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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MARCH 12. 1900. The Omaha Daily Dee. FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSKWATKR VICTOR ROBE WATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflc a second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Bee fwlthout Sunday). on year MOO , too Dally Be and Sunday, om year DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Be (including Sunday). per week Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week.. Evening Bm (without Sunday), per week lie IOC Evening Fee wttn Bunaay, per w Sunday Bee. one year Il.fii.il. C a mma .- a r . inn In Auarrnf an rompiainis 01 delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha Twenty-fourth an N. Council Bluffs-15 Scott Btreet. Lincoln-! Little Building. Chicago IMS Marquette Building. New York-Room 1101-1102 No. 4 Wat Thlrtv-thlrd Street. Washington 72S Fourteenth Street. N. w. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlcatlnna relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, express or poatat order, payable to The Be Publishing Company. Only t-rcht atampe received In payment or mall account. Peraonal checka, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CTRCTTtATION. State of Nebraska. Douglaa County.ss.: George B. Tiachuck. treaaurer of Th Be Publishing company, being dnly sworn, aaya that th actual numbr of full and complet roplea of Th Dally. Morning. Evening and Hunday Bee printed during th month or February, wo, waa a follows: 1 M.819 I s,ito t 88,000 IS 38.8M 1 38.080 IT 38.770 1 MB.880 II 38,990 30, 38,050 . 27,100 s;..., o.ao l S8SJ0 24 38,330 tt 39,810 tl...... .... 39,300 27. 38.080 it: 37,180 39,00 88,060 38,880 87,000 38,830 ae.soo 3880 lt,HO 38,830 38,780 87.890 Total 1,087,080 Las unsold and returned eopie. 8,set Net Total .. 1077,038 Daily averag S8.464 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Treaaurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to Wore m this 1st day of March. 1908. M. P. WALKER. (Seal) Notary Public. whejt out or town. Subscriber leaving; th city tem porarily shoald have Th Bet mailed to tkaa. Addreae wilt changed mm ofta aa rcSMtl. Mr. Roosevelt Insists that he Is go ing to be an editor, not a Journalist. The new congress apparently objects to the Speaker Cannon variety of the big stick. The regular army has been re crulted up to lta full quota. It pays to advertise. 1 Mr-. Fairbanks has returned to a democratic state that was republican when he left It. It will cheer the democrats of the south to Jearn that Heke Smith is to raise more, chickens' and less hades. A retired prlte fighter Insists that Mr. Roosevelt is a born fighter, but congress knew that some time ago. Naturally Yale will be pardoned for taking a little more than usual inter est in national polities, at least for a time. Senator Stephenson will be sworn in on Monday and may then settle down for a quiet time of it for six years. Secretary Knox is the only bald headed member of the president's cab inet, and he naturally has a seat in the front row. ' The "Improvers" are renewing the anti-bill bsard agitation. This is an other certain sign of spring, and bill boards do not suffer. the The Real Estate exchange has aligned Itself with the Water board on the bond question. The matter is still to be submitted to the voters. Thomas Collier Piatt of New York declares that he Is glad to be out of public life. Only that vote was needed to make it unanimous. Unmuzzled dogs are not allowed on the Panama canal zone, although the unmuizled politician and muck raker atlll has the freedom of the atrip. Mr. Dickinson, the new secretary of war, insists that he is still a demo crat. He would probably resent the charge, of being a Bryanlte, however. Judge Smith McPheraon says a rail road company should earn 6 per cent net. Why not have a law guarantee ing a paying business for every enter prise? "Ferdog helmuth orgatlon dedona" was the wireless cipher code describ ing weather conditions in Washington on March 4. Nothing could be more accurate. Mr. Bryan is In favor of having the president Inaugurated In one of the summer months. He should also favor holding the election In mid summer, as he it always elected about the middle of July. The Austrian princess who does not think Mr. Roosevelt Is brainy confesses to being worth ft. 000,000. She will find in this country men who are worth more than that and yet share her opinion of the ex-presldnt. .Dr. William J. Long has declared that "animals do not struggle with on another for food," but that when one animal ha a supply it "shares it unselfishly with Its fellow creatures." Still, a lot of folks becamto very indig nant when Mr. Roosevelt classed Dr. Long with .th natur fakirs. A Reform in the Home. The general public may not be much concerned in the more physical comfort of the members of the house at Washington, but one of the minor measures adopted In the closing days of the session may have a distinct bearing on the methods of house de bate and may greatly change the pres ent methods of conducting the public business. This was a decision to re duce the size of the chamber one-third and to do away with desks altogether. The change will give room for better ventilation and lighting of the house chamber and will result in so group ing the members that they mill be able to hear the debatf-s and take part in an intelligent discussion of matters before the house. The need has long been felt of Borne change of the kind proposed. Under the present arrangement a member who really desires to make himself beard must have wonderful patience and lung power of a high order to fill the big auditorium. As few members are ao equipped, open debate in the house has become something of a farce and it has been found well-nigh Impossible to preserve any semblance of order. At present each member is supplied with a roomy desk and chair, and many of tbem have been accus tomed to doing most of their office duty on the floor of the house. This will be impossible under the proposed arrangement and the members, being brought closer together, will be able to talk to each other without bellow ing, will pay better attention to the house proceedings and will. It is be lieved, generally promote Instead of Impede the progress of public busi ness. The Cabinet Proceedings. President Taft's decision that mem bers of the cabinet must refrain from discussing for publication the proceed ings of the cabinet meetings will be accepted generally with much less con cern than when Mr. Roosevelt issued a similar order some four years ago. At that time the press indulged in cartoons and editorials showing the cabinet members wearing muzzles and trying to talk through them, while several of the cabinet officials were disposed to resent the Instruction, in sisting upon their privilege of "free speech" to discuss public affairs as they saw fit. None will question the wisdom of the general intent of the order, Neither President Taft nor any mem ber of his cabinet seeks to keep the public In ignorance of decisions made by the cabinet council, nor to deal with public questions In star-chamber session, but it Is wholly proper that the decisions of the cabinet should be an nounced in an authoritative way from some responsible source. - Much trouble has been caused, in the past, particularly in international affairs, by publications to the effect that the cab inet had discussed this or that topic of international interest. In many cases it was really Important that no mention be made of the fact, partlcu larly when no action had been taken by the cabinet. In such cases the State department has frequently been called upon to formally deny the published reports. The official announcement of cabinet decisions will prevent any such misunderstandings, without working harm to any one. The Standard Oil' Victory. While there will doubtless be great rejoicing in the camp of the Standard Oil company, as well as in democratic headquarters, over the decision of Judge Anderson of the federal court at Chicago in ordering a verdict for the defendant In the famous case of the government against the Standard Oil company, this rejoicing may be premature, or at least only temporary. aa It Is certain that the case will be appealed to the circuit court and will eventually be passed upon by the su preme court of the United States. The layman is entitled to the con elusion that Judge Landia' decision Imposing a fine of $29,240,000 against the Oil trust was perhaps as extreme In one direction as Judge Anderson's action in directing a verdict for the defendant is in the other. Justice in the case probably lies between the two extreme decisions, and the supreme court may be relied upon to find it. Judge Anderson's order was based upon his opinion that the government had failed to prove that the Oil trust bad guilty knowledge of, the rebates it received from the railroad .company The prosecution showed that the rail roads had a published raterof 18 cents on oil, but that a 6-cent rate had been granted to the Oil trust. The court held that there should vbe proof that th expert traffic managers of th OH trust knew that the 6-cent rate was not the regular, ' officially published schedule. As it is the business of these traffic experts to know all about rates, legal and of the rebate brand, the layman will be disposed to agree with Judge land Is that the Oil trust officials must have Inown of the dis crepancy and must have known what the rebates they received were framed to cover. However, the decision leaves that question still to be deter mined by the higher courts. The Anderson finding will serve to delay, but by no means defeats the final de termination of the merits of the entire controversy. Oil trust rejoicing over the Chicago victory will be toned down very con siderably by th decisive defeat sus tained by the trust in its litigation with th state of Missouri. Th su preme court of that state has denied all overtures by the Standard for a compromise of th cases pending against the trust and has confirmed a dec re of ouster by which the Stand ard is -driven from the state,- be- rause of Its violations of the states anti-trust laws. Practically similar decisions have been made against the trust in Arkansas and Texas, and whatever the outcome may be in the Chicago rase the existing federal and state laws are In way of being en forced promptly and vigorously against a further continuance of the abuses and extortions which the trust has practiced upon the American con sumers for many years. The New Copyright Law. in its excitement over other propo sitions the last congress passed the copyright law, a highly meritorious measure that has been under consider ation for a number of years without definite action. The new law offers practically every encouragement that authors have asked and furnishes all of the required protection against un scrupulous publishers at home and abroad. By the terms of the new law the copyright period has been extended to fifty-six years, which will cover the working lives of most writers and the minority years of their children. The property right in pictures of all kinds, dramatic productions and musical compositions Is now clearly defined and protection is assured. A musician may prevent the reproduction of his work by any mechanical means if he so chooses, but if he gives anyone the privilege it is open to all on the pay ment of royalties. This provision ap pears equitable to all concerned. Pub lishers and authors of foreign books are granted a longer time In which to secure copyrights, while books in for eign tongues, or in the English lan guage for libraries and colleges may be admitted free of duty under proper restrictions. The entire measure is apparently designed to encourage au thors and to stimulate their work, with the assurance of protection of their productions. Co-Operative Marketing. Th farmers nf N'ohrnnkft ira ahow- rg an inclination to get in line with modern commerce and instead of sell ing tbtlr products individually propose to co-operate. The plan Is being seri ously considered by the farmers in sev eral sections of the state Just at pres ent with a fair prospect of some defi nite action being taken. The matter la still In an experimental stage, but no good reason is apparent why it should not be a success unless it takes on the aspect of monopoly, or an effort to re strain trade. The Nebraska farmer will hardly adopt the means employed by the "night riders" of Kentucky, who sought to give battle 40 one monopoly by establishing another. Associations for mutual protection are of value so long as they do not become menacing to the public welfare. If the farmers of the state can form associations for the purpose, of more satisfactorily plac ing their crops on the market and do it without adding to the burders of the people at large they will be doing well, but they must be careful. The Frontier county statesman who drew a merited rebuke for his careless assertions In the course of debate is a representative of an altogether too nu merous class. The habit of speaking lightly when referring to the acts of public officials Is altogether too com mon, and If a few more loose tongues were bridled it would be better for us all. The lobbyists at Lincoln are paying very little attention to the Nebraska law governing their class of people The presence of interested persons on the floor' while measures are being voted upon Is a very edifying spectacle and Speaker Pool's efforts to enforce the law deserve support. If the Tennessee court should extend the "unwritten law" to Include editors some of the meek and lowly scribes may determine to reverse their cus tomary walk and conversation and get action first. It is bad enough to be shot up without being maligned after wards. Mr. Bryan complains that the demo cratic editors and the democratic newspapers in the east are "weak." The same editors and newspapers In sist that they are strong, while Bryan ism is weak and growing more so. It was Indian Commissioner Leupp who succeeded in getting the noble red man to earn his own living, which will probably account for President Taft's anxiety to keep Mr. Leupp at the head of the bureau as long as possible. The papers from Utica, N. Y., leave the 'inference that the day James Schoolcraft Sherman was in augurated as vice president a man named Taft was given some minor position on the federal payroll. Chicago citizens are much disgusted with the character of the men nomi nated for the city council, but they still have the consoling thought that any change will be an Improvement over the present council. Whatever opinions Mr. Cortelyou may have of either the old or new ad ministrations at Washington, he Is keeping them to himself, thus mark ing him as unique among Washington politicians. While the verdict In the Carmack case is not in, it appears to b pretty clear that they have convicted Colonel Cooper of the. heinous offense of hav ing once voted a republican ticket in Tennessee. The lay of the hen and th low of the ccw are being celebrated by the Nebraska Butter and Egg association. now in session. This combination has risen from a little start to be one of the really Important features of Ne braska's agricultural activities and the attention given the crop Is well de served. The wolf bounty appropriation Is left up in the air by the legislature, which means that Wyoming and Da kota exporters of wolf scalps will not flood the Nebraska market very soon. The head writers will never give as much space to President Taft's private secretary as they did to Mr. Loeb. Mr. Carpenter'a name does not fit so neatly In a three-word keyllne. Why not have the speaker of the house and the president of the senate set the clock back on March 4 and wait until they get a fine day for in auguration services? "There are snakes In Africa that can swallow a rhinoceros," says the Atlanta Constitution. It is too bad they cannot enforce that prohibition law in Georgia. The Nebraska legislators are making over the democratic platform to suit themselves, and when they get through with it its parents will not recognize their offspring. Can't Lose II I m I Baltimore American. Let no one imagine that with his retire ment the services of Theodor Roosevelt to his country are ended. He ta too great a patriot to push from his mind the com mon weal. Knocked on (he Knncklea. Philadelphia Press. Now a Sugar truat haa been found euiltv of evading dues to the government and nas been sentenced to niv a heaw fln Even the trusts are finding It hard these days, like the unfortunate Tammanv noli. tlclan, to make anything by honest graft. A Fitting; Appointment. Springfield Republican. Oscar Straus1 expected appointment as ambassador to Japan will be a very fitting one. Besides his services aa secretary of commerce and labor, Mr. Straua waa for merly United States minister to Turkey, and thus Is a man of soma diplomatic ex perience. Recently he has made a study of Japanese Immigration Into the United States, which still better qualifies him for the post at Toklo. Very Mark of Farce. Springfield Republican. The retrial of the Standard Oil case at Chicago has already become very much of a farce and cannot longer be viewed with any great seriousness. It has been urged by counsel for the company that the re bating offense ba regarded as a continu ing one throughout the period covered by the Indictment, which would reduce the number of offenses to one, and subject the company to a maximum fine of $20,000. This Is a saner contention than the one accepted by Judge Anderson that offenses should be reckoned according to the num ber of settlements made by the company with the railroad. The Only Man la the Sanllght. New Tork Sun. There fa nothing upon which the Intel lectual eye can- dwelt' today that can com pare with William M. Taft. All the great figures of the whole world, wear they crowns or whatever insignia of supremacy, sink Into Insignificance beside him. II has the friendly regard of everybody. Never did any man come into the presidency be fore with such universal good will of the people, especially of the people who had don their beat to keep him out of the presidency. He assumes a dignity and a power greater than are entrusted to any other living man, and yet nowhere about Is there a bint of Jealousy. There Is no rival for him, no cabal anywhere; It seems as if he commanded the confidence, the respect and the affection of all mankind. NOXSEJJ8E FROM NEBRASKA. A Paragraph Key that I'nlock the Bryi.11 Mind. Brooklyn Eagle, (ind. dem.) Mr. Bryan has filed his objections to Senator McCarren's description of the dem ocratic situation. What the senator al leged waa: That, except In one or two Instances, th party has taken th wrong aide of every question since ihe civil war. That the patriotism of the country was arrayed against it because of Its attitude upon issues following the conflict with Spain. ' That anti-expansion lined up the young American voters in opposition to It; and lhat It waa about time fur the party to put itself in a position the voters would Indorse la make matters worse, the senator added that while he had worked hard for the national candidates, he had done so In the belief that he waa pursuing a forlorn hop. This prompt the Commoner to s.iy The democratic party Is entitled to -1ail era who are In sympathy with the voters of the party. Some one has defined a leader a one who is going In the same direction as the people, but a little hit am art, and surely one can not wisely courageously or successfully lead who la going in the opposite direction from thoce whom he leads. The men who fight and die In the trenches are entitled to leaders whose hearts are In the fight and who bt lleve that the aucress of the party will be goon ror trie country. Use this paragraph as a key and i nryan in inn can oe uniocKeo. Nothing, Tor Instance, could be more nonsensical than talk about what sort of leaders a party ia ent'tled to. lta leaders, good, bad or in different, are of its own choice. It con fers title. It selects the commanders under whom It will go into th trenches to fight, and this It does In the exercise of a right Interference with which Mr. Bran would be among the first to resent. On threo oc casions It has placed the Nebraskn at the head of the line of march. He knows with what results. The definition of a leader aa one going In the same direction as the people, Vut a little ahead, will pass muster. Perhaps Mr. Bryan (a willing to stand or fall by It On neither of the three occasions alluded to haa he been going In the same direction as th people, meaning thereby a majority of them. On th contrary, he has been going the other way. Nor could anything be more Incongruous than to describe him as even having been a little bit ahead of the country. As a matter of fact, he is al ways far behind. Long after the free silver panacea, so called, exploded, tie clung to it. Th pro cession passed on, Uavlug him in a museum, from which h emerged to wsv the antl-expanalon flag more or less franti cally in th breese. On went th proces sion Juat th same. In neither of then cases could he, by any stretch of th Imagi nation, have ben subjected to greater mortification, but h has yet to be reminded of what la even more humiliating , Around New York mippt oa th Cwrrest of Uf a ta th Orat Arla Metropolis from Day t x7- The lirti Hudson-Fulton celebration of the discovery of the Hudton river by Hendrlek Hudson. 9no yera afro, and Its successful navigation by steam, by rtolrt Futon. SP0 years lattr Is attracting wide-spread notice. It will be a memorable affair. The old places slong the river are awakening to the possibilities. The past, the present, tell a wonderful story. Peeing and hearing will be worth while. The reproductions of the Half-Moon and the Clermont are. well under way. To the ee. today, they will be n.uer and quaint looking. Navigation as It was: Its trsnsltlon to what it I, will be the main feature. The develop ment of the country from Hudson's time. the people who did It. their history, their desoendnnts, are certainly worth recalling. Honorable mention at least they have won. The festivities will require two or three weeks, and extend from day to day, along th river from New Tork to Albany. Sep tember will be the anniversary month. Home days In many of the river colonial towns will be appropriately observed. The call of the old home will be made and heard. The ancient Beckman-Llvlngston town of Rhlnebeck with a river and colonial history dating from 1W has had Inaugurated a novel quest. The object la to locate the living who by reason of anceetry, birth, residence, business, mar riage or otherwise have reason to remem ber Rhlnebeck. Who and where are theyT To reaoh them Is the purpose of the quest. Answers sent to Aran Kee, Rhlnebeck, N. T., will secure registration of name and address. An acknowledgement with an old horn souvenir will be sent to esch person answering the old home call. This Inter esting quest will prove many things. An army officer whose duties require him to frequently visit three large cities which are so situated that a straight line drawn from one to the other forma a perfect triangle Is soon to face a court-martial on Governor's Island for adding a fourth side. a proceeding that made possible, army offi cer say, hie collecting expense money for the fourth, line, whereas he should have sought reimbursement only for the three regular sides of the triangle. A care ful study of the map of one of the most thickly populated 'states In th union will make easy the identification of the three cities (they are all over 100,000). According to the charges against the of ficer In question, he waa required to fre quently visit all the cities, which may be designated as X, T and Z. Under the regulations the officer should have gone from X to Y, then from Y to Z, and from Z back to X. But the officer did not follow the straight and narrow path marked by the three sides of the triangle. Instead he would go from X to Y, and. after he finished his work In Y, Instead of proceeding on to Z, would double back to X, according to his expense accounts. Then from X he would proceed to Z, then again double back to X, making four sides of the triangle traversed, Instead of three. Probably the most astonishing piece of millinery which lias reached the port of New York this season wss worn by a young woman on the premenade deck of th Cunarder Lualtanla. Women passengers after careful scrutiny pronounced It "shocking!" Some of the men thought differently, and openly said It waa very becoming; but perhaps the fact that it was perched, over a rather pretty fac and that from beneath the rim peeped a fringe of fetching blonde curls has some thing to do with the favorable comment. A mere man's description would run something like this: Made of straw, top Just like an inverted bucket and about the size of an ordinary one. perhaps ten Inchea high. From either side at the bottom were vizor, attached helmet-like. In the center front a peculiar ornament about five inches In dlamenter, being a large flat stone of some description, sur rounded by three rows of beads, each about three-quarters of an Inch in diameter. These beads, set close together, follow around the lower portion of the structure like a band. From the ornament in front traila a huge ostrich feather along the starboard side and aft like the smoke steaming from a steamer's funnel. Colonel John M. Otter, who once han dled all of the A. T. Stewart hotel Inter ests In Saratoga and New York and who was commonly consulted by men purposing to erect new hotels in New York, died at his home in New York at noon and left in hla will the directions for the strange funeral services thst were held on the night of March 4, according to the strict letter of hla final injunction, at the homo where he died. No prayer was said, no hymns were sung, there was not a flower upon bis casket. Just a farewell session of fifteen or more old cronies of Colonel Ot ter's "House of Lords." These fifteen gentlemen, none of whom Is under and some of whom are over 80, who compose the survivors of the little club of Colonel Otter's founding, sat about the plain mahogany coffin in the parlor and told stories of their dead friend's whimsi calities and his cheery optimism and un failing good humor. That was all of the service, the only requiem. Those who were Colonel Otter's Intlmstes knew the reason for this last request of his. He was a man who believed that after death there was nothing more. He hsd al ways said that the lamentations and forma of grief attending the stereotyped funeral service revolted him. He was no more Im mortal than the flowers. Colonel Otter thought. He did not want even that a flower ahould he robbed of life In order that it might wither on hla coffin. He cam from Georgia a typical southern boy. From hla father, a gentleman of the old school, he hsd Imbibed his Ideas of de portment. He came to New York recently to Visit an aunt on the upper West Side and waa much impressed by what he re garded as a lack of politeness and consid eration shown to women bv many New York men on street cars and In other pub lic places. Even .at the risk of making himself conspicuous he determined not to abate one Jot his Ideas of the proper way in which to treat a woman. One day recently his aunt took him down town with her to a big department store. There was an eridleas stresm of women passing through the swinging doors. With innate politeness the boy stepped ahead of hla aunt, opened the swinging door and held it for her to pass through. Having completed her purchases, the aunt looked for her nephew, but he was nowhere to be seen. She started back toward th door and there beheld a sight that mad her laugh Inwardly. At the door stood her nephew, bowing au tomatically as woman after woman paased In. All th women glanced at th polite young man and thought th establishment had secured a nrost courteous door opener. Th aunt rescuad him from what would have been a continuous performance. "What could I doT' h pleaded. "There waa another woman right behind you and I certainly couldn't let th door slam In her fac. Behind her cam another, and they kept coming so fast that I waa kept busy bowing aa they cam in." In the bakery in the is where Takoma Biscuit are made. Ovens are the ton floor. All is thine. This perfect TdKoma Compare them with iv aarK, aamp unclean ill l Judge them by their enspness, their !SX daintiness, their freshness. r i villi r irrnrrri . moisture-proot packages. . A 1 ry them. 122 Xo-WUs Biscuits and Crack r Comply W14fc- th sTtbraaka JPtlt Sod X.w. ERA OF GOOD FEELI.Nd. Selection of a Democrat for Place la Cabinet. Philadelphia Record (dem.). Ex-Mayor Dunne of Chicago, was rather premature In refusing to attend the dinner given by the Iroquois club to Its member, J. M. Dk'klnson. who has accepted the office of secretary of war In President Taft's cabinet. He did It on the ground that Mr. Dickinson had deserted his party. Mr. Dickinson denies that he has ever ceased to be a democrat. It is entirely creditable to the president that he did not feel confined by party lines In the selection of his cabinet,' but as assurance of his wish to be the president of the whol country, and not a section of It, he selected a citizen of the south who belongs to the party which Is In an overwhelming ma jority in that part of th country. Nor Is Mr. Dickinson open to criticism for ac cepting. The duties of the secretary of war are the same whether the administra tion be republican or democratic, and It Mr. Taft desires to ninke nationalism aa conspicuous a feature of his administration as possible and keep partisanship as far in the background as he can, Mr. Dickinson does a patriotic thing in consenting to be one of his advisers. Mr. Roosevelt's administration. In the features for which It will be longest re membered, was nonpartisan. In his efforts to curb the great corporations, and to pro tect the working classes in all their in terests, he had at least as much demo cratic as republican support. He took Into his cabinet three men who had always been democrats, and so fsr as we are in formed they are democrats still. Mr. Straus was sent by President Cleveland to Con stantinople, and because he was especially fitted for the post. Mr. McKlnley sent him there also. His work as the head of the Civic Federation commended him to Mr. Roosevelt as secretary of commerce and labor. Paul Morton and General Wright, who succeeded Mr. Taft last summer, were democrats, and we presume they still are. The broadening of the administration to make it thoroughly national Instead of strictly partisan Is not a matter to be de plored, but . to be approved of, especially by democrata who constitute the one truly national party. PERSONAL NOTES. Hawaii has awakened to the fact that while the Japanese may be a good thing, It ia possible to have too much of a good thing. The government Is in safe hands and everything Is lovely. Walter Wellman has decided the country can spare him for a flying trip to the pole. Ervln Saunders, a New York bachelor. haa left the greater part of his fortune of fl.000.0u0 to the suburban town nf Yonkers. That is a handsome specimen of public spirit that cannot be duplicated too Often. The remains of the old excursion boat, General Siooum, on which over 1.000 per sons perished near Hell Gat, a few years ago, has gone to the bottom pf New York bay with a cargo of EOO.OOO bricks. That ought to hold the fated derelict. The gorgeous Seventh regiment of New Tork. the only rival of the Anrlent Artil lery company of Boston in demolishing a commissary department, started for the inauguration with special dining cars, forty cooks and waiters to match. Hut the trains got mixed up on side tracks, and the warriors were obliged to fast eighteen hours. The members deserved tu be deco rated with hero medal. General Edward 8. Urapg of Wisconsin, who coined the phrase, "We love lilm for the enemies he has made," and used it In seconding the nomination of Cleveland for the presidency in 1&84. recently celebrsted the eighty-second anniversary of his birth. General Bragg was consul general to Cuba for a while under President Roosevelt, but his view of the Cubans expressed In a let terthat "You can't make a silk purs out of a sow's ear," caused his transfer to Hong Kong. That was his last official post. Back up your claim ' to quality by making your printed matter show it A. L Re. finest West. Thii of white tile on mire air. licht and son bakery cost $1,000,000. Biscuit the common kind froml a - Dasement bakeries ; r' 1 X j in rnn e.cpg uin jr SS& 5 and 10 cent Packages ROOSRVELT' FUTPRB Likely to Remala a Galdlng Fore la the Katlon' Life. Minneapolis Journal What is the future- of Theodore Roose velt? He retires from th presidency at 60, He Is absolutely incapable ef th reuerv that haa characterized all former x-presi-dents. He has engaged K td writ' for a controversial weekly newspaper on' his re turn from Aifrlca. He Is pow rtrep&ring to lecture before three great modern universi ties in three modern languages. Who can fix the place or fathom the possibilities of a man of such titanic energiesT. There is but this to add. that, whatever President Roosevelt may do in the fjuture, he will be guided by the thought that every other man in his position has held himself to.be the servant of the republlo In needf and not the resource of a party 'In distress. "He will appreciate the fact that In times of great confusion, the' country will gladly give the last word to the man, who, hav ing passed through all the passion and per turbation of office; when bo was driven to decisions, has arrived at that point where 100.000,000 peop'a will wait with hop and confidence on his one calm word. SUNNY OEMS. , "If you think your son has something wrong with his mind, why not. have li Ira examined by an alienist T" ' "Don't Ilk aliens. , 1'U -have a good American doctor for him. all -rlglH."--Bal-tlmore American. "Harry Is swearing mad over hi exami nation." "Why?" "Because he failed In his profane his tory." Philadelphia Preas. "Does your boy Josh make the most of his time?" ' ..... "Yes," answered Farmer Corntossel. "He takes all morning to do an errand that ought to be done In fifteen minutes." Washington Star. "Has she a sense of humor?" . "I can't tell." "Why not?" "Because she looked serious when hi told me she admired your singing." Cleve land Plain Dealer. "How's Smith getting on In his new position?" Fine; he's already begun to think that the boss couldn't run the business without him." Detroit Free Press. Hobo No, madam, I am neither a so cialist nor an anarchist. I am a passive altruist. Housekeeper And what in the nam of common sense is that? Hobo I believe In being helped all I can. Boston Transcript. Agent Mr. Drygoodson. hsve you any visible typewriters In your office? Hesd of Firm Great Caesar, yes! One of them weighs 2W pounds. Chicago Trib une. Liltle Iester I.lvermore Papa, what Is the difference between a vision and a sight? This book says Mr. Uvermore The difference between a girl before and after she is married Puck. The grocer had warranted the maple syrup to be the real stuff. "It doesn't taate like any maple syrup I ever bought," said the customer, who had Just sampled it, "and I strongly sus pect" "Sir!" 'said the Indignant grocer. "I strongly suspect. In spite of your guaranty that it's genuine." Chicago Tribune. "What's the purpose of that freak bill you've Introduced?" "Nothing simpler," replied th western legislator. "You read about the bill In the papers, didn't you?" "Yes." "And you heard many people discussion It?" "1 did." "Well, that's the answer."-Phlladelphla Iydger. LAUGHTER. John K. Bangs In Alnslee's. Worry stalked along the road. Trouble sneaking after. Then Black Care, and Grief, and Ooadr- Enemlea of Laughter. But old Laughter with a shout ' Rose up and attacked 'em, Put the sorry pack to rout. Walloped 'em, and whacked 'em. Laughter frivols day and night. ' Sometimes he's a bubble, Bui he hath a deal of might ' ' in a bout with Trouble. 1110-llia Hewer Sms - M M X