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    HIE BKK: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1010.
The UM.MiA Daily Dee
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8TATEMENT Of CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraaka, Douglaa county, as.!
OoorKe U. Txschurk. treasurer of The
lla Publishing Company, being S'ily
sworn, says that tha actual number of full
and complete copies of The Dally, Morn
ing, Kvenlng and Sunday nee pnmea uu.
Ing the month of December,
11103, was as
follow:
1 41.B30
41,780
41,080
41.790
48,340
8 43,930
T 41,870
48,660
8 48,830
0 43.E80
VI 43,660
18j 41,890
13 44,950
17....
18. ...
19. . . .
90. . . .
fll
sa
43,530
43,930
41,630
48,770
43,460
43,650
43,450
3.
84... 43,530
85 43,600
86 44,880
87 43,610
88 43,930
89 . 43,370
14 43,470 30.
U 43,600 81.
18 43,430
43,410
43,490
Total
1,333,610
Returned copies 14I,1J0
Net Total 1,313,3110
Dally Average......... 43,334
UkOKun, B. TJMSCHUCK. Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence aud sworn to
betore tue this 81st uay of December, lUa.
W. P. VVAL.KKHI
Notary Public.
subscribers leavlua" Ua cltr tem
porarily should hava The Be
mailed to then. Address will be
changed as often aa requested.
It a bound to come. The chauf
feurs of Florence have Btruck lor more
speed.
High water in the streets Is putting
some of the mining towns In low
spirits.
When the wlreleus comes Into Its
own, what will the birds have left to
roost on?
Standard Oil Is now backing a gas
combine. Getting ready for the grand
ascension t
Britannia must look to her laurels
Recent events indicato ' that Mercury
rules the wave.
European scenery is fast getting to
be a hore. A tunnel under Mount
Blanc is the latest.
In carrying out his promise to a
mob a Kentucky Judge has lot the un
dertaker carry out the victim.
Shovel an obsoleie Implement,
used by good citizens in the days of
"such winters as we used to have."
Sluggard Nevada courts, to occupy a
whole hour granting a divorce. No
wonder Reno cplonlsts are provoked.
At that, the Pinchot-Balllnger con
troversy is likely to be terminated be
fore we hear the last of Brownsville
The death of a Hoosler from using
a new handkerchief shows how man
must sacrifice himself to the advance
of civilization.
Maurice Hewlett has carried his
novel Ideas Into the budget campaign
probably counting on a "Yea-and-Nay'
vote of the Richards.
The leaves of the forestry letters
are getting as numeroua aa tha leaves
of the forest trees, and some of them
are more highly colored.
The eastern cities appear all torn up
over the disappearance of a hotel
waiter. Maybe he has gone to the
kitchen with a customer's order.
The old-fashioned winter is likely to
blight the affinity crop. One's own
fireside and the grlddle-cake soulmate
are great factors in xero weather.
Missouri university seniors have
taken to ralBlng beards to frighten tha
coeds away, but It must be a cruel girl
who will turn against a face when it
down.
A man named Jones Is putting on
play named "Juat Jones," perhaps
reckoning on Its drawing the whole
Jones family, In which case his fortune
is made.
Omaha is about to be made a whist
ling point on the route of the North
western Chicago-Denver special. The
new train will necessarily hesitate as
It passea through the block system at
the Union depot.
The showing of business made by
Recorder Bandle Is most creditable to
bla official administration, and will also
be very satisfactory to the public as In
d testing the growth of the city during
the last four years.
Lincoln democrats having planned
out Mayor "Jim's" campaign, as well
as that of Mr. Bryan and other states
1 men, business in iseorasita will now
take on Its normal aspect. Of course
Mayor "Jim" will take orders from the
cold water brigade at the state house.
Commerce and Combines.
President Taft'a mesFRge to con
gress dealing with the allied subjects
of interstate commerce and industrial
combinations brings definitely before
the national legislature a plan for
action which has been clearly under
stood as a part of the Taft policies.
While nothing revolutionary is at
tempted, the message embodies the
well-known views of the executive for
the adequate provision for corporation
regulation that shall fulfill the pledges
of the platform on which he was
elected, and thereby protect the pub
lic Interests from unfair combination
or manipulation. It Is evident that in
terests conducted along honest and
straightforward lines need have no
fear of meeting the requirements pro
posed. The president manifests no
disposition to disturb business by any
arbitrary attitude.
The message is characteristic of the
Judicial mind accustomed to weigh
fully the evidence on all sides, and yet
It la as firm for the right as it is fair
to the rights of all the Interests in
volved. The Sherman anti-trust law
Is very properly passed over for the
time being, inasmuch as It Is even now
withstanding Its full test In the cases
pending before the supreme court. But
since there appears to bo need and op
portunity for extending the scope of
the federal power over corporations,
the president offers as a possible solu
tion his plan for federal Incorporation
of large interstate concerns. This plan
lready has been the subject of public
discussion, and in his language con
cerning it Mr. Taft reveals an open
mlndedness that Indicates how fair is
Is general attitude as to the whole
subject.
The fact that the attorney general
has approved the form of bill pro
viding for such federal Incorporation
indicates that the administration has
looked thoroughly into the criticism
that such a law would be unconstitu
tional, and to those who claim that it
is an Invasion of state rights the
answer la ready that any state has al
ways the same privilege of regulating
perations within its borders, whether
the charter is issued at Trenton, Wash
ington or elsewhere. It would hardly
be the purpose or the province of a na
tional charter to compel a state to
house a corporation which It desired to
forbid to do business within its bor
ers.
But these and other objections to
the measure, Mr. Taft, expects, will be
voiced on the noor of congress, for his
nwn lnnmiaen is that he wishes his
megsage to "bring clearly to the con
slderatlon and discussion of congress
the proposition outlined, and he is
very specific in his purpose to hedge
uch federal corporations about with
every proviso for prosecution In caso
the anti-trust laws should be violated
The chief features of the proposed
amendments to the interstate com
merce laws include his original com
merce court, distinctly a Taft idea,
regulation of stock control and the
safeguarding of competing lines.
These suggestions are Identically the
same as had been outlined early in his
term, and it is apparent that the plead
lngs of railroad officials for modifica
tions of his essential program had ab
solutely no effect. v
Mr. Taft has done well to present
these vital matters In a message unen
cumbered by other topics. He has
stated to congress clearly and fully
the views of the administration as to
what Is essential for the correction of
existing weaknesses in federal control
of corporations and commerce, and the
legislative body ought to be able from
such a Judicial crystallization of the
needs of the case to formulate appro
priate legislation without undue delay.
Ambition and Caution.
The congressman-editor of the
Omaha Double-Ender is coyly flirting
with the possibility of going after Sen
ator Burkett's toga. He declines to
commit himself Just at present, being
content, for the time at least, to watch
the progress of the backfire being kept
up by his newspaper in Omaha, hoping
thereby to determine Just the amount
of assistance the democrats may expect
from Nebraska republicans In their
effort to Bupplant a republican senator
by a democrat.
The democrats of Nebraska know
that they can never hope to elect a
United States senator unless they are
able to secure republican votes. They
cannot hope to secure republican votes
unless they can foment dissatisfaction
In republican ranks. This Is the ani
mus of the campaign that Is being car
ried on by the Omaha World-Herald
and Its echoes throughout the state.
Whether the people will be sufficiently
deceived by the misrepresentations of
this clamorous clique cannot be told,
but a good evidence of the progress
the campaign is making will be af
forded by Mr. Hitchcock's conduct. If
he determines to run for United States
senator it may be accepted that he ta
convinced that enough of the people
have been fooled again.
Corner in Foodstuffs.
In casting about for a solution of
the Increased cost of feeding the army,
a subject which also concerns every
household aa affording possible light
on family experience, government off!
cials are beginning to question
whether there is not a food combine
and whether the great cold storage
warehouses are not at the root of the
matter. So seriously Is this suggestion
viewed that a resolution has been In
troduced In congress planning for an
Inquiry into the world's greatest cen
ter of cold storage operations, Chicago.
Modern warehousing facilities have
been of real bt-neflt f the consumer
In removing from the market the dan-
ger of tainted supplies, familiar In the
old days before refrigeration had been
perfected, yet the latest facilities
unquestionably enable Indefinite
preservation of food, a fact which
might readily be turned to the ad
vantage of the unscrupulous. Indeed,
a Chicago wholesaler frankly admitted
a few days ago that the egg market
had been thus manipulated to a con
siderable degree. .
Statisticians In various Journals
have demonstrated that the cry con
cerning the cost of living has been
greatly exaggerated, and that while
some prices have steadily advanced,
natural reasons therefor can be defi
nitely traced. With any attempt at
the cornering of foodstuffs, however,
the people can have no patience, and
If congressional Investigation con shed
any light on the matter Its activity in
that direction will be generally welcomed.
Life Saving; at Mines.
Despairing of Interesting the federal
government In the plan of establishing
life-saving stations at mines, the Illi
nois legislature is considering' the en
actment of state laws to provide for
the maintenance of rescue crews and
equipment. The agitation Is the re
Suit of the sentiment aroused over the
recent horror at Cherry, and there
can be no doubt of the necessity for
some action to prevent the repetition
of such disasters.
Yet the question arises of what
worth Is such service as Illinois pro
poses, compared with the real reforms
that might be inaugurated. A system
of surface stations seems hardly to
meet the requirements, for the experU
ence at Cherry was not that the work
of attempting rescue was delayed, so
much as that the provisions for safety
underground had not been sufficient.
Those who have been rescued from
burial alive in mines have been, as a
rule, sustained by the passing of sup
plies through tubes. Would it not be
a practical safeguard to establish pipe
lines from surface to underground
workings that should convey air, water
and food to those Imprisoned? And
would not adequate telephone equip
ment from the galleries to the surface
be another potent aid in time of need?
But why should the state be put to
the expense of providing and sustain
ing safety and rescue devices for the
miners? The companies . exact toll
enough from the consumer to enable
them to equip their workings with
these humane and essential provisions
at their own expense. Railroads have
been compelled to provide safety de
vices in their operations. Why can
not the law be made Just as effectual
In the case of the miners?
Ak-Sar-Ben now owns property
worth very close to $50,000 or $60,000
clear of Incumbrance, which Is a
splendid evidence of the care with
which the business affairs of organlza
tion have been managed. Enthusiasm
at the annual meeting of the organiza
tion is also proof that the popularity
of the good king has In no wise less
ened, and that the reign of Ak-Sar-Ben
XVI will be as prosperous and as nota
ble as that of any of his illustrious
predecessors.
The discovery that the phraseology
of the primary law intended to fasten
the Oregon plan for selecting United
States senators on Nebraska is so
ambiguous as to defeat the intent of
the law reflects merely on the demo
cratic majority in the last legislature
If the law was seriously intended, the
legislature was stupid, and if It was
not seriously intended, the legislature
was guilty of sharp practice, at least.
The dropping of nineteen students
from the University of Nebraska rolls
because of delinquency In studies is
not a dangerous symptom, but rather
Indicates that the faculty expects the
young people to work, even when siir
rounded by the manifold temptations
of a large city. Study is really
requisite to success, even in Lincoln.
The Wright brothers appear deter
mined to govern the air by injunction
If forbidden fruit is sweetest, the
Wrights are on the right track to make
aviation popular. As man finds his
flight prohibited, the more determined
will he be to put on wings. But
It
will be anathema for the airship trust
The weather bureau at Washington
Is unduly ambitious. It la now fore
casting two cold waves at once. One
at a time will satisfy the ordinary cltl
len, but in these days of progress we
will have to submit to Prof. Moore's
zeal.
The State Normal board is managing
to get around over northwest Nebraska
despite the 'snow blockades. The
warmth of the welcome these gentle
men are receiving more than offsets the
cold wave of the weather man.
flying; to the Courts.
8t. Louis Republic.
Aviation has fairly entered upon Its com
merclal stage when owners of rival patents
begin suelng on another for Infringement
Fixed t'p In Advance.
Kansas City Times.
J. Plerpont Morgan appears to be aav
Ing Senator Aid rich tha trouble of eatab
llghlng a central bank by organising
money trust of his own.
Bnsy Days Ahead.
Philadelphia Record.
If congress should Industriously pursue
Jl tha investigation ordered or to be or
dered in this session there would hardly
be time for anything else.
'- Uay of lterkonlaar Cometh.
Milwaukee Journal.
The time will come, and that at no lat
day, when the use of billboards will I
f:ir more restricted than la the case t
day. And It Is right that such restricts
shvulJ coinr, f:r the billboard is neithe
a thing of beauty nor an educator of pub
lio taste. It la rather a sign of commercial
ism rampant and civic pride slumbering.
F.xpert Opinion.
IOiilsvllln Courier-Journal.
Mr. Morse Insists that the Jurors Who
convicted him wero full of whisky. It
does not seem probable. A Jury even half ,
full of the right sort of whisky would not
send a man to prison for any crime other
than that of refusing to Join the Jolllfloa
tlon. Why the President Blnshed.
Washington Herald.
The newt st United States senator In
Washington, ex-confederate war horse
and Mississippi's most famous "oldest in
habitant," says President Taft Is "a nice
young fellow." It is dollars to dough
nuts Mr. Roosevelt would appreciate such
a compliment to the limit.
Uvlna- Canada a l.lft.
New York World.
The United States contributed 90.118 per
sons and about $;K.0O0.OW to Canada last
year and scarcely missed them. Both the
men and the dollars will make themselves
felt in the Dominion and aid in the work
of bringing about still more helpful and
reciprocal relations between the two coun
tries. tireat Are Statistics.
Philadelphia Record.
There is nothing like statistics. The
census bureau has Just published a bulletin
show ing the number of police and constabu
lary arrests In 11)07 in the lf8 principal cities
of the United States. It appears that the
number of arrests was 5S3 for every 10,000
inhabitants. The greatest number of ar
rests in proportion to population was In
the city of Washington; but the statis
ticians truly observe that the number of
nests affords no conclusion as to the law
lessness of any city. We are told, for
xample, that 35 per cent of all the arrests
tic fur drunkenness. But It does not fol
low that no arrests for drunkenness were
rr.ai'e In Portland, Me., or In Memphis,
Tenn., where prohibition prevails, or that
all the drunkards who make night hideous
re arrested In New York and Philadelphia.
But great are statistics.
11 ON OH WI1KRK HONOR 19 DUE.
Belated Tribute to the First of NaT-
larutorn.
Chicago Tribune.
It is comforting to know that not only
is the grave of Noah exactly located but
Is visited each year by thousands of devout
pilgrims who climb 7,000 feet up the beet
ling steps of Jebel Judl. A aanotuary, set
up In his honor upon the mountain, la i
place of fervent worship by them. A trav
eler talking before the Royal Geographical
society describes the mountain held sacred
for ages, which looks out over the great
Mcsopotamian plain, and tells how they
showed him the very vineyard whence
came the wine of which Nouh drank not
wisely but too well.
Neither sacred nor profane history has
ever done Justice to the many aided char
acter or this great man. Not only was
he a patriarch but he was a meteorologist
the first "weather man" , of the world-
successful shipbuilder, an ablo seaman
and navigator, and a faunal naturalist. His
building of the ark, unhampered by the
tariff and unaided by a subsidy, was a
tour de force deserving of the highest ad
miration: his perspicuity as an observer of
the weather: his wisdom of selecting his
fellow paHsenRers; the skill with which ho
steered his craft across the face of the
uncharted waters and his perlstence In
holding her nozzle agin the bank" until
all had landed safely, have never, we be
lieve, been properly appreciated by the
world at large.
It Is, therefore, pleasing to think that
there are those who still do him homage
faithful ones who recognize sorrte of his
many virtues, and who do not hold against
him too severely the episode of the grape.
GIVING YVKAI.TH AWAY.
A Lay Sermon on the Action of
lr-a' her.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The story which is told of Rev. Newell
Dwight mills of Plymouth church, Brook
lyn, concerning his renunciation of large
potential Wealth, Is, If verified, a demon
stration of his disinterestedness, but hardly
a vindication of his social or ethical Judg
ment. According to the report, Mr. Hillls
found himself the owner of a tract of land
In the far northwobt, asserted by exDrta
to contain mineral wealth amounting to
several millions of dollars. Believing the
possession of so much riches to be In
compatible with his usefulness as a clergy
man he sold tho land for little more than
it cost him.
It takes but a moment's reflection to see
That on this statement of tl facts Mr.
lllllls simply made a present of some mil
lions of dollars to- the purchasers. Whether
they were speculators, promoters or actual
developers does not matter. On the record
as stated the clergyman rather than take
possession of the putative wealth gave
to persons not In particular need of It. We
can entirely concede good foundation for
unwillingness to take wealth on the part
of a teacher of the religion which enjoins
Its followers not to lay up treasure on
earth, but that doctrine Is lndlssolubly
Joined with the Instruction to the young
man who was very rich to "Sell all thou
hast and give unto the poor."
Men with conscience enough to relact
fireat wealth both exemplify Christian doc
trine and recognize one of the gnat fault
of humanity. Hut when such men, either
by their own Inadvertence or by the mere
CP I rice of fortune, come Into possession o
the burden of richer the duty Is rather
plain of devoting that wealth to the benefit
of those w ho are In danger, not of too much
riches, but of too little to sustain life.
Our Birthday Book
January 8, 1910.
E. Burton Holmes, the around-the-world
traveler and lecturer, is 40 years old. Mr.
Holmes Is the pioneer In the travelogue
business.
James W. Dawes, former governor of
Nebraska, and now paymaster In the army,
was born January 8, 1M6, In McConnellsvllle,
U. He lived for many years at Crete, Neb.,
which he still calls his home. He was
ekcted governor as a republican, having
been before that time chairman of the re
publican state committee.
Rev. A. W. Clarke, well known as head
of the Child Having Institute, and a worker
for homeless and dependent children. Is bS
years old. He has decrees from Rochester
university, Chicago Theological seminary
and the I'niversity of Nebraska. For five
years he was pastor of the Calvary Baptist
church in Omaha, giving that up to go Into
th philanthropic field.
William Kdward Buck, employed In the
Milwaukee ticket office on Farnam atreet,
la a Council Bluffs boy, being born across
tha rlvei January 8. 178. He haa been rail
roading for five years, with the Union Pa
cific at North Platte as well aa the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Ht. Paul.
Augustus Thomas, the playwright, Is St
years old. He made his first appearance
on this earthly stage In Ft. Ixtuls in ls(..
Judge J. C. Kohlsaat, who presides over
one of the federal-ourte at Chicago, was
I'll', J4i.uui) , 11, on an Illinois farm.
In Other Lands
KotsI aad Impressive Teatnrea of
tha Campaign thai im How Draw
luff to a Olose la Great Britain
Never before haa ao fierce a campaign
been fought In Oreat Britain aa that which
Is now drawing to a close. Every polities!
expedient hallowed by usage haa been em
ployed. Invectives that would shame a
Bowery outburst poured out In streams
from party spouters, the dead walla of the
kingdom have been plastered with political
cartoons, homes deluged with literature,
nd tho New Tork method of cart-tall cam
paigning put In practice widely. Ten thous
and political meetings during the prese.nl
week gaugea the fierceness of the contest
as It nears the finish. Members of the
louse of Lords and all the forces of prlvl-
ege and self-interest, both male and
female, are actively engaged In every way
likely to bring victory to the aristocracy,
while the democracy runs the gamut of
crmpalgn methods In Its struggle against
the ancient enemy. With rare exceptions,
American correspondents predict a ma
jority for the liberals, Independent of the
nationalists and laborltes. The peers must
cease from oratory on Monday, the date
of the Issuance of election writs. As soon
as these writs are received by the election
officers, nominations must be mado within
two days. AH these details are arranged
In advance and no delay ia possible or
permissible. Voting is possible In a few
districts as early aa the 14th, In all not
later than the 2Sth. On the 15th quite a
number will be heard from, enough, the
politicians say, to Indicate the final re
suit. Three-cornered contests are threat
ened between the liberals and laborltes In
doxen liberal districts, and between un
ionist factlona In nine districts. Three like
contests Impend In nationalist districts In
Ireland. Party expediency la likely to dis
pose of many of the threatened contests
before nominations are filed.
American campaigning outside of the night
rider districts Is a tame affair compared
with tha mental violence of the British
contest. Some bodily violence has oc
cured, chiefly where the suffragettes could
use their clubs. Heckling orators Is univer
sal and frequently fiercely personal. The
keynote of Unionist invective was sup
plied by Barbour when he denounced the
assertion of an opposition member aa "a
frigid and calculating lie," and made more
direct by a Balfouiita who ahouted, "The
member la not only a liar, but a d d
liar." Imagine what a political commotion
such remarks from party leaders would
create In a contest In the United States,
or thla deliveranoe by a Liberal orator at
Lancashire: "The real creator of the
House of Lords Is Mr. George Edwardes
(a prominent theatrical manager In Lon
don). When he la selecting his chorus
ladiee he la choosing the mothers of your
future legislators." Along cornea another
Liberal member of Parliament, stating In
the course of a debate that "the lords are
garroters, the political highwaymen of the
day," that "they are suffering from the
general paralysis of the insane." Minister
Churchill has taken more shots at the
Lords than even Lloyd-George. The curious
part of the situation with him Is that ho
Is related to at least one-third of the dukes
of the kingdom, and can count by the acore
his relatives of lesser titles. But, them, too,
he has a dash of American. His mother was
Jennio Jerome of New Tork, a cousin of
District Attorney Jerome . Churchill de
claimed from the platform the other day
against the "accidents of birth," as he re
ferred to the members of the House of
Lords. "The character of the House of
Lords," he went on to say with a fine ironi
cal rolling of his words, "Is the laughing
stock of every civilized nation In the world.
Out of more than 600 peers only 110 on
the average have voted In the divisions
for forty years. When we have such a sup
ply of heaven-born legislators, who know
by Instinct what is good for the people. Is
It not a pity that four-fifths of them stay
away for forty years? They never give us
the advanttage of their counsel and are
drawn out of their backwoods only when
the party trumpet is blown' and when the
tory caucus thinks there Is good chance of
striking at some great Liberal measure.
That is a system which cannot be toler
ated."
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The law of England provides that a parli
amentary candidate shall not be allowed to
spend more than a very small amount In
canvassing the electors. His personal ex
penses must not exceed 1600 from the day
the writ Is Issued to the day the election
Is over, and the whole expenses of his or
ganisation are limited to, usually, from
ll.COO to $2,500. Much of this must be paid
away for election officers' fees, for the
rent of halls for meetings and for postage.
When these Items are met very little is
left. It has long been known, howevor,
that one can always drive a coach and pair
through an act of Parliament, and the
clauses limiting the outlay of candidates
have been very effectively riddled. Clur
ltable expenses are not included, and the
ambitious budding statesman can spend
$5,000 or $50,000 a year for years before the
election, if he wishes, In subscriptions 'o
foot ball clubs, soup kitchens, blanket so
cieties, churches, party clubs, and so on.
Both parties profess to be shocked at this
aide of political life. Both of them holdup
ineir nanas wun noiy norror at tms pal
pable political degeneration. But both tf
them do Itl
Monster cartoons, designed by prominent
artists and printed In many colors, :tr!
used all over the country. The power of
the pictorial poster was first fully realized
In the London county council election of
1907. The municipal reformers then iiub
lished a gigantic picture of a bleary-eycil
reprobate pointing a greedy finger at the
spectator. This stood for the progressive I
party, and underneath It was the stlnghr.- !
motto. "It Is your money we want." The j
poster did the trick. It won votes by ir.e i
thousand. Since then both sides have or- j
rled the art of poster display still further, i
What the debaters find themselves una')' j
to say by word of mouth or In the Journals I
they put forth on huge posters, as for In- !
stance: "The earth Is the Lord's not the j
landlord's!" "Less beer, less baccy, iers
employment and they call this the peo- I
pie's budget!" "Lloyd-George's budget 'he j
poor man's burden." Accompanying this U
the figure of a poor man staggering und -r
an enormoua roll. "Britons, help!" With
these words, a cartoon of John Bull bound
securely by thongs labelled "The Budget."
Tha mob Is pushing the old gentleman to
his doom.
House to house electioneering, which has
come Into vogue In Boston, particularly In
the present mayoralty campaign, has al
ways been a feature of Kngllsh polit'cal
controversies. Not only does the capdldato
call on Innumerable constituents, but milord
and milady take a hand In the game. Sup
pose, for example, that milady wants the
nephew of one of her friends sent to Par
liament. She makes the rounds of all the
villages In her county, displaying herself
attractively to the wom-n falks, pleading
with them and otherwise urging them to
call their htisrands' nttentlon to the merits
of the candidate. Hundreds of hlili-born J
women In Kngliind are spending l"'r
spare hours these days visiting their
tei.anta and other reidnts of the neighbor
hood. Then, many of these politically In
terested women k.-- !..---. -
E$tab11sh4d in 1837 aa Kountze Dro$.
Nationalized in 1863, Charter No. 209
One of the Safest
Forms of Investment Is a
1
3 Certificate of Deposit
In This Dank, Which Has
Over $12,000,000 of Assets.
The published statement of November it. '09.
showed that this bank had outstanding In
terest bearing certificates totalling 11, 4,810.
aTaaaMMMtar aril I 'I'.N H 1 n yf" mm2 1 "
mounting the stump. The countess of War
wick, for example, is a noted political
speaker. Mrs. George Cornwallls West, she
who waa Lady Randolph Churchill, fre
quently alts on the platform near her dis
tinguished son. Mrs. Chamberlain attends
meetings which Austin Chamberlain ad
dresses, having, of course, a place of honor
on the platform.
The habit of speaking from carts has
spread through England. Thla Is a favorite
phase of noon-day electioneering. Invari
ably the hecklers make all wagon meetings
most Interesting. First, the orowd starts
the fun by pushing the wagon about. Or
caslonally they hurl not merely epithets,
but vegetables. About the time the rumpus
gcla well under way brawny arm reach
up and attempt to pull the speakers' chairs
from the cart. Defending one's self with a
chair must sooner or later be a pleasing
experience with any cart speaker In the
present campaign.
The Tariff Reform league has for some
time adopted an Ingenious method of pro
moting public opinion. Agents of the
league, dressed as worklngmen, go about,
not holding meetings, but mixing with the
workers, bringing the conversation round
to politics, and advocating tariff reform.
It Is understood that the league, particu
larly during by elections, sends any num
ber of these agents Into the borough to talk
politics. The gramaphone Is increasingly
popular. Leading statesmen made ten-
minute speeches Into the 'phone and those
are repeated all over the country.
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POLITICAL DRIFT.
Tammany Hall la getting most of the
bouquets from Mayor Oaynor, the other
fellows are getting the pie.
Kentucky Is going Into the hole finan
daily, and an Issue of bonds are necessary
to keep the ship of state afloat.
With the passing of Mr. Jerome from tho
district attorney's office in New York, the
spectacular In politics passes Into the gar
ret for awhile.
Congressman Victor Murdork of the
Eighth Kansas district, chief of the anti
Cannon Insurgents, Is likely to have a hot
race for re-election. Party bourbons de
clare that many republicans remain In
Kansas who "do not like a congressman
who keeps his arms too lovingly about the
neck of Champ Clark, the leader of the
democratic minority."
On Tuesday next Boston votes for city
officers who will put into effect a modified
form of the commission plan of city gov
ernment. Four condldates are in the field for
mayor ex-Mayor "Honey" Fitzgerald,
regular democrat; J. J. Storrow, independ
ent democrat; Q, A. Hlbbard, present
mayor, regular republican, and N. H. Tay
lor, Independent republican.
Mayor Gaynor of New York pitches his
administration in a high key. Writing to
one of the park commissioners, he says:
'Among other things I find that one
appointed to Work In the pari- in
whatever capacity, is required i a
political club of, the present coniuiiao.uiier
and pay Us dues and assessments periodi
cally levied to bo used In primary contests
and for other political purposes. Let all
of that be stopped immediately,"
The democrats of Kansas propose to make
much of a banquet to be given in Topeka,
February 22, which Governor Harmon of
Ohio has been asked to attend. This con
Junction of a probable candidate for presi
dent with Washington's birthday is being
engineered by the democratic state com
mittee, and It is hoped that fully 2.500 of
the faithful, representing every county of
the state, will participate In the banquet
to be nerved In the city auditorium, that Is
capable of seating 4,500 persons.
Hope I'erchrd on Rainbow.
Indianapolis News.
Cheer up! Perhaps something Is going
to happen to those trust companies that
teach malefactors of more or less wealth
how not to pay taxes.
RigliS at
Without the adventitious aid of "Half Price"
and "Slaughter Sales" the Browning, King & Co.
stock of clothing was sold out during the past season
with practical completeness.
And for the reason, of course, that the prices
were right at the start.
They are always right.
You are not asked at the beginning of the sea
son to pay, in whole or in part, for the clothes that
someone else may buy at half-price at tho end of the
season.
In a word, it is on their merits that the gar
ments made by Browning, King & Co. are offered to
the public.
We have taken our broken lines of Suits and
Overcoats for men and boys and marked them at a
reasonable reduction an inspection will convince
you. You will find interesting bargains in our fur
nishing department.
'Browninu'King S Cq
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CLOTHING,
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&. S. WILCOX, Manager.
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COST OF LIVING.
Seeking tha Cause of lllh Prlcea et
Commodities.
Chicago News.
Aa the result of complaints from various
parts of the country that the cost of liv
ing is made unduly burdensome on account
of tho high prices of commodities, the
secretary of agriculture Is planning for an
investigation of the causes of the advance
In the prime of necessities.
It Is well for many reasons that such,
an Investigation la to be undertaken.
Various theories have been advanced ta
explanation of the rise In the coat of 1W
irg. One Is that the supply of gold haa
Increased so greatly In recent years that
the prices of commodities, whloh ar
measured In terms of gold, show an, ad
vance on that account If thla Is the true
explanation It Is, of course, unjust to blame
the trusts or the protective tariff or some
other cause for the rise In prices. There)
have been times In history, notably eooh
after the discovery of the rich mines of
the new world, In which the augmenta
tion of the stock of the world's aupply of
gold has exercised a distinct and disturb
ing influence upon the general level of
prices.
But does such an explanation fit the situ
ation at the present ttme? If not, what
are the determining factors, and are they
artlflcal or natural?' An injury that
would furnish at least a partial answer to
these questions would be of great public
value.
BREEZY TRIFLES.
"Are you Interested In what Is In table
rapping?"
"No, I am more Interested In what goes
on It. "t Baltimore American.
"Bllpglns seems very busy." I
"YeH," answered the Jealous profession;!
acquaintance. "He has an arrangement with
the operator by which his telephone is rung
up every three minutes when he haa
callers." Washington Htar.
Ttaoher You have heard, I presume of
the 'fourth estate.' Have you any Idea what
it is?
Kliaggy Haired Pupil Yes, sir, It's a
quarter section of land. Chicago Tribune.
A man and woman accidentally touched
each other's feot under the table.
"Secret telegraphy," said he.
"Communion of soles," said she. Judge.
He Here's an article on "Planting Lob
sters at Newport."
She Is It an advertisement for a Rhode
Island undertaker? Youkera Statesman.
Blla Kred is getting near-sighted.
Stella It doesn't follow that there la
anything the matter with his eyes be
cause lie can't see you under the mistle
toe. Judge.
A man, very much intoxicate,
taken to the police station.
"Why did you not ball him outl
waa
In-
quired a bystander of a friend.
"Ball him out?" exclaimed the other.
"Why, you couldn't pump him out"
Chicago Record-Herald.
"Father," said Little Rollo, "what Is
'bllliiiKSKaU)?' "
"It is a term, my son, that the other
fellow applies to your plain, unvarnished
expressions of Jusitiiable Indignation."
Washington Ktar.
GET TO WORK.
Paul Wrat In New York World.
Now the new year's started In,
Get to work!
Things are waiting, so begin
Get to work!
Don't proceed to fume and stew
O'er the tusks awaiting you;
What you've got to do is do!
Get to work!
Don't spend time on scheme or plan
Get to work!
"Dreamer" Is an "also ran"
Get to work!
Here's a year chuck-full of days;
You can use It lots of ways;
See that every moment pays
Get to work!
You've a problem you must solve
Get to work!
Just forget each good "resolve"
Get to work!
'Let the dead past bury Its dead";
Be your motto "Oo ahead!"
And each day, till time for bed,
Stick to work!
tine Star
FURNISHINGS AND HATS,
and uuuuuai o i ncc i ot
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