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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1910)
FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOR ROftEWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha poetofflce aa second tlass matter. terms op sunsomrrtoN. Dally Fee (Including Sunday), per week.lto flly He (Without Bunday). per week. 10c tMr Mee (without Pundav), one year..MS Dally Bea and Sunday, ona year 00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Fvenlng Ree Otithotlt Sunday), per week. e Fvenlng Hea (wtth B'ihaay). per week.. 1 I'inday lira, o'i year.. W Saturday Bee, one year 1 W Address all romplalne of Irregularities In lellvery to City Circulation Departmaut officks. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and K. Council Blnff-I5 PWt Street Lincoln I,lttl Bulldln. Chicago IMS Marquette BulldlnC Naw Ynrk-rtooma U01-11M No. M Wnt Thirty-third fitraet. Washington 724 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRErppONnEKCR. rommunlCKtlona relating to tiw and editorial matter ahnuld ha addressed: Omaha Be, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. 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' Traaaurer.f eubecrlbcd In my preaenca and aworn to before ma thla list day cf January. 1910. i. ROBKRT II VNTER. , - Notary iPubUey abaorlhara Ivaviait h city teas, po-arlly afcoald hay the Baa mailed t ikeaa. - Addraaa will ka hansed aa afteaj aa rcqaaatad. In the spring the base . ball man'i rancy iightjy turns to thoughts of Call fornla. How long has it been since a col lection has. been taken for the grass hopper sufferers of KansasT It would, almost' seem that the sum mer season! would, b tthe time to In vestigate the cold storage business. Americans are wondering what scared the' Nicarauaa . armies , Into fighting for three', days without stop- P,n ' ... "Worth fils weight In gold" Is out of date now. The modern way of put ting It U 19 say "Worth his weight in hogs." , Those individuals who have been disgusted with February weather have little comfort In the thought that March Is yet to come. Wonder Vhat Senator "Jeff '.' Davis thought when he discovered that his greatest oratorical efforts were con sidered only a cd using t Much regret la belag expressed In the press that Olfford,-Plnchot failed to seize the opportunity to discourse on the cherry tree on February 23. It might be well to take the report that Dr. Cook la in Chile with a grain of salt, for his proofs have not yet been substantiated by the Danish court. Fenator Bailey of Texas has an' nounced that he is to spe.ak against the Dostal aavlnra Kill im.. . tun semes it; theNpasiage of that bUl is an as- sured thing; Another .poison case has developed In Missouri ';and all are guessing when the next victim will disappear. Mis souri has - a superstition that "all things go-by threes." Commancjer Peary is explaining to the naval committee of the lower house of congress Justhow he did it. Suppoe-e he can not satisfy the com mittee that lie did? It transpires that the automobile bought by the city council was one bought and turned back by a local brewer. Tkls ,1s where the anti Saloon league ought to get in its work. If that- enffragette "kissing cam paign" actuajly starts, a wholesale re volt and beard-ralaing. contest Is apt to etosue oft ' the part , of the men unless the privilege of selection is allowed. No, it is not to be Inferred from the instance of the two pugilistic women who fought a finish fight that the fairer sex is coming into Its own in Nebraska. That once does not count. If the .effort to raise freight rates skyhlgh between the Missouri valley and Chicago 1s any indication of fu ture developments, we may soon look for a system of aerial freight traffic. Da. Wylle. Is emphatlo In his state ment tlxst good cooking Is worth more than calculus, and be will be backed up in this stand by all the men, women, children and dogs In the coun try. The Water board wants the city council to. know that It will give due consideration to axy expression of its opinion Just tha same as it would to a similar, expression front any old im provement elub, t Mr. Taft on National Ecnnomv. In his Newark address Preaidpnt Taft has sounded strong the keynote of'economy in the conduct of the na tional government.. Economy in pub lic affairs with the Introduction of the budget system, accompanied by a w!4 reorganization of bureaus, commis sions and departments, to the end that unnecceflnry expense and extravagance may bo eliminated and a sound finan cial system ' maintained, is a stu pendous undertaking, but well worthy the effort. The disbursements of a government of ( the slae of ours are necessarily large. Our great special enterprises now being carried on, the Panama canal and the deep waterways project, mount up In their expense to hun dreds of millions of dollars. In addi tion, the cost of maintaining our con stantly growing departments, bu reaus and commissions for handling the affairs of the people in their nu merous lines of activity and develop ment Js steadily Increasing. The to tal disbursements In addition to the current expenses of the machinery of government make up an annual budget of colossal proportions. It is estimated that thorough reorganization ' of our minor governmental affair! could give ah annual saving of at least 1100,000,000. But we must remember that the United States, no more than Rome, was not built in a day. After tha first small start bad been made, hew work became constantly neces sary, calling for new departments and bureaus. As the scope or our national activity broadened the increase be came more marked and with it, nat urally, the cost of governmental liv ing. Our nation has had a wonderful growth and our system of national economy must keep pace with that growth. It would be absurd even to think of reducing the expense of gov ernmental conduct to the figure of earlier, years; economy does not mean going backward.. . We are accomplish ing too many great things ever to think of that, but a wise, businesslike governmental policy, such as that ad vocated by President Taft, must ap peal to all as strictly modern and strictly American. For a Tuberoulosii Sunday. The churches of the country are be ing asked to set apart Sunday. April 2 4, for the discussion of the subject of tuberculosis, its prevention and cure Being a nationwide movement, the co-operation of all the thoughtful peo ple of the country should be readily enlisted in what may well be called the greatest crusade the western hemi sphere has ever known. On this par ticular Sunday clergymenn all parts of the nation will unite to call atten tion to the campaign of education against this dread disease. commonly called conurumption, is Justly a cause for anxiety and more especially so since it has been proved to be a preventable .disease. The In terest and concern felt by our neoDle for our common, good and the special effort to stamp out the "white plague" bodes much for a higher standard of health tor America. Especially Is this true when pulpit and press, as well as physicians and educators, are Joined In the campaign of education necessary for the success of the undertaking. Tha old saying. "Cleanliness Is next to godliness," is apparently very appli cable insofar as tuberculosis sis con cerned. Cleanliness,- exercise, and fresh air are said to be chief factors In the prevention and cure of the dis ease. Such simple remedies are at the disposal of rich and coor alike, but the educational element necessary for applying them with success in nursing, housekeeping, cooking, care of, the yard and grounds, refuse heaps and foul alleys and gutters must be looked to by those best equipped for that pur pose. Local efforts have been made and tubercular hospital settlements have been established in many ' com munities with gratifying results. . It will be most commendable in the churches to take part in this practical and timely crusade for the stamping out of a disease so world-wtde In Its attack upon human life and vitality. Not Effervescence, But Judgment. "We shall not avoid mistakes, but, in the main, neither Inflammatory and demagogical appeal nor the dishonest arguments of special privilege will control the final outcome.'' These are the words of Governor Hughes, speak ing of our national traits as viewed by Washington, and - in substance he voices the sentiment of the sober, sound-minded people of the whole country. From a too close view the history of the republic might appear to be a suc cession of excesses and extremes. The doctrine of lalssez-falre and almost pa terhal Indulgence of our federal a-ov-l ernment In the earlier years of its ex istence . made possible many excesses and perhaps too great freedom of ac tion among all Interests and classes alike. The career of the nation some times looks like a succession of ups and downs; periods of exaltation, pros perity and expansion, followed rapidly by periods of depression, panic and contraction.. Hlstorisns. have noted tbat Americans are prone to extremes In political, social, commercial and re ligious affairs, varying from the stratght-laced stolidity of the Puritan to the easy French effervescence of the Cavalier. But the real spirit and Judgment. characteristic of our American people, as suggested by Oovernor Hughes, has always been the middle ground be tween the two extremes. One cannot propsrly estimate our history simply from a consideration of the extremes and occasional excesses - which have stamped certain periods of our career. To determine the true American spirit one must take the history In its en tirety and base the findings on the fundamental trend. Noticeably it Is the calm, sound Judgment of a Wash ington, a Hamilton, a Franklin, a Lin coln and a McKtftley which has ulti mately prevailed. Never has a greater premium been placed on deliberate and sound Judg ment in our national affairs than dur ing the first years , of this twentieth century. With such widely separated extremes to deal with as were never before manifested at the same time, the great middle ground may well be sought out carefully and adhered to with the firmness of a Washington. Although difficult to find, this path has led to our past greatness and must be followed for whateverof achievement there is for us in future years. Indiscreet. About the hottest fight between sa loon and anti-saloon forces that is going, on anywhere In the country Is taking place In Michigan, where things are decidedly at the boiling point. Of course, in a fight like this nothing Is supposed to be too bad for the forces of iniquity behind the sa loon to resort to, but the cause of re form presented in the anti-saloon movement is supposed to be actuated by the highest of motives and Im pregnated with the deepest respect for the majesty of the law. It seems, however, that one of the trusted leaders of the anti-saloon league has been "Indiscreet," to use thg words of the members of the head quarters committee in whose hands he has placed his resignation as state superintendent, or rather "has been caught with the, goods," to tfse the more slangy expression of the local newspaper. The "goods" In this case consists of a tell-tale letter written by Superintendent Morrow of the anti Saloon league to a detective agency In connection with an election contest on In Jackson, in which the anti-saloon leader asked If "it would be possible for you to send in perhaps a hundred or two hundred men from Grand Rapids or Detroit, or around about, on contract to vote on the day of elec tion." "According to the Detroit Free Press, which has published the letter In fac simile, the document is open to but one construction "the superin tendent was fighting the devil with Pfire; he suggested a resort to the un pardonable method of using illegal weapons on the ground that the enemy uses them." The tender-oi his resig nation uuder such circumstances might be construed by the bald rab ble as a confession of guilt, but the committee has so far failed to accept K because it prefers Jto regard the of fense as a mere Indiscretion, r The Michigan Incident will doubt less blow over, but it shows that the over-zeal of zealots may be manifested as the intemperance of temper ance. There Is danger in carrying even a great moral Ibbuo to the rnMnt of blind fanaticism that to achieve Its end would use any means no matter how vile or disreputable. We believe the great mass of people believe in moderation. They want 'the liquor traffic regulated and restricted and are horrified by its abuses, but they regard colonization of voters and fraud on the ballot equally reprehen sible, whether practiced In the name o? reform or In defense of vice. A reDubllcan "bualneas administration" is wasting t300.COO,000 of the people's money every year. World-Herald. - What rott Am If the cost of govern ment would be any less under a demo cratic administration. This reminds us of the reckless charges of extrava gance made by democratic office- seekers and organs two years ago against the republican state adminis tration here in Nebraska, and then the spectacle of a democratic governor and legislature last winter making appro priations far in excess of the appropri ations of the preceding republican state administration. The estimated cost of the Panama canal as stated by President Taft has risen from the first figures of $139, 700,000 to $297,000,000. Still, this Is 'not any worse In proportion than the difference between what our fresh water mariner said we could buy the Omaha water works for than what the board of expert appraisers said we would have to pay for it. The hearing in the Union Pacific merger suit has had one good result already In bringing out from General Manager Mohler the Information that the projected new headquarters build ing at Omaha la expected to cost. $1,SS9,000, exclusive of the site. This headquarters building has been prom ised Omaha aeveral times. Now for realization. A speaker before the Real Estate exchange Intimates that perhaps some ofthe typhoid In Omaha is due less to the water than to the filth and dirt In the streets, alleys and backyards. There is more truth than poetry In this assertion, but it is not likely to be popular with the doctors, who find the water supply such a convenient scapegoat. The Income tax amendment to the federal constitution has been sub mitted by congress and is waiting only ratification of tha requisite number of state legislatures. But that does not seem to prevent them from continuing to debate the subject In congress. Theodore Roosevelt, wearing a long, heavy beard, has emerged from the jungles of Africa. He is reported to be thinner than he was and U as The confessed inability of the po lice of Philadelphia to protect pron erty and maintain order in the street car strike there, reflects credit by comparison on the Omaha police for having come out so well when our street car troubles were on. A good Mile for the University of Nebraska authorities to follow: Put .no one out as a university extension lecturer In the name of the university who would not be a desirable lecturer In university extension in some other state doing similar work. Councilman McGovern is altogether too Impatient. The Water board be gan proceedings for the "Immediate and compulsory" purchase of the water works only seven years ago, and It ought not to be hurried. The charge of attempted bribery in the Virginia legislature looks pretty small beside what New York can do. It is said that the colonists who settled New York were a very thoroughgoing and hai'dy people. Raaaona for tke Ronr. New York World. "The American la a bad loser' says PrcBldenk Undorwood, talking of high prices. Not when the game la square. Can Conarrraa Be Feraoaded f Philadelphia Record. Should Fresldent Taft perauade this con gress to pass but a small portion of his program of policies ha'' will bo more for tunate in this reepeot than most of his predecessors. Itapture of Varallr Ties. Sirlngfleld ' Republican. The break between Mr. Bryan and Mayor Jim Dahlman of Omaha Is the real thing. Anyone who knows thernayor knows why. He Is "wet" to thaeyebrows, and here cornea Bryan along declaring for county option. It Is enough to rupture a lifelong friendship, . Truly Oreat Not Exempt. Philadelphia Ledaer. A statement bearing a Boston brand sets forth that franklin was a thief, Samuel Adams a defaulter, John Hancock pa better and Patrick Henry Just simply no good. And doubtless, since the truly great are not exempt from ; libel, some Indignant American will utter an opinion derogatory to the Boston authority. Too Mock of a Good Thlnn". New York Tribune. Senator Aldrlch says that If he as a business man were permitted to tun the federal government aa he saw fit he could save $300,000,000 a year. By all means let his bill for the appointment of a com mission to Introduce business methods be passed and let . the senator from Rhode isiana De a member of the commission. THE WHITIO IIO US If MAJT. Democratic Ideals of the 'prealdencr 'ftel. , . , . Washington Post, v ' When President 'Taft's 87-year-old aunt says he is "Just the same old win. hi. ger and busier, but Just as simple and un- anectea as wnen he used to visit me at Mllbury on .his vacations from college " she pays a remarkable tribute to tha chief executive. From tha storm' and stress r,t nnimm the factional quarrels in the ranks of the republican party, and the moll of mes sages, speeches, conferences, demands and compromises, the hopeful, cheerful, but de termined figure of the president has from March 4 last loomed large, with a humanity mm una maae u Kin with the country. President Taft took the helm when th ship of state was riding on troubled waters. There had been a storm, and the sea of public opinion had not yet settled. His was not the work of lashing the waves, but of soothing them and pushing onward. From the beginning he has known his goal, and has not swerved out of his course. And in the tempest he has not once lost his sense of humanity, his democrocy, or his good-nature. His old .friends are his present friends. He has shattered tradi tions In walking Informally through the Streets of Washington and in calling on old acquaintances. He attends all sorts of gatherings and enters Into the spirit of his fellows. He works hard and plays heartily. He dances, when he likes, and often attends the theater. There Is no formality about him, and yet the dignity of his nrrt i. preserved. It ever th democratic Ideals of the United States were upheld, they are being upheld now, and there Is In ths White House a president who Is "all man." Our Birthday Book Pebraary 85, 1910. B. H. Harrlman would "have had his birthday anniversary today. He was born February 26, 1848, on Long Island. Edwin Gould was born February 26, 1866 In New York. He is actively associated with the various Gould propertlesLaujquIred by his father. El L. Lomax, general passenger agent of the Union Paclflo, is 68. He Is a native Of Fredericksburg, Va., and has been rail roading since 186S. H went from the Bur lington to tha Union Paolflo In 1887. John Burke, governor of North Dakota, was born February 25. 18fi8. at frank, ,1, t ' and graduated at the Iowa University Law acnooi, wnere ne nad as claasmates several lawyers now practicing In Omaha. H 1. president of the Miasourl River Navigation congress. and presided over Its sessions In Omaha last December. Ralph M. Easley. chairman of the execu tive committee of the National Civic fed eration, and the active man of that or ganisation, is hi. Mr. Easley used to be a reporter in Chicago. Dr. A. H. Klpple, dentist, offlolng In The Bee building, la B. Ha la a Pni k birth and a graduate of the Toronto Dental college, in addition to that he has been president of tha Nebraska Aral r.n.i society and dean of the Creighton Dental college. He la also a member of the Water board. Dr. dustav Hahn. practicing physician, was bom February 26. 18fiJ. at Shebovran Wis. Dr. Hahn Is a graduate In pharmacy of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and In medicine of the Creighton Medical college. y John N, Weatberg, accountant, Is . He Is of Swedish nativity and was for two terms elty comptroller. James Corr, manager of the James Corr eompany, doing eleetrlo engineering and contracting, with offtees In The Bee build ing, waa born February 26. 1878. Mr. Corr with tha Omaha Eleetrlo Light and Power company for nearly tan years, nd three years with the Wolfe Electrla com pany, before prganlstng hla preaent busi convert) a year ago. Washington Life Soma Xatarestlnf Fhaaaa aad Conditions Obaarvad at ilia nation's Capitol. In courage, ooolneas and complete grasp of hla subject, Lewis Olavls. chief accuser of Secretary Ballinger. la regarded by Washington correspondents as the most remarsaoie witness congressional lawyers nave heard for years. A vouni man of 2 ha displayed the self-confldenca of knowledge and strength of nerve scarcely shaken throughout his ten days of examination. Members of the committee, among whom are many well known lawyers, declare that rarely In their experience have they seen a more clever witness than Olavls. He was on the witness stand for thirty hours during his direct examination, and, though questioned and cross-questioned by Sen ator Nelson, one of the best land lawyera In the country; drawn here and there by Senator Root and Reoresentatlves Olm sted and McCall, all lawyers of known ability, yet, through it all, ha remained the same oool, deliberate wltnesa. never getting flustered, giving his answers and explanations with assurance and fervor. He mas on the stand for cross-examina tion for the greater part of six days, ques tioned Dy the committee, utimercll'iillv quisled by Secretary Balllnger's attor ney, Mr. Vertrees. but he was nt II 1 tha same Olavls. Vertrees was coached by Mr. Schwartx, chief of field service, and Mr. Flnley, both government emoloyen. Yet Olavls never swerved. No less remarkable was his recollection of dates and contents of letters and telegrams covering a period of three years. An attempt to have the private serro. tarles to representatives placed upon the rolls as are other house emnlnvpx win h made when the legislative appropriation bill Is reported. ' The effect of this will be that member. now allowed $126 per month for clerk hire will have to show whether or not tha amount Is so expends. Privately, some members admit that the rule, whereby representatives certify that they have expended the allotted amount for clerk hire borders upon scandal. In that not a few seem to regard this $125 as a perquisite, to be used aa the individual member deems best. It Is said, by the Washington Times, that if the searchlight is turned on It will be found that some members have no clerks at all, that others are enabled to have their olerlcal work done for one-half tha amount granted, and, In some Instances, that one secretary does the work of two or three members of the house. There is now no record kept of the names of those secretaries nor of the amount they receive, the olerk hire allow ance going direct to the representative. v nen the provision for clerks -i t ir made, a member was required to certify tha amount expended for clerical ..st ance up to $100 per month and many mem bers paid thla sum tn their ....... Later, the amount was Increased to $1,600 per annum. At the last session an amendment to me legislative appropriation bill was of fered requiring clerks to take the oath of office, so that thalr names would appear on the house rolls. It was defeated on tne ground that if this were done, the amount carried by tha rolls would be in creased, because the clerks would be en titled to the extra month's pay. In the senate the names of clerical as sistants' are carried upon' the rolls. If the amendment Is offered by some member of the house who, can show that every cent of his 1125 all A b' secretary, It will be Interesting to watch the development of the rather delicate issue raised. ' One Of the difficult nrnhlnma uhlk .,111 confront the Investigators of the cost ht .iving win Be round In the concerted main tenance Of prices hasod on n.l.nl This is one of the difficult problems which have confronted the federal officials in their efforts to enforce tha Bhm The decisions of the supreme court seem to uphold the right of tho owners of patents to fix the selling price of patented goods. and yet the practice of ln rifllrtPn linn k..I patented inventions In manufactured ertl- even mougn tha invention may be of doubtful value, whenever the earlier pat ents are about to expire, affords a device by Which Selllmr nrlnaa mo- W. continuously controlled by the manufac turers without apparent men.. anti-trust Ia,w. It is expected that In this Vi ase or its investigations the senate com mittee will be able to ohtotn 11. .1 ... ance from the Department of Justice. The new story of how a II. " l".' th h" ! being diffused , w rm C,cle,,' reDorts the National Magasine. He was under the spell of Rooseveltlan hunting theories, and be lieved that the one thing lacking to com plete his statesmanlike make-up was that ha should be a real sportsman. He had r.eKe ft", f"h k"led bM- "r taken life in any form-except possibly In . u. . ouszing mosquito or a droning fly. It was a serious blot on his 'scutcheon "'"l never ro"Sht home trophies of the hunt An invitation came to Join a hunting party, and he accepted It with grateful haste. Excitement rose high at home while packing supplies for the trip There were things to eat and drink, and above all, ample supplies of bait and guns The ambitious sportsman was told Just what to get; he merely endorsed the order and sent it to the store to be filled. The party was soon ready to sally forth after game in the marshes. Getting into the boat they paddled Alnnar In tha the morning, watching the aunn- .h. embryo sportsman became absorbed in tha beauty of the river bank. .k. .... coming proudly up above the hilltops. Sud- 01 tne, boat twisted around a curve Into the midst of what looked like buoui x.uuu.uuu ducks. "Get your ammunition-get your gun ready-now steady," whispered the friend. In a frenxy of excitement. The statesman, came hastily down from the clouds and groped In the bottom of tha boat for the right Dackara vr j 1... gun, and racking hla brains for the many Instructions as to the proper methods of loading, he fumbled with the package, keep-, .... n oucks. while his friend was carefully "sighting. At last the paper was opened, the bag Inside untied-plalnly disclosed to view u .r. .... ... ..... doxen assorted fish hooks-ferocioua-lookln. hooka! With a glance more rmnuiv. ha .... worda, his sportsman friend indicated that this time for sura the statesman had un doubtedly "got the hook," .x-Fresldent Roosevelt has nna less araent follower In sportsman than be had a year ago. ambitions Frvteetloa of fBlle Laaids. ' Philadelphia Bulletin. It SOema that Secret rv Tin Ml. haa Just withdrawn more than 1.000,000 aores of. the publlo domain from settlement In order to provide more adequate protection against the poeelble wrongful appropriation of valuable ooal and phoephate deposits which it Is said to contain. This does not look as If the preaent administration were dlspostd to be negligent in the conserva tion of national reaourcea. Aa a matter of fact, Taft la undoubtedly no leu determ ined upon tbls policy than was Ttooeavelt. Established 1 847. PLASTERS Wherever Coughs, Colds. Weak Lunts AUcock's Wasters act at a preventive an wen as a curative. Prevent colds beromlng deep-seated Allcock's Plasters can always be distinguished by their fine balsam odor; this comes from the Frank incense, which has remarkable curative qualities. When you need a take a Brandretlfc Pill (Est 175a.) ,Ho:s;.:to:,o"o h.a0ach, d,..... PERSONAL NOTES. The bread basket will hang higher In New York, according to the statement that the long expected combination of bakeries is completed vlth a capital of 16,000,000. une good tnlng about the aasenns full of Halley'a comet, which la inri envelop the earth before long, is that we snail not be compelled to ret it through meter. Ihe sum of 140.000 wil h rtivMa among deserving seamstresses in New viu and vicinity through the generosity of an old-time actor, Henry Howard Paul, whoso will was declared valid recently in the supreme court. An economist declares that tha .mil.. should be limited numerically by the slxe ui me income. But, suppose the income should be diminished after, the family had been started on a financial, basis believed to be permanent? Mrs. Russell Sarn gave I1O.060 tn h. .iw women of New York with the understand tng tljat they were to raise $15,000 more in7,na.ve aireaoy rased i7.nno nf ih. amount and are working now to make up tne paiance in as short a time as Dossihie Two- of the promoters of the Mh itvin. banquet in Chicago, In a burst of oratory arter the feast Indicated knowledge of the price making departments of tha mant packerles. That Is lust what tha fa.i grand Jury Is seeking, and both dvators were invited to tell the Jury what they Know. Actually working Jn a Rhode Island mine and acquiring a practical knowledge of how coal is handled both above and below ground. James Bcollay Whitney, son of Henry M. Whitney of Boston, and nephew of the late William C. .Whitney of New York,' has caused much comment among his wide, cirole of friends. He is grad uate of Harvard, class of 1008. He will in herit part of his father's big estate, not less than $3,000,000. , THB UW OVER ALL. President Taft' Platform Broad , Enough for Everyone. . Philadelphia Press. The whole country will reanond tn presi dent . Taffs declaration, in hla speech at New York, that tlia law must be obeyed by all, and must be enforced over all. This -is a platform broad enough for every American eltUen. It is a principle sound .enough and fcroad enough for any exigency and any Issue. No. property is safe without the law.. No limt nmrita can be reaped outside Its limits. The law prohibits monopoly and combinations to maintain" prices for. the many to secure profits for the few. This Is the law of the land, it is thewlll of the people. It Is the settled principle and practice of the American people. "If the anforcemmt of the law," pointedly says President, Taft, "is not consistent with the present method of carrying on business, then It does not speak well for the present methods of con ducting business and they must be changed to conform with the law." They live in a vain show and believe in a delusion and a snare who imagine that an American president can take any other position, or act on any other principle. The response to President Taft's declaration from the whole country In the next week will oonvince every gainsaying doubter that this is the position of tha American people. Agree or disagree with the Sher man anti-trust law as men may. It Is on the statute book by the publlo will and It remains there, because congressmen know that Its repeal would bring a political ev olution next fall. Being there, the one way,' and the only way, to regulate and prevent the acts In restraint of trade and monopoly main tenance of prices, which the Sherman act makes crimes, Is by a federal corporation act, which shall give federal supervision and scrutiny. The last republican plat form pledged this and congress when it passes such an act will meat a pledge made before the whole country, known of all men and accepted by all. 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Sold by All Grocers Manufactured and Packtd Vtuiwr lit Siur of Tha PUNKXL BROS., Inc., Mfra., 445 to Annlv there la pan. , Rheumatism in Miou'dcr Relievedby otinft A!'.cock'i Platters Athletes use them for Stiffness or 5orencss of jnuv-lc. Pill tection in a measure more moderate bat sufficient, taking all Imporu, than any preceding tariff. Economy arid retrench ment have been carried out by the admin istration and must be by congress. Other ayreat reforms are In progrf?s. Postal savings banks are near. Wise conservation is under enactment. President Taft's luminous summary of republican legislation, part pending and to come, clears the air of more carping. It calls the republican 'part to its greater duties. Differences exist. Thev alwava will in a party, intelligent. Independent and self-governing. But on tho vital Isaues of the day "regular" and "insurgent" are united, and President Taft's recognition of Senator Bevertdge shows that ha will naval permit manly Independence to be penalised wiuie ne is tne nead or the republic and the republican party, No business wil suffer under hla ad ministration unless law-breaking was a condition of Ita profits and prosperity. 1 . SMILING REMARKS. ft-ucan mil. uri uii mu irtlCKI a nut he yelled in vain. J W The ne(lfltrlnn u-aa a ifotantlv a heeded not the yell. Awav rinvun dain In hla h.,l fc... 1mm that he had never, been on the track. Chicago News. . , , "Oh! VM" toaM Rnhhitha i.. company has secured a fire engine, but we naven t had a chance to test it vet." "No harna or hunspi nn ric. nhv ..Ht.' Cltitnan. ' "Vaa InHaail hut thav'i,. Bu... h, a down before' we got there.' Cath.ilio Standard and Times. Mark A ntnmr hail mlnA 1. 1 - - -- 111a viuiru yiuaii to lend him their ears. "I want them for a loan exposition," he explained. "1 have already a splendid col lection of Roman nemts." naving game,! their attention by thla little flifc'ht of fancy, he proceeded to fllnr fi. fhrlW.X hnilJinallai lit Ik.t 1.1. J. wiaiu. viikhu inounu. ftfranlfihall T ahh. lh. lAl..H. 4 am... traveling circus over the branch line? Manager Certainly not. You ought ta on any but a trunk line. Baltimore Ame(r- "tt youwould jret me on of thusA hiw sweeping feathers to wear In my hsU." murmured the young wife, 'It would tickle mo very much." . "Bi It would everyone near you," replied thft hard-hearted stpoui. "That's why I won t get it." ttaUiinor American. Alderman Smith's. KaKv waa wi u . : - v - " o lc-i UH u ill IB- fOTlrVl A n M svftrvhnilv r. raaa n II . - . or.rin vn.al cuinijn men tin the happy parortts. . , v i Deiieve, nam the proud mother, "that he In iFolnaT tn h a triai r nfOm.w. .. day." VhyTM nked lh ruddy-faced father. W...1. hiVa hak a. a . -no n vi.wio ru ui every Into her husband' face. tt pplneot.'s Mara- ine. THE POT AND THE KETTLE. Out on the slope where tomato-cans bloom Down the ravine where the winds are roaring There if you dig In tha drifts you will find Old Mr. Groundhog blissfully snoring. Out In the woods where streams run low Under the loe where the waters trickle This la the melody that 1 hoar lr,OK, "Old Mr. Groundhog Is fickle, fickle." 0,in.th.1gr?ve Wner" th" chickadees call --.'".i"" lane wher.6 ,he Juncos twltt4 "rx,i" IV" H,!,W scorn I hear, "Old Mr. Uroundhoar'. critter." " lal lse-hej-td .tne avfnue W1 winds sweep Shrieking shrilly o'er post and wire. Thla te the burden of song they bear Mr "rounhoss a consummate fibber. Up Pamam street the wild wind tears, i (Poor Brother Welsh can do nothing a0 Inn 4M And this Is 'the song' that the winds sing thun-a Old Mr. Groundhog's a false weather prophet," , . . i Door hla tonarue. Hls Inward convictions In silence 'must smother. That stern accusation falls dead On his Hps. For that groundhog might wake and squeal, "You're another." So out on tha slope where tomato cans bloom, Down the ravine where the winds are ruarlnflr. Under the Junk and the leaVea and the snow. Old Mr. Groundhog Is blissfully snoring. -llayoll Ne Trele. Everywhere Fur Food Serial Humbr $ Guarantee. 4S1 Wast 30th St. Nsw York F