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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btate of Nebraska. Ittuglaa County. .
Oeorge B. Tzschurk. treasurer of Th
Bee. lub)iahlng company, being duly
aaorn, says thai th actual numoer of full
and complete copies of The I 'ally. Morn
ing, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
curing the nionth of October,
follows:
1.110, was as
1
.43.350
.44.700
,3,ai0
.43.380
.43,440
17 43,370
II 43,340
It 43,330
tO 43,310
tl 43,430
It 43,170
tl 43,450
24 44,030
It 43,330
II 43,370
IT 43,390
tl 43,400
II 43,0u0
0 43,8011
tl 46,J
a.. i.
43,040
1. 43,740
1 4X630
.i 43,700
Hi, 43,650
11 43.S0
11.. 43.300
1 4340
!-. ...43,470 .
43,300
1 44. QUO
Total L35U.74J
ftaturned Coplea 11.343
Nat Total W38.3-8
Pally Avar- 43,174
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If any Americana must
Mexicans, let Texas do it.
fight the
The weather, though, was
punch for Tom and Jerry.
a hot
It seems that there are Insurgents
among Nebraska school teachers, too.
Glory enough for Nebraska gridiron
performers for one Thanksgiving day.
The cost of living may be stuttering
a little, but it has not entirely lost its
voice.
This is an ago of progress. For
proof, Emma Goldman admits she is a
pagan.
Strang that the "deer season"
opens Just as the talk of lower prices
begins.
Those Brazilian sailors mutinied,
bo doubt, out of Jealousy of the Mex
ican insurrectionists.
How Count Bonl has overlooked the
vaudeville stage this long is one of the
mysteries of the age.
Chancellor Lloyd-Oeorge Is liable to
get bis eyes scratched out for calling
thosa suffragettes mewing cats.
Looking back the day after, it is up
to some -Luther Burbank to produce
a turkey shaped like a foot ball.
All things considered, ex-Senator
Foraker, barring accidents, ought to
pass into old age a happy man.
Well, well. Ig Dunn gets certificate
oftjCharactei from the World-Herald.
No doubt ho thinks he needs it.
St. Paul is to organizo a society of
local archaeologists. They might be
able to trace that rock quarry under
the city jail building back to the stone
age.( . ... ,. .
Th Kansas City Times remarks that
"The: railroads are betting 150.000,
000 on Kansas City's , magnificent
future. Trust th railroads to bet
n a cinch.
Wonder if It would be- possible for
the state of Nebraska to continue to
xlst if Jasper L. McBrlen were dt
vorced from the pay roll and had to
work for a living?
The Pittsburg Dispatch reminds us
that onions are more nourishing than
other vegetables. That may be true,
but some folks' wives prefer that they
stick to the others.
In view of the help received from
the German-American alliance, Con
gressman Hitchcock might at least
show a little more consideration for
the German emperor.
If you are going to blame the re
publican party for the high cost of
living, then you must also credit it for
the high standard of living; this Is
sure a gay life we have.
A snorting writer on a western
newspaper, inditing a few lines to Tol
stoi, declares, "The last of the Giants
is gone." But Junt wait till Muggsy
McGraw runs his eye over that.
Ths Transtnusisippl congress,
which has been in session at San An-
tonlo, will meet next at Oklahoma I
City. This Is getting closer to Omaha!
ud headed In the right direction, j
The Mexican Situation.
The Mexican Insurrection, appar
ently. Is lagging. If not collapsed, for
want of a capable leader and a cause
definite enough to Inspire a coherent
following. Men without a real griev
ance are not likely long to fight be
hind one with no higher motive than
personal ambition. Dr. Madero too
early was recognized as a mere aspir
ant for office, a rival of Diaz, and,
though Able to Inflame the passions
of his party for a time, it appears he
has utterly failed to sustain their
ardor. Had some national figure of
formidable personality and power
come forward at the right moment, he
might have made very serious trouble
for the Mexican republic, but It looks
now as if the government had suc
ceeded In maintaining its authority.
But though the future of Mexico Is
probably not greatly menaced by
present conditions, yet Its progress
abroad will be retarded and to this
extent the government and President
Diaz have sustained a setback, for the
chief executive was exerting all his
efforts toward promoting friendly
commercial relations with other na
tions and the development of Mexican
resources by the aid of foreign capital.-
It cannot be doubted that
elgn capital will hesitate to go Into
Mexico for some time. Capital is very
sensitive, and what might not In the
least embarrass the political status or
standing of the government might
very potently affect Its influence with
outside Investors.
This is particularly unfortunate for
Mexico, too, just at this time when
many Industries afoot require financial
aid and are sure to suffer if they fail
to get It. Much American money has
gone into Mexican enterprises and
much more is desired and needed, but
it Is not likely to be very free for the
present and Just for how long Is some
thing that cannot quite be determine
now. Assuming that the present
trouble has passed its crisis, fear will
ltnger that another similar outbreaking the fact that these are substantial
may occur. Friends of Mexico in the
United States can wish their southern
neighbor nothing better than a stable
government, so essential to growth
and prosperity.
. First Test of Parcels Post
The postmaster general's promise
to recommend to congress a limited
parcels post service on rural mall
routes will be widely applauded and
it is to be hoped congress will see its
way clear to give it a trial. The gov
ernment has the facilities for main
taining this service and it ought to
make use of them, It seems to be the
desire of Postmaster General Hitch
cock to do this and he should be given
full support by congress. There is a
very definite feeling over this country
that parcels post can not only be made
to pay, but will be a great convenience
and saving to the people and we
should no longer defer to the wishes
of special interests in the matter.
Representative Sulzer of New York
has had a bill pending In congress
contemplating much of what the post
master general proposes and it or
some other ought to be passed. He
proposes to raise the limit of weight
for general merchandise from four to
eleven pounds and to make the post
age rata what it is now oa fourth-
class matter, 1 cent for every two
ounces, or 8 cents a pound. These
rates apply to international parcels
post; then why should they not apply
to domestic service? Mr. Hitchcock's
proposal is identical with that of the
Sulzer bill, so far as the maximum
weight goes, though possibly differing
In other respects. But it will make no
difference who fathers the bill, just so
it is properly framed and put through.
If a rural parcel post could be suc
cessfully maintained, it would require
more Ingenuous argument than has
yet been offered to block the demand
for a general parcels post service. And
with the rural service once estab
lished, it would probably be but a
trifling matter to make the law gen
eral la Its scope. The Sixty-first con
gress will have Us hands full at this,
Its closing, session, but It could not
cap its climax with a more popular
law than such a measure would surely
prove to be.
The State Corporation Tax.
Secretary of State Junkin is asking
the governor to recommend to the leg
islature the amending of the law im
posing an annual corporation tax on
all Nebraska corporations so that the
tax shall be computed on the author
ized capital stock Instead of upon the
capital stock actually Issued. If there
is any good reason for such a change
except that it would produce more rev
enue and make the collections through
the secretary of State's office look big'
ger it is not apparent on the surface.
The Idea back of this annual cor
poratlon tax or fee Is that it should be
graduated according to the alio and
Dusiness or tne corporation. A cor
poration that is authorized to issue
11,000,000 of stock and only Issues
$100,000 enjoys no greater privilege
from the state than the corporation
authorized to issue only $100,000 of
stock with the full amount outstand
lug.
The first year this law went into
effect Secretary Junkin undertook to
collect on the basis ot authorized
stock, and did so collect It, with the
result that the legislature will be
called on at the coming session to re
fund the overcnarge, the collection ot
which subsequent reading of the law
and threatened test suits compelled
the secretary to admit to be basd on
a mistaken rulliig
If this corporation tax law Is to be
amended at all It should be amended
In a way to give corporations more
equal treatment and not to perpetrate
greater injustice.
The Amendment Lost.
Although incomplete, the returns
show that the constitutional amend
ment submitted for ratification by the
voters of Nebraska at the last election
has failed to carry, notwithstanding
the device by which It was credited
with all the straight ticket votes for
the parties that had endorsed it at the
primary. The total vote In the state
will aggregate something over 2 4 0,
000, but the affirmative vote for the
amendment will fall short of 100,000.
and therefore short of the necessary
majority required by the terms of the
constitution. Of the votes counted for
and against the amendment the
affirmative will have a margin of from
25,000 to 30.000, but apparently
from 60,000 to 70,000 voters who par
ticipated In the election declined to
record themselves either way on the
amendment.
From The Bee's point of view no
harm is done by the failure of 'this
amendment to carry. As It was so
peculiarly framed, it was a bungling
Job of phraseology. Had it been
drafted in simple language, clearly ex
empting from disfranchisement all
foreign-born citizens who had already
acquired the right to vote in Nebraska,
it would probably have carried with
out opposition.
Rehabilitating Democracy.
' Eastern democrats profess to be
lieve that, as the New York World
puts It, "The way to the complete re
habilitation of the democratic party
Is now so simple that It can be lost
only by blind stupidity and folly."
They base their faith, of course, upon
the recent victories that have given
them governors in Maine, Massachu
setts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New
York and Ohio. There can be no deny-
victories, but there is room for dis
cussion when the World continues:
For the first time since Andrew Jack
son's administration the democratic party
la emancipated and muster of Its own des
tinies back to first principles
again, under lendershlp fit to lead.
Wherefore, as the Philadelphia In
quirer observes, "Very Interesting,
but what are 'the first principles?' la
It the Jeffersonlan doctrine to which
old-time democrats are constantly ap
pealing and concerning the meaning
of which no two of them agree? Is
'Jeffersonlan simplicity' exemplified by
the expenditure of $37,000 by the
democratic candidate for governor in
Massachusetts to secure his election?"
The task primarily confronting the
party In its work of rehabilitation is
to define those "first principles" and
then to evolve out of the mass sure to
be submitted as "fundamental democ
racy" a coherent doctrine which all
will agree to preach. That Is the first
task, but not the real test of this re
cent triumph, wnlch must come later,
when the party reaches the point of
shifting, as it certainly must, from the
party of negation to the party of posi
tive action, when, again, it undertakes
to reduce its doctrine to tangible poli
cies, the tariff as an example, and
submits them to the people. There is
the crucible through which these fine
spun theories must pass before they
are refined into durable substance.
Granting the strong personnel rep
resented In this array of democratic
governors-elect, the democrats cannot
complete their party's rehabilitation
solely around these men. It will be in
the house of representatives that will
come the climax that tells. There Is
where lurks the chief peril of "blind
stupidity or folly." Either Champ
Clark, a Missouri democrat, will make
the Important committee appoint
ments, or they will be controlled in
caucus by the southern bourbons, and
In neither case, despite the apparent
realignment of the south and the east,
can faultless precision be relied on.
But whatever Is done toward reorgan
ization, what is done in the national
house must inevitably form a large
part of the nucleus and this process
of formation is fraught with extreme
perils.
Then, again, for the tariff. When
the democrats undertake to promul
gate their old principles of free trade
or a revenue only tariff, they are go
ing to encounter serious trouble. .The
south today Is not a free trade coun
try and it rtpresentatlves in the
house and senate, when it comes to a
choice between home industry and
free trade theory, are very likely to
stand by their constituents. To avoid
shipwreck will require some skillful
maneuvering by the democratic pilots.
The best way the country can honor
Lincoln is to stand for the things he
stood for. Washington Star.
True. That would be far better
than all the monuments that could be
erected. The only obstacle in the way
Is the numerous present-day statesmen
who want us to believe that Lincoln
would stand for all the freak schemes
they are boosting.
The architect who forced the tax
payers of Omaha to pay him $10,000
in lees ror a scnool cullulng never
constructed proposes to allow that to
apply in part payment if he is permit
ted to complete the new High school
If he would pay the unearned $10,000
back to the city first he might qualify
to compete for the job.
The city electrician figures that back
tax collections will fill up the lighting
fund so as to enable each councilman
to put on two or three more arc lights
in his ward. No suggestion that
if not buruej up rUnt away It would
go Into the sinking fund at the end of
the year, cutting off that much of the
municipal debt.
The democrat who piled up the big
gest majority for congress In Nebraska j
is the democrat who repudiated the!
Denver platform pledge for postal sav
ings banks and came In for a nice
brown roast in the Commoner for
doing so. It does not follow, however,
that there Is any relation' of cause and
effect.
Will the coming Nebraska legisla
ture be organized along wet and dry
lines or by party divisions, as hereto
fore? The democrats, who have a ma
jority of the members, will have to
wrestle with this question, while' the
republicans sit on the bleachers and
watch the game.
"Champ Clark says he is neither for
nor against the movement to take the
appointment of committees from the
speaker," says the Globe-Democrat.
If there ever was a time when Champ,
could afford to be passive on any prop
osition this is it.
Now If the weather man will only
do as well by us for Christmas he will
have earned a double share from
Santa Claus.
The most popular church In St.
Louis just now ought to be the boy of
that name who has Just fallen heir to
$6,000,000.
t'arrr the Newa to Charley.
Minneapolis Journal.
Chump Clark says that the democrat
now have a golden opportunity. Goldent
Notify the Commoner.
Shadowa of (irentama.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
After all, la genius to be commended
when it renounces the world? Wouldn't
it show its true greatness to better advan
tage by standing in with the rest of us
who are obliged to take life as It cornea
and make the beat of It?
Beat the L.eadrra te It.
Kansas City Times.
Frederick D. Warren, the socialist editor
of the Glrard Appeal to Reason, has been
sentenced to alx months in Jail and fined
$1,000, thereby enabling; him to beat Mr.
Qompera and Mr. Mitchell to It In tha
scramble for martyrdom.
Beaaon of I nattered Illlaa.
St. Loula Republic.
The newly elected congressman has be
fore him about twelve months of unalloyed
bliss. Ho may watch the blunders of the
present Incumbents and comment thereon
without the possibility of being pointed to
his own record In proof that he, too, is
fallible and that to err la human.
(ioeal and Had Daillara.
Springfield Republican.
Chancellor Lloyd George Is on the right
track in showing up the "American dollars"
scare. Not a few dukedoms and earldoms,
aa ha points out, have had their ancient
dignity restored by Yankee gold. The fresh
paint on the estate of the duke of Marl
borough has for years been paid for out
of the earnings of tho New York Central
railroad.
Gil AFT I. WAR SCAItKS t
An Intimation from President ef Co
lainblaa Vntveraltr.
Nicholas Murray Butler In Leslie's.
My impression is that somebody makes
something by reason of the huge expendi
tures in preparation for war. Have you
ever noticed that, about the time that the
appropriations for military purposes are
under consideration in the congress, in the
House ot Commons, in the Chamber of
Deputies or in the Reichstag, or Just before
such a time, hostilities are always on the
point of breaking out in two or three parts
of the world at once? Just at these times
war prophets begin to see visions and
dream dream, and the poor, gullible peo
ple rush off to their cyclone cellars and
Bhout timorously to their representatives
to vote at once and as much as possible In
order that great ships and guns and torts
may be built to protect them from tholr
fears. We have done of late some helpful
and Illuminating legislative inquiry In this
country. It might be worth while to have
the same sort of ability that has so bril
liantly exposed to our repelled and aston
ished gaze ' other forma of political chic
anery and graft make some measurement
of the sincerity and disinterestedness of the
lively type of patriotism which accompan
ies these military and naval debates the
world over.
Our Birthday Book.
November 88, 1910.
George Cary Eggleston, the author, was
born November 2, 1838. at Vevay, Ind. His
list of literary product includes a long!
line of books comprising poetry, fiction,
history and homily.
Judge Emlin McCUin. Judge of the su
preme court of Iowa, is 69 years old. He
was born at Palem, O., and has been head
of the law department of the University of
vwa- . .
15. 8. Lacey, loriner comptroller oi uis
currency, and now a DaiiKer in .niaui, i
celebrating bis 76th birthday. He was bom
In Chill, N. T., and was for several terms
member of congress.
Charles H. Dietrich, former United Statea
senator and governor of Nebraska, was
born November 16, at Aurora, 111. He
was in the banking business in Hastings
and chosen senator within a few months
after taking his office aa governor. He la
now in a sanitarium in Washington, much
broken In health.
Charles L. Deuel, secretary and office
manager for McCord-Brady company, waa
born Nevember M. 1S6L at Elwood, 111. He
was for tweuty-one years in the Omaha
National bank, going with McCord-Brady
company in 1VS.
Robert D. Cpdike, superintendent and
vice president of tha Updike Lumber and
Coal comuany. Is 28 yeara old today. He
was born lu Harvard, Neb., and was edu
cated in the Unlveralty ot Nebraska and
in Eaatmaa college at Poughkeepsle.
Clarence W. Erwln, state bank examiner,
la Just i yeara old. He was born at Fair-
bury, Neb., and was formerly teller In the
City Savings bank here In Omaha.
WlllUrd Chambers, teacher of dundng,
was born November i, IS'2, in Mills county
Iowa. This is ills twenty-fourth year in
conducting danclrg clasHea, twenty of them
being fpent here In Omaha.
George F. Engler, manager of the Engler
Jackson Brokerage company, wholesale
grocery brokers. Is 28 years old today. He
was born here In Omaha and employed
first with Swift A Co. and later wMi the
Molnrath Brokerage company until going
Into bunlness for himself in I 'JOT.
Aieiander Marsden la years old today
and has bt-rn tuvlve years lth the Smith
frU4ir Typewriter vwiiauy of Omaua.
In Other Lands
Ida Lights on What Is Trans
piring Among- tba Wear and
Tar Katlona of tba Earth
A moving picture of world Interest, he
cause of n novdty. Is the nioe Chlnn
Is making toward a inod rn progressive
nation. A parliament in I!13 is hut one of
several wonder-working strides of the
awakening giant of the far east. Ir. tl.
E. Morrison, war cot respondent of the
dm Times, ono of the foremost authorities
on things Chinese, In a recent address
sketched the developments of the great
empire and the spirit animating the leaders
of ,OiO,000 people. Chronic standpatlsin and
custom rooted in the moss of centuries nat
urally retard progress, nevertheless. lr.
Morrison observes that China is moving for
ward rapidly and ateailily. The govern
ment Is opening up and coloniising waste
territory, bringing under cultivation vast
acres hitherto undeveloped. In Mongolia
and Manchuria the colonizing work Is ro
ing forward at a surprising rate. A net
work of railroads is spreading throughout
the country, canals are being dredged and
extended, and irrigation works developed
In arid territory. Intercourse Is furiher
ftiinulated by the spread of the postof
fice system, by extended telegraph mid
telephone, and by the development of the
native press. Popular interest In public
affairs Is heightened by the new provin
cial councils, and the decrees pledging a
native parliament. Schools and colleges
on modern lines are being established in
every province, and popular education ex
tended a rapidly as teachers can bo
trained. Dr. Morrison confirms the re
ports regarding the modernisation of the
Chinese army. Though the army has not
yet reached a high standard, a marked
advance in efficiency la noted, besides trie
martial spirit of a people hitherto averse
to the profession of arms and armies has
been stimulated to a marked degree. Ttiese
are the forces now moving the mighty ein
plro to a destiny that presently will cause
the world powers of today to sit up and
take notice.
The sphere of lnfluenct of European
governments with long purses Is not lim
ited to territory over which their respec
tive flags float. It embraces poverty
stricken empires and kingdoms mortgaged
to the money lenders. Tuikey was oblised
to grant direct supervision of its revenues
to France In retu . for the privilege of
marketing Its bonds in Paris. Where sup
ervision Is not conceded, the money lend
ers are fairly certain, should default oc
cur, that some means will be found to
loreviose uie lien, r-ersia rurnlshes a pres
ent day example. England and Russia hold
large bundles of Persian bonds. The gov
ernment of the young ahah Is financially
strapped, and Is unable to collect all the
revenue that is its due. Insurgent states
men who exiled the father and placed
his 13-year-old son on the famous pea
cock throne cannot maintain order through
out the kingdom, especially In the south
ern section traversed by the caravan
routes of traffic. Brigands infest the re
gion and their robberies have diminished
traffic. The toll which the Persian author
ities should obtain from rich overland
trade fattens the collars of the brigands,
and leaves the money lenders holding the
sack. Consequently, Great Britain has in
timated to Persia that unless order Is
quickly restored In the disaffected re
gion, measures will be taken to protect
trade routes and a few cemeteries fattened
with brigands. Russian troops are camped
In three towns In northern Persia, deter
mined to stay until certain financial deals
are settled, while the Persian treasury
Is innocent of the taint of money. As
events move along In that section of the
old world, the impression grows that the
Persian Peacock will presently lose a
bunch of Its tall feathers, If It isn't plucked
ls clean as a Thanksgiving turkey.
A German Income tax statlstlcan elves
Interesting particulars of the compara
tively recent growth of large private
fortunes in the Fatherland. Heading the
list is Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohlen-
Halbach, who was before her marriage
Germany's wealthleat heiress. She has
to pay on 146,750,000. Five years ugo aha
was still richer and contributed to the
Imperial exchequer on the basis of a for
tune of $53,500,000. Next comes Prince Hen
ckel von Donnersmarck, the kaiser's friend
and owner of various Industrial undertak
ings, who has increased his fortune during
the last fifteen years from $12,400,000 to
$44,250,000. The third ls the duke of UJest.
of the Hohenlohe family, a bachelor, who
has Improved himself in the last decade
from $13,500,000 to $37,750,000. The fourth In
order of riches la Baron Goldschmidt
Rothschild of Frankfort, who owns $'G,-
750,000. The greatest capitalist of Berlin ls
Ernest von Mednesssohn-Bartholdy of the
banking firm of that name, who possesses
$10,760,000. He, however, comes only seven
teenth on the general list. The sixteen
richest people In Germany do not reside in
the capital.
A glance at the population and area of
the four states comprising the new South
African union indicates their diverse char
acter and Importance. The Transvaal has
an area of 117,0no square miles and a popu
lation of 1,347,000; the Orange River colony
has an area of 60,i3 miles and a popula
tion of 240,000; Natal, with an area of only
35,371 square miles, has a' population of
1,164,000, and Cape Colony, with a total
area. Including dependencies, of 276,995
square miles, has a population of about
$,500,000. Wliile the northern colonies, and
particularly the Transvaal, are rich, and
their budgets ahow a surplus, the colonies
of the south are poor and have been strug
gling with deficits. This is one of the
things that will make It difficult to har
monize the Interests of the four states.
The Paris correspondent of a London
Journal, writing of the new members of the
latest French cabinet, points out that they
are not all "new men" In the sense that
they have had no political or parliamentary
experience. On the contrary, they have al
most all been working bees in the parlia
mentary hive, and have done the kind of
work which givea membera of Parliament
In France and elsewhere a better knowl
edge or Important affairs than prominent
participation In debate or eloquent activity
on the platform. They have been busy
members, chairmen, or "reporters" or bud
get and tariff committees in the chamber,
or have belonged to tha Peridental Bureau
of one of the housea of Parliament.
A Uloff that Failed.
Indianapolis Journal.
The gluss trust's bluff that It must re
duce wagea 25 per cent, or close lu plant
is merely a variation of the old cry that
if bUKir.ees is not let alone there will
be an end of the country's prosperity. In
other words. It ls the same old threat of
big business that If It ls not allowed to
do as It pleases It will wreck the country.
But thla is a pretty big country, and it
la no frame of mind to be wrecked by
any such agency. If big business ls wise
It will UJce what la coming to it and try
to look pleasant eaough not to got any
thing worse.
Ilinimrrluii ihe oaar I'leat.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Sweet are the unrs of adversity. Every
el hack of the sugar trust v. ill be duly
refined and eiploittd. 1'uiiliaiHi will pay
the bill with tuuu ha' j( ' li.juicd
feellug '
POLITICAL DRIFT.
I'y a vote .if four to om the electors of
San Francisco decided to abolish all party
designations on municipal tickets In the
future.
The Baltimore call for a democratic con
ference Intimate that "professional ad
vlseis are not wanted." Who threw that
btlck at Falrvlew?
Antlclrntlnir the need for artistic bsm
rceTlnir In the next oonrrcss, Pennsylvania
sends Robert K. I.ee, a former black
smith, to the lower house.
The two leading candidates for governor
of New York report having spent $.". r.72 In
the campaign, while the leaders In Mas
fHchusetis burned up $V..ot.
One of the Tammany men elected to a
Judgeship in New York solemnly det lares
that his election did not cost him a cent.
No, the roof of Tammany bail did not
fall In.
All southern precedents are smashed. A
politician and an editor fought for ten
thrilling minutes In Savannah, without
knives of pistols. Fists were the only
weapons.
The offers of $r.0i). J.Vi.non and lvi,00n
for votes lu the New York legislature puts
,ho Illinois "Jackpot" in the discard. But
tho rake-off from the latter was medest
and found takers.
Every other day rr thereabouts Henry
Wntterson sounds a Jubilant note of
Joyous anticipation of a swell dinner nt
tho expense of the New York World. The
feast Is scheduled for 1!12.
Carter Harrison and Edward F. Dunne
are rival aspirants for the democratic
nomination for mayor of Chicago, and the
election foiw months off. The former has
served three terms ns mayor and the Intter
ono term. They've got the habit.
Personally conducted ante-eiectlon prom
ises of democrats aro like party plat
form pledges they rarely work out Con
gressman Champ Clark repudiates his
promise to head a victorious democratic
parade on Pennsylvania avenue on the back
of a Missouri mule.
It will take 141 votes on Joint ballot in
the Maitsachusetts legislature to elect a
United States senator, and the republicans
have 153 members. But thirteen were
elected as anti-Lodge men and sixty-six
are said to be painfully noncommittal on
their choice for senator. Henry Cabot
Lodge Is not quite ready to Join the "Don't
Worry club."
RETALIATION IN MRXICO.
Snorrre
of
I'roYoratln
Fall of
lrll.
Minneapolis Journal.
Chickens come home to roost. True, one
wrong does not Justify another wrong, but
one wrong is likely to provoke another
wrong. A Mexican, or a man of Mexican
origin, was burned at the stnke In Texas.
Sequentially a mob in the City of Mexico
assaults Americans, insults the American
flag.
The outrage In the Mexican capital In
not excused, but we can diagnose Its pro
vocative cause. Our ambassador and gov
ernment will do well to Insist upon apology
and punishment for the offenders, or Uon
what constitutes reparation for the particu
lar case. But the outrage upon Justice In
Texas is lust as barbarous and Inexcusable,
and It yields no Justification for considering
ourselves or our civilization superior.
If, moreover, the Mexican government
should answer that the affair complained
of lies within the Jurisdiction of a state
over which the government of Mexico has
no coercive power, the answer would be
Identical with that furnished Italy by our
own secretary of state when some Italian
subjects were murdered In Louisiana. The
Mexican government ls not likely to enter
such a plea of evasion, but it might, and
in such case would we not In reason and In
morals, although not in fact, be estopped
from further representation upon the score?
Tho people of the United Statea bolong
to the family of nations. As such they
cannot afford to permit outrage upon
citizens of other countries sojourning here,
whether such aliens be Mexicans. Japanese
or Italians.
Our plea of evasion In the Louisiana af
fuir was not only internationally immoral,
but dangerous. If Texas will not punish
the perpetrators of the outrage within Its
borders Washington should have some way
of compelling it to do so. An offense
against the citizens of a friendly foreign
state should be brought within the Jurisdic
tion of the federal courts.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"Some people," observed the dtdactlo
boarder, "seem to think morality la a kind
of spiritual asbestos; but 1 have my doubts
anout its peing really fireproof." Chicago
Tribune.
Young Fathei-My dear, today a move
ment has started which la going to revolu
tionize popular government.
Young Wife Yes, darling, and today
baby for the first time said "Mam-mam."
Baltimore American.
"There Is hllnf that o it m m -4r1a
always fickle."
"Yes; I got engaged on that theory, but
It looks aa if I'm in for a wedding or a
breach tit nromise atilt " Kamui fltv
Journal.
The Poet What do vou think of my lyrlo
entitled, "In the Shoe Store?"
The Critic Well, it in certainly SDDro-
prlate.
J lie Poet Appropriate?
The Critic-Yes, it lias all kinds of feet.
Chicago News.
"Bridget," said Mrs. Grouchey, "I don't
like the looks of that man who called to
see you last night."
"Well, well." replied Bridget, "ain't It
funny, ma'am? He said the same about
you." Catholic Standard aud Times.
"Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" walled
the actress in the balcony scene. "In this
present demand for thief plays If thou
wert a porch climber and I were a second
story worker, there might be aome money
in ths box office." Washington Btar.
"Sister Hardesty, I trust you have many
thlnus to be thankful for this year."
"indeed, I have, Dr. Fourthly. My boy
Beverly has played in n'neteen foot ball
games and except for the fact that he
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a.,
broke his collar bone, dislocated two
knuckle Joints, and lost a part of ono er,
he baa escaped uninjured !" Chicago
Tribune.
"Who Is that awkward fellow helping
h'.nself to spaghetti?"
"Hush, that'a the great base ball pitcher,
O'Hallinan."
"V hat'a the matter with him?"
"Why, he can't get it over the plate."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"What beautiful public building la that?"
"That isn't a publ.c building, it's old
man Savltt'a summer cot luge."
"And what neat little cottage is that
over there with the tower on It? That
little one-Ktory frame affair'"
"That isn't a pottage. It's the First
Episcopal church." Life.
THE LAND HUNGER.
Denver Republican.
Seventy that'a right, stranger:
Three acore and ten and lame
A queer old sort of a riester
To be stakln' a prairie claim.
But the land hunger has got me
I must call aome acres my own,
And thnt'a why I've drove my honostakefl
Out here In the prairie loam.
I wanted to come at twenty,
But the old folks took on so
That I stayed in that downcast village
Where a man don't seem to grow.
At thirty I near persuaded
My wife that I ought to start,
But she was the sort that'a timid,
And her fears made me lose heart.
And ao through the yeara I lingered;
The old folks passed away;
There was kids of our own to hold tis,
But my dreams lived day by Hay.
It held till the kids had left us
To paddle their own canoes;
Then wife gave consent to wandor
To the land of the sunset hues.
She's comln' a little later;
I kin see how her sou It, 'il leap
When she sees me here In the sugebrust.
A drlvln' our homestakes deep.
MOM
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