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10 TIIK BKK: OMAtlA... SATURDAY. SEPTKMREU 24. 1910. '- JL.a.jji i J.; The OMAHA Daily Kee FOUNDED BT EDWARD HOSEWATER VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOHi Entered at Omaha postofflce a second- class matter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. Ial1y ! (Including Punday), per week.U Ielly Bee (without Punday), per week..)0c Iwily Hee (without Sunday), oca year. .MM Daily U and Sunday, on year DELIVEKKD BY CARRIER. Oenlnf Bee (without Sunday), per week. c Evening He (with Humlay), per week.-lvc Sunday lies, one year tiaturoay Bee, una year 1 ! Addreaa all complaints of Irregularities in delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICE. OmahaThe Bee Hull ding;. Houth Omaha Twenty-iuurth and N. Council Bluffa 15 Scott Street Lincoln .IX Little Building. Chicago IMS Marquette ttulldlng. New fork Kuomi 1101-1102 No. 3 West ThIrtv-thIM Hlreet, . ashlngtuo iA Fourteenth Street, Hr . , CORltESI'ONDliNCE- Communications relating te hews, and ed itorial manor mould be addrewied: Omaha ove, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, exprrs or postal order pajable to 1 he Bee I'ubllshlng Company. Kiiiy t-cent stamps received lu payment or luail accounts. Personal checks except on Omaha and eastern exchange hot accepted. STATEMENT Of CIRCULATION Etate Of Nebraska. Douglas County. ss.: Ueorge B. Tsscbutk. treasurer of liie Bi-m fubllHhlng Company, ilng duly morn, aaya that the actual number of I"" and complete copies ot The Dally. Morn ing, Evening and Sunday Bee prlnud dur ing the mouth ol August, IwlO. was as fol lows: i a.s?r r: ...4,w a a,o u.. 3a0 S ....48.470 IS... ...... . 4 43.S10 19 43,600 1 48400 ' U... t.. ...... ..40,940 XI 4J.540 t 40,000 tl 43,480 ....49400 14.,.. 43,40 .....48,830 SS.k ...4,300 10 .....4S.73Q . 10' 43,490 11 43,700 ! . 17 43,40 12 .....42.S40 . ; IS 40,100 It 43,730 IS 43,380 14. ..Ss.SOO SO 43,440 U 43,av ' , . tl 43,990 1 43,100 .... Total l.BflJ.VJO Returned Cor'ea , 14,887 N at Total i ..... . 1418,443 Dally Average '. 48.433 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Bubaortbed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of September. 1910. M. B. WALKER, Notary Publlo. tabsrrlbers leaTlag tae rlty teaa uorcrtljr ahosld fcave The Be uinlletl to them. ; Address will i-baagril aa eftea aa requested. As election draws near the crows are taking to their hiding places. It Is always nice when we can pick out for ourselves those with . whom we err. Why does not Lee .O'Nell Browne write a book on' "Some Juries I have Not Met?" The former sultan of Turkey has $40,000,000. Just think how many wives that would buy. "Woman ruled man for centuries,' says Prbfessor Clark of Chicago. ' Oh. tell us something- new. ' ' The newest thing about this "New Nationalism" seems to be the fuss they are making over it. Colonel VVatterson alludes to Japan as the "Sunflower Kingdom," which is clearly- a slap at Kansas. Looks like Congressman Tawney, the former whip of the house, has had the butt, end turned on himself. . "Why should any Colorado man be an insurgent?" is one propounded by the Denver Republican. Give It up President Taft very properly de clined tb go up In an aeroplane. The president Is not much on air alone. Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Napoleon and a few others will look with won der at the airman flying over the Alps. If a railroad's profits decrease aS Its business Increases, how long will It be before prosperity sends them all Into bankruptcy? A New York policeman saved a woman's life and got a kiss. Study in relative, value: Was the life cheap or the kiss high? Mr. Bryan probably would have commented mor at length on the re sult lu Maine bad he done something to bring it about The weather tuuu is doing jpretty well to work off his rain before carnl val week. Ak-Sar-Ben insists on hav Ing good weather. Judge Parker certainly has the Joke of the season on Mr. Bryan. The judge made a few speeches in Maine before the election. That St. Taul man who proposes to erect a monument to Glfford Pinchot takes a roundabout way of calling the ex-forester a dead one. Ninetr days for a wife beater Is not a minute too long. Omaha should have a workhouse In which these gen try could be kept busy.i - We will alt be better citizens when we get over that heretical notion of "I am all right and you, if you differ with me, are all wrong." Grace Van Studdlford shows by her bankruptcy account that she is some thing of a flnancieress as well as ac tress. Her liabilities were $10,901; assets, $10 even. The people got scared too quickly at Colonel Roosevelt's - "New Na tionalism." Nov, thst he has assured them that what he meant was old moralities applied to new couditlon3, they are beginning to subsid Lane'i Hint to Railroads. It begins to look like the Interstate Commerce commission would decide adversely on the railroads' plea for the right to raise freight rates. This seems to be suggested in a statement made by Commissioner Lane, who said: I retiard It aa a menace to the country If the rates constantly are to.be Increased. We must work out this problem on Hues other than by proposed methods of rais ing the tariffs. If not, there Is no time when we may say the maximum haa been reached. The railroads are confronted, as they have often been and will often be, by economic difficulties,, but they should be able to adjust these prob lems without demanding that the ship pers contribute the funds for it. There is a defect in management somewhere. Let the railroads correct It and not Impose additional burdens on the pub lic because of it. . In this connection it is well to note the disposition ot the Topeka conference, which has re stilted in the organization of the Traffic Federation of the Middle West. That disposition Is voiced by Governor Stubbs of Kansas, who says: "My hope is; that this meeting will demand from the railroads the naked truth about their properties." And this leads to a recommendation for a physical val uation law. The railroads are entitled to the fairest treatment the shippers and the government can give them. One thing In all this controversy over rates Is significant, that when roads are forced to reduce rates the benefits seem to stop with the shippers; they do. not get as far as the consumer. We are constrained to believe that the railroad has as much right to exces sive charges as the shipper, and that Is why whatever action is taken should be tempered with wisdom and Justice. Before the Interstate Commerce com mission an attorney for one of the rail roads asked an attorney for the ship pers for" evidence showing what per cent of profit the shippers were earn ing on their Investment, to see if it was as low as 4.6 per cent, which he said the railroads were earning. It. is all very well to protest against excessive dividends by railroads, but we, fail to see where they are any worse for them than they are for the shippers. It looks like a question of whose ox is gored. Taft is Paving- the Way. "If the republican 'party is unable to go to the polls next November In a solid body It won't be the fault of the- president," observes the Washing ton Post, Which is the simple truth. If It loses because of divided ranks, the blame must fall upon some others than the chief executive. His official and private acts have all pointed to ward peace and a sane adjustment of differences; To be sure he, haa sub ordinated his own political expediency to 'the larger task of serving the peo ple who elected him president and If this ' has - Riven offense, then he Is guilty. When the time comes, how ever, that all are -willing to view the situation rationally, unblinded by prejudice and envy from private grudge or grievance, this fact Is likely to stand out and receive general ad mission. , When all is done and said about popular leadership and popular gov ernment, it is seriously to be doubted if any president ever ame so near he ideal as this one has, and that, too, in a quiet and unostentatious manner, without the least evidence of that patronage that characterizes the self-seeking officeholder, who strives to please that he may continue to hold office- No fair measurement of the achievements of the Taft. administra tion can fall to disclose this fact. And It Is getting more unpopular every day to attempt to disguise or distort it. The earnest attitude for business with which the president faces the next session of congress, his Insistence upon Canadian , reciprocity, official bousecleanlng in Washington, re trenchment in governmental expendl turea. Improvement In laws regulating the relations of employers and em ployes this urgent solicitude for the serious business of the country) .which takes precedence over any anxiety as to the results of the election, is a token of the Taft policy that ought to commend It to every citizen desir ing a sane and progressive adralnis tratlon at Washington. The president is paving the way. If others fail to to follow It will not be his fault Is it Rehabilitated? , Eastern democrats and old-time j organs are regaling themselves in the fantastic assumption that the demo cratic party as a militant factor in American public lfe has been rehabili tated.1 Some very interesting things are being said and written upon the subject. OVators and editors are tell ing Just how It has all come about. In the election of PlalsTed as governor of Maine,' the nomination of Wilson and Harmon and Baldwin In New Jer sey, Ohio, and Connecticut and the probable nomination of Gaynor in New York, they profess to see a resurrec tion from the tomb and a reincarna tion of the vital forces that once com posed their party, a condition of things that is sure to produce victory in 191 Z, an array or lea.dera that must furnish one fit to regain the presi dency. But In, all .candor, la it quite time for this rhspsody? It Is really reha blliatlon. or merely the possibility of such? Suppose defeat Instead of vic- i tory should come to Wilson. Harmon, , Bali v. la cad Gaynor this fall, what Uheal Could the triumph of Plaisted In Maine alone a triumph made pos sible largely through republican dis sension save the rehabilitation, and work the reincarnation? In no spirit of envy or derogation as to what has been achieved or an ticipated, we wish to call attention to the numerous efforts wasted in the work of rehabilitating the democratic party since It fell into the hands of Mr. Bryan; since that eventful day when he crucified It with his "crown of thorns and cross of gold." Fourteen years have elapsed and in the wake of this western whirlwind may be seen the David B. Hills, the August Bel mont s, the Henry Wattersons; the Al ton B. Parkers and the Charles Murphys still stunned and bruised as the result of trying to rehabilitate the party. Claims of rehabilitation will do very well for campaign use, but it is not the time now to consider them, as a subject of serious fact. Not so long as the "Old Man of the Sea" Bryan lies concealed in the black galleys of the pirate's ship of political despair. Reclaiming; the Indians. In all its work of reclaiming the In dian the federal government has adroitly met the difficult task of pre venting the red man from getting an exaggerated sense of his own impor tance. That is primarily the reason Uncle Sam - has been able to do so much with and for Poor Lo. It is one of the obstacles Invariably encountered in the attempt of "a superior race to raise an inferior to a higher level, and' It never has been more successfully surmounted than In this- case. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Val entine rightly emphasizes the matter of making ' the Indian self-respecting and self-supporting as the whole thing In solving the problem of his reclama tion. Mr. Valentine knows this be cause he knows the Indian. Indeed, make the Indian respect himself. Make him a man first, an Indian next. As Mr. Valentine says, make him to become a taxpayer. It will give him the proper Idea of his relation to the government when he comes to under stand that he is so much a part of that government that it must depend on him for a portion of its revenues. In lifting the Indian to this high level of useful activity the government Is very wisely doing it by allowing the Indian to do most of his own lifting. . This breeds a spirit of independence that is most needful and healthful in achiev ing ultimate results. Affording him land and labor on the land, either as owner or wage worker, is an exoellent way. of helping him to help himself. V We are making progress," says Mr. Valentine. To be sure, we are. And we deserve to friike progress, first, be cause we are giving the Indian a "Square deal' we are keeping faith with him and he" is beginning to un derstand this, despite such situations as exist in Oklahoma. . The Cardinal's Visit. Whatever other significance the visit of. the distinguished representa tive of the' Roman pontiff may have, the .presence of Cardinal Vannutelll at this time U serviceable In that It calls attention to the progress of religious development in our city. It may easily be questioned if even the citi zens of Omaha were sufficiently familiar with existing conditions to be able to tell exactly what religious institutions- were established and main tained in this city. So the cardinal's coming at this time has had the effect of calling to notice a number of insti tutions of which Omaha can well be proud. The Catholic church has no monopoly of this religious develop ment. The Protestant denominations have been quite aa active and ener getic in the building up of their re ligions, until Omaha can Justly take pride in beinga city of churches, of schools and of homes. Detractors of Omaha persistently ignore this fact, and it is well that the citizens, them selves, should be reminded of It from time to time. The reception accorded his emi nence, Cardinal Vannutelll, Is a splendid Indication of the spirit of re ligious toleration and freedom of be lief that prevails in Omaha. The framers of the constitution of Ne braska very wisely provided for the existence of religion regardless ol sect, creed or denomination, and Bishop Scannell very gracefully ex pressed the general sentiment when be said: "We have here, as your emi nence may observe tonight, a real union of church and state not an organic or political unlou, but a union based on friendship and a mutual de sire to help each other and to co operate in all things in which co operation would "-serve a common good." It is on this foundation that religious liberty In Nebraska exists, and on this foundation the churches have built broadly and strongly and through their Influence have aided in maintaining Nebraska at her proud position at the head of the column la the United States as being the state with the least percentage of illiteracy among lta residents. Cardinal Vannu telll has pledged himself to give Omaha a "bright page" in his report to be made at Rome. If In the wisdom of the high coun lCls of the Catholic church it should be found expedient! to incresse Omaha's religious Importance by making it an archleplaropal see the assurance ma) be given In advance that the honor will be appreciated and the work will be supported. For a campaign in which there Is "only one issue" the democrats are making a tremendous roar about tiv- eral other points. Republicans of Ne braska must keep In mind above all things that congressmen and senator are to be elected this fall and that the democratic effort la to secure a ma Jortty representation in the next con gress. If republican policies are to prevail, and If President Taft la to be aided In earrylng out reforms that are now under way, republicans must vote for republican candidates at the com ing election. The conference at Topeka shows a proper determination to get the mat ter of rate adjustment in a comprehen sive way. Individual action by the states may accomplish some good, but a conference of states moving toward a common end will do much more. With one of its executive officers and four of Its subordinate officers be hind the bars and $2,000,000 remitted from the fraud fund, the sugar trust ought not to be a very hard combine to dissolve, especially with Frank B. Kellogg doing the dissolving. Farmers in Nebraska are too busy Just now planning for next season's campaign in the fields to be greatly worried, over market quotations, and the yield for the present year has given the bulls and bears something to think about. It transpires that Dr. Wilson was playing golf at Prlncton when he re ceived the news that he was nominated for governor. Who knowa but the doctor may be allowed to continue his golf at Princeton for the . next two years? i One thing is certain. Senator Burkett was in his seat to vote on the tariff, bill, and Congressman Hitchcock was not This explains In a measure why Congressman Hitchcock has noth ing to explain. Nat Goodwin rushes from behind the, curtain to tell us he and his latest Wife are perfectly happy. But that is your business, Isn't it, Nat? '. Guess what is known as "Hoke Smith's misfortune?" The fact that he voted each time tor Bryan and now has Mr. Bryan's endorsement. Still thore ambitious aviators who may cross the Alps will find the foot prints of Hannibal. Caesar and Na polean long before them. A democratic candidate for the stal senate in Missouri Is named Sterling Bond. , If he Is as good as his name, he ought to be all right. - Why Tawney ..eat Dow a. ' Des Moines Capital. Congressman Tawney might have known that he could never defeat anybody- ih Minnesota whose name ends in "son." . .. ... The Assail War Nate. Philadelphia Record. The inspector general reports that our army Is not prepared for war. Well, what army la? The military authorities of every country solemnly announce at least onoe per annum that the national foroes on land and sea are In a state ef unpreparedness; wherefore additional appropriations are de sired. . Texas Pises the Patriot. ' Houston Post. Ili-k Metcalfe, associate editor of Commoner and democratic candidate United States senator from Nebraska, the for re- luses to support j.animan, the success ful contestant for the democrat lo guberna torlal nomination, and will support the re publican, candidate. Dick la the patriot who has been, undertaking to teach demo cracy to the democrats of Texair ' Tarn About In Bolts. Chicago Poet. : Waving the asure ribbon of temperance, Mr. Bryan bolts his party In Nebraska a bolt, not from, but for the blue. And standard authors like "Fiat Justltla" and "Fair Play" must rejoice at his break away. For Why should not Mr. Bryan bolt? everybody else has bolted htm for years and - years, from the time the New York Bun ran wild before the cross of gold speech down to laat month, when Ne braska Itself disowned the Peerless One at the primaries, It Is nothing more than Just that the bolteree at last should be come- the bolter. Turn about la fair play. Our Birthday Book eptenhei 8, 110. John Marshall, most eminent of Ameri can Jurists, waa born 8eptember U, 176o, at Oerinantown, Vs.. and died at Phlladel phla in 183S. He waa appointed chief Jus tice "of the United States by President Adams In ISM, which office he filled for thirty-four years, and laid the foundation of our system of jurlaprudence. . ZRt-hery Taylor, twelfth president of the United States, was born Peptember it, 1TS4. and died .In l"So. He waa called "Old Rough and Ready," and his success In the Mexican war won him the presidency. He died a year after tie went Into office. William - II. Kantelmann, musician end composer, la 47 years old. He was born In Hanover. Germany, and Is director of the Marine band at Washington, with which he. haa several time given concerts In Omaha. . .. Horace E. Deemrr, judge of the supreme court of Iowa, waa born September 24, 18t. at Bourbon, Ind. He has spoken be fore (he Bar aasoclatlon here and has been proposed for United States supreme court appointment. Charles Leali. county Judge, Is 43 years He was born In I-afsyette county. Wisconsin, and found his first employment as telegraph operator en the Northwestern railroad. He haa been practicing law since IMS. , Edg-ar M. Moraman. Jr.. attftrney-at-law In the Board of Trade building. Is S7 years old today. He was born here In Omaha and educated at the Unlvertlty' of Michi gan. He waa a member of th legislature ftr one term. . Fied H. Orcutt. president of the V. H. Orcutt & Son company, wholesale runs and carpeta, was born September 24. 152. at Bm V "port. Ma. He went Into buslnexa In Council Bluffa In 1K7S. removing to Omaha nearly two years ago. . lr. ' James N. Pstton, oculist and aurtat In lha Biandels building, la Celebrating his 34th birthday to1ay. He wa bon at leighmaaterr. Penn., and graduated In merttrjns at the C'nlvaislty of Nebraska six )aj ago. In Other Lands Snde Lights oa What le Trans. slrUa; Amemg the Sear eaa ra BTaUosa ef the Xarth. Iuring the coming weeks friends of Irish home rule In the United States will hear -hat progress has been made In that direction and what the rrospects are, from the Hps of Its champions, John K Red mond, leader of the Irish nationalist party; T. P. O'Connor, Joseph Devlin and Paniel Itoyle, members of Parliament. These gentlemen constitute a special mission to the "greater Ireland" on this side of the Atlantic, to which they will report prog ress and replenish the war cheats of the party. In a general way the situation Is understood by American readers interested in the movement. But there are moves on the political cheaaboard which attract little attention from sepctators at a dis tance, and yet are of vital concern to those who are playing the game. Next to the British premier himself no one has played the game with such consummate skill as John K. Redmond. F.vcn his tory clitics, hitherto rarely uttering a kindly word, have accorded him merited pi aloe for his masterful handling of many' deli cate and trying situations during the last sevslon ot Parliament. The message he brings to friends of the cause in this country Is summed up In substance in a speech recently delivered In Kilkenny. The conference, which Is seekiag an ad justment if the differences between the House of Commons and the House of Lords, Is looked upon with suspicion, Mr. Redmond said. Only one result of the conference can be satisfactory to the na tionalists, namely: The abolition of the power of the 'lords to defeat or delay action on a bill passed by the commons beyond the life of one Parliament. In that case, he said, home rule for Ireland would doubtless be granted Immediately by tha first friendly House of Commons. Failure to reach a satisfactory conclusion would leave things as they were before King Edward'a death and plunge the county Into the vortex of a fierce cam paign In mid-winter, at a time when the public mind would be engrossed In prepara tions for the coronation of King Oeorge. While Mr. Redmond does not consider friendly sentiment as a factor In the cause, it Is generally understood In re liable quarters that powerful Influence backed by the king are seeking a solu tion of the Parliamentary crisis that will dispone of the burning Issues of the day. Necessarily that means self-government for Ireland, putting art end to a century old feud, and surrounding the king's coro nation with a real united kingdom. The first election for members of the new federal assembly ot the South African union, held last week, resulted, as pre dicted, In a victory for the nationalists, or Dutch party, though It strength la not ns great aa expected. Returns show sixty-four ministerialists and a combined opposition of fifty-four members. The unionist party, representing the elements opposed to the proposed system of dual languages In schools and government, developed surpris ing strength, especially In the cities, and will form a strong minority party led by Dr. Jameaon of raider fame. One of the surprising- Incidents of the election was the defeat ot General Louis Botha, premier and minister ot agriculture of the union, hjf Sir Percy Fltxpatrlck. It Is difficult to understand how an Irishman and with a British handle to his name could beat a Dutchman-ln hla own stamping ground, but the unique fact sticks out as prominently as Bpion Kop in wartime. The election district comprised a large portion of the city of Pretoria, where the English-speaking element Is strong, and naturally op posed to the reactionary spirit of the Dutch. It is expected a vacancy will be made for General Botha In a safe district. The new government cannot well dispense with the services of a man aa broadmlnded and pa triotlo In peace aa he was brave and skill ful in war. . The great deluge of water classed as cloudbursts In this country very rarely registered a rainfall of five Inches. The Salt creek downpour of last month, scoring a fall of eight Inches. In a few hours, con stitutes a record for the middle states. Yet that is a record of a gentle shower besides the August rainfall In Japan, which flooded the empire and caused enormous losses of property and destroyed 300 lives. A corre spondent of New York Evening Post, who was flood-bound 100 miles, from Tokio, states that the rainfall far surpassed any previous record of a country where rain falls are as common aa In Panama. From the 7th to the 13th of August It was a con tluoua cloudburst. Twenty and a half Inches of water fell In fifteen hours, and the total for the first fifteen days of the month was fifty-one Inches. It may readily be Imagined that such a rainfall In a mountainous country like Japan filled the valleys with torrents, caused disastrous landslides, destroyed thousands of homes, and flooded vast acres ef cities, villages and country. At the time of writing, Au guat 20, the writer says 200,000 persons were homeless and dependant On public charity In Toklo. The people, says the writer, ap pear to take such visitations as the hand of fate. It ia this spirit of fatalism that keeps the nation In Its present unprotected condition, leaving It always at the mercy ot the elements. A striking Instance of the social and re ligious resistance to British domination In India is found In the resignation of the well-known native lawyer, Mr. Sinha. who was recently appointed to a seat in the Viceroy's council. This was the flrat time In the history of British India that a native has been admitted to the very citadel of the British power and to take part In the framing of the most intimate policies whereby the Englishman keeps his hold on India. That Mr. Sinha, after a few months in office, should have laid down the highest position that has ever fallen to a native of India under the British rule, is generally ascribed to the working of public op'.nlon among the distinguished Hindu's countrymen. The recent Trades Union congress at Sheffield, representing near 2.000,000 British unionists, unanimously agreed to ask Par liament fr relief from the decision deny ing the privilege of paying their members of Parliament out of union funds. ' The action of the preceding Parlisment in re lieving traden unions from llsbillty for damagea arising from the boycott fore shadows favorable action on the latest grievance. Both parties desire the good will of the tabnrltes. The agitation pro voked by the adverse decision Is likely to hasten the passage of a law for the pay ment of aalarlea of members of Parlia ment, a system now general in all English speaking countries. MndernUin Is making notable strides in China in social as well as political and In dustrial line. The abolition ot the queue Is about the follow the rapidly dlRappeaiing torture of miiaiy's tiny tool. It Is stig geated that the dsraand for Oriental hair for the "rats" of occidental fashion Influ ences the reform. The cause la immaterial, the effect is the chief concern. The queue has bern the native badge of servitude to the Msnchu conquerors, originally a sign of humiliation, latterly a tribute to cus tom. Its passing banishes a native super itltlon and makes for native toinCurt and tonaorlal progreaa. POLITICAL DRIFT. tkth Colorado and Oklahoma have each nominated a woman for congress. Eleven constitutional amendments are to be submitted to tha voters of Missouri In November. A brother of "Sunny Jim" Sherman is trying to break Into office In New Tork state as a democrat. A New York man has actually resigned a 14,000 city job because hla sole task was that ef drawing the salary. Mr. Fowler of New Jersey, an Insurgent with a grievance, sought a nomination for the senate and the house at the shiiis time and failed In both. Careful reading of the editorial par. of ths Springfield (Mass.) Republican falls to find sny boostful evidence of parental af fection for the Junior Sam Bowles' ambi tion to reach congress as a democrat.. Nearly everybody old enough to vote at the New Jersey primaries took a whack at the proprietor of Everybody's Magazine. While his first venture lu politics was a AUlure one of his top-line contributors captured the socialist nomination for gov ernor of New York. "Colonel Bryan has bolted Jim Dahlman, democratic nominee for governor of Ne braska." remarks the St. Joseph News Press. "The colonel likes Jim Immensely, but he can't stand that whisky odor on Jim's politics. We rejoice at the colonel's action for two reasons; one, because he has declared hla Independence and the other be cause this declaration relieves the demo cratic party of his weight. All the Bryan bolters are now forgiven, rehabilitated and restored to full fellowship. Just aa though nothing had happened." A WOHI.O BKATKH. Supremacy sf American Railroads la t'snreded Abroad. Baltimore American. Franklin K. Lane of California, a mem ber of the Interstate Commerce commis sion, was one of the representatives from the United States to the international rail road conference held at Berne, ftwltaerland, during the past summer. He has but re cently returned to this country and his declaration that "The conference estab lished beyond question, I think, the su premacy of the American railroad In ef ttclency," Is of Interest because Mr. Lane, while nut a professional railroad man. Is in a position requiring that he should know much about the science of railroading. In other words, he Is a competent judg-e when It cornea to drawing estimates between for eign railroad systems and those of the United States. The volume of freight moved by the leading American roads, he declares, la overwhelmingly greater than the freightage moved by any European road of equal mileage. He declares that he haa seen more freight moving In a sin Kle hour at Chicago, Pittsburg and Jersey City than he saw on the move during an entire month passed In Europe. Such a statement aa to the efficiency of American railroads coming from such a souijpe is calculated to cause a readjust ment of view on the part of many who have been led by numerous magaxine ar ticles lauding foreign railroad methods. to believe that this country is far behind the leading countries of Europe, both in solidity of railroad construction and In methods of operation. A great many of the roads of continental Europe are under governmental control, and the declaration that such roads are leas efficient In their service, accords entirely with the universal experience that when municipal or state governments attempt 'to do business re quiring a large force of employes, 'results are smaller and the average ' running ex penses greater than when the same busi ness is conducted under private manage ment. ' In actual mileage in operation there are 60,000 more miles of railroad In the United States than In the whole of Europe. The United States, as Mr. Iane remarks, "Is a railroad-made country," and he thinks that our railroad systems are without parallel In the world, because "we are liv ing as a nation, and In Europe they are living as communities." This country haa been obliged to work out big problems In railroading and haa worked them out In a way nowhere paralleled on the other aide of the Atlantic. From Dreams to Realttr. Pittsburg Dispatch. Ex-Pretident Iqoevelt Insists that when he came home he had no thought of getting Into politics. Some men are easily in fluenced against their will; but It was not supposed that our ex-presldent was In that clasB. ia II s s sLL lisJ . - mA IPEAMO Need no introduction to musical people. They occupy, an assured position in the worjd of music. 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