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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
5.
1010.
Tiie Omaha Daily Bee.
roVTCDTO BT EDWARD ROSBWATKR.
VICTOR ROSEWATKU, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.:
. Oeorre B. Ttachurk, treeaurer of The Be
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
eaya that the actual number of full and
complete cnplea of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Roe printed during; the
monw or. January, mo, waa aa follows
' 49,440
17 43,010
t 41,700
1 4fl,430
4.. 41,300
. 41,400
4S.400
.1 43,490
t 40,470
' 41,700
10 43,80
11. 43,430
13 43,000
II 43,400
l- 41,400
! 49,670
1 41.770
II 43,700
1 43,S0
20 43,650
It 43,830
23..... 43,830
2t 41,350
24 43,000
21 49,640
2 43,030
27 49,690
21 49,650
21 43,080
30 41,400
11 43,370
Total 1,314.330
xaturned copies ,8i
' Net total 1,304,668
Dally average. 49,973
OlflOKGE U. TZSCHPCK,
. . . Treasurer.
-Subscribed In my preaenca and aworn to
before roe thla Slat day of January, 1910.
ROBERT HUNTER,
' NoU.iv public.
baerlbere learlaa; the city tare
i poirarlly ah on Id bare The Ue
Mailed then. Adareaa xlll'be
efca
4 aa often aa rtstaU -
'Anyone else want a slice of that
train robbery reward money?
, Well, it the barbers boost the cost
of hair cuts, we still have Buffalo Bill
td et the fashion.
Worth remembering: Omaha real
estate values have been going steadily
upward and none falling backward.
Looks as If Mr. Whedon ware rlnr
to ; rest .his claim . to Mr. Burkett'a
shoe on his ability as a letter writer.
The pension system is growing. So
is old age. Thus do extremes meet,
though not quite in the fashion of the
proverb. '
The United States senate Is said to
have been dramatized. Now we will
know just what happens in executive
session.
; Supposing the British do find the
South pole. It's always at the bot
tom of the map. They'll have to look
up to our discovery, auyway.
Reading numerous dissertations by
experts telling why prices are too
high proves beyond queotlon that the
blame belongs on the other fellow.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary must be already convinced that
republicans" will win out again in
South Omaha's impending municipal
election. '
'. A demand is to be presented to the
mayor and city council for the crea
tion of the office of garbage inspector.
Statesmen out of a Job will please
take notice.
Both dashes to the North' pole were
said to have been made in the month
of April. Too late, then, for anyone
to get there this year to dig up the
brass tube. '
' . The professional base ball teams
are - making ready to start practice
games in the south. This is notice
for' the fans to begin putting their
lungs In order. ,
If Governor Shallenberger had only
reconvened the lawmakers in extra
session we in Nebraska might be hav
ing; a legislative inquiry into high
prices of our own.
Expert examination of a 'Massachu
setts savings bank has Just disclosed a
shortage of $300,000. Sentiment in
Massachusetts is raid to be strongly
against the postal savings system.
Mr. Stagg of v Chicago university
says tout ball must be revised. The
game in its present state is too rough.
It's easy to see what member of the
Stagg family goes to bargain sales in
Chicago.
Ex-President Roosevelt advises
folks who want to have a gooi time
hunting big game to make a trip to
the -African Jungle just as he has
done. If you don't follow this advice
t will be your own fault.
Dr. Wiley'i salt water esg test . Is
bringing out lots of protests from
folks who, on trying it. report that
it does not work. Dr. Wiley should
be more careful abont his reputation
if he wants it to stand the test.
Judge Coxe, nominated by Presi
dent Taft to be chief justice of' the
new customs court, has declined to
serve. It the president wants to draft
a judge who will stick, he will ap
point one who Is not already holding
down a Judicial jc .
Taking the Wronj Tack.
Officers of the Illinois Manufactur
ers' association, who have been so
liciting the president and Congress to
do something to relieve corporations
from the publicity clause of the cor
poration income tax law pending ap
peal to the courts to test the validity
of the tax, have been pursuing most
Ill-advised tactics. Unable to con
vince the president by force of argu
ment that this, to them, objectionable
feature of the law should be abro
gated, they have undertaken to vlalra
special consideration on the ground
that men Interested in these corpora
tions contributed to the republican
campaign fund during the presidential
year. The secretary of the Manufac
turers' association has even gone so
far as to Intimate that solicitation of
campaign contributions from the offi
cers of corporations carried an implied-promise
to favor them In Just
such emergencies as this.
It strikes us that this Is not the
kind of talk to do the corporations
any good, and certainly not the kind
of talk to impress the president and
congress with the justice of their de
mand. It is a matter of record that
the appeals of the republican cam
paign managers for contributions to
defray the legitimate expenses of the
presidential campaign expressly re
minded the recipients that by Mr.
Taft'6 personal request the treasurer
of the committee had put himself un
der the provisions of the publicity law
of the state of New York and thatno
contributions from corporations would
be received. Doubtless individual
contributors to the republican cam
paign fund were Interested in corpor
ations of many kinds, as were also the
ontrlbutors to the democratic fund.
But those who helped the republican
cause did so because they had been
enjoying a prolonged era of unprece
dented prosperity under republican
administration and republican poli
cies and they did not want continu
ance of this prosperity Jeopardized by
a change" to the democratic party
loaded down as It was with a candi
date who lacked their confidence and
a platform full of vagaries and Isms.
The business interests of the country
had had a test cf what democratic
victory meant and recollections of the
panic and depression of 1S93 warned
them against another trial.
Representatives of corporations are
entitled to a hearing and to fair treat
ment at the hands of the president,
but the pretense that they are entitled
to anything more because of alleged
campaign contributions Is utterly
without foundation.
- land Law Changes.
The bill offered the senate,, placing
In. the hands of the president the right
to withdraw any public lands from
entry, for the purpose of pursuing a
general and comprehensive plan of
conservation, Is so simple and so prom
ising that it ought not to be subject to
any serious opposition. Senator Nelson
of Minnesota has the credit for its au
thorship, although reported from the
committee as a committee bill. In its
terms it empowers the president to
withdraw from entry any land whose
withdrawal in his Judgment will best
serve public Interest, such withdraw
als to be reported by the secretary of
the interior to the next session of con
gress. This bill is along the line of Presi
dent Taft's recommendations. Such a
measure will enable the executive to
pursue unhampered the policy of con
servation Inaugurated by Mr. Roose
velt by mere executive order without
speciflo authority from congress. It
will obviate such cases as that of the
Alaskan coal lands now being investi
gated by a special committee; the dan
ger of valuable power sites being en
tered by private concerns will be pre
vented and the general work of the
reclamation service will be materially
assisted. Forest preservation will be
promoted by the bill and every form of
land grabbing be checked.
The chief opposition to the measure,
which will come from some of the re
actionary senators, is that it takes
from congress the right to withdraw
the! lands from entry and vests it in
the president. .This feature most
commends it to the public. While con
gress might act wisely, it usually acts
very . deliberately, and more often
doesn't act at all. Under such condi
tions the interests of the public might
suffer Irreparably from inaction.
With the power in the hands of an
executive, fully apprised of the facts
and possessed of the ability and de
termination of Mr. Taft. for example,
the action needed would be immedi
ately taken, and the only loser would
be the speculators.
Omaha Does Fairly Well.
And now It transpires that Omaha,
although the largest city in Nebraska,
is not alone In its wickedness. On
the contrary, representatives of the
Anti-Saloon league, reinforced by an
imported detective, hate been digging
into the Iniquities infesting the twin
towns of Chadron and Crawford, in
the northwest part of the state, with
such a measure of success that tbey
confidently announce forthcoming
resignations from themayor and half
of the city council of one of
towns.
these
But why should resignations be per
mitted if derelict city officials should
be ousted without quarter by proceed
ings Instituted by the governor under
the Sackett law? Is the Sackett law
for Omaha only? Or does It apply
equally throughout the state? If the
governor Is charged with the ultimate
responsibility for the maintenance of
order and the enforcement of local
regulations it is reasonable to suppose
that giving Omaha a rest and turning
his attention to some of the towns
nearer at hand to the state capital, or
In more remote corners, he would find
plenty to keep him busy.
As a matter of fact, compared with
other cities In the stste, and with
other largo cities In other states,
Omaha does fairly well, all things considered.
The Work of Paring.
Preliminary steps are now being
taken for the wcrk of paving that Is
to be done In Omaha tile coming
season. As in previous years, every
thing holds out bright prospects for
getting down to business early and
prooeedlng without Interruption. But
the experience we have had year after
year with our streets torn up all sum
mer and work half finished on the ad
vent of cold weather cautions more
vigorous measures on the part of the
city authorities to make the contrac
tor! come to time. We should not for
get how damaging to Omaha the dila
tory progress of our street paving
proved to be last year. For weeks and
months our business thoroughfares
were piled high with paving blocks
and some of the most needed arteries
of travel completely closed, while the
contractors, with their contracts safely
In their pockets, consulted their own
convenience. Omaha is getting to be
a metropolitan city and paving' con
tractors should be held to a time limit
for commencing the work and com
pleting it, and be restricted from tear
ing up more than two blocks of a thor
oughfare at one time as required of
them in other cities.
When the law was passed putting
the clerk of the district court on a
salary basis of $4,000 a year, it was
supposed that this fixed the) limit and
that the old practice of absorbing ad
ditional, fees as perquisites had been
completely stopped. If the clerk's
right to extra compensation as a mem
ber of the Insanity board still re
mains, the sooner we find it out the
better, so the law can be patched.
The explanation Is offered on be
half of Governor Shallenberger that
the new convict labor contract for the
manufacture of shirts at the Nebraska
state prison makes sure against free
competition by providing that the
product must be shipped out of the
state. Of course, there are no such
shirts made by free labor in other
states.
Chairman Byrnes of the democratic
state committee, who has assumed the
management of the coming democratic
powwow at Lincoln, announces that all
candidates and prospective candidates
for places on the democratic ticket
will be invited to speak. If they all
respond to this Invitation every one
there will talk.
Our suburban town of Benson has
a modest program of public improve
ments, including a new sewer, im
proved highways, better street car
service and facilities ror illumination
with gas. The quickest way to realize
on these projects would be to apply for
consolidation with Omaha.
Suit has been brought in Indiana to
disbar a lawyer for persuading a
client, for whom he had secured a di
vorce, to deed him her house and then
holding 'out the proceeds of its sale.
How a little thing like that could be
enough to disbar a lawyer in Indiana
is past understanding.
Why should not the grading con
tractors responsible for the thick layer
of dirt on our pavements do the work
of cleaning up? If they were made
to do this the dirt haulers might be
more careful hereafter about empty
ing the contents of each load en route
to destination.
Notwithstanding the pressure on
the pocketbook, the steamship com
panies are anticipating unprecedented
ocean , travel during the summer
months. Perhaps passengers are
counting on catching up by taking it
out of the tips to the stewards and
cabin boys.
The banks are not complaining
about the publicity features of the
corporation Income tax law. The
banks even now have to make public
a more detailed exhibit of their
finances than is called for by the
schedule for the tax return.
The life of the working woman is
spiced with variety. If the shirt
waist maker loses her job, she Is to
get married. If the hello girl wants
to get married she loses her Job.
Sounds like the same thing, but
neither girl is content.
That article In the World-Herald
headed, "Consult Hitchcock," should
have explained that the Hitchcock re
ferred to is not the congressman-editor
of that paper, who is not consulted on
anything at all relating to public af
fairs at Washington
Troetfal Hopes Banlahef.
Wall Street Journal.
What has become of those reatful, peace
ful duys prophesied when the present ad
ministration took office.
BnalasT a Fall.
San Franclsoo Chronicle.
Aa an Afterthought, Japan haa given
Secretary Knox a certificate of good char
acter. It auggeata that he meant well,
anyway, even if he didn't know the thing
waa loaded.
Cold Feet at the Start.
New York Globe.
With aadneaa it niuit be et down that
there la no ground for hoping that thi
butcher wi'.l become leva olloua. i'o (Flat
ter what the outctrce of tin sulm. ther3 l
no rroepect that ci-t-rt J cro( will ma
terially hammer don the price of inAt.
Even though the packers were deprived
of all profits and were willing to continue
to operate their plants as eltmlt-, the ef
fect on prices would be scarcely discernible.
nreperttnsr file Wtefeea.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Balllrfger says he wants that Investigate
Ins; committer to "turn hla pockets Indlde
out." Aa there are a few lawyers on the
board, he will very likely have his wish
(ranted.
Jolt far Vesretartana.
St. Paul Pioneer Pr.-ss.
Just aa everybody Is beginning- to aeq-ilre
veswtarlan hobha there are rumori of a
breakfast food trust. The ul'.l.riflte con
sumer seems to be doomed to remain be
tween the upper and nether millstones, all
right.
Joroon otea of the Batcher.
Boston Herald.
The boycott Is on, but the butchers can
alng- wl Bobby Burns:
Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some would eat that want It;
But wo hae moat and we can cat,
Sae let the Lord be thanklt.
What la Likely to Ilnppen.
Pt. Lotiti Republican.
It baglna to occur to aome of the enemies
of the administration who have been very
willing; to use Theodore Roo.evelt'a name
to conjure with that Its owner may cm
home Just In time to give hi succesaor a
good, rousing- endorsement for the fall
campaigns.
Galranlslnar a Rusty Kact.
St Louis Republic.
Since the time when the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary, farmera'
wives and daughters have known that
sound eggs will alnk In brine, while
spoiled ones twill float In It. Chief Chem
ist Wiley makes rather a startling de
monstration In showing that cold-stor&ge
eggs float In brine. Unfortunately It la
not stated how long an egg has to be
refrigerated before It acquires this buoy
ancy. t
WARRIORS OF FOIR-SCORB.
Sixteen Army Officers with Reorda
Worth While.
Boston Transcript.
There are now on the retired list of the
army no less than sixteen officers of ages
ranging from M to 90. of whom two served
In the Mexican war. The best known
names on the Hat are those of Generals
Sickles, Osterhaus and N. A. M. Dudley.
The services of Sickles and Osterhaus have
been Interrupted by long periods of civil
employment, but General Dudley has been
an army officer for fifty-five years. His
record Is passed, however, by that of Gen
eral Robert Murray, whose , original com
mission aa assistant surgeon bears date
of June 29, 1S46. General Murray attained
the rank of surgeon general In 1883, after
thirty-seven years of continuous service.
While the late General Ruckers record
of longevity has not been reached, the
capability for. living and the comfortable
circumstances of these octogenarian vet
erans affords ground for hoping that some
of them will yet equal It. A retired gen
eral officer's lot ought to be emlnetly a
happy one, for it is old age associated
with distinction, and a degree of comfort
that most would reckon affluence.
COST OF "NOBLIi" HUSBANDS.
What the Gottld Estate Pot Vp for
Anna's First Title.
4 Chicago Interocean. .
The litest figures on what It costs an
American wbmarf to have a"'noble" Europ
ean husband around the house are given
to the public lir a - statement muds by
George J. Gould as one of the receivers
for the estate of Tils sister, "Anna.
Unfortunately, even these statistics are
far from being complete. They give little
more than the amount of debts which the
Count de Castellan piled up for his wife
during the period of his marriage approxi
mately $8,000,000.
Of thla deficit left as a legacy of the
count's undying affection the sum of $3,
8S5.143.50 was paid at the time of the
countess marriage to the Prlnoe de Sagan.
The remainder $2,144,866. BO la now being
paid in inatallmenta by an annual deduc
tion of 1275,000 from the piincesa' Income.
It goea without aaylng that the debt of
$6,000,000 does not represent the total ex
pense of keeping the count. The entire an
nual Income was of coure apen't every year
during the eight or nine years of wedlock.
And of this the count no doubt managed
to account for the greater part
If there were an aocurate tabulation of
the count's expenslveneas by a skilled ac
countant it would unquestionably be found
that he has oust, all In all, up warda of
$10,000,000.
There Is no reason, however, to Infer
that this Is the minimum for which a
"noble" husband can be maintained for the
period in question. According to the fig
ures, the present Income of the Princess
de Sagan, after the deduction of the an
nual amount required to entlngulsh her
debts In eight years, is about $300,000.
Now, It la a well known fact that with
this diminished income the former Coun
tess de Castellans Is living In apparent
comfort with her present husband, the
Prince de Sagan. And It must be clear to
even thu most careless observer that If a
princa can ba supported on $200,000 a year,
a count, In case of necessity, could be
maintained on a good deal leas.
In point of faot. it la hlgely probable
that the Count da Castellans would be
very glad at present to make matrimonial
arrangements involving " a comparatively
small annual outlay in his ' behalf. The
meager Income which his cousin Is helping
to enjoy no doubt appears of regal pro
portions to hlin Just now.
The only conclusion of a general nature
that can be drawn In this connection Is
that counts and princes coat Just as much
as they can. If there Is much money In
sight they plunge Into It with both hands.
But If there Is comparatively little they
manage to bo fairly well satisfied.
J Thla conclusion ahould prove of particular
interest anq value to tnose contemplating
an Investment In the foreign title line. If
acted on It should save American parents
and heiresses a tidy sum.
;
Our Birthday Book
rebraary 6, 110.
Hiram 8. Maxim, another of the family
of lnventora, was born February 6, 1840, at
Hangenl le. Me. He waa knlrhtrd by
Queen Victoria, and now livea in London.
J. W. Marshall, general agent In Omaha
of the Otto Qaa Engine worka, waa born
in Pittsburg, Fubtuary S, 1862. Mr. Mar
shall has been with hla prevent employers
since 1890.
Dr. Frank W. Blabaugh, the dentiat, was
born In Randolph, O., February I, 1873, and
graduated at Hiram college. Ha was pro
testor of the Creighton Dental college for
four years, v -
Robert R. Rlngwalt was born In Pitts
burg, Penn., Feb. (. 1643. He was a stu
dent at. Western Pennsylvania university,
and came to Omaha in 1.178, aa general
agent of the Empire Line Pennsylvania
lal'voad. .'' f"1' UI' succeaafully
r'prtftnl
In Other Lands
Bide Iilgbta oa What Is 7raaa.
plrtag t.mong the Sear and
rar xTatloaa ef the II art h.
An Impreanlve development of the Indus
trial progress of Oermnny Is the growth of
strike Insurnrio? societies doing business
with tho employers and workmen. They
embrace practically all Industries. Reports
from thlrtc-n noclMI-a show Insured mnnu
faeturers emnlnylnc 1 JOP.OOO men. Resides
lhee there are twentv-alx enployers' unl
'ens which have a mutual system of Insur
ance, paying cotnper'j'ntlon at fixed rates,
and nine cvoprrMlve unions which pay
employers compensation according to the
merits of the strike. Methods of compen
sation differ widely. In some the em
ployer must ONtnbl'sh that he Is not respon
sible for a strike or lockout. The lenarth
of a strike comes Into account. Some pay
from the start of a strike; others from
tho day It is formally reported to them;
others only after It has lusted a week;
still others. If the strike has lated a fort
night. The limit of compensation by the
larfreat society Is threo months' stoppage
of work. The Insurance rate varies from
H of 1 per cent of tho wage bill of 1,000
mer or tinder, Increasing to 1 per cent as
the number of employes riach 5.000 or
more. In event of a rtrlke the employers'
compensation ranga from 12' per cent of
the wage hill of 1.000 men down to 2H per
cent for S.OOO men or ove. In three years
one of the larger societies collected
premiums on wages aggregating fl00.000.0no
and paid to employers aa compensation
$K,000. The profits of the aocietles Is enor
mous, due to the fact that strike Insur
ance by both capital and labor strongly
tends toward amicable adjustment of dis
putes. Nonpayment of Insurance to an
employer guilty of forcing a strike has
proved a wholesome check on the pugnacity
of industrial magnates.
Sydney Brooks, London correspondent of
a number of American publications, con
eludes a series of papers on "Tho New
Ireland" In the North American Review-
On the subject of home rule Mr. Brooks
remarks: "To grant home rule Is not to
make the Irish character instantaneously
strong, but It Is to furnish the fusing and
essential elm?p.t out of wh'ch strength
may be slowly formed, an element which
with things as thev are, Is not merely
wanting, but is all but unattainable. It Is
an old truism, but none the worse for
being old, that responsibility In the long
run Is the only thing that makes men
responsible; and a people perpetually at
strife with Its rulers, its national genius
thwarted, and its national aspirations
throttled, Is a people, desperately hand!
capped In the evolution of self-reliance and
virility. Ireland, as I have tried to show
la making, on Its own Initiative, efforts
that are little less than heroic to overcome
this handicap. It Is developing character;
It is developing unity; it has started,' it
mtght almost seem, on a path which, if it
does not end in Its being given what It
wants, may end In lta taking It. The func
tion of England, at lta widest, is confined
to helping It to help itself. To attempt
to supersede Its own valiant endeavors
after regeneration from within would be
as senseless and as futile as to attempt to
check them. All that England can usefully
do is to second, foster and stimulate them,
and to provide the opportunity for their
further evocation. It is for that reason, If
It Is really desirous of Irish well being,
that It will ultimately grant home rule."
The . new year marks an advance step
toward ultimate native rule in India. It (a
not much of a stride, but It is in the light
direction. Under the new arrangement of
greater native participation in legislative
affairs, inaugurated last month, the vice
roy's council has 870 members, Instead of
126 aa formerly, of whom .a total of IX
will be elected, as agalnat thirty-nine
elected heretofore. The council will be
enabled to take an active part In
budget conatructlon and new leglHla
tion. Ail religious and special Interests
may elect representatives to the viceroy's
and provincial councils. There remain as
before eight councils namely, the imperial
or viceroy's, and one each for Bengal,
Madras, Bombay, the United Provinces,
the Punjab and Eastern Bengal and Assan.
In the Imperial council officials of the
Indian service have a majority of three,
while In the others the non-official members
are in the majority. For a time at least,
increased native representation will allay
some of the Irritation and discontent
openly manifested last year. But
the main source of dlsoontent remains and
Is likely to inorease, unless British rulers
ohange their methods and their nature.
"The Englishman," writes Paul Kennaday
In the Forum, "is England's greatest
enemy In India. By his arrogance and his
selfishness, by his lack of sympathy and
understanding, by his airs of superiority.
ho has spread wide through 300,000,000 sub
jects cf the British crown, discontent, dis
loyalty and hatred."
For the first time since the great
Mehemet All, early In the nineteenth cen
tury, Journeyed to Mecca, the new sultan
of Turkey led the annual Mohammedan
pilgrimage to the famous shrine, this year.
The Journey afforded atrlklng evidence of
modern progress. In the old (Jayg foot
power and patient camels were the sols
means of transit. Now the Journey Is made
by railroad to Medina, through a aectlon
hitherto marked by the bleached bones of
pilgrims who perished from starvation and
thirst and robbery. From Medina to Mecca
the distance and the roads make the Journey
little less than an excursion. "A century
ago," remarks the New York Sun, "there
existed but one good description of Mecca,
and that written by a Frenchman who
had obtained his knowledge second hand
from an African renegade who, crossing
Into Spain, had fallen under the spell of a
Spanish woman. He married her and be
came converted to Christianity, but later
sought to rehabilitate himself in the Mo
hammedan faith by making a pilgrimage
to Mecca. It was from him that Thevenot
got the material for his book. Since that
time Burckhardt spent three months there,
Burton made his adventuresome Journey
and many others have entered the sacred
city and returned to tell about It."
Among many impressive specimens of
tho political harpoon hurled against ducal
hides in the British campaign, this from
the London Newa, liberal party champion,
la unmatched In penetrating power:
HORATIO NELSON.
The Victor of Trafalgar,
Had a Brother,
who
Had a Nephew,
who
Had a Son.
wiio la the present
LORD NELSON.
Thla lordly person naa received a
Pension or. Lb.iKU par annum lor
alxty-aeven yuare! ! ! Thla sum,
together with a moderate interest,
amounts to
More than 4:660.000. For what?
Btcauae
He had a Fathr
W ho had an ;"nie
Who had a Brother
Named Horatio Nalaon.
HE VOTED AOAINST
OLD AGE PENSIONS
FOft THE ArtF.D iwia
Ahsoluioljr,
Roys!
Baking PovsScr
Ixrprovaa tho
and adds
e . v
hoalthfulaoas
of tho food
P0LITJ-AT TjUIIT.
H. Wade Ellis, assistant attorney gen
eral, Is named by the Cleveland Plain
Dealer as the man who will try conclu
sions with Governor Harmon In the race
for governor next fall.
Two months In Washington was aplenty
for Senator Thompson of North Dakota.
Ill-health Is given as the reason for his
resignation. Appointment of a successor
devolves on Governor Burke.
"Rigid economy" overshadows all other
words In the political lexicon of New Tork
City. Mayor Gaynor persists In making
the introductions, but all the veterans pass
'em by with a sign of recognition.
Tom Watson announces that his offer
of $10,000 for a Joint debate with W. J.
Bryan, on foreign missions, will remain
open for the year, so that Mr. Bryan can
start a profitable conversation when he
comes home.
Enough pnllrlral grafting haa been un
earthed in Chicago, if rightly handled by
the courts, to swell the number of en
forced exiles at Jollet. Last year between
$175,000 and $227,500 was wasted by the
bureau of sewers. Naturally the boodle
smells some.
There are no qualifications or mental
reservations in the charge against State
Senator Allds of New Tork, Senator Con
ger, the accuser, says: "I heard and aaw
Senator Allds receive $1,000 for refraining
from pushing a measure of legislation.'
The transfer happened In 1901. The proof
is to be submitted to the state senate, sit
ting as a trial body, next week.
Senator Beveridge scored In the Indiana
primaries the first round in the battle for
re-election. He is thus given a clear field
on the republican side. The main struggle
Is to come In- the fall when members of
the legislature which elects the United
States senator are chosen. Quite a repub
lican land slide will be necessary to over
come the democratio advantage to hold
over members of the legislature.
SURPLUS LEGISLATION.
With Fewer Raforrrable I.nwa Would
Not tho Coaatry Be Happier f-
New Tork Sun.
There Is Infinite variety In the forms of
harmful legislation. Bills become laws that
are needless because they have to do with
matters covered by previous legislation.
Bills are Introduced to meet, or with tho
hope of meeting, purely temporary condi
tions. In other cases lawmaking is of the
experimental sort, based on theories that
have nothing whatever to do with practical
experience. He must be a manifest crank
who Is not able to have his pet hobby in
the way of Improving humanity made the
subject of a bill, or part of a bill. In the
course of the session.
The recklessness of lawmakers Is but a
manifestation of the superstition of legis
lation, that Is to say, the belief In the
efficacy of legislation, as such. Some of
the sanest men and women in the com
munity cannot avoid this form of credulity.
Just as In equity there Is supposed to be a
remedy for every wrong, if It can be found,
so they Imagine that every 111 in the body
politic may be righted if only the proper
law is made, the proper machinery fitted
together.
It is astonishing, however, to note how
little even these enthusiasts care about
a law once It has been put upon the statute
book. Those who were full of enthusiasm
for the act of legislative creation are quite
careless whether there is any attempt at
enforcement. Indeed. In many cases, you
might Imagine that such superstitious legis
lative sealots Imagined that a law was a
sort of sacred rello radiating Improving
Influences without any attention from any
body. As long as it Is known that there Is rio
Immediate and imperative relation between
The "BELMONT"
with the "ARA-NOTCH"
THE "BELMONT" is the only
collar that will sit like the illus
tration on every manand the
"ARA-NOTCH" is the new device
that makes it do it.
The "ARA-NOTCH" locks the
collar.
It eliminates the
Dotners.
It makes the collar easy to put
on and easy to take off.
Ask your dealer to show it to you.
Arrow
5c each, 2
CIuoh, Paabody
ARROW CUFFS,
flavor
to uto
Absolutely Pu
lawmaking and the enforcement of the
laws so made, legislators, for the sake of
obliging friends, for the sake of bluffing,
for the sake of creating false Impressions
in the minds of their constituents, for the
vake of making cheap capital for thair or
sanitation or party, will go on working
for the passage of bills that ought never
to have beon introduced, much less to have
reached the point where executive approval
or disapproval was necessary.
With fewer, vastly fewer, laws, and all
those Enforceable and enforced, thla com
monwealth would soon discover to what
slight extent its security and happlncaa
were dependent on legislation. ye
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
"If the people bust the Beef trust,
may make lunVber cheaper, too,"
"How?"
"If peoplo don't eat meat they won't
consume toothpicks." Kansas City Times.
"Have you ever wondered about your
husband's past?"
"Dear me, no; I have all I can do In
taking care of hla present and worrying
about his future." -Boston Herald.
Mrs. Jones This milk looks suspiciously
blue.
Dealer Madam, my cows were raised in
the blue grass region of old Kentucky.-
Woman's Journal.
"Isn't It queer that so many people de
clare they go to the treater for amuse
ment?" "Why Is It queer?"
"Because no matter wh n you go there,
or what kind of a show it is, the audience
is always In tiers." Baltimore American.
"Because no matter when you go thtrej
$500 a week to do a turn In vaudeville as
the StrongeHt Man on Earth.
"There's more money on going on the
road with a partner and giving fake wres
tling matches," he said. Chicago Tribune.
She History repeats Itself, you know.
He Not always. You never heard of a
man eloping more than once, did you?
Yotikera Statesman.
"Softletgh Is a man who thoroughly be
llevcs In himself."
"Gullible ass!" Boston Transcript.
"Runnln' one o' them air ortermobeels
do be fine spurt, I reckon," said the old
farmer as ho watched the owner cranking
up the engine.
"I-'ine Is the proper name for It," an
swered the other. "I've paid more money
for fines during the last year than I paid
for the machine." Chicago Newa.
"Old Mra. Smith was complaining the
other day that she had no luck with her
sons."
"How so?"
"One wtnt blind, another went mat-y
and the third went to the bad." 'T
"But sho had a fourth; what became of
himt"
"Oh, he went to the legislature." Balti
more Amerloan.
THE CHEAPER CUT.
Detroit Free Press.
It may be that it's Just as' good, when once
you have It chewed;
It may be that it does the work of more
expensive food; '
It may be that it nourishes and serves
- man's purpose, but H
Last nlprht I tried and tried and tried to "
cut a cheaper cut.
Perhaps when once you've eaten it, and
stowed It well away.
The pangs of hunger trouble not, but still
I cannot say
That you are riKht or you are wrong. In
Ignorance I strut
Last night I tried and tried and tried to
out a cheaper cut. .
i '
The carving knife, though keen and strong,
made no Impression there;
I tried my razor, next an axe, and even
tried to tear
The roast apart, to no avail, I called for
scissors, but
In eplte of all my efforts, still I couldn't
cut the cut.
1 i
I don't say that It's not as good, and that '
that it isn't meat.
And that the stomach couldn't do this gas
tronomic feat:
I don't deny the truth or what you say or
doubt yoj, but i
I merely say I tried and failed to cut that A.
cheaper cut.
buttonhole that J
Collars
for 25c
Co., Makers
25 cents a pe
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