THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1908.
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Tiie-Omaha Daily. DeL
FOUNDED BI EDWARD R08E WATER.
VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR.
Entered at Omaha poetofflce a second
class matter.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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'.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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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, ,
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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,
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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.
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Missouri, a total of 47, he would have
187 votes, or 62 ohort of a majority
in the electoral college. Wisconsin
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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
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at ill' k innri ana eveu . u fcto" i
were tnrown in ior guuu uui,
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Aa after nf fact. Bryan na8 only
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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.
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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
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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
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,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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. '.
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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.
And now It Is her time t- fret
Alas, he doe not heed her sigh,
He's busy eating cherry pie.
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