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4 THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, MARCH 2S, 1910. The omaha Daily Dee FOUNDED BY EDWARD HOSE WATER. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. Entered lit Omaha postofflce as second class matter. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Pea (Including Sunday), per week 15e Ially Ra (without Sunday), per week I'ally He (without Sunday). on year. .$4 Dally Ilea and Punday. one yer 00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Evening Flee (without Sunday). per week o Evening H-e (with Sunday), par week...V Punday JW, one year "52 Saturday He, on year I Address all complaints of Irregularities In lellvery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The H' Iiulldlnt South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Wuff IK Prott Street. Lincoln M Llttla Building. ChlraroIM Marquette Building New Tork-R.om 1101-1102 J'o. M Weat Thirty-third Street. Waahlngton 725 Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. '"ommunlootlona relntlng to news and editorial matter should ba addreaaed: Omaha Pea, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order pnyabla to Tha Pee Publishing Company. Only l-oent stamps received In payment of mall accounts Personal checka. except on Omaha or eaatern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT C CIRCULATION. 8tate of Nebraaka, Dougla County. : Georire B Taachuck. treasurer of Tha Pea Publishing Company. belne- duly worn, aaya that tha actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tha month of February. 1110, was aa follows: 1 43.140 K fl.70 1 ,.i 43I.BOO I 43,880 I 43,070 17 48.860 4 43.970 II 48,690 S 43,030 II 43,770 ;.. 41,740 10 41.M0 7 43,310 11 43,930 I I., 43.080 It 43,670 I 43.910 tt 43,040 10 48,980 14 48,810 11 43,700 ' 25 43,930 It k.. 43,100 tl 43,440 II 43.100 .- 11 41,700 14 ..... 4AUU0 II 43,870 Total , 1,199,860 Returned eoplee..,. 190 Net total 1.189,970 Dally average 48,498 i GEOROB B. TZSCHUCK. Treaaurer. Subacrlbad In my pretence and oworn to L'eforo ma tills lllh day of February, 1114. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public ?? eTlnsy tk city tCsnffl porarlly should bit The Be wailed to theaa. Address will he ehangje as often au requested. A few April showers la March would not be unwelcome. When George. Ado was In Arkansas recently why did be not write a popu lar version of "The Arkansas Trav eler?" But then the reforming of the House of Lords will not make any difference Insofar as the American heiresses are concerned. Chicago's "wet and dry" tug-of-war has been declared off, but the date for the performance In Lincoln has not yet been cancelled. Popuar"interest in the Rockefeller foundation Is lying dormant and threat ens to stay that way until after the distribution begins. What that Pittsburg .council cham ber really, "needs Is a liberal applica tion of tho iriost p6werful dirtnfeatani known to' criminal science. ' If those high school boys do a good Job on the. preliminary census, they may bo. .in. firm to take the school cen sus of Omaha a little later. The New York fire insurance com panies should have taken out an'accl dent policy some time ago as a protec tion against "unseemly exposure." Edward Parson Weston Is still walk ing hard and 'long and fast, although no one seeiiis to know what for, and Weston himself makes no explanation. Kentucky has passed a law requiring all convicted murderers to be executed by electricity! But Kentucky will first have , to catch the suspect, and then convict him. When, tha Insurgents saw what the possibilities were, they seem to have decided that a conservation of a repub lican majority in the house was the safest Wjfty out. Ex-Governor Vardatnan says that his defeat twas brought about by a com bination, of bad money and, whisky." Mr. Vardaman should communicate at once with Edgar Howard. If tha weather we have been enjoy ing for the larger purt of March Is due to the tomet, why not have a good, steady old comet engaged to come snooping around every spring? The Department of Agriculture will live In the hearts of tha American peo ple forever If it will only attach to Its cookbook a. checkbook with an accom panying "'bank account to supply the wherewithal. Our old friend and late law-maker, Judge Shoemaker, dooa not hesitate to declare that Mr. Bryan, -win never be able to forea tha democratic party to endorse county option. In tha poetlo language of Pinafore, "What, neverT" It is all right for the democrats to celebrate their victory now for fear they will hot ba able to do so next November.- November la usually in un lucky month for democrat tor some reason or other, which they always ex plain unsatisfactorily. ' ' ' Another thing that will never ba done right In Omaha uuder private contract is our street sprinkling. Tha true solution of the street sprinkling problem Is to give tha mayor and coun cil authority to create sprinkling dis tricts and require tha owners of abut ting property , to contribute prorata to tba expense lncurr Bailing the Maine. Tha poaeiblllty that congress may at tha present tension appropriate tha money needed to raise tha hulk of the Maine has been widely acclaimed not only as desirable for the purpose of re moving an obstruction to navigation out of Havana harbor, but also to re store tha bodies of American sailors still resting there in watery graves to their friends, or to give them suitable Interment. It Is twelve year since the Maine was sunk, and what Is left of It should have been raised long ago, but every time the proposal has been made soma undeflnable Influence has been exerted to prevent that consummation. The original desire to raise the hulk of that Ill-fated vessel had the additional, and no less Important, object to ascertain whether the explosion which precipi tated the costly war between two na tions was really from' the inside or from the outside. At the time of the occurence, tha sinking of the Maine was heralded broadcast by yellow Journals bent on forcing hostilities as a deliberate act of unfriendly Span lards, who had set off a torpedo with fatal results. The Spanish authorities persistently denied all responsibility for so dastardly a deed, and some of tha best posted officials of our own navy were all along convinced that the explosion came from something In the nature of a flareback or from the care less handling of explosives within its storerooms, and that if not purely ac cidental, the blame lay, not on the Spaniards, but our own men. Had the hulk of the Maine been raised with any degree of promptness, it would, no doubt, have shown tha direction from which the explosive force came, whether from within or without, and tha repeated failure of congress to make the appropriation may, perhaps, ba due to apprehension somewhere that a condition might have been found whose exposure was not desired. It Is possible that time and tide have now erased all the evidences which might be conclusive, and, If so, congress may feel safe In ordering the raising of the Maine. Message Brought Back by Fairbanks. Mr. Fairbanks has returned from his trip around the world, bringing to the United States the friendly greet ings of the nations he has visited. The world powers admire the "big nation of the western hemisphere," and their official representatives were exception ally cordial In their reception of our former vice president. No evidence of antagonism toward us or to the broad policy we have been following In our International relations was to be seen. Especially Is this noticeable In Japan, where Mr. Fairbanks was deeply Im pressed by the ardent tone of friend ship, frankly expressed, toward our people and our government There. Is no reason to believe that an appearance of amity was feigned for tha occasion and that all, especially the Japanese empire, are quietly pre paring for hostilities against us. The other powers have too much respect for our ability in warfare as well as In diplomacy. They all saw our battleship fleet on Its around-the-world tour, and were Impressed by the skillful and ef ficient manner . In which It was han dled. The "peace mission" of our bat tleships around the world, according to Mr. Fairbanks, was more far-reaching and quieting in Its effects than anything done by our nation since Theodore Roosevelt brought about the "Peace of Portsmouth . The most significant impression re ceived by Mr. Fairbanks arises from the -t superior energy and prograsslve ness of the Americans, emphasized to him by what "he saw of other peoples on his trip. "There Is nothing which fills ' the bill," be . remarked , as he reached hla Hoosler home, "quite like the United States after all. I am prouder of - being an American than ever before." During recent years a number of our most distinguished citi zens have, traveled extensively, and each has been similarly Inspired.. A broad, friendly international spirit pre vails quite generally, together' with an outspoken admiration for the American people. ' Passing - of the Prairie Schooner. With the settling of the great reaches of the west and southwest and the accumulation of wealth produced by the soil, the prairie schooner, as a vehicle for the settler. Is fast passing The little, white, canvas-covered farm wagon with its ox or mule team have given way to the sleeper car and the giant locomotive, and tha ovorland trail has been supplanted by the rock ballasted track. Times have changed during the last thirty or forty years and the old rickety prairie schooner Is chiefly a relic In the historical museums of the western states. Yet the prairie schooner played a part In the history of - this western country which can never be estimated. It has heap the Mayflower of western bound pilgrims since the very earliest days and bore through the wilder nesses -the heralds of civilization. It preceded the railroad by many dec ades; It preceded the postal service; tt preceded even civilised comfort; it carved out a trail to tha new under the guiding hand of the Iron-Jawed kings and tha noble hearted queens of the frontier. The days of the overland trail have gone and many of the sturdy sons and daughters of pioneer days are sleeping beneath the sod they helped to sob due. The work which they did is fast being forgotten and a new generation revels in the prosperity which thsy made possible. We ,forget the trials and the hardships, .the suffering and the heartaches of those early days in our enjoyment of the present, and the sons and daughters of those prairie schooner frontiersmen are the lords and masters of the land today. Yet the tumble-down old prairie schooner will always have a place as a reminder of those who made tha magnificent rec ord In a trying but glorious past. Beal Estate Activity. Omaha's business barometer Indi eates a period of continued and In creasing real estate activity. There is no question but that property values of almost all kinds In the city are on an upward moving market, and it Is the lesson of experience that rising values make for brisk demand. Omaha has a large amount of con struction work assured for the Im mediate future and each creditable new building, whether business block or residence, not only improves tha premises on which It la erected, but extends Its benefits to adjoining and surrounding property, while all taken together steady the real estate market and keep the general average of values constantly rising. Still another factor that must not be overlooked Is the live and up-to-date aggregation of real estate men who make It their business to handle Omaha real estate and to bring buyers and sellers together. When real es tate dealers keep In view the natural gains of a growing and enterprising community rather than tie speculative profits of sharp turns, they contribute a material element to the situation which begets confidence, and confi dence Is the principal leaven of real estate activity. A lot of money has been made by wise investment in Omaha realty In the past, but nowhere near as much as will be made In the next few years. Cement in the Canal. According to the Canal Record, which Is issued under the supervision of the Isthmian Canal commission, the concrete work on the Gatun locks re quires 8,800 barrels of cement daily. and, after the middle of April, the Pedro Miguel locks will call for 1,600 barrels dally. This enormous consump tion of cement reflects the rapidity with which the work on the canal Is being pushed, and what thoroughness and durability will characterize it when It is finished. The cement which has been used Is almost exclusively of United States manufacture, the larger part the product of Pennsylvania, al though thousands of barrels are shipped monthly from the big plants of the middle west The canal builders are sparing no pains to make the canal in every way as permanent as possible, consequently the concrete work is all of the best material. There la no such thing as weakening; the concrete ,w6r,k by econ: omizlng In cement, for the formula for the mixture is determined by the ex perts and an inspection of the "mud" is required before it is "dumped." In fact, everything is done that there need he no flaws or faults in the work, and that when it is completed the canal will remain Indefinitely with a minimum of repair cost Can Eggs Be Cornered! The persistent buying of. eggs by a Chicago firm at prices which partially eliminate competition and the prepara tions being made by this and a rival firm to continue heavy buying during April, indicate to some that a corner on eggs is possible for the coming year. As a usual thing, the price of eggs falls Immediately following Easter, and re mains below 20 cents for the season. But this year rival buying is keenlne the price high and it is said that car loads of eggs are being rushed from all parts of the' country west to. Chi cago for refrigeration. Presumably there is a blsr nroflt in eggs when early baying takes place. The eggs laid during the early, weeks of spring "keep" better in cold storage, we are told, than those laid later in the season: For this reason there Is a rush for the spring eggs and the price is kept high by the storage de mand. Similar activity of storage com panies has taken place In past years, but seldom so early in the season. No law exists preventing produce firms buying eggs for storage, and no law prevents tno storage so long as the provisions of the pure food act are compiled with. Anyone can bur as many eggs as he pleases and pay as high or as low a price as Is necessary to get thom.- There is nothing, either, to prevent the hens from Increasing the visible supply and putting the cold storage speculators in a corner, which Is a consummation devoutly to be wished. While Mr. Bryan's Commoner la talking up the election of United States senators by the Oregon plan as the next best thing to direct popular vote, the democratic politicians of In diana have turned down the proposal of Governor Marshall looking to the nomination by state convention of a candidate for senator along with candidates for other offices on the state ticket. Indiana democrats figure that they would be at a disadvantage this time in having a senatorial nominee and that a multiplicity of receptive can didates, with tha possibility of a dark horse, would be more help toward cap turing the legislature. In other words, democratic enthusiasm to "let the peo ple rule" la the election of United States senators depends entirely on whether the political trade-winds are blowing toward the democratic camp or away from it - The millions of dollars of money and securities in the custody of Ne braska's state treasurer are being checked up by representatives of the bonding companies, with everything so far found correct to the cent. ,ln cldently, Treaaurer Brian was elected as a republican. A revolution Is expected to break out in Santo Domingo at almost any moment. That reminds us that Santo Domingo has been on the map for sev eral months without a revolution. Things must have been so slow there as to be really unendurable, hence the revolution. Omaha's city, health commissioner has blacklisted for drinking purposes all natural Ice that was stored last winter when the plentiful supply of frigidity led householders to believe they might save money next summer. How Is the artificial Ice supply, any way? According to one of our district Judges the voting machine ranks "among the greatest Inventions of the age." That's what the candidate says who wins, but it's the hardest thing in the world to make the loser be lieve it. With compulsory military service and a population of 400,000,000 the war minister of China ought to have little trouble In developing the largest army in the world. But after the army Is collected, then what? . Cautionary Inspection. Kansas City Star. Mr. Rockefeller cannot complain If con gress insists on looking his $1,000,000,000 horae In the mouth and examining all of ita back teeth. Mr. Rockefeller has, In his time, made some very shrewd and quest ionable hoes trades. Some Difference In Retnrna. Kansas City Times. It will be recalled that the return from Elba was not a brilliant success. Tha return from Egypt was the one that scored. Also. It will be observed that the Intereating press dispatches of theiie days are not coming from Elba, but from Egypt. J . I Tackling av Largo joo. Wall Street Journal. Judges of tha supreme court aay they will read the record of Standard OH oaae. Testimony takes up twenty-three volumes; government's brief totals almost 1,100 pages; Standard Oil attorneys have also done their full duty that way. Doea not look like a decision In the Immediate' fu ture. 1 A Defaulter as a Critic. Baltimore American. The French government has another scan dal on its hands, and a very expensive scandal at that, Involving millions. The usual promises are made of a rigid probe Into the matter and a prompt locking of the door of the stable from which the steed has been stolen. A feature of the case bordering on the humorous is the fact that the defaulter himself Is coolly criticising the looseness of the methods which allowed of his peculation of so muoh public money. Pensioning-, (Em-Preaiaete. ; j, . Boston-. Transcript., What shall we dp .with our ex-presldents is a question on,. 'which from ,Ume to time there . Is considerable newspaper debate. The senate committee on pensions yester day answered the question so far as to vote adversely on, the proposal to give ex- presldents a pension of 110,000 a year. Mr. Roosevelt Is the only ex-presldent we have, and he does not let time hang heavily on his hands. One can never think of him as a pensioner, a beneficiary of the idea that ex-presldents, having nothing to do and with no place provided for them In our constitutional scheme, should be taken care of by the nation. America's Oatpot of Doctors. Philadelphia Record. In the United States there Is a physician to every 568 inhabitant. In Europe the proportion Is one physician to 1,600 In habitants. It Is said the overproduction in this country comes from Insufficient and low-grade teaching. It would ba a curious Inquiry, taking the above figure trustworthy, to compare the mortuary statistics of countries where there are too many doctors with countries where there are too few. Some years ago a very dis tinguished Philadelphia physician, now dead, declared "that if all the doctors in the oountry were decapitated, except the surgeons, there would be no change In the death rate. The surgeons and the nurses would save the day." GENTLE GRAFTER IN ACTIOX Fiction Outclassed by the Revelations t Council Bluffs. Denver Republican. As the Maybray case develops, tt seems to furnish plenty of "copy" for O. Henry and those other writers who dearly love to turn out a short story that deals with the adventures of the festive "con man" and the "easy mark." known In later phrase ology as a "Mike." In "The Gentle Grafter" there is no story that Is unbelievable, after one reads the testimony of the victims, who "fell" for fake foot races, horse races, wrestling matches and boxing bouts. A business man, who has shown shrewdness enough to amass a fortune goes on the stand and admits that he was led Into staking sev eral" thousand dollars on a "sure thing" horse race, which was pulled off in pri vate. Just as the horse Is about to win, the jockey falls off In a fit, and the money ia lost. But and here cornea the O. Henry touch of completeness the grafters are un willing to let their "Mike" go after one "touch." They know human nature, so they tell the business man that he can get his money back by putting It on another horse In another race. And, because he wants to win back what he has lost, the poor, deluded "Mike" raises several thou sand more, only to have the Jockey fall from the saddet, apparently dead. This "apparently dead" touch la one of the most effective notes In the picture. The fighter who was being backed to win fell, "apparently dead," from a solar plexus punch at the very instant of victory, The wrestler on whose pluck and endurance the "Mike" had staked his money, fell "apparently dead," with red-Ink blood gushing from his mouth, Just as he was about to pin his opponent to the mat. The foot raoer who was to win thousands tum bled, "apparently dead," Just as he was about to cross the tape and in every case tha poor frightened "Mike" was glad to be hurried safely from the spot, caring nothing for his lost money, owing to larger fear of the consequences of possible arrert. In all the literature of rougery there la nothing more cleverly conceived than the wltneaa stand stories of the up-to-date swindlers who made a apeclalty Of preying on wealthy "Mikes." It all goes to show that a rating- In Bradstrect's doesn't al ways signify that a business man la proof against a cleverly planned appeal to his cupidity. In the Fourteenth Massachusetts Former Omaha Man, Now in Boston, Writei The Bee About the Insided Causes and Lessons of the Late Poli tical Landslide in Special Election of Congressman. Down In thle section of tha world every- body eeems to be greatly excited, that la, those out of Massachusetts, by the re cent election In the Fourteenth congres slonal dlatrict of Massachusetts. The Fourteenth congressional district la aouth eaat of Boston, la a country dlatrict except for the eltlea of Brockton and Taunton, tt la a dlatrict that Is rock-rooted In re publicanism, and yet the republican can didate, Mr. Buchanan, In a district with 14.000 majority, has ben defeated by B.7M by Eugene Foss. I thought while writing you today you might be interested In a Massachusetta view of the situation from a Massachusetts republican. rnwn nina-ham fmm Boston, a little town of 4.000 Inhabitants, there lives an old man, 86 years old, whose name is Jlmmie Sweet. Jlmmle has lived In Hlngham for seventy-nine years, but he was born In Ablngion, an adjoining town, and moved to Hlngham when he was T years old. In the eurly spring, when peo ple Interested In matters that may come up before the town meeting have rome to Uncle Jlmmle to try to secure his support. Uncle Jlmmle has always replied, "Well, you know that I am not a native of Hlng ham. I have only lived here seventy-nine years. I think that you ought to go and next fa a aemocnu0 governor and lieu talk with the men who were born In Hlng- .-.. rrnnr ar. elected. W elect our ham. because I do not feel like expressing iwi opinion. Now, Mr. Buchanan, the republican nom- chnary manufacturer, a man of ability. Inee, who gained the nomination through problty, high charaeter, who has given the a lavish use of money furnished by Doug- ,lat8 a moBt excellent administration, but lass, the shoe manufacturer, who was uKe great many ebl business men, he elected governor on the domocratlo ticket has neyer learned to confer with the people three years ago, was born in Texas and when ne thinks about taking up any state came to Massachusetts into the Four- f,BUe. He acts on those matters as he acts teenth congressional district about eight on matters arising In his own manufactur years ago. He is editor of a democratic ng establishment. Then, again, he will newspaper In the city of Brockton, owned meet a delegation today on soma matter by Mr. Douglass, tha shoe manufacturer, and tell them that ho quite agrees with although he, Mr. Buchanan, claimed to be them and promise them that he wfll do a republican. Mr. Buchanan was an active what they wish him to do. Tomorrow an agent In defeating John I Bates by hla other delegation will call on him and he support of Oovernor Douglass for the wlU see a new light, but be does not think office of governor. He was rewarded for tt necessary, or does not think of sending this support by Governor Douglass by an for this first delegation to tell them that appointment as Oovernor Douglass" prl- unless they can answer tho argument pri vate secretary. He wa further rewarded, sented by the opponents he must be re after Governor Douglass declined to run leased from hla promise. Therefore, a greet again, by the presentation of the Brockton many men of standing and character In the democratic DaDer bv Governor Doualas. community look upon and speak of Gov- Now, through the Douglass money, Mr. Buchanan 1 nominated for congress, de feating two judge of the supreme court and four or five other aspiring old-time republicans. Now, what happened? The democrats could not get any candidate and Eugen Foes, who lives in Boston, outside of the district, who has been a republican all hi life and Is now a republican, a multi millionaire, wa Induced to accept the nomination by the democrats. He aooepted this nomination with a proviso that he would not be a candidate again If eleoted, so the revolt of the republicans In this district Is mainly to be attributed to their anger at having a democrat from Texas nominated by the republican party for congressman In this district Ther 1 not any antl-Taft, antl-Aldrlch or anti-Cannon sentiment In Massachusetts. There la not any t anti-tanrr sentiment. There is, of course, a fringe or sentiment in favor -of reciprocity with Canada, matuiy because there' are in Massachusetts from 80.000 to 70,000 voters who cams to Mas a- chuBetts from Canada. There are a great PRESIDENT TAFT Off TUB PRESS Relation of the Newspaper to Cur rent Events. ' Minneapolis Journal. President Taft, In his speech to the Chi cago newspaper men, probably did not mean to Intimate that th Washington corres pondent was less conscientious than the reporter at home. He ha had newspaper expertenoe himself, and he knows, as well as any other man who ha tried it, that what the newspaper man regard a the suprtme purpose of his profession is "get ting the facta before the public" Without any difference of motive, there may be different ways in which facta come to men, and different ways In which they Impress men.- Mr. Taft aa president, for example, is Impressed with the fact that it is very bad for him to get the thing before the publlo that he wishes to get there and yet the president of the United States has many advantages over the pri vate citizen In this regard. Everybody listen to the president He does not claim that his speeohe are mis- reported, and yet the president finds it hard to reach the public. This la almply because the public Is a large body, whose attention it la hard to get all at once. It Is hard also to get all the publlo to look at a thing the same way at once. Is this a disadvantage to a man, who, like the president, Is trying to get truth before It? Not unless you aocept the theory that tha president, or any other Individual, la capable of stating all the truth at one utterance. This cannot be, and hence It is no disadvantage that a thing has to be stated and restated a number of times be fore there Is agreement, for it 1 In the repeated statement that the fact finds actual lodgment in a sufficient number of minds to warrant one In saying that the publlo has grasped It. One of the alms of a newspaper is to state the facta as they appear to It. If newspaper statements differ, it is only be cause viewpoints differ, and not because there is a determination to misrepresent. The newspapers of the country and of the world, for that matter, were never so free from the evil of news-manufacture as they are today. Statesmen were never so free from disreputable assault. The press never took a higher or broader view of It re sponsibilities nor accepted with greater philosophy Its own limitation than at tho present time. ROOSEVELT'S PERSONAL FORTUNE HI Opportunities Said to Be tho Greatest Ever. "Holland" in Philadelphia Ledger. Some of the mor intimate friend xf Colonel Rooaevelt are of the opinion taat h found it necessary to expend hi entire income a president while ha wa in office. Hla peraonal fortune 1 not a larg one; It la understood to have yielded an Income of about $8,000 a year. But the making by him of a sufficient fortune within th next two or three year ia now regarded as certain. When Colonel Roose velt wa asked to become a law student under his long time friend, th late Frederick C. Holls, Rooaevelt intimated that hla ambition. If he had any, wa to gain a permanent distinction aa a writer. The Colonel Roosevelt who Is in action, the executive Roosevelt differs greatly from th Rooaevelt who I a student, an author and a reader of ' th claaalc. HI whole attitude, when in thl latter rela tion, la that of th scholar. There la no doubt that Colonel Rooaevelt take greater delight and flnda a finer mental stimulus mar.y more Inaurirente In Massachusetts who are tired of Roosevelt and hla policies than those who are disgruntled on account of any other reasona. and the reason for this la a simple one. In Massachusetts every third or fourth man you meet owns stock In a railroad, or a cotton mill, or a woolen mill, or a mining and manufactur ing- corporation. If the price of these storks declines he gets after the people who he thinks are responsible for this de- cllne. In Massachusetts there are over stockholders who own less than fifty hares eaon in me uosion A.oany r..- r0""1- The New York. New Haven A Hart- 1or6 ''" controlled by 10,000 stock- holders who llv9 In Massachuset ts. and their average shareholding Is forty-five shares each. Therefore, .when a man In Massachusetts has a few hundred dollars to Invest, Instead of Investing In, cattle, hogs or a farm, or city real estate, he In vests In stocks or bonds of some manufac turing corporation. Now It Is to understand how resentful he feels at some of the policies of the last six or seven years without entering Into any discussion as to whether they are right- or wrong. Tbs state of Massachusetts Is safely re publican by from 40,000 to 60,000 majority. and yet I would not be a bit surprised It governor every year. The present governor , nnvM-nnr Draner. a wealthy cotton ma ernor Draper aa a common liar, untrust worthy as to his promises. The lieutenant governor 1 a young man from one of the best families in Boston, born In the purple, but there Is no special reason for hi having been nominated for lieutenant governor. In the state of Massa chusetts, although having an election each year, w usually elect a governor for three terms, and the nomination of lieutenant governor implies the nomination of the lieutenant governor for governor, so there are a great many republicans who ar In tending to smaah the slate and defeat Gov ernor Draper for governor and Lieutenant Governor Frothtngham for lieutenant gov ernor, but ,that does not out any figure upon the standing of the state In the party column I have gone at length into this matter Decaue our capers are publishing- columns of editorial opinion from the newspapers c(- tn country who seem to imagine that Maasaohusetta is going over to the do- mpcracy. In thle Fourteenth eongTeaslonal district there are two ex-governor whom t,now intimately: both of these rentle- men voted for Mr. Foss In th late election. In literary composition, the writing of history or narrative, than he ever did ' in executive action. And it has been sur mised by many of his friend that he looked forward with the keenest antici pation to a career of scholarship and of authorship after he quitted public life. Critical readers of the various articles he has written for publication since he has been In Africa do, If they are personal friends of Colonel Roosevelt, discover in these writings the enthusiasm, the anima tion and the Intense mental delight which have been characteristic of his best work. The dispatches from Khartum report that Colonel Roosevelt has completed the manuscript narrative of bis experience, which is to be published In book form. What hi business arrangements are he and his publishers alone know. But it is the common lmpre salon that he la to receive for theae publications a greater sum than ha been paid to any living writer for a book or any literary work, and possibly to any writer of the present generation or his heirs. John Morley re ceived 150,000, It is understood, for his "Life of Gladstone." Carl Schurs received $40,000 for his autobiography. Th late Senator Hoar ts reported to have received $13,000 for Ma recollections. But none of these pecuniary returns wilt match the earnings of Colonel Rooseveft from his African experiences. If he were willing to deliver a course of lectures and to appear In the larger cities throughout the United States, he would gain a greater sum than Thackeray did for hi two series of lectures. Thackeray earned about $100,000. And Dlcken'a read ings brough him a little more than that. A a lecturer Colonel Roosevelt could be guaranteed probably aa much as 1300,000 for one year's course. It is very doubtful, however, whether he would sccept a proposition of this kind. Probably the only book, considered a a fortune maker, which may be compared with Colonel Roosevelt' narrative of hi Afri can experience was the personal recol lections of General Grant, which Is under stood to have yielded a little mor than $600,000 to the family. Our Birthday Book March 88, 1010. Norman Hapgood, editor of Collier' Weekly, was born March Z8, 1869, in Chi cago, lie ha written a lot of books and ud to be a New York dramatlo critic, having been in editorial charge of Collier's since 1903. Charles S. Toung. In charge of the adver tising work of the Milwaukee railroad, with headquarter at Chicago, 1 celebrating his birthday today. After graduating from Cornell he came to Omaha and started out aa reporter- for The Bee, getUng Into rail road work abbut ten years ago. William J. Hunter, the grocer, is forty, five. He waa born In South Dakota, and ha been In his present business her for twenty-four years. He was elected member of the Board of Fire and Polloe commission at the last city election. Police Commis sioner W. J. Hunter I 46 year old today. He ha been a resident of Omaha for twenty-three yeara Henry D. Schneider wa born March as, 1384. in Schleawlg-Holstein, Germany. He came to America In lua and'to Nebraska June I, 1KB, settling on a farm In Wash ington county. He has forty-four granl chlldren and eight great-grandchildren. In July last Mr. Schneider moved to Benning ton, where he I living aa a retired farmer with bis wtrt, ts years old. both healthy and hearty. PERSONAL NOTES. Harney Oldfleld ho broken several mora automobile record's, but ha hi neck In tact. Caruso's new contract from 1913 to 1514 Just signed with the Metropolitan Compaq assure him an Income of at least SlOf-.OuO for the season. In connection with the plnles hat it mliht be worth while for the arlrls to re member that some rather neat poetical tributes have been paid to the girls who used to tie 'em under their chins. Hugh W. Ransom, professor of mathe matics and clvtl engineering at the Har vard Summer school, and an assistant In structor of mathematics at the university, has gone to work as a laborer, at 11. M a day for the construction oompany that la building the Cambridge subway. General Simon P. Buckner, of Kentucky, Is In Mexico going over the battlefields of the Mexican war, where he fought with the American army of invasion when a young man. He Is accompanied by his son. Lieutenant S. B. Buckner, of the Ninth Infantry, U. S. A., now stationed at Fort Sam Houaton. Tha high coat of living does not seem to Impose a heavy burden upon Samuel G. Com per s, head of the American Federation of labor. Mr. Gompera ha Just Indulged In th luxury of an automobile In which he may be seen dally cruslng about the street of Washington. T. J. Walsh and W. O. Conrad have en tered the field aa democratic candidates for senatorial honors in Montana, to suc ceed Thomas H. Carter, republican, whose term will expire next March. So far a kno , Senator Carter has no opposition within the ranks of hi own party. Interested matrimonial bureau are drop ping hint that th French count who suc cessfully cut Into some of the Gould mil lions will annex another American heiress as soon a th pope annul the marriage with Anna. Should th unidentified helre- ,jj await th papal annulment she need not defer Joining the Noble Order of Lifelong Spinster. WANING POWER OF PREACHERS Painful Mraterr Dissolved by n Searchlight. Emporia (Kan.), Gasette. Our own Blahop Quayle of Kansas, who Is a dearly beloved brother, ha been malt ing speeches In th ea.it and a atory comes from Pittsburg to th effect that In tha course of an ail dress there he assailed th man who wear creased pants. . This doesn't sound like Bishop Quayle. It might b expected from Rev. Billy Sun day, or Rev. Kid Wedge, but the Kansas bishop is a sensible man and his friends will believe that he has been cruelly mis quoted until he returns to th state to make clear his position. He is aocused of saying something to the effect that the man who wears creased pants Is consumed with vanity, and devotes to hi garments the thought and oare which ahould b devoted to higher thing. The inference Is that the man who would be considered a good, useful cltlsen should wear pants that bag at th knees. The Gasette refuse to believe that Bishop Quayle Is the author of such an incendiary doctrine. Ail th world over, or at least In those parts of the world where men wear pants, the creaae I considered an es sential, and th man who 1 careless of it I always discounted. If a young man goes forth to hunt employment," th chanoe will be against him from the beginning if his pants are uncreased and his shoes unpol ished. The prises in th .world's broad field of battle are won by the men with creased pants, and not by those who ar slovenly. It Is a humiliating and mysterious fact that th majority of preacher are careless about their pants, and thu they cripple their own usefulness. In the old days of high pulpits it made no difference what kind or trousers th pastor wore, or whether he wore any, for hi peron, from his waist down, was concealed from view. Nowadays, however, the minister usually stands upon a platform in full view of th congregation, and he pace to and fro a h talks, and the fit of his pant force itself upon the attention of the worshiper. If those garments are baggy and crooked, aa they too often are, th are sure to de tract from the Influence of the sermon, and the people, Instead of following the reverend speaker through the winding of his argument, will be wondering why he didn't loosen up 60 cents and have hi J othes pressed. Many a fine discourse ha failed of It proper effect because th speaker' pant did not appeal to the ar tistic eye. I ' . . SUNNY GEMS. "With all your wealth in v . ia of the proletariat?" asked the delver in sociological problems. . n,' ain't." snapped Mrs. Newrich. We boll our drlnkln' w,t. " tkiu.i Reoord. """" "I -see that Colonel Rooaevelt vln monster dam at ruined old Assouan"" 'Y. There's something very strange about that dam." . . . . "wnat?" "It Isn't mentioned In nrnfina hlmtl" Cleveland Plain Dealer. "How could thav nlav aunh an n.ulna trick On that amori nhl man I. f.ul of the milk of human klndnaaT" that Is th cream of tha toire "nnitl. mor American. "Why Is Corwav scratch In th mrinit He hasn't any record, has hT" "He has to run everv momlnr to aoh his suburban car." Buffalo News. She (enthusiastically) I thl nlc Palm Ytavarfi is Just a perfect Garden of Eden, don't you? He Yes, but er a trifle more dressy, don't you think? Boston Transcript. "Why do you Insist on niaklns- aneahea on the unpopular side of a subject?" "W.ll " .-..,.11 m.A L- . c . ... . - - -." 'jrimiui ourgnuTn, ins people see so many arguments on the right side of a question that the onlv wav in get a reputation for sensational originality a iu cuiuisuivi mem. waanington mar. "I felt s'o sorry when I heani vn, waa burned down. Mrs. Jonea ' uM Mm Hawkins. It was too bad." M u. Tnn.. ,.. It had ltS brUrht Side. John anrf l' a.a both afraid to discharge our cook, but now that the house Is gone of oourae we don't have to." Harper's Weekly. "I aak for laa Ia r-lr, T ..I1. .. . ..... 'my remarka," said the new congressman. What has that wot tn An ih speech on th hog industry?" liuiulrad a floor leader. "NothlllB-. But the vmm. n.nnl. , district want m to Bend "em some good poetry to read venlnga." LoulsvllU Courier-Journal. BALLADE OF THE 0UIND. Arthur Chapman in Denver Republican. The city lost Is subtle charm. The furnace pipes have lost their henb. One aay: "1 wish I owned a farm." And turna away from dusty street; One most forgets th price of meat In thinking of far country ways: . The oop looks wilted on hla beat The grind I getting hard theae daya The file now meet th blade of mower, The atreet piano on the scrtiet The back yard needa a raking fcir. And there ar scads of can Vf gleam The Wishing creel la aometlme aaen. The mountain awlm In purple hase; The prairie roails are edged with green The grind 1 getting bard Uiese da) a The dawn leas slowly paints the sky, One see the goat that hlnta of bear, (I'nltii, of course, hla town be dry,) The moving plcturea bring no cheer. On ' favorite author seem quite drear. One yawna o'er novel and o'er play Juat aa It happens, every year. The grind 1 getting hard these days