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Till-; OMAHA DA II A IJKU: TL'KSDAV. SKlTK.MltKH -'!. Ismh. Tim Omaha Daily Bri foi'ndf.d nr l'.invAHD huskwaili: VICTOR ROiiUWATl.R. LHITOn. Kni'trA at Omaha pusioffn e . lim matter. ,u second- TERMS OF flfBavniPTlON: Mally Pe- (without Buiiany. "" y"nr- inn Dally Bee and Sunday, o'.e year w DKUVEHLD CARRHCH. rlly F' tn liifltnar Sunday i. per W,N',: l ally Re, .without fun-lay.. V r 'rrwo;w sc Lvenlng Hee (Without rutid.i. rw Keening Bee (with flund.iyi. fr T.eeK..;i.c Rjnday one year J'jJ. taturday B. r.e var W.'.iiVitV-a Address all complaints of 'r.rcpu'"'', rt ib aelivery to Cily Circulation Uepaitmc r.t. OFFICES. Omaha-The Bee Bui'ding outh Omaha-fwenTj-fmirth and c Council Bluff -1S Bc.rtt tUrr!ir, Chlcsgo-IM Marnu-tte R''" "'., ,V(1,t New York-Rooms 1!01-!V:. No- 31 " c" T irty-thlrd Str't. N W. Wahlngton-72S Fourteenth Street. M- CORRESPONDENCE Communications rMstlng to "ee: .flltorial matter sliouM .nt Omaha Bee. Krtltorlal Department. UEMITTAP.ct.is TUmlt bv flraft PJ"h T'o or"r. rarble to The 'JlrVay.r.ont of Or It 2-cent stamps received pl PJ rn mall accounts. Peraonal check, c , TirrMENT OF CIRCULATION. George B. Tsschuck. rf"uV,n auy B?.e Publishing f";., dumber eJ sworn, -are that the uf' T8 pRiy, foil ami L"mPlte copJ or Bee printed Morning-.. Evening '"oa. waa a during toe momu follows: "I a t 4aaa.a 10. 11. M,1N S6.840 M.MO 5,T0 35,70 as, too 9470 W.TM 833 6,410 to II I..., S,01 )t iMao t4 ,070 II M,70 1 15,000 Tnflll Less unsold and returned copl Net total Dally average 3.4M 30.110 S8.070 BS.I90 SS.BSO S0.070 XB.400 30.850 30,040 .10,140 30,010 so,eao 30,400 30,000 30,180 ....l.llT.OOO is.. ,.1,105,454 ,. 36,088 nnrnns R. TZPCHUCK. Treaaumr. Subscribed In my "n "YioY before me thla lat day of P?-"B' (Seal) ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Public. wBEir out or town. Sabaertbcra laaTtac the. elty tan. .orarllr owl Taa Be. culled ta taeae. AreatU be ckiat a oftew raejneateel. There is no Mr. Toft 'enemy'" country" for Notice the liquid notes In Septem ber' swan song? King Ak-Sar-Ben Is entitled to the tenter of the stage. In certain sections of the country they refer to him as "VV. R. Hoist." TAFT TO t'RMAGJMS V. One of the most oflortlve speeihes made by Mr. Taft in his tour of the west dellvereri to the represon- tative of the railroad brotherhoods at Chicago. The speech was typical of the man and his methods. He did not appear before the workmen with any hesitation, any apology or any mincing phrases, but talked to them with ruKedly honest, courageous words. He made no apology for what he had done and no promise to do otherwise than he has done. He reviewed the de cisions made by hint on the bench and declared that he had rendered those decisions in the light of law, reason and the evidence. Referring to the democratic proposition for a jury trial in all cases of contempt of court not committed In the Judicial presence, Mr. Taft said: It may he popular to euggeat mu !i a rhungo. it may Attract the support and approval of those who ilo not understand Its renl effect; but so lung as I have power of expression, and without regard to how It may affect me politically, t shall lift my voice In protest against such a destruc tive step in our judicial procedure. The speech was In entire keeping with the courage and sincerity of the speaker and drew hearty applause from the men to whom he spoke, who as good American citizens despise politi cians who merely truckle and flatter for their votes. He made it plain that a judge is bound by the law and the evi dence rather than by the w ishes of poli ticians, litigants or special Interests, either of labor or capital. Perhaps the most effective part of Mr. Taft's address to the railroad men is his reference to cases which he had decided in favor of union labor. Mr. Bryan and the self-appointed labor leaders who have been trying and promising to "deliver" the labor vote to the democratic ticket, have been at pains to conceal all of Mr. Taft's judi cial record, except what might be warped or twisted Into an apparent op position td the rights of labor. Mr. Taft's exposure of this manipulation of the records turned the light on the insincerity and unfairness of the labor leaders retained for Mr. Bryan. Mr. Taft can afford to be judged on his record by any Impartial jury of in telligent workingmen. I congrrs of physlcUns produces' real J 'he big trusts and corporate combines advance In present methods repression and cure. for IM There are red letter days In the cam paign and also some redhot letter days. Wonder If Ak-Sar-Ben has done any thing calculated to miff the weather roan? A little less than three months left in which to do your Christmas shopping. Mr Bryan is recovering from his pre-election e-nthuslasm for a man named Roosevelt. Both parties apparently agree that the Standard Oil company is one of the wickedest of trusts. Mr. Bryan is demonstrating the dif ference between being an heir apparent and an air apparent. In, addition to being very aciive in politics, Mr. Hearst is also establishing a reputation as being a man of letters. Governor Haskell Is referred to as a bold partisan." Yes, he even ap pears to have been an Archbold partisan. "The republicans are on the run," shouts Colonel Watterson. Yes. with the democrats a poor second in the race. The wise politician will burn up any letters ho has from the Standard Oil company enclosing checks for $30,000 or more. Tom Taggart is maintaining a dis creet silence. He Is doubtless going through his desk to see If he burned all those letters. Senator Bailey says he has been vindicated by those Standard oil let ters. The senator is easily convinced of bis Innocence. rEMLUVH POLITICAL ACBOBATICS. The demo-pop candidate for gov ernor In Nebraska Is attempting to per form a marvelous feat of perilous po litical acrobatics. He Is trying to make a race astride at least three horses pulling In three different direc tions. Candidate Shallenberger secured preference for nomination because he possessed the democratic qualification of previous defeat. When he ran be fore he had Mr. Bryan's personal en dorsement, commending him because "he favored government ownership of railroads before I did," but none of his platforms this year say anything about government ownership of railroads. In anticipation of a primary fight Candidate Shallenberger projected a personal platform by the open letter route on which he nsked support, in cluding as one of the main Items the Initiative and referendum. The dem ocratic platform framers forgot to put the Initiative and referendum Into their declaration of principles, although it has found Its way into the populist j propaganda. As a populist Candidate Shallenberger is for the initiative and referendum, but as a democrat, abiding by the rule that a platform is as bind ing for what it omits as for what it contains, he Is against the initiative and referendum. i Another hurdle over which Candi date Shallenberger will have to turn a somersault is made up of the popu list platform pledge of county option. As the populist candidate Mr. Shallen berger must be for county option, but as the democratic candidate, bound by its omission from the democratic plat form, he must be against it. Candidate Shallenberger is thus in the uncomfortable position of pretend ing to be for and against these several positive propositions at one and the same time, and being under the un escapable necessity of appealing for support from two classes of voters with the fixed intention of fooling one class or the other. The only question is whether the voters will stand to be fooled after election or will protect themselves at the election by giving him no chance to trick them. Mr.. Bryan says he did not. know he wag running against Roosevelt. He found out. however, when he ran up against Roosevelt. "The Devil" i to make a tour of the west. There is a man down in Oklahoma who has been playing the democratic version of it. A AEir CUy&VMPTl" (ITtf. One of -the most interesting an nouncements from the tuberculosis congress at Washington is the state ment of Surgeon Wright of the United States navy that he and other mem bers of his corps have for some time been experimenting with mercury as a specific for tuberculosis with mar velous results. Surgeon Wright has been particularly cautious about mak ing claims for his specific, but the re sults of tests made by him and his staff have convinced many prominent physicians in the congress that a dis covery has been made which will bo of lasting value to the world. In one case reported by Surgeon Wright, a naval officer supposed to be dying of .tuberculosis, with one lung wholly Infected and the other partially so, was given the mercury treatment. Within a few weeks he had entirely re covered and ha9 since passed a severe physical test for promotion in the service. The new treatment, it la stated, is not iliffeiept from the usual methods used In othr diseases, where anti-toxins are employed.- the great The World-llerald pretends to hivejygiue of the discovery being the ease discovered a Roosevelt republican who j with wbl'h any physician may ad will voto for Bryan, but who l:ide his ! minister it and the quicknes of its nnTAXs taisted assuliatls While morality has been the key note of all of Mr. Bryan's lectures and of most of his political speeches for years, the record shows that he has not been assiduous in practicing what he preaches; while his voice has been championing the moral uplift of the people In both public and private life, personally he has not hesitated to form alliances with some of the most unde sirable citizens for the advancement of his political hopes. The recent ex posures of the close connection be tween the Standard Oil trust and the inner councils of the democratic na tional committee have served to recall other alliances made by Mr. Bryan In his choice of political associates and confidantes. In the Illinois fights for the last eight years, Mr. Bryan has been Identified with the Roger Sullivan democrats. True, he defied and denounced Sullivan at the St. Louis convention in 1904, but Sullivan was at that time working for Judge Parker's nomination. Bryan declared that Sullivan was a corpor ation creature, the tool of the big in terests and insisted that he could not and would not accept any endorsement from a convention or committee that, had endorsed Sullivan. This year Sullivan is one of his close political advisers and director of the demo cratic destinies in Illinois, with Mr. Bryan's expressed approval and con sent. In New York Mr. Bryan's political fortunes are indissolubly linked with "Fingy" Connors, "Charley" Murphy, "Pat" McCarren, the New York rep resentative of the Standard Oil trust, August Belmont. T. Fortune Ryan and the entire clique of trust officials and race track promoters, who have been waging such bitter fight on the re forms urged by Governor Hughes and the republican state administrations. These interests, through T. Fortune Ryan and W. F. Sheehan, sent $20,000 to Nebraska in 1904 to aid Mr. Bryan's candidacy for the United States senate. Mr. Bryan has struck hands with these and other devoted servants of the Standard oil Interests In New York and has joined Lieutenant Governor Chan ler in an assault upon state regulation of railroads, although everywhere else he demands more government reg ulation than ever. In Pennsylvania, Colonel Guffey. the recognized leader of the democrats and representative of the Standard oil In terests and donor of the stained glass window in Mr. Bryan's home, was read out of the democratic party by Bryan at the Denver convention, but he is back again and the fight against him has been stopped at Mr. Bryan's di rection. In Indiana. Mr. Bryan places his trust in Tom Taggart, proprietor of the gambling joint at French Lick Springs and best client of Mr. Kern, the Bryan running mate. Taggart frequently meets Mr. Bryan at Chi cago and other places outside of In diana for close political conferences and he also figured in the transfer of that $20,000 boodle bag to the Ne braska democrats In 1904. Mr. Tag gart has been denounced by Mr. Bryan for public consumption only. In Missouri, Mr. Bryan's closest polit ical associates ore Harry Hawes, Ed ward Butler and Moses C. Wetmore. and other leaders of perhaps the most corrupt and notorious political machine ever organized. Mr. Bryan has done his best to minimize the Influence of Governor Folk In the democratic poli tics of Missouri, where Folk has made some record of practicing what Mr. Bryan preaches. In Texas, Senator Bailey, wearing a beautiful coat of whitewash, which covers up the Standard oil spots, is Mr. Bryan's adviser and In Oklahoma. Gov ernor Haskell, who has not yet re ceived his whitewash, was Mr. Bryan's direct representative on the platform committee at Denver and his personal choice for treasurer of the national committee. In Kentucky, Mr. Bryan championed Gotbelism and made a de termined effort to continue that system by trying to force the democrats to elect Governor Beckham to the United Slates senate. In view of the record, it is not sur prising that in Nebraska Mr. Bryan makes Jim" Dahlman his closest poli tical chum. The surprise Is that he still has the temerity to continue his de mands for the moral regeneration of political parties. It might direct a little of Its attention to the attorney for the Pullman com pany and lobbyist for the stock yards company; who Is running for state sen ator on the local democratic ticket. It might also say something about the indicted members of the local Coal trust, who are likewise running for office on the democratic ticket. When the 2-cent fare law went into force the railroads told us that it had put an end to ail excursion rates. In answer The Bee asked why, if rates reduced below the 2-cent schedule were profitable before, they would not be equally profitable after the new law became operative? The railroads have evidently concluded that The Bee'g suggestion was good. Our only democratic congressman from Nebraska must have put all those speeches of hli in favor of the postal savings bank in cold storage. The only way to get the postal savings bank, which he lifts been advocating, is to vote for his republican opponent. If the proposal to go back to elec tive precinct assessors means to go back to the conditions of unequal as sessment and taxation that prevailed before the county assessor syptem was established In Nebraska the taxpayers will want none of it. If Mr. Bryan is in earnest in his campaign publicity professions he will put a stop to the evasion of the corrupt practices law by his democratic friends and allies who have been managing the checkbook campaign in the Third Nebraska district. The example of a district judge m western Nebraska excoriating a jury for letting a murderer go scot free in spite of convincing evidence Indicates that our Jury system has Its faults as well as its virtues. . The showing made by Omaha's banks in response to the call for a statement showing the condition of their business affords plenty of proof that banking In Omaha Is of the safe and sane variety. Wu Ting-fang will leave us In No vember to be succeeded by hung Men Few. Sympathy will go to Mr. Few If he has any ambition to equal Mr. Wu as a spotlight diplomat. Minister Wu says that If he Is to be recalled he does not know it. Gov ernor Haskell said the 3ame thing a few hours before he wss ordered back to the oil tanks. The reported shortage of grave dig gers at St. Petersburg is a grim re minder 'hat the Russians are fighting a plague more deadly than Japanese soldiers. A New York official named Gunn has been dismissed for drunkenness. Gunn could not be fired until he was loaded. Aftk Kitmelhf iijt Kaky. Washington ll"rald. Oil, kerosene, kerosene! How many crimes ate committed In thy name on the quiet? Uenrral Apnihy Rooted. Chicago Rccord-IIerahl. It docs seem as if the people who were afraid this might he a lifrles campaign began to worry before they had any real reason to do so. For Men of I. filers. Pittsburg Dispatch. For the next1 fpw years political lights having business with John D. Archbold will pay strict attention to that apothegm from an expert: "Don't write; go and at tend to the matter yourself:" online If la Hay. Washington Post. The Omaha Bee wonders wher Poult ney Bigelow stands In this conipaign. The only safe guess Is that he stands at the window of the Ananias club watching all the new members sorrowfully wending their way toward the main entrance. An Kmbarra sal nar Keulrement. Chicago Record-Herald. In distributing money for the purpose of heading off legislation the .Standard Oil company always demands acknowledgment by thoae who get It of the receipt of the funds. This must often be both embar rassing and distasteful to the recipient. Prepared for Crop Movement. Philadelphia Press. One blessing at least that is found tn the great amount of Idle railroad equipment this year is the fa t that crops will Vie moved more promptly and economically than for fully a decade. And taking the country as a whole this !s no Inconsider able blessing after all. ItOl Ml ABUlT XKW lllHh Itlpptee on the Current of I. lie In the Metropolis. Charitable pcuplti individually unl through otgamtulon stiie nobly to pio-vt-nt disaster among the poor of the great city. No matter how will and earnestly IU y strive some nngi aclou beneficial y knocks the si stem after stretching his hide to the cracking point without cost The prince of this class of knockers Is known as the ".King of Hoboes," who hss b-cn a royal guest at the lity s lodging hou.-n1 for sumo time. In bidding an involuntaiy adieu to his host he made a powerful ap peal for reform and touched the sympa thies of the oppressed. He said he was j forced to rise at C a. m. to secure bread and coffee and was subjected to the an noyance of a bath and sleeping In a bed These discomforts are clearly repugnant to the prevailing moral uplift, and New York cannot afford to endanger its reputation as a progressive town by continuing back number civilities to royalty on the wing. Nathan Straus has reached the close of 16 years' work in saving the lives of babies in New York City by his dispensing of pasteurized milk, lie has 17 depots where milk Is sold at five cents a quart, less than cost. Ho has distributed 4.Hi;, 875 iiuarts lu nursing bottle, as against 3(31,S1) the preceding year, and l.tll.t'K glasses, as compared with l.i'KUM In the summer of 1M7. besides S bottles or barley water. Tints neatly :..".( Infants have been fed daily on milk without disease germs, and ls.Sui Blasts of milk have been setved daily hi the paiks and on recre ation plrre. chiefly to children Th's wotk of .Mr. Slraus Is rigatded n an Important Itrm in the prevention uf tuberculosis and of other diseases. New York City is the gnat emporium of the American continent for "junk." And this Junk includes a vast variety of eneo valuable things, su -It as marble and granite palaces. Iron and brick, six., eight and even ten story buildings, locomotives, ferryboats, street cars, grnnile paving blocks, steel tails, bottles, scrap metal, fircaims and second hand clothing. New York street cais, hke the horses that are worn out on its hard streets, do not last Ions, much ns the appearance of the rolling stock on some of the lines Indi cate that II Is not soon abandoned. Kvery .venr. In fact. e cry spring ami fall, there is a weeding out of old street cars, which arc sold to companies In smaller towns at exceedingly low prices. There Is much of the old machinery of city life that Is going to ruin in every rail way yard about the city are rusting loco motives and decaying cars having their last rest, but this complete waste of out worn or outlived things in the great city grows every year less noticeable, for many have discovered the trick of making for tunes out of "Junk" of every conceivable variety, not omitting the daily collection of the city's garbage. Neighbors noticed that once a week the woman In the third floor flat wont away in a cab. Curiosity finally prompted Inquiry Into the reason of these regularly recur ring rides. The cabman being pressed for information, finally revealed the secret, which was no great secret after all. "I drive her to the bank." he said. "She got run over once when going to deposit money and lost $1!7. Since then she lias been afraid to trust to street ears and calls a cab when bound for the bank. She is not the only person who takes that pre caution. I have n dozen customers who always ride In a cab when going to the bank with money, hut never at auv other time." There are about 4.' professional beg gars in New Y"ork City, and no persons are shrewder observers or human nature. They have learned by close attention and experi ence what brings the best results to them. iio ine scientific study that they make uf their calling has enabled them to forniu- I late a winking conclusion on which they act In their Intercourse with men and women and which has proved to be ex tremely useful with the least possible expenditure of time and labor. They know what to expect under all possible condi tions und combinations and make their cal culations accordingly. Results of these observations, to some ex tent, have been gathered from conversa tions with represent. itive members of the "profession" wlv n they have been found In a mood for conversation. In the first place, they receive more funds, in the aggregate, from women than from men. Individual gifts from the women are smaller, but there are far more of them than from the men. Results of the records kept by many of the beggars show that only one man out of 300 gives anything to the street mendi cant, but this small number makes a large aggregate in a busy thoroughfare in the course of a day. If there are two men together one gift comes from eacii 240, be cause a man likes to appear liberal to his fellows. If there are three men together there will be a gift from each -6. Rut when you got up to four, It is one gift from each 19.', for four apparently so Inter est one another that the beggar does not get the consideration that comes from three or two In a group. These figures held al most the same w ith women, excepting I hat when two women are together a gift from the other, and three or more together, s a rule, overlook the beggar en'irely. Restaurant districts are favorite stamping grounds for the metropolitan beggar, and his chances are 11' per cent loss for getting anything f r m the man going to a restau rant than they ure getting from the man who has just dind well. Such Is the ef fect of a. good meal. ivaf Inspected and Supervised Is n phrase w hich ha i-oimo t i win me-.e ami nior as Hi" years go by. and since the wssagi of the Pure Foods and Drugs Act. This phrase is usually a guaranty of through ness. because the inspections are generally mad'' 1 By the Goverment These inspections cover not only banks, but niativ Hues of merchandise ris well. This bank Is not onl required to publish five statements during the year, but twice each car Is personally inspected by a government bank Inspector, who comes Into the bank without any fortiw nrnlng. This Is one of the reasons why It is absolutelv sate to de posit your surplus as well as your checking funds with the First National Bank ol Omaha 13th and Farnam Sis. Sec the "full" of September 23rd. THAT MAIlWIKi: LAW. Oklahoma's l ad leelops I Kink in Practice. probable thing in It. The s cond set takcj place two years alter the tit si. and tu. ihu- lot same sc ant.--I'otsouig iiszctie. I "t..i.zli i seems t-i be a mercurial sort id person, lie is either away up or awa 1'ittsbura Iiisoatcii lr.n,-flillv Mr ICi-fut, huu .l.rtOOCil 111 duWIl. low fplnu or mgh balls." Puck. latest pet fiscal issue almost at the In ception of the campaign. We refer to the guarantee of bank deposits. And It Is no Wonder Mr. Bryan has dropped It! Down In Oklahoma, the state where Mr. Rr. van's friend. Charles N. 1 Inski ll. is gov ernor, they have a bank deposit guarantee law. It Is administered by a banking com missioner an appointee of clovernor Has kell. Recently this commissioner lefuscd to grsnt charters to two new banks on tle ground they were not needed, lie suid the binklng facilities of the towns where these bt-nks were to be located were ample to accommodate the public. Hut one of the biinks appealed to court. 'xigan county circuit court has i tiled the ac t does not confer power upon the com missioner lo reject applications simply be cause the field Is occupied. The commis sioner, however, has appealed to the su preme court, and avers these applicants have no knowledge of the banking busi ness. It remains to be seen whether this new plea Is sufficient to bar the new banks from obtaining a charter. Meanwhile new banks are being organ ised at a rate never before heard cf. One town, with less than f population, has two national 1 anks and one state bank. A new state bank has been organized. An other town of less than K'H) population lias four banks, and another desires to break in. ' Under the guarantee of deposits law a new bank necessarily has the same security is one already established. In like manner the men "without knowledge of the bank ing -business." to use the phrase of the commissioner, may have their deposits guur anteed on the same basis as the expert bankers. Naturally the experts object to the others coming Into the field to compete with them. They realize that with so many banks striving for a share of so little huslness dangerous methods will be Introduced, es pecially by those who "have no knowledge." etc. And they understand they are liable for the ether fellow's deposits. which means his loans. : So, in Oklahoma, the guarantee of de posits law already spells disaster unless the courts read Into the act a discretionary power for the banking commissioner to re fuse charters. Suppose the commissioner some time should be one "without knowl edge," etc. Or. suppose lie should use his claimed discretion to maintain a monopoly? Could Oklahoma tolerate a banking monop oly? Or could it survive unlimited banking by persons "without knowledge." etc.. and without scruples? AN KXCELLEXT SIGX. "Put out your tongue," said the doctor. Alter the lady had done so site arKd: "Is there anything the matter with It; No-o. om some, that s all." Chicago llccol d-lUarld. Tin couple were of the color of the aee of spadca. i on c haige your husband w ita haxlnu struck you icpeatedly with his flats, asked tuc Judge for the woman. "lis, your honor." she answered. "Six months:" shouted the Judge. Tni black hand outrages have got to cease: Llpplneolt's. W1VMK AMJ TUB IMILIC KM A . . Carolyn Wells In Chicago American. The big parade waa coming, and a eolh human mass Was lined along the curbstone, so nobod. could pass. "Oh, clear:'" sighed pretty Winnie Wynne "1 don t know what to do: I'll ask this kind policemun; I'm sure he U let me through." j "No. miss, you cunt go tniough them lines," the big policeman said. I "Oh. but 1 must" cried Winnie, tossing her wilful head. "You see, I've an appointment at exactly 10 o'clock. i With Madame Frills, who's mal.hig me tnn most exquisite frock'.'" I "It ain't no use. miss," ne declared; "mi nrdeis is severe." A 1'alnL smile hovered round her mouth. just ready to appear. "I must be there at I'J o'clock:" "He r. stop this nonsense, mis':" The gruff policeman stormed and growl -.1. "You Ret I i,ht out o" I his"' Then Winnie smiled upon him: lie: flower-like face Flashed like a captive sunbeam i:tgat " n cloud of lace. Her dimples Iwlnk'ed in and mu -i.er r -. began to dance; The big policeman stood ami s;at".l. ol - some one; in a ttanee. Whiz: Zip! he dashed into li.e erutvii: II- waved Ids powerful stick; He pushed the tieople right and left, h i. did It double-quick And Winnie followed In his wake, slew smiling ami demure. Murmuring In her gentle vil e. "I :'.-.i-r. you. sir. I'm sure:" "flu proud to he of sr"e m : Y " i i- welonme. miss: CiiiiVl ,lnv :" He Hammered out. new"tderM. a-; W "' n' trioped away. Defiantly he "lam I p'ouml. la' s .'i;r- at w hat he'd doi e; Rut. Winnie W'-'v.,l , w ' l:-v llf, fie' winsome Winnie wen: Milking an "Awful Kxaiiiple." Poston Herald. The New York Stock exchange has done , well to make A. O. Brown .V Co. an awt'u'. ! example of the wickedness of washed sabs, j And now the state will undertake to demon- I strale that such transactions are criminal ! as well. It looks like the beginning of an : era of reform In the tricky business of speculation in stocks. On the Hlaht Track. New York Tribune. The comptroller of the currency is on the right track in stirring up the bank ex aminers. Better thorough examinations than all the deposit guarantees in ttv world: If the examinations really accom plished what they should, the Bryan nos trum would have no advocates. John D. Rockefeller and John A. Archbold are both defending the Standard oil- They should. The com pany has been good to them. Cuban roadmakers have struck be cause they Were paid in native silver instead 'of American money. Kvcn Cuba will not stand for Bryanism. "If I am elected, the republicans can tell liilmediately what to expect." bas Bran, In that c-ise the republicans m at well be prepared for the worst. Identity under the paeudonyni "Fair Ply." Ha la no Roosevelt republican. Who could imagine President Roose velt cowering behind an ambush? effects. Tuberculosis destios more lives than any other known disease and the world will be greatly benefited If this rnrrK.vr," rro Accwxxrs. ' Encouraging reports come from Rhode Island of the operation of a new state law designed to lesseu the num ber of automobile accidents. The law makes It a misdemeanor for anyone to drive a motor car without the owner's permission. It is passed. In response to a showing that many of the automo bile accidents aro caused by chauffeurs taking machines without the permission of the owners and going out for "joy rides." In such casus, the courts held that the owners of the machines were not responsible for damages from, ac cidents and the new law is expected to remedy the deject. Similar laws should be passed in every state to furnish protection, not only to owners of automobiles and to honest ihaufleurs, but to the people who have a right to protection from automobiles by whomever driven. The public feeling against automobiles is due largely to the recklessness of a few owners and some irresponsible chauf feurs and sensible owners will welcome legislation of the Rhode Island brand. While the World-Herald Is vocifer ating for the political retirement of ever body 'bu has anything to do with lieneral Prosperity Levying on Idle Cars. St. Louis Times. Within three weeks the number of Idle cars In the United States has decreased by J0.S71. This la a very smart improvement when It Is considered that t lie total num ber of idle cars in this country last week reached 23.(ji). The rapid picking up of bualneas will continue, beyond much doubt, until next year is well advanced. Crops have only begun to move. Kvery part of the country reports a yield of unexampled richness and there is no sign of a falling off In foreign demand. On numerous occasions the Times has pointed out the important fact that the recent panicky condition was purely arti ficial. There was no foreign war. no en tanglement, no crop failure, no plague to Interfere with the country's st"ady com mercial prosperity. In fact, the nation had grown so prosperous that it became some what intoxicated. It had become a bit ruttled. It was tiled. It needed a period of reat. The rest has been iaken, and. with every vital condition right, activity has been renewed. Should Mr. Bryan, by a chance which now seems remote, come tn for success at the November election, the country un doubtedly would aufrer a bit of reverse, which would continue effective until busi ness got Its bearings. On the other hand, the election of Mr. Taft. which seems fairly certain, would mean that there would be no Interruption. In either event there is nothing the matter with the t'nited States, and. whether Bryan or Taft. the people will go on their prosperous way after the first. Tuesday in November. Pl:it IO Al, MITES. Sully, oiicj cotton king, is working for a salary, which really Is better than working other people for their salaries. The counters of Yarmoutli was glad enough to get rid of the fellow who gave her a title, but doubtless the parting with the title caused something of a wrench. Young Marshall field has ahown marked talent for oratory in his last teim at Uton college. He says, however, that If he were not an American he should Join the British army. Another hole has been shot into hiatoiy by ono Albert Stewart of Washington, who comes to the front with the announcement that the story of the death of the Briltish general. Biaddock. who commanded in the campuiga against the French and Indians, is incorrect. Rraddook was killed by one of I is mei'.. and not bv the opposing force, sa s S-tewai t. The Hoffman house is the only New York hotel that has a woman hotel steward. Mia Isabel Boyle acting in that capacity. Tin manager of the hotel says that having a woman steward Is his idea, and finding the right woman Is also his idea. She does all the marketing and buying and Is re sponsible for all the reserve stock of chins, glass and silverware and cares for every detail. Rear Admiral Caaper K. Goodrich, com mandant of the Brooklyn navy yard, has sailed for Liverpool on his way to Hara gossa. Spain, where he will represent the I'nlted States navy at the celebration of the founding of the university of that city Th army will be represented by Major General feonard Wood, ex-eommander-in-chlef of the army In the Philippine who is now lu Kuropa, MlnTHH I. HKMAHK. Mis. ( loodsole What satisfaction does Mrs. Jypes derive from her new automo bile? l never see her riding In It. .Miss Capsicum She Isn't deriving any Halls-faction from It now. The SnoodltrF have a finer one. Chicago Tribune. "Well, there's one thing to be said for public servants." What's that?" "When you hire one. you never have any trouble keeping him." Cleveland Leader. "Mirancly, I want to ask you to marry me and to tell me " "Oh, George, this Is so sudden"' "To tell me what date you and your mo. her have decided on for our wedding.' Brojk- Ivn Life. Husband (After the theater.) Well, how- do you like the piece? Wife Vtirr much. 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