THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TlftTRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1903.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State ot Nebraska, Douglas County,
Oeorra B. Tzschuck. treasurer of Th
Be Publishing company, being duly
aworn, -ays that the actual number of
full and complete copies of Th Dally.
Morning. Evening and Sunday Be printed
during th month of Auguat, 1S0S, waa ai
followai
1
1
38,130 17 gS.40
38,030 18 3S.110
35.880 " 1 36,070
S8,40 10 83,890
8S,70 tl 35,860
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35,790 12 36,070
t.. ........ 85.30O
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18.... 89,400
14. 38,850
36 30,340
!...". .16,140
17 36,010
it 86,630
I..-. S6.470
.... 33,700
10 84,636
11 86,410
II 86,010
It 3B.M0
t9..... 86,460
14 36,070 tO 88,800
If 38,870 tl 36,130
II 88,600
Totala 1,117,000
Lia unaold and returned copies. . 11,846
Net total 1,103,464
Dally Average 38,669
GEO ROB a TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my present and aworn to
befor m thla lat day of September, HOi.
(Seal.) ROBERT M UN TEH,
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Of course, It'a a question with Mr.
Wu whether he Is to be recalled.
Morocco Is furnishing the discord
ant note In the concert of the powers.
By the way, are Mr. Bryan and Au
gust Belmont on chummy terms this
year?
A new shade of dress goods is
called the "Edison." Some light color,
evidently.
. Will the corn crop please let us
know when It has enough hot
weather?
Some merchant really ought to tell
the public what Is the original cost of
a straw hat.
The woman with the red cross on
her arm knows how to secure the
guaranty of deposits.
A cure for lockjaw has ' been dis
covered, but that should not restore
the toy pistol to favor.
Any democrat who does not want
to contribute to the Bryan fund can
get himself Incorporated.
Th minor league star may not
hope to become a plutocrat, but he Is
always looking for a draft.
The late sultan of Morocco has dis
banded his harem, thus emphasizing
his desire to spend the rest of his life
In peact. '
Carrie Nation refuses to stop at any
hotel that contains a bar. Still, she
should be strong enough to resist
temptation.
Thi unfortunate feature of the
Maine election next Monday will be a
revival of the "Governor Kent hell
bent" Btory.
"Does a woman's style of dressing
prevent her from getting off a street
car properly?" asks an exchange Of
corset It does.
Prof. Peck ot . Columbia college Is
charged with having spent his wife's
barrel of money aud now they are
having a bushel of --trouble over It.
August Belmont Is coming; home
after a long rest in Europe. The
Hearst papers are planning to that
he will get no rest after he geta home
An Increase of 10 per cent In attend
ance at the Omaha public schools on
opening day 1b an encouraging indica
tion of the city's continued healthy
growth.
Another Janitor has been added tp
the list at the High school. It Is not
stated whether this appointment Is due
to the growth of the school or the need
of a Job.
The 15-cent novel Is announced
That will be a saving of $1.25 and
place the fiction of the day at nearer
Its real value, counting the cost of pa
per and printing.
Mr; Haskell,' one ' of Mr. Bryan's
campaign managers. Is charged by Mr
Hearst of being antagonistic to trades
unions ' ' And, besides that, he writes
campaign poetry.
Another pedestrian knocked down
on th street by a fast-flying automo
bile emphasizes the need for stricter
police control of the streets. The
driven of the machines seem to be un
able to restrain themael
IHt IRMOATIOX COVQRKtK
' Tba wwt will have a peculiar Inter
est In the proceedings of the sixteenth
national irrigation congfecs, to be held
at Albuquerque, September 2 to Oc
tober 3, because that movement, which
originated In the west, now has the
sanction and co-operation of the legis
lative as well as the executive brsnch
of the federal government. Congress
has been liberal In Its provisions for
the promotion of the general plan of
Irrigation and President Roosevelt,
thoroughly familiar with conditions In
the regions of limited rainfall, has of
fered every possible encouragement to
the enlargement of the scope of the
work. The congress has appropriated
$25,000 for the local expenses of the
approaching meeting at the New Mex
ico city.
The public generally has been dis
abused of the once held Impression
that Irrigation was a land speculation
scheme and not directly related to the
general advancement of the country's
nterests. The progress made by the
reclamation division of the geological
urvey in redeeming desert wastes and
converting them Into prosperous com
munities has demonstrated the fact
that Irrigation la a part and parcel of
and Inextricably blended with the en
tire list of essentials In plans for the
conservation of the nation's natural re-
sources. Its advancement Is related
to forest preservation, drainage, re
form of the land laws and all the in
terests that make for the public good.
While there was originally some
criticism at the amount of money ap
propriated for the advancement of the
great Irrigation projects, that criticism
has disappeared In face of the
showing made. The reclaimed lands
are being sold by the government to
settlers and home builders. and the re
ceipts from such sales, which will be
used for further Irrigation projects and
finally restored to the national treas
ury, promise to be largely in excess of
the amount originally advanced by the
government for such work.
QUVERXOR HUGHES VS THV8T8.
Even the most radical of democrats
will not question the sincerity of Gov
ernor Hughes of New York in bis op
position to trusts. It was through the
efforts of Governor Hughes that the
Insurance Iniquities were exposed aud
it was due to his work at Albany that
the legislature of New York passed a
law giving the authorities of the state
very direct and positive control over
state corporations, even to the extent
of limiting their stock issues and pro
viding rules and regulations for their
operation. On that account the opin
ions of Governor Hughes, as expressed
in his address at Youngstown, O., on
the occasion of the opening of the na
tional campaign in that state, will be
read with consuming interest.
In a merciless Investigation of what
is proposed by the Denver platform
In the way of trust. legislation. Gov
ernor Hughes pointed out the Impossi
bility of embodying these declarations
Into a law that would withstand the
examination of the supreme court or
be capable of execution. On the demo
cratic proposal for a federal license
for corporations, which license shall be
denied to corporations controlling a
certain per cent of the trade in Its line,
Governor Hughes said:
Thla proposal, In Ita utter disregard of
the facts of business, In Ita substitution
of the phantasies of the Imagination for
the realities of life, atamps the demo
cratic platform with the fatal stamp of
1896. The commerce and Industry of this
country, th Interests of Its wage camera
and of Its Interdependent masses, who
must rely upon the stability of business,
cannot afford to give license to such va
garies.
From a lawyer's standpoint Gov
ernor Hughes is doubtless right, but
he overlooks the fact that the law and
the constitution do not count among
democratic campaign orators.
ASSAILING THE SENATE.
In one of his speeches lu North Da
kota Mr. Bryan made this charge
against the United States senate:
The senate of the United States a now
constituted la simply a place where every
predatory corporation has found a bul
wark and where legislation In behult of
the people Is strangled to death.
Mr. Bryan la safer in attacking the
senate than he is in assailing the su
preme court, even if there is no more
reason for it, as the people who have a
wholesome respect for and abiding
faith in the integrity of the courts have
become more or less accustomed to
hearing' the senate abused and its
members characterized as plutocrats
autocrats, members of the "Million
aire's club, and all of the pert or im
pertinent things that have occurred to
the muck rakers and the newspaper
alleged humorists.
It is doubtful ir tnere was ever a
time when "every predatory corpora
tlon" had a "bulwark" in the senate. It
Is certain that no such condition exists
today. There have been many times
when the United States senate ap
peared to be unmindful of the wishes
of the people, but events have demon
strated that the senate has been right
most of the time. It is today without
question the greatest deliberative
legislative body on earth and is more
responsive to the will of the people
than any similar body In existence. The
growth of the primary system of ex
pressing a choice for United States
senators In the last few years has
greatly diminished. If not entirely
eliminated, the possibility of a senator
being chosen without the approval
and sanction of the voters. Thla has
been demonstrated tn practically all
of th western and southern states and
th custom Is spreading throughout
the country, amounting In effect to an
election of United States senators by a
direct vot of the people. Mr. Bryan
must b familiar with these facts. He
must be Informed as to th marked
change In the personnel ot the senate
In the last half dosen years, and he
must know that his charge is as thor
oughly unjust, untrue and unwar
ranted, as were his former attacks on
the Integrity of the supreme court.
Senator La Follette, whom none will
accuse of ultra-conservatism or a de
fender of predatory wealth, In a speech
at Madison. Wis., on July 2, 1906,
said:
In spit of the popular Idea to the con
trary th senate la more representative
than Is the house. The railroad rate
bill was Immensely Improved becaune of
the discussion In th senate. A marked
change Is coming over the senate. The
members are coming to be more In touch
with th people.
In this conflict of authority, most
persons will accept Senator La Fol
lette's estimate of the senate,' Instead
of that of Mr. Bryan. The Wisconsin
senator may always be relied upon to
say what he believes, while Mr. Bryan
may be counted upon to say what be
thinks will please his hearers.
THE TERMINAL TAX LAW.
Experience so far has amply an
swered one of the chief arguments
used In opposition to the passage of
the terminal tax law, which has Just
gone Into effect. It was asserted at
the time the bill was pending before
th legislature that If it became a law
the result would be to take from the
smaller communities of the state a
large percentage of the tax that was
being paid Into their local treasuries
by the railroad companies and give It
to the larger communities. Omaha
was to be the chief beneficiary of this
unequal distribution. The rural com
munities were to he entirely defrauded
of their Just claims for taxes against
the railroad companies
The State Board of Equalization has
but recently completed Its adjustment
of railroad values under th terminal
tax law and has made a distribution of
the taxes levied under that law. The
tabulated statement shows how poorly
grounded were the assertions of the
opponents of the law made before the
legislature. Only nine communities
in all the list show a decrease in taxes.
These communities are all small and
the amount they lose in taxes Is very
light compared to what the other com
munities gained. Towns like Fre
mont, Hastings, York, Superior, Wa
hoo. West Point, Lincoln and others
have gained In their railroad taxes by
from 100 to 300 per cent.
This verifies the figures that were
published in The Bee at the time the
bill was pending and used as an argu
ment for its passage. The terminal
tax law has proven to be as well Justi
fied as were the other reformatory acts
passed by the republican party in the
last legislature. The longer the record
stands the brighter it grows.
ROURKE COCK RAX ON BR AX.
Bourke Cockran, the Tammany con
gressman with an international repu
tation for eloquence, Is going to make
a speech In Omaha next month In sup
port of Mr. Bryan, and that recalls
the fact that Mr. Cockran once spoke
against Mr. Bryan at one of the most
turbulent political meetings ever held
In this city. Mr. Cockran was then
speaking in behalf of Major McKln
ley and his excoriation of Bryan
aroused the silverltes present to such
pitch that they made a desperate
effort to break up the meeting In a
riot and were prevented only by the
active work of most of the police force.
The meeting was on September 14,
1896, at the old Coliseum, where 12,
000 persons were gathered. The
trouble started when Mr. Cockran
said:
Personally I admire Mr. Bryan. He li
an honest man, a sincere patriot and has
great ability; but It is the very possession
of these qualities, taken with the princi
ples he advocatea and the Influences which
are backing him, that will make his elec
tion dangerous to the welfare of the coun
try. Several hundred Bryanites, headed
by one of the secretaries of Mr. Bryan,
started a riot that for a time assumed
threatening proportions. Hon. J. Ster
ling Morton was acting as chairman
of the meeting and made an effort to
restore order, but was unsuccessful
until the police had been called to his
assistance. When order was finally re
stored Mr. Cockran proceeded with a
two hours' speech, in which he dis
sected the Bryan issues and exposed
their fallacy. In the course of his re
marks he said:
My friends, let us got a little closer to
Mr. Bryan's argument. Let us see what is
the matter with him, If ws can. And I
want to say to you here, as a word of
warning, that whenever a quack comes
along and asks you to allow him to cure a
headache by cutting off your head that at
a matter ot prudence you should hesitate
to accept Ih proposition. I do not say
that Mr. Bryan la a quack, but I want
you to bear In mind that whenever a man
submits a plan for the regeneration of
mankind It Is well that he should talk to
you in plain language If h wants you to
taka an important step that may affect
your own condition. I confeas that to me
Mr. Bryan talka a language I do not un
demand. You must not be humiliated out
of shame when the populist orator mounts
on Inflated periods and talka to you about
th battle of the standards, the wicked
ness of the money power and the agents
of Lombard street, and the machinatlona
of the shy locks, aud the gold bugs that
are oppressing the farmer, and all then
things. If you do misunderstand them d
not be ashamed, bee use In the matter of
mystificutlon you are In the same shape
as all your fellow cllliens, Including Mr.
Bryan himself.
The picture that Mr. Cockran
painted of Mr. Bryan in 1896 Is true
to life today. Mr Bryan is not advo
cating free silver this year, but he Is
again employing the old tactics of us
ing inflated periods to convince the
people that they should Join him In
his plan for the regeneration ot man
kind. He is the sam great gener
alize and tbeorizer that he was when
he drew Mr. Cockran'a criticism In
1896. Mr. Bryan personally is Just as
worthy as he was In 1896 and his poll
clca and political principles are Juat
aa dangerous.
Governor Hanly of Indiana has
called a special session of the legisla
ture to obtain fnnds and authority to
deal with th "night riders." who
are threatening to . cross over from
Kentucky and destroy the Indiana to
bacco warehouses and crops. In an
emergency of that kind the governor
should aieaume the authority, clean
out the raiders and rest assured that
the legislature and the people would
approve his course.
A correspondent writes The Bee,
complaining ot th noise that disturbs
his rest while In the city. As most of
the noise he hears is the product of
business process The Bee regrets that
It can do nothing for him. It Is almost
unnecessary to add that he comes from
Kansas City, where a man may sleep
almost anywhere In the townslte with
out danger of being disturbed, unless
by a footpad.
Candidate Berge now thinks that
when he adds hla populist vote to his
democratic vote he will become the
candidate for governor aa a result of
the hybridization. He does not say
which party he will cling to, however.
It Is merely the votes he wants. In
this regard he very closely resembles
Mayor Jim's dear, good friend, The
Peerless.
The convention of rural mall car
riers at York reminds one that the
rural free delivery was established un
der republican administration after the
democrats had decided that it was im
possible. But this Is only one of many
things the republicans have accom
plished arter the democrats had given
them up. .
Charley Wooster turned his com
bative propensities against the cam
paign of the Anti-Saloon league and
will add quite a touch of color to the
proceedings between now and election
day. Wooster may not always be
right, but this time he has scored a
bull's eye.
South Omaha la now wrestling with
the problem of what to do with the
Platte river power canal proposition.
Some day the promoters may bring for
ward a tangible project and there will
be then no argument as to the fran
chise.
President Ripley of th Santa Fe
says, that government ownership of
railways Is bound to come. Mr. Bryan
thinks the same way, but thinks it
wise not to further injure his political
chances by saying bo.
The Grand Army encampment at
Toledo adopted a resolution declaring
that no additional pension legislation
is desired The republican administra
tion has met every reasonable demand
of the veterans?'
.I i m . i
Twenty-f pur. bishops or the African
Methodist church are working for the
election of Mr. Taft. There are only
twenty-five African Methodist bishops
and the other one Is out of the coun
try.
A Tuesday bulletin says, "A bullet
fired at Oytter Bay on Saturday nar
rowly misses President Roosevelt."
Where was the bullet between Satur
day and Tuesday?
Unanswerable.
Chicago Tribune.
How much better off does the Peerless
One think the country would be today If
It had followed his teachings of 1896?
Some Good from Destruction.
Indianapolis News. . '
Unfortunately It Is impossible to esti
mate the saving ot life and limb result
ing from the destruction of eighty, auto
mobiles by an explosion of gasoline in a
Boston garag.
Drastic tor for Evil.
Washington Post.
From the number of mysterious shoot
ing affairs throughout th country re
cently, It appears that some people are
trying to check the affinity erase with a
rather drastic remedy.
Old Friends Apart.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Mr. Debs. Mr. Bryan, Mr. Hearst and
Mr. Watson were once harmonious. Thei.
present difference are a campaign straw
showing that Bryan's beat chance was In
1K96, and that was a poor one.
Effert of Early Training;.
Philadelphia Record.'
And now the report comes from Havana
that Rlcardo Rodrlgues, the defaulting
postofflce official In that city, served an
apprenticeship In Philadelphia. Having
caught the raacal In disguise and hiding,
the Cuban government will probably suit
ably deal with him If his guilt shall be
established. He does no credit to the
Philadelphia school of grafters, who steal
and steal and make a merit of their dexter
ity, living fat and fast, and sitting serene
In high places.
GETTING WISK.
Advancing; Prosperity Root a Politi
cal Superstition.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It Is a pleasing comment on our national
aanlty that politics are allowed to play ao
small a part In the discussion of return
ing prosperity. Men are iesa inclined to
hold the party In power responsible for
unfortunate Industrial conditions than they
were a generation ago. That tho great In
dustries are letting contracts and preparing
to resume work at full time Indicates a
general recognition of the fact that busi
ness weal or woe does not depend on the
success or the defeat of any party. Re
gardless bf which one ot the leading can
didates for president Is successful In No
vember, business will march right on tn
new triumphs and, recognising this, capital
ists r ready now to put their money Into
productive enterprises without waiting
ta sea how th campaign turns in Its
last stages. The wall of despair that was
heard when It was found that Q rover Cleve
land had defeated Blaina for president
twenty-four years ago will not be repeated
this fall If the returns show that the can
didate of Cleveland's party has been elected
th nation's chief executive. Th American
people have Imbibed wisdom fioru experience.
mtb or washijtox i.iric.
Ml a or Seenes and Incidents Shetrhed
th Snot.
Cblf Belt of th Washington fir de
partment ta working for a new regulation
to prohibit th stabling of horses on any
but ground floors of buildings In the Dis
trict Of Columbia,. "In all ,th numerous
stable fire that have Occurred In th Dis
trict cf Columbia during th last forty
year." says the chief, "I ha never
known of a hors being rescued when It
was stahled abov or below the ground
floor and the fir originated on th first
floor. Disregarding th danger to which
horse are exposed when stabled abov or
below the ground floor of any building, It
should also be bom in mind that the
rescuing of horses from a burning stable Is
on of the most bainrdous duties devolving
upon the mem'.wra of th fir department.
.These anlmabi become panlcstrlcken, cannot
be led, and fie firemen are constantly ex
posed to the danger of being knocked down
and trampled upon. This is true In the
case of horses stabled on the first floor.
and when they ar kept on any floor abov
or below the flrsj floor the danger Incident
to their rescue Is correspondingly In
creased." '
The publicity given by newspapers and
magatlnes to the approach of the centen
nial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln has
Invested with freshened Interest those
places In Washington city with which Lin
coln wna associated. On of the places,
relates th Washington Star, Is a cottage
In th grounds of the Soldiers Homo a
great Institution around which the north
ern suburbs of th capital have grown.
The Washington Soldiers' Horn Was es
tablished through the Initiative of General
Wlnfiold Scott soon after th close of th
Mexican war. It Is not Ilk those soldiers'
homes created by the national government
as a retreat for union veterans ot the civil
war. It was established and l maintained
by the army and navy of th t'nlted States.
A certain percentage of the pay of every
officer and enlisted man goes to the sup
port of the horn. All fines oollocted as a
result of th verdict of court-martial g
to tho homn. So also does all money duo
deserters from the army and navy.
At the time of the civil war the main
building of the home th residence and
offices of the commandant was a large
frame cottage In the central part of the
grounds, commanding a broad view of
Washington and the country roundabout.
President Lincoln and his family used this
building a a Summer residence. He spent
the hot months here during hla term of
office. Sometimes th official business o!
the goverenment was conducted In this
cottage, but aa a ml Lincoln walked or
drove to the White House In the morning
and returned to the Soldiers' home In the
afternoon. It was here that he made nu
merous friends not the volunteers, but the
regulars. Lincoln was living at this place
when General Jubal Early made his daah
on th rear of Washington, and It. was
from her that Lincoln walked to Fort
Stevens, a mile and half or two miles north
west, where he watched the progress of
th fray.
The house Lincoln occupied Is now
known as "the Lincoln Cottage." It la
preserved as It was In war times. A bat
tery of old Napoleon Is posted In front
of It, and Scott Hall, the present main
building of the home, has been erected at
on aid of the cottage.
Slow work by th painters decorating the
Interior of the Philadelphia mint Is the
cause ot numerous complaints to the Treas
ury department from what are known as
"ladles' banks" In New York and other
cities, reports the Washington correspond
ent of the New York Times. While the
painters are at work in the operating rooms
of the mint the presses are Idle and the
result Is a scarcity of new sliver and cop
per minor coins.
It is this shortage of clean coin that la
causing th treasury officials th chief
annoyance by provoking the patrons of th
"ladies' banks," which make a specialty
of paying out only auch coins that are
ahlny and new. The banka Insist that tho
money which they pay out to their fair
patrons shall be of th current year, and
they are willing to pay th freight on It
from Philadelphia rather than take the
older tarnished tokens furnished by the
New York subtreasury.
There Is also an Increasing, but unap
peasable demand for small gold coins, and
the mint officials will have to work with
renewed vigor to supply the demand. None
of the new gold pieces with th motto,
In God We Trust," restored has yet been
coined at Philadelphia, but at Denver $175,
000 worth of the $20 gold pieces and $500,000
worth of th $10 gold pieces have been
struck off with the restored sentiment, and
at Sun Francisco $110,000 of the $20 gold
pieces. The high relief $20 gold pieces with
out the "In God We Trust" motto are held
by the dealers at $40, with few In th mar
ket. Only 12,000 of these pieces were coined,
and practically all of them have disap
peared from circulation.
SI A DAY BASK BALL.
Struggle of Live, Healthy People
Against Puritanism.
Bt. Louis Times.
The Puritans and the Impurltans are
having a very warm time of it tn Detroit.
The trouble Is over Sunday base ball. It
Is contended on the one hand that the game
Is corrupting to the youth of the city
beautiful, that It Is taking aons away from
their summer firesides and putting them
out among the ribald bleacherltes who use
rude language. It Is said that these young
mea might be better employed; that they
might sit on the stoop with the folk and
talk about the weather.
The people who believe In Sunday base
ball come back at the Puritans with an
argument that has the sound of sanity.
They brush aside at once, as immaterial,
the thought that the youth will be cor
rupted by any remarks he hears on the
bleachers. They say, too, that talk about
the weather Is not particularly elevating.
The real point of their argument, however,
Is that largo crowds at a base ball game
are out In th open under police protection
and that serious trouble Is quite Impossi
ble. It th thousands of boys who go to
th Sunday base ball gam ar roaming
loose over th town, it Is hardly practicable
to keep them under eye. There Is beer to
be drunk and many temptations to be en
countered. Her in our own city there Is no record
of serious trouble at a Sunday ball gam.
There Is sum noise, to be sure, but It la
a healthy noise. Sunday noise Is not neces
sarily wicked; It sometimes thunders on
Sunday. Certain' It la that th thousands
of boys and men, and women, too, some
times, who sea th great national gam on
the first day of th week breathe their
lungs full of good fresh air and get their
minds off the worries of thla work-a-day
world. They might be a bit better for
going to church In th morning and again
In th evening, but th two hour In th
open, watching eighteen huskies rac about
th diamond, will not hurt any right
minded person.
Little, vat Ok, My I
Philadelphia Press.
The Yellowstone Park bandit turns out
to have been a very small-alsed man still,
he managed to pull oft about the biggest
Job of Ita kind on record. Hj couldn't
hav dot's more If b bad been nina U-ii
liigh.
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JTO. 808 8ABTS TXS rXXST STATION AX, BAITK XX.VEBBA8KA
COST Or BAD ROADS.
Blow Progress Where Improvement Is
deeded.
Louisville Courier Journal.
Everyon who ride osr them knows
how annoying bad roads are, but very
few persons who us them for trans
porting commodities realise how expensive
they may be.
The Department of Agriculture presents
statistics showing that In s year only 7.11
per cent of th road mileage In the United
States tras Improved and that In th rich
est atates only about 10 per cent of the
mileage was reported as having been Im
proved, Generally speaking, country roads
get a lick and a promts now and then.
Frequently the lick Is deferred and th
promts forgotten. Th statisticians tell us
that the average cost of carrying a ton of
goods on a f irst class country road Is 7
cents, and on ordinary country roads 23
cents. It would br Interesting to know the
relative erst In human life on bad and
good roads. Presumably In these days of
fast motor-driven vehicles, the figures
would show a contrast as striking as that
between the cost of hauling freight from
the farm to the market on good and bad
road a
A Nw York newspaper recently as
serted that experience proved that in New
York nine out of ten taxpayers may be
readily stirred to enthusiasm over a dis
cussion as to whether betting on horse
races should be permitted, although per
haps no more than one out of the ten
patronises racing or Indulges In betting
at the track, but that not half of them
could be persuaded to taka an active In
terest In a tax reform proposing a saving
of expense to each of them. This comment
upon th psychology of th breadwinner Is
applicable to the good roads question. The
average farmer take sn Interest In almost
very plank of a state or national political
platform and becomes th enthusiastic
partisan of on or another of the opposing
candidates, although th probability that
the principles enunciated will be upheld
by the triumphant contestant for honors
and emolument may be, and often Is, re
mote. But bad roads are suffered with
complacency In many sections of th coun
try because the class to which they mean
a dead expenae as well as discomfort ac
cept them as on of th Inevitable evils
of life and grin and andur accordingly.
It Is,' perhaps, because the average vr
of roads has never paused to consider the
facts brought out by statistics as to the
cost of bad roads that there are so many
bad roads and that there Is so little public
Impatience with slip-shod supervision of
road repair a,nd improvement.
PERSONAL NOTES.
E. H. Harrlman was the recipient of a
great deal of attention as he passed
through central Oregon cities enroute to
Portland.
Jules Slmoneau, who died last week at
his home In Monterey, Cal., at the age of
89 years, was a restaurant keeper who be
came famous as the friend of Robert Louis
Stevenson. His restaurant was the haunt
of Bohemians.
John Henry Porter, who started with his
family from Redbank, Pa., on March 4,
has arrived at Pontlao, 111., 900 miles, the
father pushing a baby carriage containing
a 15-months-old child all the way. Porter
has not met with success.
George Benjamin, a linotype operator,
earned the title of champion potato eater
of th Naugatuck valley In Waterbury,
Conn., when In a contest with Thomas
Burke, a watohmaker, he devoured twenty
five large tubers to Burke's twenty-three,
To Bertha Schults, a young dressmaker
In Hamburg, Germany, $10,000 was be
queathed on condition that ah ahould not
marry a man engaged In an Intellectual
occupation. She Is already engaged to an
accountant, and ahe and her fiance are now
endeavoring to persuade the law that the
work Is purely mechanical.
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TZ. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
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LAl'GHIXG GAS.
Friend-Well, folks, did you lmve an ex
eltlng trip In your new atitomobi,-?
Mr. Itnpid Very. We ran down throe
men, two boy, a baby and ton doan.
Mrs. Rapid Yes, we had a perfectly kill
ing time. Baltimore American.
JenksThe boss Idld me this' morning
that 1 looked as If I had gone to l. ,1
with my clothes on. I told him pretty
sharply that he was mistaken.
Clark Oil, coma now; you know you
did It.
Jenks-t did not! These, are my brother s
clothes. Cafliollc Standard and Times.
"Th Idle rich, I tell you,, constitute the
great menace to our country,"
"That's so. Say, what would you do if
you got hold of a lot of money?''
"Met I'd Invest It securely, throw un mv
job and have th tlma of my life." Phila
delphia Ledger.
"How do you mak a campaign speech?"
"That's easy," answered the apcMhtmier.
"You talk a little on general toulcs: then
mention the candidate's name; then wait
for the applause and then begin over and
go through the sam procedure until your
urn la used up. Chicago Itccordlierald.
The smoker who eat directly opposite
had put hi foot on the edge cf th sent
occupied by the . professor. .
It was encased In one or those easy
going hygienic shoes that look like a can-vas-covered
ham.
'Uw f r in A ' ' maiA Vh nr-f amm r r- .vln. ft
disapprovingly, "oblige me by removing
that thing from my seat. It's bad form."
Chicago Tribune.
A RURAL MORDMST.
J. W. Foley tn New York. Times.
Hod Graham says we ain't got no more
Idee
Of th' way th' country Is run
Than nothin' at all, and th' whole thing 'II
fall I
Into wreck If there ain't sorrtethln' done;
If we Juft had today men like Webster
and Clay ,
But there ain't no such statesmen ns
these;
So dlshonesty'r, rife In political life
(And he neighed his hand in with the
cheese.)
Hod says nobody knews where th' tax
money goes
An' th' fundx of th' people an' slch;
An' whnt can we expect from th men we
elect
An th" all-around erase to git rlrh;
So as fur as he knows from tli' way th'
world goes
There sln't no relief he can see;
Till we all learn ug'ln to declare war on
sin.
(And h weighed In the scoop with the
tea.)
Hod aays morals Is stack an' we ought to
go back
To th days of our earliest youth.
When a feller was taught to do just as he
ought
An' th' wasn't no discount on truth;
When a man's word was good an' he did
as he ahould
An' th' feller who served t'nele Sam
Worked as hard as though he worked for
you or for me.
(And he weighed In his knife with the
ham.)
'
An' Hod says that th' more he runs gro
cery store
An' th' more that he studies nn' reads.
Th' more he's afraid we are on th down
grade,
With our morals all grown up to weeds,
An th' one thing to do la for ma an' for
you
An' for every respectable soul.
To stick to th' ways of th' old-fashioned
days.
(So he weighed himself In with the coal.)
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