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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Rime of Nebraska. Douglas County, as.:
nenrge B. Tisc huck. treasurer of The Bea
Publishing company, being duly awom, aaya
that the actual ruimber of full and complete
coplei of The Dslly. Morning, Evening and
Sunday Bee printed during th month of
February, 3909. was a follows:
i ae.sio is sa.tso
1 3S.170
3 M.000
4 . . . . SS.Oeo
6 39,060
3S.SM
7 37,000
se.aao
9 3S,t80
10 30,890
11 39,080
l i 38.830 .
It 88,780
14 37,300
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IT..
1..
19. .
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21. .
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24..
26..
28. .
27..
39,090
38,770
M8.9S0
38,990
SS.O60
37.100
0,991
88,830
3980
89.810
8980
88,080
37.190
Total 1,087,090
Less unsold and returned coplaa. 8,968
Net Total .....1,077,048
Dally average , 38,408
CiEO. B. TZ8CHUCK,
Treasurer.
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changed as ftea mm reeaeatee.
Farewell to the Rough Riders; hall
to the aona of Ell. '
On their way down the eggs met the
price of flour going up.
The groundhog Is the one surviving
member of the Ananias club.
The ship- subsidy bill will now be
returned to the pigeonhole again.
Oyster Bay will make the moat of
Its opportunities for a couple of weeks.
. Mr. Tatt has returned the compli
ment to Mr. Roosevelt, and honors are
even.
The hogflsh Is announced as a sign
of spring. The fteh hog Is another
sure sign.
Anyway, Senator Foraker retires
from the ring with a shade the best of
It In the Brownsville bout.
After all, the inaugural parade at
Washington Is a tame show compared
with the Ak-Sar-Ben displays.
Mr. Taft will begin discovering to
day that the office-seekers are not de
nying themselves during Lent.
Among the other signs of spring.
the municipal candidates are budding
on the sunny side of the streets.
Mr. Bryan denies the report that he
is going on the stage. He knows an
other way of getting a long run.
A physician says that blowing the
nose is apt to. cause deafness. Stilt?
It Is just as well to take chances.
"How to Find Your Affinity" la the
title of a magaslne article. How to
lose your affinity Is more to the point.
The Chicago Board of Trade mem
bers seem to have an idea that the
farmers are all busy husking corn in
May.
Preaident Taft Is a charter member
of the Optimists' club. He Is over the
weight limit allowed for the pessimist
class.
The testimony ottered at Nashville
appears to offer rather conclusive evi
dence that former Senator Carmack la
dead.
The May wheat that is selling for
$1.20 s bushel Is not the kind you eat
but the kind you sell when you haven't
got It.
The first fish story of the season Is
to the effect that a copy of Isaak Wal
ton's "Compteat Angler" has been
sold for 14.000.
The ninety-nine-inch bed-sheet Is
almost a fact accomplished in Ne
braska, which shows that the legists
ture did not meet in vain.
There need be no worry over Mr
Roosevelt's future. When he returns
from Africa he will find s very encour
aging Outlook awaiting him
I
Spring does not begin with March
but,' according to calendar schedule,
' will arrive Just before daylight on
March tl. Room for. winter to do
considerable lingering before that date.
Governor Shallenberger ought not
to have any trouble in balancing be
tween the "Jacks" and the "Jims.
His double-ended stunt during the
campaign should fit him for any sort
X slde-etepytng.
President Taft's Message.
Direct and frank, hi perfect keep
ing with the character of the man.
President Taft takes advantage of his
first official opportunity to notify the
American people that the "Roosevelt
policies" are to be observed and
pushed to their logical conclusion by
the new administration. The opening
paragraph of his Inaugural address,
after the mere preliminary verbiage,
contains the declaration:
I have had the honor to be one of the
advisers of my distinguished predecessor,
gnd as such, to hold up his hands In the
reforme ha haa Initiated. I should bo un
true to myself, to my promises and to the
declarations of th party platform upon
which I was elected to office If I did not
make the maintenance and enforcement of
those reforms a most Important feature
of my administration. They wer directed
to the auppreealon of the lawlessness and
abuses of power of the great combinations
of Capital Invested In railroads and In In
dustrial enterprises carrying on Interstate
commerce. ,
Had President Taft concluded his
Inaugural address with that statement
the country would have been content
to leave the rest in his hands. The
nation demanded the reforma urged
by Mr. Roosevelt. Many of them have
been accomplished or put In the way
of accomplishment, and President
Taft's assurance that there shall be
no turning back from the program
serves M full and significant notice to
the opponents of the Roosevelt re
forms and cornea as a welcome assur
ance to their supporters and cham
pions. President Taft goes further
and pledges himself and his adminis
tration to further legislation designed
to make the reforms Inaugurated by
his predecessor even more effective
and lasting. To this end he promises
recommendations to the congress In
regular session In December looking to
the amendment of the anti-trust law,
the enlargement of the scop of the In
terstate Commerce commission- and
other changes looking to co-operation
of the various government agencies for
the purpose of securing a more rapid
enforcement 'of the laws relating to
trusts and- to' enterprises connected
with Interstate commerce.
On the subject of tariff revision, to
be made the special order of business
for the extra session to be convened
on March 15, the president is specific
and direct In his urgent recommenda
tion that the Dingley schedules should
be radically overhauled to meet the
changed business and industrial condi
tions. He declares In favor of a max
imum and minimum tariff which shall
adjust the duties In such manner "as
to afford to labor and to all Industries
In this country, whether of the farm,
mine or, factory, protection by tariff
equal to the cost of production abroad
and the cost of protection here." This,
In essence, will give the American
manufacturer and producer the pro
tection needed against foreign compe
tition, maintaining the high standard
of American wages and, at the. same
time, making foreign competition pos
sible when combinations or trusts at
tempt to control the output In any line
for the purpose of advancing prices
to their own enrichment and the hurt
of the consumer. None but a factious
free trader will And fault with Presi
dent Taft's recommendations on the
tariff.
Extended reference to President
Taft's position on other matters be
fore congress and the people, is un
necessary. He favors a strong, com
pact and effective standing army
nucleus, a navy commensurate with
the nation's needs and position in the
world's affairs, an intelligent policy of
conservation of forests and natural re
sources, a foreign policy favoring- uni
versal peace, but demanding individual
respect, the enlargement of the fed
eral jurisdiction to theenforcement of
treaty obligations within the states, a
reform of the monetary system, the
adoption of a postal savings system,
the prosecution of work on the Pan
ama canal and the advancement of all
enterprises designed for the ultimate
improvement of the conditions of the
whole people.
President Taft takes occasion to sav
to the south, in his Inaugural message,
what he haa said in numerous ad
dresses since his election last Novem
ber. He offers every encouragement
to the southern people to begin voting
and thinking independently, losing
sectional and race prejudice and tak
ing an active and potential part in na
tional affairs. He warns them at the
same time that the fifteenth amend
Bient never will be repealed and that
the negro question must be solved bv
education and natural development
ana not by law-defying methods.
a a. .
-u me lac-or question President
Taft reiterates his position taken as
candidate and emphasizes the neces
sity of upholding the existing laws and
pasaing any new ones that may be
needed to protect laborers la their
rights, without creating a privileged
ciaas.
me message la one of
comforting reassurance to the Ameri
can people, a promise that the reform
work ao well begun under' Theodore
nooeeveit ah all reach ita perfect con
aummatlon in actual achievement and
iuS Dcoenciai reaults under the ad
ministration of President Taft.
A New Ananias Club.
President Obaldla of Panama has
Shown the stuff that is in him. He Is
clearly a fighter and a plain talker
Some speeches were made in congress
recently la which the president of the
republic of Panama was charged, by
inference at least, with having ben
mixed up with William Nelson Crom
well and other distinguished cltliens
in some, deal in the matter of the crea-
tlqn of the Panama republic and the
transfer of the French Panama Canal
company to the United Statee. A re
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port oi in syeecnes in congress
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. MARCH
reaihed Panama and was conveyed to
the president of the republic. He did
not hesitate at all. It was too late to
respond In person to answer the
charge and the mails could not be
trusted to get his reply in Washington
before the death of congress on March
4. So President Obaldla hsstened to
the cable office and rushed this cables
gram to a citizen of Washington:
1 have reformed my belief regarding the
reeiieitablllty of members of the American
congress. Among them are liars Indecent
and Ignorant In a superlative degree.
Any congressman who feels lone
some over the breaking up of Wash
ington chapter No. t of the Ananias
club may get a demerit card and be
transferred to the Panama branch by
making his wishes known to President
Obaldla.
The Brownsville Incident.
Senator Foraker goes out of public
life with the credit of haying finally
secured the enactment of a, law by
whlehNthe members of the Twenty
fifth Infantry, who were discharged by
President Roosevelt for alleged com
plicity in the shootlng-up of Browns
ville several years ago, may secure
their vindication and reinstatement.
The bill passed by congress provides
that members of the discharged bat
talion may apply individually to a
board, to be appointed by President
Taft. The board shall be composed
of army officers and their report may
exonerate the ex-soldler of the charge
of being implicated in the shooting.
If this Is done and the soldier Is al
lowed to re-enllst, he will be entitled
to his back pay.
If Senator Forafter was Induced to
make his fight for the negro soldiers
In order to embarrass Mr. Taft, who
was then secretary of war and a can
didate for the republican presidential
nomination, his calculations woefully
miscarried. The republicans of the
country sized the Brownsville incident
up as a local issue and not a national
affair, and Senator Foraker fell by the
wayside In the political fight. If he
took up the fight, in which he made
many bitter enemies, from a belief that
a wrong had been committed, he will
find much consolation in his final vic
tory, for his Is the credit for the en
actment of the new law. If any Injus
tice has been done the negro members
of the regiment stationed at Browns
ville at the time of the shooting, the
ways are now open to have such Injus
tice corrected.
Interurban Railways.
The incorporation of another Inter
urban line that promises to make
Omaha one of its terminal points
brings again to attention the fact that
Omaha has lagged far behind In this
phase of urban development. The
lines that have been projected from
time to. time during the last decade
or longer have never gotten far be
yond the promissory point. One was
developed to the point of securing
right of way and doing a large amount
of grading, but for years nothing haa
been done on It.
It is not easy to understand what
Influence has operated to prevent the
construction of electric lines radiating
from Omaha and connecting the
nearby towns. Such lines have been
built elsewhere in the country In com
munities much smaller and of consid
erably less importance than Omaha,
having attached the surrounding ter
ritory by a network of electric lines.
These have almost uniformly been
found profitable, the service afforded
by them being such as to attract busi
ness most readily. '
All who have Btudied the problem
deeply have agreed that Omaha would
be greatly benefited by such a system,
and the general impression is that Its
operation could be made profitable. It
only remains to secure capital and
build the lines. Whether this will ever
be achieved is yet to be decided, but
the demand Is growing every day as
the region immediately surrounding
the city increases In wealth and im
portance. The do-nothing Water board Is de
nied the consolation of an endorse
ment from the Real Estate exchange.
It may some day become apparent to
the water-logged statesman, who is
responsible for the existence of that
moribund body that his mistake was
made at the beginning and has been
growing larger ever since. The peo
ple who have paid the bills, and are
still paying enormous sums for the
sport of the Water' board, fall to see
the humor In the numerous jokes
sprung at their expense.
The jailing of a few mor dishonest bank-
era might have a tendency to lessen the
demand, and th need, for guaranty of de
posit. Bryan's Commoner,
In. other words, the enforcement of
the 'existing laws would remove the
need of another law that does not
promise to furnish the relief that la
needed. '
The unreliability of the Washington
climate may be responsible for post
poning some of the spectacular fea
tures of the Inauguration, but It can
not aerlously affect the administration
just commenced.
' With all Its imperfections the dem
ocrats have passed the bank guaranty
law. Those who voted for it say they
do not know if it will work, but it
looks like something and they let it
go at that.
John Callan O'Laughlin haa e
dined appointment as assistant secre
tary of atate, preferring to remain in
the uewspaper business. The real
newspaper man does not court demo
tion.
If "Banker Jim" Latta's checkbook
Is as potent In Washington as It was
la the Third Nebraska, the mistakes
he makes as a new member will not
long be held against him In congres
sional circles. "Banker Jim" may not
know all the rules of the game, but
he knows when to loosen up.
Congress refused to enable the
country to forget th! Maine, tt
would be fine If some concern would
steal the hulk some dsrk night and
get awaywlth It.
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The t'nited States paid $1,126 an
acre for Its possession In the Panama
canal tone! Land Is worth almost as
much down there as It Is In the Ne-
braska corn bolt..
The Square Mfalers have elected
officers and appointed committees,
and refuse to endorse any candidates.
The Square Meal club knows how to
raise the price.
The Steel trust Is not anxious to
book orders at the present prices. The
trust probably feels that the less It
sells Just now the more it won't lose.
Official statement from Washington
Is that while Miss Ethel Roosevelt
may be an engaging young woman,
she Is not an engagod young woman.
The home rulers down at Lincoln
are trying to get together now with
about as much prospect as they
achieved In the bank guaranty law.
Dr. Wiley Is still protesting against
the use benzoate of soda In food. Dr.
Wiley has a peculiar notion that pure
food should be pure.
Dreary Ootlok far BoSsen.
Boston Transcript.
New York politicians are' putting "together
the president's announcement that lie will
be back In about eighteen months to take
an active part In politics, with the leglsla
turn's taak of choosing a successor to Sen-'
a for Depew at about that time.
Corn Pattens the Farmer.
St. Louis Republic.
Something like an economic revolution Is
threatened when our great corn crop, now
risen to between 2,600,000,000 and 3,000,000.000
bushels a year. Is becoming too dear In
price to be used profitably In fattening
hogs that sell at 11 the hundred pounds. It
looks as If the American farmer was reach
ing out to become the plutocrat of the world.
Jamming; In the Moral Sense.
Baltimore American.
Now the supreme court of the United
States has denied a rehearing to a west
ern railroad sentenced to pay a heavy re
bate fine. To make rebstea very expensive,
Snd keep them so. Is about the best way
of making them unpopular. In time, a
moral sense will govern the case; but a
big, round fine Is much more expeditious.
Salary Uplift Cheeked.
Springfield Republican.
Even though the sundry civil appropria
tion bill carries a presidential salary Item
of $76,000, Mr. Taft will be little or no bet
ter' provided for in this respect than Mr.
'Roosevelt has been for a year or two. In
this time the president has had at hla
disposal $26,000 a year, additional to his
salary of $50,000, for Use In part or whole,
according to hla' discretion, for traveling
expenses. Now the1 $25,000 travel fund Is
merged Into the salary from which the
I president must meet his transportation
costs. So falls the whole movement for
salary Increases among high federal offi
clala, which had gained such promising
headway .earlier In the session. It is just
as well, considering the low atate of the
public treasury and th hard tlmea among
taxpayers. i
ROOSGVKLT TOUKO AT BO.
Retains the Energy and Enthusiasm
of Youth.
The Interpreter In American Magaslne.
Roosevelt la the youngest man of 60 I
have ever seen. The half century hasn't
bowed him down since I first saw htm,
twenty-eight years ago, in the national
convention with his "fighting face" turned
auddenly toward a delegate from the Dis
trict of Columbia who had had the temerity
to dispute him. He la young himself and
he likes young men or middle-aged men
with steam in them around him. It Is a
safe bet that he had rather spend an even
ing with a lot of boys In an athletic club
discussing the relative merits of th
straight left and right awing than chatting
with somebody from the Smithsonian Insti
tution onv the paleontologlcal evidences of
evolution. And, funny thing about tt, he
does both.
I think he goes out of office with mixed
feelings.' It Is not all regret nor all ela
tlon. But It Is largely regret. In hi own
phrase, he ha bad a good time In the
White House. But it hasn't all been pleas.
ant. It hasn't been easy to attack In rant
sage and sue In the courts men with whom
be had been brought up as a boy In New
York.
But on the whole he has had fun, and
certainly h has mad fun for moat of us
and a whole lot of nervous excitement for
the rest. I don't want to Jlkerlls him, but
I feel that he will be missed, and I am
quite sure that when he takea hla gun In
hla hand and dlvea Into th forest ther
will be ' an almost unlveraal ahout of:
'Ooodbye, Teddy, take keer of yourself."
WHEAT GROWERS' TRUST.
Nebraska Story Provoke aa Editorial
' Snort.
Leslie's Weekley.
The trust-busters must gut to work In
Nebraska. A recent dispatch from Masting
announces that th wheat growers of Ne
braska, Kansas and Oklahoma, in which
section one-third of the winter wheat .crop
of th country la produced, have formed an
association to advance and maintain the
prlc of winter wheat. All the members
signed a pledge not to sell their next year'
crop except at prices to be fixed by the
association. Two thousand wheat growers
hav joined in a pledge to put up the price
of wheat, and we presume that every one
of these membets feels that he is justified
In getting aa good a price for his ciops as
h possibly can. But what would be said
If wheat waa produced by a corporation
and the latter combined it Interests In
Hire different states, controlling one-thiid
of th output to put up price and main
tain them at high prices? How long be
for th attorney general of the United
Blatea. with th Big Slick behind him
would be raising a rumpus over this pal
rati violation of th Sherman antl-trus
lawT What delight a judge of Landls stripe
would take In Imposing a fin of O.OuO.OuO
on the offendera! How many of the far
mer lit th new prospective association
juat organised In Nebraska hav joined
In th outcry against th railway and the
corporations which have b'en accused of
violating th anti-trust -law? After a per
sonal experience with that hasty and 111
contrived piece of legislation, thy may
chang thtlr minds regarding It.
a.
Around New York
Klpple oa Cnrreat f fclf
as Sa la th Orai American
Metropolis from Pay to Bay.
A mock duel with pistols and wax bul
lets was the unique stunt pulled off l the
presence of a large crowd In the New Vork
Athletic flub a few night ago. The shoot
ing Irons and the bullets were brought
from Paris by James Murray, an American
fencing master, who was one of the prin
cipals In the exhibition. Each of the prin
cipals donned a black rob and adjusted a
wire head mask, fitted with an oblong
piece of thick plate glass, to protect the
eyes, nose and mouth. All the conditions
of a genuine duel were In evidence, and the
scene was strikingly realistic. At a signal
the two men, back to back, stepped out
ten paces, and then, facing about, took
delibeiate aim at each other and fired.
One bullet struck the left side of th mem
ber's headpiece, and the other hit Murray
over the small ribs on the right aide, caus
ing him to flinch ever ao little at th mo
ment of the Impact. Several of the mem
bers then tried their skill with the pistols,
which have a light steel shield Inclosing
the hand and trigger guard, to protect the
hand from a shot coming toward the
ahooter. It is the Intention to Introduce
pool matches with dueling pistols loaded
with these wax bullets.
Thanks to the personal instruction and
example of Horace Fletcher, the world's
master masticator, the chew-chew game Is
epidemic In the Phlpps model tenement in
East Thirty-first street. Mr. Fletcher I
a millionaire several times over; he has
a palace In Venice, the beautiful and his
toric Palazzo Saltante, and In New York
the Waldorf had been his home until he
moved lately to the Phlppa tenement,
where he permit himself the extravagance
of a five-room apartment. He is there aa
a missionary to spread his gospel of masti
cation where It will do the most good.
"What I want to reach Is the children of
the poor," he says In an Interview In th
World.
'I ' h a m i n nt (Minn t h atrinfr mtttl hn
h at 58 surpassed the best efforts of Yale's
athletea who might be living In a palace,
has been spending hla time in going to the
real tenements and preaching his gospel of
mastication.
"There Is no reason why two people can
not live, and live well, on $8 a week," he
says, "If they will learn how to get the
most out of the food which such an In
come will permit them to buy. Mastication
means the difference between starvation
and comfortable living for the great mass
of the people. If I can reach the real
tenement dweller, and show them how to
live, I shall consider this the most useful
winter of my life."
Criminal statistics, compiled by Secretary
of State Koenlg from the record of county
clerks throughout New York stat for
submission to the, legislature, ahow an In
crease during 1908 of 1.82J conviction for j
crimes over the figure for th preoedlng
year. The number In 1908 waa 7,364, a
against 6,5:9 In 1907. During the same
period there has been a noticeable falling
off In arrests and convictions for Intoxica
tion. In 1907 18.476 persons were sent to
prison for drunkenness. T.Ast year 17,779
were imprisoned for that offense.
There were 1,775 convictions for burglary
and 1,439 for larceny In the entire atate
last year. This Is 604 more burglaries and
alxty-four more larceny convictions than
the year before. Secretary Koenlg blames.
It on the hard time. Of the total number
of burglaries 715 were reported from New
York, 274 from Brooklyn and 222 from Erie
county. Erie county show 1,138 women
convicted of crime. New York come next
with 580; Monroe reports 306, and Kings
county (Brooklyn) only 233.
Nearly all trades and professions, from
actor to wrestler, are represented In the
conviction. The report show that eleven
actora and two actresses were convicted.
There was an odd scene In the alderniaalc
chamber at New Rochelle, which was used
aa a court room Thursday of last week,
when the center of the room was trans
formed Into a cockpit to show a jury how
a main which was raided by the police
was fought at a New Rochelle saloon.
Paul K. Kohn of Mount Vernon, .agent
for the Society for the Prevention of Cru
elty to Animal, waa placed on trial on the
charge of being a spectator. Th jury
brought In a verdict of guilty, and Kohn
was fined $50.
In order to demonstrate to th jurymen
how the fight between the bird was car
ried on, the cockpit captured. at the raid
wa set up In the middle of the court room.
Among the exhibits were a number of
spurs with which the fighters were loaded;
twenty-five dress suit cases. In which the
birds were carried to New Rochelle to fight
for the championships of Westchester
county; a dead bird, which was found In
the blood-smeared pit, and a one-eyed cock,
the champion of Westchester county, war
also brought Into the court room, and It
was the latter bird which killed the- one
that was found dead.
During the trial the bird crowed lustily
and several time Interrupted th proceed
ings. New York jTity Is now conducting a ho
tel, on of the largest In th world. It cost
$425,000 and accommodates 1,000 guests. It
lias two physicians, bath and the best of
aanltary precaution; the health of It pa
tron Is more carefully guarded than at
the most costly private hotels. Th build
ing la fireproof. The menu Is excellent,
though limited. And everything 1 free.
To this size and degree of careful detail
haa grown the city lodging-house, which 1
Itself an outgrowth of the unsanitary old
police station lodgings. Yet It Is for th
moment pitifully Inadequate. The city I
confronted with a serious problem In th
number of honest men who ar seeking
work and cannot find It. The fact that
many of them hav com from other place
In the vain hop of finding employment
makes little difference In the nature of th
problem.
An alert woman who enjoys a taxlcab,
but auspecta the tare-indicator because of
one or two disagreeable experiences, man
aged recently to get even with the ma
chines for their exactions. She waa on her
way to a concert, and the falling rain had
made the asphalt slippery, so when the
driver attempted to round a corner th
wheels skidded. Just what was the matter
with the car tt would !e hard to say, but
at any rate, ita progress was arrested.
"Young man," exclaimed the passenger,
"turn down that flag. Turn down that
flag. I aay! Do you think I'm going to pay
for all the miles you're going around this
corner?"
And the chauffeur turned down the flag,
until, after stopping his engine, he had
found the source of the trouble and alarted
again. , .
. Xccalaa Worry.
Washington Herald
Some people ar worrying for fear Mr.
Roosevelt may b overcome by th. "deep
ing sickness" In Africa. Lf they even
catch him napping over thera, they wPI
do mora than anybody has ever tieea sbl
to da ' tills counlrw.
0EEG0N PLAN AND GUARANTY.
Tekamah Journal: Th Nbrsk legisla
ture, from a democratic standpoint, la
ready to wih Bryan and his bank guar
entee plank were out of existence. There
la many a democrat scratching hla head
and thinking Juat what It wer best to do
In th matter
Nebraska City Pre: During th last
campaign we wre treated to long dlsoourses
telling how slmpl snd easy It would be
to guarantee the bank deposits and how
quickly auch a law would be enacted when
the democratic legislature got Into power,
ratlently hav we waited this long tlm
and the members seem to hav found
out that simple and eeay doe not stply
to this question at all. Great financial
talkers seem to be small financial law
makers. Tecumaeh Journal: Every democratic
member of th legislature knows Just what
kind of guaranty law was promised In the
lat camraign. It Is op to the lawmaker
now bi do that which was promised and
stop hlgcllng snd haggling over th fringe,
so. to speak. This main thing Is to make a
limited annual aesessment to create a fund
to make gpod sny losses by failed banks.
It la a simple business proposition. The
fine work Is by those who are, In fsct. op
posed to such a law.
Grand Island Independent: To oppose the
Oregon plan of electing United States sen
ator at this time In order to provide a
better method by way of a constitutional
amendment Is, In our humble opinion, to
oppose th direct election of United States
senator entirely. If the argument Is sin
cerely offered, th men making It sre, w
confidently assert, making a mistake. Noth
ing will bring about a constitutional
amendment aa quickly as the election of a
United Statea senate a nearly by popular
vote as possible.
Kearney Hub: A few republican newspa
pers endorse the Oregon plan for the elec
tion of United State senators. Their ap
proval Is misplaced. It la not at all a fair
test of the proposition to elect senators by
direct vote of the people, ft Is Intended
solely to help out democratic minorities In
republican states of th north. But how
far doe any advocate of the system think
It will work as It worked In Oregon In
mot any one of the outhern stalest It
Is a democratic confidence game pure and
simple. Just aa the open primary for the
nomination of partisan candidates I put
up purely to serve a democratic partisan
purpose.
Beatrice Express: The Oregon plan of
electing United States senators passed th
senate yesterday on a strict party vote.
Thus every democrat voted for It and every
republican against It. If there wrre any
possibility that the measure contained real
merit and absolute fairness to all political
parties It would look a though a few re
publicans would have voted for It. Truth
Is, It open th way for defeating the
choice of a party leader for United State
senator, who represent the popular polit
ical ballet of a atate. It might not work,
as It did In Oregon, but there would be a
chance for It and that Is evidently the In
tention. Pawnee Republican: "After seven weeks
of strenuous effort and the final employ
ment of a $300 lawyer, the banking com
mittee ha finally formulated a bill for
th guarantee of bank deposits and Intro
duced It In the house on th day of Mr.
Bryan" address to the Joint session. While
many democrats assert that the bill I not
what they want they reluctantly admit
that It Is the best they can do. It collects
a guarantee fund of 1 per cent of the gross
deposits of the bank, leaves the guarantee
In the bank from which It I raised and
provide for practically Immediate pay
ment of the depositors of th failed bank.
The measure la admitted privately by
many well informed democratic member
to be decidedly inferior to the bill Intro
duced Into the senate by Myera of Rock
county, but bearing th democratic brand
will no doubt take precedence ovr th
Myr bill. If the bill become a law It
will cost the bank of Pawn county
In the neighborhood of $11,000 th firat
year.
Some I.oeses and tiatna.
New York Tribune.
The democratic party In Oregon, while
gaining a United State senator through
the election of George IS, Chamberlain; will
lose a governor. Mr. Chamberlain's resigna
tion of th governorship promote to that
office the secretary of state, Mr. Frank
W. Benson, who la a republican. He will
aerve until a new governor shall be elected
and qualify in January, 1911.
Health oa th Battle Fleet.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
During the cruise around the world the
mortality among th men, accident In
cluded, was only a alxth of the average In
cities. Th figure show the car with
which rocrults are now selected.
A QBam- (Cunt
To wind up the fall business and give the Spring business a
start, we have taken all tbe broken lines of Cravenettes and light
weight Overcoats and have made s cut In price that is sure to close
them out,
Thej are all our own make and formerly gold from 118 to $35.
Friday and 8aturdy, your choice
' Of course the Browning, King at Co. style and the Browning.
King A Co. quality make this a notable occasion for thoae who know i
what's what in clothing. ' , '
We have about 80 men's heavy-weight suits that sold from la
to 123.60 which we will close out at the same time for
There are 48 Cravenettes
Saturday only
WW
PERSONAL AND 0THI&WISE.
aanaasBsjsBSSi
Ch.rter members of th Ananlaa club
may now enter Washington without being
lagged.
Washington might profitably emulate
Mahomet and move west where decent
weather Is a permanent Institution.
Tli surviving black body rvant of
Bos Tweed, ehow du sen of fltn In
applying to Richard Croker for altAnc.
Of th nine member of Preaident Taft s
cabinet only two allow the rasor full sway
Bix wear mustaches and th seventh
stick to the full besrd of Adam.
The prla peclmen of optimism now cur
rent Is in conviction expressed by the
Chines regency that "ultimately Japan
will give up It foothold In Oorea."
Hugh Graham, publisher of th Montreal
Star. Is on of th leading dtlsens of
Canada who were honored by their sov
ereign during th past year with knight
hood. South Carolina aakjons ar to b tightly
closed for two weeks preceding a liquor
election. The liquor Inter! will thu
have th benefit of an unprecedented
thirst. ' ,
Mr. Catherine W. McCulloch of Evans
ton. III., said to be the only woman Justice
of th iae In this country, astonished
the Society of Anthropology at a reoent
meeting by denouncing Adam ss a loafer.
Sh declared that Ev was the mother of
all the arts and sciences, and by data
which carried her back to th paloeoltthle
age she sought to prove that woman was
th originator of moat of the good things
In th world.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
Reporter-Hbw shall I handle this mad
dog story. '
City Editor-Mak it snappy. Puck.
He I a man of few mord." '
Yes. and they are: 'What I there in it
for me?' "Detroit Fre Pre.
"Do you know what I'd do it I wer s
whit rhinoceros?"
"I'd roll In th mud." Cleveland Plain
Dealer. ,
"Uncle Bruno, why la It that your poof'
Increase so much faster than the whit
people do?" ... ,
'Deed, I dunno, boa, onles It's 'cause
dan's mo' of us bawn." Chicago Tribune.
ii i
Nell I'm afraid Mr. Oussler had too much
to drink at the dinner last night.
Belle What makes you think so
Nell When th charlott ruase was
served he tried to blow the froth off Phila
delphia Record.
Messenger Boy Doe yer boss object to
yer putting yer feet on d desk and smok
ing cigarettes?
Office Boy Naw; h tails me to do it
Sometimes.
Messenger Boy An' wlwn Is dat?
Office Boy When his creditors ar du
He want em to think h Is out. Chicago
News.
"Ah. madame," said the French maid,
letle Fldo weell not at s bonbon."
"That dear, Intelligent, little doggie!"
exclaimed Mrs. Smellmar. "Ther must
be something wrong with those bonbon.
Yvette. Give them to th children." Cath
olic Standard and Times.
."Did you ever know a fallow who ,ws
glad he was poor."
"Yep."
"I uon't believe It."
"It's true. He was the living skeleton In
a sideshow, ard got $150 a week for lu"
Cleveland leader.
Two small boys had strayed In ths
mummy room of a certain museum. "Wot s
tiieee?"-ald on.
"Them guy wot' bin dead a long
time." answered the other.
"And wot s the letter, 'B. C. 14 evr th
guy In the corner?"
"Guess that's the number of th auto
mobile wot run over th poor blok."-.
Bohemian Magaslne.
THE CALL OF THE WEST.
Saturday Evening Post.
It lures, It draws, It beckons, with) ss
Insist still but strong.
It run with a soft persistence through
dreams, the whole night long.
It stsys at my side In th daytime, and eft
through the stress and strain
I hear It calling, calling, "Com back to
your own again!"
Th haiy blue of the mountains, th -waft
of th prairie scent,
Th easy awtng of th Middle, which lulls
to a calm content.
Th aky for a roof above you, tbe gren
for your tired eyes.
And th calling, calling backard to tha
IIC that satisfies.
With all of tha earth's wild freedom, with
all of the way to go.
With nothing to fret or harass, with room
for friend and fo.
With a smile from th eye that love you,
a word tor your ear alone, - '
And th voles calling,, calling. ."Com
back, com back to your own!"
And day by day aa I IhrUn I foal that my
will grows weak,
Th tug at my heart-strings trengthen
and draws, till I fain would seek
Far, far In th hasy distance, fti rmth
that I trod of yore.
Which lead to th voices' calling,' Com
back to your own one more! '
84 Overcoats 50 Sutto Friday aa
s Company-
R. S. WILCOX, Manner.
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