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TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE:- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1903. Tiie Omaha Daily Bei FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. . Entered at Onkli postafflc seeofid cliu matter. . TERMS OF tJB"CRIPT10N: ally I (without Sunday), on 3rf..MW ally Be aad Sunday, en yoar CEUVERED BT vARRI STHi DeUy Be Oncrfldlns: "undsy). Pr week..lSa I)ilf Rm rwttWxitkunlyl, per week... Evening Pot (without undsy). per week to Evening JHe (with Sunday). pr week. ..in Sunday B. on year W fralurdsy Br, on year 1 Address all complaint of Irregularltl In delivery to City Circulation Department. OrriCKR: Omaha Tb Br Building. South Omaha Twent y-f nrth and N. Council Bluff II Scott Iftreet. Chlcago-lUs Marquette Building. ' New York-Room 1101-110J. No. 11 West Thirty-third Street. Whlngton-T Fourteenth Street, N. W CORRJ58PON D ENCE. Communication relating t news and editorial matter shou'.d be addressed! Omaha Be. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft. express or post! order payahl to Th Be Publishing Company. Only l-cent Ump roelvd In payment of mall account. Personal checks, xort en Omaha or stern exchanges not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, art Oeorge B. Tsechaok. treasurer of Tb Publishing company, lng duly wore, -ays that th actual number of f'lll and compUta ooplaa of Th Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Be printed during Ui month of August, ItOI. was as follows: 1. , SC.1M IT SM0 t SB.B30 II S.114) t I5.M0 It S,O70 4.... 'SS.MS t0..... I M,7 It U.UO S&.T90 tl Ot 1 3B.SO0 II SS.400 I ,47 ' 14... M,t0 t 5,70 21 SS,t40 It B.3 If . 11 B,41 T V10 II S4.01 II M,80 II SS.SS0 i S,4M U:......... 8.07 ',Qt..w....v M.BOO ll.......v:.BT 1...'. SH0 1 SMM 1 1 - .' Total V;'. .'. . '. .'. T 1,117,000 Less ansld and rsturned ooplss.. ' Net total 1,106,454 Pally average as, OEOROIl B. TZSCMVCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn t before m thla 1st day of September, UOt. (Seal.) ROBERT HUNTMK. - Notary Pufc-ilo. WKEif oir or TOWN. Safesei-lWrrs leaving, the teas ' porarliy tkMll kkrt Th Be Mailed in then. Andre will b haaared aa ftaa aa reinstated. Still, It is difficult to make political hay out of straw votes. The hookies waist has been In vented. .By a mere man, of course. It Is ' bow asserted that plants can see. Well, we know the potato baa eyes. , r Holland has Issued an ultimatum to Castro, talking to him like a Dutch uncle. Mr. Bryan would like some sura guaranty of the deposit of democratic ballots. ,..-. . Prof. Darwin, says that plants can see. That should make the corn prick up Its ears. King Corn Is Just getting ready to make his annual visit to nay homage to King Ak-Sar-Ben. M. Delagrang has been proving that the airship business In Franc la far from all Wright It Is not too Boon to begin thinking aboui doing your voting and your Christmas shopping early. September 4 has come and gone In Omaha, but the water In the watr works pipes runs on forever. Mr. Gompers 'Is campaigning in Texas and will naturally get th credit if that state goes democratic. Mr. Harriman says th panic Is over and he Is in position to speak with authority on the subject of panics. Another chgrus girl has agrd to marry an. English; peer. The chorus girls are getting over being particular. "On what toplo does Mr. Bryan talk most?" asks th Brooklyn Eagle. Mr. Bryan talks most on the slightest prov ocation. Whll Mayor Jim acknowledges the corn,' It will tak soma llttl tlm to reconctl him to th loss of th guber natorial Jackpot - . Th experience of Douglas county shows that a direct primary can hav as many post mortem surprises s an old-fashioned convention. It there Is any American voter who wants something that Mr. Bryan has not promised, now Is the time for him to mak his want known. Mr. Bryan might find more interest In th discussion "Shall th peopl rule?" If someone would only tak the negative side of the question. Candidate Mlsges says the demo cratic party Is drunk with power. If that's true, it takes mighty little power to make th democratic party drunk. Were It not for th brisk competition among tb . undertakers tor the Job, uninformed people would not suspect that th. coronershlp Is a prise worth fighting for. Court at PUUbura? have esjnlnad young folk from dancing at a church picnic. Th surprising feature of the ltm Is that they have church picnic at Pittsburg. Mr. Bryan refuse to reply to Mr Hearst's charges concerning Bryan's hostile attitude toward worklngmen In th fas of th affidavits in th case, there doea not seem to be much left tulir, Bryan to say THE BOVXTIFVL HABVIST Th excessively warm weather of the early days of September has furnished the one element necessary to Insure one of th greatest crops In the nation's history, , Weather conditions have been eminently favorable for the threshing; on the wheat belt, the hay ing and th ripening of the corn, which. In many sections, was several weeks 1st, owing to the wet weather which delayed planting in the spring. All indications now are that the corn Is safely out of dsnger from frost and will show a yield of 1.100,000,000 bushels, something below the returns of 1905 and 106, but far above the ten year average. Th wheat crop is beyond th esti mate stage. Returns indicate a total yield of winter and spring wheat of 7,000,000 bushels, or S2.000.000 bushels in excess of last year and a yield that has been exceeded but three times in the decennial period. Th sup ply of wheat left over rrom last year la considerably below the stock usually on hand at this time of the year, and the small yield in foreign wheat rais ing countries furnishes a certainty that the price will rule high this year, owing to the Increased demand for export. The price of wheat is already much higher than in 101 and 1906, th record breaking years In this country The harvesting and marketing of these crops will necessarily give the United States a tremendous credit ac count with foreign countries because Europe must depend upon this country for an Immense stock of food supplies. TBS CVHSVLAB SERVICE. Th American' Exporter recently sent letters to 3 SO American manu facturing concerns asking their views on the efficiency of the American con sular service and their suggestions for improving it. Th replies strongly in dicated th desire of the manufactur ers and exporters to have business ex perience made the main avenue to ap pointment to the service. This view of the manufacturers and exporters is a strong endorsement of the plan Inaugurated by President Roosevelt and Secretary Root some months ago for a general overhauling of the consular service and the adop tion of plans for. Increasing Its efficiency. Under Mr. Roosevelt's ex ecutive order, now in force, every ap plicant for a consular appointment must submit to a rigid examination to test his fitness for the work. He must have a knowledge' of the com merce of the country and an acquain tance with the . foreign languages. Promotion, after appointment. Is made solely on th record of the consul, without any political Influence. The George Washington university recently established a department of political science, with the view of giv ing special training to applicants for consular appointments, and Secretary Root has warmly approved the work, declaring In a letter that th new course of study promises to aid much 'in breaking up an inveterate abuse, like that which has made our foreign service to so great an extent a refuge for failures in life, broken-down poli ticians, unsuccessful business men, men who have outlived their careers find have no ambition." Desirable as the proposed reforms may be, the government will doubtless experience some -difficulty in securing men with the desired equipment for the consular positions. Two consu lates of the United States pay the oc cupants $12,000 a year, and less than a score of them pay $3,500 a year, the others running from $1,000 to $2,500. An active and successful busi ness man would not think of accepting a consulship and a man trained for the consular service would soon be taken from It by more attractive offers from exporters or manufacturers. Before the consular service can be placed upon a business basis the government will hav to readjust the consular sal aries to compete with those received by trained experts In business life. AS tXJCSTJCE CALL ISO f OB HIMIDT The most glaring mistake incor porated in th Nebraska primary law Is that which provides for the state conventions to formulate and promul gate the platforms for the respective political parties. These platform con ventions, which ar to meet simultane ously for all parties, are to be made up of on delegate from each county In the state. This will -give a possible membership of ninety In each conven tion, of which forty-six will be a ma jority to do the business. Th artltrary allotment of on dele gate to eah county violates every principle of representative government and might under conditions work the gravest Injustice by committing the party to policies favored only by a very small minority and opposed by the vast majority. The disproportion of this convention representation could scarcely be worse. Douglas county, for example, which casts at least one- tenth of the total republican vote In th State, will have Just one vote out of ninety in the platform convention, while sparsely settled sand hill coun ties, that cast only 100 to 200 repub lican ballots, will have equal voice and vot. Nebraska has six congressional dis tricts, with approximately equal voting strength, hut In these platform rnnven tlons th First district will hav only seven votes, the Second district only three votes and th Fourth district only eleven votes, a total of twenty one, while the other three districts, with about th sam population, will have sixty-nine. In a word, the re publicans living In the Birth congres sional district alone can, If they wiBh, more than offset th wishes of 'he re publicans In the three other districts. The Third and Sixth districts can con trol an absolute majority. That this Is an unfair and dangerous method of making up a party conven tion needs no demonstration and it should caution the delegate when they finally get together, no matter ' what political party they represent, to give proper weight to the real distribution of tire party strength rather than to the fictitious one-to-a-county Idea. OAK Or THE BEST TKT. Disguised a a Japanese schoolboy, Collier's Weekly star numorist has been contributing to the gayety of the campaign by timely discussion of cur rent political events. Ills latest effer vescence, under the caption "My Con ception of the Presidency," dilates on the official notification ceremonies of the several presidential nominees with a parody put into the mouth of Colonel Bryan which deserves to be embalmed. It is as follows: - Hon Bryan '. "A President should be fik Hon. Theo dore Roosevelt only mora so. Malefactors, etc., need not crlnc off from me for fearful that I will burn up America when I am elected. Because 1 can't. A Presi dent are only a bluff. He don't amount to a rolling pin. Hon. American Oovt. ar a system of checks t balances, so a President are delictoualy powerless when he wish to reform It. I promts to be helpless as possible. Could I reform Hon. Currency from Jaggy path of debochery by feeding him Oold Cur or something? Ah not What could I do with them naughty Currency when Senator Alrlch ar tempting him away with rakish eye-wlnkt To Increase weakness of my position I am willing to consult Hon. Vice-President on all matters of .no Importance and talk kindly to him on National subjecka where common sense are not expected. I bellev In deep breathing & outdoor xrelse, but I are cross about that woollay tariff of sheep and should be Insulted If offered a second term. Other way I ar willing to act Ilk a Majority on all occasions and wjiat.l think ehout Brownsville Affair are a matter of prlvat conscience' which I rcfus to discus by advice of Hon. Cam paign Manager." Mr. Collier's Japanese schoolboy has caught th spirit of th occasion. In his facetious way he has portrayed th "chameleon-like" qualities of the dem ocratic candidate better than a laugh ing mirror. This gem Is worth past ing in the Scrap book. This pistol-toting business Is getting to be altogether too much of a tempta tion to unprovoked shooting. It Is easy enough to Imagine that someone is threatening a holdup or an assault and to take that as an excuse for 'ar get practice, but it la dangerous to the peace and safety of the community for its inhabitants to have their revolvers too handy. Some feasible way of put ting a check on pistol-toting In Omaha Is highly desirable and almost impera tive. There are still altogether too many automobiles running around Omaha driven by boys and girls who have not th strength, much less th Judgment, to control them In critical moments. Som prerequisite qualifications ought to' be insisted upon for th privilege of speeding these high-power vehicles In the city thoroughfares. It Is nothing but pure luck that Omaha has not had a multitude of bad automobile acci dents this season. Notice that no one is asking where State Treasurer Brian has kept the public money during the period that it has been In his custody. He has made a public statement every month show ing Just where every dollar is located and his books have been open to the Inquisitive any time their curiosity might prompt them. The Union Pacific is making prepa rations to absorb the auxiliary corpor ation which it organized for the pur pose of building the Lane cut-off. Wonder If this comes within the pro hibited degree of a union of parallel and competing lines supposed to be forbidden by the laws of Nebraska? Superintendent Cooley of the Chi cago public scboois promises to strictly enforce the new regulations prohibiting secret fraternities among the pupilB. Mr. Cooley is going to have a busy winter, regardless of the results of the election in November. Edward M. Shepard of New York says he is going to support Bryan be cause he can not stand for a contin uance of the Roosevelt policies. Mr. Shepard evidently Ignores Bryan's claim that he Is stronger for the Roosevelt policies than is Mr. Taft. Mr. Brysn is to be starred in the moving picture shows. He will be shown as moving away from the negro question, the government ownership proposition, anti-Imperialism and all the other paramount issues to which he once pledged his voice. Governor Sheldon beat Banker Shal lenberger as the combination candi date of the democrats and populists good and plenty two years ago and he may be confidently relied upon to re peat the performance and then some. A primary election In Omaha and Douglas county without a recount or a Contest Is quit within th range of possibilities. In fact, it we recall cor rectly, the primary election last year set a precedent in this respect "The negroes are still in slavery," says Colonel Watterson. "and can only be emancipated by voting the demo cratic tlckt." Yii, tut la ta iOutt, th negroes are not allowed to vot any ticket. Mark Twain has left New York. He saw that he was outclassed there as a humorist as soon as "Flngy" Connors began predicting that Bryan would carry the state by 100,000. The Nebraska State fair is expected to show up a balance sheet this year with a good, round figure on the right side of the ledger. A prosperous state fair Indicates prosperity on the farm. The New York Herald Insists that the Chinese government is anxious to form an alliance with the United States. Possibly, but It requires two parties to form an alliance. Pashlasj Good ThlaaT Alssg, Indianapolis New. One-hundred and seVenty-seven Ameri can cities hav established chlldrn's play grounds. When the American people once get hold of a good idea, they Just make it hum. Political Wires Crossed. St. Louis Times. Mr. Bryan I out for slat rights, but hla declaration In favor of a paternalistic bank system and a rederal license for cor porations fslls to agree with any advocacy to stat sovereignty,- They Have Moaey to Blow. Philadelphia Record. It Is hard to understand why the Rocke fellers should spend time or labor In rak ing up evidence to establish a noble lineage when they can readily buy a much nobility as' they desire from regular deal era In that kind of frippery. A aw will Tm Be Goodf Cleveland Plain Dealer. Th International council of women has demanded a single standard of morals for both men and women. Of course they can't hope to enforce It, but th justice of th demand I unquestionable and th aotlon of th council emphasises th fact. Coasolatloa for tb Halrlcaa, Washington Herald. It has been said that there ar no bald headed men In the asylums for the Insane. We suspect this I true; at least, save for rar and unimportant exception. This Is an Important thing for th antl-baldheada to speculate upon; it may well furnish them food for serious and earnest thought. Darlas Crete Vindicated. Kansas City Star. The remarkable progress Imada in flying machlns experiment In the last year, to jgether with the continuous activity of numerous Inventors, . make It practically certain that In a short time the aerial problem will be solved and that airships will be come something mora than "toys." At present the Wright brothers lead the world In these Inventions and experiments. They hav excelled, especially in the man agement of their devices. To say the least they have vindicated poor old Darius Green,, and have made a past absurdity a present reality. Who knows but someone may Invent perpetual motion or find a way to lift himself by his own bootstraps? Comlaar Klemeat In Hawaii. Chicago Nw. The Daily Bulletin of Honolulu prints the statistics of births by nationalities In the Hawaiian Islands during th last year and draw from them th conclusion that th Japan ar dMnd to booome th dominant element of th population be cause of thlr high birth rat as oompard with that. of all th other elements. The total number tf births was 4.5M. The number of Japanese babies was 1,445, over SO per cent of th total, or more than the births of all the other nationalities com bined. The Hawaiian ranked second, with 474 births; the Portuguese third, with (91; the Chinese fourth, with 8S8; th Porto Ricana fifth, with 174. ' Th 'th rank is held by Americans, with 12 births. The births of Spanish children numbered eighty six. of German thirty-seven, of"' British thirty, and of air other nationalities forty two. " " Confldenee la Parties. Minneapolis Journal (rep.). Mr. Taft, quit properly, put It In a sentence, when h says that in the end th issu In the oampalgn will b that of confi dence In th parties, At this tlm ther are st multitude of questions which this candidate or that has rushed to the front In a factitious effort to mak a paramount Issue. Mr. Bryan has triad his hand in a series of speeches dealing with the tariff, trust and Injunc tion, but none of them except bank deposit guarantee has struok th least tire. Th voters hav not been aroused to any pitch of enthusiasm thus far by any of the prom ises mad them. Wher on issue or another doea not ab sorb publio attention many superficial ob servers jump to the conoluslon that th people ar not thinking about th campaign at all. This Is not ncesarlly true. Be cause the publio doss not go wild over th difference between tweedlede and tweedle dum, It do not follow that It .is thought less. Th probability Is that it Is thinking hard, but along Its own lints. It is, a Mr. Taft suggests, making up Its mind which party Is th moat reliable agent for the carrying on of th government. INSl'RINQ DEPOSITS. Bosae Pertlaeat Remark on the New Care-All. Washington Post. The fallacies that sometimes take posses sion of the human mind are curious and incomprehensible. When Lord Chesterfield, heed of th royal commission, had aided In reforming the calendar according to the mathematical computation, so that Christ mas would fall on December X. 8t. Valen tine's February 14, ' May day during hi fifth month of th year, Michaelmas term a few days after the autumnal equinox, and the vernnl equinox on March 21, one day as Ms carriage was going up Ludgate hill a mob pursued him, pelting his carriage with stick and stones and demanding that he give them tack the eleven days of which he had robbed them and thus shortnned every human life by just that much time. Lord Chesterfield could no mor shorten the lives of his fellow subjects by regulat ing the calendar than he could make 11 o'clcck noon at sunrise M Whit Hall by turning the hands of the clock to the figures on the dial expressive of the noon hour. And a political parly can no more abolish a flnanolal panic by provld'ng for Insurance of bank deposits than It can extinguish a drouth by act of oongrass requiring that there shall ba a copious, warm and re freshing rain every Sunday of-July and August. It Is no mor disastrous to the commun ity, dollar for dollar, for a bank to go into Insolvency than It I for a merchant to break who owed aa much, and to a many customers, a th bank ha deposi tors. A broken bank hurt business no mor than an insolvent railroad, and, dollar for dollar, no ' mor than an Insolvent farmer, r lawyer, or doctor, or preaoher. Th man who lo smmmi in trace hurts hlmlf and th community a much a th man who loses 110,000 deposited in bank. It is nothing In th world but socialism, and if we ar to hav It let us insurs everything. Th Greeks and Roman had chant to abolish poverty, but they were unsuccessful. Ther is but on cur for poverty energy. Industry, frugality, good Judgment. The, and tha only, will knock it out. It cannot be dooe by th prcpt of phil osophy, by th prating of th demagogue, or by act et congr. 0 PRKSIDRTtTltl. FIRIXO LINK. Present Keatare of a I a Admirably tadacted. Philadelphia Press (rep ). Judge Taft has steadily grown on the country since Ms nomination. His Judicial poise, his sobriety of utterance and his attitude of deep responsibility hare all Im pressed the country. They are what Is wanted ' to give confidence In a pfrlod of doubt and depression. Th campaign has reached the point where It I wis to make his personality known and familiar over the country. Every presidential campaign has Its special characteristic and the contest of 190S Is marked by Ha sober discussion and the mnnlfest movement of the great current of public opinion towards a conservative de sire to see the great Issues now opening handled with care, consideration and a ju dicial scrutiny. No personal charges are made. No cam paign orators are aspersing either candi date on either side. There Is an, absence of the rant, the talk and the attacks on the "money power" heard In other years. The gravity of the situation Is seen and th responsibility of the , national decision ap preciated, but the matter Is being argued rather than agitated. Judge Taft appeals to the precise condi tion and to such a campaign. H ha the qualities which draw men to him In times like ' these. The speech-making campaign on which he Is to enter will not only win vote by arousing public Interest, but It will add to th strength of the republican party In every doubtful state he visits by showing th people a man they can trust. Judge Taft la In addition a man of action, combative and .aggressive. Nothing could keep him out of th thick of a fight which he led. Fltaeu ef th Repablteaa Candidate. Topeka Capital (rep.). Bishop Fallow)' tMbuto paid to Mir. Taft at Toledo ran be put againit th mean and narrow-minded campaign which certain enemies of Mr. Taft ha been quietly work ing against him on th ground of his re ligious belief, a campaign that would hav barred George Washington, Thomas Jeffer son, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln from th highest offlc In the gift of tb nation. Mr. Taft IS, aa a matter of fact, a religious man, but thla goes for nothing with his bigoted opponents. At Toledo Bishop Fallows occupied a seat on th platform and paid a glowing trlbuteto th nominee tor president. "His experience on the bench, In th Philippines, as secretary of war, In the construction of the Panama canal. In all til positions he has rilled," said Bishop Fallows, "hss been such as to qualify Judge Taft almost beyond any other man for th presidency." Senator La Follet'e haa paid a similar tribute 'to the eminent qualifications of Judge Tart for president, president Roose velt has atyled him th fittest and logical succeteor of himself. Governor Hughes of Nw York was a Candidate against Mr. Taft at Chicago, but Immediately on hi nomination apoke of him as "the best equipped man ever nominated for presi dent." Importance ot the Record. Governor Hughe at Youngatown, O. ' Th republican party makes appeal to publio . confidence a the moat Important political agency for conservation and for progress. By virtu of Its achievements. It leadership and Its aims It stands forth as an efficient Instrument for strong and capable administration, as a safeguard of stability and ot th prosperity which de pend upon stability, and as an unrivalled power for th correction of abuses. It stands in striking contrast to th rtoord ot vacillation and ineptitude, presented by th chief opposing party. That opposing' party proffers a candidacy, which is at once a monument and a guldepoSt. It memorial ises th fallacies and unsafe policies w ar asked to forget, and It points the way to business uncertainty and to the Impair ment of th confidence which 1 th seour Ity of Industry and trade. Cleveland's Last Word. From Orover Cleveland's Paper. There la fear on my part of being nils understood In what I am about to say, but surely ths fair-minded man must realise when he considers my attitude toward my own party, all now a matter of Immutable record, that It Is prompted by a sense ot simple fairness. Personally and officially I have had the opportunity of knowing many thing concerning Mr. Taft that wr not a matter of general knowledge, and with a keen Interest I hav watched his large share In ths conduct of our national affairs in very recent years. His excel lence aa a federal judge (n Cincinnati Is something not to be underestimated or overemphasised, for should h com to thav presidential chair th qualities whloh mad him a Judge of high ability, which I know him to hav been, will be th moat needful to him as president of th Unltd State. His high Ideals of honesty and of relative Justice, hi great capacity for sever labor, and his humorous wisdom In th face of the serious problems are attributes equally val uable and comnndatOTy to a people seek ing hhn In whom they may repos th trust of their collective Interests while they turn their Inoreaaed attention to their pressing Individual demanda. Anything; In Cnteh Vntea. Kanaaa City Times (Ind.). Th street of the posthumous Clevelsnd article on the presidential campaign has been Just what might have been expected th awakening of many real democrats to the fact that the party haa drifted from sate mooring under Mr. Bryan's leader ship, and that there fa no hope of Its re establishment on a firm basis until a new leader arises. It Is not a question of Mr. Bryan's will ingness to do What is best to build up the party and to make It formidable and vic torious; It is a question of hla Judgment. Just when conservative democrats had taken courage from the fact that he had dropped old and repudiated Bryan Issues, he comes forward with new and Ill-considered devices to catch votes. The Cleveland letter and the later de velopments of the campaign show that Mr. Bryan 1s as much of an opportunist today aa he was In lso and 100. v Attacks aa Tnft. Philadelphia Ledger (ind.). Bryan abuses Taft and promises to cur tail the powers of tho courts. Hearst sas that Bryan is a hypocrite, and promises much more to labor and to everybody else. Debs says Bryan and Hearat are fakera and promises mor than th other two who are playing with hla gams. They all attack Taft, who promises to enforce th law and to treat all men and all classes of men with strict Justice and Impartiality, Hi record, life end character give assur- iica thai he can and will Iu hi duty. Which candidal would a man, solicitous for his country's welfare, naturally select? Woman's Freedom Menaced. Baltimore American. Th dressmakers' congr haa decreed It la declared, that th coming season skirt Will b o scant that only tiny sups csn b taken. Her 1st a chanc for th suffrsg lUs to take a real step towards freedom for women. It Is no us to throw eft th oliaina of tyrant maa whll still la sbackl of despotic dressmaker KOjl AL RRWARD I.RGIM.ATIO. Analysis st One mt Bryan' Mysterlnn Monthlngs. New tYork Pun. On of the most mysterious Of Mr. Brysn s demsgegisms Is hi equltsbl re ward theory. What can anybody make, what more than mere vogue patter can be made, out of these Labor day remarks of his at Chicago: On of the great problem of today la to secure nn equitable distribution ot the pro ceeds of toil. When men work together the army organisation applies to some de gree; that Is, some direct, other are di rected. Tho difficulty haa been to divide the restilta fairly between the captains of Industry and the privates In the ranks. A the dividing Is done largely by the cnptMn, It Is not unnatural that they should magnify their psrt and appropriate too large a snare: neither is it unnatural that mere should be complaint on the part of the toll ers who think that their recompense Is In sufficient. The labor question, therefore, as It presents Itself at thla time is chiefly a question of distribution, and the legislation asked for Is legislation which will secure to each that to which his aervlces entitle him. As legis lation Is secured through the ballot every One should use th ballot to obtain the legis lation necessary. The democratic platform presents the Ideal toward which the demo cratic party Is striving, namely. Justice In the distribution of rewards. The demooratlc party proclaims that each Individual should receive from society a reward for his toll commensurate with his contribution to th walfar of society, and unless om other party can do the work better the demooratlc party ought to have the support of all, whether they belong to the wage earning class or occupy positions in which they di rect the efforts of others. How Is Mr. Bryan to enable each Indi vidual to receive a reward commensurate with his contribution, and how ar th con tributions to be measured? Suppose a democratic congress Is In session. What will Mr. Bryan ask It to do for ths under paid workman, or as his orotund style puts It, "the tollers who think that their recom pense Is Insu'flclent" and who doesn't? Should ther be a atatute of employers, compelling them to . pay aa the minimum Wage a sum to be fixed from tlm to tlm by atate and Interstate wage commissions? Should wages be regulated by means of stated referendums to employes? Or Is th valuation of every Workman's services, physical and mental, a condition precedent of the distribution of "equal" rewards? Mr. Bryan ha Innumerable strings to tils bow, but he would, obllg a mildly Inquisi tive public If he would say clearly and oon clsely what th legislation is "which will secure to each that to which his services entitle him." SOMETHING GOOD FROM RIO. Novel Pnblle Devle for lneralar the Efflolenoy ot th Pollen. Here is a useful hint, designed to in crease the efficiency Of policemen. It eorans all the way from th go-ahead city of Rio do Janeiro, Brasil, whloh can teach us a thing or two In other matters also. Rio d Janeiro has recently rebuilt Itself, mostly under the auspices of German ex perts. Ths authorities hav now Installed a police contrivance which In complete ness and extenslveness is quit unique. Five hundred and eighty of these police alarms hav been placed In th trets ot Rio. Evsry Inhabitant can buy a key for th alarm In order to call for polio help. Im mediately he turns the key In the keyhole a bell is released whloh shows th number ot th alarm at th nearest polio statton. Th number is recorded by a registering apparatus on a strip of paper and the time Immediately stamped. At the same moment also the official is warned by a bell and a glowing lamp. These all work entirely auto matically. As soon ss th number has been ascer tained an official has then to communt cate with the nearest police post by means of a very ingeniously constructed machine allowing th placing of all numbers from4! to 1,000. These posts, forty In number, ar distributed all over the town as police sta tlons, and are guarded by six men. The nearest post to the alarm from which th signal has come Is warned by a sonorous bell, snd the men at one dash to the spot. Bo th whole process Is as follows: Ths number Is reported elsctricslly, an auto matio apparatus records the call, whll a second instrument enables th official to communtcat with the area affected. The entire operation only takes a few seconds, so that the police can be on th spot In two minute. Thla system Is about to b adopted 'In Berlin. It haa substantially raised the public safety in Rio, the newly constructed boulevards and esplanades of which have completely transformed this marvslously placed city. Th average man In thla country finds It difficult to realise how thoroughly civilised Rio Is despite th occasional revolt In that part ot th world. HEW PARK OH GREAT DIVIDB Fascination; Wilderness of Peaks, Glaciers and Lakes In Montana. Th crown of th continent Is th new national park to be created in Montana under the patronage ot Senator Thomas H. Carter. It Is sn unknown soenlo wonder, a fascinating wilderness of thirteen glaciers and many peaks and lakes, whose melting Ices help to feed all three ocean washUig th shores of North Americs. It is possi ble to launch .three chips from point within gunshot of. each other in the park, which, with propitious currents, eventually will float on Into the Oulf of Mexico, the second Into th Paolflo, and th third Into Hudson bay. Thirteen enormous Icefields have received names from explorers, but hundreds Of smaller glacier remain hidden in canyons or en th flanks of th score or more mountain peaks from 1,000 to 10,000 feet high stin awaiting exploration and names. Hundreds of lakes, some of them many square miles In extent, fed by glacier Streams that In some instanoes plunge In a single fall over cliffs 1,000 feet high, hide In the shadow of great mountains which almost defy exploration and ascent savs by th mountain goat. It la proposed that th government shall establish an elaborate system of road and trails throughout the park, bringing ' all Its marvelous soenlo wonder within reach of the American peo ple. The creation of Glacier park also means the establishment or s great breed ing ground for big game, which, under present conditions. Is being slaughtered with rapidity. The park area Is alive with mountain goata, mountain sheep, elk, deer, bese. bsld eagles, ptarmigan, and aeveral varletlea ot grouse. There are many trout streams which never have been fished. The park embraces the most plcturesqus part of the Lewis and CIsrk nattonsl forest and Is bounded, on the north by the Canadian line, and on the east by the western boundary of th Blackfeet Indian reserva tion, and on th west by ths Flathead river's Irregular cours. Chicago Tribune. New Catholle Chnrch. SIOUX FALII, 8. D . Sept. 13 -(Speclal.) On Wednesday of this week Right Rev. Thomas OGorman of this city, Catholic bishop of eastern South Dakota, will make a trip to Lake Andes, Charles Mix county, where lie will officiate al ilia dedication of a new Catholic church building. C'athollo clergymen from that part of th state will gather at Lake Andes to greet the bishop and aid in the dedication exercises, which will be mad a notable occasion In Catholic Circle In that part of th (tats. Is th Psurtr Enrlehed? Kansas 'City Times. Mr. Brysn says ha Is not rich, but his continuous presidential candidacy hss been a good deal more profitable to him than It has been to th democratic party. J . UK'S A BOUV'ntn MA. A Wear lew f Harriman, with n Tnne! Sarcasm. Brooklyn t'agle. Some srenunt of what has been done hy E. II. Harriman Is given by John 1. Mum ford, In contribution' to flic' current num. ber of Harper's Weekly. It ears tliiit when he bought the t'nlon PnclrV lt wss a "drsggled creature of the railroad mar ket," that since then, tlx-re has .been no letup In the march of Improvement; that distances have been sUurtuned with the result of saving time and money; that t.100,ooo.0i)0 have been spent In betterments, and that now the line. Is he main artery of commerce across th country. A Na biaskan commissioner recently made an es timate of the value of a twenty-mil strip of land running ten mile back from th I'nion Pacific lines on cither aide. Forty, five year ago It was worth about $11,000, 000. Towns and villages hsvlng sprung up In th Interval, Its estimated value la 11.767,000.000. Much of this Iniquity could hav been averted If th proper uthorltles had taken th precaution of sending Mr. Harriman to th penitentiary about nine years ago. Th t'nlon Pacific could hav remained a "de relict." Instead of thla. It Is promised to fulfill the prediction that It will become to th oountry what Broadway 1 to Man hattan. By th almpl process of Sentenc ing Harriman to a ten-year term, a great deal of trouble would have been avoided. Th Overland Limited now crosses Sslt lak by what I known as th Lueln cut off. Instead of making a circuit, thus sav ing M.SO0 a day which th railroad could otherwise hav spent, to the profit of ome body. Moreover, Mr. Harriman will per sist In saying llttl or nothing. This war rants conviction for life. ' . PERSONAL XOTKS v London's largest hot.i Is In a receiver's nanus. Tho waiter got at the guests-first Honors. are easy between, th two vice presidential nominees, so far as the . cam paign poetry Is concerned. Ona hmrA rhymes "Sherman" with, "sure man.", and another rhymes "Kern" with "worryln'." The Increased number of wrsona maim. Ing to be victim of th len highwayman of th Yellowstone suggests that up-to-date Turplns should tag their victims, A sym pathetic public would know "for sure" who Is "it" Farmer E. D. Smllh.- whova nimtv v t a United States senator from South Caro- Una, was born in a Methodist umn.' one of his brothers bedam a Mthodlt bishop, another Is a presiding elder. Smith is a graduate of Wofford college and an M. A. of Vanderbilt unlvtralty. The Alaska wheat heralded In a weekly paper -aa a miracle worker will yield 35. Inatead or 300 bushel to th acre, which I below- the averaae ' of better smiIh of hard winter wheat. The Department or Agriculture thus tracks to earth one of the best nature fakes of years. Rev. "Billy" Sunday.' rcrvivaUat, Is averse to having his sermons printed, knowing that hla vocal blows art intended for ears, not eyes. While at ' Hammond. Ind.. the other day he raided a print shop ind "pled" several forms of hot etuff of his own make whloh wss about to be turned Into a book. Th printers didn't do a thing. Billy car ried a sledg hammsr." Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of tltf Bu reau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, and honorary president of tho first International congress for the repres sion of adulteration or feed afid pharma ceutical products, whloh convened In Gen eva, Switzerland, Tuesday, under th aus pices of the White Cross society, has re ceived a cablegram from th congress ex pressing regret at his Inability to be pres ent arid ppratMirigJJhl4f Hame'J! ' 1 '""'f ksssanannnsnBBSnssnSBnnnhsnn . LAiaiiiaa gas. Doctors were about to operate on th In jured autokst. "Well, It will be a change, anyhow," h said, resignedly. "Most of my Joy rides hav resulted in autopsies." Then they administered th anesthetic Philadelphia Ledger. ...... . , A lUtl girl who had listened to a discus sion of nature faker In literature, when asked to define the. human and animal families, replied: "A brute Is an Imperfso. beast; Btaa Is a perfect beast," Judge a library. Stranger (In Dreary hurst) I there a place here wher I oan get a square meal? Uncle Welby Gosh Yes, sir; there's a restfcur'nt 'round ths cawner whore you can git the best meal this side o' Chicago if you don't mind Its bein' a leetle expen sive. They'll sock you fur 85 cents,' but, by gum It's wuth It! Chicago Tribune. , "Yes," said the young artist, proudly, "this is my latest picture. It represents the old ferryman waiting for the run away couple to leav th parsonage." "Fine picture," complimented th friend. "What la It entitled?" "Why, 'Waiting for th Tied "-Chicago New. ... "Th suffragatte bcam confused and gave up attempting to mak a apaech when her false hair came out of Its coiffure." "Her train of thought wa wrecked by a misplaced switch, eh?" Indianapolis News. A pious msn, entering business, wa care ful to ssy: "ltmmber, now, I cannot tell a lie." To which th gsneral counsel of th con cern, rubbing his hands unctuously, made anawer: "Oh, certainly notl Really, It isn't In the least necessary, In modern business. We form a subsidiary corporation to at tend to all that sort of thing." Puck. Parson Do yo' tak dl man fo' better or fo' wore? Bride-elect Lan' sake, pahson, how kin sh tell so soon! Th Clrcl. Customer Can you tell m whthr ' th stuff they put on this sticky fly papr is sweet? ' . . Druggist No. ma'am; I don't 1 know whether It Is or not. - Customer (with a sigh) Well, J'll take 5 cents' worth, but my conscience would be evr so much clearer If I could be sure that the poor files when they get stuca on u die happy. Chlcsgo News. BLAIIKU THBJ TKAILS. J. W. Foley In New York Sun. They dart from Dan to Beersheba they leap like kangaroos; They breakfast out at Council Bluffs and sup at Syracuse; Ons loops the loop to Fslrvlew ere th dawn comes with th day, The otner make a running Jump and lands at Oyster Bay; One scorches out to Keokuk, one races up to Troy, One whlszes through Missouri, and en covers Illinois; Th campuign s growing strenuous 'twould bruit k a serpent's back To follow all the trails now biased by H Ho 1 1 cock and by Mack. One dashes out to Denver, and one tolls to Tlmbuctoo; . . On chases to Chicago ere th Other get ' half through; One Jerks Tart out of Arkansaw and moves him up to Maine; One boosts Bill Brysn out of Butte and checks him for Champaign; One breukfasts down in ivankake and sleeps In Jacksonville; On goes to bed st Kresno and wskes up at Bunker Hill; - , Ths mils are red and burning hot, ths air with smoke Is black. And dust hungs heavy o r ths trails of Hitchcock and m,juc. The englna puff and smoke and Wheese-. there Is a whls and whir; As Hitchcock passes New- Orleans, a hot and husy blur; Another snort snd chug snd toot e, mad and mlslity cheer"" - A Mack goes by, a futy; streak upon th atmosphere; ' From baton Rouge io Plymouth Rock th haxy highway bends: From Hurllnston to Baltimore and r the campaign ends Tb- r1 iiorlson will be spilt loaf and gaping crack. And iww will iuimwW hM the trfcH' ef Ultcbfiock and at Mat.-
