TIIK BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1910.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nehmaka. Douglas county, es
licorice B. Tzschuck, treasurer of The
Ree Publishing company, being duly
worn, says that the actunl number of
full and complete copies of The Dally,
Alurning. Evening anil Sunday Hee printed
during the month of September, 1 V I U, wan
aa follows:
1.... 4.880
2 43,270
2 43,190
4 40,000
6 44,130
C 43,630
7 43,600
8 43,530
43,460
JO 43,370
II 41,000 .
1 43,630
16 43,300
17 43,870
18 43,400
IB 43,830
20 43,490
21 43,400
22 43,400
23 46.540
H 43,330
25 43,300
28 45,870
27 44,150
28 43,550
2 43,660
30 43,690
18
14
15
, . 43300
, .43,309
, .43,300
Total
Returned Copies
.1,303,370
9,845
Net Total
Dally Average
. , 1,393,633
43,117
GEO. B. TZSCHL'CK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn
to before ma this thirtieth day of Sep
tember, 1810.
M. B. WALKER,
Notary Public
Subscribers leaving; the city tem
pore rllr should .have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
chanced as often aa requested.
Hush! Oh, nothing but the corn
crop setting.
As a master mechanic Boss Murphy
has few equals and no superiors.
At any rate, this thing of padding
census figures has almost gone out of
atyle.
"Is republican harmony possible?"
asks the Chicago Evening Post. Yes,
all things ate.
According to Cavalierl, love is a ter
rible thing. But what acquaintance
has she had with it?
"How the chips did fly at Saratoga,"
observes the Detroit News. Chips
nothing; whole trees.
Mr. Bryan is very Inconsistent or
he would not permit Mr. Dahlman to
call himself a democrat
That Iowa boy who captured a bank
robber may not get a hero medal, but
he certainly deserves one.
Citizen Lee O'Neill Browne and a
few of his political friends ought to
learn the art of aeroplanlng.
With all these keynotes dinning In
their ears, the American people may
be sick of music after awhile.
"If elected speaker I will drive a
pair of mules down Pennsylvania ave
nue," pays . Champ Clark. Glddap,
there, Jule. '
Lillian Russell says Paris dress
makers regard American women as
jokes. They take their money seri
ously, though. '
Colonel Roosevelt doesn't measure
up to the Des Moines standard of in
surgency, wnicn is sometning of a
recommendation for the colonel.
Oh, yes, Colonel Oruber was the
Irate gentleman who made a speech
at the Saratoga convention and pro
voked a laugh from Colonel Roosevelt
The Denver school board has appro
priated $1,300 for the purpose of
teaching every child how to swim. We
are getting further from the "old
swimming hole" every day.
Btlll, Boss Murphy permitted some
democrats to sit In the convention hall,
calling themselves delegates and go
through the motions of nominating
candidates and adopting a platform
The democratic aomlnee for gov
ernor in Minnesota promises to urge
the legislature to pass a county option
bill. If he Is not careful he will have
Mr. Bryan up there speaking in favor
of him.
The more the Illinois Central mess
is explored the greater the wonder
that any road was left when the house
cleaning came. The question upper
most at present is. How many other
railroads are afflicted In a similar way?
It was a great game. King Corn
beat out an infield hit. He started for
second on a hit and run sign, but was
nearly caught on a scratch hit by Old
Sol, who was thrown out at first With
J. Pluvlus at bat. Corn made a dash
for third and was ssfe on Jay's Texas
leaguer. He scored when Jack Frost
threw wild to catch hla: at the plate.
Perional and Political.
Returning from a trip to Mexico as
one of the guests, along with other,
American and Canadian newspaper
men, of the Centennial commission, I
find that during my absence several
local and country newspapers of va
riegated political hues have been
feigning inqulsitlveness as to where I
personally, and as editor of The Bee,
stand as between the opposing candi
dates for governor.
If theee solicitous friends had read
The Bee as political events were shap
ing themselves in this state, they
would have had no excuse for pre
tended doubt.
The Bee as a newspaper, and I per
sonally, have steadfastly refused to;
accept the liquor question as the over
shadowing issue in this campaign.
Whether a county option law shall be
enacted or not will depend on the
choice of members of the legislature
by the people of the respective sena
torial and representative districts, and
that Issue, therefore, In its very na
ture must be of local character, no
matter what the candidates for gov
ernor may say about It. j
The Bee has never supported Dahl
man for mayor, although the opposing
nominee In neither Instance was our
first choice, and we see no reason for
supporting Dahlman now for the office
of governor, for which he Is still less
fitted.
The Bee favors the election of Ald
rlch, not because he has proclaimed
himself for county option, but in spite
of it. It favors him because he repre
sents republican ideas in government;
because he has no corporation strings
attached to him; because, so far as
we know, his integrity has not been
assailed; because a clean-cut republi
can victory, Indicating that Nebraska
is in line with the progressive policies
of Taft and RooBevelt would bo worth
a great deal to this state and to the
country.
It should be remembered, too, that
the Impending election involves not
only the choice of a governor, but also
the filling of all the executive state
offices, six places in the national
house of representatives and one seat
in the United States senate. Taking
the ticket as a whole, the republican
nominees are far and away superior to
their democratic competitors. On the
republican ticket there are four re
nominated state officers with records
of efficiency entitling them to endorse
ment, while the only state officer
whom the democrats could have re
nominated was turned down in the
democratic primary, having forfeited
the confidence of his own party. The
democratic ticket presents one candi
date, who was the bellwether of the
corporation lobby in the last legisla
ture, seeking promotion to be lieuten
ant governor, with a possibility of fill
ing the governor's chair, while the
democratic nominee for railroad com
missioner used to be the trusted lieu
tenant of the notorious Tobe Castor,
who for many years managed "oil-
room" politics for the railroad com
bine. The democratic ticket is the
corporation ticket, and we can con
celve of nothing that Dahlman can
say on the liquor question that will
make such a ticket palatable for those
who, like us, have been fighting in
cessantly in Nebraska to throw off.
and keep off, the corporation yoke.
VICTOR ROSE WATER.
A Question of Franchise.
The abandonment of the opposition
to laying street car tracks along the
newly opened section of Twenty-fourth
street should not be taken to indicate
the settlement of the question of the
franchise of the street railway com
pany. The city is still deeply con
cerned In this and It must sooner or
later be settled as to what time the
franchise under which the company
operates shall determine. The Omaha
& Council Bluffs Street Railway com
pany Is the successor to a number of
corporations holding charters from the
city of Omaha whose time limit ex
pired at various dates. It has been
set up that the enabling act of 1889,
under which the companies then oper
ated In Omaha were permitted to con
solidate, created a perpetual franchise.
The language of this law is vague and
uncertain on the point, but the courts
have held, and very recently, that
there is no such thing as a perpetual
franchise. The city baa a right to
know under which oa of its several
consolidated franchises tile street rail
way company claims Hs privileges and
immunities. When this jolnt is fixed
It will be possible to u ake definite
plans for the future. .Sooner or later
Omaha will be confronted with the
question of what to do with the street
railway, dt:d the first step should be to
ascertain exactly what the rights in
the case are.
No Such Mark Needed.
The normal American mind will re
sent the suggestion of a Minneapolis
delegate to the rison congress at
Washington that the Bertillon sys
tem of identification be applied to all
citisens of the country. In the first
place after reading over all the rea
sons offered for the project, one Is
bound to ask "why?"
The first reason given Is that it
would be a "registration, national In
scope and In authority, embracing a
continuous enumeration and conseeu
tive numbering of the whole citizen
ship, including a duplicate card cer
tificate system. Identifying ts bearer
, by photograph or finger.'- But where
Is the demand for such a thing? What
I necessary cause would It serve? Are
we not getting along very well with
out it? And has sot the individual
who behaves himself and respects thej
law some rights which are his andj
for his exclusive enjoyment? Is there
not anything in this life too private,
for public transgression?
Of all the radical and fanatical fads
proposed by these prison reformers
this seems to cap the climax. Its au
thor says its benefits would be "in
calculable and far reaching." Un
doubtedly if they were to be incalcu
lable, they would be far-reaching, but
we agree with those more conservative
delegates to this congress who were
unable to discover the lncalculablllty
of the thing.
The Bertillon system has, In cases,
proved good as a means of identifying
criminals or habitual loafers, whose
photographs adorn the rogues' galler
ies throughout the country. But let
it continue to be used as a mark
distinguishing between good and bad
citizens and not brought into use as
a sign of common Identification.
A Dastardly Crime.
Not even the llaymarket riot in Chi
cago during the '80s compares with
the atrocity committed by anarchists
in Los Angeles, which has resulted in
the destruction of twenty lives and
the plant and building of the Los
Angeles Times. It Is one of the most
dastardly crimes of the age and the
only reason its toll of death and de
struction is not greater Is that the
deadly machines placed beside the
homes of the owner and manager of
the newspaper and the secretary of a
friendly organization were discovered
before the hour set for their explo
sion.
The heads of the newspaper, which
for twenty years has been engaged In
a dispute with union labor, directly
charge the crime to that organization,
and its spokesmen in turn as em
phatically protest Its utter Innocence
and proffer aid in discovering the cul
prits. Whether any union men or
their fool friends are responsible for
the outbreak, the revulsion of public
sentiment will probably be Just the
same. The effect is bound to recoil
with terrific force upon the perpetra
tors, whoever they may be and their
cause, whatever it may be. Moreover,
it is to be hoped that tne guilty per
sons may be apprehended and brought
to justice.
Friends of union labor may well
hope that the depredation can not be
laid to its door. And It Is not to be
supposed that any organization of In
telligent men could sanction or coun
tenance such a diabolical plot, but it
is not impossible that In the ranks of
a union some zealots may be found
vile enough to plan and perpetrate the
crime. If this proves to be the case,
organized labor will have most to gain
by speedy and complete prosecution
and the public will have little patience
with any other outcome.
Problem of Alaska.
Alaska's Immensity of area and re
sources makes the matter of its de
velopment one of the largest economic
problems that has ever come up to
the government for solution. There
is a demand for a form of govern
ment that will give Alaska a large
voice In its own development. Of
course there is some merit in this,
but at the same time the national
government cannot ever afford to go
too far in this direction.
The situation seems to present two
extremes,' between which a common
ground of action must be found. On
the one hand there are the stupendous
natural resources calling for capital
to develop them and the necessity of
making such laws as will legitimately
attract capital and produce industry;
on the other hand there are these re
sources which belong to the govern
ment and which the government must
neither barter nor sacrifice and yet
must exploit to meet the ever-lncreas
lng needs of the people. To strike the
medium, then, of providing salutary
legislation that will properly develop
and conserve the people's property,
and at the same time invite outside
capital is the problem confronting the
president and congress. Admittedly
it is a serious one and for that reason
we may well afford to be generous in
our criticisms of those who have to
solve it. The president has promised
that it will be taken up this winter
for consideration.
In the meantime we may be sure
that no policy yet proposed and the
records show that some have been
very dogmatically proposed has ad
equately met the test. It is not the
time nor the place for either partisan
ship or unyielding dogmatism. Those
who have expert knowledge of how
things ought to be done can do a vast
service to their country by giving It
the advantage o their skill, but noth
lng is to be gained by a continuation
of this process of selfish and sinister
criticism.
Will Democrats Endure It?
Nothing in the proceedings or re
sult of the New York state democratic
convention can really give encourage
ment to the party In or out of the
Empire state. The convention was so
completely dominated by Boss Murphy
of Tammany as to make it a mere
farce, the candidate for governor ad
mittedly being named by him. The
platform, Vhlch he had drawn, is a
tinkling cymbal, containing little be
side false charges against the repub
licans. And to cap it all the party
In the state is divided at the outset of
the campaign.
John A. Dlx, nominated for gover
nor, bolted Hearst, the party's nomi
nee in 1906, and, of course, will in
turn be bolted by Hearst But the
New York Times, g powerful demo
cratic organ, is against the whole com
bine, as are other party papers, ad
mitting during the progress of the
convention that it was simply Tam
many's tall wagging. The Times said:
All day and night the democratic leaders
have been gotng. hat In hand, to Mr.
Murphy and asking fc.m humbly to favor
this or that candidate. Never before has
Temmany Mall been In such unquestioned
control of a state convention. Never be
fore has any Tammany boss been enthroned
is the state leader In the unlimited way In
which Murphy Is recognised today. The
convention la In the hollow of his hand.
Back of Murphy's control are rumors of
strange and sinister Influence. Tou cannot
throw a brick In any direction In Roches
ter without hitting some lobbyist or rail
road attorney.
But strong as Is this confession by
a democratic newspaper, it is not de
nied by Murphy, himself. The Tarn
many boss frankly admitted that he
dominated the convention and named
the candidate, when on adjournment
he said:
I said I would give them an up-state
candidate and I've done it
Now, the question Is, will the self-
respecting democrats of New York
state endure it? Will they walk up
and take what the boss of Tammany
hall has tossed them, and what the
Times says, the sinister influences of
the state wanted? It is a fine ticket
and platform to defend!
Mulhall, the Harvard statistician,
said some ten years ago that three
states in this union could be isolated
from all others and would yet be en
tirely self-sustaining; that each had
all the mineral, vegetable and animal
resources and the soil to produce
everything human life needed. These
three states were Missouri, Alabama
and California. According to this,
then, Missouri need not feel the least
discouraged because it has failed In
the last decade to show a heavy in
crease in population. When the move
ment to exploit its natural resources
gets further along we shall see some
development in the old state that
probably will attract much wider at
tention than the small gain of 8 per
cent in population has done.
The carpenters are now going to
build a sanitorium where their af
flicted union members may receive
treatment for tuberculosis. This
movement Is becoming general
through all bodies bf organized labor,
and the printers as the pioneers in the
work take even greater pride In their
million-dollar plant at Colorado
Springs, because it has pointed the
way to lessening all human suffering
and the increase of human efficiency.
St. Joseph is about to pay the same
penalty that was inflicted on Omaha
for a similar offense. The inflation of
population flgVfces is certainly a boom
erang. But if St. Joseph will imitate
Omaha's example own up frankly
and set about to grow honestly, 'it
may in time live down the effect of the
mistake made ten years ago. Omaha
has fully recovered from the blunder
of 1890.
Voters whose names are not already
on the list should get themselves en
rolled Tuesday Last year's registra
tion is outlawed and unless you are
registered anew this year you cannot
vote If you have any Interest in
your citizenship you should exercise
your franchise, and to do this you
must register.
Omaha trade boosters are nearly
ready for their next visit to their
friends in the country and will take
with them the most cordial of invita
tions for a return visit. The better the
relations between Omaha business men
and those of the interior of the state,
the better It is for everybody.
A little thing like an auto smash-up
cannot keep Colonel William Hayward
off the track, and before election day
he will make Congressman Maguire
think he has been in several wrecks.
Hayward's campaign Is a model that
might well be repeated in every section
of Nebraska.
"How the nomination of Edward M.
Shepard at Rochester would kindle
the hope and renew the courage of
the democracy of New York!" re
marked the Times the day before the
convention. Ah, yes, but Boss Mur
phy did not so decree it.
I
The Lincoln Star is wasting much
editorial space In debating the sincer
ity of Mr. Bryan's "nonpartisan" prop
aganda. The only nonpartisanshlp a
democrat knows anything about is to
vote for democrats.
'A Peart of Wladoni.
Washington Herald.
After the sultan of Sulu experiences the
cost of living In this country he will con
gratulate himself on his wisdom of leaving
his wives at home.
Grewt Vehicle of Ulnajer.
Baltimore American.
There is one thing about Colonel Roose
velt which even his enemies must admit.
There Is no out-and-drted perfunctory bus
iness about a convention In which he takes
part.
I naeemly levlty.
Wall Street Journal.
Railroad employes want freight rates In
creased. Then they can ask for higher
wages to meet Increased oost of living ow
lng to Increased oost of oommodltlea, In
duced, In part, by Increased freight rates
Even pup chasing Its tall takes an oc
casional rest.
Iroar ( Kate.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The death of Chaves, ere he could receive
the prize of the Italian Aviation society for
his wonderful transalpine right, is like
the death of a warrior In the hour of a
glorious victory. It was the Irony of fate
that a thirty-foot fall should have killed
the man who on September S reached the
record altitude of a,tut feet
Around New York
2Upplea ea the Current ef T-lfs
as Seen la u Great Amsrloaa
Metropolis from Day to Pay.
One of several rare characters brought
to the center of the political stage of
Greater New Tork Is Robert C. Wln'er.
He is not as Jolly as his name Implies.
Some critics of hla farewell performance
regard him as the most unique specimen
ot office-holder that ever tempted a
museum. Mr. Winter was assistant super
intendent of buildings In the borouga of
Rronx, with a salary of $4,000 a year. These
was nothing to do except to draw pay, for
the superintendent of buildings did the
superintending and the assisting as will.
The office was merely a lien on the puollo
funds. Winter stood It as long as he could
and then wrote to the borough prs'de-it
this letter:
"Dear President Miller: Since 1 was r
pointed as assistant superintendent of
buildings I have endeavored to carry 'in
the duties to the beat of my ability. I nave
come to the conclusion reluctantly tha. the
office Is not necessary. The administra
tion could, In my Judgment, get along
quite as well without this office as with
It, and I therefore take the liberty of sug
gesting to you that the office Is unneces
sary. Please accept my resignation, which
Is hereby tendered."
The resignation was accepted and tha
office abolished.
The coal merchants of New Tork face
an impossible task. In bidding for the
business of supplying son.ooo tons of coal
to the city they are asked to agree to
make up any deficiency which may be
ascertained In the quality of the coal after
It baa been burned. The man who sells
oatmeal porridge to a city official Is not
asked to guarantee that it will give off
enough heat units to keep hla mechanism
running or that it will yield enough phos
phorus to enable him to write speciflca
tons for a coal contract. The porridge
manufacturer quits when he has delivered
his sealed package. But the New Tork coal
dealer must deliver a sealed load of coa)
and agree that It will make a certain
amount of steam. The only way out for
the coal dealers la to take over the whole
management of the city's steam plants. In
that way, no doubt, they will be able to get.
up a reasonable amount of steam, the same
as other folks who use their coal.
Frivolous persons long have held that
there Is very little difference between mar
riage and death and now that the supreme
oourt of New Tork comes along with a
decision declaring that they are Identical
In one respect they abate legal actions in
which the principals may have been In
volved.
All of which came as a frightful shock to
one lawyer who had figured on getting at.
least the price of a new fall bonnet out of
a breach of promise action in which he was
endeavoring to collect $10,000 heart balm
for a woman whose affections had been
wounded.
Judge Whitney decided that when Mlsr
Theresa Weinberg changed her name to
Mrs. Emmanuel Robinson the breach of
promise action In which she had begun
against Mr. Robinson curled up and died
It was several months ago that Miss Wein
berg sought the aid of a lawyer In an ef
fort to make Mr. Robinson pay for trifllnr
with her affections. While the lawyer was
getting ready to make the man tell the
truth, and was figuring out his share of
the gate receipts, Miss Weinberg and Mr.
Robinson decided to get married and put
the cost of the suit toward furnishing as
apartment for two. When the honeymoon
was over Mrs. Robinson wanted the court
to discontinue the suit, but the lawyer
would not consent.
Judge Whitney took the puxzle under con
sideration and decided that the union of
the couple ended the breach of promise
proceedings. And now there Is one lawyer
giving a splendid imitation of a breach of
the peace.
Maiden Lane Jewelers say this Is the
greatest season for big hat pins In his
tory. . Hat pins large enough to hold pow ¬
der puffs, mirrors, trinkets and small
change are being shown by the manufac
turing Jewelers. So huge are the new de
signs that many of the ornamental heads
have hinged lids. When the Ud Is lifted
the powder puff and receptacle for knick
knacks Is disclosed. The inside surface or
the lid is a tiny mirror.
Guards are made to cover the dangerous
point of the hat pin. They are ornamental.
matching the bead. Some of the guards
are made even larger and more elaborately
ornamented than the heads. The same
guards may be used Interchangeably tor
many pins.
Both heads and guards are represented!
as roosters, pheasants, owls or other bird
heads made in gold, silver and gems, or
rhlnestones and imitations. la some de
signs the rooster from comb to claws is
tbiee Inches long.
Where the t ream Goes.
Philadelphia Kecora. .
By eliminating the Inner wheel In the ex
press companies tha railroad corporations
would go far toward solving the problems
of transportation In reducing cost of
freights and increasing legitimate dividends
of stockholders.
Our Birthday Book
October 8. 1810.
George Bancroft, America's greatest his
torian, was born October 3, 1800 at Wor
cester, Mass. He was secretary of the navy
under President Polk and later served as
minister to England and Germany. He
established the naval school at Annapolis,
but hla great monument Is the volumi
nous work of the history of the United
States.
Hopklnson Smith, humorist, author and
lecturer, was born October 3, 1858 at Balti
more. He was eduoated as a mechanical
engineer and laid the foundation for the
Bartholdi statue of library. He Is best
known now as an occasional contributor to
the six best sellers.
Adlal Stevenson, former vice-president of
the United States, is celebrating his seventy-fifth
birthday today. He la a native
of Kentucky and first attained public
notice as official headsman In tha Post-
office department in President Cleveland's
first term. He ran again for vice-president
with Mr. Bryan in VmQ, and was res
urrected as a candidate for governor of
Illinois two years ago.
Herman t. JCountze, in the Kountse
Brothers bank at New Yojk. was born
October 3, lf73, at Omaha. He was edu
cated at Tale and went Into the First
National bank here before going to Now
Tork to help look after the family's finan
cial Interests there.
Dr. Charles E. Smith, dentist in the Doug
las block, Is 47 years old. He was born
In Davenport, la., and took his degree of
doctor of dental surgery In the University
of Pennsylvania, locating in Omaha in
lsxS, where he has since continued to prac
tice his profession.
Thomas Ring of the city detective force,
was born October 3, 16J in Canada. He
came to this country at 17 years of sge,
and has been in the police department since
1S92, previous to that time being In the Ice
business.
Kiii.notn noiso qiitk kli..
i rates Argue Aaalnat Proposed Higher
! Krelaht Rates.
lndianspolls News.
The fates themselves appear to be against
the railroads In their effort to convince
the country as to the propriety of higher
freight rates. The increased cost of ma
terials and the higher rate of wages have
been eloquently set forth by the railroad
advocates, and the declaration has been
made that unless trey had a larger Income
their properties wiuld deteriorate, their
credit would be ruined and the railroad
business generally would go to the dogs.
Especially loud have been all these as
sertions during the last year, though the
need of larger Income Seems to have been
apparent to the carriers for a longer time.
They say they had contemplated an In
crease in rates two years ago, but aban
doned the Idea for the time on account of
the peculiar conditions then existing. These
conditions, as everybody will readily re
call, had to do with the presidential cam
paign. Hut that the need of an increase of
rates at that time was not urgent Is ap
parent from reports of all the railroad
covering the year ending with last Juno.
These show, according to figures on tile
with the Interstate Commerce Commission
at Washington, that operating revenues
for the fiscal year were $2.77!.24.ono. the
largest In the history of American rail
roads, and a gain of 13.75 per cent over
the preceding year. The earnings for
the fiscal year of 190 were $2.4,31ii,00i,
or 4.41 per cent Increase over the earn
ings of 190S. Nor is the complaint that
Increasing expenses are eating ,up all the
gross revenue borne out by the figures
on file. These show that the net operat
ing revenues for the year were W38.1-1.0UO,
an Increase of 13.SS per cent over the pre
ceding year, or only forty-two hundredths
of 1 per cent less than the Increase of
grans earnlugs. Thus dividend possibili
ties were as great In 1910 as In 1909.
In considering these returns it Is to be
remembered that the fiscal year of 1910
carried the railroads over the crest of the
high price wave. On July 1, 1909, the be
ginning of the fiscal year, Hradstreet's
commodity Index number was $8.4573; on
January 1, 1910, the middle of the fiscal
year. It was $9.2310, the highest ever
recorded; on July 1, 1910, the end of the
fiscal year, It was $8,924$. Thus It will be
seen that the carriers had six months of
slightly rising prices and six months of
slightly falling prices, making altogether
the year of the highest prices which they
and the rest of us have undergone. Dur
ing the lost four months of the year many
of the much emphasised wage advances
were In effect, and a great many long de
ferred expenditures for pkyslcal mainte
nance were being made. And yet In spite
of all these things the raHroads made a
gain of 13.33 per cent In their net revenue,
with no material change In rates.
1
ANOTIIKH BLOW AT SPOILS.
Assistant Postmaster Placed In the
Classified Service.
Chicago Record-Herald,
The order of President Taft placing about
8,000 assistant postmasters on the "classi
fied service" list,' and thus transferring
them from the spoils sphere to that ot
merit, commends Itself to every friend of
honesty and fitness In public office. The
stubborn spoilsmen will wonder more than
ever, perhaps, "what they are here for,"
but they will receive precious little sym
pathy. The order Is In line with previous ex
ecutive steps In the same direction, and
emphasizes the duty of congress to take
the further steps indicated steps that re
quire legislation.
Recent event, including disappointing re
sults of direct primaries In certain states,
teach us that Jobholders are too active in
politics and disinterested cltisen Insuffi
ciently active. The remedy for machine
politics Is to deepen the Interest of the
private citizen and lessen that of the place
man, the office seeker, the patronage
brigade. Merit In appointments and pro
motions is a great factor In purifying elec
tions and encouraging Independence. He
sides, merit means better service and
smaller cost.
More power to the antl-spolls elbow I
Talks to People
Offensive to the Pabllc Bye.
Advertising by means of electrlo signs
began In a modest and inoffensive way,
and for years nobody minded, whatever
some of us may have thought about the
wisdom of those who used It In comparison
with that displayed by advertisers who
made their wares known In other ways.
Indeed, the efficiency of the signs In sup
plementing the lights supplied at munici
pal expense and making the streets bright
and cheerful at night was bo generally
recognized that the attainment of publicity
in this manner has gone on without any
sort of regulation. But the Illuminated an
nouncements and devices have slowly
grown larger and larger In the struggle
for conHplcuousness among a multitude of
ambitious rivals.
It is no longer considered sufficient to
have signs, no matter of what size, that
merely shine in various colors. Instead
they must appear and disappear In alter
nations of brilliancy and darkness. This,
by compelling attention Instead of merely
Inviting it, Is productive of mental Irri
tation, and It Is undoubtedly injurious as
well as wearying to the eyes of all who
have to watch It, which Is the same as
saying to the eyes of all whose business
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PERSONAL NOTES.
The throne of lOngland Is likely tr. s
come more attractive than ever, now : .
honorary membrrshli In the Amieii: n 1
Honorables of Boston Is one of Hs ire..;,.,
perquisites.
Wllllsm J. Bryan Is to be one of tv 4
nartmcnt editors of the new preshytr- ,-,
weekly, called the Continent. n!i .
take the place of the Interior and t
Westminster.
An Italian In Pennsylvania, spphlm- -naturalization,
raid he had never I .
of one, Theodore Roosevelt, but pnn.-i-,
that he must he a Dutchman. The i .
Immediately admitted him to pMiz.mi.i.:i
Hugh A. tAncaster, who died nt K
In Pouth Sterling, Lnekawann.-i county, r
last Wednesday, at the age of s: ,
was the first man In the United sut. - ,
make umbrella handles by machinery p
likewise served as postmsfter of hl li.-n;.
town for fifty-three years.
A Washington dispatch alleges tli.it V-,
Franklin MacVeagh, wife of the mm i-. t. i -,-of
the treasury, Is planning to present r
husband with a gift of a $2WV0fl0 home n
Christmas gift It's a nohle nnd !!..
xorthy conception. All wives will j , , ,
take notice.
Plr John r. Recs holds the distinct! -n of
being the best linguist In the Ho ,,(
Commons, If not In Kngland. For n : ,
her of years he was government trn a
of such out-of-the-way langusKes us In i
Telugu, Persian and Hindustani. II.
besides, an authority on Russian Htnl
man, and It Is said there Is not a i;u-o" :
language with which he Is not c mversai t.
SUNNY GEMS.
The pretty girl was eating a peach
"Cannibal!" exclaimed the elderly bnche
lor
"Pnrrot!" she retorted.
For she had a dim recollection of hnr1r
heard him say the same thin to dozens ot
other pretty girls. Chicago Tribune.
"What Is this 'wanderlust' you read ot
so often as compelling people to lcuv
home?"
"I don't know," replied Mr. Cumro.
"but Judtflng from my observations of
people who have it 'wanderlust' is German
for 'creditors.' "Washington Star.
Senior Tartner (of automobile flrrrO -Tou're
pong to send Hoxley a booklet
about our new ffi.floo machine? Why, don't
you know he's hopelessly bankrupt?
Junior Partner Certainly I do- but when
he gets that booklet he'll think we haven t
found It out yet and that'll make him
happy for at least five minutes. Chicago
Tribune.
"Pay, we've come to ask you to be our
candidate for connress."
"Eh! Well, well! Thank you, boys. I ll
run If the old guard will let me."
"Hold on. You're not as much of a hide
bound partisan as that, are you"
"Partisan? Of course not. I'm talking
about my wife." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Discreet.
"May I may I kiss you, dear?" said he.
"First I want one thing made clear," said
she.
"Have you ever kissed maid before, or
tried?"
"No," he answered she was sure he lied.
Then, with willing Hps, she whlsiwred.
"Well,
Tes, you may, since you don't kiss and tell."
Boston Transcript.
WHYS AND WHEREFORES.
Some people like some other people
Because the'r looka 's pleasln'
An' some folks like 'em 'cnuse the'r mood's
. Th' snme in ev'ry season;
Some folks like others fer the'r style,
An" others fer the'r money;
But some folks like some others 'cause
They Jeat caln't help It. honey.
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Some people like other people
Because the'r actions suit em;
And some like others jest because
The'r'a rlvuls to dispute 'em;
And there are folks like other folka
Ker the luster In the'r eye;
An' some folks 'cause Well, I'll be derriea
If 1 know why.
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Some people like some people 'cause
They seem so strong an' husky;
Some like 'em fer complect Ions light
An' some compactions dunky;
Some like folks 'cause they always know
The proper tiling to do;
An' some like others Jest because
Th'aln't got no blzness to. B, N. T.
Who Sell Things
or pleasure brings them Into tho streets
after nightfall. So, by slow degrees, the
electrlo signs became what may be called
a chronic nuisance, but now a step has
been taken that makes the nuisance acut.
Hitherto the slims were placod on build
ings designed to serve, end serving, other
purposes that In some degreo at least,
restrained the Ingenuity and the ruthless
nesa of the street advertisers. But at
present there is one building erected,
where all New York and ull our visitors
must see It, that was constructed with a
ingle end In view that of being a foun
dation for electric signs. The brutal, the
almost appalling, ugliness of that building
la Indicative of what will happen to the
city unless prompt measures are taken to
save It from duplicating hldeousness of the
same kind.
Just what tho measures should be we
do not assume to say, but there is a limit
to what one may do with Ills own, and
it mi to us that the limit Is exceeded
when builders abandon every pretense of
what may be calU-d architectural decency,
and, Instead of trying to Improve the ap
pearance of the city, deliberately en
deavor, only too successfully to make It
unbeautlful. New York Times.
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