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TIIE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 30. 1910.
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STATEMENT OF C1KCULATION.
'State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as:
Georwe B. Txachurk, treasurer of The Bee
Publishing Company, belna- duly awom,
says that the actual numbs of full and
complete coplea of The Dally. Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of June, inio, was as ioiiows
lfl
in
1 43,700
I... 44,1.00
I.... 44,70
4..... 44.180
6 41,630
43,980
7 43,700
1 43,830
44,000
10.V, 43,090
11 44,420
11. 41,400
II... 44,400
14 .....44,640
15.... 44.410
It...
IT...
II...
20...
, .44,120
. .44,510
. .44,530
..41,500
, .44,600
11 44,660
21 44,730
21 44,770
24 6,030
25 45,130
ft 41,600
27 40,410
28 43,000
2 44,340
20..., 44,880
Total
Return od
Coplea.
,1,331,600
10,380
Nei Total 1,911,120
Dally Average 43,7041
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 30th dav of June, 1010.
M. p. WALKER.
Notary Public.
nbecribwra leaving the city tem
porarlly should hare The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed aa often aa requested.
Anyway, July has proved Us ability
to come back. '
That third party
fainter every day.
call is getting
Several persons have thus far sur
vived the heat In St. Louis.
No Check on Ballot Fraud.
The failure of the suit brought by
the editor of The Bee to enjoin the sec
retary of state from certifying the
names of democrats- on the populist
ticket without exacting the filing fees
required by law means that the ballot
fraud by which the democrats are mis
branded as populists and given two
places on the ballot will be repeated
again this year. .
The defense in the case was decid
edly unique, admitting the contention
that the primary of each party Is sepa
rate and distinct and calls for separate
and distinct filings, but setting up,
first, that no private cltfzen has any
legal right to Interfere, and second,
that a mistaken opinion of the attor
ney general should outweigh the plain
reading of the statute. In dismissing
the case the judge seems to have al
lowed himself to be controlled by the
last mentioned defense, which to us
appears to be as unsound as It
vicious in its consequences.
The attorney general's opinion
this case was given in the first instance
In advance of a supreme court de
cision, which has practically reversed
him, and If he has persisted in giving
bad advice to the secretary of state
that does not make it good law. If a
mistaken opinion by the attorney gen
eral will Justify an illegal act by a
state rmcer and deprive the people of
redress, then all a state officer requires
to perpetrate any outrage or violate
any law with impunity Is to fortify
himself with an opinion from the at
torney general's office. In other words,
such a decision substitutes the attor
ney general and his law clerks, acting
exparte and without responsibility, for
the duly constituted courts of the
land, and declares that whatever mis
taken reading of the law the attorney
general Is willing to stand for becomes
conclusive on the courts.
Passing up the legal points involved,
however, the glaring fraud of this bal
lot Juggling is no less rank, although
committed by leave of court; it is no
less "embezzlement under the form of
law" and no less tho purloining of
votes by masked political burglars
The misbranding of democratic candi
dates with the populist label becomes
all the more scandalous by reason of
developments since tnis suit was
started, the populists pledging their
nominees to measures which the demo
crats have condemned. If the courts
will not stop this ballot fraud the next
legislature should amend the law so
as to compel every candidate to march
under his own flag.
a nation of Germany's power and pres
tige could scarcely accede to the Ma
drls proposition under the circum
stances. And the circumstances are
simply these: That Nicaragua is not
acting In good faith, that while Madrlx
is acting as president In the capacity
of the head of the better element of
nationals, he Is nothing more nor less
than a Zelaya man, faithfully carrying
out the despised Zelaya policies and
that furthermore, the United States, if
it has erred at all with respect to Nica
ragua, has erred on tne side or, con
servatism and patience. The controlling
powers under Zelaya and Madrls can
expect no comfort from any Influential
nation so long as they continue their
present snake-ln-the-grass policy.
Massachusetts seems to -have
bandits under control at last.
her
Filipinos are making war on beri
beri. Just so they do not start in on
dig-dlgs.
Perhaps Butler Ames would consent
to take Senator Lodge riding on his
aerocycle.
Anyway, a state platform 1b not, in
Mr. Bryan's eyes, so binding as a na
tional platform.
There Is Just one consolation about
this weather In Nebraska we have no
chlgres to go with it.
Those Wall street lambs will really
not miss their fleece this kind of
weather as much as they would later.
Results in Nebraska, Iowa, Minne
sota and Ohio would at least indicate
that the Taft administration la hold
ing Its own.
The Minnesota democrats have fol
lowed the old democratic way of mess
ing things up so as to make it easier
for republicans.
It Is hardly to be hoped that the'
man elected senator from Rhode
Island can be regarded as Senator Al
drlch's successor.
Of course, If Mr, Bryan could come
back by pointing to some victories be
had achieved for his party it might
look different to Colonel Watterson.
St. Louis led in percentage of gain
In bank clearings In the hottest week
of the year. Its inhabitants must have
been blowing themselves for electric
fans. ' ' -
Dividends and Bates.
The voluntary decision of the rail
roads to postpone their Increased
freight rates until November 1 must
not be mistaken for a determination
to abandon the fight for greater reve
nues. It is simply, a means of ena
bling them to prepare more effectually
for pressing their original demands
preparations that will help them to
make a more plausible showing.
One move on which the more pros
perous roads are said to have agreed
is that dividend rates will have to
come down and part of tho enormons
sums, now going into dividends will
have to be converted into Improve
ment and reserve funds. Eight and
10 per cent dividends do not make
good argument for the necessity of
higher freight rates, especially when
the public realizes that many railroads
are earning from 20 to 22 per cent on
their actual. capitalization, and nobody
realizes this more keenly . than - the
railroad magnates, who. are shaping
their plans accordingly.
It will be much easier to defend
plea for higher, rate when dividends
are on a 6 per cent baslaror it will be
more reasonable to ask that they be
enabled to maintain 6 per cent rather
than 10 per cent, dividends. There is
no question that the pressure for divi
dends has been overdone, , and evi
dently the railroads are appreciating
this fact, only because, however, o
their determination to increase their
earning power. - It does not follow
though, that higher freight ratea are
more Imminent, even if this alteration
In accounting is made. What the
courts are apt to see is the central fact
that rates are, in comparison, higher
than formerly, and high enough, no
matter how earnings may be diverted.
It looks aa if the Grim Reaper had
struck the Harriman estate, for it to
tals only 171,000,000, where estimates
bad run from $100,000,000 to 200,-
000,000.
Chlcagoans are complaining that
every time they go to call on Miss
Lake Breeze they find her away from
home, which proves her to be a very
giddy miss.
stones upon which tbe superstructure
of these new communities are to be
reared. Of course this has been
largely the principle of empire build
ing .but it should nevertheless not lose
Its charm In one day. Rather It ought
to be one of the most attractive forces
to draw the best people into this
country.
Tho suggestion is offered that the
different street carbines in Omaha be
distinguished for the benefit of strang
ers by easily recognised and distinctly
different signs. Not a bad Idea, yet
no distinctive marks should be intro
duced that would prevent the transfer
of cars from one line to another to
meet special or emergency demands.
In Other Lands
Side tights oa What la Trans,
firlag Aa Wear aad
Sa JTatlons of the Earth.
Minnesota Democrats.
The state convention of the Minne
sota democrats Is noteworthy because
of the apparent blunder the party
made in nominating aa Its candidate
for governor, John Llnd, against his
avowed determination not to rnn. But
is even worse than that, for Mr.
Llnd. in his original statement, said he
could not make the race, and more
over if he did it would have to be on
county option platform, and the con
vention, which named him against his
wish, also refused to place county op
tion in its platform.
Even If former Governor Llnd
should now stultify himself by being
persuaded to accept the nomination
and make the race, he could scarcely
hope to win, and in tbe event of his
ultimate refusal to run the party must
be almoBt, if not wholly, as badly
handicapped by any second choice it
might make. He would have little
prestige and less party unity behind
him, since the convention was torn
into factions over the Llnd nomina
tion. The upshot of it all looks like
certainty for the re-election of Gov
ernor Eberhart and a republican vic
tory at the polls.
But since the convention has acted
Mr. Llnd, who is on th4 Pacific coast,
is quoted as irrevocably determined
not to accept his party's nomination.
And John Lind is one of the shrewdest
politicians Minnesota ever knew. Be
fore his election as governor on the
democratic-silver republican ticket in
1898 he had been in congress three
terms as a republican from tne old
Third district. Then came the silver
republican wave and swept him, Char
ley Towne and a few other republicans
Into the camp of the opposition. Lind
was still able to win as a democrat
largely because of his strong personal
following and Scandinavian nationality
and was elected governor over Judge
EubMs of Minneapolis, but was de
feated for re-election in 1900 by Sam
uel R. Van Sant by the scant margin
of about 2,100, while McKinley carried
the state by 77,000. Yet Lind was
able agajn to muster up strength
enough to go to congress from the
Minneapolis district after his defeat
for. re-election as governor, and It is
possible that bad he been regularly
nominated this year for governor with
out any parleying he would have made
a good race, hut it is inconceivable
that he or any other democrat can
now give the republicans serious
trouble.
Minnesota is normally a republican
state. Before Lind it never had
democrat in the governor's chair, and
both he and the late Governor John A.
Johnson won only because of person
allty and nationality and not because
of their party, but in spite of it.
Colonel Watterson in his esteemed
Courier-Journal says, "Some men get
their wisdom late, some get It early
and some never get it at all. Dear
Mr. Bryan of Nebraska has yet to get
what is coming to him." But it 1b 100
to 1 you cannot make Mr. Bryan be
lieve it was wisdom that he got when
he got It.
All agree that Grand Island outdid
Itself as host for the late state conven
tions that met there. But that does
not detract from tho fact that Omaha
Is, the, only. city In. Nebraska fully
equipped to take care of a gathering
that attracts more than 500 out-of-town
visitors.
The only county commissioner who
voted against the new court house in
all its preliminary stages, and opposed
building it altogether, is now seeking
to make political capital out of the
erection of that structure. The peo
ple have not such short memories.
AH the Nebraska platforms this
year promise legislative redistrictlng
based on the 1910 census. There will
be no dissent to this except from those
sections of the state which have more
representation in the legislature now
than belongs to .them.
Tne omana Automobile club an
nounces that it has already acted
favorably on the plan which The Bee
cited from Topeka for erecting guide
posts on the country roads leading
into Omaha. Give the Automobile
club a credit mark.
It seems that Associate Editor Met
calfe thought that Editor Bryan would
stand for his' compromise, but Mr.
Metcalfe must realize now that either
he Is not a good mind reader or Mr.
Bryan is not a good subject for absent
treatment.
Teaaft Lack.
' New Tork Sun.
The Peerless Leader denies that he in
tends to bolt the democratic ticket. He will
stick to the last.' ' ' The1 democratic; party
was always unlucky. '
Water Offset Steam.
Dea Moines Capital.
That heavy rain came to Nebraska Just
in time. Otherwise with two state con
ventions held there this week the heat gen
erated might have put the corn crop be
yond the pale of redemption.
Reports coming from varlowi l.omioii
quarters presumed to be posted on the
dolnga of the commission, which Is seek
ing a solution of the conflict between the
House of Commons and the House of
Lords, persist In the statement that a tent
ative basts for home rule for Ireland has
been reached. Press associations reflect
ing both tory and liberal party views give
currency to the report, usually in guarded I
terms, because the discussions are supposed
to be more of a secret than the executive
sessions of the United States senate. There
may be much or little In these current
rumors. Irish nationalist correspondents
merely mention them, carefully refraining
from raising hopes that might be dashed
in their Infancy. It la worthy 6f note,
however, that th home rule reports, com
ing from opposing sources, give currency
to favoring views expressed by two dis
tinguished world, cltiaen Theodore Roose
velt and James Bryce, British ambassador
t Washington. Roth opinions refer to
the possibility of an Anglo-American Alli
ance, a subject bruited In dlplomatlo cir
cles for years past. It is stated that during
Mr. Roosevelt's second call on King
George this subject was Informally discus
sed, and that Mr. Roosevelt expressed the
pinion that such an alliance was Impossi
ble, while the Irish-American sentiment
resented England's treatment of Ireland's
claims to self-government Substantially the
same opinion Is said to have been ex
pressed to 'his government by Ambassador
Bryce. Both gentlemen are competent
judges of the situation, and If they did
not express them in terms and manner
reported, they are known to hold such
views. Coupling these with reports of the
ttitude of the commission, and th belief
that King George desires a settlement of
the age-long feud In Ireland to signalise
his enthronement. Irish optlmlats consider
them worth keeping In mind aa hopeful
signs of th times.
a
The remarkable development of th Gor
man empire in agriculture. Industry And
commerce, mentioned In this column last
week, has -not been equally beneficial to
wag earners aa a whole. An investigation
conducted by the Imperial Statistical office
of Germany into the coat of living of fam
ilies of wage-earners and salaried persons
show surprising results. There were 852
families included in th Investigation, all
of which kept accounts of all expenditures
for twelve months parts of 1907 and 1908.
All but five had Incomes of not more than
5,000 marks (11,190). These families con
tained 3.9G3 persons, or an average of 4.64
persons to a family. The average annual In
come of the 852 families was $521.72, while
tbe average annual expenditure was $531.70,
resulting In an average deficit of $9.98. It Is
stated that expenditures are probably re
ported mor accurately than receipts, which
may account for part of the deficit. The
highest average family income reported was
for families of teachers, $784.06, followed by
that. for. families of officials of secondary
rank, $681.09, and of salaried persons in pri
vate employ, $681.12, while that for families
of unskilled workmen was $410.91, and the
lowest was for families of workmen not
classified, $378.14. Th expenditures for the
several classes of ocoupants corresponded
with the lnooraes, the highest average ex
penditure being for families of teachers,
$8lS.67. and th lowest for workmen not
classified, $385,01. The deficit shown In the
averages proves that In Germany the high
oost of living absorbed all the advantages
of general prosperity,
Oa tbJ Job.
Washington Herald.
As nothing further has been heard from
Mr. Carrlgan since he announced the dis
covery of Dr. . Cook's records on top of
Mount McKinley, the presumption Is that
the fool-killer promptly attended to him.
' PopalaVltr of Swat-Feata.
Houston (Tex.) Fost.
That Nebraska situation becomes more
and more interesting as th insolence of
th democratic people grows. It is getting
so In this country that men are beginning
to take a liking to th job of boas-swatting.
Messrs. Murphy of New York, Guffey
of Pennsylvania, Sullivan of Illinois
et al. must have been heart-broken
when the news from Grand Island
reached them.
In commenting on the Nebraska
senatorial situation Collier's Weekly
shows Its ignorance by overlooking the
candidacy of Would-be-Senator Al
Sorenson. Collier's should keep better
posted. ,
A democrat . who could excoriate
Judge Parker and then swallow the
dose aa did Mr. Bryan in 1904 must
not be expected to bolt his party, no
matter what kind of political medicine
Is mixed for htm by the party-bosses.
The painful duty now devolves upon
Congressman Hitchcock's World-Herald
to rcake pretense of belief that
Mr. Bryan really prefers Mr. Hitchcock
over all comers in the senatorial race
notwithstanding his" denunciation of
him as a brewer's mouthpiece.
This it Madriz'i Tip.
President Madrlz of Nicaragua prob
ably believes now with the rest of the
world that diplomatic expressions are
not always to be construed literally
For instance, when the German era
peror in a letter addresses another
ruler as "My great and good friend
he does not necessarily mean what the
term Implies, but Is simply using it
because the amenities of diplomatic in
tercourse suggest no plainer term. The
United States did not need to be re
assured by the German Foreign office
against the sinister motive imputed by
some meddlesome little countries to
the use of this expression, nor did It
arouse any serious apprehension in
other real powers.
But Madrls evidently made the mis
take of taking the kaiser literally, for
upon the heels of this merely formal,
personal note, the Nicaraguan execu
tive makes the remarkable request
that Germany use its friendly offices
to stop the United States from what
he calls interference with bis nation.
Of course the first Impulse will be to
construe Germany's prompt refusal as
a simple indication of its friendship for
the American government and Its un
willingness to offend us, but no such
occasion for proof of Germany's friend
ship was necessary and this one could
not be taken as such, for while these
two countries are on terms of most cor
dial association, even if they we're not.
Now Let Them Go West
Those thousands of American farm
era who have returned disappointed
from Canada, where they bought land
In the hope of reaping rich harvests
can now do no better than cast their
fortunes "Tn our own west, which has
long ago passed the experimental stage
and offers sure rewards for intelligent
industry and even small capital. Be
tween the Missouri and the coast is an
empire of agricultural and mineral
wealth and it is being opened up to
settlers under a system of great ad
Tsnt?: included in which is tbe ac
tive aid of the federal government to
ward development of reclamation fa
cilities. What is further contributing to the
stability of this part of the west is the
railroad construction now in progress
and planned for the future. Tbe rail
roads have shown their faith In this
country by the investment of millions
of dollars and their judgment ought to
be all the. assurance necessary for set
tlers. In Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
and other new west states new roads
are being either built or laid out, and
at least one new Puget Sound road Is
in full operation. That is why land in
all these states is being seized with
avidity, for railroads mean new mar
kets, or closer proximity to old ones. It
is not a question of the fertility of the
soil; that has been too thoroughly
demonstrated for further doubt. But in
all new countries the one paramount
problem of the farmer Is the facilities
for marketing what he produces. Here
in this new dominion he is going to
have the best facilities in the course
of a very short time and even today
he has fair means of transportation.
Another great point of interest in
connection with the settlement of this
new west which people are prone to
overlook is that the large majority of
settlers represent the cream of older
communities further east. They are
men and women of families, of char
acter and of valuable experience In the
art of agriculture, else they would not
be there. By dint of hard work, Intel
ligent application and frugality they
prospered "back east," sold out their
places and went west and now they,
with their means, their skill and
their character, become the foundation
Crop Gaa-aa Vsdaaleaa.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat
The expected 1,000,000,000-bushel corn crop
may not materialise, but nothing has yet
occurred to prevent It from breaking all
the records. Guesses at this early stage
of the growing season as to what th corn
harvest will b are not worth much.
Our Birthday Book
July 30, 1810.
Julius Kruttschnltt. In charge of traffic
for th Harriman lines aa- director of
maintenance and operation, was bom July
a isci Now Orleans. H has been In
the railroad buslnes since 1880, becoming
one of Mr. Harrtman's most trusted lieu
tenants.
John Sharp Williams, United States sen
ator from Mississippi, was born July 30,
1854, at Memphis. H Is a lawyer and
served In the lower house of congress for
many years, where he was democratic floor
leader. Ha has made quit a number of
political speeches In Nebraska.
Robert J. Burdette, author, humorist ana
lecturer, Is M years old today. He was
born In Greensboro, Penn., and achieved
fame as editor of the Burlington Hawkeye,
but now resides in Pasadena as pastor
emeritus of th Temple Baptist church of
Los Angeles.
Henry A. DuPont, United States senator
from Delaware, was born July 30, 1858,
Wilmington, Del. He has a fine war record
and Is a member of the DuPont powde
concern.
Thomas C. Dawson, chief of the division
of Latln-Amerlran affairs of the Depart
ment of State, in celebrating his forty-fifth
blrthdf.y. He was born In Hudson, Wis.,
but practiced iaw In Council Bluffs, going
Into the tilploKiatlo corps first as secre
tary of the United States legation at
Brasil.
Joel Btebblna, professor of astronomy In
th University of Illinois, was born July
SO, 1878. He Is an Omaha boy who went
through the University of Nebraska, spe
cialising in astronomy, and has mad a
nam as a scientist.
Dr. William Arnold was born July 30.
1813, and Is therefore celebrating his ninety
first birthday. He was born in England,
and received his medical education at the
Starling School of Medicine at Columbus,
O. Dr. Arnold served as surgeon in the
union army.
C. P. McOrew. former vl president of
the Omaha National bank, Is just 54. He
was born at Mount Pleasant, la,, and com
menced the banking business in 1884 at
Alexandria. For ten years he was state
national bank examiner.
Arthur C. Crossman. Investment and real
estate broker In the Chamber of Commerce
building, was born July 30, 1851, at Burling
ton, Vt. He formerly resided at Atkinson,
Neb., from wher he removed to Omana in
1901
dean thinks that we ought (o procure a
more efficient law system.
Th general terms of th criminal code
are fairly well understood by most men.
But no one known a considerable fraction
of the wholo misdemeanor code, and no
one pretends to know what exceptions may
let one off from the rule of th larger
statutes. Many eminent counsel for the de
fense devote great talenta for research and
ingenuity in finding out. In civil suits It Is
a commonplace among lawyers that "you
never can tell what a Jury will do" and
th records Indicate that the guessing Is
almost ns Intonse aa to what courts will
do.
This, it may be ventured. Is not aa satis
factory a condition f the law as on might
desire. It Is believed to be not as satis
factory as might be attained. Something
like a reasonable assurano of what one's
tights of property and liberty and life are
does not appear to be a hopeleaa standard
of law. At least until the standard Is
reached w might hear less from legal
gentlemen of such theories as "the law la
Impartial," th law la on exact science"
and fewer of such phrase aa "the majesty
of the law." It Is so difficult to assent'
to th majestlo qualities of som thing or
some body that on cannot Identify.
POLITICAL DRIIT.
An amusing situation r-aa arisen in con
nection with th launching of th new
South African union. When Lord Gladstone,
the first governofgeneral.assummed office
a decree was Issued to th effect that on all
official occasions women must courtesy to
Lady Gladstone. The Boer, always a stiff
necked generation, have grown much
stiffer-necked sine the social decree waa
Issued. It is said that th spinal columns
of the Boer women are as rigid as th
famous column which stopped the army of
General Buller on the Tugeia, and refuses
to unbend when, at official functions, th
women march past Lady Gladstone. Tbe
spectacle affords . such a variety of heart
ening thrills that many a Boer husband
skiddoos behind a friendly kopje and laughs
it off.
In urging th Turkish chamber to s amo
tion th loan of 126,000,000 now being ne
gotiated by the government, War Miniater
Mahmud Shevket Pasha explained th need
of reorganising and modernising the Tur
kish army. He insisted upon a minimum
peace effective of 274,000 men, which would
be th fifth largest army in th world.
He required at least 4,800,000 pounds (Tur
kish) to bring the force up to tbe desired
standard. With that sum he proposed to
buy 66,000 rifles, eighty machine guns, lOu
field guns, thirty-eight mountain guns and
fresh ammunition, newly fortify several
towns and cities, buy uniforms, horses and
motor cars and,, besides, reorganize the hos
pital corps. Th minister Is negotiating the
loan In Franca and the money lenders of
the republic are driving a hard bargain.
Weekly state "lotteries are among the
most profitable revenue getters for the
Italian treasury. For th year ending last
Juno the net Incom from this source was
$18,585,000. This Is a considerable advance
on the gains of the preceding year. The
Italian socialists are anti-gamblers and
want the lotteries .abolished, but they are
not likely to succeed in their abolition cam
paign, as all the southerners, and especially
th Neapolitans, are confirmed gamblers.
Other sources of revenue also show sub
stantlal increases, making the total col
MORRIS RESOLUTION A "JOIiEH."
Wholly Oat sf Harraoay with tbe
Spirit of the I'latform.
Sioux City Journal.
The Nebraska regulars, as represented by
Senator Brown, were In complete control
of th atat convention, as opposed to the
insurgent, represented by Representative
Norrls. In this connection th term, "regu
lar" include both so called standpatters
and moderate "progressives." The regu
lars elected the permanent chairman and
controlled th committee on resolutions.
In th regular resolutions reported and
adopted the administration of President
Taft was given unqualified and enthusias
tic Indorsement. The legislative achieve
ments of the late session of congress, under
the leadership of President Taft, were cor
llally approved In detail. The merits of the
tariff law wer recited specifically and In
dorsed. If the record had been closed there
insurgency would not have had a leg to
stand on In Nebraska.
Hi ving won their straight victor', how
ever, the regulars allowed Representative
Norrls. Insurgent, by a' smooth strok of
strategy, to Introduce a large bumblebee
Ing to th cool outddors and belated beds
been adopted, while delegates were hasten
ing to the coll outdoors and belated beds
In th belief that the fight, was over.. Rep
resentative Norrls, from th floor,- intro
duced a resolution condemning "Cannon
ism" and declaring sympathy withthe in
surgent movement Ih and out of congress.
In the confusion the 1 resolution was put
and declared carried. by a viva voce vote.
There were calls for . "roll call," but there
was no roll call, Evidently Chairman
Brown was not unwilling that the resolu
tion should go through, giving Ms fight,
Ing colleague In the lower house something
vo crow over.
If the Norrls resolution can be consld
ered part of th regular platform. It can
cels to a large extent the unqualified In
dorsement of the administration and th
previous approval of th tariff law. Out
right insurgency is fighting tho admlnls
tratlon and fighting th tariff law. It Is
illogical to Indorse In th same breath the
tariff law and those who voted against It.
As none of the Nebraska delegation voted
against the Payne law or other party meas
ures, it Is possible the Nebraska definition
of insurgency may be held "different from
the 'common one. However that may be,
th Norrls resolution Is wholly out vf har
mony with th letter and spirit of tke other
resolutions affecting national affairs. ' As
an annex to the regular platform It is an
anomaly. In view of. the regular control
of th convention, and the evident sat
isfaction of the delegates with the resolu
tions reported by th committee, It prob
ably would be fair to describe tho Norrls
resolution aa a "Joker," Irregularly adopted
without comprehension on th part of th
delegates of the mischief it contained.
Th political mercury ranges far above
the century mark in Kansas. A fall Is
scheduled for Tuesday next. That's repub
Ucan primary day.
A brother Of the lat Governor John A.
Johnson of Minnesota Is coming to th
front as a political quantity. H is said M
rival John In ability and magnetism.
It Is worth noting that Texas democrats
voted at the primaries for a candidal . k
whose funeral was being held. Rut Texas
hasn't a monopoly of votlt g for dead ones.
" California la the largest state money (
lender In the union. It has R,31.200 loaned I
to 152 banks, for which Itt per cent Interest .(
is paid. Th state's Interest account al
ready foots up $250,857.
L O'Neal Browne, the noted legislative
jatkpot artist of Illinois, wants a vindica
tion and has filed a petition for renomlna
tlon. Office-seekers In ned ef a nerve
tonic should consult Mr. Brown.
Lemon ralsets of California propose to
hand a large package of lemons to one M :
Johnson, a candidate for the republlcn-.i
nomination for governor, because Mr.
Johnson Is not an enthusiast on th subject
of a tariff on lemons.
Th prohibition Issue fought out in the
democratic primaries In Texas resulted in
th nomination of an "anti" for governor
and approval of submission of a constitu
tional amendment to a vote of th people.
Senator Bailey's attempt to defeat Con
gressman Randall In th Fourth district
was a complete falluro.
A great opportunity to give the moral up
lift a boost was passed up In Grand Island
when the manager nearlected to placard
th democratic tent with the Houston
Post's fervid prayer: "O, Lord, now that
everything is coming our way, purge every
demooratlo soul of hot air and vain glory
and -insert large instalments of common
sense In every democratic cranium; and
oh, remember. Lord, our proneness to make
fools of ourselves Just when we hav th
world by th tall and a downhill pull, and
see that we don't get In bad this tlmo."
ON THE FUNNYB0NE.
Damocles saw the sword suspended by a
hair.
"Shueka." ho orlod, "my buttons have
hung that way for months."
Thus It may be Inferred that he was mar
ried. New York Sun.
"Your chauffeur seems cateleas."
' "Not a bit of it. Ha Is merely persistent.
When h makes up his mind to get some
where he lets nothing stand In the way.
Yesterday he bowled over five person and
an ash wagon, and then knocked a street
ear from. . th track," Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
' Jones H seems a very nice young man. skx
What's his profession?
Brown He's a social botanist.
Jones And what is that, pray?
. Brown O, we Invite him especially to
give attention to our wallflowers. Illus
trated Bits.
"See here, waiter! I found a collar but
ton in this pie!"
"Didn't see nothln' tof an umbrella, did
ya boss? Dah was cn los' heah las'
night." ecrlbnefs Magaslh.
"Don't-you think it foolish for a country
no richer that Brazil to buy a $14,500,000
battleship?"
"I'm not In a position to be critical. Faot
is. I just bought an automobile myself."
Philadelphia Ledger.
Wife (reproachfully) Before w wer
married you used to lik to hav me caress
you.
Hub Well, every caress didn't' call for a
new dress, pr a. new hat then. Baltimore
American.
1
It.
Gallantry Goloar the LI
Brooklyn Eagle.
Winston Churchill wants to mak Eng
lish prison life more comfortable for In
carcerated suffragettes. It would mm aa
If women who get sent to jail for kicking
policemen on the shins and throwing brick
bats at cabinet ministers could endure th
ordinary asperities of prison life without
hurt
SAME OLD SPECTER.
v , Brooklyn Eagle.
When , beauteous Mis Democracy strolls
thoughtless on th highway,
A darkish shadow follows her and sneaks'
up in a sly way,
Till on her arm a spectral hand, tho
sens of touch not stirring.
Is laid to wak the memories of evils
oft recurring;
She trembles as she thinks she feels or
hears a wildcat purring.
When beauteous Miss Democracy in sol
itude Is dreaming
Beside the hearth, all fear forgot, all
perils distant seeming;
The smoke from smoldering wood
form St, Jefferson protect herl-
Mne sees tne nogey or tne street.
same old Bryan specter.
"Just nerves," you say, but nervousness
quite wrecks a constitution;
The pusxle balks her doctors, and they
find no real KoJutlon; -Her
aad delusions seem ao fixed that
Science cannot vary 'em; ,
And many of bar friends suggest a heljTC
ful sanitarium! "
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Talks for people who sell things
year,
3 per cent duty which was Imposed half
way through the previous year for the re
lief of MeBSlna and Regglo. This duty has
Vlelded In eighteen months $4,244,206.
I'NCEKTAIM'IIJa OF TUB LAW.
Nearly One-Half vf Trial Court Jadg
ineuts Itereraed.
Kansas City Star.
A continuing tnarvel is that th law,
which Its disciples designate a science, la
th moat uncertain factor in our life today.
Now, the law ought not to be certain
in the sense of being unchangeable. One
of our troubles Is that gentlemen of the
bar and others who are temperamentally
and by training conservative, prat a
great deal about "natural law," and also
mukea believe that the law Is somuhow In
fallible. Tho attempts to make It static
are likewise distressing-.
1 Rut rtAranns imrht tn be able to tell
with reasonable accuracy what the law Is
as long aa a particular state of the law
exUta, Maybe som persons can; but, un
der our present condition of th admin
istration of the law, attorneys and judges
are not of that number. Dean Lawson,
of the Missouri University Law school. Fays
romewhere aomthlng Ilka this: "That if
from forty to fifty per cent of the rail
road trains ran off the track lind the same
number of keys wouldn't fit their respec
tive locka, and tiie other things were hit
or miss in proportion, we would think we
had a rather poor record for efficiency.
Yet appellate courts revert from 40 to
from 40 to 10 per cent of th rail
10 per cent of all trial judgments." Th
Speaking of his success as mer- possible. There has never been occasion to
chant, a prominent retailer said: "I "er principles or policy." ,
analyse the needs of others, and I just a dignified statement th'.t compelled iV
keen the fact nTOmlnentlV before the the attention f raadera. '
people that I can supply their needs I called oa Mr. Benjamin Thursday and
,n quantity and price. In my adverts 1? ,u,et dignity to th.
ing I talk to people as intelligent hu- ,t0r as there is to th advertising,
man beings, I talk straight at every- Mr. Benjamin was asked "How's business
body, appealing to ordinary human this week so fart"
.. . "Well, we hav sold 50 per cent mor
sympathy, and my advertising goes evMy day lnc w, haV bMn heM thaa
Into tho newspaper that everybody w did in ts oia stor," was his brief re
reads, and I make good on every word P'y-
in my advertising copy." "How do you account for such ah In-
.v.-, ,. v. ..i.,q crease? You hav not advertised a special
Mr. Merchant, you have analysed Ml-,. he wa, theh askea
the needs of others, without doubt; -oh, I don't know." he replied, "people
you have the right goods at tbe right hav Just com in and bought, that's all."
nrlnpa? nut van must let others know 1,1 Mr- nJmln th reason he had
" mnka hail.a.atai .
wusifica a.
It caa be summed up in a few words.
You did mor business, Mr. Benjamin, be
cause men wanted you to receive tangible
The Bee goes into 41,000 homes, is recognition of your straightforward bust-
tie., .
Tne sentiment tn tnis community Is so
strongly in favor of a business policy that
does not permit exaggeration In advertise- .
The audience is waiting with the nts. that whenever occasion arises to
ly aui-ii a yvuvj a uvoiuvu cuwpuniciii it
Hi don with great enthusiasm.
I leave it to you, reader, if you are not ,
surer of the merchandise you buy when
you buy of a house that states facts that -makes
no pretense of superior ability in
collecting the merchandise It sella to you,
that states merely th. plain truth in Its
printed announcements that charges a fair
it, you must make others believe It
through the advertising columns of the
newspaper that everybody reads.
,1, QiiA flfiA ItKirui. than thfl rtrttvlfll
This does not include th additional reaa Dy lov.uou yrupio eci7 uoy. wj
can give you advertising copy witn tne
appeal to human Interest.
business in band.
Will you go after It?
George G. Benjamin moved from Twenty
sixth street and Broadway last Saturday
night after 7 o'clock, and on Monday
opened his new store at Twenty-fourth and
Broadway, In the Fifth Avenue building.'
There was no blowing of trumpet before profit and says so that will mak good'
ho moved, and there has not been a blow- what it sells to you under any and all clr-, ,
Ing since he moved. cu instance; art you not surer of such a .
This is th way Mr. Benjamin announced house than you are of th house that Is
the opening of his beautifully appointed always and forever getting Inside price
stores from manufacturers and trying to make '
"W hav moved to our new location with you believe that It is giving you gold dol-
every thing new but the principles that have lars for M or 60 cents eaeh? W. A, Frco-
helped to make this larger establishment man In New York Mall and, Express.
EIAPEIIBE'S ;
Has a high food value. A food that children will like
and grow vigorous upon. Compounded from Wheat,
Oats, Rice and Barley.
Ask Your Grocer.
