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THE OMAHA DAILY T5EE: TCESPAY. .TAXUAfiT IP, 1000. i The Omaha Daily Bel FOl'NDED BT KDWARD ROBBWATER. VICTOn ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Ktitr4 t Omaha postoffles second c;aa matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. I.'Sily Bee rtf hntjt Sunday), one year. .14 ft) LaiJ Bee anil Sunday, on year 0u DELIVERED BT CARRIER, lullv See (Including Sunday), pef week..iSc Dally Bm (without Sunday), per week..loc Evening flee (without SHinday), per week c F.ventn Bee (with Sunday), per week.lOo Sunday Be, on year 12.50 Sitarflay Bee, one year? I W Agrees all complaints of Irregularities la dilivery t City Circulation department. OFFICES. Oititha The Bee Building. South OmihsTwenty-fourth and N. :duncll Bluff a IS Scott Street. Mneoln-el LIMIe Building. Chicago 1M Marquette Building. N York-Rooms 1101-110! No. 34 West Thirty-third Street. Washington 72i Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. t'smmunlcatlon relatlnit to newa and edi torial matter should be. addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. R4mit by Hraft, express or postal order rayable to The B Publishing Company, i inly l-eent it amps received In payment of mail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Rave of Nebraska. Douglas County, as.: Ueorge E. Tiscnuck, treasurer or Th e Publishing company, being duly sworn, saya that the actual number of full and com plete copies of The Dally, Morning. Even ing and Sunday Bee printed during tha month ot December, 190S, waa aa followa: 1 S7,TSO 17 37,170 7310 11 3600 .1 37,370 II 30,70 4... ........37,00 80 S7.BSO n .37,030 1' 1 30.MO 'I 7,3M 82 3710 37,340 II 37.000 37.040 24 87.000 3S.110 -2a 38,450 1) , 30,70 2 38,030 I 40,800 2 37,150 II 30,060 21 80,030 13 4. ..37,100 t 40,730 I 4.... 30,710 ' 80 48,000 li... ,.,....37,440 31 48,850 It. . T,i(U k, . ' Total 1,171,470 Lts unsold and returned copies.. 0J48 Net total...;. 1,188,885 Daily average ... 87,481 ' GEORGE B. TZ8CHCCK. Traaaurer. Huhacrlbed In rhy presence and sworn to Jffois ma thla Slat day of December, ltOI. , ' ROBERT HUNTER. Notay Public. HB3i OUT OS TOWS'. afcuerlbera leaving; the city tem sorgpfly ShaaU Bare Th Bee aualUtf. tat them. Addreae will be I'ksagtt as oftta si reqaealesl. Naturally, nq congressman likes to be overshadowed.: .-' J. Worth. Kern might write a book before trying again. The 1869 styles in personal taxes in New York have the old reliable per jury trimmings. At any rate, congress has not cen sured the secret service men for loaf ing on their jobs. Senator Hopkins will learn today whither the political guillotine is to b Restored In' inidois. Po6r "Billy" Thompson! On the political boards be has become the two orphans all in one. John Worth Kern is getting a little tired of fcaving Indiana hall him as a favorite son 'and treat him as a step son. A Pennsylvania butcher has made a sausage sixty-seven feet long. Evi dently built on the dachshund pat tern. If Omaha and South Omaha are to figure in the next census as the Greater Omaha, Someone will have to get busy pretty soon. Whitelaw Reid says be will remain as ambassador to England or retire just as Mr. Taft wishes. That's real diplomacy for you. iApparsntry t&o'many senators and oongrtasnaen hav' aocepted too liter ally the sentiment of, "This is my own, ray native land." Chicago doubtless realizes by this time that Jn the matter of the wool market Omaha declines to have the wool pulled over its eyes. It any liquor dealer thinks our mu nicipal year begins May 1 let him try to do business on last year'a license and lee. what happens to him. A; Connecticut genius has bred a duck without a breastbone. It may now bo possible to have duck for din Mr with the preacher as a guest. If the "Jims" want an appointive police board, the "Jacks" want an elec tive polls board. Count on each for wasting what the other does not. Ad. Indianapolis paper says that JOhn Worth Kern never eats fruit. What, then, does he do with all those lemons that . have teen handed to him. The Water board lawyers have only milked the city treasury to the tune of 1(4,000. Any wonder they advise starting bow law suits tvtry little while A prohibition law has been passed in Tennessee. As a result the moun taineers wllj havt to confine them selves, to) tDOonsiiao Instead of "store whisky." ' Colonel, Watterson has come cut with otirriag defense of Senator Tillman. It will be remembered, too, that Colonel Bryan has thoroughly vindicated Governor Haskell of Okla homa. The Omaha Water board has spent $100,000 of the taxpayers' money, first, In trying to buy the water works, and eecood. in trjlng to avoid buying them. What sr o going to do a'juu; it? r4 rtisa v USTA MlSAXfHir. Th so-called Judicial appointments of Governor Shallrnbergpr In contrast with those of Governor Sheldon merely eniphaslze the political animus back of the whole demo-pop attack on the supreme court. Governor Shel don, In all, named five Judges to the enlarged supreme bench, while Gover nor Shallenberger has named four Judges. Three of Shallenberger's four Judges are Included in Sheldon's five. On the surface the only difference comes down, then, to a disagreement over one place and over the length of term which one of the Sheldon ap pointees should have. A little closer inspection, however, shows that there are two Judgeships involved because one of the Sheldon appointee, re named by Shallenberger, resigned after one day's service and by failing again to qualify would leave Shallen berger free to put in still another dem ocratic partisan. So far as partisanship goes. Gov ernor Shallenberger's action is more strictly partisan than that of his predecessor. The whole controversy over the Judgeships from its very In ception has been a political play Insti tuted by disappointed offlceseekers and promoted by small-bore democratic politicians seeking to manufacture po litical capital for the next campaign. There Is no effort whatever to give the people better judges, or nonpartisan Judges. The demo-pops next fall will nominate three straight-out demo pops for supreme Judge and there will be no nonpartlsanshlp in It. LAW AXD TH K WATER H'AOOX. The legislature of Oklahoma is In session and its members are industri ously engaged in the laudable effort of providing regulation for everything under the sun not regulated by pro visions of the supposedly all-embracing state constitution. It appears that some things were omitted from 'hat remarkable document, and the legis lative repair gang Is now on the Job. Two measures were forced to pas sage In the house the other day that must command more than local atten tion. One member, with a keen sense of the dignity of the law-making body and the necessity of preserving it un ruffled, offered a resolution authoriz ing and empowering the speaker to have any Intoxicated member or em ploye removed from the floor. Before this measure could be debated as Its importance deserved, another member offered a resolution declaring the water wagon to be a common carrier and amenable to the laws of the state gpverulng common carriers, and sub ject to the regulations and penalties in such cases made and provided. Both measures, according to report, went through with a whoop, the members considering them too important and too necessary to the wellbelng of the state to waste time, in unseemly de bate over them. This haste in legislation la certain to produce complications that will have to be passed upon by the courts. If the water wagon is a common car rier, then clearly the speaker of the house is cloaked with extra-judicial authority, forbidden by the constitu tion, when he Is authorized to deter mine when an honorable member should be ordered off the floor. The first resolution does not appear to hitch properly to the water wagon legisla tion. Then, again, if prohibition pre vails in Oklahoma, why should the state solons have anything to do with a water wagon, within or without the bar of the house? coxseryixo water power. President Roosevelt's veto of a bill authorizing a power company to con struct a dam across the James river in Missouri for developing electric power is in perfect keeping with public sen timent in favor of preserving the natural resources of the country for the benefit of the whole people, in stead of allowing them to be appro priated by Individuals and corpora tions. The president contends that the water power of the country alone, if fully developed and wisely used, Is sufficient for our present transporta tion, industrial, municipal and do mestic needs, and that to give it away would be an act ot folly. In the Missouri case, the president was well within his rights, as the James river is scheduled on the maps of the War department as a navigable stream and subject to federal regula tion and control. In the west, how ever,' this rule does not generally ap ply, and the precautions adopted by the president can be taken only by the state authorities. The need of state conservation is quite as important as national conservation, and indispen sable to the perfection of the national plan. Wisconsin, apparently, is alive to this Important question, and the present legislature has submitted an amendment to the state constitution, to be voted on next fall, authorizing state bonds for public Improvements wherever the purpose of the work is to conserve energy, the ultimate ob ject being to establish state control of water power. In most of the older states the most valuable water rights have been given away to chartered corporations and the problem of securing new power or of reclaiming abandoned powers is a serious one on accouut of the con flict of the claims of these chartered corporations. The president intimates that the west is faced with a similar danger, and that an electric concern haa already made alarming progress In securing control of the most valu able power sites in the Rocky moun tains and in other sections of the west. He- predicts that unless prompt action is taken by the federal government ant th stata the Tower trurt will si. uh Pave practically entire control of one of the most valuable resources of the nation. It is important that water powers, great and small, should be surveyed, that existing charter rights be defined and that grants of additional charters should be hedged with restrictions that will prevent them from being used for monopolistic purposes. The flowing stream ia as valuable as a bed of coal and the state's right In It should be protected by Intelligent legislation. ijIlElioy ASD ILLtXUlS. Two states present senatorial situ ations greatly resembling one another, but yet receiving very different treat ment In current discussion. In Oregon, under the so-called "Ore gon plan, Governor Chamberlain as the democratic candidate, received the popular endorsement for United States senator, first, from his own party at the primary, and, again, at the general election, over his republican compet itor. Although the Oregon legislature Is overwhelmingly republican, the pledges of the members to vote for the candidate for United States senator re ceiving the highest vote at the polls, compel them to choose a democrat. The intimation that the moral obliga tion Imposed by the primary might be repudiated has raised a storm qt pro test all over the country and vigorous insistent that the popular mandate be executed, even though it result In sending a democrat to the senate as the accredited representative of a re publican state. In Illinois the primary vote and, likewise, the, vote at the general elec tion, resulted in favor of Senator A. J. Hopkins, seeking re-election. Sen ator Hopkins is, however, reputed to be one of the old-style machine poli ticians, and, if not. a reactionary, at least with tendencies in that direction. The moral obligation of the republican members of the Illinois legislature to vote for Hopkins for senator as the registered popular choice would seem to be just as binding as that resting on the Oregon legislators, but the critics who have been hammering on the Ore gon incident have been either silent or jubilant over the development In Illi nois threatening rejection of Hopkins by caucus insurgents. The approach to popular election of United States senators by direct pri mary and expressions of preference is calculated to work out a reform that plainly cannot attain perfection all at once. The retirement of Hopkins would be no public calamity, but It can not be accomplished except by a repudia tion of the popular vote. If the popu lar vote is to govern in Oregon, where the reformers were victorious, can It be escaped in Illinois, where the re formers were beaten, without weak ening the whole principle and ob structing its acceptance by other states?. XEBRASKA AND THE CARXEOIE FCXD. The Bee unqualifiedly favors the University of Nebraska perfecting Its right to share the benefits of the Car negie foundation. When this fund was originally es tablished under conditions which ex cluded state universities The Bee en tered a vigorous protest agalnBt the injustice and, we believe, this protest had something to do with procuring the additional endowment to take care of instructors in state institutions. The trustees, however, have laid down certain rules requiring applica tion from the governing board of each university, endorsed by the legisla tures of the various atates, respectively, in order that they may not be put in the light of giving help where no help Is wanted and, therefore, If Nebraska Is to be put on the accredited list it must conform to this requirement. The lawmakers and the people should not be confused as to the Car negie foundation. It is a pension fund pure and simple for superan uated university and college , profes sors. It has absolutely nothing to do, except indirectly, with the salaries of faculty members engaged in active work of instruction. It will devolve upon us to provide the salaries for our university professors whether Ne braska qualifies for the Carnegie foun dation or not. But if service In our university is to disqualify a professor from the benefits of the Carnegie foundation we will naturally have to put up with poorer quality or offer higher inducements In the way of sal aries or a state-provided penson fund. The fear that the prospect of Car negie pensions will Influence the Indi viduality and freedom of teaching in the state universties is a mere pre tense. If we have that sort of cravens in the Nebraska faculty the sooner we get rid of them the better. There is no more "danger" or , "degradation" to the university in permitting its su perannuated professors to enjoy Car negie fund pensions than there is in accepting the money which William J. Bryan puts up annually for prize es says on civil government. In passing upon a case in which the duty on Jewelry Is involved, the United States circuit court of appeals has decided that a necklace is not a necklace unless it Is a necklace. Of course the case will be appealed, as no self-respecting lawyer would ever agree to a decision like that. Our charter tlnkerers, who are go ing to make the city engineer and the boiler inspector elective by all the peo ple, are overlooking something. They could advance equally good reasons for making the superintendent of schools elective. A Philadelphia street ear company has been. coinrelld to j sy a woman 11,419 damages for injuries sustained !n an occiderl, the Uetluouy showing that the Injured woman was a poetess, but had not been able to writ any since the accident. Street car com panies may be compelled to charge extra fares for carrying persons loaded with the divine afflatus. Answering the question about the constitutionality of the income tax, Mr. Bryan once made a hit by exclaim ing, "How can we tell when one Judge will change his mind?" Applicable to Nebraska's newly appointed supreme Judges. Mr. Bryan says If the election were to take place now his plurality over Mr. Taft would be enormous. Ap parently Mr. Bryan's only chance Is to have the election held .In some month other than November. The federal court has decided that an automobllo is not to be admitted free of duty just because It is billed as "household goods." The automo bile can hardly be looked upon as a parlor ornament. Foraker and Tillman both assert that the charges agalnBt them are due to the malice of the president. The fact remains that the charges msj based on incriminating letters they themselves wrote. The attention of congress might be directed to the clever story by Mr. Aesop of how a Jackass tried to achieve a refutation for bravery by kicking a dying lion. A man has been fined $1 and costs for throwing an egg at United States Senator "Jeff" Davis In Arkansas. The court must have taken cognizance of the cost of the egg. Sonatbr Tillman has received a vote of confidence from the South Carolina legislature. All he needs now is a vote of confidence from the Chautau qua circuits. Wouldn't Thla Jar Yon t Philadelphia Inquirer. A bill has lieen Introduced In the Ne braska legislature to create a commission to Inspect the beds and bedding of all the hotels and boarding houses In the state. Why should not the existing Commission of Kntomology servo the purpose? Jolting- the Landlords. Boston Herald. The Nebraska bill, which would require the airing of the bedding In all hotels once In every three months and the changing ot the bed linen occasionally, doesn't look so excessively exacting and unreasoning In Its requirements aa some of the legislation that has been proposed on this subject. Let's hope the landlords can manage to conform to the new dispensation without serious misgivings as to Ita propriety. Tertjr ln-ratltajde. Indianapolis News. Mr. Kern seems to get everything but the reward. When his party has a forlorn hope he la called on to lead It; between timea he is asketf'ie lend a hand, while all the time no one- 4 more popular. If what Ig heard on all. Itmos has any basis. Al most literally. rftone names him but to praise." Yet when It comes to giving out a real thing, something that lies honor and power attached Instead of mere heart breaking hard work, with a certainty of defeat In advance, Mr. Kern Is passed by on the other side, so to speak. Ia 03 a Fair Dead l.lnef New York Kvenlng Post. But will a fixed are limit rid th irhnni. of senility? Set sixty-five as the dead line. ana the most obnoxious of all old professors will continue to fill chairs; we mean the kind that enters upon ita dotage at the age of 60, the premature fossil whose Joy of life is dead, whose sympathy for am bition and ideals haa gone cold, or whose mind sluggishly revolves, like an airless satellite, around a single Idea. It the age limit will not aurely work, an endurance test might. Make every professor over 40 pass an examination In lecturing, and "flunk" the man whose students fall asleep. Lead the faculty on a long Jaunt through contemporary affairs and give a passing mark only to those who are running strong at the finish and have not stumbled at aome "new thought" hurdle. So long as one haa no prejudices against mere years this plan might do admirably. PER SOX A I. K OTKS. John V. Gates has promised the town of Port Arthur, Tex., a public hospital, the building to cost $100,000. and a business col lege with dormitories for the students. President Hill of tha Great Northern has accepted a state Job, which will cause him to pay fare even over Ills own road. The situation would not have presented any dif ficulties In the old days of rebating. Among the German crown prince's most treasured possession Is a acrapbook con taining over l.OOu pages of adverse tiews paper criticism. The first 600 pages are Inscribed with a gold-lettered heading, "I hope I am not like this!" Surviving Hartford members of the Wid Awakes. who helped elect Abraham Lin coln president forty-eight yeara ago, are to be asked to attend the Lincoln memorial meeting to be held on the 100th anniver sary of the birth of the great president. It Is interesting to the mothers of debut antes to know that at the very expensive reception given Miss Margery Gould by her parenta she herself waa dressed with stud led simplicity. There waa no ornament In her gown, which waa "modified directolre" or Greek style, and she wore not a single Jewel. Few outside those who have followed her fortunes recognise In Mrs. Copley Thaw, as she wishes to be known, the once light hearted countess of Yarmouth. The young woman, whose punishment for marrying a title has been a severer one than that of most heiresses, now is a permanent resi dent of Paris, self-exiled from New York and Ixmdon. A Wisconsin statesman of the up-to-date variety proposes to regulate a few things that have eluded tha watchful guardlana of other people's business He proposes to tax bachelors who .neglect to hitch up before they aia . A matrimonial bureau under stata control is to facilitate the hitching by finding wives for those too tired or bashful to help themselves. The promoter Is John T. Farrell, and he is not looking for trouble. Former I'nited States Senator John Con neis, who repreented California during President Lincoln's administration and was one of .the official pallbearera at the fu neral of the martyred president, died at Jamaica Plains, Mass., last Monday. "Now all of the pallbearera are dead." observes the Hrookln Eagle. "We think also that every member then of the I'nltel Rtatea senate and oet-y i.temhrr of Ihm hou ot , .cprc;ciiuuvtt of that lime are alu dead. " ARMY fiOMIP IV WAHIr.TOV. Current F.trnt Cleaned from tee Army and ay IteglMer. The War department will psy no atten tion to petitions sent in by officers on the subject of legislation, at least when such petitions aim to modify or change In any material degree the provisions of meas ures submitted to and pending before con gress when such legislation originates at the War department. It Is considered by the military authorities that petitions of thla sort are unmllltary In diameter and are suggestive of a lack of discipline, which It Is desirable to discourage. Of course, In those Instances where defects In pending legislation are observable, hiformatlon to that effect will be gratefully received and promptly made the basis of official ac tion; but, under such circumstances. It Is stated, there will be no necessity for pe titioning the War department. The dis covery of errors or other forms of defects In pending legislation may be communi cated to the War department by an Individ ual officer with the certainty that the cor rection will be applied quite as readily ns when the subject Is made the occasion of a formidable and numerously signed petition. A peculiar ease has come to the attention of the War department In that of a recruit provisionally accepted for enlistment who accepted treatment at an army hospital In the form of an operation which rendered him eligible for enlistment. After receiv ing thla treatment, which removed his dis abilities, he refused to enlist. Of course, no recruit Is bound tinder an enlistment until the enlistment has been formally en tered Into, but at tho same time It Is well settled that If a candidate for enlistment accepts supplies, etc., from the govern ment with the Intent at the time he re ceives them to ultimately fail to enter Into the undertaking contemplated by mutual understanding between himself and the re cruiting officer, he Is. In tho light of re cent decisions, liable to punishment in the civil courts. Instructions have been given for consultation with the representatives of the Department of Justice to ascertain what action may be taken in this case. The commissary general of the army Is inclined to restrict the eligible list of those candidates who have qualified for apiiolntment to the position of post com missary sergeant to twenty-five In number, which was originally Intended and an nounced before the examinations took place In this country and the Philippines. The reports of the examining boards which met at prtsts In the United States have been received and show that twenty-seven candi dates made an average of mora than 90 per cent. There remains to be received the reports from tho boards which met In the Philippines, with the prospect that some of tlio twenty-five now on the list of quali fied eliglbles will be displaced. General Eharpe entertains the view that It Is wise not to have too large a list from which appointments may be made, and that with twenty-five ellgibles awaiting appointment it will take two years or more to exhaust such a list. The army officers cngage.d In purchasing horses for the military service will open bids In about a month from 300 cavalry horses and 250 artillery horses. Captain Klrby Walker, of the cavalry arm on duty with the quartermaster's department, Is now at Louisville, Ky.. and has been ordered to come to Washington for confer ence with the quartermaster general with reference to tho purchase of horses, and while here will look Into the possibilities of the horse section In northern Virginia, after which duty he will return to the middle west and look, after the delivery of horses for which contracts were recently awarded. All of the 260 mules destined for the Phlllp plnea have been delivered and It Is ex pected that the 250 horses to be shipped to the islands will be ready for Inspection In the next week or two. with a view to the shipment of the animals on the trans port Dlx on the next trip. These pur chases of horses will consume all the avail able funds for army animals and stock up the remount depot at Reno, from which will be sent out to the cavalry troops the horses which have been longest at that place. A retired enlisted man of the army has applied for permission to Instruct the high school boys of a Michigan tow n In military exercises. It la considered by the War de partment that there is nothing incompati ble between the status of a retired enlisted man and the holding of such a position. There Is no statute of the United States or regulation of the War department which would Interfere with a retired enliated man of the army from accepting an office for employment either under the United States or a state. ' An enllkted man of the Utah light artillery which took a prominent part In the Philippine Insurrection recently filed a claim for pay. clothing, travel pay. and extra pay for aervice outside the United States. He claimed travel allowances from Manila to San Francisco but on account of the fact that the artillery company was mustered out at the Presidio, of San Francisco on August 1. 18S9, It Is held that he was still In the service of the United States when he arrived in this country and. therefore, entitled to transportation to his home. He received all pay and allow ances due him and his claim Is, therefore, rejected. An Interesting case has recently arisen concerning the right of an officer, required to be mounted, to tiave hla horses stabled at the expense of the government. Cap tain Robert R. Raymond, corps of engi neers, requested of the quartermaater at Denver, Colo., room for stabling two horses. The request wss refused on ac count of the lack of aecommodatlona In the quartermaster's stahlea rat that place. Cap tain Raymond made application to the proper authority to have stable room hired and this was refused on the ground that the transaction would not be authorized b ythe quartermaster general's department In Washington. Captain Raymond secured quarters for hla horses and submitted a bill for the cost thereof, and the assistant comptroller of the treasury has decided that it was no fault of the officer that there waa no room In the quartermaster's stables at Denver and that it was proper to have hired such accommodations on the outside. He holds that the officer should not be made to suffer by the failure of the authorities to do their duty in thin respect. The quartermaster general of the army having Informed the assistant comptroller that such expense would approximate to per month for each liorse, .the claim of Captain Raymond for such an amount has been allowed A Taxatloa KarcV. New York Kvenlng Post. Four new names are added to the list of thuae who pay taxes on tl.Ou0.0ofj or more of personal property. This makes exactly ten people in New York who have that mount. Yet soma mtn are still demanding evidence that lite ersonal-property tax is not a farce. Doa't Pat 'Eos oa a Slrlnaj. r.oaton Transcript. Importers of Jewelry will pleas- notioe that it will cost them rnly 10 per cent dutv if p-sil are In a box. but fut per cent If on a string Treasure wit'i a utrlog to It ia generally the must expensive The Strength ot Is Judged partly by the amount of money invested by Ita stork holders In the form of Carltal, Surplus and Undivided TroflU. These give security to the depositor because that money stands between the depositor and any possible loss In the vslue of the securities held by a bank. The First National Hank of Omaha has frequently Increas ed the amount of Its Capital, Surplus and accounts so that they ipight always maintain a proper relation to the amount of deposits. ... At present the amount of these accounts is over H.200 000.00. This certainly gives assurance of absolute security. A 3 Certificate of Deposit Is one of tha best and safest forms of investment for jour surplus funds. Fife t National Bank of Omaha Thirteenth and Famam Su. B aVsty CXposi Taults is on 13lh street. ansa "ts H V M K K A I , K X A M I X A T I O S . Kearney Hub: Sheldon's marriage recom mendation In hia closing message should be referred to the Nebraska Btata Medical association, with power to act. It is high time that a medical certificate accompany a license to marry. David City Press: Nebraska's retiring governor asks tho legislature to enact a law requiring a physical examination of applicants for matrimony. He also advo cates a number of other things that are rather unique, some that are commendable, and some that are ill advised. On the whole the final message of Governor Sheldon Is an Interesting document and Is worthy of the consideration of the legislature. Beatrice Kxpress: The recommendation In Governor Sheldon's message thai It be made unlawful for a couple to marry with out first securing a physician's -ert!flcate. showing thejr good health, has been pro posed and advocated in different statea for several years. If the thorough application of such a law were made possible, it would work for better character and higher citi zenship. The suggestion Is In line with progress and a measure may sometime be framed to carry It out successfully. Norfolk News: While anmo people may agree theoretically with ex-Governor Shel don's proposition to prevent criminal con victs from bringing other criminals into the world, tho plan could not be brought to a practical basis under present condi tions. It Is well known, of course, that criminals beget criminals and the marriage of positive degenerates is crime against society. A law preventing ex-convicts from marrying might more easily be adopted than the drastic action recommended by the retiring governor. Rut in such a scheme the fallibility of courts and Juries would have to be taken into consideration. Under such a plan the sentencing of a person to prison would become a much more serious thing than It ia today and that very point would tend toward the acquittal of many persons charged with crime who, under present plans are Justly convicted. The suggestion of such a plan enters into dis pute .with the very name of the state prisons, of course, since our present prison system has the penitence and reformation of the prisoner largely at heart. This suggestion Is along the same advanced line aa that which marked the plan of ex-Chancellor Andrews of few years ago in his scheme to use convicts for surgical experiments. Sr lentlfically the governor's idea might be worth while, but practically, under exist ing economical conditions, it could not be worked out. tOI.D STORAUK STATKSM ANSIIIP Importance of t'hanalnu; Date of Meeting; of Nenr Congress. New York Globe, The representative In congress does not become a legislator until a year and s month after he has been choaen to office. It Is to overcome this situation that Repre sentative Prince of Illinois has Introduced a bill providing that the session of a new congress shall begin on March 4 in stead of on the first Monday In December. Ilia purpose Is, of course, obvious. It Is to enable members of congress to net promptly, and, If possible, crystalllZA Into law the pledges under which they are chosen to office. ' Thirteen months is a long lime In politics, and from the standpoint of teal represen tation of the people It Is doubtless true that many a congressman takes on the flavor of a canned or cold storage dales man before he is legally in a position to ap ply the mandate under which he has been elected. The representative la the special custodian of popular initiative In legisla tion, but the time before he can take this Initiative Is always ao far ahead that its force may become seriously impaired, If not indeed completely neutralized. ALL IN ONE BOAT We have brought together some odds and ends of Boys' Suits. There are 7." sizes 8 to 1G mostly large size9. They sold formerly from $5.00 to $10.00. Take your choice now at S3.75 Plain douhle breasted two-piece straight pant suits Cut in Half We have 50 boys' overcoats, sizes 10 to 14, which we will nell at one-half their former price. They sold from $10.00 to $12.50 now $5.00 and $0,125. One fur lined over coat, size 10, $25.00 was $50.00. The? go on sale Tuesday morning. See windows.' " 'Browning.King & Company R. S. WILCOX, Manager a Bank Proiits M!!.l.NO I.fXE. Hav nor What have yon done with all your t'hiistmas presents? Phytic-Made a large, cold bowl of lem otmdc. Chicago Tribune. "He considers his debut on -the. stage a very flattering success." "Why, ho was greeted with a shower of cpgs!" "I know It, hut look at the price Of eggi these days. "-Houston Poet. "I see where the aeronauts srs to meet to make rules for ihe air." ; "Oh, the theatrical managers have al ready done that." "What do you mean?" "Isn't It an old custom with them to lay out star routes? " Baltimore American. "I'm surprised to hear that that fellow bs gone broke. Thought he had one of those swollen fortunes.". . . "That waa Just the trouble. The swelling was due to hot air." Philadelphia Ledger. "Here's a woman doctor who says that nobody with brains will kiss In the days to come." "Gee. I wonder what's goujg to happen to the women'. "-Cleveland Plain, Dealer. "You say ho always wJns at poker?" "Always." "Have you ever played 'with him?" "No. 1 don't, play poker." -"Then how dr you know?" "He la always trying to get up a game." Houston Post. . THK MKAM HK OF TOIL. J. W. Foley 1n Philadelphia ledger. It waa only a step on a summer day To the creek and the rock whore th ' spring board lay; It was over the meadowu and through the fence. And half a mile through the woods so dense. ? It wu only a step on a winter night On a winding path pasl the ruined mill. And you might think it a weary wav Hut 'iwns only a step en a summer da. But. oh, It was far down the short corn row. Where the weeaa grew thick with i heavy hoe! It was onl ya slep on a winter night To the skating pond where the snow lay white; It was past the Common and through tha wood . And over the hill Wrier the schoolhouse stood. It was down the turnpike and through the Bnow That lay In drifts In the vslleys low. But the stars shone out and the moon was bright It was only a step on a winter night. But. Oh. It was far through the bitter known To the old barn door we were sent tu close! 'Twas light aa a feather, the sack we bete Of shellbark nuts, thai could hold no morj. And each of ua staggered beneath Its load. While often It lay In the dusty road. Till we got our breath and we made a vow To carry it as far aa the dead tree new. And never waa burden ao gladly borne. Nor ever were bearers so little worn. But. Oh, they were hiavy too far to tell. The pells we bore from the nearby well! Dr. Lyon's PERFECT 1 Tooth Powder Cleanses, beautifies and preserves the teeth and purifies the breath Used by people of refinement for almost Half a Century Mr