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TTTF, OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. AtTOfST 17." 100. fl r " - ' " Entered afe OBMtofTtoOiMt oond.-, elaa mattorj terms or ainsecraPTttwi Tally Be (without fltmVir, yearwlt fUy fvM ui Stmday, on yaari,. OS DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Be (including Sunday), Pr wtWIo Daily Baa (without Sunday), par wlc.10e Evanlng Bh (without Sunday), r week te Evening Baa (with Sunday), per weck. .10o Sunday Bee. on ynr.,....Mii. -' - f: Saturday Bee, on year ........ 10 Addree all complaint of lrrearularltoe In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha-"-The Baa Bunding. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Blufta lft Soott Street. Chlcaao IMS Marquett Building. New York-Rooms 1101-1108. No. M Wtr Thirty-third Street. . Wahlngton-T Fourteenth Btraa. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Comfnunclatlon ' relating to newa arid editorial matter ahould ba addraaaed; Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Rmlt by drift, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company Only a-cent etampa received In payment or mall aocoonte. Personal check a, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not aocepted. STATEMENT OF fTTRCTTUATION. Bute ef Nebraska," Douglaa County, at.! Qeorge B. Tsachuck, treaaurar of. The Bee Publlehlag company, being duly worn, says that the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bea printed during the month of July. 10, waa at follow: 1 SO, TBO IT SS.400 S... 95,740 II tS,S50 1 85,710 19 - W.000 4... 94,100 10... M.400 S. .......... 800 II tO .... 84V400 Si tSSOO 7, 85380 II.... M,70 I.., BtfiW U 85,800 I , 38,580 IS B8,0 10.,... 88,400 ! 85.860 11 88,100 ' It 80,880 H... ....... 88,100 31 80,960 It', t.. ...... 88,880 I Ck880 11 88,880 10 S5,80 IS.. , 8850 II 88,150 II'. w. ...... Busa Totala ...77777 X.11880 Less unaold and returned coplea.. 8,048 Net total 1,109,418 Dally, averag . 35,T8 OEOROB B. TZSCHUCK. Treaaurar. Subscribed In my preaance and aworn to before ma thta 1st day of August, 10S. iSeal.i . ... ROBERT HUNTER, NoUry Publio. -WHE3f OUT OF TOWW. Subscriber laaTta tat elty ! poraally aboalaV kava Taa Baa mailed ( tbena. Addraaa will ba chanced aa ftaa aa naaeatta, Anyway, the airships do not Bpoll the road a nbr mtlra pedestrians. Candidate Sherman will be the next to have his suspicions confirmed. Even the airship men are learning tha,t this Is not a good year for ma chinea. . "The enormoue growth' of the cigar ette, habit Js shown by figures," says n exchange. Yes. and also by fingers. The sultan of Turkey proposes to build a fine new- Parliament building at his .) ew'W..AVhwe did be get the price?. . . .. A Chicago man advertised for rain and the next day 4 Vt Inches fell, break ing a drouth of long standing. It pays to advertise. An astrologer asserts that Mr. Roosevelt will be president again In 1620. Of .course, he will have to beat Mr,,Brjan again. The Eagles wlU find the atmosphere of the Missouri valley splendjd to fly In. They roost high here, and can hoot whenever they like. Senator ' Stone Is doubtless hoping that the Kansas habit of changing United States senators will not get over no Missouri this winter. , aaaanatMBaaaaaaanaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBaaaaaaaaB president Roosevelt's expert commis sion will have to hurry if it succeeds In beating, the farmer to the work of improving the farmer's condition. , '. "Mff.Taft buys a horse. He weighs li200 pounds'.says a New York paper. That's Just a" campaign canard. Mr. Taft weighs less lhan 300 pounds. , V'The Teddy Dear Is no longer popu lar In Georgia," says the Atlanta Jonrnil. The real popular animal In Oforgfa these- days Is the blind tiger. The prohibitionists had an eye to te fitness pf things when they named for president a man who was born at Waukesh,' wher the water comes from." Mr. Kern announces that his letter of acceptance wil be ahorter than that of Mr. Bryan's. " Mr. Kern has fewer words thatl'Mr: Bryan, but more bilkers. Building plans filed In fifty-nine cities in July are 11.9 per cent over the corresponding month in 1907. The tide of business Is running In the right direction again. State Senator Onion of Texas Is com ing; north orr-a. ispeech-maklng tour In Bryan's behalf. Onion is one of the epellblndera to'whom the term "baited breath" applies.. The president's commission, In seek ing means cf Inducing the boys to re main on the farm, might try the plan of having tbe farmers' daughters wear directqlre gowpa. Governor Ebeldon'a prediction that Nebraska Is not going democratic this fall is not only based on faith, but on facts as well. Even the democrats do ot expect t carry the state. ,Tb same old phantom crowds so familiar in all his recent progress are again pursuing Mr. Bryan. The dif ference between the stories told by the BryanttA correspondents and tbe can r& 'IB . tat -' -difference between the fakirs' idea of truth arid actual facts. tnt cctloc nr uifBOtni , Vk envelopments cf the political situation, J n Missouri since 1896 show th.t.h84alance of power in the state l84fivtbMiandaf Independent voters, whe) ave very fixed Ideas on issues offered tot their consideration. The record) shows that the trend of this in dependent ote lias been toward the republican Iparty end the republicans otlh fctate are encouraged to believe they "will b able to keep Missouri in the republican column this year. It may be admitted that Mr. Bryan la stronger in Missouri than Judge Parker as in 1904, but there are other conditions which offer encour agement to the republican leaders. In 1899, Mr. . Bryan received 363,667 votes in Missouri, a plurality over Mr. McKlnley of 58,7rf. At that time, the silver sentiment was strong in Mis souri, the democrats being ardent ad mirers of "Sliver Dick" Bland, who had been their candidate for the presiden tial nomination. In 1900, Mr. Bryan received 351,922 votes In Mlsosuri, a loss of 12,000 from 1896, while the republican gain In that time was 13, 000. In 1904, Mr. Roosevelt carried the state by 25,137 plurality over Judge Parker, whose total vote was 296,312. At the same time, J. W. Folk, the democratic candidate for governor, was elected by 30,000, indi cating the numerical strength of the Independent vote of the state. In that election, the republicans elected all of their state officials, with the'exceptlon of governor and commissioner of in surance, and elected a majority of the legislature, giving them a United States senator. The situation in Missouri this year holds a number of local features that promise to appeal to the independent vote in favor of the republican candi dates. Mr. Bryan is no stronger in Missouri than he was in 1900, if he has not lost ground. The free silver sentiment Is as dead In Missouri as it Is in other states and the voters of the state are particularly well satisfied with Mr. Taft and with the administra tion of the republican legislature. At torney General' Hadley, who has estab liehed a national reputation by his con duct of affairs of his office, is the republican candidate for governor and his election Is practically conceded, even by the democrats. He is opposed by W. S. Cowherd, a democrat from Kansas City, who Is a forceful cam paigner and a man of ability, but who is admittedly alled. with the .corpora tion Interests of the state, against which the democrats and citizens gen erally have been In revolt for several years. The republicans are united as never before in the history of the state and the democrats are sadly divided by factional quarrels. The state Is ad mittedly in the doubtful column this year, with chances favoring the repub licans. SIGNIFICANT SE!fA7E CBASOKS. Reorganization of the United States senate, which began In reality when President Roosevelt started hjs ag gressive campaign for railway rate and other reforms, soon after the election In 1904, is proceeding more rapidly than is generally understood. While the senate Is still the deliberative body of congress, as contemplated and designed by the framers of the consti tution, the changes of the last few years, both In Its personnel and Its traditions, have caused the senate to become much more responsive to pub lic demands than It has been for many years. Since the foundation of the govern ment, the senate has been governed by seniority In service and by customs. While the house, with the ever present prospect of its membership being rad ically changed every two years, has been easily Influenced by. public ap peals and popular sentiment, the sen ate has adhered to Its traditions and pertisted in taking its time for the consideration and digestion of legisla tion too frequently hurried through the house and sent to the senate in a crude form. Tbe spread of the reform spirit in many legislative directions has caused a feeling of dissatisfaction and discontent over the deliberative methods of the senate, and so emphatic has this become that marked progress has been made toward reforming sen ate membership and methods. That body may, Indeed, now be relied upon to give a reasonably accurate reflex of the national mind. Special attention has been directed to this changed condition by the de feat of Senator Long of Kansas, com ing so soon after the retirement of Senators Klttredge, Dryden, Hans brough, Fulton and Spooner and the practical certainty of the defeat of Senator Ankeny for re-election. These changes, with the coming selection of a successor to the late Senator Allison of Iowa, will give the younger and more radical republicans a representa tion in the senate that will defy long established customs and precedents and bring the work of that body up to date. The list will be further enlarged this winter when the Colorado legis lature electa a successor to the veteran Teller, who has announced his inten tion to retire from public life with the close of his term next March, and by the election ,of a successor to Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin who, while he was first chosen by the La Follette forces, Is now looked upon as too con Eervatlve to suit the Wisconsin re publicans. This group of younger senators re cently elected, aided by Bevertdge. Curtis, Brown, Borah and others who have been in the senate for several years, believe the legislative program has progressed too slowly and they are determined bereafter to tnsist on their opinions. nt though they may Interfere with the- designs-o the tra litinl tldtr sutesmeu. The situa tion is the natural result of the popu lar tendency toward what may be de scribed as the more progressive senti ment of the country, crystallized gen erally Into the Roosevelt policies. The new progressive sentiment has estab lished itself firmly in the senate and, with augmented numbers- and larger courage, will make itself felt in mak ing the senate more responsive to popular demands. CO CAT VKVMAS WAK 8CARB. Count Okuma Is evidently the leader of the democratic party In Japan. He Is very much against the government and insists that Japan Is sharpening Its teeth for the purpose of making a short meal of the United States when the proper time comes. He declares that augmentation of the American fleet in the Pacific Is aimed at Japan and can constitute nothing but a menace to the Toklo government's plan of aggression In the Pacific. The count used to be prime minister of Japan, but Is now out of office and Is the recognized leader of the minority, a sort of William Jen nings Bryan and Richmond Pearson Hobson rolled into one. In a formal Interview In one of the leading Journals of Toklo, Count Okuma draws this picture of the United States and what would happen If Japan decided to go to war with us: America has no enpmy at present and it will be a thoughtless policy for America purpoeely to make an enemy by Inflaming the public opinion of Japan. The United States Is the wealthiest country In the world! but It baa not sufficient defense In the Pacific. If the two nations are to come to hostilities, nothing could be more dread ful. In that case craiy persons, ai'.d the Japanese are a "crazy" nation In fighting, will display the same madDess as was shown In the late m'ar. The Japanese are always ready to throw away their Uvea for the nation. They re gard their lives as light aa water. On the other hand. Americans and Europeans at tach the chief Importance to money and (those who love money love their lives. Suppose, therefore, that two nations whose Ideas toward death are fundamentally dif ferent are to fight, the final result Is easily seen. Clearly Count Okuma Is a Jingo and is accepting the Jingo challenge of the democratic convention at Denver. In considering the count's utterances, it Is well to remember that he is a states man out of a Job and is trying to re gain his political prestige. His fear some warning might cause some alarm if it were not offset by the statement of Baron Takahira, the Japanese am bassador at Washington who, when asked what he thought of Count Okuma's utterances, said: I ahould not care to comment on this matter, because Count Okuma represents the opposition, and alao because his re marks are printed In an opposition paper. 1 know nothing of any naval movement directed against Japan by your country or by any other. Our countrlea ar good friends, and as such wa should not be watchlnj each other to find out who Is getting ready to fight. Baron Takahira knows that the United States is not augmenting its naval power in the Pacific, unless the comparatively short term stay sched uled for the battleship fleet In the Pa cific may be so regarded. The weak ness of the American naval force in the Pacific Is generally known and its strengthening could not be regarded as a menace to any other power. In the meantime, Japan Is frantically seeking to enlarge IUnaval strength, even at the expense of threatened na tional bankruptcy, but the United States is not worried over the situation. Japan Is in no position to, carry on a foreign war and cannot be for years, so this nation will not be alarmed by the Jingoes of the Okuma brand in Japan or the Hobson brand at home. THE SUNRISE IOVBT. . Chief Donahue has suggested a re form in Omaha police court methods which readily commends Itself to any who will stop to think for a moment. He proposes that some arrangement be made whereby minor offenders may be given a prompt hearing and either punished or dismissed from custody before time to go to work on the morn ing following their arrests. This seems simple enough, and yet It has encountered a snag in the application of the law as well as some opposition from quarters where it would least be expected. Chief Donahue's sole idea Is to so regulate matters that all would not suffer, that no serious offender would be shown any undue leniency and that persons whose arrest is due to minor or comparatively negligible delin quencies might not be called on to suf fer unreasonable hardship. At present a man merely overcome by his pota tions and sleeping on the sidewalk or In a sUlrway on Saturday night Is not only liable to, but extremely likely, to find himself locked up In the city Jail when be recovers consciousness ou Sunday morning, and there he will stay until long after time for him to go to work on Monday morning. When arraigned in police' court he is dis missed with reprimand or punished by a nominal fine. The majesty of the law In his case is easily upheld, but the delay in its application is likely to cost him his employment, and certainly indicts a loss of time. Many other persons come under the purview of the police and are temporarily held at the station. These cases could easily be adjusted by an early session of the court, were one held. Several plans for this early morning court are sug gested, either of them practical, but they require the co-operation of the several elements of the police depart ment of the city. This co-operation should not be difficult to secure when It is in tbe Interest of true reform. Tbe Omaha double-ender gets much consolation from an exaggerated re port of the Brysnfte frost at Lincoln, published tn the Qitca&o Record rTerald. Whatever eonsalatfon It may bare trow the stories of "a deafening roar of applause," and "all night and all morning the trains had been bring ing thousands and thousands of' vis itors to the capital city," it is welcome to. The railroads sw none of these trains and the ;,lncoln people who gathered on the ate house lawn suf fered little in thayi auditory sense by reason of any upr hat greeted Mr. Bryan. The meanest man has been found tgaln. He lives In Lincoln and has a plate that was Intended for Mr. Bryan. It is unkind In the extreme to deprive the Peerless of any little m-nientoes of this kind, for he will need thera all In future years to enable him to over come some of the bitterness of thought that will result from the outcome of his present venture. , "Nearly every state In the union was represented In the crowds." says a Lincoln dispatch to the Chicago-Record-Herald on the Bryan notifica tion. Yes, even New Hampshire was represented, Mr. G. M. Hitchcock of Omaha appearing as the proxy from that state on the notification com mltteet Brother-In-Law Tom has backed away from his hastily assembled bunch of straight-out populists. This is mighty consoling to the local unterrl fled, who would, no doubt, have greatly relished the prospect of voting for Elmer Thomas as a presidential elector. The effort to capture the printers' national organization for Brynn failed for the reason that the printers are an uncommonly intelligent body of men and their national convention Is made up of their best representatives. The Interstate Commerce commis sion has ruled that railroad passes may be issued to "indigent, destitute or homeless persons." Democratic poli ticians will be on the eligible list after November 3. Douglas county will still bear the brunt of the state taxation and will still be the target for many unkind flings from persons who do not realize the real relations between Omaha and Nebraska. Alexander Troup proposes that Sena tor Gore, the blind statesman from Oklahoma, should lead a speech-making tour for Bryan In New England. An other case of the 'blind leading the blind. George Gould's oldest son Is working in a mine out west. Since Mr. Harrl man got acquainted with the family, the Goulds apparently appreciate the necessity of earning their own living. The democrats propose to take an immediate, .poll of the country. .The poll taken W the republicans on the first Tuesday1 after the first Monday In November is the one that counts. aajBBBBaHBjaaaiasBBBBaBBassaaBaBaaaBjaBBSaasaaBB Count Okuma of Japan is talking about a war between his country and the United States. Why not match Okuma and Hobson in a 12-foot ring. When Did Ha Get lt Pittsburg Dispatch. Speaking of publicity about campaign funda Mr. Bryan has a splendid oppor tunity to explain whence came the $300. 00ft that Chairman Mack says was "left over by the management in 1904." A Deal with the Dotch. Bt. Louis Times. Under a new treaty with the Nether lands we can buy our brandy at a lower price, in return for which Dutchmen will be able to get our meat products at smaller expense. It would appear that the Hol lander geta the best of the deal. A Booar of Holiness. Cltveland Plain Dealer. Following Mr. Harrlman'a vacation trip along the Union Pacific there Is a re sumption of activity that is very encour aging to all beholders. Mr. Hurrlman has some queer ways, but when It comes to perceiving the approach of prosperity he Is In the van. Hot aa Dad aa He Looks. Brooklyn Kagle. The bankrupt Harry Thaw does not seem to be quite such a fool as the lawyers and doctors took lilm for. That lawyer who charged a dollar a minute for time spent in sleep working out hla cllent a problems in the subliminal region of con sciousness manifests a greed that nothing short of an Insane desire to part with millions could satisfy. Thaw came near being synonymous with freeze-out." Land Grabbers Forced to Disgorge. New York Trbrie. Tha recovery by the government within three years of 1.2!U.tt9 acres of land In Nebraska from the clutches of land grab bers Is a gratifying achievement and dem onatratea that It la well worth while to try to enforce the law. That splendid area will afford homesteads for a multitude of htneat settlers and ray a considerable re turn to the government. Instead of enrich ing unprincipled grsfters. And there are probably millions of aors more elsewhere which may be reclslmed In the same way. PEN ALTY FOIt CARELESS ESS. Btaacerlaar Loaaes by Fire In Tbla (.'an try. New York Olobe. The totala of fire loss in this country msy signify little to tha average mind, but the comparative figures ahould mean much. Tha figures Issued by the national board of flra underwriters show that the average fire loss per csplta In the United Statea tor the laat flva years was 13.02. against 33 cents for six European countries. Including France, Germany and Austria. It may be objected perhaps that It is unfair to select this particular period for purposes of com parison, since both tha Baltimore fire of 1904 and tha garj Franclaco flra of I'M are Included In It. And yet If these two fires, representing about l300.00o,OO, were deducted from tha total fire losa of the country for tha five years which la estimated at 11,237, T1I.96 tha total would ba reduced by but little over a fourth. And tha American per capita loaa would remain about all and on half times) larger than the European. What la to blama for this great dlaparily? ' Ar we so much more caraleaa than European? Ar ITuropeana building code. Or depart mcKta and water eaptlie Cram six and a half to tea Omea better than thoaa found In tile Uniud Staial n PHKM11KMHI, rlRI0 I.ITF.. nme Feat are of Mr. Rryan's AcreiM a nr na I ; sed. Pt. I.ouls Times ;l"d.V One of the correspondent of The Time. rlt,n from 1-lnroin. ra'd In I Is rti spttcV of yrstrrday thst "It srs sn allngfthcr different Bryan lh.it faced the h'g cr.iwj In the cspitol grounds this afternoon. Th Shirk of lennlne blat'k halr'thst grsi ed lit head In the campaigns of 1P1 and Iffo Is gone, and his forehead now extends ruck to a point well beyond the ers, w.ilic gray strands showing In the r--maindr piov. thst the raisers of time are hclng fell by Nebraska s Idol.'' The correspondents might have gone farther. He might hai sail, uiion hear ing or reading the Bran acceitanj spppch. that the democratic chieftain Is a different man In his view and manner of expressing them. Yesterday's speech at Lincoln showed bjt little of the srlilt tht waa a part of the utterances of 1SIM or the firm "paramount Issue" attitude of 1Pi. Indeed, while there Is much cf elo quent command In the speech cf this year, It lacks the note that wss present -n as late as 13M when, here In ft. Ixuls. Btyin told how he had kept ihe faith. The new Bryan Is relatively a conserva tive. He is not as radical as Roosevelt. He has taken In his horns. He masks I Is old views under fine phrases tlm havi a reassuring sound. Divine l.nvt Exponnded. New York Sun (rep.). We cannot overlook that discreditable passage of Mr. Bryan's speech of accpt ance. In which he saya: There la a divine law of rewards. When the creator gave us the earth, wttli lis fruitful soil, the sunshine with Us warmth, and the rains with their moisture. He prj flHimd, as clearly as if His vote hsd thundered from the clouds, 'Ho work, and according to your Industry and your Inte II genoe, so shall be your reward." duly where might has overthrown, cunning uim ermlned or government suspended thU law, has a different law r val,d To con form the government to this law ought t) be the ambition of th statesman; and ni party can have a higher mlralon than t make It a reality wherever governments can legitmatcly operate. Analyxe this doctrine. Does Mr. Bryan mean and the qufs rn n iv b asked with out a particle of li revcicnce that God has enacted for the benefit of human beings a divine law establishing the meaure of the rewards oi their Industry and Intelli gence; thtit the divine, law has been so loosely framed or so negligently enforced that Uod's definite InUntlon In this r' spect ore continually thwarted by the might of the powerful oi Ihe wiles of iho cunning among His creatures, and that supplementary legislation dictated by Mr. Bryan -in thei-tl'oru required In order to render effective the divine law which tha Crtator has linpnterlly proclaimed? If Mr. Bryan's words do not mean that what can or do they mean except that the old propensity to the utterance of sanc timonious humbug for political effect Is still his manter? Bryan's First Installment. Brooklyn Eagle (lnd clem.). We are restrained from characterizing as they deserva the suppressions and eva sions of this First Installment by the con sideration due to the nominee of a once historical party for a still historical office. Mr. Bryan's address Is one not of perti nence, but of impertinence; it is one of pertness, not of power, or of candor. It neither suggests nor Induces conviction. The candidate pettifogs, where he would persuade, and begin by fooling himself before he would Impress others. Unteach able or unchangeable partlsana may' he "stirred'' by the First Installment, but men to whom truth is 'more than sunlit else, men to hom parties and candidates pass to review, under the light of reason and of Justice, and with the wish to choose between them for the best good of Amer ica, should realize, long before next No vember, that Mr. Taft should be advanced In public service to the presidency, and Mr. Biyan b preserved to the journalistic field and to the lecture field, us equal theaters for his rhetorical and histrionic gilts of utterance and of acting. Shifting Hla Ground. Wall Street Journal (lnd ). Mr. Bryan, in his speech of acceptance, said: "The democratic party simply assena that as the government creates corporationa It must retain the power to regulate and to cf.ntiol them." In a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal published Apiil 10, 19o7, Mr. Bryan said; "At this time a majority of the people still feem to 1 ave faith In regulation, and th first thing necessary I to ascertain the present value of the railroads and then prevent any more watering of atocks. I shall assist, aa far as I am able, to teat regulation under as favorable conditions as can be cteaied, but having reached th con clusion that in the end; regulation will be found Ineffective, I have stated the con clusion." In VM, therefore, Mr.- Bryan held to the opinion that the regulation of the railroad corporationa would be ineffective, yet now In August, 190A, he assort that the demo cratic doctrine la that the government must regulate the corporations. I there any guarantee that Mr. Bryan may not next year change his attitude as regards the policy of regulation? A poli tician who shifts ground as frequently as Mr. Bryan la not the man for the White House. On Excellence. Denver Post (rep.). The speech has one excellence It reads pleasantly, demands no thinking, awakena no animosities and skillfully evadea every Issue that the course of the campaign may raise to a "burning question." Time haa Indeed worked lta marvels with Mr. Bryan when twelve short yeara have softened him from the burning fever of the Crown of Thorns to this pink tea notification that might have graced any lady'a "afternoon." Tbe Peorile Mill Rale. Philadelphia Ledger iind.1. It Is lmiossible to avoid a cuntrast mlth the clear, Judicial examination of all th large problems' of the day which was made In the corresponding apeech of the republican candidate, and the most ardent admirer of Mr. Bryan cannot find the con trast to his advantage. In his peroration, the candidate returns to his glittering gen eralities and claims confidence for the democratic party because of lta devotion to "the people" and Its willingness to "die for a great cause." This may b a reason for sympathy or even admiration, but scarcely for practical trust. Mr. Bryan exercising his mind needlessly. Whatever party ur candidate sjceetd, he may r.si assured that "the people will rule," and will have their way. tooled Off. Cleveland Plain Dealer (ind. dm ). Mr. Bryan in hU address saya nothing to arous antagonisms, voices no new de mands and tn no way altera the popular conception of hi nr. that, while still a re former,, a propagandist at heart, he la a Usa rampant on than tha public beam familiar with eight and twelv yeara ago. Aa laBrvaaat. New Verlt Commercial (Lnd.). Colon! Bryan cam hardly tall to b distinctly ttrooier with th paopL after thla eMua uf acceptance Uiaa k befox u. "I I Ml TU.EItS I GEOnt.H. Sample t'aae of Prohibition I nenrked !-i nrnnnh. Attatit. C mtll tit I n Ssiannah city treasuiy will suffer nothing as the result of tleorct.i's prohi bition la a. The pries Is a simple one. The el'y l- issued sn edict prohibiting the opening of ' -blind tilers ' en f undJj ! But as for aeek days, it Is the city that la blind sr.d n"t the llgers. Except thst once every six months the city wakes up. aummnna the alleged eye- i less ones Into recorders cojrl, extracts ! from em h Jlpn. and semla them on their j way tej.ilclng In another half year's .m- I' munliv. By this process the city treasury Is en riched to the extent of o.nco a year tii sum thought to have been loat as the re- suit of prohibition a sum now be.oni the price of open and defiant lawlessness It must 1 said to g.ivannah'a cred.t that the city male, apparently, an honest effort til enforce th law. Blind tiger pro pi It tors w ere arrested and brought into court with aeemlrgly unquestionable evi dence. There waa no notable laxity about the prosecution, and yet petit Juries cam back promptly with emphatic verdicts of 'not guilty." And s the question arose. If Juries will not convict. If public sntlment will t it erate, why should not the city have Its c rst while revenue? Bavannah haa answered hy procesdlng to collect It. Batch No. 1, tmprovect and Recognized Order of Blind Tigers, ninety-three In number, has Just been haled Into court, leaving KI each-,3rt0 for the city treaa ury and ther are 100 others yet to come. An interesting condition this which con fronts Oeorgla with th most stringent prohibition law yet adopted by any atate. A condition i f lawlessness absolute, recog nized and licensed by municipal govern ment! But what shout It? Is there any hand that will or can be tals d to stay It? Or will It thrive and grow until unre strained example haa spread Infection to other communities of the atate? An economic, problem of deep Intricacy here presents Itself. KIMES OUT FOR TAFT. Leading; Democratic Paper of Mary land Desert Bryan. Baltimore Sun. It is th Judgment of the Sun that the material 'welfare of the people of th United etatea Induatrlal and financial would be promoted to a greater degree by the election of Taft than by th elec tion of Bryan; that their rlghta would b safeguarded as carefully by Taft aa by Bryan. The Sun la convinced that the "arm of the law," personified by a president or balanced Judgment, with a thorough knowledge of the law a man of steady purpoae, Just and resolute would prove a better defender of the rights of the people, would do more to promote their material welfare, than the big stick haa uunH m cue lianas or Mr. Koosevelt or than the big club could do In the hands of Mr. Bryan. It is our deliberate Judg ment that for th next four years th material Interests of the people of this country would be safer with Mr. Taft at the head of the national government than with Mr. Bryan, tv further believe that, while lawbreakers would be brought to account by Mr. Taft with as little fear or favor as Mr. Bryan could display, the methoda employed by Mr Taft would not curtail th worklngman's opportunities for employment by disturbing the busi ness of law-abiding men and corpora tions, aa ha been witnessed In th last few years. " -' , " Mr. Taft's experience In Important ad miniatrativ posts, his Judicial tempera ment, his patience and thoroughness in investigation, Justify the belief that aa president h would execute th law faith fully and well, but not epectacularly. And while thla type of man ought to be in the White House all the time, he aeems to be especially needed now, when the country la emerging from an Indua trlal and financial depression which brought distress and suffering into many homes. THE WAY TO BOOST BIM.ES. Tip for Railroad Manager Who Talk of Increaacd Rate. New York Evening Tost. Because the railroads have not filed with the Interstate Commerce commission the proposed schedules for advanced tales, let no on Imagine that their campaign of education la to be abandoned. The power of suggestion la to b used to accustom shipper and the general public to the u creaae, and we shall finally see the higher tatea conceded by the ahlpper as by one in an hypnotic trance. In all seriousness, the higher rate schedules are being kept aa an Instrument In the railroad armory. If the suit filed by the Texas commission against a significant synchronous rlna In rates of many railroads Is not held a trans gression of the Sherman anti-trust act. if the election news is reaasurlnj:. If crop prospects Indicate that the traffic can bear another stiffening of charges, the project fur higher rates will be quite ready. It will be well not to forget this skeleton In the closet. Meantime a alray Item of railroad news shows a more excellent way of aug menting earr.lnga. South Jersey distributed more than 11,0(0.000 of produce over New England, the middle west and Canada lat month, an Increase of fTaO.cuO over last year' July shipments. The significant ex planation given la: "Special achedulea were established, and traina known aa 'preference freights' Wer run, making tlm equalled only by passen ger traina. The market was greatly widened as a result of th development campaign urjertaken by the Pennsylvania railroad In behalf of the commercial and agricultural intereata of southern New Jersey." Difference la Greatness. Baltimore American. The Frlme Minlater of New Zealand aays that both King Edward and President Roosvelt ar born rulers, each richly en dowed with common sense. Americans will agree to thla to some extent, although the personalities of th two are very different. President Roosevelt's is that of the ag gressive, dominating type which simply cannot remain in obscurity, but will rli to the top, regardless of circumstances, while It la likely that If King Edward had ben born a private citizen, he would have made no more Impression in t lie world than aa an amiable gentleman, meeting circum stances with tact and ability, but neither shaping nor overcoming them. Cllmatle Favora for th Fleet. Boston Trsnscrlpt. The fleet hss met with a warm reception at a cold season In New Zealand, where II Is now winter. The mean temperature of January la 68 degreea In the north Island and degree In the aouth. and in the lat ter Jun aeea th mercury down to n de grees. A August progresses the New Zealandcrs ar cheered by th reflection that warm weather can not b far off. Too o4 to Ltae, Kansas City Star. It appear that th Kebraaka republican faI so kindly toward Mr. Bryan this yr thai they ar willing to do anything; Uly aan tar blirv xt-pt vote for n1"v, ' THR nETRMH ORDER. A Fart oaelely Overlooked tr L lirmnrrstlr atamnrr. T WssWnglnti Post I j The democratic vringressdinsl cmnil't ' l In '.luting the speec h of Mr. Henry of I i'ln. a ery able lawyer and a C-' flr I oratt r. en the subject of Injunction. Mr.i Henry asserta that for three-quartf rs tf a I century It was the law that no Injunct lonl ! should Ism e in any esse nhntit rann:M previous nolle e to the adverse ra"y. or h attorney, ot the time and place Of movlni the ssnie. j Whether that statute, that was ni't .1 ! In 1793 and repealed In 172. Is obnoxi iu to sections 1 and i of artlcl 111 of i lie con stitution haa never been drtetm'ned h;. the supreme rourt. for th reason. prnp. that during the entire life of the statute temporary restraining order a ere lsued without notice and a temporary retraining order accomplishes for the o. ea;on pre cisely what an Injunction would effect There I a heap of eloquence te, ti.. argu that It I not the Jurisdiction of court of equity to prevent or to pun s i crime, but no one denies that a court or equity may make order to preserve tht right of property. If a citizen's goods are1 threatened with destruction It I his right, to appeal to a court of equity, filing afft. davits setting forth the facts and givim bond to Indemnify anyone ringed by ti Issuing of the Writ, to have a restraints order Issued and served On the ran -menacing his property wlthiut previ,..; notice to that party. If no wrong I l-i-tended nobody is harmed by that transac tion. True, It may prevent crime, but It p-e serves property, and whatever preserve i property can work Injury or hardship t no good citizen. Every man In a free coun try la entitled to what he legally acquires, and his accumulations should be exempt from the vandalisms of all malefactor, Every man In a free country Is entitled t labor for a living without let or hlndrsm from any Individual disturber or any mot, of collected disturbers. And a government that does not icur the citizen In his right to his property aol hia right to work merita the contempt cvpf-' every freeman. Let ua not make a Mo rocco or a Venezuela of our free republic. ' Let us throw the protecting arm of the I law around every man, whatever his sta- j tion or condition. I And, If we are not greatly mlataken. the I American ptopl Intend to ahleld every f good citizen from tha turbulenc and the ' violence of every evil culprit. PERSONAL MOTES. Alton B. Farker ruahed for a runaway rig tn California the other day and ever hauled It. He never sprinted Ilka that after the Bryan bandwagon. The democratic candidate for governor in Maine offer to retlr In six month after election If he does not keep his prom ise to enforce all the laws. Seventeen cases of phonograph records loaded with Chines mualc have been re ceived In New York City. Th Society for the Suppression of. Useless Nolsea has no picnic ahead of It. Mrs. William C. Eaklns, the wlf of a New York broker, Is a candidate for mem- berahlp of the Arlington Board of Educa 1 ef.) tion. and ahe la the first woman In Nw Jersey to be nominated for an elective flee. Thoraaa H. Green of Fall River has been carrying letters for thlrty-flv years now, and laat week th other letter earrlera Invited him to a clambake and gav him two gold star for the sleeves of his uni form. The gaa meter has been brought to beoki by tha Publle Sarvlc commiaalon In New York, with the rsult that but 13 pr cent of th 28,000 meter teated proved accurate.! But this I less Important than thst over 53 per cent were faat. The German emperor Is never without hlal revolver, and he la extremely skillful In the uae of the weapon. It ia inspected and freshly primed every morning, so aa to make sure It la in perfect working order. Firmly convinced that he la going to die by the hand of an anarchist this fate hav ing been prophesied for him long ago he is determined to make a atern fight for h4e life, and to have, at any rat. If he falls, of inflicting aome Injury upon hla assailant PASSI.NU PLEASANTRIES. "I don't see why women, if they have V any consistency ahould oppose their hus bands' buying drinks In aaloons," said I'hunnyman, tentatively. "How dare you aay that?" cried his angry, wife. "Because all such purchases arc Indis putably bar'galrjs. ' Baltimore American. , "My dear air, .1 am Just crazy to marry your daughter! ' "And he'd be crazy to marry you." Houston i'ost. j 1 i "Alfred, dear, what Is everybody cheering about?" , "cireat Scott, Alvlra'.aDldn't you a th ' man out there In canter field pull down that fly Juat now?" . "i aaw htm pull down aomethlng. but I thought It waa the ball. Your eye mul be belter than ntin." Philadelphia Press. V, I.et me ask you on Question " tt the issuer oi m surrrageta to an attanth masculine listener. "Would you glv u.lv your seat In a street car to a woman?" "No, ma em," the min replied, "l wouldn t." i "And why not?" th auffraget demanded, t "Because lm a rooiorman. ' th man r- ' plied. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "No, my dear, you cannot go Inte that boat." said the New England chaperon to her young charge. , , "Why no;.?" d. manded th maiden, natur ally ungry at being deprived of her row. I "Because 1 heard somebody aay th other day that ), waa hugging the shore." Baltimore American. H-8e that pretty girl ovr there? She annoy a me all lb time by w riting me la-ins. aiie-Reall ? How does ' ahe get them I past Hi attendant? Llpplncotl a. The liuller. tired of having nothing to do. had guile out to the atablaa to com mune wiln the coachman, and waa nosing, around in his usual dignified way. i ' My word!" ha exclaimed, looking w th ' ..tit. , liriilkllU ( m .. . l . ' . I Juki picked up. "That's the biggest safety I . r, now ao yoj put the blades in It, JawgeT "Safety iax.r! howled the coachman -1 ou nloomm' Mitt thai'. pitF,MnMki Chicago Tilbune. WHE THB FISU WOVT UITB. National Sportsman. Thr'a days when th fish won't bit; ics enner too cim or else ioi rough; s It's either too wurm or not wsrm enough- X It s either too cloudy or the sun s too hrlsht: I Th wind's the wrong wy, or th moon' noi riglll. i It eltlier too wet, or else It's too dry; Ur for some other reason, you can't tail why, But th.re a data when th fish won t blt.T There's daca when th fish won't bit; ! You msy try every lure, you, may try; every bait. ' i You may do what you will, and wait and i wait From morning till noon and from noon till night, a But you won't get a nlbbl tho' you try all your might: , You may grumble or awear, nui tne risi don t car, For there a daya when th fun won't bit. But there's days -when th ftjh will bit: When It t.:nt too calm acd U ain't Lot, rougn. w nen n am I too warm, but Juat warm ra L And the big old fellows, oh, Joy, how th f iartt ! Your rod sbarrt doohla a you kas joS How they leap! .Boar taaaT run! Ge whla. but lt'a fun! On. to dag whan, tha flsit wiil bltai erf A '