomination Dlan the ,w rri- marv law. are nractlcall, n,lergolng - their trial heats. Iowa had its pri- mary a little over a month ago. 1111- nois, K.ansas ana Missouri are ru-ju to noia tneir primary eiecuona. k. - .U. .1 1iriAnlw4 ar 111 tnnlr- li n " "'"u"'" tickets Dy direct vote nexi monw There may bo a few other states on the list, but these are most important Oregon went inrougn tne oraeai a i months ago ana iseorasKa naa one pre. vious experience with its new law last year. Tne practical operation oi m uirTCi nomination system concerns the public much more than its theory. Io workable under the conditions which L,vii amnn ordinarv voters? That h. thA nutation Vhleh ia to bo answered " rJ - - hv thoca trial Tn all nrnhabilitv the I ,. . . ..M t. r- queouuu is " . . . .... , K ti, i-in.P nf UK"''" - " " the weak spots and the places where existing laws must be Improved or re- vised to mane mem respon.i to " popular demana. ine cniei aiiucu., so far Blgntea in tne preiiwinan, the complicated character of moat of our direct primary legislation and the undue confusion wnicn euveiopea wuv I ought to be a simple choice. It Is pos I .im,, .n nvnrlnad the nrlmary competi heavl,y t0 make the whoj, thiag ludicrous' or disgusting. Tho multiplication of offices and of candl- L,, from wnlch .election la to be lde on one cumbersome ballot is the rock whlch preBentg the greatest dan. tQ the direct primary Thn frlenn, at the direct primary ... A ell to watch the current ex- nerln,enU closely and to get busy Im mealateiy wjth a vlew to removing ob- gtacies 10 118 Success. uuitw ii IT.1... I. I - .w.- .v. fected and maae ruuy woraaoie v, iu nMt trlal lt wm .0 eventually to tho gcrap eAJf of falled legislation In running to cover and filing a new Bet of presidential electors to go on lne peopiea mu.uu, Brother-ln-L aw "iom inawi ma 1 he does not think those protests aro quite so "absurd" as tho local demo- . The filing or a new set or canaiaaies lor presidential electors to ooiaier up the democratic conspiracy to purloir deliver them to Bryan is a sort of con- feasion In avoidance. And now W. J. Bryan has been elected an honorary member of tho typographical union It Is becoming aa easy tor a v"v...u w .w - bor union ao It Is for a multlmtlllon aire to get a eoiiego aegreo. Levi Carter park is still waiting for tho owners of some of tho property to be appraised to develop enough public spirit to accept tho award of tho ap praisers without appealing to tho courts. . . . that weather bureau al ' V m dQ the rlght tn,ng by the rett of u a aoon a the farraers pass tho word that th- crop out of daniter - Having proved a succeoo from every closed with a promise of reappearance next year "bigger, better and grander than ever." Mayor "Jim" may con sider himself booked for another star performance. Mr. Harriman says that he has gone into the Gould system only to relieve dangerous financial situation. We take that to mean that neither the Missouri Pacific nor the Wabash will be double-tracked within the next few months. A Philadelphia motorman has In herited $160,000, but refuses to give up his job. He. appreciates the privi lege of riding on the front end of the car these days. Richard Croker declares that King Edward is the greatest man in the world. The reason for Croker's dis crimination against Colonel Bryan is not explained.. Of course, the man "to go to the populace as guardian" is "Brother-in-Law Tom," who participated in the $15,000 touch on Ryan and the old Parker gang. Minnesota wants 10,000 harvest hands at wages running from $2 to $4 day. Prosperity has arrived for those who want to bo harvest hands. It has been some time since any thing was heard of denatured alcohol and the revolution It was going to work in the industries. "What is tho difference," asks the Kansas City Star, "between 89 degrees and 91 degrees?" Two degrees and a couple of collars. Get There J oat the Saaie. New York World. The Independence league convention bad no Uam roller, but it did have a com petent wrecking crew. Big Opeaiag tor Snellbladere. Indianapolis News. Spellbinders who have not yet managed to sign up for the campaign circuit should not overlook the fact that 30.0CO harvest hands aro wanted In Manitoba. The work Is healthful and the pay la good. Waa the Prlaee Slighted f Chicago Reoord-Herald, The prince nf Walea Is going back to England without, dzlgnlng to take a look at this country. It may be that he feels spunky because nobody Invited him to speak at any of eur chautauquas. . Reform Coat a Money. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Now that the Turkish women are to drop vella It will be necessary for them to buy modern hats. When the next harem bills come In the sultan an submit them to his new Parliament as a reason for a ' fresh foreign loan. .,,,V Comparative Happtneaa. Pittsburg Dispatch. American opinion gto rcttlve over low suits that drag 'along from ten to seven teen years; but Mexican lawsuit over a boundary line "that tvas just been termi nated after a flelsarely coursi of 9 year instructs us W be1 thankful when' we 'are well off. A Rarity Worth . Noting. New ' York Tribune. Thirteen days, jta an hour, from the com mission of a murder to the sentencing of the murdeter to death. Is the latest record of "Jeraey Justice." It la to be com mended for approval and envy to the con sideration of those' who justly complain of the law's delays.' " There's Many a Slip." Baltimore American. It is sincerely to be hoped that those Young Turks who are engineering the re form movement In Turkey are not too young not so young as to be entirely guileless. There is many . a slip between a conatltutlonal government In the form ing and an autocratic gevernment In pos session. Lar Agalaat Bird Killiag. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Louisiana has forbidden the slaughter of robins, and the new law will save the lives of 600.000 now killed annually In that state by foreigner for- food. The robin ia an early spring visitor and a valuable aid in keeping down Insects, and Louisiana, where many robins winter, deserves thanks for Its protective act. FISIOX FOR BRYAJf. Scheme to Pnrlola Votes of Popalists ia Nehraaka. Portland Oregonlan. In Nebraska an effort is being made to have tha democratto candidates for electors at large Indorsed on the ticket as people's Independent, In addition to their designa tion as democratic. This Is manifestly scheme to steal the votes that belong to the people's party and the Independence league, Yet Mr. Bryan does not stand for the prin ciples oartlcularly advocated by these other political organisations. Does not move of this kind come with poor grace from a man who has accused the republican candidates with stealing democratic prln clplea? If Mr. Bryan wants the Support of the Independence league people, why did he not Incorporate In his platform the prin ciples which would naturally draw them to his support? If he had done ao, Mr. Hearst could not have charged him with being a chameleon. As it la, he has no right to expect or ask for the votes of any except those who believe In the doctrines set forth in the democratic platform and who believe that he is the best man to ad minister the executive affairs of the na tion. There should be no underhanded scheme for getting the votea of those not advocating democratic principles. Fusion efforts are a confession of weak area and aa acknowledgment of the short' comings of the democratic platform. If Mr. Bryan la entitled to election at all, he should receive K as a democrat. If a plur ality of the people of the United Statea are not democrats. Mr. Bryan has no right to occupy the White House. Party principles have been carefully considered and pub licly declared. ' Candidates have been named and their reeorde and quallflca tlona are known, Let the lines be drawn clearly, so that when the votea are counted we eh all know exactly for what the people of the country here voted. If this be contest of either men or of principles, or of both, the republican party has nothing to be aahamed ef. nothing to make excuse for and nothing to fear. .The republican party has adopted the principles which are best calculated to promote the welfare of the country. It has nominated the man beat qualified by native talents, by tern perament and by training for the hlgheet executive office. Fuetons which cloud the tseue are but schemes of the weak and un fitted to win a victory which thex, cannot hooe to win in a fair fight. ARMY 01P IN WAMHXGTO. i'arreat Events i leaned from the Army and Mary Register. The surgeon general of the army has received advices from many of the lead ing physicians and surgeons of the princi pal cities of the country of a dislre to be commissioned as first lieutenants In the army medical reserve corps. Later a list of those who are appointed to this new branch of the army medical department will be published. It Is appreciated that members of the medical profeslon of prominence can not hardly be expected to aerve with tho rank of flr6t lieutenant when they are called Into active service li time of war, such as ia contemplated by .the creation of the medical reserve corps. Under those circumstances the members of that corns will unquestionably receive commissions of suitable rank In the volunteers. The . existence of this medical reserve corps affords an op portunity of selecting those best quali fied for duty in the medical branch In time of -meigercy. It is a protection agnlnst the employment of poll tics In the selection of commissioned of ficers and Is a system which commends Itself to other brunches of the military establishment when lt is necessary to sud denly Increase the force. Examination boards of army medical effk-ers have been appointed to meet In all the principal cities of the country to con sider the applications and conduct the ex amination of those candidates from among civilian physicians and surgeors who desire to be commissioned In tho army medical reserve corps. Those who are found quail fled will be appointed first lieutenants In what Is known as the Inactive list na dis tinguished from the first lieutenants of the reserve corps who are on the active list and who have recently been employed as contract surceons. The authorities sre much gratified with the manifestation cf favor which has been rhown the medical reserve corps by leading members of the profession, and this support of the new branch of the army medical department cannot fall to be beneficial to tho plan of furnishing a medical personnel available for duty in time of emergency. The Indi cations are that about 1C0 'andlilates will be examined at first and thnt moat of them will be appointed. It has been de elded that the commissioned members of the reserve corps shall wear the same uniform as medical officers The Insignlt on the collar will consist of the letters "V. 8.," and the caduceus, with the superposed monogram "R. C." In bronxe; In the case of tho full dress, dress, and white uniform the caduceus will be of gold or gilt and the monogram of bronxe; while on the field uniform the ornament will be of bronxe and the letters In gilt or gold. The War department Is In receipt of some of the reports from army medical officers who conducted the examinations preceding and following the rides In ths horsemanship test to which army officers are this year subjected to an extent, of nlnetjr mllos within three days. Advan tage Is being taken of the preaence of army officers at the big maneuver camps to conduct the rides at thore places, and make tho ncceisanry physical examination before and after the physical test. The ride of tho officers connected with the camp at Pine Plains, N. Y., hae been com pleted and the reports of the medical ex amination are now before the War depart ment. Only one officer was reported for failure In taking the ride-Colonel Charles B. Byrne, of tho medical corpa, the chief surgeon of the Department of the East. Another wf fleer declined to take the ride and has asked to ' b oidered before a retiring board. The offlcera connected with the headquarters for the Department of tho Lakes begnn their rido thia week and It la expected that announcement will bo made within a week or two of the ride In Virginia of the officers on duty in Washington. It has been decided not io act on any of these recommendation, of retirement until all the reports of the rid ing testa, at least of those held in this country, have been received at the . War department. Those who are interested In Introducing In the army post exchanges certain bever ages of which there Is some question con cerning their prohibited quality continue to seek the decision of the War department In regard to the acceptance of thia or that drink. There la no law which forbids the use of nonlntoxlcatlng beverages, and the War department has consistently refused to undertake to pass upon the question of what Is, or what Is not an Intoxicating drink. It has been suggested that a post com. mander, and. therefore, a department com mander, may be guided- by the fact of whether or not any given preparation Is permitted to be openly sold tn a prohi bition community; but thia was merely suggested In order to htlp post com mandera to reach a conclusion In regard to the sale of beveragea within their Juris diction. It Is held that the War depart ment should not undertake to pass upon tho question of whether or not any par ticular beverage should be sold at a roe; exchange, but that the authorities chargd with the enforcing of the law at the vari ous posts should be loft to determine what may, or what may not. be. in the exerclx of their discretion, drinks which may be permitted to be sold within their com mands. The War and Navy departments have In stalled thq system of paying the benefits due under the army and navy appropri ation acts of May 11 and May II in the event of the death of an enlisted man or commissioned officer of the army or navy. Blanks have been sent out calling for the designation of those who arc to receive the six months' pay. It Is already reaiwea that this law was hastily enacted and it will have to b amended in some Important particulars and this will probably be done at the next session of congress, in me first place. It Is question Just what con stitutes evidences of widowhood and It Is appreciated that In the event of no widow there ahould be provision made that some other next of kin may receive the money, especially if there has been no special designation or when those who have been designated are deid. It is assumed by both the War and Navy departmente that the widow is to receive the money and that the designation must be of some one else If the benef.t Is to be paid when the widow Is dead. Then there 1 the question of sur vlvlng children when there is no widow and whether to only one of these must be paid the benefit Instead of an equal division as would naturally be the result. Raaalag Oat tho Less Sharks. Portland Oregonlan. The Union Pacific has undertaken a noble and commendable work tn IU effort to get lid of the money sharks who, tinder the leaitlmate-soundlng terra, "bankers and brokers" rob the poor employes by usury, Of all the leechea who prey upon labor, none are more despicable than these sharks who take advantage of their victim's weak nesses or misfortunes, and Insist on the "pound of flesh." Portland is far from free of these undesirable cltlsens, but an occasional turning on of the white light of publicity keepe them pretty cloee to their burrowe, and they are not robbing on such an extensive scale as has been In evidence In tho naat m ii u mi ..I i n I mm.mm ! i H w is am i n..m vmv aw..' iu.mwavuuii m 'U whH . - . . few? 1 ' 1 gmSgamWm& m ysxsssaEMssa -at .. w.. V ORGANIZED LABOR IN POLITICS. Mr. Gompera Plans to Deliver the Vote to tho Democratto Tarty. The Outlook. New York. In the American Federation!, the organ of the American Federation of Labor, Mr. Samuel Gornpers, president of the organisa tion, presents a signed editorial entitled "Uoth Parties Have Bpoken Choose Be tween llism." It Is, In fact, an unqualified and at times impassioned indorsement of the democratic ticket. Mr. OomperS tells tho story of the experience which he and hla colleagues of the executive council of tho federation had with the two big conven tlonr. . First they visited Chcago. To the republican convention they proposed a set of planks. Beginning with 'preamble about Abraham IJnooln, It pledged the party to advrcate specific enactments en abling organizations of wage earijers and of farmers to. escape the provisions of the anil-trust laws; to prohibit Injunctions in labor disputea when such Injunctions would not apply if no labor disputes existed, and where there 'was another remedy, and to provide that trial for contempt, not con mitted In the presence of the court, should be by Jury; to extend the eight-hour law and the liability law; to grant woman's suf lage; to establish a separate department of labor and a bureau of mines and mining; to establish a government postal savings bank. Then Mr. Gornpers and the council went to Denver. Changing the Lincoln flourish to a Jefferson flourish, ana the word 'republican" to the word "demo cratic," they presented the aame set of planks to the democratic convention. The result at Chicago was altogether unsatis factory to Mr. Gornpers and his associates; the result at Denver was far more agree able to them. Mr. Gornpers plainly says so; and he urges all wage-workers and their friends to vote for Mr. Bryan. Were this all. Mr. Gomper'a attitude might be dis puted, but it could not be condemned. It is, however, not all. From the beginning to the end Mr. Gornpers aasumes to epeak for "labor." Thece planks were "the demands of labor;" the injunction plank of the re publican platform embodies a "covert In sult" to "the men of labor;" "the demo cratic party Indorses labor's demands." Mr. Gornpers denies that he promises "to deliver the labor vote." but he doea not hesitate to announce his own views as the views of lub'ir. Of course, Mr. Gornpers. president of the American' Federation of Labor, has no more right to speak for or ganised workmen than the moderator of the congregational national council lias the right to speak for Congregationallsts. .Mr. Oompers is the executive head of a federa tion, not the pope of a labor hierarchy. The right of American wage earnera to organize for mutual protection and common advan tage In trade unlona doca not Involve the necessity of hand ng 'n o the keeping of t ny Individual or committee the conscience or Independent Judgment of their memfcers. The assumption of guardianship over their minds, worklnginen can afford to aniile at; but we shall be surprised if they do not resent the most significant senter.ee In Mr. Gornpers' statement: 'While we do not wish in any way to In terfere with each man's right to choose his own political affll Rtl" nj, tt we say frankly that the worker who, in this campaign, supports the party or the candidate who has contemptuously and boastfully, an nounced hostility to labor's interests well, he will have to reckon with his own con science and with hla fellow-workmen.' If theee threatening words had been ut- tered by an employer of labor on behair of a protective tariff, they would have aroused righteous wrath in the heart of any self-respecting wage earner. They are none the less a threat, none the less pro vocative of anger, because they come from an official of the labor unlona. PERSONAL NOTES. Moorish brigands captured an English Joker In hope of ransom, but were glad to let him go for nothing after he had sprung few of his best on them. The English Joke won a new respect. Vice President Fairbanks Is to Join the colony at Mackinac island. He has a cot tage for the rest of the season, and will enjoy a vacation preliminary to taking an active part In the coming national cam paign. Taft's hair la said to be light brown. Hie gen's blonde,, and Bryan's largely a mem ory. Thia recalls the woman In the gallery of the Chicago convention who said it looked to her as if the man who gut the bald-headed delegates would sure be nomi nated. It is a fine day for Dunfermline town when Andrew Carnegie discovered he was so rich. In lesa than five years about VW. 000 of hla money has gone to benefit the Dunfermline lads and lassies; now his trus tees are planning three new schools do mestic economy, textiles and graphic art for them. '. SCHOOLS iSD COLLEGES. MUSIC Domestic Science, Art, Expression Special Conreee. Normal Courses for Teach- era. Full Courses leading to Diploma. The best Instruction. Reasonable rata. Healthful and helpfal College surroundings. AUi: lUlaate Waanaarw College. gas W eanlW. Hiiaai. 'naaam - a-?-, y i-.rf,,aw aM nJaa ariKw an'wt JOC'ILAR Jl Y.B. When the folks complain Of lack of rain The city man Oft wonders why ' They do not tiy A sprinkling can. Kansas City Journal. That fierce mosquito la In sight! 'TIs shocking on his ways to think. He sleeps all day and spends the niRht In song, while waiting for a drink! Washington Star. What are the wild waves saying! Listen and hear them roar: "We play all day In the wide seaway. But we do go broke on the shore." -New York World. Be kind to your father and don't pull hlJ leg Till he's almost compelled to turn beggar and beg: He's chopping the kindling and earning the money And getting sweet letters from mother: "Dear honey lAok after the kitten and feed the pet bird. And water the rubber plant!" Love? Not a word. Waahlngton Post. Whate'er may be ssld of a sweetheart, "Too giddy," "too old," or "too new." There's one point admits of no question: Sho can't be "too good to be true." Philadelphia Press. The warrior or the man of peace Who sits down unawares Upon the north end of a tack Forgets himself and swears. , Though this malicious brad does not Make an ideal seat, Vnr maklna lanirunre more ornate It couldn't well be bVnt. . - . Nnahvllle American. I dreamed I was a red, red rose, Bright with the golden summer glows. Klved bv the RWetest hreee that blows, With sunny skies o'erHpread. Of sweeiest fragrance ever smelled. Fv love's own hand to love's breast held When a voire roused me which fieree yelled, "Come In. you cabbaire head!" Baltimore American. HEARTS AXD CHEHItlES. What Is that gentle sound I hear Is It the hum of fairies? I hear a flutter, then a trill, And now a buzz like an old saw-mill. Whose cadence never varies: There now, 'tl wafted on tlie breeze. And lo, lt comes from yonder trees. Just hear that tell-tale human sneeze 'Tis .Alice picking cherries. Her little face Is ail aglow. Her hair ia all aklnk: Yo't cannot see the ptloesy rat Beneath the simple garden hat. But It Is there, I think. I.Ike dew upon the dulnty roe, Tho perspiration on her nose. As reaching up on her tlp-loes. Bhe picks the ripe, red cherries. Nor Is the maiden all alone Juat sre how pi rt her air Is, She hums a joyi.ua little tune, Borne ancient elfish eerie rune, Fantastic wnlta of falr'ea Itrilde her 1h a love-lorn swa'n, Who nlghs and sighs, but flglis in vain; One glance at him she will not deign, Slie's busy picking., cherries. The yesrs have flown since Alice stood With m'schlef In her eye: I'nto that swain she now In bound, Day In, day nut, the whole year round. Py every sacred tie; The cherrlee occupy her yet. Both nose and hrow with till are wet. 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