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T11K DEE: OMAILA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1P10, The omaha Daily Bee. FOUNDED UT EDWARD UOSEWATEI- VICTOR ROSKWATER. EDITOR Entered at Umahg postofltce aa second class matter. , . Tf?llM3 OF SCBSCHIPTIOM. Ia!ly B (Including ftunday), per wwk 15c Ially Hca (without Sunday), tier week l'lc Ially Rea (without Sunday), one year $4 "0 Daily He and Sunday, one year 800 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Evening Be (without Sunday), per week lc Evening Bee (with Hunday), per week 10c fiunday Bee, one year Bi Saturday Bee, one year 1 SO A tld rem all romplalnta of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Couth Omaha Tweniy-fourth and N. Council Bluffa-lS Scott Street. Lincoln 61H Little Building. Chicago 1M8 Marquette Building. New York Rooma 1101-11(8 No. 94 Weat Thirty-third Street. Washington 725 Fourteenth Rtreet, N W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlcatlona relating to newi and ed itorial matter should he addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee. Publishing Company. . Only 1-cent stamps received in payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. BTATEMKNT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: George U. TsachucK, treasurer of The Be Publishing Company, being duly worn, says that the actual number of full ana complete copies of The Dally, Morn ing, Evening and Sunday Bee printed dur ing the month of December, 190$. wa as follows: 43,530 43,930 41,630 43,770 43,480 43,480 43,460 43,830 43,900 44,80 43,310 43,930 43,370 7.. 9. . 10.. 23... 13. .. 14... 16.., 43,490 Total 1,333,610 Returned copies..,,...., 10,130 Net Total ........... ,1,313,3U0 Dally Average.....;... 48,834 GEORUii, a. TZSCUUCK. Treasurer. Hubaorlbed In my presence and sworn to belere me tills list day of December, l0y. W. P. WAJLKKK, Notary public 9b-lkera leavta tfca alt- tsa. pot-aa-lly akouM sieve The Be utalle to them. Address will be obmed aa oftea aa reaested. Broken rails are almost aa numerous s broken resolutions. Just as socn aa the weather man gets ready, he ean turn on the other pout. It aeemB to b np to each railroad man to constitute himself a safety device. When Bverdrup daBhes for the pole he would better take along a few affi davit-makers. , . ' The obtuse signal now blamed for the battleship Nebraska's mishap is subject to acute criticism. . Glass bricks ara coming Into-use In France, but In this country' the gold brick still has Its advocates. The progress of the playground movement in 'many cities gives good ground for growth in others. Judging, from weather conditions throughout the United States, we have annexed the North pole all right. Those Cuban congressmen have ac quitted themselves of any suspicion of being passengers on the water wagon. Tammany was sick enough after election, but partaking of Gavnor's taffy appears to have brought on a re lapse. If pistol toting Is to be accepted aa prima facie evidence of insanity In Kentucky the asylums will have to be enlarged 1 Rugby, having fractured a player's skull, it must be concluded that foot ball Is foot ball, 'whatever the brand or blend. '. ' A Chicago preacher predicts that the earth will be a Utopia In 2010, by which time none' of us will be here except Mr. Wu. , . - Once more the United States army has made a record that of having the biggest sick list of the world's armed forces In J 908. The blanket of enow caused so much bUnkety-blank talk that the good reso lutions engrossing, tlerk must feel rather discouraged1. Bault Ste. Marie having voted to Hay "wet," Irrigation and navigation will continue band in hand along the banks of the raging canal. We knew that this cry of the high cost of living would bring it about. Here Is the price' of cats up to $2,000 apiece, and jiot a. fat rat at that. Y Let us-' hope the switchmen In the northwest will get busy enough to side track the cold wave now on Its way from the--"Medicine Hat" country. The average man alternately shovel lng coal 'and snow refuses to get up any excitement over that clay-court championship controversy of the lawn l.ennls enthusiasts. Disclosure In a railway wreck of car loads of peanut shells consigned to a breakfast.. too4 factory naturally arouses the curiosity of the public as o whetherIt 'has uncovered another ihell a.roe f-' V i 1 The oiqcyoq discovered by the Roosevelt party Is not so formidable M it sound. It appears to .be the or Iglnal cunning Br'er Fox, which lay low these' feara till an American ex president iouted hint ut m' i" 41,580 17 41,780 ,19 41,680 19 41,790 10 44,340 31 43,930 S3 41,870 83 43,660 84 43,830 85 43,560 38 43,860" 87.. 41,860 98 44,960' 89 43,470 30 43,600 81 43,430 ' Warnings of Whitewash. The dotprmlnatlon of the admlnli ratlon tcr have an official congres sional Investigation to determine the ruth of the accusations against the nterlor department, and especially the general land office, la having a strange effect upon the noise-makers. Their cries are not silenced, but Instead they are sounding a new alarm, the tenor pf which Is that the result of the In vestigation Is a foregone conclusion. The entire propaganda against Bal llnger appears to have joined In a concerted warning that he Is to be whitewashed. This, in face of the fact that an Im partial Jury of senators and represen tatives Is to hear all the evidence In the case and pass judgment accord- ngly, Is more than ungracious toward the administration; It is a direct at tack upon national fairness and justice, and strikes at the very roots of Ameri can Institutions. "In their partisanship and spleen these assailants have gone so far that they have forfeited the right to the respect of their fellow citizens. The latest utterances of the muck- rakers and their associates simply man ifest the weakness of their case and the unfairness of their cry. They have no right to anticipate the verdict, but instead are In duty and honor bound to submit their case and. abide by the result. Before the investigation com mittee they may be heard to the full est extent of their resources, and if they , have any real evidence they Bhoillif submit It fully to that tribunal whlch is bound to weigh It judicially. All these clamorous prophecies of whitewashing are projected simply to stir up prejudice, and can not fail to be accepted by the public as a con fession that " the Investigation they pretended to want is a fearful thing to them now that It is. in prospect, a confession that they dread the expos ure of their side of the case. In seek ing to forecast an improper verdict they are but convicting themselves. A Millionaire's Monuments. Before his death D. O. Mills made arrangements for the perpetuation of an Institution of the chain of hotels which bear his name and which he designed as clean and comfortable modern homes for men of moderate means. While he maintained that the hotels were not a part of philanthropy, Inasmuch as he had the sagacity to make them self-supporting, still they must remain one of the most secure monuments to his benevolent spirit. Although he had a notable part in the general sociological problems of the day and gave freely of his millions to many charitable and educational causes, nothing will be .more closely associated with his memory than the Mills hotels, which were so novel an enterprise and, so satisfactory an achievement that the whole world has rung with their praises. It Is to be said of these hotels that they were founded in the faith that men like to be self-sustaining in proper and whole some living, and that Mr. Mills' con fidence In the uplifting inner tendency of man's mind was not misplaced. The Mills' hotels are not only a monument to the philanthropist who built and endowed them, they are also a test! monlal to the Individual impulses of many representatives of self-reliant American manhood, who Bolved for Mr Mills the problem of making his ex periment a success just as he solved for them the problem of how to live In decency and order within their hum ble means. Again the Garbage. The city council has ' finally suc ceeded In putting the garbage question In a fair state for temporary solution, but the expedient adopted Is only tem porary. The division of the city Into districts for the purpose of admlnlstra tlon and the letting of contracts for the collection and disposal of, house hold refuse, will force on the attention of the taxpayer the fact that he is not escaping any legitimate expense through the adoption of any of the various subterfuges that have been re sorted to In the past In connection with this Important public service. The cost must ultimately be borne by the householder, and the only satisfactory method for giving the service Is to have It done under the direction of the city government. When the pend lng ordinance Is made effective, steps should be Immediately taken to devise a plan where the city can take over this duty und attend to the work in a way that will not only be Bate, but sat lsfactory. v After Other Combines. News from Washington Is encourag ing to consumers, both babe and adult, Indicating as it doea the' Intention , of the government to get after the milk combine of the big cities and the to bacco combine of the southern states. This is in addition to the state action now In progress in New York against the milk wholesalers and the federal prosecution of the tobacco interests pending before the supreme court.. The matter of milk supply concern every household, and the America! consumer will be unanimous in sup port of any action that can be brought against the men who juggle with this necessity. The fact that the New York Investigation has disclosed a most heartless concert of effort to equeesa another cent per quart out of the poor buyer, In face of , the already exorbi tant profit, will prompt the heads of families to breathe the Indignant prayer that In the case of the unjust milk magnate the prosecution may be along criminal lines and may succeed As for the' southern tobaeco society that has been national ticandal, with Its history of arson and murder. The night riders have ridden long enough. Their desperate deeds to force up the price paid by the tobacco trust for the farmers' produce have defeated their aim. It was admitted that the tobacco raisers of the south suffered grievously under the exactions of the great man ufacturing combination that fixed prices and determined quality, but the "night riders" were not the solution. Two wrongs never yet made a right, and lhat Is why the government will now proceed against the lesser as well as th. greater combination. "No" to the Magnates. In connection with the visit of the railroad presidents to the White House to plead against any further railroad legislation, It will be recalled that one of them last fall prophesied that no such legislation would be at tempted. How accurate a prophet he Is may be judged from the result of the trip of himself and his associates to Washington, where the plea to side track the executive message and bill for amendments to the interstate com merce act was eminently unsuccessful. Mr. Taft's "No" to the magnates waa uttered in his inaugural address, again In his first message to congress, and reiterated to them in person, for the special message he Is to present to congress is in no essential detail dif ferent from what he has been known to have In mind all along. Herein is a fine example of the Taft firmness that underlies the Taft smile, confronted by which the railroad presidents made a very sober-visaged procession as they emerged from the White House. , It must by this time be apparent to all that the admlnlstratjon Is not to be swerved from Its policies by any spe cial pleadings aimed against the gen eral welfare. While there has been no disposition on the part, of the pres ident to attempt any measures of un necessary hardship against corporate Interests, he has never faltered In his determination to ask congress to amend the laws regulating traffic and commerce wherever in his Judgment the public good will thereby.be con served. ' The health director of a large east ern city says that he has proofs that some physicians do not administer an titoxin in either curative or preventive doses, and that as a result diphtheria has made great inroads. He charges that the physician's reason is that the proper use of the remedy reduces the number of, visits and the consequent income. Such an accusation seems in credible, and if the director has the proofs It Is his public duty to have the state deprive the offenders of li cense to practice. Juggling with child ren's health ought not to be tolerated in any community. Much sympathy will. .be . expressed for John R. Walsh, the Chicago mag nate, who will be compelled to worry along for the next few years with only a paltry f 750,000 standing between him and the poor house. It Is such trials as this, however, that brings out the best there Is In a man, and we feel sure that Mr. Walsh will prove suffi ciently heroic to make the struggle uncomplainingly. The Omaha brewers showed a com mendable spirit when they shut down their plants pending a decision in the court of a technical question Involving their right to license to -manufacture beer. No effort was made to run the breweries in the Interim, the managers waiting patiently for the action of the court. This spirit will go far to wards settling the liquor question in Nebraska. In laying down his work in connec tion with the Harrlman lines, Mr, Erastus Young closes a record of un usual service with the Union Pacific railroad. Other men have spent a greater length of years with the com pany than did 'Mr. Young, but none have achieved a better record In the performance of their duty. The Metropolitan opera directors of New York are to send a Nebraska singer to Europe to cultivate her for stellar honors. This Is not a novelty for Omaha musicians are already high in favor of foreign capitals. Rhode Island having established a rigorous marriage license law, the snug little state has abolished a thriv ing industry in serving as the Gretna Green of Its neighbors. Mysterious are the ways of Providence. The reorganization of the Omaha Board of Education under the new law was accomplished without much effort. Whether the body will be more efficient only the future can determine. ' Tesla Is again on the verge of Invent ing. This time it is a wireless trans mitter of electric flame that shall Il luminate the whole United States. The skeptical wilt make light of it. The fete of De La Grange will not add to the popularity of aviation. The ease with which the expert is killed shows that man Is far from conquering the principle of bird flight. The Omaha building year started off at a pace that promises to set a new mark If maintained, and the Builders' exchange banquet was not the less en joyable because of the outlook. The unusual honor paid a retiring private soldier by the commander at Fort Crook Is a tribute to creditable service, but only emphasizes the merit of Sergeant King's record. To Mark of Job. Washington Star. Danish scientists are doubtless congratu lating theuStulvea wu the fact that they will nut be railed on to referee the Hal-llnger-rinchot discussion. Not Mors of m Novelty. Boston Transcript. The new senator from Mississippi Is hardly unlijue by reason of once havlnc had a price put on hla head. He la not the first senator who has hid Ms price. Waste of Knergr. Detroit Free Press. Those husbands who are trying to keep the papers away from their wives and daughters while the bargain sales are on might as well set out an injunction against the Invasion of the llalley comet. Another Job for Itoosevelt. Pittsburg Dispatch. The suggestion that Americans buy the Kot ko State and make Roosevelt ruler of It to end the mlsgovernment there may be due less to care for the welfare pf the Kongo than a desire to keep him abroad peimanently. If t'ona; reus Would, Washington Herald. Bo far, Congress has hedged against the high cost of living much more sntlsfac torily from the personal point of view than the general. If congress would fix things so that everybody else's salary might either be Increased 50 per cent or made to go BO per cent farther, much would be forgiven. A Jolt for Croakers. St. Louis Republic. It may be, as envious Europeans claim, that Americans are great chasers of the al mighty dollar, but the (140,000,000 bestowed upon public benefactions In this country during the year sufficiently proves that when we catch up with the dollar we do not squeeze it hard enough to make the eagle thereon scream with pain. Woold I.lte Be Wortb Living Indianapolis News. Another thing should be remembered by those statesmen who are always pointing out the automobile habit as an evidence of the plain people's Increasing extrava gance. If the people who can't afford them were to quit buying automobiles most of the automobile factories would have to go out of business. ' i Fitted for Hardship. Washington Herald. "There is on more chance for your ene mies to defeat your confirmation than for a celluloid dog to catch an asbestos cat In Hades," wired Senator "Bob" Taylor to Judge Lurton recently. ' Booner or later, perhaps, the democrats In the senate will select Mr. Taylor as their leader. That, whatever else It may or may not da, will add considerably to the gayety of the na tions, we apprehend. Dramatic Argument. . Collier's Weekly. For ways that are dark and for tricks that are vain, theatrical folk are peculiar. Take the common method of advertising "runs." A play begins Its metropolitan career name furnished on request In mid- April; It plays until July, and In Septem ber it reopens with "seven months' run In New York" eight-sheeted across the coun try. Another opens In November and plays until February 1, "Two years on Broad way." "Isn't 1908 one year?" the press agent aeka. .. "Well, Isn't 1909 another?" What We are Coming To. , Chicago Post. Mr. Nikola Tesla. who has not nreriletaA anything really marvelous for a long while back, tells us .that .In twenty years we shall see a "wireless electric light" run by a current ahipj4 from, the producing plant over ether waves. And we suppose there is no .good reason to douht him. With the wireless, telegraph now In action and the wireless,! telephone looming over the horizon the .wireless Incandescent lleht seems not at all impossible. How far Is this elimination of wire to go, by the way? We can never have wireless mos quito screens, we suppose, but may not some ruture wizard give us wireless poli tics? . TRl'ST REGULATION. Problem of Securing; an Effective Check on Creed. Philadelphia Press. A dishonest and malicious attempt is ap parent in many Quarters to Dreludlce 'Presi dent Taft's efforts to solve the trust prob lem by asserting that the Drealileht'a ulnna for the regulation of trusts will prevent their summary suppression. Neither President Roosevelt nor President Taft has ever proposed the prohibition of all combinations. In all his speeches from the beginning President Roosevelt asserted the necessity and wisdom of rnmhlmilnni provided they were properly regulated. He am not propose .to destroy, but reform. neither aoes President Taft. Both are as one. Both have pointed out that larger and tlarger corporations and combinations are inevitable. Both hv admltted that the modern development of trade calm for them. Both have demanded that trusts should be regulated, not pro hibited, and prevented from destroying competition and doing Injury to competi tors. If competition Is preserved, fair prices are required, all trust contracts made public, their railroad rates known and their capitalization and profits reeulated. th mere size of a combination can do no harm. Trusts do harm, not because they are big, but because they are secret, superior to the law, stifle competition, raise prices, are free from regulation and enjoying special privileges from railroads. Remove these evils and the evils of trusts are removed. The screen of the trusts has been through state charters. Issued by states like New Jersey. These allied secrecy, eluded federal and state Jurisdic tion, avoided egulatlon , and destroyed competition. The circuit court decision In the Standard OH case strikes down this screen. 'If affirmed at Washington It makes a state charter of little worth aa a screen to the acts of trusts Nation-wide trade and nation-wide cor porations must still exist. Substitute a federal Incorporation act for the state charter and federal regulation ean prevent the evils, while preserving the economy and efficiency of the great combinations. Those who oppose this are directly or Indirectly, consciously or unconsciously, the supporters and defenders of trusts and their evils. Our Birthday Book January 5, 1910. David 8. liispham, the concert singer, celebrated his Md birthday. He Is a native of Philadelphia, and sang here In Omaha last year. Henry Loom Is Nelson, author and maga zine editor, waa born January i. ltm. In New York City. "Slason Thompson, who Is holding down a bureau of railway statistics over In Chi cago, la Just 61 today. Hlason Thompson comes from New Brunswick, and put In his earlier years as a newspaper man. Josephus E. Rugg, retired stock grower, living at the Normandle, waa born Jan uary I, lsftf. He ia a Vermonter and did a thriving cattle business in Wyoming and Idaho up to ten years ago, when he moved to Omaha. Army Gossip Matters of Interest Oa ant Back of the Mrlnf 1.1 a OleaaeS from tae Army and Wavy Beglater. The comptroller of the treasury has pre pared a new mounted pay certificate to be filed by army officers who are entitled to that extra emolument. This new certificate will require an army officer, entitled to mounted pay, to show the place where he maintains his mount or mounts. It will then become a question for sentiment by the accounting officers of I the treasury whether the officer Is, under the law, en titled to receive mounted pay. It Is appre ciated that no Iron-clnd regulation can be adopted, and It looks as if every case must be settled upon the Individual circum stances, Involving the station and -duty of the officer and the location of the animal. The geographical factor Is destined to enter vitally Into the' determination of questions which arise. Congressional sentiment may be de scribed aa entertaining greater favor to ward the proposition for an increase In the commissioned personnel of the military establishment The chairmen and mem bers of the house and senate military com mittees have expressed themselves as en dorsing the project, although it doea not definitely appear thut the Increase will be to the extent of the 612 officers contem plated by the War department measure which has been Introduced by Senator Warren. It really looks as If something would be done In the direction so greatly needed and so urgently presented to con gress as an adequate means of supplying a deficiency In personnel. As has already been expressed in these columns, the opin ion at the capltol is that the extra officer bill stands an even chance of enactment In the military legislation accomplished at the present session of congress. It looks as If that would be about the only army leg islation enacted, outside of the regular provision for the support and maintenance of the military establishment, the appro priations for which have this year been re duced In an unprecedented example of con gressional prudence. Army officers are discussing with lively Interest the appointment which will be made by President Taft to the grade of brigadier general In January. It Is under stood that senators who have to do with the confirmation of army nominations have signified to Mr. Taft the desirability of confining these appointments to officers who are not to be Immediately retired. The recent announcement of appointments to the grade, Involving the retirement of three officers, upon advancement, has attracted coi Biddable attention at the capltol and has been made the subject of much adverse comment, which, of course, ia In no degree d. Tec ted against the officers who are recog nized as being entitled to the distinction and reward conferred upon them. At the same time. It i also pointed out lhat these retirements have hitherto been the occasion of criticism In both the house and Benate and It has been stated that they are to fur nish Representative Prince of Illinois, a prominent and active member of the house military committee, with an opportunity to address the house when the army appro priation bill comes up for consideration after the holiday recess. Under the circum stances and In view of the senatorial atti tude, as described to Mr. Taft, it is ex pected the president will select aa brigadier general an officer who has at least a year to servo. There has been a rumor at the War department that the senate would refuse to. confirm the officers whose ap pointments have been announced and who are to be. promptly retired upon advance ment; but there Is no indication of suoh ad verse senatorial action or of any Intimation to the president that the nominations should not be made as .given out at the War de partment. The expectation is that some colonel of Infantry will be appointed to the grade of brigadier general In January, largely on the showing that It is due to that arm by virtue of its proportionate representation In the list of general officers. The army medical authorities are much' gratified with the prospect of a large class at the examination to be hold in all parts of the country on January 17 of candidates for appointment to the army medical corps. Up to this date there are sixty-four can didates and It is expected the entire class will number seventy-five by the time the examinations are held. There are already four approved candidates who have passed the examination and who will form a part of the next class at the' army medical school. It is hoped that enougn of the candidates will qualify to make an appre ciable showing toward filling the eighty three vacancies which now exist in the Junior grade of the army medical corps. The corps has been greatly benefited by the legislation which Increased and reor ganized that branch of the army. In 1906-7 the vacancies exceeded the new admissions to the corps. In May, 1908, an examination of fifty-eight candidates gave only nine qualified men. In August of that year, four months after the passage of the reor ganization bill, there were 128 aupllcants and twenty-five accepted candidates. In the period between October, 1108, and the same month of 1909, by which time the ad vantages of service In the corps have been made known, there was a substantial In crease In the number of applicants und accepted candidates. The records show that In January and July of 11)09 270 candi dates were examined and fifty-seven were accepted and the attendance at the medical school this year Is fifty-eight, as com pared with ten in 1907 and thirty-three in 1W8. Approaching retirements of five senior officers of the quartermaster's depart ment of the army will cause promotions in that branch and will necessitate many changes In duties, a part of whieh have already been determined upon by Quarter master General Alekhire. Other changes will be announced later. These rerlre ments, either for age or by request, will occur during the next six months und in volve Colonels William S. Patten, John W. Pullman, James W. Pope and Lieutenant Colonels WlllUm W. Robinson and J. R Sawyer, with possibly two others by re quest on account of service. This will pro mote to the next higher grade Lieutenant Colonels Frederick Von Seluaeder, lit It. Stevens and F. G. Hodgson, Majors Thomas Cruse, D. K. McCarthy. John T. Knight, John M. Carson, Jr., and J. E. Baxter and Captains A. S. Ulckham, W. M. Uoulling, W. C. Cannon, D. W. Arnold and C T, Baker. The changes In duties already determined upon Include the assignment of Captain Harry L. Peltus to the charge of the quartermaster depot In Washington in place of Major M. O. Zallnskl, who will go on temporary duty In the office of the quartermaster general; the assignment of Captain F. L. Wells, Eleventh Infantry, recently detailed to quartermaster duty, to relieve Captain Frank A. Orant at Gov ernors Island, the latter officer going to San Frnclco as assistant at the Fort Mason depot; Captain F. T. Arnold trans ferred from Fort Robinson, Neb., to New London, Conn., relieving Captain Charles A. Baker, who goes to Fort Wright In the meantime, orders for examination for promotion have been Issued to Captains Cannon, Arnold, Charles T. Baker Scott, J. M. Baker who will be examined in Manila Holt and Cbambwrlin. KK.KV14 B 1 C-0UHRSS. loath Dominant In Senate, Age ton. trola In IIobm. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The congressional directory for the Sixty first congress, now beginning lis tir.it regular session, ha Just appeared. It contains a lift of senators and representa tives arranged according to length of serv ice, and the first thing to arrest attention here Is the great youth of the senate. Of the ninety-two members of the upper chamber no less than forty-eight, or more than one-half, have five years or less of service to their credit, and not less than sixty-five have been in their seats no more than ten years. In other words, the senators who have served more than ten years constitute less than one-third of the chamber, and of the twenty-seven mem bers who have served more than ten years, seven exceed that period of service by only a few months, and of the twenty with nearly eleven or more years In the senate to boast of, twelve date back no further than 1M5. Thus only eight senators are of more than fifteen years standing. They are F.uaene Hale and William P. Frye of Maine and Nelson W. Aldrlch of Rhode Islund, who entered the senate In 181; Shelby M. Ctillom of Illinois, 1SS3; John W. Hanlel of Virginia, 1S87; Jacob H. Galllnger of New Hampshire, 1891; and Henry Cabot Lodse of Massachusetts and George C. Per kins of California, who entered in 18:3. It may be doubted whether before since the civil war so youthful a body of men in point of service has ever filled the upper chamber. It seems but yesterday that Mr, Lodge was a "Junior" 'Senator, yet here he appears among the first seven of the veterans. There are always to be found In the house a few' cases of extended service therein, but they are rarely very numer ous. In the present house, however, of 3M members (two vacancies existing to bo filled), there are ninety-four men who have served five terms up to the present one, or ten years. They constitute about one fout th of the whole number, while the 10 year or older members of the senate con sume not much more than one-fourth of that body. It in an unusual situation which has brought the senate closely to a parity with the house In the small proportion which the older bears to the younger membership. There Is no memher of the senate who has served as much as, or over thirty years, but Speaker Cannon of the houre has thirty-four years of membership In that body, and II. H. Bingham of Pennsylvania, thirty years, each with elections to two mine years. Including the present term, Sereno E. Payne of New Tork Is credited with thirteen terms, John Dal sell of Penn sylvania, twelve; and Hull of Iowa, Jones of Virginia and Livingston of Georgia, with ten each. Of the eight members having nine terms to their election two are from Massachusetts Glllett and McCall. We have to Jump over among the seven-term members to find any more Massachusetts representatives Lawrence, Greene and Lovering. It may be said, therefore, that that con servatism, which is begotten by great length of service in either branch of con gress is exceptionally weak in the senate of today and exceptionally strong in the house, where it is also aided by control of the autocratic machinery that has grown up In that body. Thus for once In the country's history the radicalism of the day can find larger hope for itself In the lnited States senate than In the popular branch of congress. COST OP COLD STORAGB. Means Kiuployed to Booat the Price of Necessaries. Boston Herald. When the investigation of the coat of living gets under way one of the factors In the product for food supplies which will Invite the probe of the lnvestgators will be the cold storage warehouse. Ac cording to a statement recently made by the president of the American Warehousemen's association, 1,500,000,000 eggs were In cold storage the first of September, being held there In order that the egg market might be controlled and the price of eggs kept at a high level. It was said with equal au thority that a similar amount of butter was being held in cold storage for similar purposes. In otner words, $55,000,000 worth of food products were withdrawn from the markets of this country and an arbitrary price level created which had no connec tion with the law of supply and demand, which should be the ruling force In an open and competitive market The cold storage process has accomplished remarkable bene fits for the consumer In many ways. Rightly used It would be the means of re ducing the cost of his living. Wrongly used, It haa Increased the cost of his living and crcattd Immense profits for specula tors and manipulators. With the facili ties of cold storage the market can be broken to such an extent as to ruin any Idependent movement to regulate It. With the facilities of cold storage a sufficient amount of the natural market can be with drawn at any time to create an effective corner and to put prices at any desired point. The authoritative figures quoted above are sufficient evidence to any family head in the United Stales now being forced to pay famine prices for but ter and eggs to convince htm of the Im portance of an Immediate and an Insistent appeal to the president and to congress for a complete and thorough Investigation of this and other factors which tended to increase the cos; of living beyond the point where there Is a reasonable and natural explanation. ELGIN MINUTES nnHERE'S a modern ten dency to com bine business and sociability. Punctual ity so becomes at once a duty and a courtesy; it's best backed by an LORD ELGIN, Thin Model Pendant Winding and Setting. Seventeen or hlleen iewel. 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A Chicago official who Is neither a hu morist tior a fame seeker, wants his sal ary reduced 10 per cent. Just as dime mu seums go out of favor material for exhibits multiply. In the opinion of the Springfield Repub lican Dr. Cook Is the champion guesser of the age. In sporting circles the New York Times Is the favorite fur the guessing championship. Like aome other great fortunes, the late King lipoid's has shrunk amazingly on examination. The "old reprobate" died worth less than 110,000.000. No one can say, however, how much he had spent or given away. He was certainly a money-getter. To keep warm and healthy Peary may be compelled to spend his winters In the Arc tic After returning several years ago ho was laid up with a severe cold, something he had never had In the north, and now he goes down to Maryland and has his earn frozen. Prof. George Severance of the agricul tural department of the Washington Stute 1 oollr-ge, drawing a salary of $2,000 a year, has resigned to take charge of three farms Just beyond the boundary line In Canada, with a salary of $3,000 a year and ull his expenses paid, and Is also to have an inter est In the profits. An automobile Is to be provided for his use in running around his work on the farms. , I CHEERY CHAFF. Mrs. Gabbel Wlmt do you think, George? ) When the doctor called the other day he..-. asked me to put out my tionguu, aud when 1 did so he quite hurt me. lie Mr. Gabbel (interposing) Did he step on it? Chicago Examiner. Mr. Pubbs (with newspaper) It tells here, my dear, how a progressive New York woman makes her social calls by telephone. Mrs. Dubbs-Progressive. Huh! Shea probably like me not a decent thing to wear. Hoston Transcript. . "Man's Inhumanity to man," chuckled the backer of the winning pugilist who had pounded the other chap to Jelly, "makes countless thousands cheerfully pny thulr good money to see It working." Washing ton Star. "Is Jlmson lazy?" "Lazy? Well, tnere are jusi two joos n COUIU 1111. w "What are they?" , "Raking leaves In winter and shoveling snow In summer." Cleveland Plain Dealer. , "I'll be ready in a minute," she said to her husband. ,, , vn.. n.1i,'t Vinrrv nnu, ' he railed UD nn,a'i.iir "i rinri that I shall have v to shave again. "'Detroit Free Press. ' Patience They say she got all her furni ture on the Installment plan? Patrice She did. She has had four hus bands, and Bhe got a littlo furniture with each one. Yonkers StatesnMn. Mrs. Frost-Who was It that said: "Peace, perfect peace?" Frost Some one whose telephone was out of order. Life. "You brainless cad!" exclaimed the man with the lofty dome of thought. retorted the man with the pale. scholarly cast of countenance, regarding; him with Immeasurable scorn; "you colossal Ignoramus, If 1 am 'brainless,' where do my sensory nerves register their Impressions?" "Exclusively in your spinal cord!" waa the crushing rejoinder. Chicago Tribune. JIM A tJONGRESSMAN.' ' Edgar A. Guest In Detroit Free Press. When Jim whs 'lected Congressman four years ago, 1 vowed My cup o' Joy was brlmmln' full, an" I wu mighty proud; "My Jlmil make hla mark," I said, the world will know his name. He'll rise above th' common run, an win uncommon fame, His voice will rlrg throughout th' land, his words electrify," An" then I sut f wait fur him t' catch the Speaker's eye. I bragged about my Jim a lot, my Jim In Washington, ' "He'll show 'em how." I told my friends, "this country should be run; Jes' wait until he makes a -speech, an then you'll all admit That when It comes to wisdom, my boy Jim Is full of It." An' so wo waited. Weeks arf weeks an' months an' months wont by, An' Jim down there a-tryln' hard t' catch the speaker's eye. Th neighbors took f Jokin' me, if I went They'd stop me on th' street ' a.n' say; "When's Jim a-goln' f talk?'' Until at last I wrote f Jim, an' aald: "My hoy, It's time You made that maiden speech o' yours, If you are goln' t' climb;-' You can't fool your constituents; It ain't no use to try." An' Jim wrote back: "I'm waitln' still t' catch th' Speaker's eye." Each summer Jim come home t' us, he give some speeches here That brought th' house down ev'ry time, an' made th" people cheer, An' every time he went away we'd lt an". It an", n' led ) l, an' . watt an' wait. T' hear that Jim had had th' floor an' some blif debate: But not a word has come from him, now when I pass by, J Folks twit me. askin' If my Jim has caugifl th' Speaker's eye. Jim's bad: In Washington again. In con gress makln' laws. Plumb sure that this term he will get chance t' plead his cause; He's got on Borne commltees, an' somo big men know he's there, Th" New York papers quoted him about some trust affair; An' Ma an' I are prayln' now that we won't have t' die Afore Jim's reckoned big enough t get tht Speaker's eye. L I Vy4 III J 1 I x sips DUooiaJ I V "V -f Z- V . S f i a