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STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION.
Btats of Nebraska, Doaglaa County, ss. :
George B. Taschuek, treaaurer of Tha
Jtee Publishing company, being duly sworn,
aays that the actual number of full and
rompleta copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month at November. 1ICM, was as follows i
1 44,000
It 37.3S0
I 18,100
, . .48,880
4 ...4,S80
1 43,980
t4M
7. ........ .sstso
I ....'.37,400
t 37.S40
10 37,310
II ..3T,TV0
12 37,080
1 .....87.990
14 B7,6A0
16 38,600
17 37.100
It 88,370
It tmjno
10 37,310
tl 37,000
12 37tOM
11 37,010
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t .
IT 37,140
It 3,SM
2t SO.TOO
10 37,310
Total 1,141,970
Less unsold and returned copies. 11.187
Nat total ; 1,130,103
Dally average...... , 3883
' GECKOS B. TZ8CHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before mi this 1st day of December, 1(01.
(Seal) M. P. WALKER,
Notary Public
WREN OCT OF TOWN.
Sabserlhsrs leaving; tat) elty esa
porarlljr shoal have Tha Boo
mailed to tfcoaa. Address will ho
sksagsl as aftea aa ra.aeted.
If you are going to send 'em away.
be sure to ship early.
The Powder, trust is slated for
official blowing up in the courts.
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Time still remains - in which early
Christmas shopping may be done.
The ways and means well committee
la still hearing1 arguments on the
tariff. I
The weather man is surely doing bis
share to make the Corn show season a
success.
It. Is just. as. well to remember that
there' is tod ; such thing aa
pretty
good" gg.
It is not compulsory to wailt until
January 1 to make a good resolution
or put it into effect.
The police have put that Kansas
City Adam where he will not be cfcle
to raise any more Cain.
The1 Com show this week will offer
unusual attractions and deserves
much larger attendance.
"Tha American people care too
much for mere oratory," says Bpooner.
And they get too much near-oratory.
Cobloss corn is not a new dis
covery. Revenue officers have been
finding it in tho south for years.
"Matrimony Is hell," says John L.
Sulltvam It is understood that the
recent Mrs. Sullivan shares that opin
ion. -.
An Indian hen is said to have laid
20 eggs in 217 days. Still, 240 eggs
will not 0 far .with 80,000,000
people.
.- Tho barkeepers have decided to
take the cherry from tho cocktail.
Any reason why it should have been
placed -theref ' :
- A New York woman, the owner of
$1,000,000, has eloped with a
plumber. She probably married him
for his money. f
The shades of Charles II and the
French Panama Canal company might
get together and compare their experi
ences with Cromwells.
War horso after war horse of de
mocracy is lying down Just out of
reach of tho crib. It is too bad that
there aro not places enough for all.
An English paper calls Mr. Roose
velt "a massive manipulator of com-
monplacea." Tho New York Sun has
called him harder names than that.
Russia baa . decided to borrow
$500,000,000 aa soon aa the minister
of finance can find some power will
ing to loan Rusata $500,000,000.
Tho invention of the noiseless gun
is going to make bard work for tho
police reporter who delights always
to tell how "tho ahots rang out."
It is stated tho real official name
of the kid emperor of China is Hsuan
Tung, but bo will continue to bo
known as PI Yn, tho Chinese for Pluto
The. report from Washington that
Mr. Taft has surrendered to Mr. Can
non may bo believed by folks other
than Mr. Cannon, who knows better.
Mr.' Carnegie aays It is M difficult
to keep a fortune aa to acquire it.
Oa subjects of tht kind moot cf us
will havo to take tho other fellow's
i FREAK LEGISLATION.
Tho newly elected members of the
Nebraska legislature are busy telling
the world wbat they propose to do In
the way of re-shaplnt the .ends ofjnotlon that they can eliminate Mr.
man, no matter how Destiny has left
them. If all the varied, various and
diverse proponed remedies for the so
cial Ills we suffer from are enacted
into law Nebraska will have the com
bined effort of Kansas and Oklahoma
beaten to a frazzle.
And yet possible good may come of
this condition. It is quite within the
range of probabilities that the demo
cratic legislator) will And themselves
so busy in trying to formulate the "re
form" legislation they propose that
they will be unable to tamper with the
really good laws that were placed on
the statute book by the republicans.
The democratic platform promises to
accomplish a great many things, and
that party unexpectedly finds Itself
confronted with the necessity of mak
ing good. This will be the excuse for
a great deal of freak work at Lincoln
during the coming session, and the
state will be lucky It it escapes the
experience of Oklahoma.
OCR WAR DEPARTMENT.
The report of Secretary of War
Wright is particularly interesting at
this time, when, with peace declared
with Japan and tho country on most
amicable terms with all the powers
of the world, there is a strong
sentiment in congress in favor of cur
tailing the usual appropriations for
tho maintenance and Improvement of
the service. Secretary Wright "makes
an effort to convince the congress that
an urgent necessity exists for Improv
ing his branch of the service, however
peaceful conditions at home and
abroad may be.
The army is not maintained alone
for fighting purposes. The year's
record shows that one soldier was
wounded in the Philippines. He re
covered and that is the sum total of
the list of casualties chargeable to
actual conflict. The army, however,
has been building roads in Alaska,
deepening canals and straightening
rivers in various parts of 'the nation,
building fortifications at seaports and
other army posts, and in general do
ing much more building than fighting.
In a general way, the army has done
well in the last year. The enlistments
have brought the strength of the" force
up to within a few hundred of the
number authorized, although there is
still a marked shortage 1n the num
ber of officers. Secretary Wright asks
that 612 additional! officers be provi
ded, in the interest of the efficiency
of the service. . '
The need of increasing the National
Guard is urged by the secretary. He
explains that In the event of a War
with any first-class power,' we would
need at least 350,000 men for the first
lino of defense, and that, a the stand
ing army is limited to "100,000,' it
would be necessary to draw upon the
country for 250,000 fighters. To se
cure this, he recommends that con
gress make more liberal appropria
tions for the support and strengthen
ing of the National Guard in the vari
ous states. He asks also for addi
tional appropriations for the seacoast
defenses, the improvement of the sig
nal corps and other expenses for for
tifications, repairs and extensions at
various posts.
It is difficult, in a time of profound
peace, to interest the average Ameri
can in the affairs and developments
of the regular army, but it is pleasing,
nevertheless, to learn that the Ameri
can soldiers are the best equipped
force of fighting men on earth and
that more of them can be had when
ever they are wanted for actual war
fare. THE FUTURE , OF DEMOCRACY.
The announcement that ' Mr. Bryan
Is to hold conferences with demo
cratic leaders in New York. Washing
ton and other parts of the east within
the next few weeks Is accepted ns no
tice that he Is already preparing to
take a look over the field for 1912 and
to determine what action, if any, it
will bo necessary for Mm to taki to
counteract the open efforts that are
being exerted to eliminate him' from
consideration as a candidate in the
next presidential election.
The fight for the control of the
party organization in 1912 is already
in progress. Secretary Urey Woodson
of Kentucky and Chairman Norman
E. Mck of New York have had an
open . row and each will open bead
quarters to begin tho work of organis
ing for the campaign four years away.
Mr. Mack will have his headquarters
in New York City, while Mr. Woodson
ill operate from Louisville. Mr.
Mack, in a recent interview, declared
thatvMr. Bryan, in his belief, would
not bo considered as a candidate in
1912 and Mr. Woodson retorts that
tho great living, throbbing, unterrlfled
body of the democracy is still true to
Bryan and that be must be considered
and consulted in tho future plans for
the party
Mr. Bryan may find some peculiar
significance in the fact that he is be
ing left, out of some of the important
democratic meetings scheduled for the
early part of the coming year. The
Iroquois club of Chicago, in planning
Its dinner in celebration of Jackson
day, January 8, has Invited Governor
Tom Marshall of Indiana, Governor
Judson Harmon of Indiana and Gov
ernor John Johnson of Mlune"tj as
its honor guests and principal speak
era. Tho invitation to Mr. Bryan has
not been lsued. Tammany ia also
preparing for a big celebration of
Jackson day and it is understood that
Mr. Bryan has been left out of it,
while special attention is to bo paid
to distinguished democrats from the
south. "
All indications, therefore, aro that
as soon as the holiday celebration is
over there will be some active doings
In the democratic ranks. The Iroquois
club and Tammany must not get ths
Bryan by refusing to Invite him to oa
and speak at their dinners. New York
and Chicago are not the only towns
on the map where Jackson day will be
celebrated. Mr. Bryan will speak
somewhere and what he says will be
accepted as a guide to future action
by the large army of Bryanites. He
will have to be consulted or those who
reject his counsels will have to pay
the penalty. '
A BILLIOX A TEAR.
Congressman Theodore Burton of
Ohio, without question the best in
formed man in America on the na
tion's waterways, makes the some
what startling assertion that the
United States could save $1,000,000,-
000 a year by making provision for
the proper conservation of the na
tion's waterways. Mr. Burton Is not
a radical, but, on the contrary, is
recognized as one of the most con
servative men in public life. He has
been chairman of the house commit
tee., on rivers and harbors for many
years and has personally inspected
every Important stream in tho coun
try and has given years of study and
Investigation to existing conditions
and feasible plans for their improve
ment. His views must, therefore, be
given much greater weight than would
be accorded the expressions of an en
thusiast.
Mr. Burton's conclusions are based
on statistics compiled in the gather
ing of data for tho report of the In
land Waterways commission, of which
he Is chairman. He argues that the
Improvement of the waterways would
effect a direct savings to the people
of $250,000,000 a year in freight
charges; an annual saving in flood
damage of $150,000,000; a saving in
forest fires of at least $26,000,000; an
annual saving through cheapened
power of $75,000,000, and an annual
saving in soil erosion (or correspond
ing benefit through increased farm
production) of $500,000,000; ai total
of $1,000,000,000 a year, or about
$12.60 per capita. To these benefits
Mr. Burton adds the other advantages
added by the extension of the irri
gated districts, the draining of swamp
lands and from a purified and cheap
ened water supply with consequent
diminution of disease and saving of
human life.
While exception may be taken to
some of Mr. Burton's figures and esti
mates, he must be given credit for
first having, placed in tangible form,
placing a money value thereon, the
benefits to be derived from an. intelli
gent and systematic improvement of
the nation's rivers. He shows that
the saving certain to result from the
work would be twenty times greater
than the cost of the improvement,
which 'has been placed at $500,000,
000 a year for ten years. But Mr.
Burton uses figures gathered from
official sources to support his . esti
mates. He shows that the cost of
water transportation 'averages about
one-fourth of that of rail carriage
and, based on the tonnage figures of
the railroads for 1906, would result
In a saving of $250,000,000 a year.
The $500,000,000 which he asserts is
lost each year by soil erosion is based
on statistics of the geological survey,
showing the amount of soil annually
washed into the rivers by floods and
freshets. , To this must be added the
reduction in crop production caused
by the loss of this top soil. He shows
that there are nearly 80,000,000 acres
of most fertile lands in the nation
that are now valueless because of the
flooded condition of the territory in
which they are located. This would
make a wonderfully rich addition to
the crop-producing area of the coun
try If the waters were properly con
served and the floods prevented.
A significant feature of the report
Is Mr. Burton's estimate that the in
come derived from power developed
for the improvement of navigation
would, at the current market rates,
amount to s&oo.qoo.ooo a year, or
enough to pay the cost of the pro
posed improvements. Mr. Burton's
report makes it evident that nothing
could be done that would effect a
larger net profit to the whole people
than the carrying out of the plans of
the Inland Waterwava commission.
' The value of the corn crop of the
United States this year, according to
Secretary Wilson's report, Is nearly
one and three-quarter billions of do!
lars, "enough to cancel the Interest
bearing debt of the United States and
to pay for the Panama canal and fifty
battleships." And yet some unln
formed persons turn up their cultured
noses at King Corn.
i ,
If Lincoln wishes to adopt the com
mission form of government no one in
Omaha will object, and it is unfair for
a Lincoln newspaper to insinuate that
Omaha people are trying to Interfere
with Lincoln's system of local govern
ment, and Omaha would appreciate it
It the Lincoln folks would return the
compliment in kind.
The German kaiser hai been in
vited to guard his tongue, and
French naval officer has been dis
missed for talking too much. Punish
ment for this sort of offense is thus
far confined entirely to European
countries.
The fact that Milton received but
$25 for the manuscript of "Paradise
Lost" simply shows that the maga
zines did not pay any better in his
days than they do now.
Tho exchange of visits between
Omaha and Council Bluffs Is like a
call of neighbor oa neighbor. It Just
so happens that each city is at present
conducting a great exposition of na
tional Importance, and this is what
gives tho affair its little air of
formality.
Holland declares that its capture of
a Venezuela guard ship "roust not bo
construed as an unfriendly act to
ward Venezuela." It would bo inter
esting to observe what tho Dutch
would do if they achieved a sudden
affection for Castro and his people.
The railroads have not done exactly
the right thing by the Corn show. An
exhibition that means so much in the
way of potential traffic for the western
transportation lines certainly deserves
greater encouragement than tho Ne
braska railroads are giving it.
A Pittsburg minister describes that
city as "at place of fragile morality,
offending millionaires, bridge whist
and automobiles." It is possible that
more than that could be seen in Pitts
burg if there was ever a clear day
there.
Omaha will bo asked to entertain
great many visitors this week and
no effort should bo spared to make
the stay of the strangers pleasant.
The city has a good reputation tor
hospitality and this must be main
tained. If a few more women follow Mrs.
Catt'a example of abusing tho presi
dent it may be necessary to start a
Sapphlra club, to keep company with
the Ananias club.
The corn crop is worth $1,000,000,-
000 more than it was in 1896 because
we have more of it. The value of
the egg crop has increased because we
have none of it.
Bulgaria offers Turkey $16,000,000
to recognize its Independence. Is
there anything the sultan of Turkey
would not do for that amount of real
money?
It develops that chewing gum Is one
of the by-products of the Standard Oil.
If Judge Laodls had known that he
would probably have doubled that
fine.
Amateur Oasarry,
Chicago Record-Herald.
Shots aimed at President Roosevelt cer
tainly have developed an aggregation of
mighty poor marksmen down to date.
All Depends oa the Vlewpolat.
Washington Herald.
Mr. Harriman declares that railroading
Is a poor business. Those who have rail
roaded against Mr. Harriman have found
it more or less depressing at times, we
have no doubt.
Disinterested Opinion.
Indianapolis News.
Mr. B. Fv Yoikum of ths Rock Island
railroad, still .-Insists t hat It was - hostile
legislation, but, of course. It Is well known
that nobody would ever think of accusing
Mr. Yoakum of being a mere optimist.
A Oradaated Leave Taltlaar.
New Ycrk Sun.
The administration plan of taking three
months to withdraw 6,000 American aollders
from Cuba may be in striking contrast
with the landing and distribution of them
when the Pal ma government fell, but It Is
a plan to be commended. By tha time the
last battalion leavea Cuba President Gomes
should be securely established In his office
and have at his call a sufficient native
force to keep order.
There Will Be Something; Doing;.
Baltimore Atrerlcan.
Looking over the length of the president's
message, now Immune from the blue pen
cil, the thought obtrudes Itself necessarily
whether the great problem cf the Ir
reslstable force's meeting an Immovable
obstacle will not palo before the greater
cne of Rooseve'lt, the editor's coming In
conflict with Roosevelt the author, when
something must be done about the
limitations of space for copy.
CONVICTION OK BOSS HUES.
Dispels a False laapreaslom Concrrs
last Sun Fraaelaco.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The conviction of iRuef on the charge of
offering a bribe to ex-Supervisor John J.
Furey to vote for a trolley franchise to the
United Railroads company will go far to
remove an Impression prevalent at the
east, and for the creation of which a sec
tion of our own community Is largely re
sponsible. There never was the slightest
doubt In the mind of any Intelligent San
Franciscan concerning the guilt of the ac
cused boss. His disgraceful manipulation
of a weak and venal mayor, and of the
predatory board of supervisors for whose
nomination he waa responsible, and whoss
election was secured during one of the tem
rornry aberrations to which large com
munities are subject, was too patent to
permit a doubt to exist for a moment.
There was absolutely none, and If consensu
of opinion were sufficient to convict, Abe
Ruef would have been wearing stripes long
ago.
About the guilt of the accused there was
no doubt That he was a man who shrank
from no scheme by which he might line
his pockets there Is not tha slightest ques
tion. Tha evidence that he was responalbln
for nearly all the rascality which afflicted
San Francisco during the time he waa In
power may not atand legal scrutiny, but It
Is convincing . enough to satisfy everyone
who has followed his carter. But despite
this opinion, whtcb is shared by an over
whelming majority of the community, t ere
has from the beginning, been a fear that
the technicalities of the law, and tha un
scrupulous methods of4 his defenders, who
have not hesitated to employ every method,
legal and Illegal, to help iHelr client, might
result In a miscarriage of Justice. Un-
rtun tely tMe feel ng extended so far that
It began to bs feared that tha Jury system
was wholly undependable and could not be
relied upon when Us services-were needed
to convict a criminal whose cunning In
employing the means of defense, which
a too lax system of criminal procedure
permits, is equal to his Ingenuity In devis
ing modes of corrupting weak officials and
of robbing ths people.
Happily ths verdict will remove this In
jurious Impression. It l now seen that
an honest Jury can bs secured In Ban
Francisco desptts the efforts of bribers and
ingenious Inventors tf methods to exclude
Intelligent men from acting In tha capacity
of Jurors. Ths demonstration of this fact
has been laboriously accomplished, but If
the lesson of the long and wearisome trial
la heeded ths latter wUl not bave be.-n In
Vain.
BITS Or WASHINGTON LIFE.
Mlaer Sooaso laeldeats Sketch
a tho Spot.
General Charles F. Manderaon of Omaha,
while In Washington last week, talked
with a Washington Herald reporter about
Vlos President-elect Sherman'a qualifica
tions for presiding officer of the senate
and related an Incident of Ma own ex
perience In that line. "When I became a
member of ths senate, said General Man
dnrson, "I waa quite a young man years
old. I waa not only young, but was also
Inexperienced so far as parliamentary rulea
In a body like the United States senate
were concerned.
"You can picture, therefore, my discom
fiture when one day old Bassett you re
member, he with the long whiskers cams
up to me, making his courteous bow and
informing me that Senator Edmunds re
quested me to take ths chair. Protests
availed nothing, and I simply went up to
Senator Edmunds and told him that I had
absolutely no experience and knowledge of
the rules and parliamentary usages gov
erning ths senate.
" 'Young man, said the senator, looking
straight at me, 'there Is no place Ilka this
chair to learn parliamentary laws.'
"There waa nothing left for me but to
take tha chair.
"In this connection I must say that I
broke the record In the senate, aa I believe
I was the only presiding officer who ever
was elected unanimously by both political
parties represented In tho upper house. I
had absolutely no Idea that I ever waa
considered. John Sherman was ths chair
man of the republican caucus and Senator
Gorman led the democratic senators.
"Meeting Benator Sherman coming from
his committee room, Senator Gorman aaked
him as to the candidate the republican cau
cus had agreed upon for a preaidlng officer.
Senator Manderaon,' replied Sherman.
Senator Gorman expressed his satisfaction
and approval and said the democrats would
not only not nominate a candidate, but
would support me, thus electing me unani
mously. I was presiding officer of the
senate for four years."
A correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle
reports that ths basing of Benator Cum
mins of Iowa has begun. Shortly after he
had been sworn in as ths successor to the
lata William William B. Allison, one of
the senate attaches approached him and
said:
"Senator, you have been assigned to of
fice room 146."
Seator Cummins started out to find room
145. Hs finally located It In the extreme
northeast comer of the house of repre
sentatives office building, about one-half a
mile from the senate chamber. For some
unknown reason, no room In tha capttol
or the numerous annexes to the senate was
aet aside for his use. Apparently, ths mem
bers of the steering committee are anxious
to locate Senator Cummins as far from the
seat of action aa possible. They feel In
stinctively that the new man from Iowa Is
going to make trouble for them with bis
new-fangled progreaalve Ideas.
Cummins Is seriously thinking of hiring
an automobile to convey him from his
faraway office room to ths senate when
needed In a hurry. Without a swift con
veyance of this so(4 It would be a physical
Impossibility for him to reach the senate
from his office room In time to answer a
roll call. This process requires about eight
minutes, and It would take a Dorando to
cover the distance beween the offices In
that brief period of time. Cummins Is ex
pecting another Jolt when his committee
assignments ars announced. 1 There Is a
suspicion that the older senators will per
petrate a Joke on Cummins like the one
they sprang on, LsFollette when they made
ths latter the chairman of the committee
on Investigation of. the Potomac river front.
The Washington correspondent of tha
St Louis Republic points out that Champ
Clark's elevation to the minority leader
ship marks the first formal election of a
member to that position In the history of
congress. Heretofore the nominee of the
minority members for speaker of the house
has been accepted as the minority leader.
This was the caae with John Sharp Wil
liams; who has resigned nls leadership be
cause hs Is soon to retire from the bouse
preparatory to taking his seat In the sen
ate. Everything about Champ Clark Is
big. Hs Is big In avoirdupois, big nf heart
big of voice and he has a big and abiding
faith In the democratic party. Outside of
the democratic party he loves Missouri
best. The biggest thing about Clark Is his
voice. His oratory la ths noisiest In con
gress. As a hired hand on a farm he
learned how to yell for the cattle. He
practices this art on the republicans now.
As a lawyer he Is at home as a cross
examiner. Ha can browbeat and bulldoze
a wltnesa to tho point where the witness
will tell the truth If it kills him. The new
minority leader is 68 years old and was
born in Kentucky. He is a tan, handsome
man with square shoulders and a big,
deep ' chest He takes up three or four
aisles and most of ths space In the well of
the house when hs makes a speech. When
he Is through he Is blowing Uks a por
poise and mopping his bald head with a
red-bordered handkerchief.
Clark, too. has the power to command,
while Williams has the power only to re
quest Clark can daunt and Intimidate a
crowd that would run over Williams. As
permanent chairman of the St Louis con
vention of 1904, Clark absolutely fright
ened a rampant gallery mob that was try
ing to run ths convention, and had been
doing It while Williams was In the chair
The insolence that comes from knowl
edge of one's power, and that would be r
aented if the power were not behind It
lever offends when Clark displays It, as
he delights In doing. Once, for Instance
a rash republican, seeking the limelight
made an attack on Clark. The giant Mia-
sourtan came back with a ha'f-hour speech,
which tore the rash republican limb from
limb. At the finish of the half-hour, dur
ing which the democrats had applauded
rapturously and even the republicans had
laughed because they couldn't help It
Clark strode down the aisle toward his
flushed and uncomfortable baiter, and rent
the welkin with this climax:
"Mr. Chairman, a few years ago a ten
derfoot went out west looking for a grizzly
He was all togged out In the newest style
of hunting suit and dawned like an In
credible vision on the astonished Inhab
itants west of ths Missouri. He asked
them where ha could find a grizzly, and
they told blm reverently that at a certain
place not far from there grizzlies were
numerous and would come If you whistled
Light-heartedly he took hla way to the
place indicated, ' and two days later the
burled his mangled remains in the local
cemetery. Over his Innocent young head
they erected a tombstone whereon thej J
rudely carved tins epuapn:
" 'lis whistled for the grizzly, and ths
grtszry came."
Klaarpla the World's Scheme.
Ban Ftanclsco Chronicle.
According to a recent bulletin of the
bureau of statistics, this country supplies
two-thirds of ths world's cotton, more than
half of Ha copper, mors Iroa for manufac
turing than any two other nations, more
illuminating oil. meata and bread, and Is
rapidly Increasing its exports of finished
manufactures to other lands. When one
comes to think of It. there Is reslly some
ground for ths assertion that tha United
Etates la an Important factor In the scltemc
of ths universe, svtn If Its management
does not most tn views of scros foreign
era.
ItflCB
Ma
Awarded highest honors by the
great World's Expositionsand
proved of superior strength and
purity by the official tests.
No alum, no lime phosphates
Food officials, state and national,
with physicians, condemn the use
of alum in food, and deplore and
denounce the dishonest methods
by which alum baking powders
are imposed upon the public
SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS.
Columbus Telegram: When ths question
of democratic opposition to the supreme
court amendment was placed before Gov
ernor Sheldon, that official told the demo,
cratlo leaders that they might trust him
for a square deal In the matter of appoint
ment of the new supreme Judges. Let us
see what a republican governor really
means when he talks about a "square
deal." There were eight years of service
on .the supreme court bench under ths
governor's appointing power. Did he give
the republicans our years, and ths demo
crats fourT No. Did he give ths repub
licans five years, and the democrats three?
No. Did he give the republicans six years,
and the democrats twoT No. But he did
give tbo republican seven years and ths
democrats one. Seven to one. That'sMhe
political size of Governor Sheldon. Seven
parte prejudice, and one part square deal.
And perhapa tha thought of holding a
commission from such prejudiced hands
may have had to do with ths refusal of
Judge Sullivan to keep the appointment
which 'ths governor gave him. Judge Sul
livan's name Is a synonym for the square
deal. He could not permit that name to be
party to Governor Sheldon's insult to the
principle of tho square deal.
M.trice Express: Judge John J. Sulli
van, appointed by Governor Sheldon one
of the Judges of tbs supreme court, re
signed after serving-ons day. It is sug
gested that hs didn't like ths Idea of being
chosen for the shortest term and being ths
only democrat favored. In this connection
there Is talk that the next legislature may
recanvaas ths vote on ths amendment
creating ths new Judgeships, enabling the
new governor to appoint four democrats.
It would seem that the democrats should
have been satisfied with one of ths four
from a republican governor. The new
democratic governor Is not appointing any
republicans and won't Republicans filing
places under the control of ths governor
have to quit on tuns and be succeeded by
democrats without exception. If republi
cans yield favor to the democrats, tbs lat
ter should reciprocate. They should not
rosent a concession, something thsy have
never been known to make. On ths con
trary they should appreciate It and allow
the rule to work both ways. The demo
cratic legislature and governor can gain
nothing by trying to make room for four
democrats on the supreme bench, or by
changing the statutes In order to gain
other power. Republican officials have op
portunities to bs aa stubbornly selfish aa
their opponents. It won't pay ths leaders
of either party to be unfair.
PERSON Al NOTES.
Congress, burning to rebuke the presi
dent, quotes Eugene Field. "If I dast, but
I dassn't!"
The New Jersey gentleman with debts of
$2,132,600 and assets of $100 seems to have
set a mark In finance.
Governor Magoon of Cuba, having com
pleted his business regarding ths evacua
tion of the Island of Cuba by ths American
troops, left Washington Sunday for Havana,
The state of Washington reports a leg
islator-elect Hugh C. Todd, only 24 years
old. He was graduated at tho atate col
lege two years ago and has already been
clerk of hla county.
In a former conviction of Ruef the appel
late court reversed the decision an hour
and a half after appeal. There were 1S0.000
words In the decision, giving an Illustra
tion of rapidity tn thought and typing
probably destined to stand as a record.
Miss Marl Ruef Hofer Is taking up the
work of trying to revive ths folk dances
In this country among the children of the
European Immigrants. This Is, In part, to
correct the notion so common among ths
children of ths recently landed that all
the old world notions and customs ars to
bs cast aside and despised.
The Philadelphia North American prints
a quiet satire to the effect thfct Presi
dent Roosevelt sent a letter to the His
torical society denying that the sawfish
and the hammer shark ars ths carpenters
of ths sea. Tha editor of tbs local paper
who made the aaaertlon was thereupon ex
pelled from the society and his family re
quested to leave town.
Hevrre's Hide Not a Myth.
Philadelphia Ledger.
It Is curious bow many Intelligent per
sona will read without undertandlng what
they read. Were this not so we should
not now be having a convulsive tempest
tn a teapot over Paul Reveru's famous
midnight ride. The letter from Hancock
to Gerry that Benjamin has published
doea not say that Paul Revere- did nor
make this ride, nor does Mr; Benjamin
say that it does. All that Mr. Benjamin
aaya Is that from what Hancock wrote to
Gerry ths midnight ride of Paul Revert
was unnecessary. This may be quits true
in the light of today, but we re not deal
ing with what was necessary or unrwees
say, but with what was actually dons, and
it waa thought necessary at that time,
perhaps, that Revere be sent off to give
tha midnight warning. Paul Revere has
been aptly called "Ths Messenger of thi
Revolution," from the msny rides hs made
far and near, on behalf of ths people'a
cause. Hla famoua midnight ride Is an
historical fact, and not merely a poetic
legend cf Henry WaJaworth Longfellow.
SMILING REMARKS.
"Doesn't that thetitrlcal manager you In
troduced to me, squint?"- " i
"Very likely. All managers havs more or
less a cast In their eye." Baltimore Ameri
can. , . . .
Excited Caller (at police station I hart
my pocket picked on the afreet cars Just
nuw. J
Desk Sergeant Well. If you had It done
what are you commit here to kick about?
"I got my wife through advertising."
"Then you'll admit that advertising
pays?"
"I'll admit that It brings results," was the
cautious reply. Life.
Hubble My dear, rf I cannot leave the)
office In time for dinner tonight 1 will send
you a note by a messenger.
Wife You need not go to that expense,
Georgo, for I have already found the note
In your pocket. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Wife John, John, wake up! There's a
burglar down stairs and he's taking the
silver.
Hubby (lazily turning over) Let him! I'd
sooner have him take my ailver than go
down and take his lead Boston Transcript.
"Yes, I shop early." '
"A good plan."
"But Is has one drawback. It's simply
agonizing to hear the different members of
the family change their minds about What
they want." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Borne people do not know how to accept
gifts gracefully."
"No; when he attempts to show that he
appreciates my present. I am sure George
will nut his foot In If."
"Whit Is Tour nresent?"
"A pair of sllpperaJ" Baftlmore AJncr-
lean.
is
"I suppose," said the facetious' stranger,
watching a workman srlrnatl a carpet from
the church door to the" curb, "that's the
highroad to heaven you're fixing up?"
"No." replied the man: "this is merely
brldalpath." Harpera Weekly. .. ,
TUB SHOPPERS. . .
John Kendrlck Bangs.
Oh, the Christmas tldn Is rising;"'
You can nee It on the street
In the attltud'nlslng
Of tho stopper most discreet
There are merry tlmea a -coming; .
Santa Claus Is on the way
Tou ean tell It by the humming
'Round the' bargain counter gay.
There's a boom In worsted slippers
Buch as pious preachers wear;
Woollen mitta for chilly flippers.
Rich tararas for the hair;
Every toy shop s spick and spandy, .
All abloom with dolls and things;
And the men who make the candy
Look as prosperous as kings.
Santa Clauses by the dozens
(Hand behind tho window panes.
While our sisters, wives and cousins
Dissipate our surplus go In. . .
E'en the fated Christmas turkey
By the spectacle la nerved
As hs thinks how fine and perky
He will look when he is served.
There are twenty thousand wonv-n
On each ordinary block
In a human ocean swtmmin'.
With no thought of frazzled frock.
Like a lot of center rushers
In resistless force they roll
Pullers, haulers, shovers, pushers.
They're advancing toward the goal.
Mr. Porthos, Mr. Athos.
D'Artagnan, the fierce and brave,
Would become a thing of pathos
If they stood before that wave;
For a woman with a mission -
" That Is all beneficence
Would have made that coalition
Look like 27 cents.
TOYS FOR A DA?
The morning after Christ
mas finds most of ths toys
in ths scrap heap, i .
But ths nsw Suiti- ths i
Jleefsr or ths little fst-"
low's Sweater will give,
him continual delight for '
the whole winter. . ;
Besides the Suits and
Hats ws have very bsauti
Jul articles in Furnishings
Jer Children.
Company
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