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14 TIIE BEE: OMAHA, SATUIWAY. DECEMBETl 3. 1D10. The omaha Daily l in: FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSKWATKR. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha poetofflet as 'XnJ nin matter. TERM9 OF SUBSCRIPTION. Sunday livt. one year 12. W t-atuiaay Hee, one year IIW l-nllv lee (without Sunday), on year..Mu inily bee and Munday, one year 14 (W DEIJVEKWU Y CARRIER. Kvrnlug Met (without Funday), per week So r.venlhg Bee (with Monday), per wrk....ln 'aily iee (Including eunday, per week. .loo Daily Met (without ttunday), per weefc..luc Audren all complaints of irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICE. Omaha tht Met building. K'luth Omaha North Twenty-fourth r'treet. council Mluffa-U Centt ftreet Lincoln W Little building. I idcago 146 jnarqurtie nuildlng. New tork-Room 1101-1104 No. Si Wtlt Thirty-third Street. V athlngton ,ii Fourteenth Btreet, N. W. CORRKgfoNDii.N'CE. Communication relating' to nw and editorial matter should bt addressed; 'jmana Bet, editorial Department. 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Bubsci-tbed in my presence and aworn to oetore me tula itOtu Oiiy of November, IK 10. M. K WALKER, I Meal.) Notary public - Snbarribere leg tfe elta- t.m-yoraj-lly akealat kave The Bee uiallea to theaa. Address will be ckaagta aa often aa requested. Santa Claus Is one bill collector you cannot beat. Battling Nelson Is no longer bat tling In the .300 class. Even Carrie Nation has never dared tackle those London suffragettes. Thus far we hare heard no con certed plan In congress to abolish the franking privilege. Now let It be finally determined who saw It coming first. Senator Hale or Senator Aldrlch. You may just aa well come to It first as last, for that Christmas shop ping has to be done. President Dlas has not yet given any official indication that hs knew Brother Madero was revolting. They do not "credit census men In Augusta," tt Is reported. They ouglit to make them pay cash In Omaha, too. Pork was so high this last season that Houston folks could not afford bacon rind to rub on their chlgre bites. November was a very mild month but it will never compare in history with December, which has five pay days. President Diaz has started out on his second third of a century as Mex ico's chief executive In the best of health. It is getting near that time when you must sit down and figure out the list of those you think will gend you presents. Three women in the Colorado legis lature. Now Oregon will have to take a back seat as the "best governed state in the union." 'Governors Have Oood Time." That made a good standing headline for the conference of the state execu tives at Louisville. A few years ago It would not have kw:-i elleved that Mr. Bryan could have so little to say upon the subject of a democratic victory. Kansas CUr has abolished smoking on street cart, and If gome other cities could abolish the rear-end orator it ould be a FJod thing. 'JSresMaVBBBBBaMBBWBSBVegBWeMBB, If they would make lir. Depew am bdMsdor to Mexico he would put an ei d to those revolta by holding the lnsurrecticnistg spellbound with hlg storieg. v That "death bed confession" of the British lorda sounds like Pat Mulca hey't forgiveness of Mike Malone it goes In cage bo dies, but "the Lord help him if I lire." The deputy attorney general has furnished the State Railway comnila cioa an opinion to the effect that mu tual telephone com pan leg are not sub ject to the Nebraska corporation law. Now watch a. lot of companies arrange to reorganise on a mutual Lli. The government reports Increased marketing of cattle and sheep during October and points to this as the reason for lower priceg on packing house products. Mr. Ultimate Con sumer Is not so deeply concerned la '.lie cause as he is in the effect Those Jolly Governors. It Is a good thing thnt no tangible results depended on the outcome of that governors' conference in Ken tucky. As far as can be determined the nearest they came to transacting business was when they listened to Governor Hadley's speech on the em ployers' liability act. Governor-elect Woodrow WiUon also delivered an ad dreeg the first day, but before he had taken his seat some warm-hearted Kentucky colonel moved that the base of actions be transferred from Frank fort to Louisville and the motion was carried unanimously. In Louisville the colonels (Who had prepared the program did not know anything about the plan of transacting business, so when the ball finally broke up the governors found that speeches on which they had labored for weeks were still tucked away in their grips or pockets undelivered and not One thing that could, by any distorting of the Imagination be called business, had been done. Hereafter governors planning to dis cuss weighty matters of state will know better than to go to old "Kaln tuck." It Is the place to go when they want to be entertained in good old southern aristocracy fashion, as, of course, all these governors now know, even to the sedate Dr. Wilson. No wonder that In casting about for the place to hold their next meeting they chose a remoto little nook In New Jersey, where pretty women and gal lant men could not get at them so easily. After all, the country prob ably will not suffer and the gov ernors, gome of whom were still sore from defeat, bad a practical demon stration of Kentucky hospitality and a good, full measure of that beats all the dry discussions of government In the world. New Mexico's Saue Constitution, The organic law which the consti tutional convention of New Mexico has framed is based In the main on the broad lines of common sense and prac tical utility, excluding radical and fanatical provisions. This comes of having a constitution drawn by a body of men representative of all legitimate Interests in the state and bent on-the common purpose of avoiding fads and freaks and sticking to trled-out ideas. In this New Mexico has gone ahead of Oklahoma, whose constitution stands out as the prize package In Impractical theories. New Mexico's conBtltution-makers are mostly republicans, and the in strument was drawn under a warning of a republican congress against the blunders of Oklahoma. The conven tion was In session from October 3 to November 21, transacting its business with all possible dispatch. The pro posed constitution will be submitted to the people for their approval Jan uary S, and, If ratified, turned over to congress for its inspection. If en dorsed by congress It will be placed In effect and enable the forty-seventh state to send Us representatives to the first session of the Sixty-second con gress in December, 1911. The people out there hope to encounter no hitch In this program; they have gone about this thing in a business-like manner that merits the best results. The sisterhood of states will have cause to welcome New Mexico, for it comes with rich treasures to add to the national storehouse. It has vast resources discovered and in use, others more vast undeveloped and untold in extent. In the last decade New Mex ico has made a population growth of 67 pe cent, which lg very near a rec ord growth. Yet it ehould even sur pass that, and doubtless will, in the next ten years. And particularly should statehood be inviting to labor and capital when Initiated under the favorable nuvl."- f a found organic law. The first Friday in December Is Ar bor day in Georgia and this year all over the state people planted a tree wherever they could find a place to put It. That doubtless meant a vast fiumber of trees for Georgia, if so, It meant new wealth as well as ad ditional beauty. Georgia Is taking the lead among southern states in build ing up her resources and she is lod in this Arbor day tree planting by gome of her progressive newspapers, which have wisely pointed out the splendid possibilities of providing for the fu ture in just this way. We make much of Arbor day some times, but it is a strange thing that as a people we do not make more of it. This ii particularly true now that we have been so passionately stirred on the matter of conservation with especial reference to our timber sup ply. It does seem that a lot of foolish talk hag been wasted In this direction. To be sure, it is necessary to guard against deforestation, but a vast amount of raw timber must be cut every year and we know It. What, then, is to prevent u.' planting an other vaat amount? The state of Nebraska preented a wonderful opportunity to the nation when it gave it Arbor day. But after all what was It that J. Sterling Mor ton and Dr. George L. Miller did more than simply to auggest what already everybody must have known? It was a mere matter of calling to th peo ple's attention that it would be a good thing to plant trees. This state was then a sweep of prairie and it needed trcea for shade, principally, but today It and other states need them for even more utilitarian purposes than shade. But it takes a great deal of remind ing every year to get the people to nee- the need snd see how simple It may be supplied. Georgia newspapers do well to take up thin crusade. Not aa uioaa nation Yet. The census figures show that the total population of all cities in this country of 25,000 or more Is about 28,235.000, and that the largest per centage of population Increase has been made In cities of less than 100, 000. Counting that the nation's popu lation will reach 90,000,000, this show ing does not quite bear out the con tention, so persistently urged in con nection with our back-to-the-farm Bgl tatlon, that as a nation we are be coming distinctly urban. We are not Quite one-third urban, if we may con sider the starting point as the city of 25,000. Forty-seven cities have 100,000 or more population and of this number only eleven have risen to this class since 1900. The census bureau de clines to make any advance statement of the entire population, but It is being generally estimated in the neighbor hood of 90.000,000. Ten years ago is was 76,303,387. The percentage of urban population has not Increased disproportionately. At least, the In crease has not been such as should alarm us with relation to our farm ing communities. The fact is, as the census figures will show, that we are even more of an agricultural people today than we were a decade ago, Judged on the basis of relative popu lations, for the last ten years has witnessed this nation's most spirited settlement of new territory. It has been a period of empire building and this has all contributed to the subur ban side of our life. It is well enough that we continue In our efforts to lure people to the country, however, for the more we get there the more we shall have engaged in the primal occupations that produce new wealth and new sources ot wealth and make room for greater national expansion. Net Vei,ht. A case has been commenced In the district court of Lancaster county for the purpose of testing one phase of the Nebraska pure food law. It is to determine the validity of the "net weight" clause. This has to do specifically with branding on the pack age the net weight of Its contents within certain limitations, which should be clearly defined by the courts. This law is a good one. It is important to the consumer that he know how much he is getting for his money. If he finds a package branded "one pound" or "one plnt,v or whatever the amount of its contents, he should have some reasonable assurance that he is getting what be is paying for. It was discovered at the time the law was enacted that a full weight package was such a rarity that it al most deserved to be placed on exhibi tion. Manufacturers had vied with one another in eager rivalry to reduce the net weight and sell more packages for a given sum. Retailers were shown how it was possible to defraud their customers by selling them less than they were paying for. The ram ifications of this method of dissipation were as extensive as the food and drug trade. No division was free from it. A cry has always gone up against short weight or short measure. Cities: have long maintained departmentg having supervision over weights and measures and have provided serious penalties for violation or the law. No need exists for argument as to the Justice of requiring the seller to fur nish exactly the amount his customer bargains for. In the case of mechanically-packed wares it may be difficult to always furnish the exact contents, but it should ' be possible to do this with such accuracy as will reasonably comply with the law. The proposed reductions in Pullman sleeper rates were not sufficiently startling to cause a panic among the people who patronize that company. The privilege of breathing polluted air while lying on a shelf in a tossing car is too dear to.be lightly estimated, aud ! the company doesn't propose to affront! its patrons by offering them decent accommodations at a reasonable rate. Judge McHugb may not land ou the supreme bench of the United States, but he ig getting a nice little bit of publicity out of the rumor that he lg to be appointed to that position. The Judge has had some experience and knows how often the slip may come " 'twlxt the cup and the Hp." Too many luwyets are uaely to spoil the state's chances in the guarauty bank law case before the supreme court. The aspiring legal lights should get together and arbitrate their differences, and, failing In this, should shake dice for the privilege of address ing the court. Now conies prospective Senator Hitchcock and modestly disclaims any intention of laying violent hands on I the leadership of the democratic party J in Nebraska. But Mr. Hitchcock doeg not suggest that be intends to follow :the leadership of any other democrat i (iu the state. j The series of fatal accidents to I t workmen on a new building suggests ! that there is something wrong about the process of construction. The ' curcner might well inquire into the' conditions to determine, if possible, j what remedy is nect-gsary. ! Kvrrybody will be glad to know that the controversy between the rail roads over th New York-Clilrago pas-bc-tiger late was st-UUd ttul.out a "rate war." It was settled, If you notice, by raising those rates that were lower than the maximum. Several Omaha corporations have failed to gel in under the wire with their corporation tax and will now be put to the expense of renewing their charters. It certainly pays to be prompt In settling with the tax col lector. A threatened passenger rate war has been averted by the simple expedi ent of permitting the llnea that gave the lower rate to Increase their tariff to the higher. Of course, the public will enjoy all the benefit of this. Another argument against the mon-ument-memorial-statue business has been offered In the proposal by friends of Stanford White, victim of Harry Thaw and friend of Evelyn, to erect a memorial to him. Anyone with a weather eye out for the fine point might have noticed be fore this that Mr. Ylm Hill's panic cries never hurt the stock of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Bur lington railroads. If the governors get through receiv ing that Kentucky hospitality In tlma they may attend to some of the busi ness matters that called them together at Frankfort and Louisville. If those St. Louis women continue their fad of buttermilk churning they may increase their city's population by one, a certain ex-vice president now residing in Indiana. A Nob anil m Knock. Houston (Tex.) I'ont (dem.). Tht Commoner now apeaka kindly of Jim Pahlman. It la an Impressive example of partisan benevolence to step up behind a democratic nominee and brain him, and afterward vend a floral wreath for tht funeral. Still, we must confess to a very light understanding of the ethics of assassination. , The Eierntloner on Deck. Boston Transcript. "There is a move on foot, larger In pro portion than the movement of 1904, to turn the democratic party over to the predatory Interests. Mr. Bryan recognises the real purpose of thia movement and may be de pended on to fight It." This is official, and Ind.cates that Mr. Bryan will oppose any conservative candidate but Mr. Bryan him self. A Point Overlooked. Philadelphia Record. The Interstate Commerce commission in ita report of tht result of railroad carnage for twelve months makes the following summary: Killed, 3.804; Injured, 82,374." The Army and Navy Journal, noting the bloody aggregate, exclaims: "Suoh are tht horrors of peace." In tht wordy debate on "ratea" between the carriers and ship pers now Kolng forward before the country there is no mention of the necessity of re ducing this appalling death rate. Moving; Toward Parcels Poet. Philadelphia Record. Postmaster General Hitchcock ventures to recommend so much parcels post as will not Interfere with the business of the ex press companies. He suggests that the rural free delivery service shall be so ex tended aa to permit the delivery of parccla weighing eleven pounds. This Innovation wotud be of great suburban and rural ad vantage and would be likely to create aa Instant popular demand for the wider de livery of parcels on all mall routes. . Tragic Fral ut Greed. Springfield Republican. When hundridu ut workwomen are com pelled to labor In such terrible ramshack.e and oil-soaked fire traps as the Newark factory, where over a score lost their lives amid horrible scenes, on .Saturday last, the limit to capitalistic negligence or greed would seem to have been reached. it ordinary wage earners In ordinary Indus tries have any tights at all which employ ers should respect. It Is their right to have fairly safe places to work In. When eucn drtadful catastrophes as that in Newark occur, one la almoxt ready to say that wholesale murder has beim committed. State laws und slate Inspection of factories, large and small, can hardly be too drastic, if the lives of the workers are to be glvtn a decent measure of protection. (letting, Souirthiug lor Nothing-. Philadelphia Ledger. Raids by postal officials have been fol lowed by the r,ve ailon that scores of millions of. dollars have been paid for worthless ."tccks, known by the purveyors to be worthless. Yet, after all, tha da closure merely accentuates a matter of common knowledge. People who are lured by florid advertisements Jo Invest In trash are obesbed by the moat Infrequent daiire to obtain something for nothing. This Is accompll.-hod only by the schemer at the other end of the transaction. So far as known, the ways of getting rich, rudely classified. Include earning the money. In heriting It or stealing tt. The first Is dif ficult, and ofxen Impossible. The second Is a mutter hardly within control of the beneficiary. The last Is precarious, and in the end of doubtful utility. There Is no avoidance of the conclusion that some worthy people are destined to remain poor. Our Birthday Book. December 3, 1S10. Oeneral fireen B. Raum, former commis sioner of pensions, was born December S, IKS, In Golconda. Ill , and died last year. Ho made a remarkable record in the civil war and was also the author of a number of books. , John Basxett Moore, professor ot Inter national law In Columbia university, was born In Smyrna, Iela., and was at one time assistant secretary of state. He is recognized now as the hlKhnst American authority on International diplomacy. Joseph C'ulltn Root, founder and sov ereign coir.rnandrr of the Woodmen of the World, with ht udquartxra here In Omaha, wos born iecinber 3, 1S14, In Chester. Jlaxs He was educated as a lawyer, but hci devoted himself chiefly to fraternal insurance. He Is also ore of the board of Ak-h'ar-ln governors. Robert K. Leo Kerdman, attorney-al-law ai.d democratic politician, is 4tL He was born In Jrrseyvllle, 111., und graduated from the law department of the t'nlverslty of ICantas, locating in Omaha in 1M He was clerk of the siirri-me court fur four years and also polite cf minUiiIorier f u umaha for a Utile while. W. M. McKay, secretary of Cole-McKay) company, funeral cllrsttors, Mas born L-1 tmibtr I, 1 ";-i, in Tipton county, lnd.ana. j lie worked ln viuy t.i in arious occupa-1 lions, hariihig by nlK'it study the prifta- j Mill Willi he litti !, II p.ilnU.lig for 'if- l.m liars. j In Other Lands Blie xagtata e Wnet lg Treae plrlng" Among tag Wear aat Tar iratieaa ef tba Berth. Tht eampalgw In Great Drttala It mtrlng with unexampled speed. Three weeks age tht failure ef tht oonstltutitnal eonferenca was announced. A week later Parliament assembled. Dissolution follewed en Moa day, In accordanca with tht plana pre viously announced by Prime Minister Aa quith. Wr.ts tf election Issued forthwith, and elections will take plact la a acort er more divisions ttday. Within the present month all members ef the new Parliament called to meet January U will have boen chosen. In sixty-four days from dissolu tion the eltetoral machinery of tht Un ted Kingdom will have perfermed ltt task of ascertaining the popular will and be new Parliament assembled to give effect to tht decision of tht eieetera. Nothlag In the election machinery ef tha United States can approach It for celerity. Tht pain fully short time between the call and tht election to some extent explains tht fierce ness of tht conttst from tht start At tht tap of tht bell last Monday avtry politician was off for tht hustings. Acttunts tf tht battle show Increasing raactr as tht strug gle proceeds. Faotiea scrimmages as lively as a ctliega eant rush art a daily occur rence. Members tf the ministry have to contend with tht fighting- suffragettes, eggs and vegetables gTeet stumpers In the back counties, sbillalahs art flourishing from Cork to Dublin, and ths Orangemen of Belfast art on a vocal war footing. To Americans familiar with two to four months of political bombardment with only verbal sorapa to relltvt the monotony, the British contest affords a moving picture of vim, vigor and variety of political gym nastics surpassing any similar event pulled off in this country since tht stirring days and nights ef 'M. mm Tht contest is a genulat battit between progressive and standpatters. On tht progressive side are ranged tht liberal party and Its allies, representing 60 per oent of the voters. On tht other side Is the unionist, or tory parly embracing tht so-called conservatlvt element ot the coun try entrenohed In the House of Lords. Tht Issut Is whether the peers shall exercise unchecked the right of vtto over measures approved by tha House of Commons. Under ordinary conditions, tht two-chamber plan of government Is esteemed tht best system cf representative government yet devised, but under the highly developed system of party government In vogue In the United Kingdom, the House of Commons only represents the will ef the people expressed at the ballot box. When the iberaJs con trol that chamber srery measure of reform Is cither aramdad to death or rejected by the lords. With tht unionists In control, the lords become positive supporters of all ministerial measures. The fight against the lords Is therefore a fight against one party permanently entrenohed In tha upper chamber. All liberal party legisla tion Is deadlocked there. Tt was so with tht Lloyd-George budget which forced an appeal to the country a year ago. Every measure of genuine progress originating with a liberal ministry for generatltns past encountered tht overwhelming opposition of tht lords, and tht ftw enacted Into law were tht shadow of tht originals. a Three ways of; reforming the Houst of Lords art proposed, two by tht lords them selves, tht other by the ministry. What the lords promise to do with themselves la out lined In the Rosebery resolutions and the Landsdowns scheme, tht latter regarded aa a bit ef campaign strategy. The Rosebery plan proposes tht abolition of tht heredi tary privilege. No one could sit in the pro posed Houst of Lords simply because he happened to be born to the peerage. The remodelled house would consist of first, a representation from among tht hereditary peers, elected by the whole body of the peerage; second, peers who would sit by virtue of their tenure ot office (including bishops and law lords), and, third, peers chosen from outside in a manner to bt de termined. Lansdowne's proposal would abolish the veto of the lords as to finance bills, provided suoh bills did not oontaln legislative "rldea., In event of a deadlock between ths two houses on any measure, a Joint sitting Is proposed, with speaker of the House of pommons as chairman, the Joint vote of both houses to settl tht fate of the measure. Furthermore, the Lans downe proposal reserves to the lords the right to refer any deadlocked measure to a vott of the people. Neither plan would af ford an open thoroughfare for liberal party measures. Both preserve tht present tory control of tho upper house. This Is the power tht progressives must restrict If not overthrow. Their plan embraces three reforms; first, the lords to have no control over finance bills; second, a meas ure passed by the House of Commons In three successive sessions cf Parliament to become a law, regardless of the action of ths lords, on royal approval being an nounced; and finally, session of Parlia ment to bt limited to five years. Tlit standing of tht parties In tht Houst of Commons Just dissolved will be of In terest for compart son as the results of the ! election come In. At the elecUon held last January there were chosen 273 unionists. 1 276 liberals of all shades, forty laborttes, I seventy-one Irish nationalists, followers of I Mr. Redmond, and eleven Independent na tionalists, followers of O'Brien snd Healy. i There have been twenty-ene by-elections since then, which have resulted, however, In no change of party representation. Ot tha total of 170 members, then, 338 were needed for a bare majority, excluding the speaker, who is neutral. Tha unionists fell sixty-three short of a msjortty, and the liberals sixty-one short of It But with the labotites and the Irish nationalists, natural allies of the liberal party, the full ministerial majority was 124. With these i three foroea practically united, nothing t short of a tory landslide will prevent a J majority for tht liberals and their allies In the new Parliament. There Is at pres ent no visible allies for the unionists, and their hope of success rests wholly on an overturn of the country, of which no signs are visible. Beth aides art bun duntly supplied with tht sinews of Po lltkal war. Among the unionists money is no object with the political lift or tht peerage at stake. Hut the liberal coffors are equally well filled. The London cor respondent of the New York Tribunt says that aspirants for tht peerage are so con fident of liberal success that they readily honor the campaign drafts of the party, "assured of being remembered when the sheaves are gathered In. Money is easy to get when peerages are pawns In tht political game." In regard to the tory outburst against "American dollars'' and ''American pay masters" the Tribune correspondent says: "The menace ul American do.Urs collected by Mr. Redmond Is a ho. low campaign de vice, klveiy one knows tha; tiie nationalist loader is flgoting for hit political life in iiriarid. where Mr. O'Urleri. sirohsly sup purled by utiioiilKt peers and Ulster protcs- tams, challenges his ascendency arul is making ilrnijjjn efforts to divide tht home rule party into two equally powerful factions Tne Hcdinondltes hope to regain the elevtu sca.s captured by the O tsnon lics at tliu last election ai.d return to et iiiioter villi a ui.il.d pa. ty. The money contributed by generous Irlsh-Amerleana and Irish-Canadians will be serviceable In offsetting the contributions of Lord Dun raven and other wealthy unionists to the O'Brien exchequer, but It would be like a bucket of water poured upon the ground In England, where election expenses run Into tht millions." POLITICAL DRIFT. Tht question of railing a constitutional convention In Iowa was snowed under by 3S.H0 TO tee. Qovernor-eleet Johnson of California de cl nes to attach Inaugural ball frills to his administration. Too much head work In sight Official returns of ths vote oast In Ohio shows a falling off ot 264.263 compared with the vote ecst two years ago. No ona sup posed the grouch was so extensive. In M ssourl amendments granting pen sions to schol teachers and policemen, and Increasing the pay of members of the leg islature, were ruthlessly smothered by the voters of the state. The law makers pay roll got tha worst beating of all, which Is considered a fine exhibit ot tht sense of dscrlmlnatlon. Tht lata Oeorge Frederick Seward was a strong man, but not as suave as his fa mous unole. Having been approached by an Intermediary of a New Tork leglslitto. who was "wllUng for $10,000 to kill a strike lnsuranct bill, he dictated this telegram In reply to the proposition: 'Mr. Peward says you can go to .' " Beginning at tht east end of the senate press gallery the images of former vlct presidents will bt ranged In the niche provided for them In the senate chambe. In the order of their seniority, beglnnln. with that of John Adams. After filling ail available space In the senate chamber In this way It was found to bt necessary to provide for the figures of tht vice presi dents from Levi P. Morton down to the present time in tht south senate corridor. In this galaxy will be Morton, Stevenson, Hobart, Roosevelt Fairbanks and Vice President Sherman. Space has been re served for Vice President Sherman at the east and of tht corridor. PATH OV IN COMB TAX. Probability ( Legislative Action on tho Amendment. Minneapolis Journal. With ths legislative open season ap proaching In many states there is sure to be a recrudescence of Interest In the In come tax amendment to tha federal con stltutlon. This amendment has been adopted In eight states thus far, and must be approved by the legislatures of twenty seven more to become effective. The effect of the election of democratic legislatures in several states heretofore re put llcan Is problematical. Tho traditional democratic attitude Is In favor of the In come tax, as one means of escape from a protective tariff. But tradition does not count so heavily with the democracy as It once did. The party has been a party of opposition and opportunism so long that Its traditions are largely forgotten. In deed, opposition to tho amendment has de veloped In several southern states, and In two, Georgia and Virginia, the legislatures declined to approve. In Now Tork, howtver, thert la likely to bt a reversal. Tht last legislature being republican, tried to approve tht amend ment but tht vott fa led In tht senate by a narrow margin. The Now York demo crats, fcewerer, put a plank In tholr plat form calling for the adoption of tho amend ment and the presumption IS that tho new legislature, being democratic, will approve. It is a curious fact that when a state once votes "yes" en an amendment tht fact becomes fixed and Irrevocable. But when It votes "no" attempts to reverse the verdlot may be made, and If one Is success ful tht "no" Is overturned. This Is the judicial ruling, well understood. Minnesota has not yet voted, and the legislature will doubtless be caMed upon to register this state's vote. Thus far, how ever, there has been almost no dlsoiisa'on of the question, and very few members appear to have given it any attention. " r 111 zz?zrzr, 'son iai.gw.yi,-..";.. """v S4o9 cn Fo; this mellow toned, full sized. American built We were fortunne enough to purchase a lot or fifty at an underprice jut In time for an extra ordinary Christmas special It's a sparkling chance for you. The mandolins are made with iO rosewood ribs; art exquisitely ornamented with pearl; have ebony finger boards and for a limited time will be sold complete with a leather bound canvas case and an extra set of strings at no extra charge. .Ma,I'.0'r" wl" be fm"d If orders arrive before tht lot, has been sold. Pmy for it in three eaty pay ments, before Christmas, if you wish. The A. Hosp Co. 1513-1515 Douglas Street OMAHA, - NEDRA KA A Safe Deposit Box at the rentals charged is most economical insurance. The popular bize costs but $3.00 per year. 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