TTTR OMAHA DAILY fiEE: MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1900.
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I STATEMENT OF CincVLATtON.
Start of hrair& rAna-1ae fVllinty. as:
faore B. Tasehuck. treasurer of The Re
Fubllahln company, helns duly sworn, eays
that the actual number of full sa compiaia
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M.
P. WALKER,
Notary Public
(Seal)
HE!f OUT OF TOWIf.
Sabrrlber leavla the city teat
porarlly ahoald have Tko Bee
mailed to them. Addrea will he
rhaaaed aa often aa refaevted.
To veto or not to vtoh.t la th.
question that Is up to Governor Bhal-
lenbergef.
For a roan who Is trying to avoid
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publicity, Mr. Roosevelt la aueeeeding
mighty-well.
No brass band at the station when
Douglas county's demo-pop law-makers
tome sneaking home. " I
If Nebraska has any hopes born in
the glad. springtime., ths late legUla-
.ure can plead an alibi.
one can nut marvel how Crasy
Snake's parents Selected such an ap
. proprlate name lor Wm.
Now that the leglalatjre has ad
journed, the Water board and its high
priced attorneys will again rest easier.
The .WateravPierce Oil company
wants a re-hearlng. Those lawyers will
never get tired of tapping the oil bar
rel. .
We auggest that Governor Shallen-
berger read over each morning for the
next few days that part of his inau-
gural, message about too many new
laws. I
It Is an HI. wind that blows nobody
r rf I
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tayllgnt saloon btU up to the governor.
Oxford baa cleaned up Cambridge
In the annual boat race. If It were Yale
beating Harvard htre would be a
jubilee . celebration In tfco White
House, i-
It is decidedly appropriate that ths
Optimist club should have a dinner
whenever it meets. A man Is not In-
cllned 'to be optimistic on sn empty
stomach . I
Congressman Fitzgerald says Bryan
doea not' know what he la talklnr
' about. It could not be expected that
ene who talks as much as Bryan
should always know what he waa talk-
tng about.
Omaha Is . still the only city of Its
alse In the union on which the fire-
men'a .double shift ia impoaed by Kny esteemed great, display great lit
statute. In other worda, the expert- tleneas when shorn of ths glamour of
ment in Omaha has not yet proved
contagious.
An Ohio man seeka a divorce be
cause hla wife' marched In a temper
ance -procession, possibly the man
might help smooth over the matri
monial difficulties If hs would ride on
the water wagon.
Tbe refuaal to extradite Jan Pour-
en again serves notice on foreign
countries that political refugees can
find a aafe haven in tbe United Statea.
The subterfuge or extradition on
trumped up criminal chargea will not
suffice.
Nebraaka need not loee any aleen
over that bill to require the states that
shared In the $JI,000,000 dlatrlbuted
by congress la HS to put It back.
Nebraska did not even aspire to state-
hood until thirty yeara after that fa-
pious gab-bag waa pulled off.
The Baltimore clerk, who was dis
covered to be a defaulter to the ex
tens of $100,000, la said to have forty
suits and ten evereoats la his ward -
robe and now he must go where he
will not need them for the atate will
Aurniah him all the nevesaarr clothing.
, A Spite Bill.
In the expiring hour of the session
(j legislature kit paseed a daylight
saloon bill particularly aimed at
Omaha as reprisal for the obnoxious
performances of the law-makers sent
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i aown to ijincom wun comminww -v
,,. .vi. ttv tnl county
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The daylight saloon waa not an issue
0f the campaign and the only motive
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omnia tn action or me n
tuli c&m is mat or 0pH6 ana reyengo.
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Ostensihiy tne Mil it in answer to a
demand of the lomntrnnrfi element.
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voiced By me Anu-aioon league, uui
even here It concedea more than the
anti-saloon people have been asking.
In the recent primary Just held In
Omaha the offleere of the Anti-Saloon
league propounded questions to candl-
dates for the -city council) .that re
lating to the closing of saloons being:
Will you. If elected, vota for an ordinance
closing saloons at 11 o'clock?
In Omaha, therefore, the ultimate
goal WDlcn tne Anii-aaioon it-ague nu
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11 o clock closing and not. ociock
closing, although, of course. It would
doubtless prefer the latter as a little
closer to total prohibition.
The only way a bill legally paased
by the two houses of the legislature
can be headed off after adjournment
la by gubernatorial veto. Assuming
that the daylight saloon bill haa prop-
W-5Slrlr ront throush the lealslative
j mr
stages, of which there Is much qucs-
tlon, it devolves on the governor to
say whether or not it shall be law
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wlt0 or without his signature, or
whether he stall interpose his official
disapproval, which would be final.
The Insorsrents' Semandi
The house republican Insurgents
qsts formulated a series of demands,
mA preiented thm to the waya and
mtl.n. committee in the shape of
amendments to the tariff bill, which
they want submitted when the Payne
bill comes up for action. To these de
mands the signatures of some thirty
members have already been attached,
with the prospects that they will be re
enforced altogether by fifty or sixty
members.
The demands, of the Insurgents
cover several points, Including1 the coal
and Iron schedules and the restoration
ot a duty on hides, proposed to be. put
th ,r,e ,Ut- If these Items are
Submitted to separate votes, it la quite
possible that tne nouse may mane a
fsw changea In the bill, as agreed on
a.
by ths ways and means commutes,
but the chances all are that the tariff
bill will pass ths house substantially
unchanged and undergo whatever
modification Is In store after It reaches
the senate. .
To venture a prediction as to how
the urtf Wll wm i00k after the aena-
to,., -et through with It would be a
... undertaking. It Is certain that the
final form will have to be brought
about by a compromise and reconcili
ation of conflicting interests through
the conference committee.
Ths demands of the house Insurg
ents may do some good In focusing tbs
fight at certain points, but to make
sure that anything they may gain now
Is not lost later, they ahouid insist as
well upon representation on the con
ference committee when it shall be ap
pointed.
Worth Draws Its Tribute.
Nothing that the American people
have done In recent years is more to
tDelr credlt than the high tributes they
..ij Admiral Cervern who haa 1n at
dlad In hla Rnanlah home. In the midst
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if war vhAn nasnlnna ran nlan and
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the country was flushed with victory,
. Paused long enough in the Jublla
tiona to do honor to the defeated
. . . .h- Adinirai rwvara
ICBUCI VI UO . . nwuaaaa
had taken the fighting, man's chance
and did the best he could, but. even
In defeat, commanded respect. No
childish whimperings, no exhibition of
Impotent rage, no idle vaporlngs, aucb
as characterized the brutal Weyler, but
eourtly gentleman and a sailor, who
did hla fighting only when there was
fighting to do.
During bis detention in una country
as a nominal prisoner of war, he grew
I upon ths country and when tbe time
came for him to return home he left
behind him many true frlenda and ad
roirers. Sines then he has so conducted
himself as to heighten the regard in
which he waa held and at his bier
there will be no more sincere mourn
ers In his ow n land than In thla. Some
I characters are strong enough to rise
superior to defeat, while others gener
I victory.
Of Cervera's abilities as a naval com
mander probably only those trained In
tbe service are capable of accurately
Judging. It waa Cervera the man whom
the world, and tbe American public In
particular, honored. No technical
training waa necessary to detect these
qualities In him.
The Fitzgerald Incident.
Mr. Fitsgerald paya hla compli
ments to Mr. Bryan in acknowledg
ment ot the excoriation given hlra in
The Commoner, and paya Mr. Bryan
back with some of bis own coin. Mr.
Fitzgerald not only revivea the old
queatlon, "What Is a democrat?" but
Insists that If he led the Ignoble
twenty-three In the tie-up with the
Cannon forces for the organization or
the house, he haa just as much a right
to call himself a democrat aa haa Mr.
Bryan. In fact, he does not hesitate
to declare that he thinka a democrat
who la elected by hla constituents
should have more to Bay about it than
another democrat who haa been three
ltlm.es defeated. He further suggests
I that If Mr. Bryan doea not think Mr
Fitzgerald's brand of democracy Is
1 nood enough to pass muster, he
should have let It be known last sum
mer when he was circulating some
Fitzgerald speeches as campaign docu
ments to ratch votea. Thia parting ahot
Is along the same line aa the question
which The See aaked a little while age
aa to why. If Mr. Flttgerald and the
rest of the twenty-three were all that
Mr. Bryan now says they sre, he did
not denounce them prior to election,
knowing then that their corporation
strings were, just as well as he knows
them now.
All of which furnishes convincing
evidence In support of Mr. Bryan's as
sertion that the democratic party was
never stronger and more harmonious
than It is today and never had brighter
prospects for a victory l nt big
fight.
Revenuei and Retrenchment.
Recent intimations that the aenate
leadera propose to solve the govern
ment's perplexing fiscal problem by
cutting down expenditures instead of
levying new taxes Indicate a welcome
reveraion to n old time honored
policy. Always providing the senate
carriea Its proposed reform Into execu
tion. The first step toward that end
has been taken by the creation of a
new senate committee on public ex
penditures, whose duty will be to
scrutinize carefully the estimates of
the heada of the executive powers for
guidance of the aenate in making ap
propriations. If the new policy is carried out It
will necessitate a decided reform in
the senate customs. Under the consti
tution and practice all bills for raising
revenue and paying out the proceeds
originate in the house, but it has long
been the custom for the senate to fix
finally the amount of the appropria
tions. The record of the upper body
for years Is not an argument for con
servatism in ths matter of apendlng
money. According to ths record, the
house baa been. In fact, the watch dog
of the treasury and all appropriation
bills have been enlarged and increaaed
In the senate, after they have been
passed by the house. In the last three
sessions of congress alone the senate
haa added a total of $147,701,000 to
tbe general appropriation bills ap
proved by the bouse. It has been the
custom of tbe senate to add liberally
to pension bills, river snd harbor meas
ures, appropriations for public build
ings, and, In short, to all money carry
ing measures presented by the house.
This plan has become so common that
It has led to complaint among the
house members, who have argued that
no matter Bow hard they have worked
to reduce expenditures and make a
record for economy their plans have
been upset by the senate.
If economy is to be the order of the
day and the reformatory spirit is really
abroad In ths senate the problem of
federal revenues may be solved by sav
ing tbe millions added. by ths senate
to the appropriation bills as passed by
tbe house. Ws are yearly spending a
vast amount of money, not more than
we can afford and not so much, per
haps, as might be intelligently used,
but It is being spent without any defi
nite policy for the enterprises that are
the big absorbers of money. A nation
with an income of about $1,000,000 a
day should not have much difficulty In
living within ita means If a general
plan were adopted by which all the
money really needed may be appro
priated and a bar put against the ex
penditure of a penny for waste.
To get a retirement pension an
Omaha school teacher will have to
show up a record of continuous service
that would put her past ths Oslerixlng
age. But she is not required to tell
how old she Is. This Is the saving
clause of the pension scheme.
Tbe anti-saloon preachers like to
talk about their movement as a part ot
a great moral uplift. What will they
say about getting a bill through the
legislature by doctoring the records?
Will they fall back on the excuse that
the end Justifies the means?
Congressman Fitzgerald thinka Mr.
Bryan ahould be silent ' out of obli
gation ot gratitude to his party." Con
greaeman Fitzgerald doea not know
Mr. Bryan aa well as snother demo
cratic congressman or he would not
have mentioned gratitude.
The Watera-Plerce OH company la
asking that the $1,500,000 fine lm
posed upon it by the Texaa courts be
set aalde as excessive. This thing of pro
testing against ftnea running up Into
tbe millions Is becoming chronic with
the oil companlea.
The daylight saloon was not in any
platform put before the people of Ne
braska in the last campaign. Here Is
a ehance to apply Mr. Bryan'a rule of
interpretation that a platform ia bind
ing as to what it omits aa well aa to
what it contains.
Just because anyone in Omaha may
run for police commissioner under the
new dispensation is no good reason
why everyone In Omaha should want
to run for police commissioner.
The chorua girl generally has a kick
coming, but she cannot consistently
complain of the proposed tariff on
atockings ehe geta something to show
for her money.
The first of ths month brought sn
unusual number of bills to Governor
gballenberger. By the time he has set
tled for them he will be politically
bankrupt.
Boston Herald.
Among th-other good habits of th Taft
administration 1 th admlrslon of reporters
by appointment, and after statement of the
nature of Information, desired. Ths presi
dent trust the newspaper men nut to
abuse tbe privilege and they reepect the
confidence.
Atrahl- aa Tarareta.
New Tork Tribune.
Count ieptxilln II1 need to art enneljjera-
hly mor than IflOO feet above the surface
of th earth to t nut of the range ot
anme of the Kupp guns designed to dam
age alrshlpa. Can he do ao?
Political JaSaea ot Wasted.
Springfield Republican.
When It come to chooalng federal judge
Pre (it dent Tft makea It clear to (enator
and repreientatlve that he must be per
mitted to u It himself, being something ot
an expert In that field. There la nothing
unretvnabl about thla.
Graft WltkU the Law.
Boa ton Herald.
The uprm court of the United State
ha decided a a matter of law that a
congTmn has no right to collect from
th federal treasury any traveling expense
which h has not , Incurred. The ca re
late to th sessions of iff, when a special
sesalon continued until the" data of th
regular session In-December, and member
bad no time to return to their home. This
new agreement between law and ethic I
lntratln. But th fact that a formal
deotakon of the uprem court waa required
to determine the point even mor ug
geatlv. Two-Coat Far Law Work Well.
Springfield Republicn.
It appear from th report of the Illinois
Railroad and Warehouse commission that
th 1-cent far law hss helped snd not
hurt the roads. Under this law their pas-
Sanger revenu was W.ow.ow larger in in
dpred year of 1908 than In the prosper
ous year of 1107, while freight revenue
fell off heavily. Tet the companlea are
atlll threatening to take the law Into the
eourt on th ground of being conflctory.
This Is what the MIourt railroad did
with a similar law, and thy won. But
they hav no Intention of putting rate of
far back to the old level of 1 cent.
Oat (or Fordaey All the Time.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Repreaentatlv Fordney of Michigan 1 to
be commended at leaat for hi consistency.
Mr. Fordney I In th lumber business and
he Is In It for all h cn gt. Consequently
he ia a great believer In the lumber tariff,
hlch enable him to get a great deal
more out of th lumber burera than his
lumber I worth. Of cour h I opposed
to ny reduction of thst tariff, snd In
stead of joining the lumber lobby end
moving upon eongroas to prevent auch a
reduction, h goe to congee as a mem
ber of that body, land a place on th tariff
committee, the way and mean, and stands
up In th botia and openly plead for th
retention of hi preclou lumber tariff,
despite the. effort of his Wlo members
of the committee to reduce lr. Fordney Is
for Fordney, end he doesn't csre who
knows It.
GOOD-BYES OH AC RBVOlRt
Withdrawal of last Aaaorteaa Troop
IB Cab.
New Tork Sun.
The American flag cams down March SI
at Camp Columbia, the headquartera of
the army of pacification for two years and
a half. In bidding farewell to Major Gen
eral Thome H. Barry at th palace In Ha
vana President Oomes said:
'I pray you, general, to express to your
valiant soldiers th extreme gratitude and
admiration which th government and the
peopl of Cuba hav for thm."
If th Cuban peopl are not gratarul. ir
they hav not adtnlrd th conduct and
bearing of th American soldier during
th occupation! they, imut b abnormally
tneenalbl to a poctacle of diaolplin and
unpbtrualv rvioablna such as, we
believe, th world ha pvor seen before
under similar conditions.
I'M FORTUNATE CONSEHUEWCES.
Ceaapleeoa State Giro Oat Mlalead-
laa; Inyrmtflen.
Chicago Tribune.
It will bo difficult to convince Innooent
European that th west 1 not tlll In He
one-time celebrated condition or oeing wiio
and woolly K uch eairylng on as have
aaliatad Oklahoma and Nebraaka con
tinue.
What becomes of ths pleasant merriment
enjoyed by Americans at th expense of
gentlemen from abroad who expect to hunt
blaon In llllnol and who fear that their
hair may not be af In Kansas wban
Chief Crasy Snake manage at this late
dat to plunge Oklahoma Into the horrors
of Indian wsr and a lone bandit hold
up a oaaaenger train a few miles out of
th celebrated town of Lincoln, horn of
th Hon. William Jennings Bryan, three
thne candidate for th presidency of the
United State?
It would not be so staggering If the one
stat were not that of the Hon. Charles
Haskell and ths other that of th Hon
Mr. Bryan. Europeans are apt to paus
when they conildar that th latter com
monwcalth baa aspired to give the nation
It president and the former that presi
dent -ohiof advlr. On ha an Indian
war and th other an old-faahlonod holdup,
Th nation inust ask Oklahoma and Ne
braska to deeiat. The great state must
be requested respectfully to consider the
consequences. We shall havs the Innocent
Europeans arming themselves again aa
soon as they com In sight of th atatu
of Liberty.
BIRTH AD DEATH RATES.
Fvalaro af a Caa Balletla Worthy
f Coaslderatloa.
Philadelphia Record.
The census office ha Issued a bulletin
on th decreasing alse of families which
will precipitate an additional flow of ill
considered remarks on race suicide and
the decadence of the present generation
Persons who sre distressed over the empty
cradls take no notice of the empty grave,
Fewer birth are accompanied by fewer
death.
Whether a decreasing birth rate be due
to the movement of populetion toward th
cities or not, certain general fact ar
common to th civilised world. They ars
not peculiar to the t'nlted State. Th
movement of population In ' all civilised
eountrie. all Industrial nations. Is toward
ths cities. Agricultural Industries sre dor
mant iturina a arrest Dart of the year
urbea Industries go on oarftlnuausly. A
very SDsrse population may aubslst on
hunting and fishing. A littl denser popu
lation ia obliged to till th soil. A much
dencar population must work with ma
chinery to produc a subsistence.
In all civilised countries th birth rata
I decreasing. This I true of England
well as of France, snd It is true, though
In a less degree, of Germany, and It la true
of very aparsaly settled Australia a wall
aa of th United Slate. In large portions
of which the condition of living are ap
proximating to thoa of Burope. But In
all theee eountri the death rate 1 de
creasing. The slaughter of th Innocents
Is checked. Not so many babies are born
but mare that ar bom have a chanc to
reach adult year. In a general way It Is
true e th European countries that thoae
which hav th lowat birth rst hav th
lour est death rate, and, conversely, where
the moat babies are born, there th erost
babies l
Washington Life
r Bknas ef gaaUaa aa4
BtDtfoae that Mark the Freer s
f avws at ths Wattoa'a OaytWO.
dlawnrth E. Lounsbaugh of Sheridan,
Wyo.. while In Washington last week.
worked off on the local paper a booatful
Interview for tat and city. "Wyoming
looking forward to a great Influx of
peopl frr the next year or two." he said.
"Not only have we wonderful natural re
source, but In federal government, by
It lrrlgtlon, ha aided materially In th
development of the atate. Th Shoshone
dam, which ha Just been completed, will
Irrigate 100.000 acre of land that heretofore
haa been absolutely arid. Other Irrigation
worka In procee of construction will open
up approximately an area of sno.OOQ acre,
and this vat territory will prove a mag
net for many persons. W expect to make
of Wyoming not a mere agrloultural and
jraslnar country, but a busy Industrial
ststa.
Sheridan undoubtedly la the best city
In the state. Within a few miles of Sheri
dan sr some of the most remarkable
coal mine pn th continent. It I not
necessary to go below th level to mln
coal. Alt that titt to be done 1 to dig
Into the hills. Recently I went Into on
of these mine, and, looking up, I could
eee tons snd tons of eoal. Th hills about
the mine were nothing but coal. It I tru,
It I not the beat grade ef coal. It Is a
lignite geologist call It aemlbltumlnou
coal but It I a first class domsstlo fuel,
and the railroad us It In their engine.
"Sheridan I a city of about 13,000 peopl.
et In th curve of a horseshoe formed by
a mountain range. It haa an altitude of
8.500 feet, and th mountain surrounding
It rise to a height of 1S.0OO feet. The coun
try surrounding Sheridan Is watered by
twenty-four streams, flowing down from
the mountainside, and the city itself lies
In a Junction of two pf these stream."
Th preliminary stages of a movement
projected by th executive department and
the senate for greater national economy
provoke discussion among observer on
the spot. "Assuming that congress has the
courage to cut deep." writes the Washing
ton correspondent of ths New York Sun,
where should the outs be mad. Th
pension bill call for U,O0O,0O0. Million
could and ahould be saved by the elimina
tion of unworthy claims. Ar there thoa
who believe auch an elimination possible T
What would the country say to a deep cut
In 1101,000,000 for th army. In WTOCiO.OOO
for th navy, SS,0O0, for fortification nd
ia.600,000 for the Military academy? Leav
ing out the postal account, which Include
Interest on debt, etc., th appropriation for
this year are approximately w0.000,000.
The pension, war and navy account -call
for about t41,000.000. Th Department of
Agriculture receives H3,000,400. The diplo
matic and consular service coat M,00,000.
The Indian bill Is 10.34.2S. Announce
that there will be no money for rivers and
harbors, for public buildings, snd the coun
try will announce tta purpose to elaot a
congr that will be more liberal.
"With these accounts taksn out of th
Consideration - there Is not much left out
ef which to chow Imposing um. Th eon-
gra is th agent of th people. Any
effective economy can come only In re
sponse to a public demand for a halt or
a reduction. Th peopl demand, congress
approprlatas, and the peopl pay. If the
peopl do not wish to pay, they must cease
or modify their demand. Congress is
responsible for sundry million of dollars
which go for what comes very near .to
political graft, for ths maintenance of
office which are little short of sinecure,
and for many quit needless purposes, yet
if any heavy Inroad were made In all or
any of these the proceeding would exclt
a roar that wuld shak the capitol. Con
gress can snd should save dime, but th
order to sav dollar must com from th
people "
After a silence of twelve year Congress
man Brownlow of Tennessee hss told some
of his friends In congr a Jek on him-"
If which I looked upon around th capi
tol corridor as the best thing that ha
ben heard in ages. Mr. Brownlow haa
broken th long cllenc only because his
search for a certain telephone girl In Wash
ington ha been unsuccessful and he wanta
assistance. H desire to get her a place
in Ita government service ss a reward for
th best exhibition of repartee h haa ever
heard.
Mry Brownlow Is s republlcsn. but In ths
closing days ef th Cleveland administra
tion ha wss persona grata at th Whit
House. Titer wasa federal job in Tennes
see which he wanted for a constituent. A
democratic colleague also wan tad th place,
and ha had started for th Whit House
one day to clinch matters. Brownlow heard
of It. He knew he could not overtake his
political enemy, so hs endeavored to beat
him to It on the telephona He gave th
Whlt House number several timaa, but
could not get a connection. He finally lost
hla patience with the telephone operator
and said things which were not nice and
In his anger got all mixed up. -
"Well, what la It you wsnt, anyway?"
murmured the hello girl.
"Give me some oti who I my equal In
intelligence." roared Brownlow.
There waa a pauae. a click, than a tveet
voice which aald:
"Hello, what la it?"
Y "Who's this?" shouted Mr. Brownlow
till' out of pstitnee.
The sniwer cam back: "81. Elisabeth'
Inssn asylum."
Ex-Benatcr T. M. Patterson of Colorado,
interviewed In Wastiigtm. expresses I he
belief that Mr. Bryan will never again be
a candidate for the presidency. "Mr. Bryan
wa at my house In Denver a tew weeks
ago, snd whll th subject was not men
tioned. I am Inclined to believe that he
would not permit himself to be placed in
th attitud of even being a receptive candi
date. He will always be found reedy to
ssrvs th party, however." Mr. Patterson's
evidence Is far from concluslvs. 11 hope
thst Mr. Bryan a 111 be chosen t'nlted States
sens tor from Nebraska.
Perils af PoU Haatlasr.
New Tork World.
The difficulties encountered by Lieut.
Hhacklrtons party In the attempt to reach
the South Pule prove that In spit of
dog, sledges,, Siberian ponies, motor cars
snd all mechanical appliances for progress
over polar Ice. It ia on the human leg
that th explorer must depend In th end.
Whatever a balloon or an aeroplan may
accomplish In th final dash for the North
Pole. It I not likely to be useful onx th
bllsxard-awept plateau at th South Pol.
But lega ar always th good old reliable
mainstay.
Part the Rebate Peaalty.
Philadelphia Record. s
The New Tork Central ha pleaded
guilty to ten counts of rebating aad paid
$1,000 for each. Th offenses war com
mitted soma years ago. It Is pretty saf to
say that ther la not much rebating st
present, which mean that th railroads
ar getting their chdul rate Inst sad of
giving up considerable fractions thereof
Ui the big shippers who threaten to ship
ever sor.ie other lis
Vale to the Legislature
Edgar Howard In Columbus Telegram (Dem i.
The leclatatlve session Is dying-dying to
th dirge of srrw chsnte4 by common
democrats who believe In redeeming party
pledges eying to hot-time music of the
corporation crooks, who ars filled with
glee whll pointing to the wreck of demo
cratic hope and democratic promises. So
let It die. ,
But be not too glsd In your temporsry
triumph, ye corporation handlta. Tour joy
shall not bo for long. Tou havs shown
your hsnd In your latest triumph, and that
hand will be known and recognised In the
days to com. Tou have blasted the good
names of men whom you seduced from the
path of party virtue. Yoj have placed
upon the foreheads of some legislators s
ASKING TOO MICH.
Why th Caaatrr faaasl Give Harrl
saaa His War.
St. LoUtS Tlttr.
Probably the most effective vindication
of Mr. Harrlman'e theories is Mr. Harrl
man's success. He and the men who have
accepted hi financial guidance hav ac
quired, it I popularly believed, some sub
stantial savings with which Iff tide ever
a rslny day. This Is the main proof of
the Harrlman pudding.
When, therefore, one master railroad di
rector announces startling general policies
concerning rsllwsy management, he Is en
titled to wholly respectful and oonalderat
attention. Mr. Harrlman announe that
If all the railroads of th country were
under one control (and he asseverates thst
It would be a good thing for everybody
If they were) they would Immediately be
gin to expend fcQO.OOO.OOO or so In Improve
ment, especially In standardising the weak
lines.
"This would b don openly," deolsres
the wlxard of railways, "but It should b
done immediately. Tet w would all be
put In prteon. If w tried It."
This concluding deduction probably Is
sound. Also If Mr. Harrlman controlled
alt the railways It Is practically certain
he would at once begin spending 1600.000,000
dollars for betterments. His policies slwsys
hav favored spending money for better
msnts. rnltke his predecessor In Wall
street and railwaying, who aleo waa known
a the "Wlrird." Harrlman Is not a
wrecker; he is a builder. Some of th
streak of rust he ha taken over in his
time sr now grest properties In every phy
sical respect. And when this $500,000,000
began to flow out the country would be
immensely benefited. The steel Industry,
for example, would leap to Its feet. '
Why not, then, call off th dog, and let
Mr. Harrlman hav his wsy without fesr
Ing Mr. Wlckersham's police?
Simply because the man who- became the
unquestioned dictator of all our railway
could In tiro become the overlord of all
th rest of us. snd ours, and ws are not
sufficiently convinced of th purity of
purpose of any person now engaged In
fortune building to put him on ths job
ef dictating.
EXECUTIVE ECONOMY,
Mva ta Brlaa; Exaeadltare aad Rev-
aae Closer Taarether.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The announcement that President Taft
has laid down for his administration the
rule of ce-operatlen between th depart
ment to reduce . expenditure and esti
mates, and to "bring about a responsible
relationship between th expenditures snd
the revenue." will be welcome to the
plain peopl. It is the overlooking of that
eommon-en sconomy that has been th
greatest weakness of our government ef
1st year.
Th much-needed . change to an older
fashion Is also remarksbts In its shift from
th original theory ef representative gov
ernment. That theory, developed as royalty
began to call on the people to pay taxation
for th -overnmnfs support, was thst as
th peopl ylsld th support their repre
sentatives should hsvs ths exclusive right
to authorise, and therefor te plaee a limit
en taxation and expenditure. Th purpose
wss to maintain through the representative
branoh a check on royal lavlahneaa or th
waste of public funds on royal favorltaa
Th principle of the peopl holding th
pur strings is th foundstlon of sll con
stitutional power. It wss ths crucial Issue
between Parliament snd Charles I. and
was the lev rax by which republicanism
overthrew ths Bourbon monarchy. It was
copied In our constitutional enaetraente
that taxing and expenditure measures must
originate In.th lower houea, and that no
nubile money can be expended except by
authority of an appropriation.
. But In thl century, with a growth of
popular government hardly dreamed of In
thoss days, we find ths function shifted.
Th popular chamber hardly listens to
even theoretio professions of economy.
Thl devolves on tbe sdmlnlstrstion ths
necessity of raring for that principle. The
present proposition is for observing it in
the tlmte et th coming fiscal year.
But that It can be carried to a more ef
fective degree I manifest In the fsct thst
ther Is no constitutional requirement for
any administration to spend all the money
appropriated for its us.
LIFE IN gum Ah CE.
Eaaraaoa Volaaa ef ! la th
Valted States.
Philadelphia Record.
The annual compilation of life Insurance
statiatlca made by The New Tork Spec
tator shows t what an enormous extent
the people of this country protect them
selves snd their famill sgsinst death and
other catastrophes by weakly or monthly
and annual payments entitling themselves
snd tbslr heirs te annuities or lump sums.
These figure ar monumental evidence of
prudence and eelf-denlal on so vast a seal
a to prove a national habit
Thl tabulation, however, doe not show
on of th most Interesting facta In life
Insurance, and that Is th number of
policy holder. Th latest compilation st
hsnd covering this Hem shows that at the
beginning of IMS there war In fore very
nearly Js.OflXOOO policies, including Industrial
insuranca Thr ar not ovr $0,(00.01)0
families la th country, o that thr Is
mor than on policy to a family on aa
average. Ia 1 there wer S,?tt.SM or
dinary Ufa policies, averagelng nearly $2.CO0.
and 1T.M1.SM Industrial policies, aversging
a Httle lea than $140.
Turning new to th tables of Ths Spec
tator, which ar dted the flrt ef this
year, we find the companlea have assets
of nearly $S,EO0,OPO.O0O; they received last
year more than $6-XI, 000, 000. their payments
to policyholder were about K36.o0C0. and
th whole amount of Insurance In fore
w tll.UXC4.eil In , online ry companies
and $2.e7. $87,067 In Industrial companlea.
The aaeet of: the companies Increaaed
laat year $S70.oM,00A but th Increase in
190T wa' comparatively small. In four
years th asaets have Increased $46. 000.609
In th am period the insurant la fore
n th ordinary eompanie haa Ineraaaed
$l.ia.00C.OOO, and it ha Increaaed $612,000,000
In th Industrial companlea The premiums
received ia IMS wer only $10 0:0.000 mor
than In 17. but th payment Is policy
holders Increased $,0eO,ufV Insurance Is
a virtue, and ths amount f H la highly
creditable to th nation.
brand of shame, never to be effaced. En
Joy whll you msy th fruit of a victory.
Ther will be other legtalstures In Ne
braska, and ths people will elect to those
legislature men who will know In sdvsnrs
thst s betrayal of a party pledg will be
an Invitation to return not again to ths
constituency which Is dlngraced ty a legis
lator who betray a party pledge. They
will sleet men who will hold personal honor
se high thst they will regard th advances
of a corporation lobbyist as a good msn
regards an Invitation to burglarise hla
neighbor's home snd a legislature com
posed of that brsnd of men will regard a
fellow member In the pay of the corpora
tions Just as a woman regards a snake.
PERSONAL NOTES.
A Philadelphia brid wa presented with
an automrbll snd a check for fian.ooo. The
check will enable her to run the machine
for awhile.
Former Representative Joeeph W. Bah
cock of Wisconsin Is sr-rlously 111 from an
attack of liver trouble at hla resldenc In
Washington snd his condition Is causing
his friends considerable anxiety.
In the opinion of sn Iowa congressman,
smokers sre In the easy mark class. He
thinks forty million dollars hsve been
filched from them by the tohaccd trust In
aeven yea re, but they didn't miss the
money.
President Frost of Berea college haa In
vited President Tsft to b et tho Uneoln
farm. Lexington, Ky., May SO, to take part
In the memorial services and plant a tree
In honor of Lincoln. President Taft has
ths matter under consideration.
The mayor of Honolulu oarrle a goodly
part nf his family tree around with him.
He 1 using two cy teeth that belonged
In her lifetime to hi grsndmother. wesrs
a heart watch charm made from the knee
rap of his grest-grest-grandmother and the
polished white buttons on his coat ar from
the bone of other of his ancestors.
P. Hopklnson Smith, author, artist and
lecturer, divides his year, among these
tl re callings. For the last few months
he has been lecturing. . He 1s also occupied
with an important plec of Mterary work.
Toward th end of June tie will sail for
Europe, and for five months most of his
lime will be devoted to sketching In th
open.
The death at Decatur recently of Captain
M. F. Kanan leave but one aurvlvor of
the original mmber of Poat No. 1, Grand
Army of th Republic That on eurvlvor
I Captain Christian Rlebom of Bloom
Irgton, III., who in speaking of the initial
pest recalls thst it wss organised en April
t, . the fourth snnlverssfy ef ths battle
of ehlloh. - .
GOOD POUfY TO PUBSVB.
J(o Taaea
the
Weeeeaartee of
Lit.
Philadelphia Press.
Th Payne bill ought hot to tax food for
revenue, when th aame revenue can be
raised more easily and more equitably by a
tax on wealth In one snaps or snother.
Tea has a tax of t cents a pound. Cof
fee, under a clause levying s duty here
where an export tax Is levied in the coun
try of origin, wlH pay 1 cents a pound,
when coming from Brail! which taxes cof
fee, at export. Aamost eqffee come from
Brasll and must . com from Braall, this
Is a tsx of about a fifth of th value on
Importation,
Discussion shows a general opposition to
both these taxes on tea and coffee. The
tax on tea protects nothing. Th tax on
coffee, if larger, might lead to the growth
of coffee In our Insular possessions, but It
is not large enough for that. It would only
rals th prlc of coffee snd bring no ben
efits from protection.
After thlrly-four years of free tea and
coffee it Is Unwise to levy a revenue duty
on food. The amount these duties will
rals In revenue can be better obtained by
reviving some of the Internal taxation
levied at th time of the Spanish war.
SPRINGTIME SMILES.
"Which do yu favor, protection or free
trade?"
"Well." answered the orator. 'It depends
on the audience I am addressing. In moat
cases I find It sdvisable to-compromlse on
the humorous anecdote." Washington
Star.
"I think It's mean for men to write horrid
Jokee about our hats," remarked the woman
under the peach basket.
"Oh, I don't think so," responded th
other, adjusting her coal scuttle trimmed
with tomstoes. "they hsv to do something
to buy such hats for their own wives prob
ably." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Let's see. Tou were to propose to Miss
Marigold last night. What was the re
sult?" ;.:', i
"She gave me the short and ggly
"What's that?" C i I
' "No." Cleveland Plain Dealer. '
"Was BUI much excited when he heard
the news?" . w ...
. "Very much so, isnd they- took a very
commercial vs.; at the stor to sooth his
agitation." '; ,(
"How so?" " -
"The manager said.' -'Bill, collect your
self.' "Baltimore American.
Collector (angrily )-You know very well,
lr, that thl bill ha been running several
yeare. Now, I put It up to you, what do
you want me to d with It?
Debtor By George! I'd enter It In the
next Marathon race If I were you. Puck.
Dusty Rhode I wouldn't hav to ask
for help, but I've a lot ef res I. est at on
m hande thst I can't get rid of.
Mre. Rurall Try sort soap and boiling
water. Life. .''..
" v '
"You look so pals and thin. Whats' got
you?" '
"Work. From morning to night and only
a on-hour rest." . , ,. .
"How long havs you been at ltT"
"I begin tomorrow." Success.'
"Isn't It too bed!" sighed Mrs. L paling.
"I shall have to goto thedentiet'a again.
I find I hav another' vicarioua tooth In my
upper Jaw!" Chicago Tribune
IF ONE LT7EP LONfj gfOUGH.
Chicago News. .'"' '
If you and I could live J0O yar r o,
Perhaps our cherished fUs we'd manags to
outgrow; - .'
We might cultivate th ahll .,'-. ,
Aa Ingratiating amlle. '
Fr.r a scow I would aurely bore us.
With two ctnturle before u. '
Perhaps we'd be less critical If quite as
sured that w ...... .
Could (tilt cavort around her la two-thou-
sand-nine A. D:
W might try to irek amende .t
To ou Irritating friendr
W could treat their faults with levity.
When w thought of our longevity.. -
When we'd groan philosophical end. bald
and free from ear.
We'd have of sorrow eten lets than w)
hould hv of hair. '
So w all cuuld do our parts ....
To give peace o grieving hearts,
As things sre suppose we try Ii
We'd b surs to prcflt bjr; It.
'Tl ssld th compound, in Treat on a-slngls
dollar would,
In twenty generations', jut us n-.tllioas SS
the good! ' ;
I should Ilk to start out new, '
With a dollar, anyhow; -But
I don't know how to roMar ,
That ftrsU fuadaaoaotal eWllaat