Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 10, 1910, EDITORIAL, Page 10, Image 10
10 inK II K I',: OMAHA. KATFWUY. SEITEMUKU 10, 1!M. 'hlE OMAHA EMILYJJEE. XutNUF.D BY HOWARD ROSE W ATE ft. VICTOK RoSEWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omiht postoffice aecond clsss matter. TERMS OF BUR8CR1PTION. ta11y Bes (Inrluding Sunday), per week..lc Iany lift t without Hunriay), pi-r week.. loo lally Jiee (without Sunday), one year.MW Dully Dee and Sunday, one year DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week.Sc Evening H-e (with HundaV). rer W6P i Sunday Bo, one year rtviruay Hp, on year 1 w Address all complaint" of Irregulartttos in delivery U City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Oma'ha The Dm Building. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Counril Bluffs 15 Scott street. Lincoln-ilK Kittle Building. Chicago-1548 Marquette Building. N"vo Vork-Rooms 1101-110!. No. M vvest Thirty-third street. .., Wafungtin-72o Fourteenth Htre't. N. v CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, epress or po"' or1" payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only SNnt stamps rwelved In paymsni oi Ball accounts. J'ersonal checks except on Omaha and eastern exchange not accepted. STATEMENT OK CIRCULATION. George B. Txsrhiir'k. tieaurer of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly wrn' aaya that the actual mimini t full '" complete, coph-s of The Imllv. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee pi Inted during ilia moiilh of Aucusi. lDlii. vaa as fo.io. 1 V . .43.670 , .43,400 . .48,470 ..43,610 , .43,800 , .43,840 . .40,000 . .43,800 . .48,330 17... IS... It... 10... II... XI... ia... 14... ..48,700 , .43,480 , .43,350 . .43.600 . .40.100 . .43,640 . .43,380 . .43,460 10..... 48,730 It..., 43,730 II 43,640 II i 43,730 14..... 38,800 IS..... 43,300 IS....- 43,100 " Total 1,339,730 BeturaeA eoplea 14,387 21 43,300 14 43,490 17 43,490 IV 40,100 II 43,880 10 43,440 II 43,990 :.et total 1,318,443 Dally average M33 O SO ROE B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence ana sworn to before me thla 1st day of gi-piember. 1910. ' M. B. WALKER. ' Notary I ui ,ir Was it Conservation? A Louisiana dWate to the St. Paul rons-rvatlon congress dci-larrr. on the floor of the convention thut It was "much less a conservation congress than a straight political meeting, the tendency of which germed to be to ex alt Theodore Roosevelt at 'the expense of President Taft." Strange as It may seem, this very same thought has struck other people. We may hope, for the Rood of various Interests, that It la an erroneous Im pression.' We may hope that the studied effort of the promoters of the congress, the systematic staging of the program, that this Incident and that circumstance, all pointing to this one conclusion, were false signs and that the one moving spirit and purpose of the congress was conservation and the expression of the best means of carry ing out this great systemj We may hope that the absence from the con gress on the day the president ad dressed U of the prime movers of the. whole Institution and their attendance on the next day when Colonel Roose velt was there was the merest accident or circumstance and we may hope that the organized attempt to smother every sentiment or proposition not in complete consonance with the theories of these dominant spirits, was likewise simply the sincere position of un prejudiced patriots. But, of course, none of this is true. The Louisiana man Is probably right and Colonel Roosevelt, himself In his address, in his pralBe of President Taft. bis policies and those he con verted Into law through the last con gress, evidently was not Indifferent to the sinister influences seeking to use him for their own capitalization. It was a mistake and suggests the ques tion, Did the great cause of conserva tion, In which every patriotic citizen must believe, really gain or Iobo by this congress? enter upon his plana for ridding hu reaus and departments of all needless expenses, and he expect to make a splendid showing. But this work of economy cannot be completed at this short session; much of It must await the next regular session. Here Is an other vital reason, therefore, why a republican majority should be main tained in congress, for certainly It Is not to be expected that a democratic majority is going to lend any aid or comfort to a republican executive In the performance of these pledges. Democratic majorities, for that mat ter, have never gone in much for economy. I 1 L .11. - 1 I (J .1 . . L- - - 11 - - sent a request before reaching Omaha ( that he would appreciate an arrange-j nient that would afford hlni a little i time for rest, as he was tired out be-' fore reaching thla city. When he left' this city, after putting In the most' strenuous day of all, despite his two hours of rest, he said he had spent the best day of his trip. On the theory that crime la a dis ease and criminals Invalids, what is your gucsa of Dr. Crlppen's dose If he In convicted of the murder of his wife In London? . Sabarrlbers leaTlngr the? city tem porarily aboald have. The Bee mailed to (hem. Address mill be changed as often aa roe(.U. Let's see, how many daya till Christ mas shopping is over? No, Vox Populi, hay fever does not come from pitching bay, necessarily. Some street corners suggest that the curfew la not doing Its full duty these nights. King Menelik certainly presumes on public credulity by coming back to die once more It did not' occur to one of those patriotic conservationists to' be waving of lung power. These columns are not open to any sane expression of opinion aa to the inverted washtub hat. Colonel Watterson says democracy has a man to fit the presidency, but refuses to give up his name or where. abouts. ' If King Menelik should ever happen to die they would have a hard time getting mourners who could keep their faces straight. The New York Press says everything seems to be lnsurgtng now except the graveyards. Yet tombstones are go ing up all the time. With the Illinois and southwestern coal strikes coming to a cloBe on the eve of autumn, the ' common people . may begin to cheer up. Roosevelt Calls Hearst. In the parlance of the game Colonel Roosevelt has called Mr. Hearst's defy, accepting his open challenge to come back to New York and begin war on certain political bosses within his own party, which puts it up to Mr. Hearst to make the next move, Blnce he has promised all his support to Colonel Roosevelt if he will do this. Before losing too much time In ex alting Mr. Hearst for his courage, it might be well to remember that long before he issued his challenge Colonel Roosevelt had made plain his determi nation to do what he is now dared to do. He had his tilt with these poli ticians and there and then declared himself ready for a fight to the finish, so that it really was not necessary for the New York editor, who Issues his defy from Paris, to quit his gay life abroad temporarily for that purpose. Tbe Roosevelt temperament is so well known that nobody had Imagined he would do anything else but go back to New York and engage in this contest All Mr. Hearst has done, therefore, has been to place himself in a posltton from which to recede would stamp hlra unmistakably as insincere. Colonel Roosevelt leaves no loophole through which he; may, escape. He emphat ically acoepts his proffered aympatby and support. Mr. Hearst, therefore, will either have to "put up or shut up." '" " Of course; if Mr! Hearst decides to Join hands with Colonel Roosevelt, whom he has so bitterly condemned In the past. It' might be ;ust as well for him to transfer his base of action from Paris to New York. That would, at least, give more of a semblance of sin cerity to his movements. "We swear too much," says the Des Moines Register and Leader. An hon est confession is good for the soul; maybe they will quit it. The people of Nebraska are not so vitally intereated in the brand that Is on the telephone as they are in the quality of service furnished. This is a point in publlo policy always in order. It Is hardly to be expected that that Johnson county estate' would be al lowed to pasa to the heir without ques tion. This sort of litigation is too tempting a feast for the lawyers to willingly omit. Omaha Leads in Business. Taking bank clearings as an Index, business for Augus't in the west was strong, showing gains all along the line. Kor the whole country bank clearings for August show a decrease of IS per cent, as compared with those for August of last year, and a loss of 13 per cent as compared with the same month in 1906. The New England states as a group sustained an outright lops, but every other sec tion orv group of states showed some increase, the western and Pacific coast states leading with 13 per cent gains, respectively, over last year The losses in New England and small margins of gains in other east ern sections are ascribed to the heavy falling pff in exchanges at New York, "where," as Dun's reports It, "the ex treme dullness In financial and specu lative markets has had a very pro nounced effect on the month's clear ings." This condition is in marked contrast with that that ootains In the west. Here the status of trade rests, not upon speculation, but upon the more solid ground of - actual supply and demand, and it is the more sig nificant, therefore, that the weBt should be called on to tip the scales toward , an Increase Omaha, as usual, makes a forward showing. One hundred and sixteen cities are selected by Dun's for the purpose of compiling the monthly statement and of those given, only six show as great or greater increases than does Omaha, which comes In with a gain over August or iu or lu per cent,- and August of 1906 of 63 per cent, its total clearings for the month being $66,379,445. . Ranking at the last census thirty fifth in population, Omaha stands fif teenth in bank clearings, surpassing, therefore, every cltyof its' own size and twenty larger than itself, some of them three times as targe. While some of our neighboring cities are twitting Omaha for not showing up better In the 1910 census, it may not be out Of place to make one or two comparisons. - Denver, for instance, boasting of a population in the neighborhood of 220,000, has bank clearings of $37,793,317 for Au gust, as against Omaha's $65,379,446, and Denver has a gain over last year of only 11 per cent as against Omaha's 15 per cent. St. Paul, with an offi cial census of 214,000, has bank clear ings for August of only $43,521,071, as against Omaha's more than $65,- 000,000. and this Is a gain for St. Paul of only 3 .1 per cent. As compared with the population of these Cities,. Omaha Is credited with 26,000, and yet It passes In bank Perhaps the most encouraging sign for the republican party Is the fact that the Omaha Double-Ender can find nothing In Its policies to commend. In Other Lands Bade Light ea What la Trans. ptrtBff Among tbe Steer aad Cat Stattona ef tbe Earth. Where In He A If Chicago News. Mr. Bryan lias to read the papers care fully every day. to pee whether he Is a radical or a conservative. t'lnrh ol Lawyer Legislator. New York Tribune. One advantage to a legislator being a member of the bar Is that money accepted from some special Interest seeking legisla tion Is always a "retainer." ( Homrnhnt Shy mt. Baltimore American. By rutting; down the size of five-dollar bills it Is estimated the government would sav $1,000,000 annually. But the plain com mon citizen Is Interested rot so much In the size of the legal tender as In its pur chasing power, lie would like to see that Increased. Kindergarten Wiir finnie. Boston Transcript. Admiral Ti van's last attack on the mili tary value of the areoplane In naval war fare hints atHl bitterer hostilities to come. He declares that dropping a few oranges or confetti bombs from a height of 100 or lfiO feet upon a target representing a battle ship may amuse "nursery maids and child ren." but does not convince officers that the aeroplane has yet soared beyond the experimental stage. Colonel llonarvrll mimI the Court. Philadelphia Record. According to Colonel Hoosevelt. the de cision of the supreme court In the "Bake nhop" case clipped the power of the ttntcs to compel employers to provide hygienic surroundings for their workmen. . In fact, the court could find In the statute, which It declared unconstitutional, nothing that would "justify us In regarding It really as a health law." It seemed to Justice Peckham. who wrote the majority opinion, "simply to regulate hours In a private busi ness not dangerous in any degree to the morals or In any substantial degree to the health of the employes." The judicially Invalidated statute has since been replaced by a real law affecting bakeshops, and It has occurred to nobody to contest this as an unconstitutional exercise of police power. GET YOlin SIX BUSHELS. ... . ,w ty lt, . surplus of 4S0.0OO.00O bushels. Some predlc Lltdl lUB, UUl Ulll lUCDt? VJIICB, jtlonS Of You cannot convince us that Mis sissippi has degenerated into the mollycoddle class so long as honorable state senators setttle their forensic differences on the platform before large assemblage in the plain, old fashioned style of fist cuff s. Just to show that Omaha is, after all, the pioneer in this business of con servation, this city furnished, as the St. Paul Dispatch points out, the old' est delegate to the congress in the per son of Henry T. Clarke. So there, Mr. Pinchot. The selection of Mr. Aldrlch's pollt leal manager to be secretary of the re publican state committee will give hlra an opportunity to show what he can do In a real fight. If he 1b as success ful In the election aa he was in the prl roary contest his chief will have no oc casion to complain. v The Increase of 200 per cent in the population of a single Nebraska county will not be referred to aa typical of the state'a growth. It is simply that the original settlers who were driven out by drouth back la the '90s have re turned to practice better methods of farming. Saving the People's Money, In his recent letter to Representa tive McKlnley as chairman of the re publican congressional committee President Taft calls attention to the fact that. at his suggestion congress appropriated $100,000 to enable him to investigate and make recommenda tions aa to the methods by which the cost of running. the government may be reduced. And on this point he says: v , ' I regard thla as one of the moat impor tant parts of the administration's policy I am confident that If full opportunity la given, and a republican congress Is elected to assist, the cutting down of national ex pendrturea by the adoption of modern economic methods In doing the business of the government will roach to a point of saving many millions. The problem before the administration la to get the full value for every dollar It disburses. Thla aounda like business and com mon sense as well as common honesty and it must appeal .with considerable force to the sensible people of this country. But, in the language of former President Roosevelt, "words are good, and only so when backed by deeds, and President Taft has the deeds to back hla words. True to the pledges he and his party made the people In 1908, he baa already done much to cut down tbe expenses in run ning the government. The approprla tions for the last year were more than $20,000,000 less than the approprla tlons of the year before and In the ac tual execution of the law $11,000,000 were saved In the operation of th Postofflce department alone, for which appropriation had already been made. The best proof that the republican party proposes to carry out Its pledges to the people Is the fact that It is do ing It. On nothing is the public more insistent than on this very matter of retrenchment, of economy, and here the public bas the best example of gov ernruerxtal frugality ever made the saving in a single year of the enor mous sum of $20,000,000. When tbe next session of congress convenes this winter the president will others twice their size. 'It simply goes to show that the business is here and that Omaha's wholesale trade is stead ily pressing Into new territory, the real empire of the country, and these con ditions will very soon begin to turn a tide of population Into Omaha which will place this city as far ahead In that particular of some other cities as It now is in business. Qaajitltr of Wheat Each Person Mar Eat This Year. Prof. M. A. Carleton In Science. ' The home consumption of wheat per capita In this country. Including seed and wheat flour (at four and one-half bushels per barrel), has been as follows: 1870, S.2 bushels; 1S80, 6.62 bushels; 1890, 6.19 bushels, and JWO. 6.11 bushels. The same Is esti mated to have been about 6.39 bushels In 1906 and 6.34 bushels In 1908. There has been much fluctuation, and the figures may set tle at about six bushels In 1910, or perhaps more. Anyway, there has been apparently an increase of about one bushel In our per capita consumption since 1870. We may suppose an equal Increase In the equal period of the ; next forty years, making seven bushels for 1950, though it may be considerably less, - At the. rat of seven bushels per capita, a population of 160,000,000 will require 1,130, 000,000 bushels of wheat. This amount taken from the production of 1,800,000,000 bushels above estimated for that year, and which Is shown to be very conservative, leaves a Forty years ago this week the triumph of German arms at 8edan tore the props from beneath the French monarchy. The em peror was a prisoner; the empress, dis guised. In flight, and Tsrls In possession of a revolutionary mob. Out of the chaos of the siege, and the period of convalescence following peace, the republic arose, but was not definitely established and chartered until January 31, 1S7B. The collapse of the monarchy Is the chief reason for observing the first week In Septembei as the birth week of the republic. It Is Instructive to note how few now living were lesdlng par ticipants In the disasters and tragedies of that time. All the generals who fought against the Herman Invasion are gone, so are the leaders of the government oi uc- fense. Kmlle Olllvler. minister of war, ami Henri Uochefort. most radical of repub licans, linger Idly amid the scenes of thnt revolution. In the shadowy background Is the pathetic figure of Empress KiiKetilc, "a bent old woman," who occasionally visits Paris to look at and linger beside the scenes of her glories as reigning queen for twenty odd years-. A correspondent who saw the former empress In rails re.ently says the "once glorious Eugenie la a timid shadowy figure of her former self. She was S6 years old last May. ... The newsmonger at Addis Abeda, a tele graph terminal In Abyssinia, Is striving bravely to iJval the mental dexterity of the famous war corresponaents of Mole M. Nicholas and Cliofoo. He has resur r ecU it King Menelik, the sturdy old giant who traces his ancestry back to King Solo mon and the queen of Sheba. The negus was reported dead lat spring for the seo ond or third time and was accorded royal honors In the obituary ana editorial col umns of the newspapers. His funeral should havo followed in proper order, but the undertaker must have missed the Job, for word comes from Abeda that the negus ia alive and kicking against anolher at tack of apoplexy. If the veracious Abeda reporter persists In giving the negus the clammy hand semi-annually he may event ually attract the attention of the Auanlus club. Royalty adheres to the formalities and courtesies practiced with sublime courage by the sovereigns of the United States. Lord Roberts of Kandahar Is the bearer of a message to Kaiser Wilhelm In which is broken gently the news that Edward VII la dead and George V reigns. Even though the German emperor attended the funeral of his uncle and probably subpected who his successor would be, the whole truth bearing the official seal breaks in upon him with the solemn dignity observed In notifying a nominee for governor or presi dent weeks after the event. These cere monies promote the gaiety of the spectators and furnish Interesting Junkets for fa vorites. . John Burns, representative of organized labor In the British cabinet, will be obliged hereafter to dig Into hla salary for cam paign expenses. The labo rites of Uattersea elected Mr. Burns to the House of Com mons In 1892 and paid him a salary and all election and registration expenses until 1906, when he became president of the local government board at a salary of $10,000 a year. That salary baa since been Increased to S2S.000, and Battersea thinks that Mr. Burns should bear tbe expenses of regis tration and the labor organisation, or at least the greater part, which amounts. to between $1,600 and $2,000 annually. , PERSONAL NOTES. iMavor (Uvnor Is eltlti so strong In bis; less that his political boomers feel assured ; he will be able. In a few weeks, to go to Albany In a walk. Nan J. Aspluwall. a cowboy strl from Flathead valley, Montana. Is to ride clear cross the continent. 8he has heretofore gained fame as the champion laaiat thrower. 4 The new secretary of state of Oklahoma. Just appointed by Governor Haskell, has started his administration with an order which defies an Injunction of the state supreme court. James E. Mnrtlne. known through New Jersey as the "farmer orator." and a fol lower of the political fortunes of William J. Hryan. has formally declared himself a democratic candidate for the United States senate, to succeed John Kean. Ho expects his name to go on the ballot In the state primary this month. The latest example of the literary man In politic Is Henry Russell Miller. In the la."l n form campaign In Allegheny he Was the fireworks of the performance. Remi niscences of this campaign appear In Mr. Miller's novel, "The Man Higher Up." And to show his broad-mindedness, he has made his hero a practical politician. Although King George Is almost a tee totaler, he U the owner of a private dis tillery, which produces excellent Scotch whisky. The KIiik'h distillery Is on his Scottish estute of llalmoral. Kor a long time it was operated commercially by a dealer, but when the lease lapse.il to thci crown yueen Victoria continued Its operation. SMILING REMARKS. "Whul sort of n.ansrlne fiction ilo you "-WelT' 1 think I prefer those stori. s telling how good the next .number Is go ing t.i be." . ouiier Journal. The straw hat and the oyster bumped toaether In the doorway. "Going out? querieu ine vfmm. Vonitn" I"?'' inquired the straw Cleveland I'lsln Healer. hat Mv dear." ssld the wife of tbe profes sional pettv poUHdwn. -l want yon to give nit a little of your time tins m ril ing. I've got to pack a trunk. Too busy to stop, be answered. I i got to pack a jury.'.-Haltlinoie Amen can. Mrs X-l despise that woman; she tiles to make a cloak of religion. Mrs Y Yes. and she hasn t enough of It to make her a decent bstlilng sull.-t in cago Tribune. "If vou remember. 1 slept In tills botoi Inst night on a pool Ml-le. 1 remember." said the clerk. "Well, did oti tind a s.t ot fslse teeth In the corner pocket -Chicago i out. "What Is It. do you suppose, that keeps the moon lu place and prevents It fioin tailing?" asked Aramtnta. - "I think It must be the beams" replied Charlie, softly. Sherburne Fulls Messenger. The man about to pav fa, ", ,'1 pav-as-you-enter car dropped a dol I. i . which fell to the platform and rolled off across the pavement Into an opeiilnR. h it disappeared. The loser waicuen un i-i,u It wouldn't have gone, half ns Mi I d spr-nt It. ' he sald.-Ruffalo Express. if INSURGENTS. Mil. UrtYWS YICTOHIKS. I'ecnllur Statement Out Without Ki plituHlory Tun. Brooklyn Eagle. It is long since any thing more remarks able than this has appeared lu print: "Mr. Bryan Is not at liberty t. consider tho matter from a purely personal stand point. He owes conn-thing to the men who liav.) thrice nominated him In spite of the influencen that aic now at work trying to emasculate our phuform at-.d substitute a reactionary for a progressive program. Can he afford to surrender these supporters into the bands of the opposition, merely to enjoy the plaudits of those who have no symputhy with the platforms on which he h.s won?" Tho quotation Is from tho Commoner. Of course, It Indicates that Mr. Hryan, aespue hla announcement that he would not be a candidate In 1SM2, may find It necessary to run again, because of what ho owes to "the men who have thrice nominated him," but nobody took hla withdrawal as serious. It might have been accompanied by an af fidavit without carrying conviction. This remarkable part of the quotation Is the end of it the platforms on which he has won. To wflat victories is thla an allusion? To tho great triumph of 18. or the overwhelming successes of 1900 and 1908? Or does It refer to the county option plat form of this year? A BUltor who was re jected consoled himself, saying "the loser wins." Perhape that's what Mr. Bryan means. Minna Irving The Jam was all Weekly. put on the In Harper' labeled and i,Air The little" bov climbed on a chair An-1 Tamp.fd each Jar with gastronomic ,oy, I'luni. apricot, blackberry, pear. . He had all he could eat, and was stu kj Hut was hist' caching after some more, When mamma appeared, and the Insurgent got A taste of the slipper she wore. A flightv young miss who refused to obey Her mother, or stay Into school Run off and assumed the by menial yoke In place of her parents' kind rule. But alas! she discovered her sorry nut-tak When too late to amend It, of course. A penitent Insurgent home she returned. And straightway applied for divorce. A gallant who courted a beautiful girl, And loved her. but hated to stop His flirting with other young ladles, de layed .t. i. ......... mnm.nlnllH to non. But when he Implored her a day and a date , To name to the parson s to go. He met with a frigid and final rebuff, , For his Insurgent sweetheart said No. A big politician who filled up for years His bottomless pockets with gold From the purse of the people, and in his demands Grew still more Insistent and ho.d Was at last overthrown by the friends he betiayed. For an insurgent greedy was be. And the public he plundered rejoiced In his woe, From his taxes and trickery free. For none of us ever Is wholly content With life and Us gifts a we are, And whether we hanker for glory and gold. Or peaches put In a Jar. Though sure that punishment painful and swift M Upon us Is certain to fall, We rebel, and at treasure forbidden we grasp, Because we are Insurgents all. Talks for people who sell things A Nebraska traveler JuBt returned from Europe found The Bee on file In all tbe cities he visited, and found It In Berlin only nine days old, which Is just about the time required by the fast mail to carry the paper from Omaha to the German capital. This is referred to merely to show that The Bee's Influence Is not confined to Doug las county or to Nebraska. It is the only Nebraska newspaper of general circulation. our future population have placed it much higher . than 100,000,000 for 1950, one making It aa high 200,000,000. Supposing this last to be correct; at seven bushels per capita, that population would require 1.400.000,000 bushels, leaving still a surplus of 200,000,000 bushels. Again, If we consume that there will be a greater Increase In per capita consumption resulting in as much as eight bushels by 19G0, the amount re quired at home at this rate would be 1,280,- 000,000 bushels, leaving a surplus of 320,- 000,000 bushels. Supposing both contentions of the larger Increases In population and consumption should be true, which Is ex tremely improbable, the demand would Just equalthe supply. Our Birthday Book For the benefit of a number of peo ple who are Just now energetically d nounclng Omaha and Douglas county for political purposes only The Bee would like to call attention to the fact that we do raise something In Douglas besides "merry hades." For proof of rihis we cite the award just made at the State fair which gives to Omaha the prise for tbe best collective exhibit, and this in a dry year, too. Automobile accidents on the road may be unavoidable, but it will be bard to believe that a little care would not prevent running down of a slower vehicle when both are proceeding in the same direction. Stricter regard for the rights of everybody on public thoroughfares will do much to eliml nate accidents and will add to the pop ularity of the automobile. a ricn rewara. Mr. Advertiser, you who are not yet in The Bee, had you not better come In? The Bee and its readers have helped The Philadelphia Inquirer calls the open primary of Nebraska, which per mits a man to vote any ticket he pleases regardless of past party affilia tions, "absurd, undemocratic and un just." We would amend It only by striking out the word "undemocratic" and refer the Inquirer to the last leg islature of Nebraska as tbe author of the law. "Even Mr. Roosevelt's great vitality gave out In Omaha and he was de lighted to get a rest," says the Los Angeles Herald. Which, of couree, Is not correct The fact Is Mr. Roosevelt September io, mo. Frederick A. Dellano, president of the Wabash, was born September 10, 186S, at Hong Kong, China. He began railway service with the Burlington with an engl neerlng party In Colorado In 1855 and went up tbe line until he became general man ager of the Burlington at Chicago, from which he Jumped to his present place. Poultney Blgelow, author and newspaper man, Is fit. He was born In New York, studied law, traveled around the world, and Incidentally got lnt6 trouble with President Roosevelt for alleged misrepre eentatlons of conditions at the Panama canal. John Brlsben Walker, former editor of the Cosmopolitan Magaxlne, but now re- tired, was born September 10, 1S4T, In Pennsylvania. When a cadet at West Point he resigned to enter the Chinese military service. In which he remained two years, going later Into journalism In this country William A. Peffer, once United States senator from Kansas and leading light of the populist party, is 79 years old. He Is a native of Pennsylvania. Hla last political stunt was to run aa prohibition candidate for governor In 1S08. since then he has been doing literary work. John F. Wallace, railway engineer, was born September 10, 1852, at Fall River, Mass. He was chief engineer of the Illinois Central when he went to take charge of the Panama canal work, but did not last long there. He is now with the Westinghouse people In New York. W. D. Mciiugh, attorney at law In the First National Bank building, Is celebrat ing hia fifty-first birthday. He was born at Galena, 111., and came within an ace of being United States district Judge, being appointed to that position by President Cleveland, mho later wtlhdrew the ap pointment at his request. Cxra Millard, assistant cashier cf the United States National bank, was born September 10, 1877. He Is a native son of Omaha and graduated at Harvard university. Earl R. Stiles, chief auditor of the Wood men of the World. Is 16. He was born In Mlllerstown. Pa., and has been with the Woodmen organisation In various capact tins aiiics liwA Although the population of Germany con tinues to increase rapidly from year to year there are indications that the rate of growth will presently be checked. The de cline of the birth rate In certain centers and especially In' Berlin is giving some anx iety. Statistics Just available show that in that city since 1S99 there has been an almost constant decrease In the annual number of births. In that year there were about twenty-eight births to every thou sand of population. In 1909 there were only twenty-four births to every thousand, and th decline continued through 1909. Paris Is about to receive a visit from the chief of one of the leading Tuareg tribes, the Ahaggar, who command tbe region of the central Sahara between Tldlkelt and the Soudan. This bandit chief, MousBaag Am- astane, has rendered the French signal ser vice In the last six years in Inducing his followers to look with a more favorable eye on the advance ot French domination and to appreciate the commercial and agricul tural advantages of the Pax Gallica. "It Is triumph of French colonial expansion In the desert," remarks the Parla correspond ent of the London Times, "to have tamed so troublesome and powerful a tribe aa that of the Ahaggar and to have secured their assistance In extending French rule among the still recalcitrant tribes of the frontier of Tripoli." The British postofflce has discovered that there are now two "IT. 8. A's" in the world and Is troubled about It. Mall In tended for the United States of America has been sent to the region comprised within the "Union of South Africa." America, however, is not to be deprived of its prior right to these Initials, for the British letter writer' Is being Officially advised to direct his missives to Natal, Capa of Good Hope, the Transvaal or the Orange Frea State, as the case may be, without any further qualifying directions. Officially the new federation Is designated the South African Union S. A. U. for short. The Bee circulation is built solely service they could render, have reaped on ita merits its ability to give the people what they want supplying in teresting reading matter demanded by Interested and intelligent readera. 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Brussels Is to be the scene this month of a great international congress on cremation, at which one of the most notable delegates will be the duke of Bedford, vice president of the Cremation Society of England. Ger many, France, the United States, Switzer land, Italy, Austria, Canada and Australia are all sending representatives, while the congress will be opened and welcomed in the name of King Albert by hla premier, although Belgium Is one ot the countries where Incineration of the human body Is still forbidden by law. In fact. Bulgiana who wish thulr dead to be cremated have to dispatch the corpses either 10 Germany or to France for the purpose. A Ureat Public Need. Springfield Republican. President Tait showed strikingly the need for forest conservation when he said at SL Paul that three-quarters of the timber of the country Is In private feands and that of this three-quarters only 3 per cent la prop erly looked after. 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