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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. OCTOHEK 17. 1908. 1 f V .Omaha Daily Dee ySvyT)Rt BY EDWARD Ri'BKWATER VICTOR ROSEW rTntered at Omaha, y rtaaa matter. TERMS OF Sl'BSCRIPTION. pally B (without Sunday), one your . .1 Ially Bee and Sunday, one year 6.W DELIVERED HY CARBIKK. tHUy Bee (Including Hunrtayl, per wefk. l'.c ralljr Be (without Pundavi. per week. ..Mi' Bvenln Be (without Sunday), per week c IJvenlng Bee (with Sunday), per week...l')c Sunday Bee, one year " f" Saturday Bee, one year ' s'' Addreva all complaints of Irregularities In delivery to City circulation Department OFFICES. ' " Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Rluffa-IK flrott Blreet. Chleago 1M8 Marquette Building. New York Rooms 1101-1102, No. 34 West Thirty-third Btreet. . Washington 73 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRf3PONDF.NCE. Communications relating to nw and editorial matter ahould be addressed: 1 Omaha Bee, Kdltnrlal Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 3-oent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or aaatern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. aVata ef Nebraska, Douglaa County, ss. : George B. Taechuck, treasurer of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly worn, aays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Pally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of September, 1908, was a follows: 1... 86,000 II 36,130 i. .......... S7.6B0 17 36,300 t 36.060 II 38,340 4.......... 3S.9SO II 36,370 .. MT.140 S ... . 36,700 7 ... . 36,330 I. . 39,610 .. 36340 10.......... 36,810 11..m... 86,660 II.......... 86,600 It..-.... 83,600 14 ... 36380 U 36,380 20 36,000 II,., 36,630 21 36,830 II 36,490 24 36,080 26 36,400 2 36,490 2T 37,700 21 36,440 21 36,490 SO 36,700 : Total 1,096,390 Laa unsold and returned coplas. . 8,437 Net total.... 1,086,963 ally average 86,333 OBOROBJ B. TZ8CHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to Wore me this 1st day of October, 19U8. (Beat) ROBERT HUNTER, i Notary Public WHEW OUT OF TOWN, aaacrlbera leaving; the city tera- tiorartly aaoald kave Tae Be ' . mailed to them. Address will be .-' ehaaa-ed as often as reg.ae.ted. The base ball bunch will forthwith make way for the foot ball heroes. Thla In the day for the Elkins tAbruzzl wedding to be declared off. Turkey shows up every morning and Imports the loss of a few more feathers. Anyway, Nevada deserves some Credit for refusing to grant divorces by mail. "A candidate should not speak from fela throat," advises a doctor. No, he should talk from hla heart. I . . . . It appears that The Hague peace (conferences produce splendid results so long as none of the powers want to fight. i The Greek letter societies are still uncertain whether they will allow the Chicago public schools to exist this winter. The Servian Parliament is called a Skuptshina. Sounds almoBt as bad aa some of those things Haskell and Hearst are calling each other. t , , ,." Cables announce that affairs are tooling down In the far east. Political advices from New York Indicate that they are warming up in the near east. 'If the published list is to be be lieved, that $10,000 limit established by Mr. Bryan with such a flourish of trumpets was altogether unnecessary. A Wisconsin man whose house was on Are saved his fish pole first and then rescued his children. Probably he felt that he could not afford to spare the rod. An Indiana man married his eon's wife an hour after she got a divorce. It would be interesting to know what the young man now thinks of his step mother. A scientist asserts that metals get tired. The campaign committees have noticed that gold and silver both be come exhausted before reaching head quarters. Reports show that snake eaters are destroying the rattlesnake crop. The discovery; came too late to be included in the list of wails set out in the Den ver platform. The hoodlum element has always trained with the , democrats. That explains why it is only the republican meetings that are interrupted by bols tsrous disturbers. "Why not Mr. Bryan this year?" asks the Louisville Courier-Journal. Chiefly because the voters look upon Mr. Bryan about as the Courier-Journal did in 1S96 and 1900. Notwithstanding the announced withdrawal of W. J. Bryan from the editorship of his Commoner, no one will dispute the fact that its contents are the same, if not more so. It wll not do to Insist that the air ships can never come into practical use. It is not so long ago that experts figured out that no steanvhlp could carry coal enough to take It across the Atlantic. Because we always like to see out side money .brought into Omaha we sincerely hope that Governor Haskell's Omaha lawyers are to have something more than a contingent fee out of that I $609,080. amexittes nr rnr cjmpakix. A few we Its ago the editor of The Pee. addressed to Mr. Rryan several uncomfortable questions which he evudVd, answering by saying that he would take no notlep of them because the? questioner merely wanted to at tract attention. Since then Mr. Bryan has overcome his aversion to taking notice' of The Bee and its editor as evi denced by his speeches and statements to the press. Inasmuch as Mr. Bryan Is about to speak In Omaha, perhaps he will be willing to take notice of The Bee a little more to the extent of answering a few pertinent questions. 1. You, Mr. Bryan, are making much of democratic friendship for la bor. Why is it that practically no leg islation to protect labor has been en acted In the southern states in which democrats have absolute control? Why are there no child labor laws in the south? Why are there no laws to protect women wage earners in the south? You and your fusion friends had absolute executive and legislative control of Nebraska for several years. Why was no legislation to protect la bor passed then? Why did the wage workers of Nebraska have to wait for succeeding republican legislatures to remove the $5,000 death damage limit, to get an equitable employer's liability act and to get a child labor law? 2. You, Mr. Bryan, are trying to make your paramount issue, ' Shall the people rule?" The most advanced step toward popular rule has been through the direct primary. Why is it, Mr. Bryan, that your fusion friends when in complete control did not give Nebraska a direct primary law? Why is it that the republicans of Nebraska had to secure the direct primary law over the opposition of the democrats? Why is it that the progressive repub lican states have enacted direct pri mary laws to bring the filling of offices closer to the people, while in the demo cratic states of the south direct pri mary laws have been enacted avowedly to disfranchise the people? 3. You, Mr. Bryan, are bidding for office on your anti-trust remedies. Why is It that all the effective legislation against Illegal combinations have been enacted by republican congresses and for the most part by republican state legislatures, while the democratic states have no effective anti-trust leg islation? 4. You, Mr. Bryan, are bidding for labor votes by promising to abolish the writ of injunction in labor dis putes. Do you not know that Injunc tion abuses have been chargeable as much to state courts as to federal courts? Can you name a single dem ocratic state which has passed a law to prevent the abuse of injunction by state courts? Why was no such law passed in Nebraska when your fusion friends were In complete control? 6. You, Mr. Bryan, are bidding for votes on your scheme of bank deposit guaranty. Oklahoma is the only state that has put such a law on its statute books. Why have none of the other democratic states enacted deposit guar anty laws? You, personally, intro duced such a bill into congress in the early '90s. Why did you not get your fusion friends to enact the bill as a state law when they were in complete control cf Nebraska? A deposit guar anty bill, which you endorsed, was offered in congress last winter as a substitute for the Vreeland bill, but only a handful of the democratic con gressmen voted for it, the remaining others voting against it or refusing to vote. The only democratic congress man from Nebraska was one of those who refused to vote. If your endorse ment of that bill was unable to make these democratic congressmen vote for it last winter, will you be able to make them vote for it next winter? 6. You, Mr. Bryan, are trying to make much of the popular election of United States senators. We have the statement of Mr. Tibbies, made three years ago, that a large sum of money, said to be $15,000 or $20,000, was contributed by "Ryan, Belmont & Co." in 1904 through your brother-in-law toward your campaign for United States senator in Nebraska. Is Mr. Tibbies mistaken in his assertions? If so, why did you not correct them long ago? If not, why did you not put your name on the ballot as a candi date for senator and ask a vote of pop ular preference under the Nebraska law which gives you that right? Why did the democrats refuse to submit candidates for United States senator to popular vote in Nebraska in 189S, In 1900 and in 1904? 7. You, Mr. Bryan, are making much of publicity of campaign con tributions. Nebraska has a campaign publicity law, but it was enacted, as you know, by a republican legislature after your fusion state administration had failed to pass such a law. Why Is it, Mr. Bryan, that your brother-in-law and democratic campaign man agers have persistently and wilfully violated the Nebraska campaign pub licity law? Why, if you are so do voted to campaign fund publicity, were you so insistent that the $50,000 con tribution to your campaign made by the Bennett will should be kept secret? 8. Finally, Mr. Bryan, will you please tell us why you keep up the dis honest fusion masquerade in Ne braska? Why do you permit your democratic presidential electors to be misbranded on the official ballot as populists? Aro they not trying to get votes by false pretenses? Is it not for the purpose of fooling populists into voting for you. who would otherwise vote for the populist candidate for president? If this fubion trick as played in Nebraska is defended by you as legitimate, why do you not try to play it in other states? These questions may not all be equally weighty, but ypur frank. end i unequivocal answers to them would add to the amenities of the campaign. It Is expected that you will try to get bark by harping on The Bee's tariff mistake and by asking other questions In return, as you usually do. These questions, however, all relate to the Issues of the campaign, with personali ties eliminated, and we assure you equal space for your answers. Rf:rrnucA uEnisTriATiox uaixs. In the conflicting claims of strength in New York by both political parties It Is refreshing to find a tangible basis for Intelligent estimate of the change, if any exists, in political sentiment fur nished in the registration reports for New York City. Complete figures for the four registration days have been compiled and show conclusively a de cided gain in the republican districts and a marked decrease in practically all the democratic districts. Represen tatives of both parties agree that this Indicates a drift toward the republican ticket. , The total registration o the five boroughs in greater New York is 682.905, a gain of about 20,000 over 1906, when Governor Hughes was elected, but a loss of about 6,000 from the 1904 registration. The figures show a net gain of 9,800 in the Man hattan districts which are admittedly republican and a net Iosb of 14,667 In the Tammany districts. All the Brook lyn districts, in which republican ma jorities aro the rule, show decisive gains. The registration indicates a total vote of about 647,000 in New York City, compared with 651,000 in the last prepldentlal year. The situation In New York finds a duplicate In Chicago, where the close of the registration discloses a big gain In ten republican wards and a corre sponding decrease in nine democratic wards. Reports from the state, showing the more active work of the republi cans jtnd , their greater interest, have led the republican managers to in crease their estimate of the plurality to be given to Mr. Taft from 150,000, the estimate of two weeks ago, to close to 200,000. In both Chicago and New York the registration shows to the marked advantage of the republicans and has convinced the republican cam paign managers that the apparent in difference to the'campalgn is a surface indication only and that " the voters have made up their minds and do not allow themselves to be disturbed by democratic claims or preachments. The registered vote, with its marked gain in republican districts and its loss In democratic sections, Is the most assur ing sign that has been furnished of the refusal of the electorate to change its mind about Mr. Bryan. THE INDIAN AT WORK'. A most interesting article by Rev. William J. Harsha, formerly an Omaha minister, appears in the October "Southern Workman," in which he deals at length with the progress that has been made within the last few years in teaching the American Indian the art of working with his hands in gainful pursuits. Officials of the gov ernment have been aware of this progress and have done much to en courage it, but Dr. Harsha shows the extent of the change that has been made by citing figures of the number of Indians who are working on the farms, ranches and irrigation projects of the country. According to reports gathered by Dr. Harsha and the government authori ties fully 8,000 Indians have been en gaged during the summer in different lines of work in the west and south west. More than 500 of them have found employment in the Colorado beet fields. The Santa Fe railroad is using 400 of them in New Mexico on railroad and construction work. In the work of protecting the railroad from the Colorado river employment was given to 1,100 Indians who drew $100,000 in a few months. In the can taloupe counties in Colorado and Ari zona, nearly all of the work Is done by Indians, and they are in big de mand on the ranches of the west as herders. In the White Earth reserva tion in Minnesota 3,158 allotments have been made to Indians who are working their own farms. The Indian is taking particular In terest in irrigation work. Owing to the greed of the white man the Indians have been forced to reservations in the arid regions and are now reaping the benefit of being adjacent to the irri gation ditches which are being built under the direction of the government. In this work the Indians will be pro tected in their water rights and the reports show that they are becoming enthusiastically industrious. The Blackfeet and the Cr6ws of Montana, the Pinias of Arizona, the Fort Hall Indians of Idaho, the Shoshones of Wyoming and the Mission Indians of California are to be benefited by this work of whirh Dr. Harsha says: For one. I look for the "little drops of water" to do what nil the atteinpta of law-makers, law -executor, aoldiera and educators have partially accomplished stop ilia mouths and May the hands of blatant and thieving: white men. encour age tlie Indian to lift up his head In aume thing more than rebellious pride, and draw the two races together in genuine brotherhood The secret of the change on the In dian's part dates back to the decision of tha government, some years ago, to cease issuing rations, except in rare cases, and to give the Indians their land allotments and throw them on thotr own responsibility. In that way the Indian learned the value of a dol lar and the necessity of work as a pro tection against hunger. The result has been that the Indians are working out their own salvation; something that nobody else could do for them. It will be a blow to romance and the novel writers to have the Indians digging trenches and plowing and harvesting, but the country and the Indians ill be all the better for it. Dr. Wilbur Crafts announces that the International Reform bureau now has Information that within a reasona ble period there will be an interna tional government, w ith heudqu jrters at The Hague, and Mr. Roosevelt as president of the world. Dr. Crafts can think up even prettier thinRs than that when he sets his mind to it. To Candidate Shallenberger: Are you, too, bound by your platform as to what it omits as well as what It con tains? If so, which platform the one you promulgated personally for the primary election or the one you ac quired froni the democratic platform makers, or the one thrust upon you with the populist nomination which? The British. government has decided definitely to abandon its policy of a reduction of armament, on account of tne trouble in the Balkans. Germany will, of course, follow England's lead in that direction and The Hague peace tribunal may prepare for a long vaca tion. The city council of Jackson, Miss., has passed an ordinance making it a misdemeanor for a woman to wear a sheath gown on the streets of that town. As no woman with a sheath gown would bother about wearing It in Jackson, what difference does it make? The courts have decided that the earl of Yarmouth loses the $600,000 which was settled upon him when he married Alice Thaw. It promises to be a hard winter on the carl, as he is not used to earning his own meal ticket. If Mr. Bryan were the kind of man to reciprocate favors he would have volunteered himself to appear as the lawyer for his friend, Governor Hask ell. But perhaps, remembering the Bennett will case, Governor Haskell preferred to retain some other lawyer. Colonel Moses Wetmore complajns about the smallness of the Pennsyl vania contribution to the Bryan fund. The contribution compares favorably to the size of Pennsylvania's Bryan vote. Farmers will receive about $30,- 000,000 more for their wheat this year than they did last year, but ap parently they are concealing the fact from the treasurers of the campaign committees. Omaha is already the market town for live stock, grain, wool and all the important staples of the farm and ranch, and it will become the market town for a lot of other things as It goes along expanding. With hiB usual shiftiness, Congress man Hitchcock is trying to play the labor unions and the- Business Men's association at one and the same time. Likewise the church people and the liquor dealers. But will he succeed? It is a great concession, anyway, for our amiable democratic contemporary to admit that any argument on any subject presented by its editor should be "picked to pieces" by anyone. "If I were a republican I would vote for Mr. Bryan," says Colonel Watter- son. As the colonel is a democrat he will doubtless vote against Mr. Bryan just as he did in 1896 and in 1900. Pre iHr Ilia: for ttie Inevitable. Philadelphia Press. Some of the democratic newspapers rec ognize the situation well cnongh to begin already to pick out cabinet officers for President Taft, but that Is something that President Taft can do much better him self. All Know It bat Bryan. Cedar Rapids da.) Republican. There Is not a reason under the sun why anyono in Iowa should vote for the "changes" that Mr. Bryan stands for. The farmers know this, the worklngmen know this and the pity it that Mr. Bryan dona not know it. There Woald Be Something Dolus. Brooklyn Eagle. Should Mr. Bryan show the same, care fulness or confidence in picking out cabinet officers that he showed in picking out Churles N. Haskell, the Washington corre spondents, should Mr. Bryan be elcttcd. would never want topics. Willing to fay for Light. ' Chicago Record-ilerald. Oklahoma people have subscribed J3.OH0 which they will place at the disposal of Haskell when he gets ready to vindicate himself in the courts. It may be that the contributors are willing to pay for the pur pose of learning just what kind of a vindi cation a man like Haskell is capable of se curing. Room fur More. Washington Post. It is Hated that there are now ever KO.Ocfl words In the Kngllah language acknow ledged by the best authoiities, or about 70.000 more than in the German, French, Spanish and Italian languages combined. This fact is of interest, but a few more spicy words might be added still fi.r cam paign purposes. Treason to the Nation. Springfield Republican. The Archbold letters in the Standard Oil interest, written to members of congress, do, in tho opinion of Rabbi Stephen 8. Wise of New York, convict the company of treason, "not less nbhorrent in time of peace than in time of war." For "the pur chase and prostitution of servants of the atate la treason." This Is morally true, whatever the Uw might ay of it. Well Founded Distrust. San Francisco Chronicle. Brjan is the victim of distrust created by his intemperate advocacy cf tilings he believes in. The attempt to excuse this propensity by aaying that his baik may be worse than his bite does not reassure. In the absence of knowledge based on actual experience of how he would act under given conditions It is natural to as sume that he would go the length he threatens ami a trifle farther. OTHKH 1,AMJ THA Ol'llf. Th" powder msgarines of Europe are safe for the present. Servla and Mon tenegro, after ten days of fuming and threatening, have sobered up om", and In deference to the wishes of the powers and to rsiape, a whipping, have musiled their Ilohsons. and put tho lid on Belgrade and Cettgne. The most Important development of the situation is the tentative agrecmont of Kngland. France and Russia on the questions to bo considered by the confer enco of the powers required to be called, tinder tho terms of the treaty of Berlin, whenever the status of the Turkisli empire Is Hffrrted. The scope of the conferense takes a wider ranRe than the Independence of Bulgaria and the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria. The agree ment by the three powers named Implies acceptance as accomplished facts of the acts of Austria and Bulgaria, leaving for adjustment only financial matters and re casting of tho Berlin treaty map. Ger many with Bismarck at the helm was a miRhty factor In making of the original Berlin treaty, and Is most likely to be a determining; power at the coming revision. What position It will take Is not apparent, t'p to tho present its hand has not been un covered. It Is probable Germany upholds Austria and Bulgaria. Perhaps the know ledge of Germany's position influenced In no email degree the ready acceptance by other powers of the suggestion that what Is done should not be undone. However, so long as the powers agree to talk it over and give their diplomats a chance to earn their salaries, tho Balkan war scare may he safely laid on tho shelf for the time being. Rarely has a british ministry faced a graver crisis than that which marks the op ening of the autumn session of Parliament. Tho aggressive activity and violence of the suffragettes, in surrounding Parliament house and mobbing tho members ordinarily would constitute a grlevence worthy of attention, but It becomes a momentary Ir ritant compared with the acute distress of, the unemployed. Tho number of men out of work in Great Britain Is enormous, aggregating 300,000 In tho ten largest cities. Kvery resource of the authorities In the way of publls improvements has been called Into action to provide employment and re lievo the distress, but the situation Is be yond the ability of tho local authorities to cope with. To relievo the grave situ ation in some degree' thn ministry has abandoned its policy of economy In arma ments and has ordered the resumption of naval construction on a large scale. The army will also he increased. Other mea sures designed to afford relief will be given immediate consideration. How alarming the condition of the unemployed Is may be inferred from the fact that the chancellor of tho exchequer. David Lloyd George, drew attention to it In a sensa tional public address in which he scored the Idlo rich and their obstructive assem bly, the House of lords. Unless the latter body co-operates with the House of Com mons in enacting measures of economic and nodal reform the chancellor predicted that tho wealthy would be the sufferers. "There Is nothing capital need fear," he said, warningly, "so much as the despair of the multitiude." ' A convention of representatives of the various divisions of the British South African colony is In session at Durban for the purpose of drafting a constitution for the government of the united common wealth. The political complexion of the convention Is Dutch, but there is no dis position to overawe the strong British minority. Indeed, there is manifest at the outset a racial unity aa strong a that shown in the first legislative assembly at Pretoria under British aupremacy. Besides the utjUy of sentiment forged by common Interest, a greater force Is leavening the racial lump. It Is the outspoken deter mination to safeguard the supremacy" of the white man on the southern end of the dark continent. The color line Is to be drawn and embodied in. the organic law of the confederation, but in what form has not yet developed. Not only South Africa, but German East Africa as well fear an eventual uprising of the native races, egged on by systematic aggressions of the whites, and every move by the latter alms to safeguard all that has been acquired and ail that may be annexed in the fu ture. A Taris correspondent of a London paper bids possessers of a champagne thirst cheer up and take heart, for the grape crop of Franco is not as big a failure aa reported. "All the champagne aellers," he writes, "have hugo cellars in which they store large quantities of wine every good year, nnd the reserve stock this year is at least 112,000,000 bottles, or very nearly the entire quantity which will be sold during the next four years. In other words, If the champagne district were to produce no wine at all until 1S13, every body who so wished would be able to drink champagne and would not have to pay much more than the current prleea for it." The German town of Klingsberg, near Aschaffenhcrg, Bavaria, is an ideal place for old age pensions. In addition to having no lates to pay for the upkeep of the town, those actually born in the parish receive from the municipality $61 a year. This sum if Invested regularly at, say, 3 pi r cent, would entitle the owner to re ceive about 7,200 at the age of 60. Were it not necessary that the Inhabitants should prove birth in the parish before becoming entitled to this payment the popularity of Kingsbeig as a place of residence would doubtless be enormous. Fastidious Britons can no longer point tSie finger of scorn at American "Bhlrt sleeves" diplomacy, for they have now a case of a "shirt sleeves" magistracy Which is attracting more or leas attention from the London press. During the recent torrid October weather that made all England awclter, a magistrate In Staffordshire pre sided over his court without either robe or coat, and the privilege waa extended to attendants and attorneys. Judging from the comment it has aroused, Insular pro priety has not had such a shock In genera tions. Although the Parnell monument for Dub lin, by tho late Augustua St. Gaudens, la ready for erection, the funds for the ped estal must still be raised. The sum of $15,000 is called for to complete the me morial, which promises to be one of Dub lin's most artistic assets. Sir William But ler Is to lecture In aid of the fund, and others of his standing show a readiness to do honor to the Irish leader's memory. Hoouirriif Assaalta. Fpringflcld Republican. Mr. Bryan doea not appear to advantage In assailing Governor Hughes for his veto of the 2-cent fare bill. He InsiDuatea that this is evidence of the governor's strong leaning to the side of the corporations aa agalnsc the people, while as a matter of fact 1t is nothing of the kind. The 2-ceut fare bill was vetoed eimply because the stat was adopting the policy of railroad ale. regulation through commissions with mandatory powers. It would have been tlie height of Inconsistency to create com missions to regulate fares and then have the legislature I'.si If and at the same lime utauiiio lUu funeUvi EKEAP and CAME Raised with Royal Baiting Powder delicate hot-biscuit, hot rolls, doughnuts, puddings and crusts are not only anti-dyspeptic in themselves, but aid the digestion of other foods with which they assimilate in the stomach the joint, the game, the entree important parts of every meal. Roval Baking Powder makes -the food finer flavored, more tasty, more healthful. ROYAL SAKINQ POWDER CO.. NEW YORK. POLITICAL DRIFT. The registration In Greater New York pleases the republicans all right. The democratic state committee of Ten nessee removed Ha headquarters from the Maxwell house In Nashville, because the management permitted a large picture of Mr. Tft to be displayed In the hotel lobby. That is rather cheap politics. The Brooklyn Eagle is not taking postal card polls or straw votes this year. Four years ago the Eagle had postal card proof of an overwhelming victory for Parker several daya before the Roosevelt land slide overtook the Esopus statesman. The namo of Michael Conrey Is not ao familiar as that of W. Bourke Cockran, but he will succeed the eloquent and erstwhile New York orator in congress. Just the same. Boss Murphy of Tammany Hall de crees that it shall be so, and that settles tt. Colonel Moses C. Wetmore, occupying a high place In the Bryan box office, com plains that aome of his brother democrats produce "more guff than stuff." The col onel wants the party to understand that the guff privilege will be looked after by Mr. Bryan personally, and he asks no assistance. Haverhill, Mass., has adopted the com mission system of government. The mayor la divested of veto power, the Initiative and referendum la given voters, and any mem ber of the commission may be deprived of office by petition, signed by 25 per cent of the voters. The last provision will boost the business of procuring signatures. A HERO OF THE SEA. Remarkable Ealaraacc and Loyalty of a Sailor. Washington Post. The matter-of-fact recital of the hero Ism of Cook Q. A. iRoberte, of the British schooner Blroeco, thrills the blood of every man who la lured by the terror and mys tery of the ea, -The Sirocco was bound from Brunswick, Qa., to Wilson City, Ba hamas, and was wrecked on Mantella reef. The captain and five men were washed away on a piece of wreckage, end Cook Roberta and Mate Joseph Lalng found themselves on another piece, without food or water. From Thursday, October 1, until Monday, October 6, Roberts and Lalng were adrift. Lalng, who could not awim, was swept off the raft several times, and Roberta Jumped into the aea and rescued him. Then they were sighted by the British steamer Tiver ton. "The seas were running ao high," says the dispatch, "that a boat could not be launched. A life line had to be thrown out. This missed the men. Roberts plunged Into the ocean, caught the line, and carried It to Lalng, whom ha first made sure was safe before looking after bis own safety." Such unselfish heroism, at a moment when nature's first law might be supposed lo be Irrestible, restores faith in human nature. How many brave hearts beat under the jackets of sailors, ready In emergency to prove that obscurity and poverty are no bar against heroic service? What need had the sea-cook Roberts of a Carnegie medal, when he has a heart of gold?. He did not seek fame, nor profit, nor advan tage. He did simply what seemed to be bis duty, and perhaps he would be astonished and ashamed If a hero medal were offered to him. He will go about his business like thousands of other men who are ready to lay down their lives for others; and the finest honor that could be bestowed upon him would not Increase the honor bs has given himself. "A man'a a man for a that:" REPIBLICAX CO.FIDE.CK. Slaalflraace of Blr. Taft's Tear ot the soo i a. Cincinnati Enquirer (ind. dem.). The recent poll by the New York Herald of New York state, shewing the state for Taft by about 15,000 plurality: the decrease in the registration In New York City for the first three ds at' registration; the reported poll ot Nebraska, evidencing an Increase in the republican vote as com pared with recent years and probably mora than all else, the successful activity of tha collecting agency ot the republican na tional committee, seems to have given greater confidence to the republican man agers. All these things, of course, are to their advantage at this stage ot the canvass, and they must Imagine they have victory in sight or else they would not Indulge In the for this campaign useless trip of Mr. Taft to the southern atatea. The statement made that thla visit will be of Incalculable value In the coming years and aid In the breaks that will come In future campaigns of the aouthcrn elec toral vote betokens a confidence that this campaign is already won for the republican party. No other circumstances would jus tify this procedure, this leaving of ths actual field of present battle, to visit, four or eight yeara in advance, the prospective acenea ot future triumphs. This devotion of five das of valuable time to atates that cannot ba carried by the republicans this year can be accepted by the voters of the country that the re publican chiefs are abaolutely confident of a majority of the electoral votea of the republic. It la the most significant event of the canvass. Mr. Taft would not take five days fioni states so necessary to his election as In diana. Ohio. West Virginia and New York if there was. in his opinion, the alignlesi doubt of their being tarrivd by hi J an; . passim; pi,kasatrii:i. ' Tnele Gottlieb, leave tho old parties in their fate. Vote with me for lebs uud socIhI reform " "Teps? Tens pe tirn! I fotf Tor Dafd und brosberlly.' Chicago Tribune. "How's the campaign g ttmg in your sect ion?" "Very exeltinR." answered the sarcMSlle cltisen. "Next week we're to have a Joint debate between a phonograph and a grapo phone." Washington Star. Howard And bow did tho pin in widow Terklns capture the fastidious Mawkerv Coward Oh, took him out In her car and showed him a few hundred of her bulld-Its- Howard Ah! T see-a case of love at first site. Harper's Weekly. "What hiv Blugorc's chances In the eom Insr election?" "Very slight. lie hasn't anything back of hint." "He's got a family tree" "Yes, but his opponent has the pluin tree." Catholic Ptandtrd and Times. "Say Mllly," remarked the king of Ser vla, nervously, to his foreign minister, "If we do accede to the popular demand or don't go to war with Austria, what do you think will.be the result?'' "Just Peter out." responded Mllanovics, grimly." Baltimore American. Instructor Mr. Smith, kindly name the bones of the skull. Student Smith Well, nlr, I've got them all In my head, but T can't think of their names Just now. Bohemian Magaxlne. "Don't you think you are taking big chances In permitting your daughter to marry that man?" "I'd be taking bigger chances not to." "I don't see how." "She might not marry at all." Houston Post. "Do you think It is dignified for slMlcs men to be called by their first names?'' "It may not be dignified. But nowadays It sounds better to call a mm by his first name than to addre.ss him ns 'my dear eona tor.' " Washington Star. "It Is all over." said the wife who had dragged her husband with her to a bargain aule. "Thank the gods." he ejaculated. "Now it's jell over, let's us go home." "Not much," she replied, colJly. "This Is the allover lace bargain counter." B-il-llmoro American. THOt HLK I V Tllfcl BALKAN!. Arthur Gulternian In New York Times. When the Bulgars nre a-hulglng and the Balkans are a-balking And the Walloping Wallachians are brandishing their dirks. And the Merry Montenegrins are gran diloquently talking. And the Srvif-ns are serving prtiksio neld to the Turks. And the Russians are a-rushlng to the Theater of Action, And the Rollicking Roumanians are romping o'er the lea. While tho AuHtrlans re smiling, with a deal of satisfaction. At the BoHnt-Herzogovlmans who've hap pened In to tea. How 1 love to watch the War Cloud as it gets an extra head on! How I love to hear the trouble, trouble, trouble!" of the drums. And the wallinga of the Prophets for the Day of Armageddon; It's eo thrilling and romanllc and the trouble never comes! Though the Powers are pow-wowing and tho Kalaers are contriving. Yet we know one party dassen't and the other one's afraid. There'll be scores of t'ltlmatums and a bit of bargain driving, And then all will be as peaceful as a Tem perance Parade. 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