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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1908.
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H. P. WALKER,
Notary Public.
WHEW OVT OF TO WIT.
abeeribr laawlas the elty teat
orartlr aatemlel aar Tae Be
mailed tkeaa. ' Addreaa will
ckanced aa ltea aa reqaew.ed
Mr. Carnegie can afford to have the
tariff on steel removed. He has his.
t m 'Ht.n" ..v wihorr H.,Khr
Please pass the modesty belt to Elbert,
By keeDlna: his mouth closed the
kalsr hopes to escape putting his foot
in it. ,
This eobless corn proposition sounds
as deceptive as the painless dentist
signs.
It is up to the Cu6ana to show
whether they prefer evolution to
revolution;
. Venison Is selling at 8 cents a pound
in Vermont.- Evidently turkey is the
real game delicacy.
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Tnm fa. vut.hitpr muiiinairt I
i UU ts I UV A a w w sat Uli'OWMSti viar
has figured in the list of victims of
that Paris charmer.
Hobson says there is certain to be
a war in 1909. That's the year thelin
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Urlff Is to be revised.
The proposal to remove the tariff I
on hides will look to the cattle grow. I
ers as something of a skin game.
Abe Ruef ought to utt kicking if
he really believes, as he says, that he
cannot get Justice In San Francisco.
With foot ball out of the way the
campaign for early Christmas .hopping
ahnnM h with renawarf vlr
There is a picture ot a cross-eyed
Id.. . th. nr(.lt will
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Castro has . cone to Europe to "go
under the knife." If he visits Holland
he runs a chance ot going under the
axe.
iom riynn sun nas yei a cnance to
endear himself to the people if he will
only clean the streets before winter
sets in.
The Greek olive crop for 1003 Is
said to be a total failure. The' green
plum crop, however, will supply the
shortage.
mihakh mini.tara want th jarM
on sine retained. It is presumed that
they will aUH want sulphur and brim-
atone on the free list
It Is Just possible, ot course, that
President Taft may veto aoiue of the!
tariff bill that are being passed by
" the democratic editors.
The shah ot Persia ha refused to
grant his ubjects a constitution. 1t
remain to be seen if his own constltu-
tloa will stand the strain.
The nearer the Corn show cornea the
igger It loom. This has grown as
other Omaha Ideas'have, and it reali
sation will far exceed Its prospect.
Governor Sheldon would aid very
materially In the prospective enjoy
ment of Christmas It he would Just tell
'he Judge who they are going to be.
Geologist say there la coal enough
.0 last th world 4.000 years. The
- average man would be happy if he
had enough la the cellar to last 4.000
minutes. t
"Florid voters take, memory with
them into the polling booth" says a
Jacksonville paper. It will be better
for the Florida voter when they begin
voting for live Issue instead ot voting
their memories.
IMntoriXQ .ISLAND WATERWAYS.
Urging congress to make liberal ap-
propriatlons for the improvement of
the waterway! of the nation, the Wash-
Ington Pott asserts that "It this rot-I
ernment should appropriate and provl-
dently expend on 1U waterways ten
kiiiiAn. ih. .v.f-m area rnnaLipred.
the number of water courses taken
Into computation and the neeaea canais
..k lnto account would not nearly
attain to the degree of perfection of
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Very much would depend upon the
manner in, which the $10,000,000,000
was expended. If the old plan were
followed, that of dumping thousands
and hundreds of thousands into mud-
holes and winding creeks to please the
wishes of some congressmen, the
the other hand, if the money to be ex-
Uended is devoted to the development
a systematic plan of improvement
nation may have a waterway sys-
Its navy, if sufficiently large
world with the expenditure of much
ie than $10 000 000,000. France has
expended only $l',260.000,000 on her
waterway system and waterway lm-
provement is a part of the fixed policy
t" government. .The result is that
freight rates are less in ranee tnan i
in any other naUon. "
t.oo The leading men of the country who navies. British premiers have con
t'.!!!'.!..'..tea are honestly in favor of waterways vinced the British people that this
improvement are hoping that congress
wl JPt general plan and then
make annual appropriations for the
prosecution of the work. The National
Rivers and Harbors congress, which
will meet in Washington on December
has adopted as a platform "A policy;
not a project." The old plan was to
pursue a project, instead of a policy,
rona - resa can well defer the making of
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a fixed plan of Improvement mat wm
have for its purpose the development of
the enormous Inland trade and com-
merce of the country. Strict' adher- i
ence to such a plan, when once
adopted, will make the development
of the inland waterways only a aues-
tlon of time, with a result that will
more than repay any expenditure that
mo k ,tr,.. rnr tha nnmnu
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TBS NEW POSTMASTER QK FERAL.
The official announcement that Mr.
Frank 'H. Hitchcock .will be the post-
master aeneral in Mr. taft's cabinet
will be pleasantly received by repub-
Ucans generally and by all people who
are familiar with Mr Hitchcock's ca-
paclty for organlxatlon and his marked
business ability.
It has . lone been arrued that the
Poatofflce department should have a
xUBlneBr man !at ita head. It is the
one denartment of the Kovernment
that comes into closest direct business
touch with the Deode. and the one
h.r mnaf ha run neareat to the lines
emoloyed in the conduct of. a big
commercial enterpriae. The depart-
meet has suffered in the past by lack
of men with- business ability and ca-
naeltv at its - head.- Mr. Hitchcock
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Doasesaefl ail me o uaiwca Lion neeuea i
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to place tne department on a outness
basis, and his record Bhows what he
can do in that direction. When he
began work lu the government service,
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the Department or Agriculture, no
reorganised the statistical and consular
reDortln divisions of that department
ar. maae them of real Value to the
public. As Mr Cortelyou's chief clerk
ha organised the working force of the
nw nnrtmnt of Commerce and
rJt. , . ,t tha modei for the
other departments. As first assistant
nostmaster aeneral he began the work
of systematizing and reorganising the
postal service, a work he will now be
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position to OOmpiete. n: nas
ence In any branch of the government
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renaral ha will have an ODDortunltV
to render the public a distinct service
and there Is no doubt he will take
fullest advantage of the opportunity.
A QUEER VECISlOtr.
The -- iTnltAd States circuit court ot
Lppe4l(i ,lttlns at st. Louu bai ren
dered a decision that Is going to direct
renewed attention to the federal laws
requiring the adoption by railroads of
safety appliances and to the deter
mined efforts that have been made by
some . railroads to evade the enforce
ment ot the laws. In this case Delk, a
railroad brakeman, Drougnt suit
against the "Frisco" line for injuries
received while attempting to , operate
a defective automatio coupler, tie got
a verdict of f 5,000 in the lower court.
The railroad company, clearly
within its rights, appealed, the case,
I making the strange defense that while
the law requires the adoption and use
I of automatio couplers on trains en
-af ed ja interstate commerce, there
h, no provision in the law requiring
jha railroad companies to keep the
couplers in repair, and no penalty for
their failure to do so. The circuit
court of appeals sustained the strange
contention of the railroad company
and reversed th verdict ot the lower
court. ...
While the court may have kept
strictly within the letter of the law
in making its finding, the decision
must be set down as another coctrl-
button to the long list of technicalities
that alway appear to eperate against
Justice and the weaker party to the
lawsuit. Tne average lairmmceo man
II 1 ..jnM -.A.aaAt V m Va taw
win rvauuj wuicuu -
quiring th nse of automatic couplers
and other safety appliances carries
with it the duty of keeping these ap
pllancea in working order. Th auto -
matio coupler that has been broken
or worn out is no longer an automatic
coupler, and the law requiring auto -
niatic cotpkrs Is a c-i tlnuou law.
The Intent of the lw Is wtainly
plain, however fault the letter of it
may be, and there li little doubt that
the supreme court of the United States,
to which an appeal has been taken by
Delk, will reverse the finding of the
circuit court of appeals. In the mean-
lime Delk must wait for mora months.
possibly years, before he is finally
tompensatea ior nis injuries ana ia
railroad company will hare con-
trlbuted another chapter to the volume
Ion "The Law's Delay.'
CAPITALIZING A SCARE.
Lord Roberts has started a furore
In England that la running even more
wildly than that caused In Germany
by tho kaiser's recent interview, by
declaring that England is wholly un
enemies until a standing army of
1,000,000 is provided
This is in complete contradiction to
the long established belief of England
could protect the country from all the
fighting forces of Europe. This belief
has been accepted generally by the
English people and millions have been
voted in support of the Aequlth plan
of making the English navy greater
pr ioui uiu iu tumumcu
strength of the French and German
two-power fleet is the surest guaranty
of national safety, and therefore worth
all that it costs to build and maintain
Lord Roberts upsets all such
claims, and paves the way for more
appropriations by insisting that the
t.vy would be practically worthless,
me aeiense or uritain, wnnoui a
mammotn standing army.
lMTa RODerts is recognuea as one
. n.l Ha hi.
"uw,w"B uu ic
naturally accepted as alarming and
startling by the Brltlstt people. If be
really convinced of the danger con
fronting England. he British taxpayer
,s faced wlth the proposition of having
lis burdens doubled or nave an tne
millions that have been spent on the
navv counted as wasted money and
his country's Bafety far from assured.
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Lrfrd Roberts declares tnat oermany
could land 200,000 men on British
shores in spite of the British fleet
and with such a force the English
army, as now constituted, would not
e Me to successfully combat. He
" . ucmiou. uw m
u - nK'ana wouia promptly rauy 10 tne
upport of the invaders and thus
pira adiwdq m a iuu (rir uu
CP - unless proper precautions are
taken, Lord Roberts asserts, "Great
Britain may some day find, herself in
" l" " urwu
to submit to the most humiliating-
conditions.
' 1 dlfllcult to determine how much
Roberts statement is war
ranted. , The suspicion, grows that
may oe more pontics man real
Uustlflcatlon for fear in the picture
01 England 's helpless condition. The
irmv 4b ilwtvi IpnYnna fit iha nnw
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lected. The taxpayers, already under
naavv mi niAna waiiki Vaaamr at tia n
rr appropriations for the army
wlin0Ul Bom wrrirying reason, xne
English common people hate Germany
and the Germans, and it may be more
man pronaDie mai me army advo-
cates have taken advantage of the
feeling- to work a big appropriation
or army JtPan8lon- Th conclusion
M t very creditable to Lord Roberta,
but Jt appears more reasonable than
nis prediction or Britain being invaded
. .M hv th.
THE OR AND JURY'S REPORT.
The present grand Jury has achieved
on.' mora. .ti.t.b. .umber of
'
n minor c-ffenses ordinarily dealt with
' r. .r 7. fU .
grand Jury is not Justified by its list of
true bills found. It would seem that
the taxpayers ot Douglas county might
tire of footing the bills tor this fad
As yet neither of the successive grand
Juries has developed the existence of
any unusual state ot affairs In Omaha
or South Omaha, and the moral atmos
phere of these communities is no purer
after than before the session,
The ordinary machinery for the en
forcement of the law Is adequate to
deal with matters that have generally
occupied the attention of the succes
sive grand Juries. No state of public
scandal or of rampant crime has been
developed in Omaha, although all man
ner of rumors have been sifted
through the inquisitorial mill. The
Bee has expressed this opinion before
and now merely reiterates its oonvlc-
tlon that under existing conditions .a
grand Jury for Douglas county Is
luxury which can well be dispensed
with. If the prosecuting attorney and
his assistants and the police court at
torneys of Omaha and South Omaha
will attend strictly to their business
nothing will be presented to another
grand Jury unless it is the "well
founded rumors" that have been so
often discredited
The clearing house statements show
very impressively the rebound of bust
ness when the pressure of politic was
rem0ved. The tremendous increase
reported from all the Important Indus-
trla, and conmerclal center
ot the
country are au, to a resumption of ao-
I
tlvlty resulting irom tn assurance
that established policies of government
win bo maintained.
1 ' The annual dinner of the old-time
I telegraphers in New York Is another
I reminder that more than forty years
I of time have elapsed since these men
became iart of the machinery of
reat army. Cong-ren has not yet
ufflclently acknowledged the debt the
atlon owes to the telegraphers who
assisted in winning the victories.
It now develops that Superintendent
White of the School for the Deaf is
nxious to hang on to his Job. This
accounts for the cheerful willingness
1th which he denies to the World-
Herald having contributed to the re
publican campaign fund. This course
ought to commend Mr. White highly to
Governor Bhallenberger;
Joe Butler may get another whack
at thejile plate, but he is not, accord
ing to latest reports, to pass on the
ufflciency of oil for Nebraska. It is
to be hdped, however, that disappoint
ment will not affect Joe's loya(ty to
the cause or detract from his efficiency
as a cheer leader at the Jlmsonlan
meetings.
Two of the present Omaha city
council have . declared themselves as
candidates foT" re-election. Some of
the -people hope that the others will
also come out in order that the popular
verdict may be properly registered.
Now Richmond Pearson Hobson is
convinced that the United States will
have to go to war with China. As a
press agent for the. ship building con
cerns Hobson Is little short ot being
wonder.
The Texas democrats in congress
are making loud noises over the
proposition to. remove the tariff on
hides. The free trade democrat is a
freetrader on the products of some
other state.
Carrie Nation has not decided where
she will spend most of her time while
in Europe. We suggest that if she
gets homesick for her dear old Kansas
she might find comfort by visiting the
Balkans.
The thief who stole a Jeweler's sam
ples from an Omaha hotel was on his
way to the penitentiary under sen
tence in just one week, and still some
people complain of the law's delay.
Missouri ministers . prayed for, in
their Thanksgiving services, the reten
tion of the duty on zinc, showing that
the tariff Is a religious as well as a
political economic Issue.
The unemployed of London are re
ported to be inoreaslng at the rate
of-10 per cent a week. At that rate
no one will have to work' In London
In ten more weeks. ... .
Mr. Roosevelt, gave $1,000 to the
republican campaign fund, but it is
not believed that the amount went so
far as some of ' the letters he con
tributed.
Perlla that Paaaed Br.
.Kanna,Clty Star.-. .
John D. 'Rockefeller lnalata that the oil
bualnesa la "hazardous." That's so; there
Is always danger that the tank may spring-
leak, that one of the horses may run
away, or that autumn leaves may get into
the pipe line.
Tke Limit.
Philadelphia Ledger. '
Tenneeeee lynohera now preface the hang.
U with a mockery of judicial procedure.
It really la aurprlaln to noto that the new
tyle Is more disgusting than the old,
which was supposed to have reached the
limit of dligraoeful brutality.
Reflectloa Begets Vhaakf alaeaa.
Charleitown News and Courier.
When wa retleot upon the purity of Mr.
Rockefeller's motives and methods, and
described by himself on the witness stand.
and then survey .the quantity ot this
world's goods he has amassed, how thank'
ful wa should be that he waa not born with
the heart ot a robber!
Aa Talked Too Mick.
Kansas City Star.
The steel manufacturers have hastened
to assure the ways and moans committee
that Mr. Carnegie didn't know what he
was talking about when he said steel could
be made cheaper in the United States than
abroad. What they mean, of course. Is
that he. shouldn't have said so.
No Gum Shoea oa Hlat.
Boston' Herald.
One of the conspicuous points of differ
ence between Senator Cummins and his
predecessor. Senator Allison, la that the
new acquisition to the senate la not auoh a
master of the fine art of walking on egga
without breaking their sheila aa his prede
cessor wt s. It is anticipated that some of
the eggs will be crushed under the new
hoofs. .
Hoaor for laaantelle aadrewa.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Chancellor Andrews of the; University of
Nebraska, tt will be gladly noted, retires
from that institution with great honor.
The title of chancellor emeritus has been
conferred upon htm and he will receive a
Carnegie pension ot 13,000 a year. During
his administration th university had the
most substantial growth in students and
funda
Legalised Lawleeaaeaa.
Baltimore American. .
Th legal lynching has arrived. With
all the forma of law obaervod. the act was
a greater insult to the law and law-abiding
cltlsens than the most frank lawleesness
could be. Unwritten law and legalised
lawleasneas are anomalies which cannot co
exist with up-to-date civilisation. The dis
position which - will take form of law to
violate Its spirit Is the most dangerous
of all.
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Moneyed Fuuls Kasllr Trimmed.
Washington Poat.
What suckers we greedy mortals be
Here we have one Meyer, a smart fellow
lata of the Broadway metropolis, doing
Pittsburg and Plttsburgers trimming them
to a frasxle. He waa generous and dis
tributed with lavish tongue a story of In
tlmate financial association with the world'
greatest bankers, anu Imparted the highly
Improbable Information that ha wanted to
Invest something between tl50.000.OCO and
t300.0ue.000. How gullible and easy are
those who would get In on the ground
floor In speculative venturea that promise
something for nothing, or make borrow In
a pastime! Meyer, In Pittsburg, and Fos
ter, the promoter. In New York, who had
the royal suite In a hotel on fl.COO.but.OOO
worth of mines of fairy tall' authenticity,
were both able to live on the beat becauae
they found fools In plenty, who parted
with rral money In the hope of getting
rich uulckly,
t-t'NHRT POLITICAL CQMMKJf T.
Dearie, ef Demoeratle KeweMaera
lenipif ssii in tae arta.
St. Louis Olobe-Democrat (rep.).
Five Chicago democrats have been found
who May they are willing to sink 120,000 In
stsrtlng a democratic psper tn that city.
n the recent campaign Mr. Bryan had no
supporter of any consequence among the
newspapers of thst town. Nor had he any
In New York In the Enailsh language.
Herman Rldder's Btaats Zeltung was on
Bryan'a side, but the fact that Mr. Taft
carried that democratic town shows that
Rldder's paper had as little Influence
toward deluding voters to support Bryan
aa Rldder himself had to square his anti-
Bryan record of the pre-conventlon daye
with his laudation of Bryan after the con
vention forced him upon the party.
The democratic party was never so poor
In Journalistic supporters In all Its previous
llstcry as It haa been since Bryan seised
the party's machinery. The Hearst papers
were the only Journals of any consequence
In New Tork City which Supported Bryan
In lm and 1900. They were against him
In 1M8. East of tho Mississippi and north
of the Potomac and the Ohio he was
shunned this year by nearly all the demo
cratic papers of any Influence, except that
the New York World, which- opposed him
for the nomination, fell Into line for him
In a faint-hearted way after the conven
tion. The peculiar character of Ita sup
port, however, had an adverse rather than
a favorable Influence, if It had any In
fluence at all.
A democratic dally paper in Chicago,
under present conditions, would probably
have difficulty In establishing Itsetf. It
could hardly ahow that It met a long-felt
want There Is no tangible evidence that
there Is any such want.
A Silly laalaaatioa.
New York World (dem.).
Angered by the loss of New York City Mr.
Bryan asks In th Commoner: "If Tam
many will not support tha democratic
ticket and platform when the ticket and
platform are satisfactory to the democrats
of the nation, what Is to be done?"
Had Mr. Bryan been "satisfactory to the
democrats of the nation" It would have
made little difference what Tammany did.
Mr. Bryan waa hardly less unsatisfactory
to the democrats of other sections of the
country than thoae of New York.
Tammany Is the democratic organisation
of New York county only, and the county
gave Mt. Bryan a small plurality. The loas
of the city waa due to the overwhelming re
publican vote In Kings county.
If Tammany 1s to be ' charged with
treachery for the loss of Greater New Tork,
then Norman E. Mack must be charged
with treachery for the loss of Brie county,
which was carried by Taft and Chanler.
Likewise the democrats of Ohio, Indiana,
Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana
must be charged with treachery. They
elected their candidates for governor, al
though Taft electors were chosen. The
democrats of Illinois and Michigan must
be charged with treachery, for In these two
states alone Mr. Bryan ran nearly STO.000
votes behind the democratic candidates for
governor.
All the aouthern democrats must be
charged with- treachery, for In the south
Mr. Bryan ran behind Parker. In Georgia
alone Mr. Taft carried twenty-six counties
and gained 17,000 votea over Rooaevelt.
Mf. Bryan must be charged with treach
ery, for tn his own state of Nebraska he
ran' behind Shallenberger, the democratic
candidate for governor.
Indeed Missouri seems to about the only
state tn the Union In which Mr. Bryan was
not weaker' than his ' party and he lost
Missouri too.
Instead of blaming Tammany Mr. Bryan
should be grateful. But for the loyalty ot
the ' regular " Tammany organisation vote
Mr. Bryan would have lost New York
county as well as New York City.
, Soataera Paper Baits Brraa.
Norfolk (Va.) Landmark (dam.).
There Is no uaa In attacking th Na-
braakan for not renouncing voluntarily
all further honors of the standard-bear
ing kind. The persons to blame are the
state leaders, particularly those In ' the
south, ' who have been advocating - the
Bryan nomination, against their ' best
Judgment, because they believed It the
esslest way to escape a contest at home.
Now these leaders will have to act differ
ently if they have any instinct of self
preservation; tor a continuance of their
policy of happy-go-lucky Bryanlsm will
turn their own bailiwicks over to the re
publican party.
The .Landmark serves notice that under
conditions similar to those which have ex
istedthat is, unless the- opposition candl
date should be personally a menace, like
Cannon or Hearst It will not support Mr.
Bryan if the democratic party com ml La
the inconceiveable folly ot nominating him
a fourth time, ine eloquent rnoDrasxan
has had as many nominations, without a
single victory, as. any victorious presi
dential candidate ever had, and his detaata
have been heavier with each successive
candidacy. We shsll gladly support any
good democrat whose record does not show
that the people regard him aa unsafe. But
the Bryan business haa become a farce
unworthy of serious men, and this paper
does not Intend to be dragged Into It again.
There are doubtleas other Independent
democratic newspapers tn the south which
feel as we do; and this la a good time for
them to say tt.
Hearat Paid tke Frelskt.
Springfield (Maaa.) Republican (lnd.).
Mr. Hearat's party proves to have been
entirely financed by him the last year, his
personal expenditure in running the Hlsgen
ticket being $42,21. The sale of souvenir
medals brought In $277 more, and that waa
all. The fact that no one ese subscribed
dollar ' showed good sense on the part of
Tom. Dick and Harry. They all knew per
fectly well that the Independence campaign
waa Mr. Hearst's personal merry-go-round
He gladly paid 142.000 to get square with
Mr. Bryan, yet Bryan would have been
beaten If Hearst had trained his mud bat
terlea exclusively In his support. The one
visible profit for Mr. Hearat la he now haa
perfect social standing at the White Houae.
Reciprocal Fa vara.
Boaton Transcript (rep.).
Governor Haskell waa crowded out of the
democratic national committee as treasurer
and Herman Rldder ot the 8taata-Zeltung
succeeded him. His contribution and those
of hls or, were especially generous. A
correspondent of the New York Evening
Post now declares that copies of his news
paper were sent out to ths Oerman-Amerl
can cltlsens throughout the country In
great numbers and at a considerable cost
to the committee, showing that Its man
a vers made "one hand wash tbe other,
aa the old saying goes, even after It had
changed hands.
Ubea Vierry Did Not Kill.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
Until John D. Rockefeller went on the
wltnesa stand most persons probably did
not realise what a haaardoua thing the oil
business la "For f'.fty years," aaid Rock
efeller, "we have been prepared to hear
the fire alarm day and night; we are deal
Ing with a very explosive product." And
again, "One could never tell When one
would awake and find the crude oil sup
ply exhausted." Of course, the profits
have been very falr-57O.00O,O0O but the
wonder la. we must believe, that the Stan'
dard magnates have not all succumbed to
nervous prostration long ago. It's a new
tlu UtfhL
CARPtBOIR'H TARIFF VIEW.
game af His faggeatlaaa Approved,
Others Pravaka Dtsaeat.
New York Tribune.
Tariff revision Is today a matter of Im
mediate and Immensely national Import
ance, and Mr. Carnegie's contribution to
the discussion of it entitles him to grati
tude even from those who least agree with
all of Ms Views. At th same time, his
Ipse dixit Is not to be accepted aa con
vincing by any means, and It would be an
error either for protectionists to be de
pressed by the thought that Mr. Carnegie
haa suddenly become hostile to them, or
for free trader to be elated at his sup
posed conversion to their cause. The fact
is, aa a careful reading of his article re
veals that Mr, Carnegie atUl strives to be
reckoned aa a protectionist, though his
expressed conceptions of the nature and
purport of a protective tariff are such aa
protectionists generally will not approve,
while hie confident prophecy that America
will soon become the foremost apostle of
free trade. Is Irresistibly reminiscent of
Cobden's unqualified declaration that the
prompt conversion of all nations to free
trade waa as certain as the rising of the
sun.
With Mr. Carnegie's opinion that soma
of the present tariff rates should be low
ered. If not 'abolished altogether, and thnt
some should bo maintained. 1f not actually
raised, we have no quarrel, though from
his distribution of such changes we are
Inclined to think the majority of thought
ful economist will dissent. His excep
tional knowledge of the steel and Iron In
dustry commands consideration for his
opinion that It needs no protection and that
Ita products should be placed on the free
Ilet. But we must question the correctness
of bis contention that Imported glass and
ohlna and stone Wares, for ex amp e, are
used to noticeable extent only by the
rich as luxuries, and that therefore con
gress should Increase rather than decrease
the duties on them, since thus a large
revenue could be secured without burden
ing the general public. Surely, a consid
erable part of thoae Imports, on which
In 107 duties of more than 111,000,000 were
paid, are purchased by persons of mod
erate means, to whom an increase In the
cost would be a burden; and it can scarcely
be doubted that an Increase of the duties
beyond a certain limit would Induce soms
raising of prices of the competing domestic
product. It will not be surprising to find
protectionists, .tn effecting that thorough
revision ot tariff ached ulea to which the
republican party la pledged and which
should be regarded aa Indispensable, going
farther than Mr. Carnegie would go In re
ducing some rates, and declining to go as
far as he would In raising or even main
taining others. '
TIME FOR A REFORM.
Reeetlae aa tke Rev lee Ethics of
the Legral Prafeaatoa.
Pittsburg Gasette.
If there Is any foundation for the reporta
that clique of New York lawyers mulcted
Charles W. Morse, the convicted banker,
out of 12,000,000 to render him Immune from
charges growing out of the Dodge-Morse
divorce scandal. It la high time that the
Bar association of that jurisdiction start
houeecteahtng1! It Is not sufficient that
onoa In a while' such practices be taken
in hand by the district attorney, as tn the
case bf Abraham Hummel. The legal pro
fession owes something to its good name
that need not await the verdict of a Jury.
What kind of lawyers are these that
bleed men In this manner 7 It does not
matter how despicable their victim may be.
What klpd f, lawyers are they wbo ren
dered such outrageous bills to Harry Thaw,
some of Vhom are even yet trying to wring
"big money" from him 7 At the national
convention of the lawyers every year there
Is much discussion of professional ethics
and recently a new code, fathered by a dis
tinguished member of the New York bar,
was aubmltted to the consideration of the
fraternity generally. Yet right on the heels
of thaaot wa have had the disgraceful
spectacle of the Halns case being tried
through the newspapers by certain lawyers
In the most unprofessional way possible,
without respect tor good form, decency or
Justice. Surely there Is no need to go far
back or dig deep to secure ample grounds
for a general Inquiry by the bar of the
metropolis Into the state and methods of a
profession which, tor peouliar reasona,
should keep Its skirts clear. Its hands clean
and the law above reproach.
It should not be said, as It la now, that
back of every crime which rises above the
ordinary In dating and malevolence, there
I a lawyer's cunning; that underlying
every bit of unvengeable rascality which
now and then startles the community there
Is a lawyer's craftiness, and that certain
forms of defiance of statute, authority and
common decency cannot be reached by the
machinery ot Justice because a lawyer haa
lent, his discernment and acumen to accom
plish a palpable wrong. Let the New York
bar bestir Itself and set a long-delayed ex
ample to the reat of the country by driving
out the harpies adventurers and black
mailers. BIG HATS IN CHVRCH.
Millinery " Arefclteetare Prevakea a
Shepherd's Frewa.
. Boston Transcript
BIshoa Williams of Omaha haa a word
to say. on fashionable attire that may be
heard la districts ootslde his own diocese.
Women must have their heads covered In
church,' the bishop says., but they may. not
wear for the purpose the big hate milli
ners have prepared for the season. This
will make It necessary for church-going
women to adopt tbe small bat for Sunday
wear, and -its general adoption for other
daya of the week will naturally follow.
Furthermore, the bishop says that women
must come t churches over which be hss
dominion In dresses .of, "a modest nature."
He does not go Into particulars on this
point. His flock may Interpret the order
as they will, so long as they conform to
any of the many Interpretations that are
synonymous with the term "modesty." If
the bishop's recommendations are carrlsd
out It may truthfully be said of congrega
tlons under his charge that they are
"clothed and In their right mind."
Imaoelagr Figures.
' Pittsburg Dispatch.
Eight billion dollars' worth of crops Is
the estimate ot the secretary of agrlcul
ture for ths yield of the farms of the
United States this year. It la a fine total.
But aa an Indication of what the farmer
gets for his work the fact that there were
10.SU0.000 persons engaged In agriculture by
the census ot 1M0, and probably aevcral
hundred thousand more, now. It indicates
that the average man In thut Industry had
aomewhat less, than 1800 a year out of
which to buy material, live and pay ex
penses. This permit -ao Inference that
late representations of -ths farmers as roll
ing In wealth are examples of drawing on
the imagination for statements of fact.
Keeptasr Warrlare la Trim.
Chicago Tribune.
Army officers whe'do not feel like walk
Ing fifty, miles .In three, days have the op
tion of rldln 100 talk' on bicycles la the
same length st Urn. ' President Roosevelt
Is anxious to make things as easy for them
as he possibly csn.
COST OF CAMPAIGN.
A naeea at Its Aaarearate Caat af tk
Lata Talkfeat.
Philadelphia ' Presa.
Political funnkliM.1 KiiVie hlah. In r
dltion to l.6,eoo expended by the rept
llcan natlnnal anmmltt Atari Aid Q OCVh sHf t
aemocrauo national committee, th repub
lkan atate rommltte in New Tork dl
bureed KUs.100, the New Tork connty com,
mlttee put out about .1164,030, the demo
cratlc state commttt iindt tau.fcY,
and Tammany reporta an expenditure ot
efB.FJU.
These do not take Intra AAMAtinr 4hA
amounts put out by local organisation II
the different countiee of the Interior, whlct
aaded to the money tined by th tau
committees would In all probability briniV
inA
art i
ldi
tne amount expended m the New Tori
state campaign well up to 11.000,00ft, ouUld
or any money handled by the national boi
mlttees.
On top of thla must be put th manj
hundreds of thousands of dollars expended
In such states ss Ohio, Indiana. Illinois an
a dosen othera where more or less lively
contests were waged, cither for national oi
state tickets, or both. Aa there are n
laws In many states requiring reporta to be
made, very few of these acoounta will svei
see the light.
Taking the Information actually at hand
as an Indication it would be maktne- a v.
moderate estimate to say that between
H.000,000 and 15,000,000 was expended in the
recent campaign. And yet It coat less than
many previous campaign
PERSONAL NOTES.
William CamnhsatY. rnitf inai.iuj u
- .7 uiouuicu gig
Edlnburg aa Judge of the new Scottish
court of sessions, ia th ' fint
Catholic appointed to the Scottish bench
nee me reformation.
In B choir auarrel In Atlnntln fit v r
the tenor played a base trick by treading
vn im ids or tne soprano. However, If
this failed to Inartlr I,. . . .
- - .. " men nui-j
such a note must be beyond her reach.
While Mr. Hohenaollern will not be quite
chesty In the future, you must not Jump
) the conclusion that ha will.
find It necessary to linen. with . t.
his glittering decorations when on dress
paraoe.
Dr. Robert Simon., a extent ! r r. -t-
who Is the dlacnv rr nff a SUAnaaat..!
method Of Combat In cholera. Infantum
Mlh U I&aII -
li-ll III J ft I 1 1 in IS fir e na armmw I A
- navci, ) iii Ainerivn
teach Ma rnllfLsYun in th Mmi.t k
V-.- a.. . V w f
.vn nia meinoaa or treatment. ki
Governor Marnnn. in Am-a.
' pvuari, IU mu Jt '
Ccatlon by Secretary Wright of th Waa
department, cables . th.t h. m
i ' " " vm 411
Washlnetnn Mriv in rw .w ... '
... kvQiiiuni: 19 eee xno
'"'r' concerning plans for the with
drawal of American troops from Cuba,
Hon. W. 8. Fleldlna. rrrl.r.
of finance, raisea and anon it. ttmiwiim .
year on a 17,000 salary. Mr. Fielding is the
v..., ijcomineni member jeft of the old
cabinet that gathered about BIr Wilfrid
Laurier In no k-
... ,,e .ucu mm position
years.
To celehratA th. Klfthvt.... .
the Brltlrh Naval and Military association
' D unveueq a life site bas-relief
of King Edward, which was executed by
Hugh Cairns. The bas-relief Is Sxs feet
and Is Inclosed In a gold frame surmounted
by the British coat-of-arms and bearing
... ... uwer corners tne narp of Ireland
and the thlatle of , Bcc tland, . and In the
lower corners Tudor roses. The king Is
shown In the uniform of a field marshal.
The cty of Nottingham. r.n.i.n
cording to a report aent on by United
Dl"" consul Mahin, made a profit last
municipal year of p.i per cent on Its elec
tric light plant, .f per cent on the gas
plant. 11.1 per cent on the street railway
and (.4 per cent on the water service an
average of .S per pent on the capital em
ployed in these various municipal under
takings. And this Is after due allowances
have been made from current earnings for
depreciation and taxes, paid to the city as
though they were private concerns.- The
city treasury was helped to the extent of
J2S2.257 ftom ths profits, without which the
taxpayers would have been called on for 29
per cent more than they paid.
1 PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
He (savagely) So another Judge has de
cided the same old thing a wife's right to
search her husband'a pockets.
She (suavely) Don't eay "same old
thing." I am sure that Is a matter In whlcu
there Is seeking after a great deal of
change. Baltimore American.
He Has your fortune ever been told?
She No, but I daresay papa will tell you
If you really have serious Intentions. Bos
ton Transcript. i . .
"Walter." said the guest In a nonfaahlnn- f
dib noiei, - nave you udis a note ner7" .
The waiter considered. Then the fever
against which the. "do-not-accept-of-a-substitute
warning Is Issued, seised upon
him.
"We haven't any of that, sir," ha re
plied, "but I can bring you some corn
flakes." Baltimore American. .
Pop. are there such things aa athletic
pains?
Well, son, I guess something near ona
is a Jumping toothache." Buffalo express.
"Why are you looking for a dyapepala'
specialist? I didn't know you suffered that
way."
"t don't Just yet. But my wife Is going
to a fashionable cooking echool." Chicago
Post.
"I have always heard,' ohaerved the doc- -tor.
"that President Roosevelt Is a good
liver." k
"How csn that be." testily reaponded th
profeaaor. "when he has only one LoebT"
Chicago Tribune. j ,
r-ti
Mrs. Orsmercy So you find It hard to
make both enda meet?
Mra. Park Yes. The mony I won st
bridge while away' In the country scarcely
makea up what my husband lost In town
at poker. Puck.. a
Mrs. Hoyle My husband had 1100,000 when
I married him.
Mrs. Dovle How much has he now?
Mrs. Hoyle Oh, he hss most of the
ciphers left. Judge.
"Eve." remsrked Adam, "when you gave
me that finish fruit tn the Qarden, you told
me H was an appie. ,
"So U was."-sobbed Eve,-"only It was
rotten." ....
"Rotten. It wss. all rurht,'' assented
Adam, "but no apnle. My dear, you handed
me a lemon." Baltimore American.
WHEN BABY' HAIR WAS CTT.
London Answers, .
The day they cut the baby's hair
The home was all a'fldget;
Such a fuss they made, you would have
said
He wss a king the midget.
Some wanted thla, ' aome wanted that
Some thought that It was dreadful
To lay a hand upon one strand
Of all that precious headful.
While others said, to leave his curls
Would be ths height of folly,
Unless they put him wtlh ths girls
And called him Sue or Molly.
The barber's shears Went anlp-s-snap,
The golden fluff was flylti;
Grandmother had a trembling Up,
And aunt waa almost crying.
The men fulks said. "Why, hello. Boy,
You're looking five years Older!"
But mother laid the shaven head
, Close up against her shoulder.
Ah. well, the nest must rlose .! bird;
The cradle lose Its treasure;
Time will not stsy a tagle day '
For any pleader's pleasure.
And when that hour's work was weighs J
The scales were even, maybe; '
For father gained a little mas f
When mother lost her baby. J