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x THE BEE; OMAHA, SATUKDAY, JANUARY 15. 1910
Tiiz Omaha Daily Bee
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VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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' STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, sn.i
Ueorg B. Tsschuck, treasurer of The
Bee fubllshlng Company, being duly
worn, says th(U the actual number of full
and complete conies of The Dally, Morn
ing, Evening 'and fcunday Bee printed dur
ing the month of December. WOO. was a
follows!
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41,080
41,780
41,S80
41,790
44,040
48,830
41,470
4I.S40
sa.sao
42.B40
41.040
41.850
44, MO
43,470
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48,4410 ,
17.
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48,630
48,930
41,630
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43,770
48,480
43,850
43.450
48,680
43,800
44,480
48,810
43,930
43,370
48,410
43,490
Votal ...1,338,610
Returned copies...,',;....., lo.lJO
Net Total . . , . . . ......... . . . . .l,3Li,auo
Dally Average.,..,... 48M4
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ebangred as often requested.
That independent telephone
leeroe to be very busy just now.
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If not canals, maybe those marks on
Mara are the skaters' figure' eights.
The haughtiness of the soloists
threatens to bring an era of starless
opera. , '
Neither Europe nor Asia seems to be
able to guess the answer to that Knox
Mancharlan conundrum. '
Almost any day . wo may expect to
read announcements of a correspond
ence course in boy phenoms. --h. .
With those new-auto roads running
to the pyramids, maybe the old' sphinx
will wake up and honk back.
Prevalence of railroad wrecks leads
one to pin faith to the theory that the
monorail la just as good as two. N
The Bryn Mawr girls evidently want
It understood that no barefoot gentle
men In Greek raiment need apply.
While those aviators are scouring
the skies, they might polish up any
missing polar stars they run across.
Boston Is already bo absorbed in its
cat show that It seems to have forgot
ten that Fltsgerald ate the canary.
If Senator Oore is accurate in speak
ing of Mr. Taft as "sinuous," it must
be said that appearances are deceitful.
Recent events have demonstrated
anew that one of the component parU
of the American smile is a good set of
teeth.
Keeping track of the changes in the
official railway world these .days neces
sitates a card index and a private sec
retary, t .
-Can it b possible the college girl
nil degenerated so that the advice Of
that professor that she should flirt was
necessary T
In its game with the gentle art of
highway robbery the Chicago police
force seems to be establishing a record
batting average.'
"t may be true that nothing lasts
Ilka leather, but Is that any excuse for
the leather combine to try to wear out
the soles of the pedestrians?
It is apparent from the White House
attitude that no nice old lady congress
men who snarl up their knitting need
expect help to untangle the skein. .
' Looking back over the list of United
States marshals In Nebraska, Marshal
Warner may congratulate himself on
getting an uncontested second term.
One of the New England papers
wants to know what has become of the
old time abawl that men used to wear.
Trcbably gone to hunt the tippet and
pulse warmer.
. : It Is to be noted that when "Champ
Clark Hays Cannon Mercilessly" he
prefers to do it on the lecture platform
lp Ohio rather than on the Boor of the
house at Washington.
A truly enterprising Arctic adven
turer might have made convincing ex
hibitions of his dashes over the , polar
floes by utUUlng. soma of tH con
venient ice gorges grouped along the
water f ronta of our river, metropolises
as photographic backgrounds.
' Taft on Conservation.
Congress can no longer evade Its
responsibility In the matter of the con
servation of the public domain, now
that the president has so exhaustively
presented his review of the whole sub
ject. The one thing that stands out In
his special message Is that both the
chief executive and the Department of
the Interior have consistently sought
to prevent spoliation and fraud, but
have been hampered by lack of author
ity. Indeed, it Is frankly admitted
that In their teal to protect the public
Interests they may have exceeded all
authority.
Not only Inadequacy, but also con
fusion, of the laws governing the pub
lic domain is shown, undoubtedly 'one
of the causes leading up to the Pinchot
Interference and misunderstanding. It
must be apparent, from a reading of
Mr. Taft'a ptesentation of the case,
that the motives of no branch of the
public service are to be Impugned, but
that an unfortunate state of confusion
had arisen, which congress alone could
or can set right. ,
Revision of the land laws Is Im
perative, If the domain Is to be con
served In accordance with the adminis
tration's policy; also, funds must be
provided for the reclamation projects
which are Inseparable from the re
mainder of the program. The presi
dent has outlined fully the various
necessities of the case If the work of
conservation a to be pursued, and It
is manifest that too prolonged a delay
on the part of the national lawmakers
may be fatal o the effectiveness of
some of the measures.
The Balllnger investigation involves
bo much of research that it is likely to
be extended over a considerable period,
but that Is a separate matter, a side
Issue, and in the meantime the real
work of conservation and reclamation
may be very properly expedited by con
gressional approval and action on the
recommendation in the president's mes
sage. ... - -
Illegal Insurance Combination. ,
At a time when the state of Illinois
is conducting -an Inquiry into the mat
ter of fire insurance rates," and when
the complaining voice is heard In va
rious cities that excessive burdens are
Imposed upon policyholders, there
comes from New Jersey a judicial de
cision that will encourage the hope, of
regulation of fire insurance upon a fair
and equitable basis.' , One hundred and
twenty-brre ' companies resisted the
action brought by the state of New
Jersey against, ; their combination for
the raising of rates with a vigor that
even extended to an effort to abolish
the court of errors and appeals from
which the decision was Impending.
That court has now, by unanimous do
cree, declared, the combination to be
an invasion of private and public
rights. , ;
The chief defense of the Insurance
companies appear! to have been that
they were nonpublic Interest or service
corporations, and therefore outside the
pale of the law Intended to reach them.
In this connection It is informative to
read the decree of the court:
To the eye of the law and In the Interest
of the public, It is one and the same thing
whether, a corporation be. created to sub
serve a public interest or - whether such
corporation achieve success of such a na
ture that the duty of safeguarding the In
terests of the publlo. 1 thrust upon It
When the Interest of the public has been
woven Into a business as a sine qua non of
Its success, the success thus achieved
thrusts upon such a business a oo-ordlnate
duty that clothes it to that extent with
publlo interest.' W cannot close our eyes
to the faot that by the enormous expansion
of this business, by Its concentration In the
hands of Immense corporations, by. state
regulation lhatemounts to privilege, and
by Its practically, universal employment as
a collateral security for debts, the busi
ness is one In which . the Interest of the
publlo is directly Involved. - i -
While it is common to think of New
Jersey - as corporation-ridden, this di
reet dissolution of an attempt to foster
a combination of greed will be hailed
In many quarters as the beginning of
relief from one form of corporate op
presBlonv '-
.... V Troubled Alfonso.
Uneasy lies the crowned head of
Spain with the -recrudescence of tbe
nightmares Indicative of a tottering
throne. Alfonso, suffering from
malady which, requires serious surgical
attention, in his young manhood has
come Into a harvest of . political and
social tares sown by his forebears.
Since the day when the bomb of an an
archlst was hurled at him and his bride
hla reign has been one continuous
struggle to repress the tide of revolu
tlon swelling among the people, not
against his personality, but against the
burdensome and wicked institutions
which by hit administration are per
petuated. Now be la Bald to have
found a widespread plot In his military
forces, coincident with the activities of
the pretender, who seeks to foment an
uprising. ,'
. Crises In Alfonso's short reign have
been frequent, though thus far the
young king and his advisers have been
powerful enough to crush them, but
their relentlessness hss unquestionably
served to Inflame still further the spirit
of unrest The voice of Barcelona 1
the recent riots was the bitter outcry
of the populace, which has since been
further crystallised by the execution of
Ferrer. To a people who had asked of
their youthful monarch tbe liberalism
which wae their only hope for escape
from the grinding heel of poverty and
mteery, Alfonso has ueen distinctly a
disappointment, and all the signs of
the times point to a gathering of forces
for such a revolution as In 188 ended
in the flight of Isabella.
The last forty yean In 6paln have
tx-ea crowded with assassinations, up
rlsidgs, and the most barbaric enforce
ment of despotism, now culminating in
disaffection of the army which first put
Alfonso's father on the throne. It Is
not Impossible that tne long suffering
people will be able to sway the army
Into turning against the tyrannic ab-
olutlsm, provided a military dictator
is forthcoming to formulate and admin
ister a government based on popular
rights. .
More 'Snontrage.
We regret to note that one of our
representative republicans who once
ran for mayor of Omaha as the popu
list nominee and more lately bore the
honor cf being president of the
Fontanelle club, has confided to the
democratic World-Herald secretly for
publication his opinion that things
republican In this country have gone to
smash A few extracts from the dis
mal dope thus emitted by Erastus A.
Benon will suffice:
The people are itolng to believe In Pin-
chot, no matter what Attorney General
Wlckersham may say In vindication of his
fellow attorney, Balllnger.
Why. I have Jut returned from a month's
trip .to Florida, and It la enough to make
one's heart ache to see the waste of our
natural resources that haa been permitted
there. -
The withholding of federal patronage
from Insurgent congressmen Is Infamous!
Is a part of the spoils system that
should never be tolerated In a civilised
nation.
These things all work 'back to the re
cently enacted tariff law, and I tell you It
Is no longer as much of an economic lura
tlon as It is a moral question. It Is a
question whether or not under a system
protected by law the people of this coun
try can be deliberately robbed.
I am an Insurgent through and through,
and I do not care If we have to split the
republican party or to organise a new
party, I am In favor of taking such action
as will restore to the people their rights.
Hurrayl Hurray! Pinchot la ac
quitted and Balllnger convicted before
the jury Is empaneled or the witnesses
sworn.
Nothing can stop that heart-ache (it
used to be brain fag) in Florida but the
federal conservation policy, although
the federal government has no juris
diction whatever over forests in Flor
ida belonging to private individuals,
and if fault is to be found for waste
permitted there it muist be with the
state authorities of Florida. '
If Mr. Benson "had bean elected
mayor, of course he would have filled
all the appointive places in the city
hall with his political enemies. That
goes without saying. .. .
The' doctrine that the protective
tariff la robbery Is good democratic
doctrine, and has been promulgated
in several national democratic plat
forms .
Mr. Benson does not care if he has
to spilt the republican party. . He
didn't care twice before when he led
bolts against the regular republican
nominees and no one will deny him
the privilege of indulging the habit
again. ," . .
It Is really too bad that Mr. Benson
was not elected mayor the last time
when he ran as a republican candi
date. He might be talking differently
now. But perhaps the voters' who
snowed him under had had a premoni
tlon.
An Eye-Opener. '
The demand made on Governor
Sballenberger to institute ouster pro
ceedings under the Sackett law against
the mayor of Norfolk for alleged
failure to suppress disorderly houses
Indicates how busy the governor may
keep himself If he starts In on whole
sale removal of local officials whose
official conduct does not suit, every
body;
If we remember correctly, Governor
Sheldon was put up against a similar
application for proceedings to remove
the mayor and council of Schuyler, but
he kaw where it would lead to and de
cllned to be caught in the trap, just as
did Governor Shallenberger when the
recent demand was made upon him to
start something on the mayor and
police commissioners of Omaha. There
are ninety-one counties in Nebraska
and several hundreds of Incorporated
cities, towns, and villages, all of which
have officers who would be amenable
to complaint under the Sackett . law,
aud any governor who would begin in
stitutlng ouster suits in response to
petitions, Irrespective of the facts in
the case 'and a showing that no other
remedy Is available, would soon find
himself with little time to devote to
other duties of hie position. -
The notion that prevails in some
quarters that the Sackett law is on the
statute books simply to keep Omaha's
city officials on strslght should be
quickly dispelled by the appeal from
Norfolk. The law la general In its
terms and applies to every local publlo
official in Nebraska charged with law
enforcement,' and no governor can in
voke it tn one case without applying it
to all similar cases that may arise any
where) within the state.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary, the World-Herald, refers to
our Illustrious fellow citizen, the' Hon
John Lee Webster, as "the chevalier
sans puer et sans reproche of bourbon'
Ism in Nebraska," whatever that Is.
Without waiting for a retainer or get
ting out our French dictionary to find
out what It means. The Bee volunteers
for the defense of Mr Webster against
this awful charge. We feel sure he is
not guilty of such a heinous crime, al
though we, ourselves, have more than
once lodged complaint against him for
less grave offenses. In this case, how
ever, In bis behalf we resent the alle
gation and defy the allegator and call
on the World-Herald for a bill of par
ticulars and the supporting proofs.
Senator Burkett declares that In the
Jlat of insurgents, who resoluted
against him at Lincoln the other day,
are the names of twelve men who have
been besieging him more or less per-
slstently for ten years for appointive
positions. Apparently they did not
get what they wanted. Senator Durk-
eft ought to know that Insurgency al
ways takes root much more read 1 1 la
soil fertilised with disappointment in
office-Seeking.
Alluring though the announcement
appears that a "philanthropic" theatri
cal promoter Is to establish a poor
man's high grade theater on the East
Side of New York, close examination
reveals the fact that he expects the
stars to contribute their services free
and the best playwrights to offer their
product without royalty, while the pro
moter collects the cash for each Beat.
Query: Who U the philanthropist?
, The local democratic organ speaks
about possible projection of new candi
dates for the democratic nomination
for congress In this district, providing
tg congressman-editor "decides to
leave the way clear by seeking election
to the United States ; senate." Such
kelf-sacrlfic would Indeed deserve re
ward to go after another office simply
to let some more deserving office-
seeker get the job he now holds.
The Omana Commercial club has
taken the question of discriminating
rates on lumber affecting Omaha up to
the Interstate Commerce commission at
Washington, but the case may be ex
pected, to drag along for weeks and
months. If the machinery of tbe inter
state commerce court, as recommended
by President Taft, were available a
final and authoritative adjudication
would be much nearer at hand.
i The deputy state labor commissioner
declares there is much violation in Ne
braska of laws regulating the labor of
women and children, but pleads that
insufficient money at his eommand pre
vents him from stopping these viola
tions. That is a very handy excuse.
Mr. Bryan once made a vain pil
grimage to Kentucky to break a dead
locked election for United States sena
tor, which may . explain why he is not
hurrying back from South America to
straighten out the senatorial tangle in
the Mississippi legislature.
The Cold winter has retarded the
auto fever, as witness the shrinkage In
the number of applications for state
licenses during the month of December.
An extra spurt in the spring, however,
may be relied on to make up this loss,
and then some..
Two tombstones are to be auctioned
off by Treasurer Furay In pursuance of
tax-collecting process. To get top-
notch prices a coffin ought to be thrown
in with each tombstone.
Pattlnar the Crowd Neat.
Louisville Courier Journal.
Before any sales are made It would be
well to know whether Thomas W. Lawaon
Is offering copper stock, or cash for to.
bacco. i ;
: Safety la Flight.
St. Louis Republic.
Though an aviator occasionally breaks
his neck, It is observed that records In
aviation are broken at a rate Indicating
Improvements which ultimately will mean
Increased safety and a diminishing chance
for accidents.
Knsafrenan ta Ahetti.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
t Tbe proposition now Is that Theodore
Roosevelt shall bring peace between Eng
land and Germany, ending the period of
mutual distrust and extravagant armament.
Few. problems are left. He might explore
Msrs or lasso Halley's comet, just for pas
time! (
Abase of Franking; Prlvtlegre.
New Tork Tribune.
An Indiana representative has Just sent
home, franked, sixty-one mall sacks full
of seeds. - Two venerable abuses are thus
illustrated. The . government should not
be expected to furnish seeds in such pro
fusion for anybody who will take them
either to plant or to feed to the chickens,
and It should not be expected to deliver
non-perishable freight matter of that
character by mall.
"SeelaB Is Bcllcvlaa;."
Philadelphia Record.
filnoe Mr. Bryan has had an opportunity
to look over the law of the land and the
progress of the work on the Panama canal
ha announces himself a convert to the
plan adopted--by the government It has
been the fashion of Mr, Bryan to claim
the paternity of . fom of the most ad
vanced of the Roosevelt policies; but in
this matter of a lock canal he must grant
that he has taken the trail after the
rough rider had biased the way, and
against the Judrmmt of the highest en
glneerlng authorities.
I
Ola Age Pension.
New Tork Sun.
Representative Harry M. Coudrey of Mis
souri, who has Introduced In the house a
bill providing for old age pensions on the
English plan. Is a St. Louis business man
and an officer and director In several
large companies. When he addresses the
house on the subject of his bill, which in
effect proposes to take millions out of the
treasury, from which $181,973,70177 was
drawn last year to support veterans of the
civil war and their widows and children,
he might Inform the country whether as
a business man he advocates pensions for
the employes of the companies tn which
he Is a stockholder, payable out of the
treasuries of those companies.
Our Birthday Book
January is, 1810.
Rev. Charles A. Biigga, who figured in
one of the greatest heresy trials ever
instituted by tbe church in this country,
waa born January It, 1841 In New York
City. Dr. Briggs Is reoognlsed as a popular
preacher and an Inspiring religious teacher.
Klla W. Peattie, the novelist, although a
woman, admits to being born January U.
WSt. Mrs. Peattie lived in Omaha for
several years and Is credited with being
the founder of the Omaha Woman's club.
George E. McFarland, the general
manager of the Nebraska Telephone com
pany who came here recently from a
similar position with the Iowa Telephone
company, was born January It, 1K83 at
Union Springs, N. T. He has been In the
service of the Bell telephone Systeob con
tinuously alnos 187
In Other Lands
rte Idghts Wa Is Trans,
ptrtatr Aaseve; te Xfeas aa
Ta STatioM ef tbe Bart.
One ef the ehlef glories ef the French
people Is thrift. It is a distinct national
trait, and Us steadfast growth Is envied
by other races. Other nations have greater
wealth. In none Is the wealth of the nation
more widely diffused. There are 1!,847.69
depositors In the savings Institutions of
France, with a credit to each one of S74.A3.
By reason of Investments made abroad.
chiefly In Russia, aggregating f7.000.O0O.00O,
the national wealth haa been largely In
creased during the year, the total Increase
from all sources being placed at $1,000,000,000.
In the United States, with a population
double that of France, there are S.R31.8GJ de
positors In savings Institutions, as shown
by the report Of the comptroller of the
currency, or about one In nine, against
one in fmir in f ranco. The average credit
to each depotttor In this rountry Is 1420.45,
better than five times the French average.
Hungary has the largest average Individual
deposit of any foreign country, 82S1.U, while
the United Kingdom has an average of
70-100 a person. Japan has the smallest
average amount per Individual, t-M while
ah has next to the largest number of de
posltora, 14. 471 ,400, Germany alone exceed
ing her with 18,658,460 depositors, with a
personal average of $171 7-100. The total
amount deposited in all foreign countries
Is $9,710,938,(31, by S.R24.3S1 depositors, an
average of $101.64 for each deposit account.
The new labor law of Germany, which
went Into operation on the first of the
year, applies to the employment of women
and haa for its object the shortening of
their hours of labor. Every l-dustrtal
establishment employing not less than ten
persons comes under its provisions. The
new law provides that women over 14 years
of age must not work for more than ten
hours dally, Instead of eleven, as hereto-
fore, or more than eight houra on Satur
days, as against ten formerly. They must
not be employed before 6 o'clock In the
morning or after 8 o'clock In the evening,
In factories, workshops or other establish
ments to which the law applies. Further,
they must be given an unbroken Intermis
sion from work of at least eleven hours
between the occupation of one day and that
cf the day following. Thus, If work ceases
at 8 o'clock In the evening, It must not
begin - again , for the same women before
? o'clock on, the next morning, and, even
if It stops at 4 p. m.. It cannot begin
again before t a. m. In times of pressure
or rush of business, he authorities have
power to grant certain exemptions, but only
for limited periods, and, in any case,
women are not allowed to work In factories
for more than twelve hours, a day.
Attention drawn to Belgium has centered
ori rulers rather than the country, on the
orramental headship of a nation where In
dustries are more useful and profitable
than kings. The absence of the drain of
naval and military establishments leaves
the country's resources free for general de
velopment Belgium has 2,900 miles of rail
road, all tn state ownership. It has poured
millions Into the creation of a first-class
port at Antwerp, sixty miles from the sea.
on the River Scheldt, that wanders slug
gishly through a boggy country. The con
sequence Is that Antwerp is the chief out
let and Inlet of the commerce of Europe.
Belgium railways participate In the traf
fic So intensive and well distributed are
Its Industries that 42,000 men and nearly
80,000 women are employed at manufactur
ing tn their own homes. There are 212,000
manufacturing establishments outside the
homes of the people In which 1,200,000 peo
ple find employment. In spite of the fact
that Belgium is a country of few natural
resources and with a population number
ing more than 609 to each square mile, ni
mlgrants from France, Germany and the
Netherlands gravitate to Its cities seeking
better employment than they have at horne.
Italy threatens to make another raid on
church treasuries In an effort to Increase
the national revenue by $16,000,000. In mak
ing the Impost the, government' disclaims
any desire to add to the historic dispute
between the throne and the Vatican, but
declares that only the need of having more
revenue to support the public welfare nt
the nation compels this extreme step. So,
figuratively speaking, when the plan goes
Into effect the tax collector will go to St.
Peter's, St. Martt's and many other famous
structures that are the mecca of American
tourists and there declare what sums are
due In taxes. Not only must the churches
yield their tribute, but all the other places
of religious residences, such as monaster
ies and convents, will be called upon for a
Contribution to the resources of the com
monwealth. Church members the world
over, whose contributions sustain these in
stitutions, will be all the happier in the
knowledge that they are fattening the Ial
lan treasury.
A recent announcement of the comple
tion of the British and Congo divisions of
the Cape-to-Calro railroad emphasises the
Steady progress of the greatest railroad
enterprise In the world. The road Is now
open from Cape Town to the Congo fron
tier, which la a distance of about 1,147
miles and not much over one-third of the
entire distance which must be traversed in
the realisation of the original Rhodes con
ception. Work Is now under way on a
section which, when completed, will pene
trate 160 miles Into the Congo territory. In
the progress of construction northward the
southern borders of the equatorial region
have been penetrated, though the north
ernmost extension Is yet far away from the
equator.' That portion of the road yet to be
built will lead through the equatorial
Jungles, crossing the territory where Col
onel Roosevelt has been bagging rhlnocerl
and other game. And further to the north
ward, before the lands watered by the Nile
are reached, the Nubian desert must , be
crossed.
One of the nonconformist ministers of
London made a telling campaign point
(gainst Lords Curxon, Mllner and Cromer,
three British peers who have been exceed
ingly active on the stump. The minister
likened them to returned 'proconsuls",
having ruled as dictators over subject
races in India, South Africa and Egypt.. re
spectively. They are on the side of the
peers and against the commons, hv said,
because they "had returned to England lm-
' bued with the Idea of renouncing the rep
resentative principles of government
which they had learned to disregard else
where.' The seal and activity of Lord
Curaon In particular In behalf of the her
editary chamber exposes him to criticism
of this 'character and lu'dt somewhat to
the Impreaslveness of the clergyman's ref
erence In bis speech to the Roman pro
consuls who returned from their provlncee
filled with contempt for the popular gov
ernment which had appointed them.
.. Tarlftleae Teaaat Trsakl.
St. Louis Republlcl.
And still the wonder grows why we
should be hearing of coal shortage all over
the northwest when the dealers and lha
railroads had all summer In whla.i to ac
cumulate supplies. If the thrlf'y ant fo'
lowed so short-sighted- a poll:y It would
starve to death every winter until there
would be Be more ants.
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Nationalized in 1 863, Charier No. 209
One of the Safest 1
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3 Certificate of Deposit
la This Dank, Which Has
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M 1ui,.muu statement of November It. '0,
ahoweJ ,at this bank had outstanding In-
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POLITICAL PRUT.
There are fifty-one lawyers In the Massa
chusetts legislature. Fortunately titer are
thirteen newspaper men to watch them.
The political fans of Pittsburg are coach
ing Shortstop Hans Wagner for congres.
Some of his boosters believe he will stop
a cannon ball when he gets there.
Congressman Pat Murphy of Missouri
wants a federal law prohibiting the publi
cation of divorce proceedings as a matter
of news. Missouri, too, stands Pat.
Tom Watson insinuates that his chal
lenge to W. J. Bryan for a talkfest on
missions sent the colonel out of the coun
try. Tom haa a challenge in reserve for
1811
It costs about one-third as much to run
Chicago as it doea New Tork, but Chicago
Is going some. The budget for this year
Is $60,000,000. of which $11,000,000 la for per
manent Improvements.
The widow ii" tlis late Cor.gi-cs.iman
Griggs of Georgia has announced her per
sonal choice for the vacant neat and Geor
gia chivalry is expected to step up to ths
ballot box and oblige the lady.
One of the novel features of the new
municipal 'charter of ' Boston is a compli
cated recall provision. The term of the
mayor is fixed at four years. At the state
election , In his second year these words
must be printed on the ballot: "Shall
there be an election for mayor at the next
city election?" If a majority demand It the
election must be held and the name of
the mayor then In office must be placed on
the ballot without nomination unless he
formally withdraws it. This provision
practically requires a "vote of confidence"
in the executive In midterm, falling In ob
taining which he must either contest for
the opportunity of serving the remaining
two years or take his departure.
AN EXPEDITION WORTH WHILE.
Coatributlon of the African Hunt to
Science.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Those political and corporate enemies of
Mr.. Roosevelt who have been scoffing at
the Smithsonian African scientific expedi
tion and sneering at the possibility of
science , gaining anything from . such . a
tource must now confess their error. A
new animal has been, discovered, or rather
a new variety of a species. This may or
may not be important, or Its relative Im
portance may be a matter of opinion, but
It Is a fact, and justifies the scientific na
ture of the expedition. Whether It justifies
the expedition or not.
The name of the specimen is otocyon, not
to be confounded with Mr. Roosevelt's more
familiar quarry, the octopus. Reduced to
popular phraseology It Is a kind of wild
dog, or fox dog. It Is too bad that the
scientists did not stick to the suggestion
of naming It Octocyon Rooseveltus, not
that Its discoverer will need any brand of
animals or cigars to be named after him
to perpetuate hla fame, but on the better
ground of being particularly appropriate.
The octocyonlnae are distinguished from
all other fox dogs '"by having an extra
molar in each Jaw. Thus In the pursuit of
science even Mr. Roosevelt continues to
hanker for things with teeth in them. To
substitute Instead the name of Octocyon
Vergatua or atriped otocyon can never com
pensate for the failure to put stripes on an
octopus.
BO$tK FACTS OVERLOOKED.
Tfce Real Coiuniander-la-CUief of Con.
aervatlon.
New York Sun.
It seems necessary to remind some of the
friends of conseervation that the person
officially In charge of that policy and re
sponsible for its promotion is neither Mr.
Roosevelt nor Mr. Gifford Pinchot, but
tbe Hon. William H. Taft.
The republican platform of 1908 said:
"We Indorse the movement inaugurated
by the administration for the conservation
of natural resources; we approve all meas
ures to prevent the waste of timber; we
commend the work now going on for the
reclamation of arid lands, and reaffirm
the republican policy of the free distribution-
of the available acres of the public
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domain to the landless settler. No obliga
tion of the future Is more Insistent, and
none -will result to greater blessing to
posterity."
It will be observed that this mandate
was not addressed to Mr. Roosevelt, who
was then about to depart to look after the
conservation of the animal resources of
another continent. It was not' addressed
to Mr. Gifford Pinchot, who was then a
subordinate official and Is now. a private
oltlxen.
The executive person charged with the
direction ot the policies Indorsed and de
fined by the republican - platform of 1908
was the president elected on that platform,
and he Is president Taft.
The frienas of conservation everywhere
ought to know by this time how loyally
devoted he-Is to the performance of the
duty entrusted to him by the vote of No
vember i, 1908.
SAID IN FUN.
Mrs. 8poonamore Don't you think. Mist
Tartiin, the law Should prescribe a sevcru
punishment for a husband who spanks his
wlfeT
Miss Tartui-Whjr, yes: If he has mar
ried a wife who has no more spunk than
t n mt film tn.nb Via. Km nn.ht ) . .w.
pel led to live with her all his days. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Kind Lady You clear off, or I'll set
the dog at you.
The Tramp Ah, 'ow deceptive Is 'uman
natur'. For two nights I've slept in yer
barn, eaten of yer poultry, an' drunk of yer
cider, and now yer trtats me as an utter
Jtranger. The Sketch.
"Do you think that actor can sink his
personality in his part?"
"His acting Is heavy enough to sink any
thing." Baltimore American.
Irate Customer See here! That student
lamp you sold ine a week ago Is no good.
It won't work.
Dealer Beg pardon, sir. I ought to have
told you it was a college student lamp
Puck. "How high up are we now, Jerome?"
"Three hundred feet, ?r."
"Make It six."
"Hut if wo fall, sir?"
"If we fall the only difference will be
the slight time It takes us to cover the
extra 300 feet and I don't think we will :
In a position to fuss about that." ClovelatsC
Plain Dealer.
u.iiio .lurn Ainu ui:vi ft. lJiiw uiu
on your premises, and yet you B-e.y that,
you killed It?
wife was throwln' a stun at the hnns, an'
eomo way the deer, which was feedln' ronn'
back o' the barn, got hit. Boston Herald.
"Rivers, did you catch your train that
night I saw you running for It?" asked
Brooks.
"Yes," answered Rivers; "It was a closo
race, but I won by a nose."
"You won by a nose?" rejoined Brooks,
looking at the proboscis In question; "and
you call that a close race!" Chicago
Tribune.
COMPANIONS ON THE E0AD.
i ' ' William Wetmore Storey.
Life's milestones marking year on year,
Pass ever swifter as we near
The final goal, the silent end
To which our fated footsteps tend,
A year once siemed a century.
Now, like a day It hurries by,
And all the way Is weariness.
Ah, me! how glad and gay we were.
Youth's sap In all our veins astir,
When long ago with spirits high.
A happy careless company,
We started forth, when everything.
Wore the green glory of the spring,
And all the fair wide world was ours,
To gather aa we would Its flowers 1
How all has changed! Years have gone by,.
And of that joyous company.
With whom our youth first Journeyed on,
Who who are left? Alas, not onel
Love earliest loiteftd on the way,
Then turned his ft e and slipped away
And after him Willi footsteps light
The fickle Graces took their flight, :
And all the careless Joys that lent
Their revelry and merriment
Grew silenter, and. ere we knew,
. 11 i . i t a uIj1 ii 1 Alan "
Our shadows that we uaed to throw
Behind us, now before us grow;
For once we walked towards the sun.
But now, Life's full meridian done,
Thy change, and In their chill we move.
Further away from Faith and Love,
A chill Is In the air-no more
Our thoughts with Joyous Impulse soar,
put creep along the level way.
Waiting the closing of the day.
The Future holds no wondrous prise
This side Death's awful mysteries.
Beyond, what waits for us who knows?
New life, or Infinite repose?
