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mi T1KK: OMAHA. SATUKDAV. .TANUAIiV 7. 1011.
The Omaha Daily "JBri:
KUVSPED hT EDWARD ROKEWATKH.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
tUte of Nebraska, Douglas County, aa.
DwlKlit Wllllanm. circulation manager of
The Hee publishing Company, being duly
sworn, says that the actual number of full
and eor.iplele copies of The Dally, Morning;.
Kenlnit and Sunday Heel printed during
the niuntli of December, lftiO, wi a fol
lows;
1 ,B70
17..
IS. .
II..
40..
21..
23. .
42,610
44,820
,.... 43,680
43,630
43,640
44,800
2 44,000
S 43,320
. .. 43,(10
t 43,870
43,43"
7 4,830
8 ,43,S3t,
i 43,550
10 42,400
11 44,280
12 42.C80
IS 42,400
14 -k,230
16 43.070
2S 44,830
24 44,690
26 44,250
: 44,400
IT 44,200
2J 45,350 I
29 43.990!
SO. 43,580 I
11 43,540
1 42,850
Total 1,368,750
Itoturnud Copies 11,463
Net Total .
Dilly Average
1,344,287
, 43,364
DWI'lHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed in niv presence and t-worn to
before me thia 31st day of Docemher, l'.HO.
ilUlilillT IICNTER.
Notary Public.
Subscribers lenvlnir the cltjr tem
pera rl I y alionld bate. The bee
welled li them. Address still be
rkmiuril often na reqoeated.
. What Is the autonym of mailman?
Hill collector.
.Governor Dlx may yet raise the
dickens with Tammany.
Keep your eye on the coming Land
show to be held In Omaha thin month.
It Is gratifying to know that the
mercury escaped the late cold wave
unfrozen.
Already w bave our reform avia
tor. Those who have been killed
must be the stand-patters.
Mayor "Jim's" absence from the
gubernatorial Inaugural . ceremonies
at Lincoln could not but be noted.
A vagrant balloon Is reported to
have passed over Sweden, but no but
tlosky sleuth took after It in its flight.
Perhaps ex-Governor Bhallenberger
and ex-Attorney General Mullen might
be persuaded to start a ginger ale fac
tory in Omaha.
Wiley'B discovery that some
shoe leather Is chemically unsound
may be a vindication of Senator
Stone's gumshoes.
I
It seems Senator Aldrlch was op
erated on for twisted ligaments In his
arm. Knockers might say It was due
to a hammer-lock.
Nut C. Goodwin, they say, will soon
enter vaudeville. What is this in
which he has been so long, burlesque
or merely matrimony?
Of course, if Mayor "Jim" had been
elected governor the World-Herald
would bave pronounced his cowboy
Inaugural a literary gem.
It socnn that tho3e voters In Adams
county. Ohio, were too deeply imbued
with the old Uc.i that voting Is the
business of every tltlen.
A New York man IobI his memory,
but liter found til),000 In his pock
ets. A case where he who steals the
purne docs not stent trash.
It required a complacent man not
to retseut the greeting, "Happy New
Year," on January 1, 1811, with Old
Bore:is cutting up as he was.
The Illinois legislature evidently
eelk-ves Senator HoUtlaw told the
truth when he confessed to accepting
a bribe, for it fired him out.
If the wool men will only send I
tbei- tonventiou to Omaha next Urns!
ibey tan count on having a reception
line all wool and a yard wide.
Wfceihi-r William K. Corey was!
forced to rtsign a president of the'
8teti trust or not. he probably ulllj
tut suffer for the want of a Job this :
1 tid winter. !
TLv uuu who is always plnlnj for
the 'old-fashfoned people" must liave
been .delighted when he read the account-
of that recent PoutUern Pacific
train robbery.
With the Illinois legislature and the
United States senate both Investl-J
iiatinj the Lorltner case, it looks as If'
the cenator were betwetn the upper
and uctlur willt'.om. ' j
. . The Two Messages.
As most nsusl, the two measar.es
presented to the Nebraska legislature
by the outgoing and Incoming gov
ernors are In sharp contrast in form
and length.
Governor Shallenberger reviews in
protracted detail the work of various
brsnches of state government In which
he has had participation as chief ex
ecutive, coupling advice as to legisla
tion pn many subjects which he thinks
desirable. A large part of his docu
ment is devoted to self-exultation over
the validity of the deposit guaranty
law uphold by the I'nited States su
preme court and the 8 o'clock closing
law, for which he vacillates between
apologising and Justifying. The pin
nacle of glory achieved by his one
term In the governor's office Is
summed up In the boast that since he
started the ouster suit against the
thief of police of Omaha "the lid has
been screwed down so tight that gin
ger ale is now considered a strong
drink In the metropolis after
8 o'clock."
Governor Shallonberger laments
having helped procure the enactment
of the open primary, which proved his
undoing He advocates restoration
of the closed feature of the primary
and also pleads for the Initiative and
referendum. But all through his dis
cussion of this needed legislation "to
let the people rule" he exhibits resent
ment at the ingratitude of the people
who failed to show their appreciation
of his public service by renominating
and re-electing him, and an illy-dls-gulsed
doubt as to whether the direct
prlmsry and the initiative and refer
endum can, under any conditions, bo
made to work out satisfactorily In
practical operation.
Governor Aldrlrh's salutatory Is
brief and breezy. He reiterates prin
cipally the views he expressed on the
stump diirfng the campaign and urges
redemption of the promises, which he
Is convinced put him in the governor's
chair. While Governor Bhallenberger
boasts what a good and moral city he
has made Of Omaha, Governor Aldrlch
tells how the "Brewery trust" keeps
it in the depths of degradation, from
which the legislature must rescue it
by new laws. For this he Immediately
atones, however, by advocating "real
municipal home rule," making it pos
sible for cities like Omaha, Lincoln
and other towns to adopt such a char
ter as the people want. He also offers
some other salutary suggestions. The
only comment we would make at this
time is that Governor Aldrlch should
realize and remember that ho is no
longer the candidate of any party or
element, but the chief executive of a
great state with a population of nearly
1,200,000 people of varied views,
habits, occupations and Interests, all
entitled to have the benefit of Ne
braska's motto, "Equality before the
law." N
The particular subjects discussed In
these two messages will be dealt with
In their different aspects In these col
umns from time to time.
"Uncle Joe'i" Legacy.
Unless somebody has perpetrated a
monumental Joke on "Uncle Joe"
Cannon he has become sole heir to
$2,500,600. That amount is reported
to have been left with a representative
firm in Bombay, India,' by a woman
who has just died, to be transmitted
to the f age of Danville. According
to the story the money was willed to
her by a man who died many years
ago, with instructions that upon her
death it was to go to Joseph G." Can
non In recognition of some favor he
once did this man, then poor, at
Washington. But "Uncle Joe" can
not account for the thing, at all.
Many years ago Joseph G. Cannon
must have been a young man and pos
sibly time extends back far enough to
find when he was a poor man, needing
the money to give him a start In life.
What a splendid principle is there in
volved! Not alone the beautiful tri
bute of thus recognizing a debt of
gratitude, all too little practiced to
day, but alas, also, the fine example
or endowing budding genius, ambi
tious youth'. Perhaps It may be a
hint to phllanthroplcally-lncllned rich
'of this country, who are meeting with
i some difficulty In devising adequate
I ways of getting rid of their wealth.
! The reporta say that "Uncle Joe"
did not faint from the shock when
I this glad tiding was broken to him.
i No, "Uncle Joe" has long since got
I past the place in life when a little
i thing like falling heir to $3,000,000
w 111 Bhock him. The pleasing conso
1 lation of It all is that in the event it
! proves to bo a New Year's joke "Uncle
1 Joe" will still have a crust of bread
j to fall back on and help soften the
; force of the disappointment.
Combines on Sea and land.
If the charges of combination in re
stiaint of trade preferred by the fed
eral government against thirteen
great steamship lines piove true, we
would have a conspiracy on the high
teas itbout as formidable in its propor
tions as any of those on land. Evi
dently it is possible to cairy on a
thriving patsenser buslncsa at sea on
Its own resources whether a strong
merchant marine can be so main
tained or Lot.
The government's petition indicates
a powerful air-tifrht trust, but if its
charges are sustained and penalties
enfotced it would seem to be easy
enough to break the totub'.ne or some
or all of the companies in i'. For one
of the pioposals Is to deny the liht
to clear or euter at or from any Anier-
lean port of any of these thirteen com
panies, continuing to "operate under
the aforesaid alleged unlawful combi
nation or conspiracy."
The combine Is said to have been
formed in London and rigidly
squeezes the life out of competition
by simply prorating the steerage traf
fic between Kurope and the United
Slates, making it practically impossi
ble for lines not In the combine to do
business on a paying basis. While the
government's evidence appeats to be
definite and convincing, it probably is
none too effective for the exigencies
of this case. It will be interesting to
see just how far, if at all, the anti
trust law may be applied to a combine
or monopoly formed in a foreign coun
try and partly maintained by foreign
capital and citizens. It would seem,
however, that If the federal govern
ment could deny entrance and clear
age rights at Its ports to these ships
it could bring the offenders to time.
That, of course, will be one of the
vital points for determination.
Beware of the Good Time.
Governor Marshall of Indiana was
not dealing with unrealities In warn
ing the Indiana legislators against the
fellow Insisting on showing them a
good time soon after being introduced
to them. This good fellow is one of
the stern realities about every state
house when the legislature is In ses
sion, so the warning may well be
heeded In Nebraska and other states,
as well as in Indiana.
Antl-lobbylng laws have been en
acted in many states, but their influ
ence can scarcely be more than re
strictive; it is not prohibitive. The
individual member is, after all, left
upon his own honor. He can be ap
proached In a hotel lobby just as
easily as in a legislative lobby. It Is
for him to determine whether the re
form laws dealing with the agents of
special Interests are to be observd or
violated. It is not necessary to deny
legitimate rights of business concerns
to fair hearings before committees, to
appreciate the subtle influence and
motives of this fellow who Insists on
showing the members a good time.
As Governor Marshall says, "This fel
low has an axe to grind and Intends
to chop his own wood with It. There
Is no money In honest public service
and the man who flies high in office
has someone holding the string to bis
kite."
Many a public official has sacrificed
reputation by blinding htsveyes to this
fact and trying to deceive himself with
the notion that people did not under
stand him. The ways of the good fel
low, dark and devious as they may be,
are yet not Impenetrable. Proof of
this has come forth In several states
within the last biennium.
The Log Angelei Mystery,
Los Angeles hat a problem on Its
hands large enough to call for all the
exuberant energy and enthusiasms for
which that city is noted. It la the
problem of the recent explosions, in
connection with which twenty-two in
dictments have been returned by a
grand jury. At the outset it is admit
ted that probably not more than three
or four of those accused are named
In true bills.
Manifestly the city is still at sea as
to the cause and responsibility of the
catastrophtes, beginning with the
Times explosion, which killed so many
innocent employes of that newspaper.
Not only have all the aggressive agen
cies employed in the sweeping investi
gations thus far' failed, apparently,
to Identify anyone conclusively with
the perpetration of the deeds, but they
have not entirely succeeded in estab
lishing the fact of a murderous con
spiracy. Of course, it seems unlikely,
as maintained by some, that all thia
series of explosions In thia city should
be purely accidental, due to defective
gas systems, nor .should those making
such claims wish to obstruct any ef
fort to determine the exact cause.
Nobody with respect for law has any
thing to gain from such an attitude.
It ts a remarkable situation, for no
matter what the cause may have been
in the appalling Times building disas
ter, gas or dynamite, it should be
brought out and, if possible, dealt
with to the best of the law's power.
In either case there Is a responsibility
too grave to be overlooked. The city
of Los Angeles and the stajte of Cali
fornia bave ail to gain by insisting
upon a full and fair prosecution of
such facts as it Is possible to bring to
light.
Unfortunately, an industrial war
fare has existed In Los Angeles for
years, which is being used now to
heighten the perplexities of this prob
lem. Every good interest demands a
lawful bearing and, above ail things,
prejudice and partisan rancor should
be set aside at present to make way
for a dispassionate determination of
whatever issue ts at stake. Passion
already has had too much freedom on
both sides there for the good of the
! city and the general industrial situa
tion over the country.
In the table of charter limits on the
various municipal funds printed in
The Ileo the propoc-cd total to be
raised by taxation of $1,200,000
thould have been made to rad ex
clusive or the Interest fund of $250,
000 snd'tbe sinking fund of from
$50,000 to $100,000. The grand to
tal of taxes which the charter revision
'loinnitttee now proposes to authorize
I the city council to Isvy for city pur
I pores is rca'.Ir $! .S.IO.OOO to $1,610.
JOOO, as couipaied with Jl.OCO.OuO six
year sgo, and without counting roy
alties paid to lighting companies
amounting to about $4:., 000 and the
new occupation taxes producing up
ward of $125,000.
Wyniore police authorities are in
dignant st the charge that they hsve
been lat In apprehending bank rob
bers nesting under their eyes and
come back at the chif of police of
Lincoln with the charge that his boast
of having nearly captured the robber
band is based on a sham battle which
he and his men fought with them
selves. We suggest a few ouster
suits, with a referee to take deposi
tions and get at the facts.
The attention of Governor Shallen
berger's brass-buttoned adjutant and
gold-laced colonels Ib directed to the
Indictment brought by Congressman
Hitchcock's paper that the Inaugural
reception was "the usual Ill-managed
affair." A drum-head court-inartlal
ot the editorial military staff will be
In order.
According to our amiable demo
cratic contemporary, thev World
Herald, Governor Shallenberger's mes
sage . is "A Genuine Btate Paper,"
while that of his successor Is "The
Aldrlch Harangue." Governor Shal
lenberger is a democrat and Governor
Aldrlch Is a republican. Enough
said.
The Kansas City Gas company is
sending out circulars to its consum
ers, purporting to tell them how to
use natural gas without waste. The
consumers naturally are suspicious
and probably cannot be blamed If they
pursue Just the opposite plan.
The thing seems to have resolved
itself down merely to a contest of who
shall Are the first gun at Senator Lorl
mer, Senator Beverldge or Senator
Owen, It being evidently determined
that he Is a legitimate target to
shoot at.
Reckless automobile driving has
not yet ceased in Omaha. There is
no necessity for autoists to splash
pedestrians with slush and mud as if
the streets were intended only for
those who ride.
Somebody must have overlooked
the recommendation made by our out
going governor two years ago for
physical examination of applicants for
marriage licenses.
The reappearance of the street
cleaning gang on our thoroughfares
would Indicate that Street Commis
sioner Flynn's prayers have not been
entirely in vain.
Still, Lawyer Brandels should not
Jump to the conclusion that times a're
hard Just because the railroads de
clined to accept his services free.
If there be anything in a name, the
firm of Keen & Sharp, in Lincoln,
ought to be able to cut Into their com
petitors without much difficulty.
Rloefclna; n Copper Halo,
New lYork World.
Those Kansas socialists who are trying
to ralae 170.000 1-cent piece to pay a $1,700
fine of one of their leaders have appar
ently forgotten that copper isn't legal ten
der for that amount.
Ileeentlna- an luault.
Cleveland Leader.
Collector Loeb baa been barred from one
of the aristocratic New York cluba. But
then what could Mr. Loeb expect after
Insulting Its members by finding contra
band valuables In their trunks?
Clear Docket (or Action.
Spring-field Republican.
The United Statea supreme court clears
away quite a number of Important cases
Just as the new judges take their scats.
Now come the great trust .and corporation
income tax cases, with a full bench to alt
upon them. ,
oel Jirw Departure.
New York World.
Some American cities In which the spirit
of InBurg-eney Is abroad are trying to real
ize a different Ideal of a city tn which
citizens support themselves by their own
efforts and not at the municipal crib. It
Is a new departure In municipal govern
ment for this country, one contrary to the
tradition, and the progress of the ex
periment Ih beinft watched with Interest.
People Talked About
fiilena real money shows up very soon,
Speaker Cannon will be forced to rule that
the fakirs of India srs a cheap lot.
One of the uplift New Year's resolutions
of Milwaukee's socialixttc administration Ih
a woman ivliccinan attached to the boaid
of health.
J-or the first time In the lilsior v of the
supreme court of Missouri a majority of
the JuUges are republicans. Miouit la
going some.
One of the grafting councilnien of Pitts
burg who fled from home during, lust
year's storm, returned the cither day and I
paid a fine of S5,0UU. His grafting opera
tion netted only JJ.s1")
deaktng of (he efforts of Jimmy tmith,
Jr.. to break Into the t'nllvd Stales senate.
I Governor-Klecl Wilson remai ks that the
1 "nn. oval of a wait la a minor surgical
! epi ration." In the bailiwick of Jimmy.
whii.li is Newark. Princeton ye Is are grow.
ina painfully numerous and annoing.
The envious fling at government officials
tlmt "ftw die and none resign." Iisk cut
in acquaintance with truth. The W asn
iiiCton I'trtird of civil service emplnyes
k..os Kl.Oil resUnut.uns from I r tu l'J 'J. I
I Inclusive, of w !iom 34.P! were employed i
I In the Urpartmciita St the n-ttlouai capita'.:
j Announcement Is made by tlio iMllioads!
'of Missouri and f'onnrctkut that tiiey have
isbuUshrd tl.cir tirctiou uf the l-',ilti!l v
loliby for this winter at least, and will let'
the lawmakers wuiiy along without tne
I w is loin snd aupeilor skill of old pari. The
; third hoi.e Mill he very lonesome, per
1 I a, s potert) -slih keii, but the railroads
ii td the imnr' for better uhkm. As an ex
I !' it o U-iAific l onon.y" the changv '
jis wtU huli Matching. J
In Other Lands
lite Llrhta on w 'a Trans
plrtn, awgif the Ktar an!
Tar Hatlone of th Bartx
Prophecies of national bankruptcy through
military and naval excesses do not In the
least check the pace of militarism among
the powers which can borrow or snueeie
the coin out of the people. The noted
French economist. Kdinnnd Thery. com
putes the Tost of Kurope's armed peace
for the last twenty-five years at $29.000.0.i0,
000. an avei-aa-e of ll.liiO.noo.OOo a year. This
enormous drain on the productive resources
of the nations was not drawn directly by
taxation. Four-fifths of It Is represented
In the public debt of the nations, which has
Increased from Jtft.noo.fmO.O'Y) to ltfl.S0n.00o.000
In a quarter of a century. Pesldes the
direct money cont of armament. M. Thery
shos that the war erase excluded from
productive Industry HG.OOO officers and
S.WO.OilO men. Hy far the Kreatest part ot
the Increase has been Incurred within the
last ten years, caused chiefly by the huge
cost of modern warships. In the t'nlted
States, according to Chairman Tawney of
the appropriations committee of the house
of representatives, the cost of the army and
navy has Increased In eleven years from
15.S per cent of the total revenue appropri
ated to Sfi.l per cent, and the Increase In
Kurope has been proportionately greater.
Oorue rarlsh, one of the editors of the
l-ondon Statist, In a paper read before the
Royal Statistical society last month, com
puted the total amount of Hrltlsh capital In
vested In the colonies and foreign countries
at 3.500,000,000 pounds sterling. Multiply
that sum by five and you get the amount
In dollars. In the last three years the In
vestments, outside of the "tight little Isle"
amounted to Bln.00O.000 pounds. Most of the
new capital, as most of the old. was raised
for railway construction; but much went,
and Is going. Into banking, telegraphs, tele
phones, rubber, nitrate, tea, coffee, oil and
Industrial ventures generally. In pounds
sterling the figures following show the
vast sum of KvS.OOO.OOO Is Invested In the
1'niled Statea, nearly 600,000,000 In railway
securities. Australasia has drawn on the
mother country for a.OM.OOO and Canada
used S72.541.000 of her money; South Africa,
3Tj1. 368.000; India and Ceylon. .ItiS.KW.onO. The
total of Hritldh capital employed In de
veloping the resources of the colonies Is
1.544.000.000. In Argentina no less than
3.S.OTO.0CO Is "embarked '; In Rraill, 94,003,000;
in Mexico. 87,000.000; Chile. 46,000,000; Uru
guay, 35,O00.Oilfl: Peru. 32.000.000 Tho
ment In Japan Is 53,705.000, of which 36,000,000
was supplied for war purposes. China Is
using 26.S09.000. and Russia 38,000,000. Tur
key has borrowed 18.000.000 and 44,000.000
has been furnished to Egypt. The total for
all foreign countries is 1.638.000.000 nnimrt.
of which 43 per cent represents money
worK.ng xor uritish capitalists In the
United States. '
Messina, the ruined metropolis of Sicily,
on December 27. the second anniversary
of the disaster, laid the cornerstone of th
first permanent building of the city thst
Is to rise above the ruins. A strange
and ominous feature of the event was an
outbreak of fire among the temporary
wocden shacks housing some 50,000 of the
population. No great damage was wrought
beyond Increas'ng the inconvenience of the
victims. The new city Is to be built In ac
cordance with the regulations established
by the government, and the material and
method of construction are to be as earthquake-proof
as modern experience shows.
Height of buildings la limited to thirty
two feet, or three stories. Wider streets
are created, narrow alleys abolished, and
many parks andt open spaces established,
features designed to minimise the de
structive, effect of future earthquakes. Of
ficial reports through American consuls
place the loss of life In the disaster of two
years ago at 77,283, and the bodies of more
than half the victims are still In the ruins.
The total places Messina at the head of the
list of modern disasters, and sixth In the
roster of recorded earthquake calamities.
A singular public scandal, affecting a
great name, is being aired by Hungarian
newspapers. When Louis Kossuth died at
Turin In 1894 a private subscription of
$34,000 was made to cover the expense of
bringing the body to Budapest and for
bur al. M. Oetvoes, a well known Hungar
ian deputy, had charge ot the fund and
subscribed most of It. Some time after
the funeral the deputy was asked for an
accounting, but he refused, stating that
none of the fund remained, Sixteen years
later the matter was revived by the state
ment of M. Oetvoes that what was left
of the fund went to pay the debts of Kos
suth s two sons. An, Indignant denial of
the statement by Francis Kossuth brought
from. O, Oetvoes the further statement
that Francis Kossuth would not deny, on
second thought, of having received money
from him. Thereupon Francis Kossuth ad
mitted having received 110,000 from M.
Oetvoes. but said that the money was ex
panded In exhuming and bringing to Buda
pest for burial the ashes of his mother and
sister. A local paper promptly unearthed
a municipal . ecord showing that the city
had pid that expense Itself. The whole
affair is making a great sensation In Hun
gary. The Oriental Economic Review announces
that the Japanese government has decided
to rebuild the trunk line railroad extend
Ing from Toklo to Shinionoseki. 812 miles
1 In length, known as the Tokiado A Sanyo
I road, changing the gauge from narrow to
j standard. The government Is also improv
1 Ing Its railroad lines In other directions.
1 and will expend a definite sum annually
.until the entire system ts modernised In
j roadbed and rolling stock. The change
of gauge has become necessary owing to
ths great Increase in traffic, which has
doubled in ten years. Most of the supplies.
:suth as rails, cars and locomotives, will
be produced In home factories, but bridge
girders and certain necessary rolling stock
will be purchased abroad. The orders w'lll
be so placed that delivery can be made
within six months.
tialus pn4 I. oases In ( nnaress.
Ind anapolls News.
One feature of the proposed congres
sional reuppoitionment which gives (hi
house 433 members Is that the states wh ch
have tho largest reprtsenlution will make
the largest fcain. New York, which now
has thirty-seven members, will ga.n six.
and Pennsylvan a. which now has thiity
two. will gain four. Pcrhape that fact .'a
worth the thought of the atats which an
afrutd of losing membership by a reason
able apportionment. Though, as a nut
ter of fact, it Is prohuhlt- that the atatei
do not care nearly so much about It as
the politicians with congress onal aspira
tions.
4 oucrruliia "Uliioraal Notes."
I'lii:adclpi:lii Duilitill.
Hi. van is growing wiser. Willing troni
IJiicoln. .Neb., to tlie.111011 In Paltlmoi
i:o arc a: ranking for the big democratic
celebistlon, the orator of the Plulte ajys:
"It will le Impi-s.-iblc for nie to be ireseiil
and I hesitate to send a l. ttrr o b re I
at the cc!tbrat:on. lest it misht iro.c 1.
dtcrdnnt uoii?" What mole contrite at
titude could the most hurden.-d hold d 1110
cmt eMct from I lit falUn archangel of
Ihe silver slmNifdf
FREEDOM OF THE HI ESS.
St. Isiuts Republic: The decision means
thst. except In the restrict of Columbia,
criminal libel must be tried In state courts.
So far as this offense Is concerned, there
Is no twilight sons.
Cleveland Plain lealer: Utile surprise
will be felt thst the t'nlted Slates supreme
court has upheld the New Vork federal
bench and thrown out the Itooscvelt libel
suit against the New York World. It
would have been sad news hsd the lower
rourt been reversed and the government's
rase upheld.
Chicago Post: There Is more occasion
f'-ir gratification than surprise in the de
cision of the fedeial supreme court that
tho 4ower of the press shall not be
abridged through terrorism of newspaper
publishers by trial In a distant venue and
in a Judicial jurisdiction hoped to be In
imical. The decision accords not only with
law and Justice, but with patriotism.
New York World: The greet constitu
tional Issue Involved In the Roosevelt libel
proceeding against the World Is settled
for all time. The freedom of the press U
established beyond the power of federal
usurpation. As fur the Panama matter
Itself, the World In due season will pre
sent the evidence In Its possession to the
congress of the I'nited States and renew
its demand for a searching Investigation.
n 1.1.8 tiik mors AWAY.
What F-aralna Record Does to Rail
road Aritttment,
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The most dispassionate and at the same
time destructive commentary on the in
veterate plea of the tailroads for higher
rates Is furnished by the summaries
of railroad statistics made up for the
year 1910 by the Railway Age Gazette.
To anyone mho reads those figures with
an open mind the figures leave the rail
road case with absolutely nothing tn stand
on.
In the last year, during which they as
serted that without the added credit to be
obtained by higher rates and richer earn
ings they cannot get the capital to make
needed extensions and renew or Increase
rolling stock, they have built 4.122 miles ot
extension, not Including sidings or new
secend, third or fourth tracks, which Is
400 miles more than Inst year, 900 miles
more than the year before, and about ihe
average yearly increase during the fifty
years of railroad building. Their new lo
comotives, freight and passenger enrs run
from 20 to 90 per cent more than the aver
age for the last decade and a half. Their
gross earnings are by far the greatest on
record, and though the Increase In net
earnings Is much smaller than the In
crease In gross, the excess of revenue
over operating expenses constitutes a rrc
ord. And still the plea continues that the
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LAUGHING GAS.
Adam 7.s w fox-Psrd. bow does softsnln'
of the hrsln ac on a teller when he's get
tin1 It? .
Job Pturky You don't need I' worry 'bout
that, ole scout. You'll never git It. Chl
cam Tribute.
"That reformer has a great deal 10 s.iy
about the government "
"Yes." replied Pens tor Sorghum. "He
Isn't content to be an adviser. He wants
to be a supervisor." Washington Stsr.
Mrs. Robinson I could lisve married
Brown or Jones If I'd wanted to, and both
of these men I refused got rich, while yyou
are still as poor as a church mouse.
Robinson Of coin sc. I've been support
ing you all these years; they haven't.
Boston Transcript
"What do you think of a boy only 1
becoming a drum major?"
"Couldn't be.
"But I tell you he Is."
"I tell you he Isn't. How csn a minor
be a major?" Baltimore American.
Husband I met Hawkins today and he
whs verv gloomy; told me he was perfectly
wllllntt to die.
Wife oh. John. Whv didn't you ask
him here to dinner? Harper's Pasaar.
BORDER JOURNALISM.
Arthur Chapman In Denver Republican.
Down here in Cactus Centre we ain't much
on spllttin' hairs;
In the fancy shades of language we are
puttln' on no sirs.
But we're shy one young reporter it was
strange how It occurred
Who mussed up a brilliant future when
he chose Just one wrons word.
He hustled local Items for the "Stockman's
Weekly Stsr";
He was young and plum ambitious, and
he made friends near and far:
Ha never knocked nobody, but he alius
tried to boost,
And wo though he'd make a wonder on
the Journalistic roost.
But he wrote, with good Intentions, as mot
every one allows.
"Our townsmn, Pecos Johnson, has g n
south to rustle cows";
He meant to say that Pecos waa a-roundtn'
up his brand.
For he didn't know that "ruutis" meant
to thieve !n Cattle Land.
When Pecos Johnson read It he put on an
extry gun.
And he came to town a-frothin' with his
bronco on the run;
The reporter got a wsrnln' and ha hopped
a cowboy's beast
And he started navlgatin' for the calm
and distant east.
We got old Pecos quiet when he'd busted
up the press.
And bad shot holes In the sanctum and
had made the type a mess;
And we'd like a bright reporter who Is
broke to western slang
No more such habes shall monkey with
our newspaper shebang!
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