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jfiL an: omum daily bkk: Wednesday, august i: 1903. r FOUNDED T EDWARD JtnftEJWiaTER. VICTOR KOBKWATER, EDITOR, Entered at Onwht pnatcfTIca a aeoond-' ciase matter. TER.M8 OP SUBSCRIPTION: Ielly Rm (without Bunderl. one year. 44 00 bally Bee and Bundar. om year 1 00 DELIVERED BT CA RRI EB Ially Bee (Including Sundajr), per week..l.Vj islly Bee (without Sunday), par week.,.10o Evening- Bee (without Sunday). per week c Evenlr.; Bee (with Sunday), per wea....l'to fcunday Be-, one year IM Saturday Bee, one year ISO Address all romptainta of Irregularities In delivery to City Clrrulatlon Department. omcra. ' Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha city Hall Building. Council Bluffa 15 Scott Street. Chicago lh4h Marquette Building. New York-Rooms 1101-1102. No. ti Wftt Tnlrty-thlrd Street. . Washington 7:$ Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communclatlona relating to news and erllfnrlal matter ahould be addreaaed; Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Rt-mlt by draft, express or postal order paj-aole to The Bee Publishing Company Only 2-rent stamp received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checka, exoept on Omaha or eaetern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Slate of Nebraska. Douglaa County, ss.: George B. Tsscburk. treaaurer of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn. aa that, the actual number of tull and complete copies of The Dally, lorning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of July, 108, waa aa follows: 1 35,780 2 38,740 35,710 4 36,100 S 30,800 6 36,400 7 36,830 36,030 V a -- a 30960 10 38,400 11 36,100 11 . 36.100 IT 86400 14.,,, 39,950 It 36,000 30 86,400 II.. 36.650 2 J 85,800 23 80.780 24 30,800 2$...,, 30,660 26 35,650 2T 35,880 25 35,900 21 36,880 SO.. 35.780 II 36,150 12. 36,oao . 14 38,330 16 36,350 1 36,180 Totals , .1,118,460 Less unsold and returned copies.. 6,043 Net total .... i 1,109,410 Dally average 36,788 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. . Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 1st day of August, 1908. (Beal.) - ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public WHEJf OCT OF TOWW. Sabacrlaers leavla ike otty tem porarily aaaald have The Be mailed to them. Address will fee clianaed aa oftea as reqaeeted. "I accept" W. J. Bryan. The other 5,2 98 words cut no figure. The marriage of Ty Cobb ought to swell his record of home runs. The divorce courts are furnishing proof that no actor Is a hero to his wife. , , : .. . . ' London complains that American hams are not sufficiently smoked. That's an evil that should be cured. ' It has been explained that the "D. S." after Richard Harding Davis' name means "deputy sheriff" and noi "Dull Stuff." The crusade for the suppression of unnecessary noises at Washington will not show so much progress after con gress meets. . 1 Corn and wheat are both in better condition than they were a year ago, everywhere, except on the Chicago Board of Trade. In the meantime, there is no law prohibiting the announcement of the fact that he wasn't a senator from Kansas very Long. "Only three great problems are vex ing humanity today," says a Paris paper. The ball score, the straw vote. Well, what's the third? "The Last Rubalyat of Omar Khay yam" Is announced by a New York publisher. Let us hope It Is the last Instead of merely the latest. If every aspirant for nomination puts himself on record as to what he Is going to do if elected we will surely have a plethora of promises. The Young Turks demand that the sultan must dismiss all his wives but one. That appear to be a harem scare 'em order to say the least. The returns Bhow that Charles F. Gunther. who ran for the democratic nomination for governor of Illinois, failed to prove himself the candy kid. "Ambidexterity that Pays" Is the title of a current magazine article. It Is probably the kind that does not let one hand know what the other Is doing. "Nothing" is tlie only logical answer to that old question, "What s the mat ter with Knasas?" There will be no populist ticket In the flell In that state this year. "What will become of Dr. Wiley In the next administration?" asks an op ponent of the pure food laws. He will probably continue his Job as "secretary of our interiors." It that juggled bid for city advertis ing had been The Bee's Instead of the World-Herald's Just imagine the howl that would have been raised by the hyphenated sheet. The real solution of the city pris oner problem will not be found until Omaha builds a workhouse and In filers the penalty upon petty offenders which they most dread the penalty of en forced labor. Among other features of the coming corn exposition at Omaha la to be an agricultural congrees to be addressed by noted speakers and world-recognized experts In various branches of farm work. An agricultural congress can and should b" one of the most val uabl educational adjuncts to this big skew. MR. TVLMtnS PR EtlC 'A MtT. Joseph Pulitzer's New York World Is having a really pitiable time of It In trying to find an excuse to justify It giving support to Mr. Bryan In the pending campaign. For a dozen years Mr. Bryan has' not had a more bitter and uncompromising opponent than the World. It fought him at every turn In 1896 and again in 1900 and up to and even after the nominations at Denver in 1908, the paper editorially and locally fought Bryanlsm and Bryan and pleaded for concerted action by the democrats of the nation to defeat the Nebraska n. It circulated the :"black map of. Bryanlsm" by the millions of copies and sought In every conceivable way to convince democrats that the nomination of Bryan would foredoom the party to defeat. Of. course the World cannot recant and renounce all It has alleged In the last twft've years, but It has found this exerts1 for sup porting Bryan In 1908: In politics you may serve the cause of wisdom and Justice better by remaining with those to whom you have attached yourself, even after you disapprove much of their conduct and prefer that of their ad versaries, than by leaving them. This might be more effective if the World had ever attached Itself to Mr. Bryan. The paper does not even make that claim, but says that It Is going to favor Mr. -Bryan solely to encourage a healthy opposition to the republican party. It confesses, in fact, that It has no heart or hope In the fight, no plan of campaign and no expectation of suc cess. ' The World knows no satisfactory answer can be furnished to Its list of s-iestlons keDt at the head of Its edi torial columns, addressed to Mr. Bryan, before the Denver convention: What states did you lose In 1S96 that you could carry In 1908T What electoral votes did you lose in 1900 that you could win in 1908? What element of dissatisfaction and dis content did you fall to arouse then which you could successfully appeal to nowT Mr. Bryan has made no attempt to answer the World's questions and no comment except to inquire how many shares of stock Mr. Pulitzer owns in trusts and privileged corporations. The questions of the World call for speciric answer, but Mr. Bryan Is dealing only In generalities. Mr. Bryan appreciates that If he could start with the solid south, including Kentucky and Mis souri, and capture Nevada, Nebraska, Wyoming. Colorado, Montana, Idaho, South Dakota and ' Indiana, he would still have but 207 votes In the electoral college. He might add California, Kan sas and Indiana and still be short of the votes necessary to his election. He knows that he must carry some of the eastern states to secure his. election and the World has been persistent In Its statements that Mr. Bryan has no hope of carrying any eastern state. In order to relieve Mr. Bryan of further embarrassment, the World might an swer Its own questions. TH RVLB THAT JUMULD QUW& With the list-of avowed-aspirants for nomination completed republicans all over Nebraska are confronted with the duty of seeing to it that the strong est and best candidates get places on the local tickets. This duty becomes all the more important and the respon sibility all the greater because of our direct primary law. The final selec tion of all party candidates devolves upon the Individual members constitut ing the rank and file of voters. The fact that this Is a presidential year with the prospect of urgent ap peals to party loyalty and strenuous advice to vote It straight has doubtless tempted some candidates into the field who would have no thought of winning either at the primary or at the election on their own claims and merits. The fact that this Is a presidential year should not be allowed to serve as a cover for weak or unfit candidates. Quite the contrary, the chief purpose held In view by republicans wbo wisn to keep Nebraska In the republican col umn should be to strengthen the ticket at every possible point by putting up the cleanest and most capable candi dates, where a choice is to be made, and particularly to avoid loading the ticket down with dead weights or In competents who could only be a drag upon their associates. The republicans of the various dis tricts and localities ought to know enough about the candidates seeking their favor at the primary to make a wise and intelligent selection by apply ing this rule. If they, will do that and follow It up with a strong and en ergetic pull together for the ticket there will be no question about repub lican success in Nebraska in November. THE CAXAVIAX PACIFIC STRIKE. The strike of the mechanics in the shops of the Canadian Pacific, which threatens to spread until It involves the entire operating service of the road, illustrates anew the difficulty of pro viding by law for compulsory arbitra tion In labor disputes. The strike grows out of the firstJ test of the Lemieux law. passed at thsLlast session of the Dominion ParHamieni, and from which great things were expected. Under the provisions of the Lemieux act, no strike or lockout can be de clared in any mining Industry or public utility until resort has been had to the machinery of conciliation provided by the government. On the request of either side to a controversy, or on the Initiative of the commirsloner of labor, three arbitrators are appointed, one by each party to the controversy and the third by the two thus selected. The findings of the board are subject to slight revision by the commissioner of labor, but may not be binding if either party dissents. In the controversy between the Canadian Pacific and its employes, the men demanded eight-hour shifts In the chops, while the company held out for nine hours. The company esked for the eniploynieut of caa apprentice for every three mechsnlcs, while the men Insisted that but one spprentlce should be employed for every five Journeymen. The railroad company refused to par ticipate in the formation of the con ciliation (board and their representative was appointed by the minister of labor. The board returned a compromise award and the men refused to abide by It. Some 15.000 workmen have already quit the shops and reports Indicate that they will be joined In a short time by the trainmen, tying up the road from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The unfortunate feature of the dis pute is that It brings discouragement to the Intelligent and painstaking ef fort of the Canadian government to secure conciliation and arbitration of labor differences. The trouble with the Lemieux law appears to be Its com pulsory feature. The more effective plan promises to be that now being urged by the National Civic federation of trade agreements between employers and employes, extending over a period of years and making strikes and lock outs Impossible and providing ma chinery for voluntary arbitration. PROSPERITY'S WAISTBAND. The democratic campaign managers and editors who have been making a determined effort to discount the re ports coming from the east relative to the resumption of work in the Indus tries, an increase in mercantile ship ments, an easing up In the money mar kets and a general trend toward a restoration of normal business condi tions have finally been faced with a proposition that appears to be unan swerable. One of the biggest clothing manufacturing establishments in New England, a concern that has for years made a special bid for the trade of the west and the southwest, has issued a statement showing that in ten years the average waist measurement of Bos ton trousers, built for western use, has Increased from thirty-three to thirty six inches. In further detail, the report shows that while the maximum waist measurement called for in the west ten years ago was from thirty-eight to forty inches, the firm is now required to put out an exceptionally large num ber of trousers that have a waist meas urement of from forty-six to fifty-two Inches. What more conclusive proof of the prosperous condition of material affairs in the west could be demanded? The farmer who was wearing boy's size trousers, In waist measurement, when Mr. Bryan made his first battle, now needs the biggest pair In the shop. He has been eating something more nourishing than trouble and thoughts of the interest, on the mortgage on the homestead. With the develop ment of the agricultural Interests of the west, the Increasing price of farm nroducts and the general bet terment in returns for hard work, he is taking life more easily and Is feeling his oats In more ways than one. His land has increased In value, his boys and girls are attending college and there Is enough money in the bank and old wheat In the bin to fortify him against any emergency that may arise. Under the circumstances, the recorded increase In the girth measurement of clothes for the western farmer should occasion no surprise, however discon certing It may be to the party that builds air castles on a foundation of discontent and hard luck. Remember that two constitutional amendments are to be submitted for endorsement at the coming primary election In Nebraska. One of these amendments enlarges the supreme court and the other gives a wider field of home securities for investment of money in the permanent school fund. As these amendments are endorsed or relected at the primaries they will have the benefit or detriment of all the straight party votes of the respective nartlea at the regular election. These amendments must not be allowed to go down by default. agaaaaaaaasasasiBBBSBSBBBBBBaBSBBBSSSSBasiBBaBBSi Colonel Bryan professes to be es pecially pleased that Adlal should have won out in the competition ror demo cratic gubernatorial nomination In Illi nois. If Adlal brings Bryan as much strength in Illinois as he did eight years ago that state's electoral vote may as well be chalked up in the re publican column right away. Before long Douglas county has to get out a set of poll books for each of five political parties presenting candi dates to the primaries, notwithstanding the fact that only two of them poll enough votes to be counted. The un necessary poll books are sheer waste of taxpayers' money. Thomas A. Edison has accumulated $25,000,000 and says he will work hereafter only on things In which he Is Interested. The average man who has accumulated $25,000,000 is Interested only In making it $50,000,000. That assertion Is based on hearsay evidence. Mr. Bryan refuses to discuss the proposition of the West Virginia demo crats for a law disfranchising the negroes, but he doubtless wishes they had been considerate enough to have postponed the issue instead of dragging it in during a presidential campaign. Those of the faithful who have with stood the financial drain at Denver are expected now to report at Lincoln. Club dues are the smallest part of the cost of being a loyal member of either the "Jims" or the "Jacks." Mayor "Jim" seems to have lost precious time by being out of the state to the neglect of his gubernatorial boom. But perhaps be thinks absent treatment will be more successful. The Missouri Pacific has decided to spend $10,000,000 for new equipment and has ordered 1,000 workmen back to full time. If that Is chargeable to the meeting of George Gould and E. H. Harrlnian, here's hoping they meet oftener. The secretary of the democratic state committee of Pennsylvania says Mr. Bryan will get a big rote In that state and will surprise the republicans. If Mr. Bryan gets a big vote In Pennsyl vania he will also surprise the demo crats. Of course, If the sultan of Turkey prefers to wear a shirt of mall these days that Is his privilege, but most folks hereabouts would prefer to take the chance of being stabbed. "There are 1,000 Idle locomotives on the sidetracks at Havelock. What do you think of that?" asks Willis J. Abbott. Frankly, Willis, someone has been stringing you. A Political Barometer. St. Ionls alone-Democrat. Corn was cheap In ISM and Bryan lost the election. Corn went' up In 1900, but Bryan went down. In 1904 corn was still high, but the Bryan party was again de feated. This year the price Is higher than ever, but the advance will not help Bryan. Bragarly Looters. Baltimore American. It Is cabled as a great sensation that the Turkish grafters who are fleeing the country stole $3ft),000,000 In twenty years. This la only a beggarly 110,000,000 a year. According to the campaign screamers, the trusts In America steal about that much every half-sooond. Going; the I'saal Roate. New York World. The shah of Persia Is said to have pawned his Jewels In order to raise money to put down the party that stands by the constitution. There have been several kings In the history of Europe who had to pwn their Jewels after they had been driven inio exile for trampling on their own constitu tion. Scoria on Shippers. Brooklyn Eagle. The railroad men's unions have turned a trick worth two strikes. They have Joined the railroad official In petitioning the In terstate Commerce commission for a raise In freight rates, so as to protect their own wagee. Now the shippers will hear some thing drop. The . members of the unions have votes. On the Hawed Kdare. Buffalo Express. The eight hating cadets at West Point are still in a state of agonized suspense. Public opinion , is decidedly against them, and so are the army authorities interested In the preservation of discipline. A little changing the old saw. they have made for themselves a very real mountain of trouble out of an ant hill. PERSONAL, NOTES, Richard Harding Davis has been sworn In as deputy sheriff at White Plalna, N. Y.. at his own request so as to police his property In North Castle, where there have been some daring holdups. He will have a force of deputies, of course, of his own choosing. August BrassaVt,. who In his youth had the distinction. of producing the first per fect sliver platen for the use of,' Louis Jacques Maude' Daguerre, the Inventor of the dauguerreotype, died a few days ago at a memorial home In St. Louts, at the age of 89 yearj: ' ) . Though disinherited by her father, who left an estate valued at $l,000,i0 at his death, Mrs. Ann 8. Hardesty, a clerk in the Postoffice ' department, Washington, will recelvo one-quarter of the estate, which Is principally In stocks and bonds. Mrs. HaroVsty's stepmother, Mrs. Elisa beth May Cammack, will receive the re mainder. The fortune that came to Prince Wll helm of Sweden from his bride, the Grand Duchess Marie Paulovn of Russia, is com puted to bo 3.000.CO0 rubles, and was shipped from St. Petersburg In thirty-five barrels, each containing 100,000 rubles In gold. Re caat In the Swedlah mint, this sum will en able the royal pair to live In proper state. The people of Russia pay for it. ULIMIXATK THE INIEHTAIN MAM Automatic Me'rhanlam as Preventive of Railroad Accidents. Chicago Tribune. Defective rail and rolling stock are re sponsible for many railroad accidents, but It is admitted that the human factor in the chief element. If employes always ur deratood and obeyed ordera, and If they always had their wita about them, there would be few railroad wrecks. But some times employes are reckless, disregard signals, and take chances. Sometimes the mind of an engineer stops working for a second or two at a critical moment. He has eyes but sees not. This momentary loss ot consciousness Is common to all, and engineers should not b condemned beta u so they share It, but the dangers which attach to it should be guarded against. The way to do It Is to substitute, wher ever possible, automatic mechanlam tor the man. Mechanism does not get careless or reckless. It Is not subject to uncon scious moments. If properly cared for it will do Its work at all times and under all circumstances. The first cost of the in stallation of automatic mechanism may be heavy, but it will soon pay for Itself through the decrease In expenses due to wrecks. The manual block system was a great step in the right direction, but It did not take long to d'scover that that was not perfect. Occasionally engineers would run past the danger signal into the next block either because they did not see the signal or disregarded . it. There was also the possibility of an engineer dying In his cab and the uncontrolled engine dashing on past the signal. Manifestly there was need of some device for eliminating the engineer and stopping the train willy nllly. Bo men turned their minds to the work ing out of automatic block systems. One of these was given a trial on the Burling ton road recently. A train running at the speed of fifty miles an hour past a danger signal waa stopped automatically 1.1P0 feet beyond. When running twenty miles an hour It was stopped In 100 feet. When the danger stgnsl Is out a spring is set which opens a valve on the locomotive and opens the air brakes. Then the engineer ap preciates the situation. Thus a road with a single track which had an automatic block system of the kind described could be operated as safely as a road with two or mom tracks. All possibility of collisions would be dune away with. It is conceded that safety In the opera tion of railroads la to be had only through the replacement wherever possible of un certain man by unerring mechanism. It follows that it Is the duty of the railroads to Introduce as rapidly as they can all workable devices that help to get rid of the human factor. Regard for human life and limb demands that they should do so. If they are flow to act of their own mo tion tuere should be coercive legislation. ItOlD IBOtT M5W YORK. Ripples on the t nrrent of I. lie In the Metropolis. The manls for skyscrapers In New York Is producing a congestion of business streets rivaling the human hives on the esst side of the city. Thousands of people pour out of these buildings late In the afternoon, filling narrow streets almost to suffocation'. Krom 4 to p. m. the streets In the skyscraper district are packed. The current runs one way and no one but a stranger attcmrt to navigate against the human tide. In some sections sunshine In the streets Is a rartly and such spots as are favored with direct natural light command a rental premium. In Its report to the Building Code com mission the statement is made by the committee on congestion of population that In the area of Manhattan, below Chambers "treet, there are 14,210.006 square feet of rentable office floor space which accommodates P9.U9 persons, and 8.0i8.&4 square feet of rentable factory foor space which accommodates 2fi.73t persons. During the five years from 19 3 to 197, Inclusive, out of offices erected accommo dating 88.41 persons, offices for 83.231 were erected below Chambers street, an aver se;.) provision for about (.650 persons dur ing each of the five years. Any one of the large office buildings contemplated would easily accommodate S.000 and absorb theieby nearly the entire number of persona seek ing additional office accommodations dur ing a year. The owners of the sites of these large buildings are obtaining by far the largest proportion of the increase In the assessed land values. The report declares that along Broadway and along Exchange Place there Is very little direct sunlight except for a few hours each day. Oculists testify to the evil results of continuous work in artificial light. Tall buildings raise the tempera true on the streets to which they form a colonnade that diminishes natural draft and the equable temperature of the buildings themselves. The new Sing Sing prison, which New York state is to build in the highlands of the Hudson, is to be the largest Institution of Its kind In the world. It is to cover about thirty acres of land, and the cell house, which Is to harbor 2,000 prisoners, will be surrounded by large air spaces, and the height of the building will be restricted to four tiers, Instead of eight or ten tiers, as has been the custom. The aim In the construction will be to make the new prison spacious, airy, well lighted, to provide It with modern sanitary devices, and to safe guard In every way the health of its In mates. How far an advance is to be marked appears In the fact that enameled steel Is to be used in the cells and all in terior walla will bo of porcelain enamel, the same aa bath tubs. Each cell will con tain a water-closet, washbasin, running water, one bunk for prisoner and steel case for papers. The dimension of the cell will be 6x10 on the floor and ( feet 6 Inches In height. A modern locking device will be fitted in the prison, which Is said to be ab- aolutely secure. The cells will first be locked by the keeper, then Interlocked by the supervising officer and again Inter locked from the warden's office. The situation regarding the Equitable1 proposed 1,000-foot skyscraper In New York City seems to develop uncertainties. To be sure, the plana for the unspeakable mon strosity have been approved by he New York City building department, but the Tribune announces that the protests of thousands of the Equltable'a policyholders are causing the officers of the society to hesitate before putting 110,000,000 of the policyholders' money Into uch a structure. "Some of the largest policyholders," says that'paper, "have submitted to the 'Society aa Sn alternative proposal that of selling the present building and site, which are valued at anywhere from $15,000,000 to $30,- 000.000, and of then erecting a building much further uptown, at a cost for site and con struction of about $5,000,000 or $6,000,000, the rest of the money to be distributed among the policyholders. This, it Is argued, would appeal to all that conservative clement of the population who constitute the principal body of insured, and would prove a far more effective advertisement for the so ciety than any 1,000-foot-hlgh building." No city In the world can present auch rainy day conveniences as New York. Take the financial district, for instance. It is not known to any but those whose business carries them through that dis trict enough to know the paths, but on a rainy day one can travel almoat all around downtown New York without going out side, except at certain places where thej- have neglected to make tunnels. The knowledge of all these subterranean ways in lower New York is of Immense value to the men who handle the millions In that section and to the clerks who chase around on various errands, especially on such rainy days as are prevailing now. The life of Mra. Annie Bradley of 13 Clover street, Newark, has been saved by the infusion of blood from the veins of her husband. A week ago her life was despaired of. Now she is far on the road to recovery at Bt. JAmes' hospital, while her husband, Patrick, is apparently none the worse for his experience. The operation waa performed only after the last rites of the church had been ad ministered to both husband und wife by Rev. Father Donnelly. Bradley is a big. healthy man, who weighs 19) pounds, while his wife Is a little woman who tips the scales at about 100 pounds. When the physicians told him that his wife must have good blood or die, ho rolled up his sleeve, bared his arm and said: "I guess the little woman won't want for It long. Here, take every drop of mine If you need It." New York is a voracious city. It is es timated that $4,000,000 a day is spent for food and drink. A goodly portion of this sum flows into the lockers of the lobster palaces and grill rooms In the white light district. That there must be some profit in lobster a la Newburg at tV.tO a bite and patle de fol gras at $1.50 a amc-U Is shown by the fact that some of the idle money will be used to boost the eating game and Increaae the supply of f:xi water this fall, for Liongacre Square Is to have two Im mense restaurants. That is. it will If pres ent plana get beyond the paper stage. One of these places will have a seating capacity of s.ono, and aa your New Yorker does not Indulge according to his palate, but his purse, and is fond of garish displays. It Is proposed to make one of these lobster pal acea a modern hanging garden of Babylon. When the dream is fulfilled one csn stand in Ivongacra and look up In the air and on the 'steenth floor see a real lake, real trees and shrubbery growing from truly mossy bank. A .National Tribute. Philadelphia Record. It is darkest before dawn. Count Zeppelin thought he had put the last mark ha could raise Into his airship which was destroyed by wind, lightning, bencine and a few other things. But the moment news of his loss was received money poured In oti him from every direction, and he has far more means than he ever had of developing his theories of aerial navigation. He la already assured of money enoi'gh to pay for three of his atmospheric monsters, and the natfon baa made his enterprise its own. 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New York Tribune. By way of contributing Its mite to the political amiability and cheerfulness which happtly prevals as this atsge in the cam paign, the Tribune recently printed a quia slcal little two line paragraph asking If somebody wouldn't give 30 cents to the Bryan war chest. Being apparently rather hard up for ani editorial topic The Indian apolis News takes this harmless pleasantry as the text for a solemn and laborious dis quisition on the Insolence of wealth. The distortion might readily enough be pardoned to our Intellectually straightened contem porary If In the development of Its subject It had only adhered to facts instead of producing a fantastically erroneous se quence of Incidents In support of Its con tention. Having referred to the failure to put a campaign fund publicity plank in the repub lican platform. The Indianapolis News goes on to say: Then came the democratic Dlatform. de claring for publicity, and followed promptly by the actlort of the democratic national candidates and committee, announcing that no contributions from corporations would be accepted and limiting the highest single subscription to $10,000. all gifts to be pub lished before the election. Thereupon there was hurrying to and fro by the republicans, and, as Mr. Taft announced at Cincinnati, a treasurer for the republican campaign be compelled, under the. law, to make public tne contriDutions atter the election. A rather neat point. If It only had the truth behind It. But now for the facts. On Wednesday, July I, the republican national committee appointed Mr. Sheldon its treas urer and publicly announced that In select ing him It had been Influenced by the con sideration that he would be legally subject to the strict publicity of the state of New York, this policy and action exactly con forming to the views expressed by Mr. Taft long before, and more than supplying, in the' most practical manner, the omission In the republican platform. Two days later. In the early morning of Friday, July 10, the Denver convention adopted Its plat form, and It was not until the following week that Mr. Bryan and his conferees at Lincoln announced their Intentions regard ing the size and publication of campaign contributions. As for their virtuous refusal to accept gifts from corporations. It Is suffi cent to say that a republican law explicitly forbids them to do so. On due consideration of these facts our Indianapolis contemporary may find Its re cent sermon somewhat less Impressive than It now supposes It to be. The truth is that In this matter of campaign fund publicity Mr. Taft has been ahead of Mr. Bryan all the time, as Mr. Bryan hat had the pain of discovering as often as he has tried to make the contrary appear. Cheer I p Listen I Cleveland Plain Dealer. Oh, men must sell and men must delve, And life ia what they make it; But who can tell till August 12 That William J. will take It? Old Calamity Jarred. Brooklyn Eagle. Good crops are promised In Nebraska. Thus does Nature play tricks on the Peerless. Pure Crisp Dainty Where else will you find a bakery with white tile ovens? Where else will yru find baking rooms flooded with sun light on the . -ear. ..V ;x iijkuii, iamaiv. d inir tut. mtr jS-f jl ..""' ' ti . v ri. pn. thlrlniiiliiiM. rivi-lils whether ar " it .OVv.i; . Ji ";'. how B" lro" for I cut MINNESOTA The Land of Lakes Reached Right By Chicago Great r.v Western .FINEST EQUIPPED TRAINS-2 Te St. Paul and W. C. DAVIDSON. City r ttatra Vnlea Station mmmmuwmmmimmmmmummmmmm-ummmmu "The Rande With A Reputation1 Body mads of Charcoal Iron, adding 300 to life of Range All l 4f MS Inmm UHi tl RallM lr. CmI krpafc ar rfc. Therefore when you Buy one, euv may cost you a very little more than Is much envanee. has durability MIRTHPCL REMARKS. Knocker Had a poker game last night, didn't you? Bicker Yep. Knocker How late did you sit In? Bicker Oh, until about $i;.45.-Clevelnd Lcdder. "Is there any horticultural practice In this country?" twittered the eastern damsel. "Oh yes. ma'am." answered the spokes man of the bunch, Cowboy Bill. "We al ways plant our shoots." Baltimore American. HI Trngerdy Home people scoff St . homoeopathy, but a few little sugar pllla I cured me last week of ' Lowe Comerd Jove! old man, you Just remind me of nomethlng my wife told mi to bring home today. HI Trugerdy Ah! some medicine? Lowe ("omerdv No. a sugar-cured ham. Catholic Standard and Times. "And Is this." Inquired the cauatlc sum mer tioarder, "the mountain peak you ad vertised?" "The same." "Well. 1 Hdvle you to put a fenre around it before somebody steps over it." Louis ville Courier Journal. "Our new reporter seems to be quite an original fellow." "Does he?" "Yes. In alluding to the senator's ad dress yesterday he called it 'eloquent' with out adding 'and scholarly.' "Cleveland Plain Dealer. Miss Allalone, the self-reliant spinster, had been doing her own marketing in an autim.l'ile. "Loidy," said the dirty faced newsboy, trying to aqueexe the eggplant that was hanging over' the side, "ver squawker's out o" order. It won't honk.'VChlcsgo Tribune. "So you will contribute nothing to our campaign fund?" said the discouraged col lector. "Nothing whatever," answered Mr. Dustln Stax. "A candidate nowadays should be sufficiently popular to make his magazine articles and copyright photo graphs supply his own campaign funds." Washington Star. TALE OK A WATERMELON, J. J. Montague In Chicago American. Round Inviting watermelon, in the grocery store, Little Johnny looked at It, then he looked some more. II Grocery man was busy selling maiden lady ten, Johnny hefted wstermelon, murmured softly, "Gee!" Ill Grocery man was making change, lady making talk, Johnny rolled tlie watermelon swiftly up the walk. IV Johnny took his trusty knife and (ashed the melon's hide. Licked his chops to see the seeds snd briKlit red meat Inside. V Johnny's brother came along, cuffed his freckled irs. Johnny hastened howling home, weeping wrathful tears. VI Brother took the watermelon underneath a tree, Ate some fourteen pounds of It, also mur mured. "Gee!" VII Did he suddenly fall ill? Did the vengeful grocer Fiad him there and carry him to the lock-up? No, sir! Vtll Did he die a shameful death, as all such wretches must? No! He did lots more such things, and now he runs a trust! IX And as for Johnny, he Is plunged In deep. remorseful grief Because it was his early fate to be a little thief! top floor of a $1,000,000 bakery? Takoma Biscuit -5. re mads in the finest and cleanest of bakeries. 11,000,000 spent to improve their quality. yet not an extracent of cost to youl TAKOMA BIsrniT at jtobf trot? lm aaUMfttur-proof, tri4-acaled pAcka ft ct. Dimply risk a nirkl to try th. Than OF THEM EVERY Minnespolu rassenger Ajeal, " 4, ... I OMAHA St mi? wr - t f c