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T 38,600
37,030
80,180
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12 37,700
It 87,930
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XI 30,800
II 3700
0 37,600
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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!
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