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WHEN" OUT or TOWN,
gabaertbera lea via the city tern
pararllr skaal ha-re Tba Baa
mallad ta tkaaai Address will be
ehaaare ofte as reaeate4.
-- Governor -Haskell, does not make a
good-looking martyr.
Nothing; like a shower of rain eau
' dampen the ardor of Ak-Sar-Ben's sub-
Tho democratic national committee
has been dehaskelliEed, but not deod
' orlsed.
The corn crop la aafi, but the corna
crop ii aufferlng from the cold
weather.
In oil field parlance, there are a
good many extinct' fuiliera In the dem
ocratic party Juat now.
Mr. Bryan'i opposition to tainted
money la equalled only by his evident
fondneia for tainted men.
Summed tip. Mr Bryin aald to
Treaaurer Haskell: "Well done, thou
good and faithful servant. Get out."
' Chicago flnanclera are trying to
form another $10,000,000 oyater trust
despite the lawa against shell games.
Mr. Haskell haa resigned from the
treaaurership of the democratic na
tional committee, leaving Mr. Bryan
as sole heir to his policies.
There would bo less fun In the world
if all lettere were written with the
prospect that they would some time be
Inspected by the public.
Senator Elktns' daughter haa about
decided that she will not become an
Italian duchess, preferring her present
position as an American queen.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., haa gone to
work In a carpet factory. His dis
tinguished father Is also busy putting
democratic leaders on tho carpet.
If Mayor "Jim" has started out aa
a spellbinder without taking his lasso
along, be will find that he has left
hia most fetching argument behind,
t .,
Mr. Bryan haa never been much of
a sportsman, but he should have
known bitter than to have gone after
President Roosevelt with a popgun.
"Mr. Roosevelt roust make good or
apologize," shouts the Atlanta Consti
tution, referring to the Haskell case.
And Mr. Roosevelt proceeded to make
good.
All political partiea In Nebraska
agree that the direct primary law calls
for revtalon, but when it cornea to re
vising It there mill be a wide disagree
ment. President Rooaevelt will be lucky If
hi gets aa much fun out of his hunt
ing trip In Africa as he is now finding
in flushing big game In the democratic
Jungles.
Wonder If the state platforms on
which the fusion candidates are run
ning In Nebraska are also binding on
them as to what they omit as well aa
what they contain?
Colonel Bryan'a Invasion of Ohio in
an attempt to take Ohlo'a electoral
votea away from Judge Taft destroys
tha usefulness of the state pride ar
gument in Nebraska.
I '
Mr. Bryan sayi he did not know- of
the charges against Governor Haskell.
Mr. Bryan could have known them if
hi had not torn up Kditor Russell's
letter and thrown it from the car wln-
dow. There's none so blind u those
who riuso to sea.
1BK RCA L MSl l.
While the live wire which William
Randolph Hearst has run through both
of the great political partlea may serve
for a time to divert the attention of
the voters and to even entertain them,
the real issue of the campaign and the
one that will demand the consideration
and Influence the votes of the men of
America at the polls In November has
thus been defined by Mr. Taft In one
of his speeches:
Which party by It work, and not by lt
prom I, hai earned the confidence, nit
only of the i rlte.lit, but of the wne
earners and farmers'."
The Qtietlon now for tlie people to set
tle la whether the reniPille which the re
publican pat'ty1ias adopted onl I cnlry
Ina out under Theodore R'Mavelt shall
be continued?
In considering the question which
party has earned the confidence of. the
American people It la well to avoid
con I using the democratic party of hon
orable icovd with the party sailing
under that name today. The historic
democracy is dead. The democracy of
today is Biyanisni. Tho attempt to
link the Bryan fads of antl-lniperlal-Ism,
federal license for corporations,
centralized control of hanka and rail
roads and the principle of the initia
tive and referendum with the democ
racy of Jefferaon and Jackson snd all
the other strict constructionists down
to the days of Orover Cleveland la sim
ple absurdity. The tariff is really the
only issue on which Bryanlsni and de
mocracy get within hailing distance. On
that Issue Mr. Taft, while adhering to
the basic principle of protection. Is
pledged to revision. Mr. Bryan re
jects the protective principle and offers
a fresh remedy every morning
The country approves the Roosevelt
policies. Mr. Taft is pledged to the
continuance of them. Mr. Bryan
claims to be heir to them and spends
his time in denouncing them. Mr.
Taft and the republicans promise to
alter and modify party policies to meet
changed conditions, but they do not
reverse their policies. Mr. Bryan and
Bryanlsm democracy change policies
as the yrlnds change and spit upon
party traditions. The republicans aim
to accomplish eventualities. The dem
ocrats confine their efforts to expound
ing theories. Mr. Taft's program U
definite and specific. Mr. Bryan's
plan is pleasingly worded, but consists
of vague generalities. Two recent
contributions to the political literature
of the day clearly emphasize the differ
ence between the two parties. One Is
from Mr. Taft's letter of acceptance,
the other from Mr. Hearst's letter to
the California democrats. In his let
ter Mr. Taft said:
Th chief function of the next adminis
tration. In my judgment, Is distinct from
and a progressive development of that
which ha been performed by President
Roosevcdt. The chief function of the next
administration Is to complete and perfect
the machinery by which these standards
may be maintained, by which the law
breakers, may be prompt))- restrained and
punished, but which shall operate with
by which the hl'i level of business Integ
fere with legitimate business as little as
possible. - '
The practical construct Ire and difficult
work, therefore, of those who follow Mr.
Roonevelt la to devise tho ways and meana
by which tho high level of business Integ
rity and obedience to law which he has
established may be maintained and de
partures from It restrained without undue
Interference with legitimate business.
In a letter to the Democratic club of
San Kranclaco Mr. Hearst said:
You Imply, furthermore, that you are
democrats, and I cannot help wondering
what kind of democrats you think you
are. Are you 1IS2 democrats, or 1898
democrats, or 1900 democrats, or 1904
democrats, or 190S democrats? Ate you
Cleveland democrats, believing In the
tariff reform that we didn't get, ami the
military suppression of labor unions that
wa did get? Are you Parkrr democrats,
supporting the trusts if they contribute
and opposing them if they don't? Are you
Bryan democrats, believing in free silver
sometimes and In government ownership
aumetimes. and In the Initiative and the
referendum sometimes? And If you are
Bryan democrats and believe In these
things, do you also believe In a Bryan
platform that contains none of these
things?
There la no democratic party. There Is
only a Bryan party, and the followers of
that party don't know when they go to
bed at night what they will be called upon
to believe when they wake up In the
morning.
The people demand a calm continua
tion of the Rooaevelt policies. No
waverera are wantod at this stage of
cur national life. Intelligent voters
will have little difficulty in deriding
which party will best carry out those
policies.
1Ht CCBJtt EXPtHWKM.
In preparing for the evacuation of
Cuba by the second American army of
occupation some time in the first
month of next year, It has been neces
sary to have a balancing of the books
and the work haa revealed a peculiar
condition in the fiscal affairs of the
Island. When the American army was
recalled to Cuba a couple of years ago
much prominence waa given to the re
port that the Cuban treasury had a
aurplus of some millions of dollars.
Now comes the report that there la a
deficit of 9.600,000 in the year's fiscal
receipts, and the discontented demo
crats in tho United States and In Cuba
are charging the administration at
Washington with the responsibility for
this financial loss.
Like most democratic claims, this
charge will not bear teat by records.
The surplus which apparemly existed
in the Cuban treasury two years ago
had a war claim charge agalnat it.
Thla has been paid and when the real
facta are brought to light it appear!
that the Cuban treasury Is richer by
about 13.000,000 than it was when the
troops were sent back to the island to
restore order after the collapse of the
Talma government.
The real cause for grumbling is the
expense that has been saddled upon the
American government by the second oc
cupation of Cuba. It ia estimated that
the coat of transporting troop to
Cuba, their pay while then aud the
expense of bringing them back to the
I'nlted (Hates will amount to about
15,000.000. It was generally under
stood. If not expressly stipulated, that
this expense should be borne by the
Cuban government, but conditions on
the Island now evidently make such
payment Impossible and Uncle Sam will
be called niton to charge the amount
to profit and loss. This government
has expended something like $7o0,000
for permanent barracks and fortifica
tions In Cuba and the new government
will be required to return that amount,
but there is no ultimate probability
that the balance of the cost of Cuban
intervention will be reimbursed to the
I'nlted States. An attempt to require
it would simply cripple the financial
resources of the island and perhaps
hasten the next insurrection, which the
administration forces are anxious to
avoid.
The amount Is not small, It is true,
but Its payment by the United States
will be classed as a bargain If it. re
sults In the eitablishmcnt of a stable
government in Cuba and the release of
this country from the unwilling, but
Unpvoiilablp, obligation it Incurred
when It undertook to stand aa sponsor
of civilisation and good order In Cuba
at the close of the Spanish-American
war.
MKXirjys err 7Ht: .vav.
Some Idea of the size of old Mexico
and the Isolation of the country may
be gained from a report of the repub
lic's Geographical commission showing
that there are 7,679 villages in the
country which have never yet appeared
on the maps and which have not
recognized the government by the pay
ment of taxes or the receipt of re
wards. There Is wide field for speculation
as to what these Mexlcana have missed
as a result of their Isolation. Civiliza
tion haa marched by without disturb
ing them, and, while they have lost
much in the way of enlightenment and
pleasures that come with education
and the closer Intercourse among
neighbors, they have also missed much
that has not helped the world any.
They never heard of the Harry Thaw
case. They do not know whether Lil
lian Russell has been married once or
at all, and have not kept track of Nat
Goodwin'a divorce suits. They do not
know how near Mr. Bryan came to
having Mexican money established aa
the currency of the United States and
they never heard of Harry Lehr and
the Newport monkey dinners. Dr.
Paikhurat, Anthony Comstock and
Chancellor Day are unknown names to
them, and they would not know a
Merry Widow hat from a 1907 auto
mobile. All their laws are of the un
written variety, and they have no po
lice commissions nor Lexow commit
tees. They would not know a para
mount Issue If they met It on the road,
and they know little and, care less
about the outside world with its wars,
worries and other forms of politics.
This peculiar condition ia not sur
prising to those at all familiar with
Mexico. Several of the states of the
republic have o.ly a single line of
railway connecting the capital with
the outside world and some of them
have none at all. Lower California, as
large as the state of Nebraska, haa no
railway and the statea of Sonora, Sin
aloa and the territory of Teplc, with
an aggregate area Of 125,000 square
miles, have but 400 miles of railroads
and those are along the coast. Along
the northern border of Mexico Is a
strip of land 300 miles wide and 600
miles long that ia entirely without
railway facilities.
The Isolated people are for the most
part descendants of the aboriginal
races and in many cases retain their
tribal relations and government. They
supply themselves with food and cloth
ing as best they may. Those ambitious
enough to build homes do so from the
timber at hand, while the more shift
less dwell In the open In fair weather,
and In dry caves when the rainy aeason
Is on. Ignorant of most matters that
concern the rest of tho world aud in
different on the others. It la something
of a question whether they are to be
pitied or envied.
A JfBU' SLA VERT ABOLISHED.
Credit must go to the legislature of
Georgia for the abolition, at the spe
cial session Just closed, of the convict
leasing B.vstem, which baa been a
standing disgrace to the state for more
than forty years. The horrors of the
Georgia convict camps have been told
and retold many times, and deter
mined efforts have been made to have
the system abolished, but its bene
ficiaries bad built up political connec
tions that made them a power hard to
overcome.
Under the convict leasing system,
which affected few but negroes a
slavery existed, which was much more
Inhuman than that which existed be
fore the civil war. In the ante-bellum
days the commercial value of the alave
guaranteed at least fair protection for
his person and substantial food. Un
der the roiiviet leasing system the con
tractors abused their prisoners unmer
cifully and fed them on refuse. It
was a mercenary proposition solely. In
the hearings b"foro the legislature, one
'broker" testified that he had made a
profit of I1S0.00O by bubletttng the
servliea of 600 negro convicts for a
term of years and evidence was pro
duced to nhow that mativ fortunes
have been built up on th'a form of
slave traffic. The abolition of the sys
tem, If tardy, reflects credit upon the
state of Georgia and the citizens who
have fought so long lor this humane
measure.
Tiie demo-pops want to go back to
elective precinct assessors in Ne
braska. We had elective ' precinct as
sessors when the state house waa in
control of the dtnio-pops. and that
was Just the period of the most un
satisfactory conditions of assessment
and taxation. The people at present
elect their county assessors in Ne
braska and every one will agree that
a vast Improvement has been effected
by the county assessor system.
ma ke ovh visitors feel at home.
The annual Ak-Sar-Ben carnival
season Is upon tia and all loyal citizens
of Omaha should do their full share
toward making it an unprecedented
success.
With the railroads granting excur
sion rates, the number of out-of-town
visitors this year. ought to be greater
than in previous years, particularly in
view of the fact that crop conditions
are unusually good, fully wsrrantlng
those who live on the farm, or In the
country town or village. In taking a
few days off for this purpose.
What has made a hit for Ak-Sar-Ben
from its beginning has been the
cordial welcome given to out-of-town
guests by the people of Omaha. All
we have to do to maintain this recip
rocal good feeling Is to live up to our
reputation for hospitality.
The thing to do Is to make the
stranger within our gatea feel at home,
so that when he leaves he will be re
luctant to go and will want to come
back at the first opportunity.
The factor of good fellowship Is es
sential to the success of the Ak-Sar-Ben
demonstration. Omaha must be
a good fellow individually and collec
tively for all Its visitors during the
coming week.
"Mr. Bryan." says the New York
World, "can not go through this cam
paign with the faintest odor of Stand
ard Oil clinging to the democratic or
ganization." Mr. Bryan will be unable
to go through the campaign In any
other way. You may change national
democratic treasurers as you will, but
Standard Oil odor will cling to It still.
The Nebraska populist state plat
form asks the populists to support
Bryan as "the best representative of
populist principles." This will make
an awful hit In the east, where Mr.
Bryan Is trying to make voters believe
that although once inoculated with the
virus of populism, it didn't take.
The check book campaign is going
merrily on In the Third Nebraska dis
trict. But because the (heck hook
got the scalp of Edgar Howard Is no
sure sign that it will capture the
trophy in the November tournament.
It is not to be expected that the
republican campaign managera can do
anything to help along republican suc
cess in the coming election and at the
same time please the democratic fault
finders. ' '""
If the comparative statements of
the, hanks, reflect business conditions,
Omaha will easily a hold Its own with
any city in the -country on a show
down of commercial activity.
Colonel Bryan intimates that he
does not believe the charges against
Governor Ha6kelL Then why did he
fire him from his job as treasurer of
the Bryan committee?
A Sobering; Present.
Washington 1'ost.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox says no man be
comes really serious until he haa passed the
age of !ta. Tossibly Klla haa never . seen
a married man who was presented with
twins before he was 15.
Tricks mt Maar Tradea.
New York World.
America makes Irish blackthorn aticka to
be sold In Ireland. Why not? It makes
Cheshire cheese to 'be labelled In Liver
pool and sent back, French wlnea to be
bottled In France and Hindoo gods for
Asian consumption.
I aaolled br Oil.
Washington Herald.
Tf It were legal for women to hold the
office of president In this glorious republic.
we haven t any douht that Mlaa Ida Tar be 11
would sweep every state from Washington
to Florida and from Maine to California,
If nominated forthwith.
EatpbaalalaK a Lesson.
Minneapolis Journal.
The point to be observed Is that Senator
Foraker could fight an administration as
powerful aa that of Mr. Roosevelt and sur
vive. But he could not be Involved with
Standard Oil and survive. A few years age
It would have been more dangerous to be
at the ina and outs with a pmeldent than
to be at Ins and outs with a great trust,
but times and standards have changed, as
all aspiring statesmen should observe.
THE FEER LESS PANHANDLER.
Oklakaaaa Haakell and His Talatea
Doaath Bag.
Indianapolis News.
Mr. Haakell, treaaurer of tha democratic
national committee, seems to think that
the queation of his connection with the
Standard Oil company la simply one of
veracity between himself and Mr. Hearst.
Unfortunately for htm, that Is not the
case. 'The cliarg. waa made, not by
Hearst, but by Frank 8. Monnett, In an
affidavit read by Mr. Hearat. The Issue,
then, la one between Haskell and Monnett.
Monnett haa done all he could to exculpate
Ills friend, but Ids affidavit stands. The
charge, therefore. Is the charge of Monnett
lather than that of Hearst. It has been
explained by both men that there was an
other Haskell and that he was the guilty
man. But the other, man denlea that he
ever had any relations with the Standard
and Ms denial ia entitled to at leaat as
much credit aa Is that of Treasurer Has
kell. Further than this, there has been
no denial by the latter gentleman, as far
aa we have seen, ot .he charge that he In
terfered with the efforts of the attorney
general of Oklahoma to put a aubaldiary
company of the Htandard out of busineaa
In Oklahoma. We say, therefore, that
though the case la not aa conclusive aa
that agalnat Foraker-rfur Foraker admits,
while llaskeil denlea It Is, nevertheless,
formidable. Haskell haa been spoken of aa
one who belongei to the "old Hi Ice crowd '
in Ohio, and everyone knows what that
crowd was. A J far as' we can ace, the only
man who can clear Haakell la Mr. My
nett, and even his evIUence would be that
uf a political friend mihI associate. We
doubt whether In the heat of a campaign
Mr. Haskell's Innocence could be so com
pletely established aa .to disarm I lie sus
picions of the people. . '
ON rRK.SIDKMi M. FIRINC, I.I E.
Mr. Taft's Clear fat les na faart
Injaaetlens
Chicago News (Ind.i.
Willi nothing to excuse sik1 nothing to
conceal, according to hid c .lew of his
record on mattera affecting trade unions.
Mr. Taft aska the support ot trade union
voters. He asks their support slso on the
record of the republican party and on the
record of Mr. Bryan and his party. That was
the substance of Mr. Taft's speech to rail
road employes In Chicago last evening.
Mr. Taft has done the wise snd coura
geous thing In laying bsre his labor record,
as he regards It. I-et Mr. Bryan. Mr.
Oompers and others who represent the
opposition In these respects show where
Mr. Taft has failed to be candid. If he has
failed. In so doing they should concede
that Mr. Taft while on the federal bench
developed certain Important points which
are Of no little benefit to trade unionists.
They should also concede that Mr. Taft's
decision In the Addystooy case made clear,
as that candidate aays, that the Injunction
is useful In keeping lawless capitalists
wltliln the lnw.
As to court action In secondary contempt
cases, Mr. Tsft Is outspoken enough to sat
isfy both his friends and his enemies, lit
says:
The provision In the democratic platform
that a trial by jury shall be allowed In all
casea In which a charge of contempt Is
made for violation of the orders of tlie
court outside of the presence of the Judge
would greatly weaken the power of the
court. To Introduce a Jury trial between a
final order and Its enforcement and between
the routine orders bringing witnesses and
Jurors into court would so hamper the ad
ministration of justice as to make the
courts a laughing stock.
It may he popular to suggest sucn a
change. It may attract the support and ap
proval of thoae who do not understand its
real effect, but so long as I have power
of expression, and without regard to how
it may affect me politically, I shall lift
my voice In protest aaalnst such a de
structive step In our Judicial procedure.
Let Mr. Bryan and Mr. Gompers get
such satisfaction as tftey rsn out of these
blunt words.
Brran'a Blunder.
Minneapolis Journal, (rep.)
Reaumably Mr. Bryan did it unwittingly,
but he did It Juat the same, when he gave
the president such a fine opening .to enter
the campaign.
It must have occurred to him, as It did
to the rest of the country, that the presi
dent's letter to some far-off obscurity In
Montana, recommending Mr. Taft for pres
ident, was a nice enough letter, but that It
did not fall on the land like a torch on a
dry prairie. The reason was that the oc
casion seemed manufactured. Now Mr.
Bryan has given the president an occasion
that Is not manufactured, and. with his
usual political acumen, the president step
ped right up and turned: around but is
not likely to go right out again. On the
contrary, he will stay to be a thorn In Mr.
Bryan's side.
Mr. Bryan has made a tactical mistake
In calling Mr. Rooaevelt Into the campaign,
because Mr. Bryan's chance of election de
pends entirely upon his ability to detach
a number of Roosevelt republicans In the
west from the standard of Mr. Taft, on
the theory that Mr. Bryan more nearly
represents Mr. Roosevelt's policies than
the president's own party candidate. Un
doubtedly there were, In the early stages
of the campaign, thousands of such repub
licans. It was their existence and attitude
that caused the republican campaign to
move upon leaden heels. The same cause
made the democratic campaign move for
ward with a swing and pace that gave re
publicans the shivers. About all Mr. Bryan
had to do waa to soothe the president, tele
pathleally, and the trick might have been
turned. . c . . r
But Mr. Bryan either did not sense the
situation, or else, sensing It, could not
control his yearnings to get Into a personal
combat with the president. A generous
hearted man, Mr. Bryan flew to tho de
fense of the Ignoble Governor Haskell,
whom he had been deceived Into recom
mending for treasurer. It was to the credit
of Mr. Bryan's heart that he felt he should
defend Governor Haskell. It was not to the
credit of his head that he did not sec
further Into Governor Haskell from the
first. The man is a specious dem
agogue of the type that any man
with a handful of wits would have
spotted at .the second encounter. But,
having appointed htm, Mr. Bryan defended
him: and, in defending him, has made the
unparalleled blunurier of opening the door
for President Bxiosevelt's entrance Into
the campaign.
Thoae Standard Letter.
Brooklyn Eagle (ind. dem.).
Tlie Standard Oil letters are frank to
bluntness, not to say candor. They wanted
bills beaten, suits discontinued, enemies de
nied renomlnation. friends favored. They
hired men to do this, It was done, and they
paid the men money. The defense of For
aker la that he was, Is, and yet continues
to be a lawyer, while he Incidentally was a
governor, and still Incidentally Is a sen
ator. Lawyeia and laymen may divide pn
that defense, but laymen are effective at
the polls, and lawyers in only some courts.
The declaration of the company and the de
fense of Foraker sre the same as to facts
and amounts, but the Standard Is not run
ning for office. The amounts contributed
and acknowledged seem large to laymen.
but that is not material to the principle
Involved. If any principle at all Is Involved.
The Standard doea not lack money. Mr.
Foraker did not fall to get some of It. Mr.
Monnett esys he refused 100,000 of It. Pres
ident Roosevelt admits that he waa urged
by Congressman Sibley of Pennsylvania to
let up on the Standard, but refused to do
so. This Sibley denies just after Hearat
shakes out a letter from 8lbley confessing
his approach to Roosevelt! We really fear
that Mr. Rooaevelt took an Impish pleasure
in smashing Sibley with Sibley.
Mo Compromise.
Baltimore Sun (dem.).
Just eighty years ago one of the greatest
vt American statesmen and patriots, then
a candidate for pres'dent, sent for Serjitor
Preston of Bouthi Carolina to consult with
him upon a speech he proposed to make In
the senate. Senator Preston suggested
some doubt s to the effect such a speech
would have upon his candidacy. The reply
was, "I did not send for you to ask what
might be the effect cf the proposed move
ment cn my prospects, but whether It was
right. I had rather be right than be prcsl.
dent." That saying has for more than
three-quarters of a century boe a house
hold saying in thla land. Is the saying of
Ju'ge Taft, "I don't care for the ureal
der.cy If It haa to come by compromise In
a matter of principle." any less noble, any
less courageous, any less patriotic?
Tbe Kama Bryan.
Boston Herald (rep.).
The Nebraska populists are unable to
discover any change In Bryan. He is at 111
enough of a populist for them. They have
listened to his speeches during the last
twelve years, they have read his Com
moner every week, and they are atlll of
the opinion that he ia the one true apostle
of their faith. The Indorsement of Mr.
Bryar. by the Nebraska populists' state
convention sh'-uld be respected-as a warn
ing. Oae Ksnerieaee Knaugb.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Thus far Mr. Ilarriman seems in Imve
been able to keep Iron) writing lettera that
were not burned,
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J. L. Brandeis
AT THK CLOSE OF
IlKSOl KCKS
Loans and Discounts $43tl.29S.6H
Bcmds, Warrants. Etc. $231,174.87
Cash and Exchange. .$178,462.37
$SGo,935.90
GROWTH OF DEPOSITS
FEBRUARY 28, 100S 9015,1)12.03
May 14, 1908 $655,457.39
August 20, 1908 $706,339.12
September 23, 1908 $756,127.30
Arthur D. Brandeis, President
John L. Kennedy, Vice President
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AMEK1CA HUMILIATED.
Painful Revelations af the Arehbold
Foraker Lettera.
Wall Street Journal.
The Archbold-Foraker correspondence
which has Just been made public Is from
every point of view a painful dlscloaure
and humiliating to all Americans. Although
Foraker haa been one of the leaders of tho
reactionary , forces In the United States
senate and has steadily opposed the pro
gress of greet reforms, yet he has Inspired
respect by reason of his courage, his ability
snd his eloquence. He Is one of the most
brilliant men In American politics. It la a
shock, therefore, to have the proof laid
plainly before us that Mr. Foraker has been
so far forgetful of his dignity of his high of
fice ss to receive retainers from the Stand
ard Oil Co.. and to act as Its representative
In relation to matters of legislation pend
ing before the Ohio legislature. Even put
ting the most favorable construction upon
this Incident. It leaves a taint upon Senator
Foraker's reputation that cannot be wiped
out. That It ends his political career there
can be no doubt.
But eqally painful Is the revelation of
methods which have been employed by
the Standard Oil Co. for the defeat of
legislation to which It was opposed. There
could be no criticism of this company If
It had used Ita own staff of attorneys to
reprefent It before the legislature of Ohio.
But to employ a United States senator for
this purpose, snd this United Statea sena
tor one of the two leaders ot the dominant
party 1n the government of Ohio. Is quite
another thing.
The day haa passed when such methods
as these can be employed by any corpor
ation, either for the securing of law or the
securing of Immunity from law.
PERSONAL. NOTES.
A Chicago concern that had sold a million
and a quarter In atock, Uim going Into the
hands of a receiver, was found to have on
liand la) In real money. Probably this was
due to an awkward oversight on the part of
the management.
John W. Ott. of Lawrenceburg, Ind.. be
coming excited In a game of seven up by
catching his partner's Jack, struck the table:
so hard that he broke the middle finger
of his right hand, from which Injury blood
poisoning has resulted, and his life Is In
danger.
The? will of John W. Farwell, pioneer
merchant and philanthropist of Chicago,
disposes of an estate of 11.775,000 equally
among his five children. The Moody Blblo
Institute, In which Mr. Farwell took a
deep Interest, receiving an annuity of J 2, (WO
for ten years.
A guest of the Taft family who observed
things, noted that William Howard likes
hot roles for breakfast "the ilnd that rises
three Inches -In the pan, browned lop and
bottom, that can bu pulled apart like sheets
of snow white felt. Plenty of butter or
ham gravy." Yum, yum!
Daniel Guggenheim, head of the family
of mining capitalists, has sold for 1175,000
his dwelling house. No. 12 West Fifty-fourth
street. New York City, to F. W. White,
president of the Mutual Chemical Works.
Guggenheim's home was separated by one
house from that of John D. Rockefeller.
Dr. II. W. Wiley, chief of the Bureau of
Chemistry, Agrioultural department, has re
ceived notices of his election aa honorary
member of the Physlco-Chemlcal academy
of Italy for his services to science and hu
manity. He haa also been awarded the
medal of the first class by the same aca
demy. The suggestion comes from the suggestive
state ot Oregon that mankind huddled In
cities would save oodlea of money by ap
pointing ssy two lawyers for each 10.000 In
habitants, to whom all litigation would be
submitted, and who would be paid out of
the public treasury. All other lawyers and
near-lawyers would have to work. Tne
suggestion Is too appalling for comment,
and must have sprung from a brain devoid
of respect for '"the science of jurispru
dence." Rock
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IlUSINKSS SEPT. 23, l!Hs
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Capital $luo,otKi.O"
Surplus and Profits.. $ 7, $08.60
Deposits $758, 127.30
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KDISWV (iLUWINU I'ROPIIKIV,
Wimard ;ltra Another Dash of Color
to the Rainbow of Hone.
I'lttsburg Dispatch.
Thomas A. Kdlson'i forecast of the fu
ture of nerial navigation lacks nothing In
quality ot optimism. . Within five years,
according to Mr. I-Mison. we will be able
to get Into th(v9 p. m. flyer In Now York
and arrive in Paris for a lute lunch the
next afternoon. Also a forty-hour trip to
the north pole will be welcome alleviation
of tho heated term.
As the speed which Mr. lidison is reported
to predict for airships is double that of the
most savage hurricane It IS ex pin-ted that
the aviation of the future will outfly the
winds. Also, as this is to be achieved not
by aeroplanes of the Wright brothers' type,
nor by dirigible balloons, such as Zeppelin
guides, but by the automatic nctioti of
principles yet to be discovered, it Is evident
that the progress of Invention must ant'ei
pate the swiftness of the things to br In
vented. All of which will bn interesting and de
lightful when Mr. Kdlson's sanguine proph
ecies are realized. Nevertheless, It occurs
to the disinterested observer that Mr. Edi
son cannot permit revolutionary changes to
fully eventuate before he rompletes our
long-advertised change. The WO-mlle-an
hour flyer should not draw off his attentlor
from the introduction to the public of that
much-promised storage battery which Is to
place the smokeless and deodorised auto
mobile within the means of quits ordinary
people. PASS1U IM.KAS ANTHIKS.
Foreign Visitor Mrs. Vidders. mn d
woman marry her deceased husband i
brother In this country?
Mrs. Vidders Yes, she can If she chooses,
hut she seldcm does. She generally know!
him too well. Ilulllinore American.
"A politician mu.t know a great den I,
miiHin t he'.'" said Httle Hollo.
"Yes, my aon. He must know far moje
as a rule, than he dares let on about I:
the public," Washington Star.
They were looking up at the latest i-ky-scraper.
"Hut whar :ire those things stick
lug out from tho sides?" asked the unstai.
friend.
"Those? Oh, those are mile pi.ts!". an
swered the New Yorker. J mis'".
Inquiring Friend You' ve given up huos?
How did you ever summon up enough
fortitude and self-denial in ilo that'.'
Hudger I paid a high priced doctor KS to
tell me what was the mutter wiih nte, and
that was his sole prescription. By George,
I couldn't afford to waste all that monej :
Chicago Tribune.
"John, you had in look out for vourn K
ever since yen were eighteen, didn't you'."'
"Yes, dear; hut I wasn't a success tl t '
"Did you make any bad breaK?"
"1 got married. "-"-Houston I'ost.
1SOUODV HIT FATHER.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Nobody knows the money It takes
To keep the home together;
Nobody knows of tlie uebt it muke--
Nobody knows but father.
Nobody's told thai the hoys need shoes
And the girls' hats with a leather;
Nobody elae old clothes must i house--
Nobody but father.
Nobody hears thai tlie coal and wood
And flour's nut together:
Nobody else must make them good -
Nobody only lather.
Nobody's hand In the pocket goc
Ho often, wondering whether
There's sny end to the wants uf those
Dependent only father.
Nobody thinks where the money will cm
To pay the bills that gather;
Nobody feels so blue and glum
Nobody only father.
Nobody trlea so hard to ly
I'p something for bad weather,
And runs behind, do what he may
Nobody only father.
Nobody comes from the world's cru
storm
To meet dear ones who gather
Around with loving welcome warm
Nobody does but father.
Nobody knows of the home life pure.
Watched over by a mother.
Where rest and bliss are all secure.
Nobody can but father.
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