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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. XOVEMREK 14, 1908. The Omaiia Daily to FOUNDED BT EDWARD TtOSEWATER. VICTOR ROB K WATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha poatofftcs as ceoond claaa matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee twlthout Bunday), om year.Jt w Daily and Bun.tay. one year SOU DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week.. 15c ' Daily Bee (without Bun. lay). per week...l"C Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week So Evening Bee (with Sunday), Jer week..lOo ftundny Bee. one year - Saturday Bee, one year...... Addreae all complaints of irregularities ; In deiivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omha The Bee Building. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluff-It Scott Street. . (hhaga 1SU Marquette Hullolng. New York-Rooms UO1-U02 No. 34 TV eat Thirtv-third Street. Washington 72i Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Coirmunlcatlnna relntlng to newt and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. 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Subpctlbed In my pretence' and aworn to before me this 31at day of October. 1WS. M. T. WALKER. Notary Puttic. WHO OUT OF TOWN. Subscribers leaving; the rttr tem porarily ahould hare The Dee nailed to them. Addresa will be changed aa ftea aa requested. Hot Springs, Va., has rudely crowded Oyster Hay out of the date lines. All things coreldered, Ilunker Morse has dealt "the system" a harder blow than Tctu Law son eould deliver. "The Austrian cabinet Is preparing to retire," 6a b a Vienna dispatch. Bwict elcep and pleasant dreams. The flist snow of the season has ar rived. It would have been more polite to lave split an advance man ahead. "Can alcohol bo used as a fuel?" asks a magazine writer. Well, a lot of 'folks have been "net up" by using it. A woman has laid claim to the heart ' of Littlo Kork. She will probably learn that Little Rock has a hard heart. New York is to" be doubly congratu lated. Senator Piatt is to retire and "Klngy" Conners will not succeed him. Senator Elkins has sold a railway for $6,000,000. Must be something in the report that he Is going to buy a duke. Mr. Taft is showing the country that he believes that between presiden tial campaigns business Is more im portant than politics. A woman has confessed to being the leader of the Night Riders In Tennes see. Perhaps it was natural for her to be a leader of men. i The Omaha world-Herald reads a lecture to the Lincoln Journal on "pln-headedness." Now each may tell the truth about the other. It is Bald to cost more than $5,000, 000 to transmit the results of a presi dential election on election night. I( was worth the money this year. 1 . . . : 7. . Tuit union depot at Kansas city i about the only big enterprise that has not responded to the Impetus given to Industry by Mr. Taft's election. A Texas man Is suing the Southern Pacific for 15 cents. Still, some folks bave been asserting that the war against the corporations is over. Governor Hughes says the election ef Mr. Taft Is a "tonic" to the country. Even at that some democrats are tak ing their medicine with bad grace. i . The contributions to the republican campaign fund are to be printed in book form, a aort of a modern edition, as It were, of the Book of Numbers. A Kw York policeman accepted John D, Rockefeller's word that he would pay a fine. Judge Land la doubtless would like a similar chance. "The greatest seed of the demo cratic party Is new policies," says Judge Parker. The greatest need of the democratic party, except In spots, Is new Votes. Since the election the city authori ties of Atchison, Ran., are preparing to make war on the "joints" that have never existed since the state passed its prohibition laws. i 7 Count Bonl has told the Goulds that be would like an allowance of $80,000 a year. The count Is as expensive a luxury aa some of the Goulds' branoh lines In Kansas. ' mmmm As the next step in the great moral uplift. It U In order for Reformer El mer E. Thomas to hike up to Minneap olis to help his fellow reformer, Sber- ellffe, keep out of the penitentiary. THE SrKAKKR AXD LEGIShATIOX. The announcement by Congressman Fowler of New Jersey of his candidacy for speaker is being encouraged bj the democratic press and by some repub licans who have the idea that the buses complained of by reason of the enforcement of the rules of the house re all traceable to Mr. Cannon person ally. Rome few republicans In the west and northwest are pledged to vote against Mr. Cannon for speaker, but it is doubtful whether the opposi tion will be strong enough to prevent his re-election when the special session of congress meets next March. The agitation against what is gener ally termed the "arbitrary power of the speaker In ordering or suppressing legislation in the house" may have considerable Justification, but the gen eral public evidently has a mistaken impression that the abuses complained of would be ipso facto removed by the election of a speaker other than Mr. . Cannon. The truth is that Speaker j Cannon has been no more tyrannical in his UBe of the power of his position than would the average member if ele vated to that dignity. The power Is a part of the system by which the house is governed and the fault is in the plan rather than in the man. This arbitrary power of the speaker originated in the rules adopted in the time of Speaker Ueed for the purpose of bringing order out of chaos in the proceedings of the house and expedit ing legislation which the democrats of that house were seeking to block by filibustering tactics. These rules have since been in force in both repub lican and democratic congresses. They put, it is true, the power of legislation, so far as the house is concerned, in the hards of the speaker, who may deter mine what bills shall be considered and acted upon, thus substituting his will for the consensus of opinion of the members of the house. But, admit ting that this is entirely wrong, the remedy lies rather In the amendment of the house rules than in a change of speakers. Congressman Norris of Nebraska has submitted a plan which met with gen eral favor among the reformers at the lust session of congress for a commit ter of forty-six on rules, to be selected by the delegations from each state, In stead of the present membership of Ave, appointed by the speaker. Mr. Norris' plan calls for a subcoimullee of nine to do the active work, leaving dis puted questions to the general com mittee, which shall act as a sort of steering committee in mapping the leg islative program. Congressman Fowler is making his campaign for speakership on a plat form which declares: The house of representatives shall elect a board of managers consisting; of seven members, which shall bo charged with that direction of legislation which la now assumed by the speaker. Out of this agitation may come soma modification of the existing rules, but the point should hot be lout sight of that the .house is master of its own affairs and may change Us ruKa at any time a majority so wills. . This fact remains regardless of the merits of the particular contest against Mr. Can non. The speaker, be he Cannon, Fowler or some other member, can ex ercise only such power as the house grants Mm. HADLEY OF MISSOURI The election of Attorney General Hadley to be governor of Missouri is one of the greatest state triumphs of republicans in the late campaign, hardly second to the re-election of Gov ernor Hughes of New York, because Mr. Hadley won his victory over greater odds in a state supposed to be fixedly democratic. Mr. Hadley went into the campaign with the political history of his state against him and Is the first republican governor Missouri has elected since tho civil war. He appeal! to the people because of his conscience and his cour age and his admirable record as attor ney general of the state in the four I years Just passed. He achieved a na j tlcnal reputation In the fight against 'the Standard Oil trust In Missouri. serving the people just as every hon est lawyer would serve his client. He made his record and bis campaign on a platform of law enforcement and his election Is a triumph for good govern ment and civic righteousness. Governor-elect Hadley Is entitled to congratulations, but no more so than the people of Missouri. STOPPISO THE DIVORCE MILLS. BelaUd returns on. the referendum relating to the divorce laws of South Dakota are highly complimentary to the moral sense of the state. They show that the people, by a decisive majority, have voted to put the di vorce mills, which have made the name of the state a byword, out of business The amendment to the constitution which was aimed at "easy" divorces require a residence of one year in the state, Instead of six months, as for merly, and also provides that all dl vorce cases shall be heard at a regular term of court. This provision wipes out the practice of hearing divorce cases "In chambers" and destroys the secrecy which enabled applicants to se cure divorces without publicity. The law does not add anything to the rights of the bona fide residents o the state. It merely takes the state out of the list of those In which col onistsj could make use of the local courts to accomplish something they could not so easily accomplish at home. Where both parties are re6l dents the right to sue for a divorce after six months remains. A report from Chicago shows plan for urging the legislature of that state to pass an unusually stringent divorce law which contains many provision tuai win Biu'cai. joe pian was Bug jested by Father Schrum of Chicago nd contains these two Important pro visions: First It shall be unlawful to file a bill Betting forth the causes fur asking a di vorce until a year after a simple plea for divorce without particularlzatlon haa been filed. Tills la Intended to make It impos sible to have a hearing In divorce cases for at least a year after the original bill. Pecond It shall be a felony for any per son to go' to another state and obtain a divorce without residing In the other state at least a year previous to the granting of the decree. The Chicago proposition goes even further than the new South Dakota law, but both are designed to Inject the element of time and consequent publicity Into the granting of divorces. All the workers In behalf of reform in divorce legislation agree that the first essential step is legislation mak ing it impossible to secure divorces without the establishment of a resi dence of at least a year in the location In which the decree is sought and the lapse of a reasonable time between the filing of the petition and the final dis position of the case. perspicuous. While discussing the causes of the third defeat' of Mr. Bryan's standing candidacy for the presidency, this ln - telllgent and perspicuous explanation of an ardent democratic organ, the Spalding (Neb.) Enterprise, should not be overlooked: No well Informed and honest man will eny that Mr. .Taft owes his election to urehased votes, Intimidation and coercion. It may well be asked, Can he break away from the Influence that made his election possible? It Is a sad commentary upon he progress of our civilization that after 121 years of popular government an elec tion can be purchased In this country. The editor of the Enterprise must have gotten his trolleys mixed and reprinted with variations some of the utburstg of despair uttered by Mr. Bryan and his associates Just before the election. This sort of stuff was spread about by the democratic cam paign management before the votes were counted In an effort to scare back voters who they saw were turning away from them. But hot even Mj. Bryan has ventured since the election to charge his defeat up to "purchased votes." If the election had been really close the Bryanlte organs would doubtless be again insisting that their followers rared more for money than for princi ple and had sold out for cash. But under the conditions it Is fortunate that no one but some stone-blind par tisan, like the editor quoted, will ques tion the honesty of the verdict of the people. ISDU S PROPER PROTEST. Americans who are wont to ridicule foreigners because they have an uncer tain knowledge of the geography of this great nation and a sad lack of un derstanding of American habits and customs have been properly rebuked by a native of India, who calls atten tion to the fact that Americans have very crude ideas about some of the high civilization of the countries of the far east. The occasion for this rebuke was an article in a recent issue of the Review of Reviews in which the writer de clared that the Hindus cast their dead nto the Ganges, bathe in the river and then carry the water home for drink ing purposes. Hartharan Singh, a New York Hindu, has written a letter In which he asserts that the article quoted from the magazine is full of errors and simply shows how Ignorant Americans are of Hindu affairs. Mr. Singh writes: The Hindus, after burning their dead bodies, cast In the Ganges only the bones and the teeth, which purify the water. The water of the Ganges Is naturally very pure and cold, as It comas down from the mow bed of the Himalaya, the highest mountain In the world. Of course it is made somewhat dirty by bathing of nu merous pilgrims, but It is purified by the bones and teeth, the sun, and the wind, and the fishes and the water animals, that la, by the three kinds of scavengers, which are always at work. All of which shows how far behind the times we Americans are In some Important things. Instead of spending millions in the construction of reser voirs and filtration plants, in order to secure a pure water supply, all that appears to be necessary is to throw the bones and teeth of the dead Into the river and pure water is assured. Tho Anti-Saloon league Is convinced that It was double-crossed by the pro hibition party In the recent Nebraska election. We have no doubt that the prohibitionists of Nebraska labor under the Impression that they were double crossed by the Anti-Saloon league. The true explanation how the officers of the Anti-Saloon league came to be working hand In hand with the omcera of the Liquor Dealers' association would be interesting reading. The Lincoln Journal relates that once upon a time "the Third congres sional district made Omar M. Ketn Its representative in congress." What has the Third district done to deserve such ignominy? Kern never ren- resented the Third district, but ranged at large in the big Sixth. The successful democratic candidate for congress in this Second Nebraska district Bwears a great oath that he spent only $360 to be re-elected. What a hard time he must have to keep a straight face while he advocates com plete publicity of campaign expendi tures. A fashion magazine says that "stripe with modifications" will be the popular thing in men's wear this win ter. Sounds like a sentence of the court, with a promise of time allow ance for good behavior. No one hears anything about the members of the South Omaha Police board resigning when Governor Shel don goes out of office, although South Omaha went democratic In the neigh borhood of 1,000, while Omaha regis tered Itself republican on the straight party issues. Most of the republicans who are looking for appointments to bi-partisan boards under the coming democratic state administration are fully prepared to prove that they have ss good claims to recognition as any democrat who worked openly for democratic success. A victorious candidate for congress on the republican ticket In North Caro lina says he did not expect It and Is sorry that he was elected. A lot more who did expect It may be sorry they were elected before they get through. "Upon the Issues of the campaign Just ended," writes Colonel Henry Wat terson, "Mr. Bryan was wholly right and Mr. Taft was wholly wrong." Mr. Taft's consolation, then, Is that he had lots of company. Dom Miguel of Braganza, one of the claimants to the Portuguese throne, is engaged to marry Miss Mary Pullman of Chicago. The Pullmans have al ways showed favoritism for those for- eign names The intermeddling Mr. Fields has been pulled off. The liquor interests of Omaha would do well to follow The Bee's advice and suppress him perma nently as their acnvdlted mouthpiece. State authorities in Kentucky are making a bid for immigrants. It is not encouraging to Immigrants to be Invited to come to Kentucky and be shot up with the country. Missouri republicans refer to their newly elected governor, Herbert ' S. Hadley, affectionately as "Herb." Mr. Hadley is to be congratulated that they do not call him "Bert." This extra session suspense Is tan talizing to legislative members who are not sure whether they should send out the'r laundry now or wait until they get to Lincoln: The Last the Heat. Chicago Tribune. Make way for Uncle Sam's new battle ship, the North Dakota, "tho most formid able fighting machine afloat." This goes until the next one Is launched. I'npleasantly SuKaestlve. Boston Herald. Can't they manage to find some more encouraging name to attach to the coming tariff revision law than that of Sereno D Payne? A Pnyne law might be unpleas antly suggestive In several respects. A Decree for Decency. Baltimore American. The pooplu of South Dak' ta have vin dicated the good name of their state in voting against the continuance of the di vorce mill. It is tilso another triumph for the public opinion of the nation at large. The Loom Up of Johnson. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Of course, there may be nothing in it, but Governor John Johnson might Just as well put on his rubbers when the walking la bad and carefully watch his digestion, thug keeping himself in good trim for the year 191 H possibility. Plea for Disarmament. St. Louis Times. Until the hotheaded southern journalist and politician give up the practice of gun "toting" the news from the south Is likely to be punctuated with bullets from time to time and the history of the country reddened by very foul tragedy. I.ota of Kna-anenieata Ahead. Minneapolis Journal. The correspondents have It all fixed up that the president Is going to clear the wild animals out of Africa; that he is to be sporting editor of the Outlook; that he Is ! going to write that long-postponed history of Texas, together with magazine articles and a book about his African experiences; and lie la going to be elected to the United States senate to succeed Senator Piatt. Anything else today? Taft'a Popular Plurality. Boston Transcript. Taft's popular plurality over Biyan will approximate 1,200,444 votes, which la 50 per cent greater than McKinley'a over Bryan In 190), making this the severest of Bryan's three defeats. Rooaevelt's plurality over Parker, however, reached 2,500,000, or slightly double the popular plurality th'f. time. The difference came In the wt.it Only three states gave Taft a greater plurality than they did Roosevelt jur years ago, and these were Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. Through out the Wist considerable return to norma.' party divisions was manlfeat. Kansas, for example, gives Taft 35,000 plurality, where It gave Roosevelt 126,000. Iowa gives him a EO.OOO plurality, whl e It guve Rooa.velt one three tlmea as great. Nevertheless, Taft's lead, both In popular vote and the electoral college, will atand aa among the largest ever attained In American presi dential electiona. (IKSK OK THE SOUTH. Intelligent Cltlaeua Show Too Little Heapect for Ifnuiau Life. Memphla News-Scimitar. "We are menaced by many thinga." s-iJd William A. Percy, a Memphis lawyer, in a, speech before the cotton convention Tuea- ; day. "But the greatest menace of all, greater even than the boll weevil and other like affairs. Is In the lawlessness In the hearts of the people in this section of the country. "We seem to have no respect for human life, and the taking of life Is common when we became angered at the word spoken. We must guard against it above all thinga. "I can relate a little instance. Nut long since, Tuesday, in fact, 1 Intended leaving for Newark, N. J., to call on Senator D. Dryden, who is president of the Prudential Life Insurance company, to solicit his fl. nanciul support in a local project. I did not know trustor Dryden und bore a letter from a representative man introducing me. That man was, was Kd Carmack. "How, oh, how, can I go to that man up north and ask for money for a project in a country where this sort of crime U going on. It la not the Ignorant man, but the cultured, old-time, Intelligent southerner, the man of good atanding, who lit commit ting these depredations. This la worae far worse than the boil weevil, or even the African negro. We are quick tempered down here, and must curb ouraelvea, and we might Just as well realise now, as later, that the truth is bound to win. And we should not take offense when the truth U afioken. no mat ter In what form. If we wish to keep up with the other fart a 0( ttje country, we must out this (Sowu. OTMETt L4M THAN orH. The rivalry of the old world powers in military and naval expansion In gradually but aurely upprnaehlng the bottom or the taxgatherers' resource!. Fnlllng revenues and ever Increasing expenses bring the problem of making ends meet at home te the taxpayers sooner Oian anticipated. British revenues fell away fc.nnO.OOO for the six months ending September SO, 19 8, a Uwa of $11.0X1,000 more than the calculations ct the chancellor ef the exchequer. Coming sharply on the heels of the draft for old age pensions, which far exceeds calcula tions, the ministry is brought face to face with tho ominous propositions of decreas ing expenses while hundreds of thousands clamor for work or relief, or increase taxa tion. Hitherto, Germany has avoided an Increase In taxation, contenting Itself with bond issues to absorb the annual deficit. In thirty-five years the debt of the empire has Increased from $4,0tO,000 to $1,080,000,000 or 206 times. In spite of the large war In demnity from France. To meet this emerg ency a sweeping reorganization of the fiscal system la Imperative. It Is proposed to take over the buying and selling of spirits, Increase the tax on beer and wlnee, raise the customs duty on foreign tobacco, and place an ad valorem tax on home manufac tured cigars. Klectrloity und gas are to, be taxed and from 2 to 10 per cent of ad vertising charges will go to the imperial treasury. These souroea of revenue, to gether with increased death dutlea, are ex pected to product about $120,0i),0u0 annually. In France, where taxation Is an exact science, every revenue resource has' been so thoroughly worked that the government, to meet an unfailing annual deficit, Is driven to the extremity of proposing a tax on visitors. The condition to which these governments ere driven by the monarchial ego and a false nattonal prtdo Is hardly calculated to contribute to the gaiety of the taxpayer. Kaiser Wllhelm's "blazing Indiscretion-' In consenting to the publication of an In terview on the relations of Germany and Great Britain haa beea thoroughly ventil ated In the German preea and In the Reichstag, to the serious damage of lese majeste. The emphatic rebuke adminis tered to the emperor's personally conducted diplomacy Is little short of astounding to those who have noted the seal and celerity hitherto shown In Bending critics of hia majesty to prison. It Is an admirable ex hibition not only of German courage in press and rostrum, but also of German de termination to hold the emperor strictly accountable to his constitutional advisers. The warning Bounded by the ministers of the crown and by members of the Reich stag have been sufficiently Impressive In the direction In tended to procure tho sup pression of a similar interview which was had by an American correspondent and already In type far the December number of the Century magnslne. To a monarch exemplifying the royal absurdity, "The king can do no wrong," it must be exceed ingly mortifying to his pride to find him self the target for criticism and ridicule. and to Bee the aggressive eagle of Germany pictured aa a screeching parrot. The out burst of national Indignation may yet be come an epoch in the march of the German empire toward a more responsive consti tutional government and manhood auffrage The new era dawning In Ireland is not a figure of speech. It has substance for the foundation and determination fur the super structure. A correspondent of Collier's Weekly, writing of "The New Ireland," says the spirit of revival is manifested In education, industry and agriculture, and most significantly in the bridging of the chasm of the Boyne. North and south are coming together and co-operating aa never before, uniting for the common cause of national welfare. Every town and county has its development association, and every newspaper is sounding the American slogan "Patronize home industry." Some obstacles are encountered in agricultural develop' ment, owing to the alow process of recon veylng the land to the people, but what has been accomplished under the land act Is a stimulus for activity in manufactures, and energizes the unity and patriotism which la gradually making the new and greater Ireland. Should the rumors of a possible change In the sultanate of Turkey come true later on, the present occupant of the Ottoman throne will not go out of business with an empty pocket. Anticipating the probability of forced retirement less painful than the fate of his brother, Abdul Hamid haa laid by a generous pile of coin, estimated at $15,ouo,ouo, well invested and In securities beyond the reach of Ms enemies. Ills mar ried daughters are provided for and four single, daughters and thred sons will be taken care of, should the worst come, by the fund laid aside in more prosperous days. Whatever fear Great Britain entertains regarding the American invasion, one branch of the nation's activitlea ia In no Immediate danger. British enterprise and speed in building battleships surpasses the records of all rivals. It is expected that the battleship Collingwood, Just launched, will be finished within two years of the laying of its keel. That will not match the speed with which the first Dreadnought was built, but the Collingwood is a vast Improvement on the first of its cluss and entails considerably more work. However, two years Is a record to be proud of and .humbles to the dust the American record of three and four years fur similar work. The tide of emigration from Italy, strongly directed to the United States until the panic of last year, is now setting toward Braril. The demand for labor in the gr,e"t coffee-producing states U such that the republic, indirectly, is paying the pasaage of Immigrants and by thin ineana la enticing a flow of immigraton that la alarming tho Italian government. Brazil already has a large Italian colony that haa steadliy grown in numbers, wealth and In fluence, and this fact la an additional in centive for the energetic to leave the crowded and hopeless conditions of native land and win a. competence and indepen dence In the southern half of the new world. The people of the t'niled Htates, -atiout to enter upon various t stems of Inland navigation, should profit by what Kuropc has accomplished In that line. More than JKiC.Ow.UiO have been expended In making the Danube navigable, and many more millions are to be spent In linking It wl'.h tho Oder und the Elbe. The 1'anublan fjHiin of waterways Includes four large livers of some 2,5"v miles of channel. It t-mpticH lulu the Black sea and ita upper levels are connected with tho Rhine by canals. Out from the heart of the Alps and across the most fertile plain 1n Eu rope, th.) Danube tranaports millions of Ions of freight annually al rates greatly lower thun the railroads can afford to make. .Necessity for the Square Deal. Boston Transcript. Andrew Carnegie's experience with rail road rebates, set forth In some detail in h'ia new book, ahould give pause to thoae conservatives who have argued that all the llooaeveil legislation waa unnecessary ; that the railroads, guided by Intelligent aelf lnterest, would in at the shippers fairly without the necessity of funuitr govsin- meat conirul. , v nr7VA.n Absolutely pure BakSoDg IPdDwdleir Made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Royal gives to food that pecu liar lightness, sweetnfess, and delicious flavor noticed in the finest bread, cake, biscuit, rolls, crusts, etc., which expert pas try cooks declare is unobtain able when any other leavening agent is used. t ftOVAL SAKIMa POWDCIt CO MEW YORK POLITICAL, DRIFT. The esteemed "Flngy" Conners of Buf falo cheerfully admits he doean't know why It happened. How It happened Is easy. Tou can't always tell beforehand what la behind a name. Dickey and Dolley were the nursery warblers of republican music In Missouri and Kansas. The traditional strength of Onion failed lamentally In Texas. A candidate for tho state senate bearing the pungent name was "beaten to a frazle." By reprinting a series pf prophetic edi torials from back numbers the New York World argues that It occupies a higher plane than straw vote propheta. As a sign of returning consciousness in politics it Is worth noting that the ques tion whether Taft will be the twenty-sixth or twenty-seventh president la up for con sideration. The perplexities of betters In Maryland equals the troubles of those who tackled the question, "How old Is Ann?" Two of the Taft electors have a plurality of 613 over the Bis Bryan electors. Who car ried the state T Former Benator William E. Mason of Il linois has been handed a consolation prize by Chicago. A Job In the city law depart ment will net him about $7,000 a year. After a prolonged diet of spare ribs and kraut a hunk of tenderloin la enjoyable. The reason for the split In Maryland's electoral vote Is the provision of the state ballot law requiring a voter to place hla mark opposite each of the electors of hla party. Two of the Taft electors received a larger number of votes than any other elector. IEEKI.VQ MEW LEADERSHIP, llemoraeleas Louie of Politic Points Thait War. St. Louis Republic (dem.). It is far too aoon to canvass tho avail ability of other candidatea who may be named In 1912, but it la not at all too aoon to recognize the fact that Mr. Bryan's un doubted personal popularity did not develop any evidences of growth from 19U0 to 190& The attentive student of political move ments will find in the Incomplete returns of this week's election ample evidence that the Bryan strength waa not greater In 1M6 than It waa in 1900 and not marked, y greater than that developed for Parker in 1W4. It is the remorseless logic of politics that this should bring: new leadership four years hence. Bryan carried two atatea, Colorado and Nebraska, that Parker lost, and the demo cratic pluralities were somewhat Increased In three, Mississippi. South Carolina and Texas, which are uniformly and certainly democratic. These are the only points at which Bryan brought gains. On the other hand, the democratic pluralities Beem to have been substantially decreased la Ala bama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. And comparing 1900 with 1908 the same decrease in Bryan's strength Is ap parent, fbr he gained this year only Ne braska that he lost eight years ago and seems to have enlarged the democratic pluralities only In Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina. Against these gains, however, must be placed lossea In Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho. Kentucky, Missouri, Mon tana and Virginia. The moral of tha figurea ia not to be escaped. Mr. Bryan cannot mlatake It. Hia phenomenal popularity Is waning. No more forcible evidence of that fact ia af forded than the Missouri returns present. In ISSo Mlaaourl gave him 67,727, in 1900 It gave him 37,830. Yet the state went against I him with the party reunited and apparently i harmonious. The politicians. It appears, were more united than the people and j Bryan lost atrength In Mlasourl, as he did I in half a dozen other democratic atatea, be ; cause of decreaalng popularity and not ba- cause of organized opposition. It Is In the order of prog reus that denn jcratlc thoughts should turn to new leader ; ship In 1012, a leadershup which Mr. Bryan as a good party man will accept along with every other loyal democrat. AMERICA BEVOLVEH HABIT. "Toting a Una" r. Slga of Lanary or Ksotl.iu. Minneapolis Journal. Again the handy revolver haa made havoc with human lives. In the heart of New York the postmaster of tho city ia ahot down by an assassin, who thereupon turns the weapon on htmeelf and ends hla own life. In the capital of Tennessee a formet membur of the I'nited gtatea senate and tie (.on of a leading attorney exchange i-hot a in which the atates uan Is done to death and the antagonist is hurt. The New York caae Is clearly one i f a tTisHfi pointed and unbklaneed man g'vlng way to a homicidal mania. In the south. rn city the tragedy grew out of an ordi nary political feud. If the same ccdu pre vailed elsewhere that icimi to obtain In Tennessee, It would depopulate the coun try, leaving us with no stateinen and no lawyers to bear the burden of government. Beth were encouraged by the A met .run "gun" habit. Will the time evi r come when the revolver will have had Its day In America, and be relegnted with the sword, the dagger and the bludgeon? The revolver argument aettlta nothing but Hit contestants. It Is a perpetual non aecjultur, i a childish aa it la frightful, and aa. Xright- tful aa it la childish. iHBBBBBB. PLEASANTLY POINTED. "What shall we do with our ex-presidents?" asked the patriotic citizen. "No need to worry about that," answered the practical person. "With a little Judi cious advertising an 'ex-presldency Is good enough start In life for any youni man." Washington Star. Husband (dropping letter) It haa come Wife (alarmed Oh, John, what is it j Not a notification from the Black Hand? Husband ttraglcally) Exactly. It's the coal bill'. Baltimore American. "No," said Mrs, Jenner Lee Ondego, "my husband doesn't awear. except when he talks politics. I .suppose I've heard hlni say a thousand times, 'Ding the tariff!' " Chicago Tribune. Teacher Johnny, can- you Inform the rlnsa as to how the age of a chicken Is determined? Johnny Yes'm. By the teeth. Teacher Why, Johnny, chickens have no teeth. Johnny No'm. Rut we have. Bohemian. Client I must admit that after I quit punching him, his Jaw was swelled, hla noFe was broken, his eyes were blacked and hla cheek was bruised. Lawyer I must say, my dear man, tho caae. on the face of It, haa some very bad features. Baltimore American. "Tho late Cooper Hewitt" said a New York lawyer, "had a keen gift of Irony. " 'There's a model statesman,' he aald one night of a rather dubious senator. " 'A model T said I. 'Why do you call him a model?' i " 'Because,' was the reply, 'he la always posing before the public.' "Philadelphia Record. "Why do musicians wear long? hair?" "That's easily explained. Some of our musicians don't have the price of a hair cut till after fame Is achieved. And when a man ia famoua, he doean't dare change his appearance for fear people won t recognize him." Waahlngton Star. "Pop, when I called the Smith boy names, he never aald a word but began throwing stones at me." "I suppose, my son, he was casting about for an answer." Baltimore American. "Looking at that knob? That's my bump of caution." , "Hnrn with it eh?" 'Oh. no. Kicked by Clh nr. k-lr.bo.l h mule." Louisville Courier-Journal. BETTER TIMES. Baltimore Bun. Bigger piece of pudding and a larger cua of pie, Better times are coming and the goose hangs high; Buckwheat enkes and sausage, and the day Is coming yet When one can eat roast turkey 'stead of ham crokett. Better times, booming times, business on the hum. The mill wheels all so busy that tha pessimists are dumb! No more hunting lunches on the free-lunch route we dine On canvusback and lobster and the very best of wine; Potpie every Sunday, with no panic times to fear. Better times are coming, and they're get ting very near. Better times, brighter times, cream puffs on the side, A cigar after luncheon and an air of Miugtity pride! All the mills are humming make it par tridge, dear, on toast. And let me help your mother to another piece of roast; A servant In the kitchen and an overcoat for Jim, Better times are coming, with a blin-bam-blm. Better times, busy tlmea a bigger sllca of pie. Buckwheat cakea for breakfast, and the goose hangs high! A TEX STRIKE. 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